Album Reviews

Slow in tempo but emotionally urgent from the moment its singer references Lady Liberty’s gaze forward, Marvin Etzioni’s “Love Letter to Democracy – January 2021” isn’t a song that will leave you accusing this singer/songwriter of overthinking the subject at hand. There are no political diatribes here, and if you’re …

If you ever wondered whether or not it was possible for a relaxed groove to still inspire a bit of tension in a song, Shaheed and DJ Supreme have answered a resounding yes via the release of their new music video “Keep Climbing (ft. Angie King)” this February. From the …

Acoustic guitar string brush against the silence and create a moderate sway all by themselves in the opening bars of Theodor Bastard’s “Les” that is alluring and yet entirely menacing without the introduction of any other element. There is no percussion, nor are there any vocals at this juncture of …

No artist embodies the ideals of musical versatility better than HeIsTheArtist. Many artists explore and experiment with genres and styles out of their fortes once in a while just to break the monotony of what they are known for. HeIsTheArtist does the exact opposite thing; he is always versatile and …

Through the forbidding darkness of the woods and a faint moonlight that might guide our path, we discover the hazy images of a band in Garmarna completely isolated by a melody as wicked as it is hypnotic in nature. In this music video for their new single “Dagen Flyr,” we …

Kamilah Hobson is a Chicago, Illinois-based artist who records under the alias Hi Love. After her comeback release of 2012’s “Life and Love,” the veteran R&B/soul singer’s EP After All, as well as her follow up full-length, Chicago Amoré , further punctuated this name change with a return to her …

Founding member of Third Class Passenger and Ma-Shot-Pa is releasing “Down By The Fire” on March 12th. It includes the #1 iTunes hit “Thin Disguise.” Davy Williamson “Down By The Fire” EP “Davy Williamson’s new single ‘Thin Disguise’ is about to send you into an all-out listening frenzy.” – MusicExistence.com “Williamson’s …

Waking to surreal surroundings that immediately hint at kinetic eroticisms lurking just below the surface of the on-screen imagery, Meresha wanders through a dreamscape in the video for her single “Red Headed Lover” oddly relaxed by the setting. There’s something eerily calming about her comfortability with the bleached walls and …

Unfurling a lusty little blue-hued melody that could get the attention of anyone within earshot of the song, Thee Holy Brothers’ “Lift You Up” doesn’t start off any differently than most singles of its kind would – and then Stephon Ferguson enters the picture. Portraying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., …

Multi-generation families have been brought closer together than ever before in the past year, but because of something that ironically could tear them apart worse than any of us could have imagined. Fighting this invisible entity with everything they’ve got, the doctors and nurses who work overtime just to ensure …

Eroticized by the harmony but completely alluring all by itself, Jaimie Steck’s lead vocal doesn’t need a lot of help to carry an entire composition, and in her new single “Boomerang,” it doesn’t just that and more. Heartily synthesized but surprisingly lacking in the thin, tininess of most dance-centric pop …

Experimentation is the cornerstone of every incredible debut across every genre in the pop lexicon, and in the case of the self-titled rookie EP from DICI, this is especially true. Rather than simply applying his stylish brand of rapping to a familiar framework or the mainstream model he’s been influenced …