Ed Roman is cranking up the intensity with “Tomorrow is Today,” the latest single in what has been a busy summer for the Canadian singer-songwriter. Coming on the heels of “Stronger” a blue sky, summer anthem, “Tomorrow is Today” raises the volume and intensity as he stomps his way through …
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In his new single “Patience” and its accompanying music video, rapper Andrew W. Boss laments isolation on the surface whilst exposing some of his own inner demons through a multi-interpretive poetry almost certain to leave his fans deep in thought. Provocative content isn’t a new element in Boss’ sound, but …
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Delightfully mild but strong enough to push forth a groove the size of a skyscraper, the vocal harmony that we find in the center of the mix of “Misfits” is as much an embodiment of youth as the attack utilized by Pretty Awkward in this new single is. “Misfits,” while …
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Slowly churning us in a vortex of melodicism as strong as any hurricane wind, Rick Dorn doesn’t have time for synthetic props when he’s crooning the verses of his new single “Great Things.” For this gospel-soul singer/songwriter, there’s simply too much substance to share within the music to get hung …
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The award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter releases his latest single on Friday, September 4th, 2020. It is the follow up to his international iTunes hit, “Stronger.” The Buddha was once supposed to have said, ‘the trouble is you think you have time,” says chart-topping Canadian musician, Ed Roman. He describes his latest single, “Tomorrow …
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Relatively minimalistic in structure but nevertheless in possession of a brutish bassline and lead vocal, KOTH’s “My Time” is a compositional enigma within the lexicon of modern hip-hop and trap music if I’ve ever heard one before. For all intents and purposes, KOTH produces framework more akin to pop music …
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Pittsburgh’s Miss Freddye is the genuine article. A seasoned gospel artist, Freddye spends her time away from the stage and studio advocating for a number of charities and humanitarian causes. Her latest single is a rendition of ‘Wade in the Water’; a classic gospel song first recorded in 1925. Freddye’s …
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Unlike a lot of hip-hop you’ll hear this season, daFinchi’s new single “The Burbs” doesn’t commence on the back of a sample, nor does it ride a rhythm you’ve probably already heard in another track earlier this year. There are no synths, no chest-beating vocal chants or ominous spoken word …
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Initially rather unassuming but quickly revealed to be the heaviest component of the track, the rhythm in Brandon Phillips and The Condition’s “Sunrise” is absolutely one of the most charming features this all-new single and music video has to offer, but hardly the only reason to give it a listen …
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Bursting at the seams with a color that will only get brighter as we get deeper into the tracklist, “In Love and War” initiates the thrill ride David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels are intent on taking us on in their new album A Gateway to a Lifetime of Disappointment, but …
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It’s hard to deny that Elz Bentley is a born weaver of tales. He has a real gift for narrating the dramatic arc of his life you hear in every second of his new single “Buddha” and it never sounds like hokey dramatics. The Lexington, Kentucky born Bentley is no …
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A guitar gently creeps out from behind a wall of silence and starts to form a sweet melody with its strings. In less than ten seconds before Jeffrey Li starts to sing in “Anniversary,” his debut single, there’s already an energy being set forth by the instrumentation that is going …
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