If there’s an artfulness to using auto-tune the right way, I think we can all agree that Poshbugati has cracked the code after hearing what he can do in the new single and music video “Girl Dad” this March. While the pitch-shift is liberally employed throughout the whole of his …
Read More »Single Review: C.K. Marion’s “Get Up” With Saint Mercury
Out in the sun and ready to face whatever the day has in store for her, there’s nothing but swagger in C.K. Marion’s sunglasses-adorned eyes in the new music video for her song “Get Up” with Saint Mercury, and from her verse to the vibrancy of her swing, her attitude …
Read More »Single Review: Elijah Wolf “Brighter Lighting”
Working up stream with a beat and harmony both sourced from the psychedelic 60s – yet sounding more contemporary than a lot of the other stuff I’ve heard so far in 2021 – Elijah Wolf’s new single doesn’t give us any choice but to get swept away in its retro …
Read More »Album Review: La Femme – “Paradigmes”
Paris-based alternative psych-rockers La Femme have never been ones to follow the typical rules of songwriting. Their music pulls influence from indie rock to jazz, electronic music and folk. Their albums are never linear and usually fail to follow a distinct storyline. Yet despite their unorthodox approach to making an album, …
Read More »EP Review: WRYT “WRYT”
Washington D.C. continues to produce innovating and genre-defying artists. New to the scene is WRYT and its self-titled debut EP. The moniker of singer and songwriter Mychael Wright, WRYT mixes blazing, socially conscious lyrics and waves of guitar and percussion. Rock, pop or contemporary – these songs push the envelope and share …
Read More »Single Review: Pennan Brae’s “Passing Fad”
String into the television screen of an old tuber like it’s 1977 all over again, we’re overwhelmed with animation and allusions to the commercial lifeblood of industrial society from the moment we press play on the music video for Pennan Brae’s “Passing Fad” forward, but what we’re soon to see …
Read More »Single Review: “Super Cool” by AV Super Sunshine
Alternative rock is getting a renewed place of importance in the pop music lexicon right now, and the biggest reason why can be traced to the work of independent players like AV Super Sunshine, whose new single and music video “Super Cool” are stirring up a lot of buzz this …
Read More »Single Review: Niko Brim “Bonita”
New Yorker Niko Brim has been on a roll these last few years, continuously evolving his sound and gaining steam on the underground side of the industry through little more than his natural skill and charisma as a lyricist. His latest single and music video, titled “Bonita,” is as much …
Read More »Single Review: Morgan Taylor “Lullabye”
“So, hush, little baby / Don’t you cry / You should have known I was gonna say goodbye / When you thought that you could play Mr. Right to her,” croons Morgan Taylor in the chorus of her new single “Lullabye.” In this moment, Taylor isn’t going to take any …
Read More »Single Review: Estani “Droughts in the Ocean”
Comprised of a slow, jazzy beat and vocal harmonies that seem to reach into eternity only to look back and see if we’re following along, to say that Estani’s new single and music video “Droughts in the Ocean” is an ethereal R&B number would definitely be fair. Not only is …
Read More »Single Review: “You’re Fine” by Silvertung
There’s nothing quite like feeling the intensity of a band’s play up close, and though it might be a little while before we get to see Silvertung play their new single “You’re Fine” on stage, they give us as intimate performance as they can muster in the music video for …
Read More »Album Review: The Impersonators “Life Of Grant”
From a duo born out of sheer luck at a dark time in Tom Tikka’s life, things could not look sunnier. Tom Tikka and Antti Autio’s unlikely partnership, popularly known as The Impersonators, has welcomed 2021 with their debut full album release, Life of Grant. The Impersonators was a duo …
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