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Grounders
Imago Abbei: Psychedelic Pop will never die
The canadian musical group Grounders reference Jagwar Ma, Tame Impala and the Zombies; '60s sounds, psychedelic nostalgia, woozy and …
Genre: Indie
Pure Romance
Nothing Less But Truly Pure Romance
There is something about piano music that can easily relax a listener. And add to that how it can also smoothly lead a listener from an ordinary…
Genre: Alternative
Retrohash
Asher Roth RetroHash Album Review
Get ready for a wild and emotional ride through Asher Roth's new album RetroHash! His sophomore album takes you though some deep…
Genre: Hip Hop
Blackbirds
Rob Jungklas - It's Been A While...
In theory, some musicians should have all the predispositions to make it - a good voice, songwriting skills, musicianship, good backup, come up with…
Genre: Indie
Skrillex and Diplo present Jack Ü
Did you like the Soundtrack more than the Suicide Squad Movie itself?
A few weeks ago it is over waiting to see the film Suicide Squad, which has generated much criticism, both good and bad (more bad than good). In…
Genre: Latin
The Far Field
Highly Anticipated Future Island Record Is Finally Here
2014 was a crossroad in the career of the famous band from Baltimore. Although they had three studio albums up until then, the commercial success came…
Genre: Electronic
Dead Reckoning
Threshold – Dead Reckoning [Review]
Threshold is my favorite progressive band hailing from the UK, and probably my favorite progressive band of them all. I more or less love all their…
Genre: Metal
No Time For It
Fantasia's pretty generic this time
Can you believe it’s already 12 years ago, when she won American Idol?! Even though Fantasia was born into a musical family, thus it seemed…
Genre: R&B
She Can't Tell
Running on High
Brooklyn natives MOTHXR not only know how to spell a universally used word to look cool but even their music has a cooling sensation that can ease any…
Genre: Pop
Angels Bend Closer
If Jane Sibbery Tells Them, The Angels WILL Bend Closer
With Robbie Robertson's Testimony already finding its way to us, the issue of Jane Siberry's album Angels Bend Closer, may make this some kind…
Genre: Alternative
No Rain, No Rose
Storytellers Are Back In Style
If John Prine and Mitch Hedberg had a baby…” goes the bio blurb on John Craigie’s website. Sure, you cite those favorable comments that suit you, and…
Genre: Indie
Higher Than Here (Deluxe)
In the here and now
I love my soul vocals smooth, unless it's the old soul music, like Motown, but every time I hear the voices of people like Amos Lee and James…
Genre: Soul
Half a Century Sun
Island Music Shines
The first moment you encounter the music of Coti K.,“The Man From Managra”, a Greek guy form the Island of Tinos, you would be hard pressed to say…
Genre: Indie
The Time Between Us - Split
Another Effective Collab Between Two Sergent House Artists
  After the release of her third album Marked For Death last year (which allowed her to terminally prove her talent), Emma Ruth Rundle…
Genre: Country
Jungle
JUNGLE - JUNGLE
I'll admit, I was late to the Jungle bus. In my defence, as soon as they entered my radar, I was positively hooked. it seems to me that…
Genre: Electronic
My Girl
A love declaration from the Carnival Man
It was hard to imagine this - back in the days when The Fugees were the best thing that ever happened to hip hop - but the life and career of Wyclef…
Genre: R&B
Sound & Color
A Little Mystery / A Lot of Depth
While their delightfully unique 2012 offering, Boys & Girls established Alabama Shakes as an interesting player in the modern music scene,&…
Genre: Blues
Your Move Vol. 1
Mikey Young - Hot Chip On The Autobahn
Haven't you heard of Mikey Young before? Don’t worry, most of the people haven’t. There’s an underground scene anywhere, and Australia is no…
Genre: Electronic
Shadow Expert
Shadow Expert EP
The serrated new EP from rawboned Philadelphia art rock band Palm is their best work to date, full of tensions that boil over and careen. When you…
Genre: Rock
Damogen Furies
Welcome to the party, we've been waiting for you - Squarepusher - Damogen Furies
Well now.   Here we are. It's taken a while, but we feel somehow like we've come full circle without ever having started walking.&…
Genre: Electronic
Greatest Hits: Pieces of Three
Michigan Based ThreePeace Reggae Rock for the Millenium! The Police, The Clash, Greta Van Fleet all rolled into a fat one!
Michigan Based ThreePeace Reggae Rock for the Millenium! The Police, The Clash, Greta Van Fleet all rolled into a fat one! ThreePeace is an American…
Genre: Rock
Iron Mountain
“Iron Mountain” by Michael Brondstetter
In 1888 in the “Maxims and Arrows” section of his book “Twilight of the Idols” German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche famously said, “Was mich nicht…
Genre: Country
Hiss Spun
Darkness is Chelsea Wolfe's Middle Name
Californian princes of darkness dropped her sixth release at the end of September with which she knowledgeably continues to take us through the dark…
Genre: Other
Trippy Caribbean
Trippy Caribbean: Rawayana's new album
Rawayana is a Venezuelan band of reggae, ska and pop formed in 2007 in the city of Caracas, in 2011 released his first studio album License To Be…
Genre: Latin
Highway to Hell
Super Charged on the Highway to Hell
Fueled by grittily compacted rock and backed by a raw bluesy croak, AC/DC were one of the hottest bands in the 70s and 80s. And even still – after…
Genre: Rock
Atleta del Sonido
Bostas Brain Presents: ''Sound Athlete''
Luis Quintero, better known musically as BostasBrain , is Venezuelan composer of rap. Brain has become a leader and pioneer of the movement, flow…
Genre: Latin
E·mo·tion
Carly Rae Jepsen, “E-MO-TION,” and The Uncrapifying Power Of Pop
So, I have this really crummy day, right? I’m talking wake up too early and can’t fall back to sleep, headache all morning,…
Genre: Pop
La Ira
Hamlet's undisputed wrath
If there was an album that drew attention in the Spanish metal was Wrath of Hamlet band. A job that was well received by the media and the public,…
Genre: Latin
Winter's Gate
Insomnium – Winter’s Gate [Review]
One-song albums are not something new in the metal world. Green Carnation did this with their famous record Light of Day, Day of Darkness.…
Genre: Metal
Subjective Concepts
Strange Wilds: Subjective Concepts
Hailing from Olympia, Washington and formed in 2012, Strange Wilds comprise of Steven (Vocals/Guitar), Sean (Bass) and Allen (drums). For three guys,…
Genre: Alternative
Impossible Dream
Haley Bonar Is In Seventh Heaven
  With seven albums in the discography, including the latest Impossible Dream, Haley Bonar has made enough to be considered as a fertile…
Genre: Indie
Common Sense
Common Sense
The debut from the young East London rapper is a unique coming-of-age story that shapes the best of grime, Afrobeat, dancehall, and early ’…
Genre: Hip Hop
City Music
How Kevin Morby Sees New York
Does being prolific means getting better and better at what you do? Or is it the other way around. Let's examine this on the example of the…
Genre: Indie
Revival
Revival
Pop fandom is all about characters and storylines, so it makes sense that Disney and Nickelodeon alums do well. Not only do they enter the…
Genre: Pop
Solo
The New of Los Mesoneros already has a name and date
Caracas band, currently impeached in Mexico, has been doing an exceptional job in creating new musical material. For several months, Innkeepers have…
Genre: Latin
Devout
Devout
UK grime fixture Mr Mitch’s latest LP explores a pared-back sound. It feels polished and tactile, with themes of loyalty,…
Genre: Electronic
A Seat at the Table
Solange is at the table
Solange is stuck between a rock and a hard place. As the sister of, you're being watched closely. Especially when you, too, are in the same…
Genre: Soul
Ruins
Wolf People Use Mythology as A Weapon For Dealing with The World
Wolf People is a band from UK, formed in 2006. Until now, they had released four albums, and are currently promoting Ruins. Since 2009, they are…
Genre: Rock
Joanne
Gaga Goes Regular
  The era of eccentric pop artist is over. Officially. Today, Lady Gaga’s new album is available for purchase and it is nothing like you are…
Genre: Pop
Stitch Puppy
Acoustic Symbolism
Here is a manifestation of multi tasking: you are leading a punk-rock band Lagwagon while participating in million other music projects and you find…
Genre: Alternative
WALLS
Kings Of Generic
With refreshing garage rock, they attracted the world’s attention, whilst by commercializing their sound, Kings Of Leon have become one of…
Genre: Rock
Wallflower (The Complete Sessions)
Of the Shades and Colors February Left Behind!
Sometimes endings transcend the entrails of human mind to make a permanent milestone for a new beginning. Even when ends are connected with losing the…
Genre: Jazz
Matter + Spirit
The Candles Burn on Lightly
When you take a first listen to The Candles album “Matter+Spirit” you might be lead into thinking that you are hearing a Southern or a West Coast band…
Genre: Indie
Nowhere Everywhere
New EP by The Wanton Bishops
The Wanton Bishops are what I imagine a contemporary blues band should sound like. Their name sounds like they come from the southern parts of USA,…
Genre: Rock
South America
The Anatomy of Frank - Personal Anatomy of the World
Making albums about every continent of the world? Sounds a bit too ambitious and pretentious, doesn't it? Actually, it depends on who does it and…
Genre: Indie
Rainbow
Rainbow
Kesha’s musical career has been defined by her work with Dr. Luke. On her third album, she begins something new and promising. The story of …
Genre: Pop
Still Testifying
My Darling Clementine - Keep On Testifying
It seems they’re a good time in putting out good Americana sounds. This time from the other side of the pond and a duo that represents some of the…
Genre: Country
All Night Long
Rochelle's catchy All Night Long
When Rochelle first entered the Dutch music scene, she seemed set to be our very own Beyoncé. She first got noticed after winning the…
Genre: Dance
Siberia
Siberia
The Swedish electronic artist Vanbot and two collaborators made this new album while journeying along the Trans-…
Genre: Electronic
The Balcony
The View From The Balcony Looks Familiar
Don’t call it plagiarism, call it a promiscious idea. Just because someone sounds like someone else, it doesn’t mean that they…
Genre: Indie
Minx
Minx
I love underground music, and Anna Kitten Pie is my current favorite band. And Minx is their best album to date. Popularity is the kiss of death. Once…
Genre: Alternative
Salutations
Oberst's Salutations To Ruminations
Conor Orbest came out of the phase in which indie-folk audience perceived him as the best author of the younger generation and entered the new era in…
Genre: Indie
Alive In New Light
IAMX is Optimistic? A Miracle!
