Slowly unfolding from the silence like a clandestine threat we don’t acknowledge until it’s too late to do anything about it, “Brooklyn Soup” has a stealthy ominousness to its intro that is unmistakable and instantly likable. Even before Uncommon Nasa starts to rap, it’s clear that we’re listening to something …
Read More »Single Review: “Sick As Our Secrets” Makes My Blood Dance
Anybody can throw together some distorted riffs and larger-than-life drums and call it a modern metal track, but to embody the soul of heavy music, you’ve got to start with the drums and end with the lead vocal in terms of detailed execution. Makes My Blood Dance is a band …
Read More »Single Review: The Tono Jones Revelry “The Little Drummer Boy”
Rhythm is absolutely everything in the new single “The Little Drummer Boy” from The Tono Jones Revelry, and as much as the notion of such a classic Christmas song being driven by grooves rather than a harmony bothered me to begin with, listening to this track has made me reconsider …
Read More »Single Review: Ingrid Michaelson & Zooey Deschanel “Merry Christmas, Happy New Year”
There’s really nothing quite like a good Christmas tune to get the holiday season started right, and in their new duet “Merry Christmas, Happy New Year,” Ingrid Michaelson and Zooey Deschanel kindle the yuletide spirit with a panache you don’t find often enough in pop music anymore. Rather than approaching …
Read More »Single Review: Laura Davies “Do You Feel?”
The synth screams ever so subtly in Laura Davies’ enrapturing “Do You Feel?,” but next to the slinking bassline and percussive thrust in the background, I don’t think it has a chance of owning our focus in this track or its companion video. Davies’ voice is a striking addition to …
Read More »Single Review: Harper Starling “Snow Cone Christmas”
Harper Starling isn’t giving us the same old same old in her new single “Snow Cone Christmas;” if you’re coming into this Christmas song expecting to hear recycled harmonies and a hook that’s made the rounds from one holiday season to the next, you’re going to be roundly disappointed by …
Read More »POP! Goes The New Year: Tom Tikka & The Missing Hubcaps Release New Year’s Anthem “By 2022”
The Finnish singer-songwriter and company follow up two #1 international iTunes smashes with an ode to the new year. Although this track might sound like a song that’s sung to a toxic lover, it’s actually a song sung to the year 2022…a new year…gives us hope”— Tom Tikka “I DON’T …
Read More »Single Review: Laura Sumner “American Man”
There are countless instances of artists going in a retro direction and it not working out so well, but among those who have hit it out of the park by going a more traditional route than they started with, I think Laura Sumner reigns supreme this November. Sumner’s single “American …
Read More »Single Review: Nubia Rose “I Want Nothing for Christmas”
Sleighbells are jingling once again, but unless they’re accompanied by the rich sounds of Nubia Rose’s lead vocal in the new single “I Want Nothing for Christmas,” you aren’t hearing the true color they can contribute to a holiday pop song. Rather than fashioning this track with the same embellishments …
Read More »Single Review: Olivier “Whereareyou?”
Olivier is an artist and songwriter with a passion for creating one-of-a-kind music that blurs the lines between the edge of modern melodic beats and the melodies of soulful indie pop, With his most recent release, “whereareyou?”, Olivier managed to explore some rewarding new ideas, leading to a very innovative, yet extremely appealing …
Read More »Single Review: Andrew Reed & The Liberation “Twisted World”
The thrust of a good guitar-born groove can’t be rivaled by the mere synthetic melodicism of a more artificiality-minded generation, and this is precisely the reason why Andrew Reed & the Liberation are winning so many accolades for their new single and music video “Twisted World” this November. While it’s …
Read More »EP Review: Aquarius “Equinox”
Creating a balance between the light and the darkness is essential to making any record work no matter the genre, but in the case of the new extended play Equinox from Aquarius, I think it’s all the more critical to producing as enjoyable a final product as possible. Although there’s an argument …
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