Only a year after the album Unfall, Chris Corner returned with the new record Alive In New Light. In some way, it wraps up the story started with…
Genre: Electronic
The Death and Resurrection of Krautock: Aum
Seven That Spells - The Death and Resurrection of Krautrock: Aum
Seven That Spells are a reasonably well-known Croatian krautrock/psychedelic rock band from Zagreb. They have become relatively well-known in the…
Genre: Rock
I See You
I see you
Listening to the xx used to feel like eavesdropping on the most private of conversations. On 2009’s xx and 2012’s Coexist, vocalists Romy Madley Croft…
Genre: Electronic
Hubris
Oren Ambarchi - Hubris
Oren Ambarchi is an Australian musician and multi-instrumentalist, who has released a vast number of albums through the years. His albums have had…
Genre: Rock
A Deeper Understanding
War On Drugs Deliver Again
When you bruise a diamond like Lost In The Dreams, it is clear that you signed up in the history of music books. Adam Granduciel may not even need…
Genre: Indie
Stay Together
The Most Dissapointing Album Yet
Do you remember the time when Kaiser Chiefs were still a good band that kicked ass with their debut. At that time, it seemed that bands such as The…
Genre: Pop
Tapestry
#tbt Carole King: Tapestry
I came across Tapestry last week while scrolling through my instagram. My friend posted album cover and wrote the caption: best LP ever. I was…
Genre: Pop
My Domain
Classic Instruments Have Never Sounded Less Serious
Clowed Forehead present themselves as international doom-folk-rock band with an address in Czech city Brno. Band includes five young guys from Iran,…
Genre: Metal
Rebel Meets Rebel
Rebel Meets Rebel / David Allan Coe Meets Pantera
If you are somewhat a Metal head or are aware of popular heavier music, then you are aware of the band Pantera. Now, if you like country music then…
Genre: Metal
The Invalid Singers
Bunny And The Multiple Personality Disorder
Prince was maybe the first artist who had a tendency to change his name with every album. It’s been four years since this creative and…
Genre: Electronic
Escultura
SCULPTURE: The last work of art of GUACO
After 2 years of inactivity the Super Band of Venezuela Guaco throws the disc number 40 of his successful career. Sculpture is called this album that…
Genre: Latin
The Awakening
P.O.D. W.O.W.
To start your career during the 90s and create some alternative metal with rap all over it, experiencing turbulence of the new millennium and release…
Genre: Metal
From Now On
From Now On: The Princess Of Chicago Rap
When I say Dreezy, you think of Drake right? But this female version is something so much more than that. This new Rap game…
Genre: Hip Hop
Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette
A Classic ECM Record
This is a classic ECM record, reminiscent of the early sound that the German label and its principal producer Manfred Eicher developed back in the…
Genre: Jazz
My One And Only Thrill
Oh, what a Melody!
This is one of the most beautiful albums recorded in the past decade or so. My One and Only Thrill has all the elements of a good record:…
Genre: Jazz
La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful
Experimental Happiness
Whenever I am listening to this artist, I dream about Africa. Yannick Iiunga from Cape Town is the new name on the music scene. After the successful…
Genre: Electronic
Eat the Low Dogs
U.S. Christmas - Eat The Low Dogs
U.S. Christmas is a pretty renowned American psychedelic rock band that mixes some post-rock infused atmospheric psychedelia with space rock and…
Genre: Rock
The Jazz Side Of The Moon
The Jazz Side of the Moon
Playing and recording covers is a common thing among musicians. Actually it is one of the stages in learning how to play, compose, arrange and…
Genre: Jazz
Inspirations
Dwight Trible - ‘Everyday’ music becomes spiritual jazz
Singer Dwight Trible is slowly becoming a known name on the jazz scene, but also, his name is starting to crop up elsewhere in the music world. His…
Genre: Jazz
Juggernaut: Alpha
Periphery Juggernaut Album Review
Periphery’s Juggernaut has been the album that progressive metal fans have been looking forward to for a long, long time. This album has…
Genre: Metal
Transcendental
MONO/ The Ocean Transcendental Review
On October 10th, 2015 two bands from very different regions, Japan and Germany released a split EP entitled . The EP consists of only two tracks.…
Genre: Rock
Orwell Court
Orwell Court - Hope Not George Is In Question
Listening to Gareth Dickson’s album “Orwell Court” one of the thoughts passing your mind is, that hopefully, it's not the court of George…
Genre: Indie
Pariah
Pariah
Twenty years into her career, after a hiatus of more than a decade, the Chicago footwork producer finally releases her debut album, taking apart her…
Genre: Electronic
Foreverland
Dante and James Joyce Fan Is Back
We haven't heard of Neil Hannon for quite a few years now. Five to be exact, and it is always great to have him back. Even from the early Nineties…
Genre: Indie
Adventure Of A Lifetime
Coldplay A Head Full Of Dreams Album Review
Coldplay released their new album entitled A Head Full of Dreams on December 4th, 2015. Coldplay is a group I have been following since their very…
Genre: Alternative
More Than Enough
David Nance - More Than Enough
David Nance came out with a full-length album titled ''More Than Enough'' earlier this year, and this album packs some pretty good…
Genre: Rock
The Only Way Is Up
Sometimes words are not needed
I'm the first one to tell you that lyrics are important to a song. It doesn't matter if a lyric is repeated constantly or if it's used as…
Genre: Dance
Spirit (Deluxe)
Political Mode of Depeche Mode
Starting from the 1993’s album Songs of Faith and Devotion , the most famous Basildon diaspora known as Depeche Mode releases their albums every four…
Genre: Electronic
A Seat at the Table
Record Of The Year
Let me get one thing straight: Beyonce might be a bigger star, but Solange is way more special. I have been a huge Solange fan ever since her debut…
Genre: Soul
Tutu
Miles from India
Jazz and Indian music have been “buddies” for a long time now. Even before the likes of Tom Scott, John Coltrane, and John McLaughlin, Indian…
Genre: Jazz
...Of the Dark Light
....Of The Dark Light
Long Island death metal stalwarts bring considerable technical aptitude to an album that works within the framework of their long-established sound.…
Genre: Metal
FLAME
Light it up, Rachel Foxx!
I was sent a link to preview Rachel Foxx's third EP, before it’s release. This was a while ago, but I only got to it ater this EP got its…
Genre: Soul
H
Matushka - II
Matushka hails from Saint Petersburg, and they are one of the more interesting Russian psychedelic rock bands of recent years. Their second album is a…
Genre: Rock
All the Colours of the Dust
Jakob Skott - All the Colours of the Dust
Jakob Skott came out with a new album ''All the Colours of the Dust'' earlier this year, and the new album packs some really fine…
Genre: Rock
Saint Molly
Studying At The Academy Can Make You A Saint
I’m old enough to remember the times before any Internet (yeah, that old) with what would be now considered scant information about any new and…
Genre: Indie
Fake Sugar
Thank God Beth Ditto Didn't Dissapear
You will agree that there is an ever-occurring phenomenon called a disappearing artist. I am not adverting to artistic people who were kidnapped or…
Genre: Indie
Beauty Behind The Madness
Review: The Weeknd's 'Beauty Behind The Madness'
While the abrasive opening guitar riffs of “Real Life,” the first track on Beauty Behind The Madness, bear a striking resemblance…
Genre: R&B
Two Windows
Lali Puna - Two windows look in different directions
Lali Puna was always about the Korean born singer Valerie Trebeljahr and her pop inventions. And pop inventions that are exactly what I have in mind -…
Genre: Electronic
FutureSex/LoveSounds
Futuresex\Lovesounds was Timberlake's Zenith
Only few singers who were once members of boy bands have succeeded in developing even stronger solo career. If I had to pick two of them, one of them…
Genre: Pop
Dangerous Woman
Ariana Is Dangerously Contagious
Ariana is a little girl with four-octave range, and that is her strongest weapon. With the great intonation and interpretation, it was just a matter…
Genre: Pop
Colour The Small One (Deluxe Edition)
#tbt Sia - Colour The Small One
Back in the day, Sia Kate Isobelle Furler was the name that didn't mean a lot to vast majority of people on our crazy little planet. Yet, she was…
Genre: Indie
Sorceress
The Pinnacle Of Opeth's Discography
Opeth’s twelfth studio album is one of the most anticipated metal albums of the year, although it is a prog rock album. With their last three releases…
Genre: Metal
Live At Spacefest!
BJM's Anton Newcombe Brings The Psych Goods on Pure Phase Ensemble Collaboration
  Pure Phase Ensemble 6 feat. Anton Newcombe has unveiled the video for 'Balwan', the second track teasing the…
Genre: Rock
american dream
Small Letters, But Big Words from James Murphy's Pen
Recently I had a discussion with one of my friends who is also obsessed with music about significant artists who created genius music after 2000. His…
Genre: Electronic
Gopro: Eagle Hunters in a New World
Film Soundtrack Done Right
Making a film soundtrack requires a double mastery. You have to make do music an additional part of the story told in images, but you also have to…
Genre: Soundtrack
Room For Squares
JOHN MAYER’S ROOM FOR SQUARES
Although John Mayer’s later work is somewhat lacking in originality, Room for Squares remains a high point in his musical career. In 2014,…
Genre: Blues
No Shape
The Genius Of Perfume Genius
  Everything you bury becomes a seed. Some artists have buried so many emotions inside of themselves that eventually became a fertile ground…
Genre: Indie
Sarah Eat Neon
Cut-Up and Glitch-Guru VHS Head is back!
Following the album successes of Trademark Ribbons of Gold (Skam 2010) and Persistence of Vision (Skam 2014) and EPs Video Club (Skam 2009) and…
Genre: Electronic
Timeless
Are After 7 really timeless?
Any fan of R&B music of the 90s knows this group by one song: “’Til You Do Me Right”. It was at the height of the Babyface reign of smooth R&…
Genre: R&B
From Other Spheres
Pyramidal - From Other Spheres
Pyramidal are a relatively well-known Spanish psychedelic rock band from Alicante. They recently came out with a new three track EP titled ''…
Genre: Rock
When the Bloom Falls From the Rose
Sarah Jane Scouten Derives Traditional Folk And Turns It Into Modern Authenticity
Besides Americana, there is Canadiana, and I have an artist to prove it. Meet Sarah Jane Scouten, a girl who was attatched to musis since she was five…
Genre: Country
Trouble
The Dead C - Trouble
The New Zealand lo-fi avant-garde noise-rock/garage rock greats The Dead C came out with a new album this year via Ba Da Bing Records. As was perhaps…
Genre: Rock
Soul Sphere
Born Of Osiris Soul Sphere Album Review
Chicago’s heavy metal quintet Born Of Osiris released their 5th full length release on October, 29th 2015. The album is based on the ancient…
Genre: Metal
The Fall
Joshua Radin - The Ultimate John Doe of TV Show Soundtracks
Authors of the songs used in TV shows are often less known than those songs are. When we connect the artist with the song, it happens that we don’t…
Genre: Indie
Sunrise to Sundown
Vintage Rock Is Strong In This One
Spiritual Beggars started as a side project of Michael Amott, a genius guitarist of Carcass and Arch Enemy. Over the years Spiritual Beggars became…
Genre: Rock
The Last Stand
Recycle Metal
Sabaton is on their way on becoming a recycle band and it is going to be difficult to negate this for everyone who knows the band from the beginning…
Genre: Metal
Stories
Kenzie Moore, 'Stories' Review
Soulful, confident, and sharp, Kenzie Moore’s Stories is an incredibly promising debut EP. The 22-year-old Chicago native blends the bouncy…
Genre: Pop
AIM (Deluxe)
A.I.M
Few musicians in recent memory have worked harder to successfully — and sometimes unsuccessfully — merge social activism with their art like M.I.A.,…
Genre: Hip Hop
Hello
Hello to 4 million albums sold in a week
''Hello. Can you hear me...'' - Yes Adele the world can hear you. To be exact near to 30 million people heard you in less than 24…
Genre: Pop
Volume 1
Midlake's Supergroup
BNQT, read as Banquet, is actually Midlake with guest songwriters and singers. Guests include Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand, Fran Healt from…
Genre: Rock
Thinkin Bout You
Frank Ocean comes more Blonde.
After more than 8 times to postpone the release of their second studio album called Blonde singer of R & B, Frank Ocean, decided to publish…
Genre: Latin
So Proud
#tbt - Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
In a mature phase or their lives, many artists return to what inspired them when they were young. Bob Dylan would turn to the 30s and 40s of the past…
Genre: Jazz
Looking Forward: The Roots Of Big Star
Chris Bell - How To Attain A Cult Status
Quite a few times in rock music it turned out it makes no difference how good your music is, or how much you are lauded by the press, other musicians,…
Genre: Rock
Control
Kensington goes louder and deeper
Over the past few years, Kensington has convincingly grown out to be the biggest band in the Netherlands. They play the main stage at the biggest…
Genre: Rock
in•ter a•li•a
Fifteen Years Later, At The Drive-In Still Know How To Park
Almost two decades ago, At The Drive-In were of one of the most relevant alternative bands until they abruptly broke up and went on what was supposed…
Genre: Rock
Last of the Easy Riders
The Last of The Easy Riders - Yet Another EP?
Ok, sometimes you have to eat your own words. Its a hard thing to do, but if has to, it has to. Reviewing the Curse of Lono EP last week, I was quite…
Genre: Indie
Volume 1
BNQT Do a Banquet, Seventies Style
We’re getting flooded with acronyms, so why not another one? This time for a much-maligned term a “supergroup”. It had its troubles since Blind Faith…
Genre: Indie
Atomic
Emotional Mogwai
Scottish band Mogwai, one of the pioneers of post-rock genre, have eight albums in their discography, and Atomic is their fourth soundtrack. Work on…
Genre: Rock
Remixes 98-2000
Remixes 1998-2000: Remixed Soundscapes
The Cinematic Orchestra did not put their name just out of the blue. They actually are cinematic and pretty much orchestral. But this compilation of…
Genre: Electronic
Human Performance
Yasssssss Rock!
  This band gained my attention with their second full-length album titled Light Up Gold. It was a tasty and perplexing post pank album that…
Genre: Rock
Elder
Elder - Elder
Elder are a great American psychedelic rock/stoner doom band from Massachusetts. They have released a bunch of great albums through the years, but…
Genre: Metal
READY
Are You Ready For More Ella Mai?
London R`n`b gem Ella Mai returns with a brand new EP, slaying once again double big time! This girl is simply…
Genre: R&B
Gymnopedies & Gnossiennes
Jacques Loussier and the beautiful world of Erik Satie
When I first heard the music of Erik Satie I thought – well there is something I could listen to for weeks. And I did. But, when I heard…
Genre: Jazz
Are You Alone?
Majical Cloudz Are You Alone? Album Review
The electronic-pop duo Majical Cloudz released their 6th full length on October, 16th, 2015 titled . The album features 12 original songs all written…
Genre: Electronic
Bad Posture
On The Back Porch
Sometimes it is hard to portray your music on its album cover. For John Andrews & The Yawns, that seems to be no problem on “Bad Posture”.…
Genre: Indie
Everything Now
Everything Now is too much to ask from Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire have come to a point that every iconic band reaches eventually: they are a victim of their own success. They are one of the rare acts that…
Genre: Alternative
The Bride
A Bride For a Gloomy Existence
Natasha Khan known as Bat For Lashes cease to amaze the individuals who await a new album from the songstress. Bat For Lashes as a whole concept…
Genre: Indie
Wins & Losses
Wins and Losses
After freeing himself from the feuds and narrative that dragged him down, Meek Mill’s third studio album is a comeback by any measure, honest and…
Genre: Hip Hop
Phase 3
Skeppet - Phase 3
Skeppet are an interesting Danish band that venture in the realm of psychedelic rock, electronic music and space rock influenced ambient drones. Their…
Genre: Rock
Two Years
Two Years of Great Sound
Missing those Galaxie 500 albums? Low got too loud? Cowboy Junkies and Kristine Hersh nowhere to be found? Or, whatever happened to Kramer, the guy…
Genre: Alternative
Striker
Striker Strikes Another Traditional Heavy Metal
Canadian heavy metal band Striker have dropped five studio albums in the past ten years, and If we dig even more in detail and observe that their…
Genre: Metal
St Germain
The Return Of St Germain
            It took him fifteen years to release an…
Genre: Jazz
A Crow Looked at Me
Attention! This Is How Grief Feels Like!
Fasten your seatbelts, dear readers, because what you’re going to encounter might be very intense. I am pretty convinced that you never had a chance…
Genre: Indie
Birkin / Gainsbourg : Le symphonique
Birkin Makes Gainsbourg Proud
As far as her musical, particularly singing career goes, Jane Birkin has often been disputed. First criticism going her way was that she would have…
Genre: Other
Silver Eye
Silver Eye sounds golden
It’s not all that often that I let a famous artist direct my attention to the music they like, but when you have deadlines to meet, very little time,…
Genre: Electronic
Bamboo Diner in the Rain
The Picture is Clear - The Waves Are Covered In Light
When I first saw the cover of the new The Wave Pictures album (and there is quite a few of them), something kept nagging at me it seemed so familiar…
Genre: Indie
Abbey Road (Remastered)
Abbey Road - My Album Recommendation by The Beatles
Abbey Road is definitely the album that will cheer you up if you are a Beatles lover. It is their 11th studio album which includes incredible songs…
Genre: Rock
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Berlioz and Symphony Fantastique
Berlioz is one of the best composers of the romantic period, using fabulously sized orchestral forces to put together his magnificent opus “…
Genre: Classical
The Sweet Release of Death
The Sweet Release Of Death, Rotterdam's Finest Noise Rock
Sometimes, a name of the band can discover a lot about the band, and sometimes the name is a total flop that has nothing to do with the music the band…
Genre: Rock
La lucha
Interview with La Vida Boheme
In recent days, there has been great movement in the Venezuelan musical movement, with good recordings, undoubtedly one of the most outstanding has…
Genre: Latin
Songs From The Road
In Memoriam: Leonard Cohen's Songs From The Road
The beginning of Leonard Cohen’s career was marked by songs of love and heat, and then songs from the room. One of my all time favorite live albums is…
Genre: Blues
Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles
Essential Albums: Where the Light Is...
I always seem to be asked the question as to what my favourite album is and who’s my favourite artist. For me, it’s a question…
Genre: Alternative
Ease My Mind
Another Swedish Indie Pop Pearl
Musically speaking, Sweden was always Mecca for great bands. There are many reasons for it, with one of the most important one being that anyone who…
Genre: Indie
Annulment (Live)
Starting Form an Anulment
You couldn’t say that Mark Mulachy, the brain behind Miracle Legion is one of the luckier men in music. Didn’t look that way back in the mid-Eighties…
Genre: Indie
Periphery III: Select Difficulty
Pivot of PERIPHERY
Only short time after the release of the double-masterpiece Juggernaut, Periphery decide to return. According to them, everything was going smoothly,…
Genre: Metal
RawayanaLand
Venezuela does not lack talent.
The Venezuelan music scene, is at its best, and it shows with the great talents that we hear every day on national radio stations. Recent years have…
Genre: Latin
Under The Red Cloud
Under the Red Cloud by Amorphis: Another home run
First, I need to say that this album was by far the toughest to review in my short career as a music reviewer. I listened to it for the whole month,…
Genre: Metal
Peace Potato
Doug Tuttle - DIY Psychedelic Pop
Her comes do it yourself man Doug Tuttle third time around as a solo artist and offers us his Peace Potato. Hot potato or not, right off, it is a very…
Genre: Indie
Runnin' (Lose It All)
Runnin' Through the Charts
As an avid Beyoncé fan, I have always anxiously awaited for anything she sings on. When Runnin' dropped, I felt an instant sense of…
Genre: Electronic
Running With The Wolves
Echoes of Howls
Theatrical development is coming from Norway and the singer Aurora is the cloud of new beginnings is the voice behide this new tide. 'Running With…
Genre: Pop
Crash into Me
DMB: Crash Into Me
In the past I have written about the magic that comes along with listening to some of the Dave Matthews Band music. It is very unique music in the…
Genre: Other
Crow
The Crow Has The Last Word
Okay...here is a track from a duo that instantly struck me as a band to know. 18+ created a song called 'Crow' where as a person who has a…
Genre: Hip Hop
First
Beat of the Drum
A good drum beat is the essential back bone to any song. No...every song that has ever existed on and off of the internet. If someone tells you…
Genre: Indie
Together, Locked Safely
Electronic Melancholy
Canberra electro-pop trio SAFIA (lead vocalist Ben Woolner, drummer Michael Bell and guitarist/synth master Harry Sayers) have been stalwarts…
Genre: Electronic
Everybody Lost Somebody
Celebratory Sadness
  All moments in life are really important, but I think there's like definitive moments - and like 18 years old, graduating high school,…
Genre: Pop
Caravan - 2001 Remastered Version
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.12 - Caravan
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters introduced “Caravan” on the Variety label in December 1936. The recording entered the pop charts…
Genre: Jazz
Incapable
Keyshia's very capable
There’s something about when current day R&B singers take on an old retro soul sound in their ballads. I have always had a major weak for…
Genre: R&B
Man on the Moon
Zella Day's Psychedelic Dreaminess
After the release of her debut album Kicker (2015) last year, LA-based Arizona singer-songwriter Zella Day has collaborated with…
Genre: Pop
Magangué
Sidestepper's Theatrical Jungle
Richard Blair recently reassembled Sidestepper from his home in La Candelaria in Bogota. He took it easy and abandoned all the beats , loops and…
Genre: Latin
Cheerleader
A Cheerleader No More
Sometimes I imagine songs 'talking back' to one another, which is easy to do when different artists take on the same subject matter. In this…
Genre: Indie
Buried Plans
Minor Alps' Introspective Harmonizing
The name choice of 'Minor Alps' for the collaborate music project between Juliana Hatfield and Matthew Caws (lead singer of Nada Surf) evokes…
Genre: Indie
Beautiful Hell
Adna Challenges Expectation With Beautiful Hell
I'd like to issue out a statement Adna is a singer-songwriter who will move you. If tears start to roll out or if apathy decides to descend from…
Genre: Indie
Wall Of Glass
Our Kid goes solo with mixed results
Any song that features one of the Gallagher brothers is guaranteed to have at least one thing: swagger. Swagger, bravado, and sheer bloody-mindedness…
Genre: Indie
Say Something Loving
Pushing Boundaries
  “Our comfort zone is a very small place.” Romy Madley Croft,    While fans might appreciate…
Genre: Electronic
Ode To Rose
CODA FACTO Share Catchy New Track Ode To Rose
Founded by Alexander DeRoo and Jonathan Harley, CODA FACTO are a Hamilton, ON-based duo who fuse melodic Brit-Rock and Americana with modern vocals…
Genre: Rock
Ann Wants to Dance
Je Ne Sais Quoi
In 2015, Parisian indie duo Papooz (Armand Penicaut and Ulysse Cottin, who are childhood friends) appeared on the scene with their…
Genre: Indie
Good Goodbye (feat. Pusha T and Stormzy)
And it just gets worse: Linkin Park, Good Goodbye
For a band that has been globally popular for over fifteen years you wouldn't think Linkin Park would need to worry about gaining new fans. I'…
Genre: Pop
Agatha Chang
All About Agatha Chang
How I came across Eels' 'Agatha Chang' was from a friend who said this was one of the easiest songs to learn. That friend forgot to…
Genre: Indie
So Sad, So Sad
Perfected Sad Pop For A Sad Day
Is sad Pop a thing? I wish in the world of music journalism this could be figured out...for one reason, the band Varsity have simplified a sad Pop…
Genre: Indie
Wrong
Pop Demons Can Be Wrong Too
NAWAS is considered indie however, my own gut feeling says otherwise. NAWAS is a new form of a Hip-Hop/Drum n' Bass cross over.…
Genre: Indie
I'm Better (feat. Lamb)
The One Who Brings The Wackiness Back And Back Again!
Timless music is one thing, but when this lady does it, the limitless eternity of creativeness becomes the definition of evolution only some have the…
Genre: Hip Hop
Blackout
Cinematic Minimalism
British singer-songwriter Charlotte OC recently released Blackout as a teaser for her upcoming full length debut album from Harvest Records,…
Genre: Alternative
Baby Boy
Baby Boy is Beyonce's Greatest Accomplishment
This is a difficult article to write for a several reasons. Beyonce is one of the world's most popular artists, one of the highest selling artists…
Genre: Hip Hop
Colors
Halsey's Colors has the Most Intriguing Music Video Ever
I just wanted to talk about my new favorite artist. Halsey will be known mostly because of her part of the hit single Closer by the Chainsmokers but…
Genre: Electronic
This Mess We're In
Songs that Started it all. (3 PJ Harvey, This Mess We're In (feat Thom Yorke)
It will come as no surprise that Radiohead are responsible for a lot of my music tastes. It was through interviews with them that finally pushed me…
Genre: Alternative
La Vida Mejor
Music Teaches You: How to Build a Country?
Forget everything you've sense, music is part of the story and your story, and as history, is responsible for displaying the mistakes of the…
Genre: Latin
You're in Love With a Psycho
Highs and Lows
It is hardly suprising that English rock band Kasabian music video for their new single You’re In Love With A Psycho (from their…
Genre: Rock
Leadlight
Under The Spotlight
When a songstress or singer-songwriter comes out of the blues, out of the woods via SoundCloud. That magical meeting is met through the headphones of…
Genre: Indie
In Common
You will be surprised to hear In Common by Alicia Keys
So Alice returns to the musical arena with a new and extremely different style, trying to make space between all the leading artists today. With a…
Genre: Latin
Symphony No. 4 in G Major: I. Bedachtig, nicht eilen (Live)
Mahler’s Back With Symphony No. 4
Much of the first movement of Mahler’s Symphony Number 4 is highly whimsical and colorful with many frenetic things happening in the strings and…
Genre: Classical
Reigns (Every Night)
The jazz rebel of the Estefan family
If you’re the daughter of Gloria and Emilio Estefan, it’s not all that strange that you would start a music career of your own. It…
Genre: Jazz
Generation Why
A Hymn for Modernity
“Generation Why” is the third single and video from Weyes Blood’s (Natalie Mering's stage name) forthcoming album,…
Genre: Indie
Slumlord
Urban Thrills
Most of what I’ve learned about human nature in my twenties has happened after dark. People are just kind of more honest then. More…
Genre: Electronic
Vanilla
Moody Beach's Vanilla Shines on Youth and Consequences
  It makes perfect sense for Youth & Consequences, a YouTube Red original production series that has been described as a…
Genre: Soundtrack
Sugar for the Pill
Mesmerizing Wisdom
Sugar for the Pill follows Star Roving as the second track from shoegaze icon Slowdive's upcoming self-titled reunion album (out on May 5 via Dead…
Genre: Indie
Victory
joey badass launches victory
The young and prolific American rapper Joey badass, member of the collective Pro was recently released his latest single, the court 'victory&…
Genre: Latin
In A Feeling Like This
What Feeling is This?
A man makes a checkers move that will probably be fatal. A young couple lie next to each other in bed, the woman twirling a flower. A doe-eyed…
Genre: Indie
Superstar
Pitbull and Becky G compose the theme for the Copa América 2016
This pair has come together to create what will be the main theme of the 2016 Copa America, the song will have the title of Superstar, sung with a…
Genre: Latin
Roar
Katy Perry reappears with New Music
After a long break Katy brings us a new item entitled Rise and is the official theme of the Olympic Games Rio 2016, which used the NBC for the…
Genre: Latin
The Boxer
A Unique Highlight From Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration
Recently, Joan Baez had a big concert to commemorate her 75th birthday. The concert was a huge turn out, featuring many Baez original compositions…
Genre: Rock
Trojans
Get You Out Of My Head
Can’t get you out of my head! Isn’t that what we all say when have that person stuck in our head, playing on an endless, looping reel? Well, Atlas…
Genre: Indie
Aire
Versed goes with everything.
Versed is one of the many emerging bands of the Venezuelan rock, formed by Samuel Sanchez (guitar) and Omar Oses (Bass), this duo has had a very good…
Genre: Latin
Jane
Feminist Folk-Punk
  We wanted something that was honest and straightforward. We both wanted to be super vulnerable… Because of the stripped down…
Genre: Indie
Something Just Like This
About something just like this
I think I probably said this in my last blog about Coldplay, about two years ago, but what on earth is going on with this band? What happened to them?…
Genre: Pop
Come
Come Closer to the She-Devils
This is where Pop should be going. Changing and everlasting effects from the duo She-Devils will have your mind altered within the candy haze ideas…
Genre: Pop
Hopeless Romantic
Michelle Branch is still romantic
When you start a song with the words “I’m a hopeless romantic, I should run for my life”, you not only have my attention, but also my recognition. The…
Genre: Pop
Guilty Party
The National soundtrack a painful, amicable break-up
El Nacional tiene un sonido, una identidad musical cuidadosamente organizada que funciona como una plataforma para sus temas musicales de la soledad,…
Genre: Alternative
Guys My Age
Edgy Teen-Pop
I think our idea was just about writing from personal experience. We’ve been in this situation before — we had people writing…
Genre: Pop
3WW
Three Little Words
3WW is the latest track from English indie rock band ∆ (alt-J), offering a glimpse of their upcoming third album Relaxer (out June 9…
Genre: Indie
Power Over Men
50 Shades, Reversed
Power Over Men is a single from London singer-songwriter Jamie T's (Jamie Treays) upcoming fourth album Trick. While Jamie T is relatively unknown…
Genre: Indie
Strobe Light
Ultraviolet Cool
We wanted to make a film that celebrates two dancers from Johannesburg. As well as that feeling of being young and creating your own universe within…
Genre: Electronic
CRZY
Kehlani - Official Vid For CRZY !
After the wonderful, artistically made lyrical video, Kehlani`s boy, Art Director Stix joined forces with the Boss of…
Genre: R&B
Pay the Man
Catchy Chaos
After the mixed response to their sophomore album Supermodel (2014), LA indie pop band Foster The People&…
Genre: Indie
Coffee
COFFEE
True, it’s a dance we know the moves The bow, the dip, the woo Though the words are true, The state is old news I would like to talk about…
Genre: Indie
Girlhood
The Preatures Have Raw Originality In 'Girlhood'
Okay, The Preatures have technically been around since 2010 and I ask myself... how did I go this long without hearing their music? As many times that…
Genre: Indie
I Need A Silent Night
Needing That Silent Night
Fourteen evenings from now and it will be Christmas eve. And my search for Christmas songs to play for the season continues. While doing so, I came…
Genre: Pop
Life
Color For The Human Conscious
Dream Rock Pop band Gypsy & The Cat not only bank on an odd name but their station on creative taste far expandes bands like MGMT. Full of…
Genre: Alternative
Summer Holiday
Jack of all Tongues, Master of None
Wild Nothing's song Summer Holiday has echoes of forbidden love. The persona sings of being in a place and time that is transient and the subject…
Genre: Indie
Dusk Till Dawn - Radio Edit
Zayn and Sia Join Forces on a Formulaic Stadium Pop Number
The prestige crime drama-inspired music video for Zayn and Sia’s power pop ballad “Dusk Till Dawn” may be mostly…
Genre: Pop
Take It Easy
Take It Easy: A Great Post-Election Song
No importa cuál es su postura con la elección que tuvo lugar hace poco, que es más probable sentirse estresado y en oposición a…
Genre: Country
Weekend (feat. Miguel)
Mac attack: visual Weekend
Real street Rapper Mac Miller shot the Miguel collaboration single Weekend and pinned it to his&…
Genre: Hip Hop
Seasons (Waiting On You)
Waiting for Change
The agonies of unrequited love is a musical theme that can easily devolve into mere cliche and hopeless sentimentalism - but Baltimore synthpop band…
Genre: Indie
De Pies A Cabeza
Maná and Nicky Jam together in the studio
It seems almost incredible that this famous Mexican group has decided to combine his talent with reguetonero Nicky Jam, I mean, they served in genres…
Genre: Latin
Slow Hands
No slow rise
A few weeks ago, I was well impressed by the direction Harry Styles had chosen for himself when he released his debut solo  single “Sign Of…
Genre: Pop
Your Type
Carly Rae Jepsen's Evolving Pop Persona
The verdict is out. As music critics and fellow blogger NMONDSCHEIN note, Carly Rae Jepsen has followed up on the success of her…
Genre: Pop
DRIVE YOUR CAR
Drive You Car With L.A. Witch
Once this L.A. noir-grunge psychedelic rock coutner culture took over in full force, it would only be a matter of time before picking favorites. With…
Genre: Alternative
Vitamin C
Hey you! You're losing your Vitamin C
“CAN” are one of the great classics of experimental rock. They are often considered pioneers of krautrock, but they are far more…
Genre: Rock
Boyfriend
American Pastoral
American singer-songwriter Lissie's latest track “Boyfriend operates in the same thematic territory as her critically acclaimed third…
Genre: Indie
Wonderwall
And After All...
Wondewall. Written by Noel Gallagher , this song had proved to be one of Oasis’s top songs.   The word wonderwall means…
Genre: Rock
Sería Feliz
Latin Thought
The sound attracts you, the melody becomes sticky, and gradually you convince yourself that the story behind that song, it has happened to you.…
Genre: Latin
Sombre Fayre - Demo
Final Fire
Look at this, a band called Neon Waltz has six people in their group. Yes, Arcade Fire can become a symphony but does that mean other bands can pull…
Genre: Indie
Boyish
Hippo Campus' Boyish Exuberance
It's hard to believe Minnesota indie rock quartet Hippo Campus have not actually released their debut album yet, given the success of their first…
Genre: Indie
Rooting For You
Rooting for You
It’s safe to say that London Grammar’s brand new offering is not at all what I expected. Although Hannah Reid’s rich, strong vocal remains the main…
Genre: Indie
Save My Soul
Just don't get hooked
A while ago, I drew a comparison, in an article on my own website, between Ke$ha and JoJo. Both, for completely different reasons, ended up being…
Genre: Pop
Better
Blazar’s New Spotify Single “Better” is your 2020 House Summer Jam
Are you looking for that next big house and EDM summer jam that’s gonna get you hyped all summer long? Look no further: Blazar’s new Spotify single “…
Genre: Electronic
This Is What You Came For
New Hit “This is What You Came For”
New Video has come to networks, the music is so good that and imagine ringing everywhere is called This is What You Came For, and is a collaboration…
Genre: Latin
Other
Another comeback
Alison Moyet was a pioneer in the 80s. She was at the front of the rise of experimental, high energy synth-pop with Yazoo (from which you probably…
Genre: Electronic
Wherever You Will Go
The Oscar Awards and the Soundtrack of the Subconscious
One of the most famous awards in the world and the history of cinema, has always had a place for the Best Soundtrack for Film, a category that has…
Genre: Latin
Brand New (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
Brand New TY $ign!
Dolla bought a brand new Porsche Dolla did a cover of The Source Dolla did the XXL Dolla bought my bitch Chanel goes the insanely dope intro hook…
Genre: Hip Hop
Scream
An ideal world
In the audiovisual world (movies, novels, series or films) sound weigh heavily. The music drives the action, explains what happens and guides the…
Genre: Latin
Sabali
Love, Jouissance and Blindness: The Doubly Poignant Use of Amadou & Mariam's Sabali in Léa Mysius' Ava
   “Ava”, the debut feature film by La Femis film school graduate Léa Mysius, incorporates a…
Genre: Soundtrack
Night Owl
Frenetic Funk
Summer 08 (2016), British indietronica quartet Metronomy's fifth studio album, revisits the terrain they carved out in sophomore effort&…
Genre: Electronic
Coachella - Woodstock In My Mind
Time Travelling
  “Think of what’s going on now. Where am I going to get my inspiration? I couldn’t think of a thing today…
Genre: Alternative
Nothing Better
Forget Chainsmokers, this is the duet of former lovers you should be listening to.
Much to my own annoyance I'm quite fond of Closer by Chainsmokers featuring Halsey. I know in my bones that it is a terrible pop song, full of…
Genre: Alternative
So What The Fuss
Stevie Wonder rapping! Yeah, you read well!
I can never get enough satisfied while listening to the music of Stevie Wonder! I would like to share with you guys a song by Stevie Wonder from the…
Genre: R&B
Elevator Operator
Profound Mundanity
Melbourne singer-songwriter-guitarist Courtney Barnett's 2016 Grammy nomination for Best New Artist propelled the Australian indie darling to a…
Genre: Indie
Chateau
Angus and Julia Stone’s World-Weary Escapism
“Chateau”, the second track from Aussie sibling duo Angus and Julia Stone’s forthcoming album Snow (out on September 15)…
Genre: Indie
Used to Be
Majestic Nostalgia
In the beginning, I was convinced by patriarchal, white males that authenticity was a certain level of rawness and unsophisticated expression. But…
Genre: Indie
Revolvist
A Shoreline Dream - Revoltist
  US based progressive shoegazers A Shoreline Dream have released their latest single/video ‘Revoltist’.…
Genre: Alternative
Without Love
Alice Glass should never sound this generic
When Alice Glass left Crystal Castles there seemed to be a unofficial promise that whatever Glass did next would be 100% her, rather than her put…
Genre: Electronic
Kill Jill
Big Boi Kill Jill Official Video!
After announcing his third studio album titled Boomiverse, Outcast`s very own, Big Boi drops his latest…
Genre: Hip Hop
Making Plans For Nigel
A Haunting Bossa Nova Twist
  Formed in 2004, French cover band Nouvelle Vague consists of Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux, along with a host of rotating female…
Genre: Indie
i was all over her
Connections
One-man band Salvia Palth, in the track I Was All Over Her from melanchole, comes a title that is undoubtedly shoegaze, sings of the connections that…
Genre: Alternative
Take Me
A Song for Mending Hearts
South Korean singer-songwriter MISO's debut single Take Me is the promising result of her artistic incubation with the Red Bull Music…
Genre: Electronic
Fall Together
Radio-Friendly Grit
Melbourne indie-rockers The Temper Trap (Dougy Mandagi, Jonathon Aherne, Toby Dundas and Joseph Greer) have yet to recreate the inescapable…
Genre: Rock
With A Little Help From My Friends - Remastered
COVERLAND Vol.26: With a Litle Help from My Friends
When I was starting to listen and collect rock LP’s as a teenager, the triple vinyl from Woodstock ‘69 came to me before a Beatles…
Genre: Other
Sober
Games of the Weekend
    Four years after the release of the debut album and hit single that catapulted her to mainstream and critical acclaim - and a…
Genre: Pop
I Should Live in Salt
The National can't explain it any other way
The National are one of the only bands that, with every album, stay within the same sonic landscape. Each ensuing album explores this landscape…
Genre: Alternative
Want You Back
Haim change gears on I Want You Back
Right Now was an understated return for Haim, a song that confidently, if quietly, closed the door on a relationship that had become toxic. What Want…
Genre: Indie
Replica
How a Song Called Replica Sounds Unique
I’m late to the party yet again when it comes to heaping praise on The XX. My relationship with this band has always been in that vein and with their…
Genre: Alternative
Joe (Live from Austin City Limits)
Alabama Shakes Joe (Live from Austin City Limits)
Alabama Shakes is a one-of-a-kind band that embodies an old time southern rock with a modern day instrumentation style. I had the pleasure of seeing…
Genre: Soul
Sucker
Sucker for The Big Moon
The Big Moon has a song playfully titled Sucker that...also has a seductive attraction that easily draws in any one within hearing distance. London…
Genre: Alternative
Seven Nation Army
The song that you know but with another sound
Once I heard that music is the listener. When sound traps the crowd, this becomes one voice. language barriers are broken, gender mix and endless…
Genre: Latin
Pleasure And Pain
The Euphoria of Love and Life
There's a fine line between 'tasteful nudity' and 'sexploitation', but Danish quartet Lightwave Empire's music video for their…
Genre: Indie
I Feel Everything - From
The girl who can do everything
I was a bit surprised to see a music video by Cara Delevingne appear on my suggestion list for blogs. I mean, can this girl do everything? Really? She…
Genre: Soundtrack
Freak
10 Minute Freak
Lana Del Rey is not an artist I play very often. Her music can be pretty laidback, but I usually also find it to be a bit moody, and that’s…
Genre: Indie
Estoy Afuera, Sal
memory = love
Who did not face an impossible love to forget? That person you're trying to discard, but does not work and try more remains embedded in your…
Genre: Latin
Apocalypse
Reverie After Dark
    It has been five years since Brooklyn-via-El Paso ambient pop collective Cigarettes After Sex's first EP. After millions of…
Genre: Indie
Keep Running
Sensuous Momentum
After two well-received EPs and over 3 million Youtube views for Bassically, Brooklyn-via-Argentina singer-songwriter Tei Shi (Valerie…
Genre: Indie
Swimming Through Dreams
Legendary producer John Fryer releases Black Needle Noise single with Mimi Page
Legendary producer John Fryer, one of the most innovative sonic architects on the music scene, is releasing new music under his new…
Genre: Alternative
Beautiful People
Elegiac Ambience
“The original instrumental to Beautiful People is a personal song about loss, hopelessness and chaos, but the message is love and hope.&…
Genre: Electronic
ILYSB
ILYSB Means More Than You Know To LANY
ILYSB or I Love You So Bad for those of us that prefer to type out each word. LANY confuses Pop for Indie and Hip-Hop sectors for Pop references. But…
Genre: Pop
Angels (feat. Saba)
Chance The Rapper Angels (feat. Saba)
This week, Chance the Rapper and Saba released a new single entitled Angels.  We haven’t heard much from these young talented…
Genre: Hip Hop
Strange Or Be Forgotten
Interrogating Individuality
We're continually inundated with pressure in modern life to have to make something of ourselves and leave behind a legacy in this world. '…
Genre: Indie
Around U
Expansive Soul-Searching
LA electropop trio MUNA (Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, and Naomi McPherson) are known for being an out-and-proud queer band that omit all gendered…
Genre: Indie
I Was A Fool
Sunflower Bean's I Was A Fool Swirls in Nostalgic Woe
After a few years in the New York band circuit, an EP, a well-received debut LP, and extensive touring, Brooklyn rock band Sunflower Bean has…
Genre: Rock
Always Sad
For their new single Jesus and Mary Chain state the gloriuosly obvious.
TGIF everyone the Jesus and Mary Chain have released another single from their upcoming album Damage and Joy. Amputation felt like the band dusting…
Genre: Alternative
Let Me Go ! (feat. Sophie Hunger)
Erik Truffaz feat. Sophie Hunger: Let Me Go !
I love what happened to music in the last two decades. The music industry tended to classify music under genre labels to ease the selling, so eclectic…
Genre: Jazz
Psycho Killer
Psycho Killer
“Psycho Killer” is among the songs included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It is one of the longest…
Genre: Rock
Awake My Soul
Awake My Soul
The dust settles and the horns fall to silent, all that is able to be heard is the screaming fans waiting eagerly for the next number. Immersed in the…
Genre: Rock
Freedom
Pitbull takes a cruise full of women in his new video
The Cuban singer has just released his video Freedom is the second single from his upcoming album to be released in this 2016 is expected to be…
Genre: Latin
Girl
Melancholic Euphoria
Girl is the last track from Jamie xx's ( English record producer and The xx member Jamie Smith) debut studio album In Colour (…
Genre: Electronic
Oh Woman Oh Man
This may be the best way to listen to London Grammar
  Part of the problem with London Grammar’s first album, If You Wait, is that each song was weighted down by dark moods, emotion, and tone.…
Genre: Indie
Suicide Saturday
It was a Suicide Saturday ... In a Summertime Kind of Way
Hippo Campus (the band's name is a play on the region of the brain in charge of memory) is a four-man indie pop-rock band founded in Minnesota in…
Genre: Indie
Girlfriend
Busta back in rhymes
It’s not that often that a single cover gets my attention, but Busta Rhymes’ latest single, “Girlfriend”, featuring Tory Lanez and Vybz Kartel has a…
Genre: Hip Hop
No Drama Queen
Grouplove's Gesture Towards Drama Queens
No Drama Queen certainly adds a bite to the long list unexpected song titles. Yet, if you've ever seen Paper Towns crafted from the mind of John…
Genre: Indie
Happy Birthday to You (Piano)
Happy Birthday, Danielle!
The music not only accompanies us during the holidays or at a concert. Not just listen to music 24 hours a day, and 7 days a week, and not 365 days a…
Genre: Latin
Sugar for the Pill
Bittersweet
Having released their first album in more than 20 years, Slowdive does not disappoint with this melancholic love track Sugar for the Pill. The low,…
Genre: Indie
Praying
Kesha's personal prayer
Pretty much out of the blue, Kesha released her new single last week. One day, she announced a new video on Instagram and the next day, the video was…
Genre: Pop
Trouble
Cage The Elephant Trouble
Popular indie rockers Cage the Elephant released a new single entitled “Trouble”. The guys haven’t released much since…
Genre: Indie
Perfect Illusion
Lady Gaga tells us how she lived a Perfect Illusion
Perfect Illusion is the title that brings the new issue of extravagant Lady Gaga, who until recently we had confused making us ask where they had…
Genre: Latin
O Holy Night
Abigail Winzer gives us a beautiful rendition of O Holy Night
What a revelation is truly is to have an artist keep the true nature of Christmas music that keeps the soul and essence of the holiday spirit. The…
Genre: Gospel
Make Me... (feat. G-Eazy)
Britney's Back (but so what?)
The music video for Make Me..., the lead single for Britney Spears' upcoming 9th album Glory (2016) has just been released. The…
Genre: Pop
April Skies
Songs that started it all. 2) April Skies, Jesus and Mary Chain
Scotland has a proud history of great indie bands: Belle and Sebastian, The Blue Nile, punk band The Skids, Primal Scream, but before I heard April…
Genre: Alternative
Superman
The Adarna Releases Superman
SEATTLE, WA -  Soundgate Records Artiste, The Adarna, release “Superman”, as their second music video single off their…
Genre: Rock
Take Off Your Shirt
Bibio's 'Anti-Party' Anthem
English music producer Stephen Wilkinson (the main man behind Bibio) has been duly noted by music critics for carving out his own genre of ‘…
Genre: Electronic
On Hold
Disco-Tinged Bittersweetness
In The Key of Awesome's 2010 parody of Lady Gaga's Telephone, there's a line that resonates powerfully in the smartphone and social media…
Genre: Indie
Cranes in the Sky
Solange Steels Music's Broken Wings
The opening to Solange Knowles “Cranes in The Sky” beckons with an addictive head-nodding beat that subdues all your attention.…
Genre: R&B
Blood & Muscle
Lissie's Blood and Muscle Showcases Raw and Real Desire
One easily imagines that life on a farm in northeast Iowa can be beautiful and tranquil – but also devastatingly lonely. Illinois singer-…
Genre: Indie
Playground love - vibraphone version
Stilted Adolescence
Playground Love is the first song from French duo Air's (Nicholas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel) original sountrack for The Virgin…
Genre: Soundtrack
Biking
Hit the pedal and bike
Recently I was asked what The Netherlands were known for abroad. We were talking about food and I couldn’t think of any meals or particular cooking…
Genre: Hip Hop
Move On
Vapor Trails
Move On is Tel-Aviv based electronic indie pop trio Garden City Movement's (Roi Avital on vocals, keyboards and guitar; Joe Saar on guitar,…
Genre: Electronic
Rearview Mirror
Kiri T's Lush Momentum
Run your fingers on my waist/ I’ll push the pedal to it’s deepest pace: the music video for New York-via-Hong…
Genre: Indie
Affection
Hauntingly Beautiful
  A stage name like 'Cigarettes After Sex' evokes a specific mood and setting: a post-coital, languid, potentially sultry scene of…
Genre: Indie
Omaha
Baby Left on Omaha
'Letting go' is an emotional terrain that accomodates a wide variety of emotions: sadness, resignation, nostalgia, melancholy, anger, despair,…
Genre: Electronic
Real People
Real People Together
After watching Straight Outta Compton, it’s great to look forward to watching the real Ice Cube (whose son did an awesome portrayal) on the…
Genre: Soundtrack
Lust for Life (with The Weeknd)
Hollywood and The Weeknd
Lana Del Rey is on a roll lately. A week after releasing her duet with The Weeknd, it was also announced that she has recorded a song with Fleetwood…
Genre: Pop
Safari Room
The Future is Bright with Safari Room
Safari Room is a Nashville-based band that needs to be on your radar NOW. Their newest release comes in the form of Look Me Up When You Get There,…
Genre: Indie
CRX
The Strokes' Nick Valensi Announces Josh Homme Produced CRX Album Release
Guitarist Nick Valensi of The Strokes announced a few weeks ago the birth of a new musical project called CRX alongside some renowned musicians in…
Genre: Latin
Jory Boy
Behind you Remix, official video
five months trots out this simple, hand of Dayme & The High producers, but it was not until the end of September they released the remix with…
Genre: Latin
Bomba Estéreo
Bomba Estéreo will say present at Lollapalooza Colombia
For the first time in history the Lollapalooza reach Colombian soil. This 17 and 18 September the event will be held in the Simon Bolivar Park in…
Genre: Latin
Domino Saints
Domino Saints is going to premiere
Domino Saints is in full release, as they are just releasing their new album Rebels . This is now available for sale through digital platforms. In…
Genre: Latin
Olga Tanon
The return of a diva
Olga Tañón is back! The singer is preparing for the great launch of Olga Tañón and Punto , which will be available for sale on 12…
Genre: Latin
Tom DeLonge
Tom DeLonge talks about Blink-182
Blink-182 is renewed and this time a new era without Tom DeLonge figure begins. Last week the band presented Bored To Death, the new issue has the…
Genre: Latin
The Bones of J.R. Jones
Bones of JR Jones Interview
The Bones of JR Jones is mostly a one-man band, although JR sometimes plays with a variety of setups. His recent album, Dark Was The Yearling, was…
Genre: Rock
Russ
A Personal Anthem : Russ Do It Myself
When I first heard this joint, I was like, this should be an instant banger, yet it stayed in a shade for some time and still slowely uprising....…
Genre: Hip Hop
The Phantom Sound
Phantom Sound: Bringing Back the New Wave Spirit (Interview)
Phantom Sound is an indie rock project that quotes 80's new wave and pop rock in an inventive way. The one (wo)man project is backed in the studio…
Genre: Indie
Zack Hemsey
Zack Hemsey: Underrated and Underappreciated
Music is one of my sources of income so needless to say it’s extremely important to me. I take great pride in what I choose to listen to. An artist…
Genre: Hip Hop
Nina Simone
Honorary Grammys for The Velvet Underground, Nina Simone and Sly Stone
This past Monday December 19, the Recording Academy announced that by 2017 the singer Nina Simone, Sly Stone and Tue Velvet Underground receive the…
Genre: Latin
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift releases lyric video for her third single Gorgeous
Genre: Latin
Rihanna
Will Rihanna beat The Beatles' record?
The high - profile theme Work Rihanna's latest album, Anti, was listed for the eighth consecutive week at the top of the Hot 100 list of…
Genre: Latin
Juanes
Juanes plans in detail
The multi-award Juanes is presenting his latest studio album. My Planes Son Amarte is already on the way to all the Latin American record companies…
Genre: Latin
Anielle Reid
VIDEO: Anielle Reid ‘Love Song’
Having released her videos for ‘Morality‘ and ‘Better‘ from her EP ‘Ain’t Like ‘…
Genre: Country
Marian Hill
Marian Hill: The Answer to Your Musical Cravings
 Flawless is the word that comes to mind when thinking of Marian Hill. Overused as it may be, the word is accurate when it comes to the R&…
Genre: R&B
J Balvin
J Balvin makes history with Mi Gente
Colombian reggaetoner J Balvin is living sweet moments in his musical career. His last song called Mi Gente has managed to position him as the Latin…
Genre: Latin
León Larregui
You shot to kill, new music video by León Larregui
A surreal stop - motion animated world, is the visual argument latest video released by León Larregui, vocalist Zoe, as audiovisual material You…
Genre: Latin
Marc Anthony
Spotify premieres documentary about Marc Anthony and his father.
Marc Anthony released the documentary short film The family in Spotify. The film is starring salsa star and his father Felipe Muniz, responsible for…
Genre: Latin
Steve Reich
Reich Dazzles With His Four Sections for Orchestra, Voices and Organ
The first four movements or sections of the piece showcase primarily the orchestra. Layer or Section One features a dazzling section of whole tone or…
Genre: Classical
Claydon Connor
Claydon Connor ‘Under The Big Sky’ – Album Review
We previously featured Claydon Connor in our monthly Stray Plectrums post back in June, the spotlight shining favorably on his…
Genre: Country
Reik
Gold Disc for Reik
The Mexican trio Reik achieved in Spain certified Digital Gold Record for more than five million streams topic '' As I heard, &#…
Genre: Latin
Madagascar 5
Is The Movie Or The Song Famous?
When a film becomes famous, so does the soundtrack that accompanies it. The sounds that give meaning to the dialogue and scenes are also important.…
Genre: Latin
David Bowie
There's a star man waiting in the sky
Death today was one of the greatest musicians who had the pop culture world. These intellectual men are born only once and that unlike many, managed…
Genre: Latin
Miguel Bosé
Argentina prepares to receive Miguel Bosé
Miguel Bosé is preparing for a great meeting with his fans. The Spaniard will arrive in Argentina to give a recital that promises a tour of his…
Genre: Latin
Ediblehead
Ediblehead: Animal Lick Stick
Ediblehead son una fuerza a tener en cuenta. Ellos entran en tantas categorías que casi se atreven a definirlos. Yo vaya con alguna combinaci&…
Genre: Electronic
Parry Adams
Get Your Whiskey Fix (and No Hangover) with Parry Adams' Latest Album!
Pitssburgh based singer-songwriter, Parry Adams, recently released her latest album Whiskey Aftermath. Her motto “Music straight. No chaser” resonates…
Genre: Country
Grimes
5 Female Producers/Mix Engineers Who Are Setting The Music Scene On Fire
It’s no secret that women often don’t get enough credit for their work behind the scenes in the music industry other than for…
Genre: Hip Hop
Arsonal da Rebel
5 Rap Battles That Didn’t Get As Much Hype As They Deserved in 2016
While 2016 might not have been the greatest year for battle rap it still was a good year nonetheless. There were plenty of battles this year that…
Genre: Hip Hop
Lucy Hale
Lucy Hale ‘Road Between (Deluxe Edition)’ – Album Review
Lucy Hale is the Pretty Little Liars star that has been causing a buzz on the country scene for the last year. Entering a music career, she chose…
Genre: Country
Mateo y Las Manos Pesadas
The Show-Stopping Debut Album 48 by Mateo y Las Manos Pesadas
Mateo y Las Manos Pesadas is a folk/rock project and brain child of Matt Craddock. Though based in Colorado he has spent an extensive amount of time…
Genre: Other
Huun-Huur-Tu
Postmodern Tuva
From the highlands of Tuva comes a group of musicians that bring the breath of the mountains to the Western audiences in a postmodern package,…
Genre: World
Moose with a Scarf
Moose with a Scarf's Latest Single I Am Moosebot
Reigning from sunny California, our featured artist for today is a composer and producer from Los Angeles. Anthony Sabatino, also known as Moose With…
Genre: Electronic
Jacob Collier
An Absolute Genius
  Some artists are born more talented and some have to work more to get where they want to be. And there are those who have to do very…
Genre: Jazz
Marc Anthony
BAILAME new song by Marc Anthony and Nacho.
Luis Ignacio singer, better known as Nacho, revealed a happy video where it shows a small preview of his new project with the Puerto Rican Marc…
Genre: Latin
Joey Montana
Dulce María and Joey Montana sing “Volvamos”
Let 's return is the name of the new song of the Mexican singer Dulce Maria, in collaboration with the Panamanian artist, Joey Montana, being…
Genre: Latin
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
It’s a cold, cold light. And our hot, hot night. Please show me your legs, show me your feet, let me touch your skin. Let me kiss your…
Genre: Rock
Jennifer Lopez
J-lo credits another Super success in Las Vegas
With a riot of sensuality and elegance, the Puerto Rican 46-year-old joins the group of artists who develop shows in Sin City, characterized by…
Genre: Latin
Motörhead
Phil Taylor, legendary Motörhead drummer, has died
The iconic and historical drummer Phil Taylor of the band Motorhead died at age 61 last Wednesday, November 11 due to an undisclosed illness. My…
Genre: Latin
Melendi
Look behind the scenes of Fate or Chance
Melendi and Ha * Ash teamed up to make a great collaboration in Destino O Casualidad, third single that comes from Quítate Las Gafas , recent…
Genre: Latin
Luis Fonsi
Slowly overcoming the Macarena
The hit of Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee premiered last week in the first place of the 100 most heard songs in the United States. Despacito became the…
Genre: Latin
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony and Silvestre Dangond: two titans on stage
This Friday, August 4, they are presented in Bogota, Marc Anthony and Silvestre Dangond. A meeting that is given after five years that the Puerto…
Genre: Latin
Nicky Jam
Nicky Jam was the first chosen to do Despacito
The popular and successful song Despacito by Luis Fonsi in collaboration with Daddy Yankee begins to generate its own history. This week it was…
Genre: Latin
Jaycee
JayCee - EP2
On 10th June 2016, Welsh alternative rock band JayCee released their most awaited debut EP. The young band showed us their…
Genre: Alternative
Juan Gabriel
New music video by Juan Gabriel
This time El Sol de Mexico premiere new music video of a classic called Have You Ever Seen The Rain the Californian group Creedence Clearwater…
Genre: Latin
Asia Argento
Asia Argento
Sexy drums are on their way! They fly right into your apartment to crash your bad mood and make to dance to furious music. You know, sex is in every…
Genre: Electronic
Sting
Messages and stories in a bottle by Sting
This English mind blowing musician definitely deserves our attention! This is the guy that sold more than 100 million albums and earned 16 Grammy…
Genre: Rock
Anthony Hamilton
Hotline Soul Style
By now, I’m sure most of us has heard Drake’s “Hotline Bling”. It seems that many people love the song and don…
Genre: Soul
Lil Wayne
Is Lil Wayne retiring from music?
Lil Wayne has been making headlines since last week after he hinted recently on Twitter that he is contemplating leaving the rap, saying it is…
Genre: Latin
David Bisbal
David Bisbal receives Gold Disc in Colombia
David Bisbal closed the year with great news is that his latest single Before No became Single Gold in Colombia for being a digital sales record this…
Genre: Latin
Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai premieres Automaton
An explosion in the desert marks the beginning of videclip Automaton theme of the group Jamiroquai. Audiovisual, with aliens and science fiction…
Genre: Latin
Brantley Gilbert
Brantley Gilbert ‘Just As I Am’ – Album Review
Often, before I listen to an album, I have a preconceived idea of how I’m going to feel about it. Good or bad, I can usually tell from an artist’s…
Genre: Country
Jupiter Jax
Jupiter Jax
I’m sitting here in front of my notebook and typing these lines about magical music. Music is all around, music is everything and it&…
Genre: Electronic
Nicky Jam
Nicky Jam wants to conquer Europe
Nicky Jam prepares for his landing in several European cities. Successful urban music star will come to Barcelona and Tenerife in April and, although…
Genre: Latin
Olga Tanon
Olga Tañón awarded for her outstanding career
Olga Tañón was awarded by Guinness World Records . The singer has been recognized with two titles: the first, being the female artist with…
Genre: Latin
Beyoncé
Beyoncé and Bruno Mars shine with Coldplay at the Superbowl
Michael Jackson, Madonna, Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones are among the artists who have presented the most memorable Super Bowl halftime shows…
Genre: Latin
Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris leaves premiere
On June 26, Calvin Harris and several pop icons joined together to release the music video for the song Feels featuring vocal collaboration by…
Genre: Latin
Striking Matches
Striking Matches @ East Village Arts Club, Liverpool, UK | November 11, 2015 – Review
I’ve seen Striking Matches play five times, and this would be the second time I saw John & Jacob, so I had an inkling of what would…
Genre: Country
Bucky Covington
Bucky Covington Turned me into a Fan
I remember watching Season 5 of American Idol, and I was not really a fan of Bucky Covington. That changed when I was asked, after the season was…
Genre: Country
Frédéric Chopin
Chopin’s Last Years
Let’s take you to a place in time where Chopin was at his last. He was writing some of the finest piano music during these last few years,…
Genre: Classical
Somalunar
A promise called Somalunar
Since 2013 there is a promise led by Luigi Escalante and his Somalunar project, which in 2014 released his first EP titled Gemini. Escalante has only…
Genre: Latin
Farruko
Guatemala was conquered by Farruko
Farruko success transcends borders and in Europe and the United States have begun to hear some of their hits. But also, the artist was consolidated…
Genre: Latin
Charliepapa
I feel the same
The ability to say for others what they would not dare, yes, that is the role of musician or artist who achieves its mission when it becomes a public…
Genre: Latin
Ole Kirkeng
All the Small Things: The Perfectionism of Bassist and Songwriter Ole Kirkeng
Here’s the thing: writing music is tough. Writing good music is even moreso. Then there’s the daunting task of making sure that…
Genre: Alternative
Jim Lauderdale
Jim Lauderdale On ‘This Changes Everything’ and a Lifetime – Interview
Jim Lauderdale has never been one without a sense of humor. Over fifteen years of hosting the Americana Music Awards, Lauderdale has had to ad lib in…
Genre: Country
Boston Rex
The 5 best Venezuelan albums and EP's that you should listen to.
It is impossible to deny the good musical talent in Venezuela in various genres, such as folk, rock, indie, pop and even reggae, and in this 2016…
Genre: Latin
Prince
Deluxe edition of Purple Rain released containing unreleased tracks
Prince's music will ring forever. Its fans will have the opportunity to listen to unpublished songs thanks to last Friday's official…
Genre: Latin
Wolf Alice
Why Aren't You Listening to Wolf Alice?
Wolf Alice are Theo Ellis, Joff Oddie, Ellie Roswell and Joel Amey. Their debut album My Love is Cool recently peaked at number 2 in the charts (held…
Genre: Indie
Flowers Must Die
Flowers Must Die
Flowers Must Die are Swedish psychedelic rock band who have released a number of albums during the last half a decade, and whose latest EP Montana/…
Genre: Rock
Anna Kendrick
Anna Kendrick's romance with James Corden
I know that Anna Kendrick is an actress, but it seems professional singer, the star of Perfect Pitch is 30 years old and a successful career in…
Genre: Latin
Rawayana
A band made on the internet
Beyond just trying to make music, Rawayana is a Venezuelan group that invites people to escape from reality to an imaginary island of much reggae and…
Genre: Latin
The Mavericks
The Mavericks ‘Mono’ – Album Review
The Mavericks have always been coy about being pigeon-holed. Melding neo-traditional country with alternative, Tex-Mex and more, it was almost a…
Genre: Country
Drake
If You're Reading This Drake Has Already Done It
Drake has always been the most influential rapper to me, from when I first heard Best I Ever Had on the radio, to listening to him and Future rap…
Genre: Hip Hop
One Direction
Indefinite break for One Direction
From the TV show X Factor members of the group One Direction took leave of his audience in what would be their last performance together. The group…
Genre: Latin
Celtic Thunder
Celtic Thunder Packs a Punch!
This next group that I’m reviewing is so wonderful. They were first brought to me by another co-worker who saw them on a late night TV show. On first…
Genre: Classical
Jody Quine
Jody Quine Stands Up With New Single
A songstress for the masses, Jody Quine is a delight with her new single, Stand Up. This year saw an array of critical acclaim for the artist as she…
Genre: Blues
Radiohead
Specter, the new Radiohead
British alternative rock band, Radiohead, shared via Soundcloud, the theme Spectre as a Christmas gift for all their fans. The song was designed for…
Genre: Latin
AJ Guel
AJ Guel ‘Real No One’ - Album Review
You might initially think AJ Guel is another kind of strident male singer like Jason Aldean or some kind of rugged guy that’s gonna run you…
Genre: Country
John Mayer
John Mayer releases single Love on the Weekend
Singer John Mayer announced last week that the November 17, ie yesterday, would release a new single called Love on The Weekend which is already in…
Genre: Latin
Demi Lovato
About New Year's Resolutions
For some it means to lose weight, love yourself and maybe forget a love. Every New Year, represents a new opportunity to make things right.…
Genre: Latin
Backstreet Boys
Backstreet's Back!!!! The famous group meets in Las Vegas
That emotion must have fans of this group of boys who swept the top spots in all music charts in the 90s and 2000, after a long period offstage and…
Genre: Latin
ANOHNI
Anohni's Woke Pop
After releasing eight albums with the chamber pop ensemble Antony and the Johnsons over the past two decades, Antony Hegarty embraced her identity as…
Genre: Electronic
Tomates Fritos
Fried Tomatoes is renewed
20 years new album. So Tomates Fritos celebrates two decades of experience in Venezuela. A homonymous production with a clear message: reinvent…
Genre: Latin
Built By Titan
The Enigmatic and Dark Return of TITAN
We were changing that, leaving aside parts, adding rhythmic loops, making everything sound more like as we heard ... and received the example of the…
Genre: Latin
Michel Petrucciani
Masters Trio
This is a treat for all virtuoso-loving fans. Here we have three masters of their respected instruments, led by the famous French pianist Michel…
Genre: Jazz
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin returns to Detroit for her retirement.
Aretha Franklin plans to retire in her native Detroit and open a nightclub in the city. The Queen of Soul told the Detroit Free Press that she will…
Genre: Latin
John Lennon
The Legend.
In the decades since his passing, on December 8, 1980, John Lennon’s legend has continued to grow, both for his contributions to the Beatles…
Genre: Rock
Pravada
In Talks with PRAVADA
Pravada is a band that has been on our radar for a number of years. With their catchy hooks, infectious brand of rock n' roll and buzzing…
Genre: Indie
Tribalistas
Brazilian trio Tribalistas release their second album after 15 years
The Brazilian trio Tribalistas, a worldwide music phenomenon in the early 2000s, today released the second album of its history, 15 years after its…
Genre: Latin
Julie Belle
Julie Belle ‘You Were Younger’ - EP Review
Detroit-born Americana/indie rock songstress Julie Belle has had music running through her veins since she was a toddler, learning to play piano from…
Genre: Country
Jorge Drexler
Jorge Drexler premieres a new single, Telefonía
It's been three years since acclaimed Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler introduced us to his dance at La Cueva (2014), an album full…
Genre: Latin
Enrique Iglesias
Not even the rain stops Enrique Iglesias.
For the second time, the Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias included in his tour to the Dominican Republic, the first in 2013. On a rainy night but…
Genre: Latin
MC Hammer
MC Hammer did a one-time-only gig
Somewhere in August, the strangest thing reached me. It was a promo for a concert at the Staples Center in LA, USA. Nothing too weird really, but the…
Genre: Hip Hop
Lindsey Stirling
“Brave Enough”—A Unique Swan Song
Songwriter Christina Perri and American violinist Lindsey Sterling team up to produce “Brave Enough”—a collection of…
Genre: Classical
Cher
SundaySpotlight: My Favorite Roles of Musicians
WILL SMITH in Ali From Bad Boys, Men In Black and Wild West to the movies Ali and The Pursuit of Happyness that brought him Academy Award nominations…
Genre: Other
Acoustic Journey
Acoustic Journey ‘Get Back Up’ - EP Review
There are two sides to the UK country music scene. There are the acts that are signed to major labels, or at least close to it, touring substantially…
Genre: Country
Fito Páez
Fito Páez will close his tour in Cuba
There are more than 40 years in which Fito Paez has dedicated his life to music. Today is holiday and commemorates the 30th anniversary of their…
Genre: Latin
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Palestrina Takes Early Sacred Works Over the Top
Strolling down Memory Lane, we come across the gorgeous Palestrina and his great work from one great mass (Gloria, Kyrie, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei) and…
Genre: Classical
Paul McCartney
McCartney preparing new album
Paul McCartney revealed that working on a new album with Greg Kurstin, the producer who helped British singer Adele to get his worldwide hit Hello.…
Genre: Latin
Sia
Sia releases song part of Lion BS
Last Friday, the singer Sia released a new single that will be part of the soundtrack of the movie Lion, premiering on November 25 in the US CIENES…
Genre: Latin
Nicolas Jaar
Nicolas Jaar
It sounds pretty stupid if someone says: “I’m fond of space”. In fact, I’ve never heard anyone saying such a…
Genre: Electronic
Tina Turner
Tina Turner is not forgotten
A few months ago, all viewers of a Musical Award Show in the Netherlands were stunned to see Tina Turner appear on stage to present one of the evening…
Genre: Rock
Lucía Gil
Artists: from 2.0 to traditional media
With the boom of social networks, those artists already recognized in traditional media (TV, radio, print newspapers) as Shakira, Enrique Iglesias…
Genre: Latin
CD9
Main theme of ''Ninja Turtles 2'' performed by CD9
The Mexican Boy Band, CD9 is expressed happy to sing the main theme of the movie 'Ninja Turtles 2: Out of the Shadows'' which…
Genre: Latin
Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas cancel performances due to anti-LGBT law
Nick and Demi are joining the long list of artists who refuse to perform in North Carolina, canceling two concerts, they protest against the new…
Genre: Latin
Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert On Her Upcoming Record, Visiting The UK, And ‘Platinum’ – Interview
We were lucky enough to be front and centre during the press conferences at the recent C2C Festival in London. Miranda Lambert stopped by to talk to…
Genre: Country
Juan Magán
Juan Magán beach!
Spanish producer and DJ Juan Magan was successfully presented at the first concert of the festival Electro Beach Oasis Cancun in which their Latin…
Genre: Latin
Willy William
The Secret Of A Good Soundtrack
Many times, the seconds of a song are enough to remember a movie, and also that sound is capable of transmitting the emotion that encompasses the…
Genre: Latin
Santiago Benavides
Benavides begins a new musical stage
The Venezuelan singer-songwriter Benavides is in the best moment of his career. Recently signed contract with the important record label Universal…
Genre: Latin
Neutro Shorty
CALIGULA'S
After waiting so long it was time, they witness my new album CALIGULA'S Thanking God and all those who played in this car for this one come…
Genre: Latin
Volbeat
Volbeat, If Elvis & Rockabilly were played by a Heavier & Faster Metallica / Volumen Og Beat (Part 1)
So, what does one get when they cross the following: Elvis, Rockabilly, and a heavier type of Thrash Metal than Metallica? Well, Volbeat would perhaps…
Genre: Metal
Mogwai
Spaceships Over Glasgow
  Take Me Somewhere Nice is a brooding, moody and reflective ballad from Scottish post-rock quintet Mogwai's third album&…
Genre: Rock
DJ Snake
Let Me Love You finally has a video
After four months of release of the song Let Me Love You in which Justin Bieber collaborates with DJ Snake, yesterday decided to release the video of…
Genre: Latin
The Collective Bus
The Collective Bus Urges You To Take Time
The Collective Bus is the alternative-rock brainchild of Daniel Correa, successful composer of afro-cuban inspired alt-rock that weaves in socio-…
Genre: Alternative
Circo Vulkano
Vulkano Circus will perform in Caracas
Bass, guitar, melodica and drums. They are the rhythms of youth! They are the rhythms that dance you! The Venezuelan band, Circo Vulkano announced to…
Genre: Latin
Unlike Pluto
We Sound Strange has the inside scoop on the new Monstercat release of Unlike Pluto's Everything Black
If you haven't already heard the new Monstercat release of Unlike Pluto's Everything Black, it's sure to get you in the weekend mood, even…
Genre: Electronic
Mike Shinoda
5 Rappers of Asian Descent who’ve Left Their Mark on Hip Hop
When you mention rap music the continent of Asia usually isn’t the first place that most people associate the genre with. Most people would be hard-…
Genre: Hip Hop
Scotty Moore
The guitarist of 'The King' of Rock and Roll dies at 84.
Scotty Moore's first guitarist of Elvis Presley who accompanied him on the road to success with DJ Fontana, Bill Black and Sam Phillips, the…
Genre: Latin
Frank Ticheli
Frank Ticheli’s Peace is A Gem for Younger Players
Frank Ticheli’s “Peace” is a fabulous little gem of a piece that really pops with a simple melody in the trumpet parts and throughout the brass. It…
Genre: Classical
Esperanza Spalding
The Diva, The Muse, and The Philosophical Dilemmas
Esperanza Spalding is one of the contemporary greats, and that’s a fact, not an opinion. She proved it on many occasions, playing her own…
Genre: Jazz
Tom Rosenthal
Save America, Melania!
Sometimes it takes an outsider to provide fresh insight. British comedian and songwriter Tom Rosenthal's Melania just might be the best protest…
Genre: Indie
He Is We
A Happy Ever After
“We all have a story to tell whether we whisper or yell.” - He Is We All of us, young and old, rich and poor, cynics and optimists…
Genre: Indie
Sixto Rein
There's Green Light for another big hit
With a new song that promises to give that talk comes Sixto Rein. The singer released Green Light, his new single in which has the participation of…
Genre: Latin
Red Sky July
Red Sky July ‘The Truth and The Lie’ – Album Review
After the success of the excellent sophomore effort ‘Shadowbirds’ in 2014, Americana/alt-country outfit Red Sky July had quite the…
Genre: Country
Manel Navarro
Television, Controversy, Originality or Music? What sounds more?
The word sounds in popular speech comes from noise What else makes more noise? or is heard more often. In the globalized world of television and,…
Genre: Latin
Drake
Drake was the most downloaded during 2016 for Spotify
The year is coming to an end and as expected, the main houses for sale, search and playback music world begin to produce lists of the highlights and…
Genre: Latin
Sybs
Some Motivation to Start Your Day with SYBS
SYBS charms once again with their new video for Motivation, which they released late last year. Shared with us Motivation features Coss Marte of…
Genre: Pop
Shakira
Shakira premiered Blackmail with Maluma
Two days ago the video Blackmail by Shakira with his countryman, Maluma in which the blonde returns to perform her sensual hip movements, which are…
Genre: Latin
Michelle Malone
Michelle Malone’s Hot ‘Lanta: The Buddy & Jim Show Recap
Michelle Malone surely would not describe herself as a Georgia peach but she is one proud native of Atlanta. The singer, who hails from …
Genre: Country
Shakira
Shakira and her new song are something to talk about
Colombian star continues seizing the radio rankings across the continent with his new hit I Fell. This song, dedicated to his current partner Gerard…
Genre: Latin
Green Day
Green day advances us his new material.
The legendary band Green Day, decided to dust off the instruments and prepare a new album Revolution Radio will be called. Last 20th of this month,…
Genre: Latin
Adele
25, Adele's unnecessary LP
25 would work better as an EP. It is an album with unnecessary, redundant songs in sound and theme. Hello , the first single, is a good piece that…
Genre: Latin
Bun B
Rappers Who’ve Released Trilogy Albums…or More
Prodigy – “H.N.I.C.” Prodigy is most known as half of the iconic New York rap group Mobb Deep. The duo released a series of highly acclaimed and…
Genre: Hip Hop
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande demands respect from rappers
American singer Ariana Grande does not feel intimidated when expressing their opinions. The young artist has asked the male rappers to stop using…
Genre: Latin
Niasony
Pulsating Afro-Groove from the Congo
With her Debut Album Afropastique Niasony presents an astonishing sketch for the afro-international Pop music of the future. In the 13 songs she sings…
Genre: World
Fergie
Hungry for new Fergalicious music?
Earlier this year, it was already reported that Fergie was working on new material. While she was spotted in Europe, it was rumoured she was shooting…
Genre: Hip Hop
Ricky Martin
Ricky Martín version Vente pa´ ca in English
Ricky Martin released the English version of her latest single entitled Vente pa'ca. However, it does not have the participation of the…
Genre: Latin
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is ready to release their new album
Arcade Fire is the only band that has won its first and only Grammy Award for best album of the year in history. That did it in 2008 with his first…
Genre: Latin
Luke James Shaffer
Introducing Luke James Shaffer
Making the decision to pursue a music career 7 years ago, Luke James Shaffer, a passionate and kind young mid-western man, is quickly on the rise and…
Genre: Rock
Lucie Silvas
Lucie Silvas – EP Review
It was around ten years ago I became aware of Lucie Silvas’ burgeoning talent. I remember listening to ‘Breathe In’ on Radio 2, and even at 15 I was…
Genre: Country
Foyone
Presidents: Pellah + Foyone
The Malaga - born rapper Foyone news again by the publication of a new audiovisual, this time the subject is titled '' Presidents &…
Genre: Latin
Kevin Johansen
Kevin Johansen presents the video for Folky with Pity Álvarez
The Argentine singer Kevin Johansen introduced mid last 2016 a new studio work, as is customary in the company of the group The Nada. Called Miss…
Genre: Latin
Roman GianArthur
Radiohead X D'Angelo = Roman Gianarthur
Roman Gianarthur is the latest addition to Janelle Monáe's Wondaland Arts Society, an eclectic mix of supremely talented…
Genre: R&B
Niña Pastori
Two decades of career celebrates Niña Pastori
Twenty-year career is celebrating the Spanish flamenco singer Niña Pastori. At the moment, the artist is presenting the themes of his latest…
Genre: Latin
Sofia Karlberg
Gangsta Sofia!
The Super Massive Golden Hole, a Godly mesmerising vocal Sofia Karlberg is back with another great cover, showing…
Genre: R&B
Hector Berlioz
Berlioz's Simply Fantastic Symphony
What can be said about Berlioz and his Symphony Fantastique? One could say so much about the wide variety of orchestral colors and timbres used…
Genre: Classical
Phyllis Tate
Phyllis Tate Unusual Instrumental Combinations
Composer Phyllis Tate was a very fond admirer of uunusual sounds and colors. She has one work for saxophone and strings, another for chorus, string…
Genre: Classical
Guns N' Roses
New tour of Latin America
Guns N 'Roses perform a concert in the Colombian city of Medellin on November 23, they confirmed today entrepreneurs in charge of organizing…
Genre: Latin
Alejandro Fernandez
I Know It Hurts, the new Alejandro Fernández
Alejandro Fernandez brings to all his fans his new single I know I hurt, which has the special participation of the group Morat. This theme is the…
Genre: Latin
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