A new rising European music producer called, COY Swede is on the way. On September 3rd, he releases “You Are” on all digital streaming platforms. A new rising European music producer called, COY Swede is on the way. On September 3rd, he releases “You Are” on all digital streaming platforms. He has …
Read More »Single Review: Cat Dail “Red Pill”
The Matrix warned movie goers that taking the red pill meant revealing an unpleasant truth. Viewed from the lens of 2020, this might have taken on a whole new controversial meaning, but in the world of music, “Red Pill” is New York singer/songwriter Cat Dail’s latest roar of a single. …
Read More »Single Review: Now Endeavor “You Know Me”
There’s a provocative textural expressiveness to the first few bars we hear in Now Endeavor’s “You Know Me” that is hard to pinpoint at its onset, but as we listen on, it becomes as much of a contributor to the color in this song as any verse here. The bass …
Read More »Single Review: OK Mayday “Blossoms”
Clandestine but colorful and melodic in every department that matters, the new single “Blossoms” from indie poppers OK Mayday might not be the loudest and proudest display of swagger you hear out of the American underground this summer, but it’s definitely one of the most sonically alluring without question. OK …
Read More »Single Review: “Live Like You Love” Ashley Puckett
A Twin Peaks style tremolo guitar opens Ashley Puckett’s sultry single, ‘Live Like You Love’. Brooding verses sway with a subtle rhythmic swing, expanding into panoramic choruses. A gorgeous and unexpected chord change supports the title lyric, driven by arena size drums, shimmering guitars and delicate, evolving vocal harmonies. Puckett …
Read More »Single Review: King Falcon “Shake! Shake! Shake!”
The sticks slam into the drums and a lightning bolt of a guitar lick comes slinking out from behind the clatter as King Falcon’s “Shake! Shake! Shake!” gets started up, and though the first few moments in this song are quite ear-catching, they’re not even half as enamoring as what’s …
Read More »Single Review: Rich Lindo “Jungle”
There’s no room for debate – hip-hop is now the biggest genre in the world, overtaking a spot previously dominated by rock n’ roll for the better part of the last century. As rap has ascended to the top of the heap, so have its many underground markets, including Rich …
Read More »Single Review: Free Yourself/Wesley Walker “Take Your Breath Away”
Part Laurel Canyon rock sound and part jam band, with Jack Kerouac-level road stories, the unwearied and ever positive Free Yourself casts a spellbinding aura in the wonderful “Take Your Breath Away”. From the debut album Free Music coming soon, this honey-dew dipped track is the perfect backdrop to ease …
Read More »Single Review: Psycho Village “Unstoppable”
Lurching forward from the darkness like a wild animal that’s ready to come out of the shadows and take hold of its prey, Psycho Village’s “Unstoppable” is a creeping metallic wonder right from the start. It doesn’t make a difference where you leave the volume knob on this track, or, …
Read More »Single Review: Ethan Gold “Our Love is Beautiful”
Tumbling from the speakers like tiny raindrops on a lazy afternoon, we find the opening notes of Ethan Gold’s “Our Love is Beautiful” waiting to kiss us hello with their elegant melodicism. Theirs shall be the foundational harmony for this song, and though they’re not quite as magical an element …
Read More »Single Review: “Give It to Me Baby” Trav Torch
Trav Torch has a lot on his mind in the new music video for his single “Give It to Me Baby,” and social distancing isn’t going to get in his way. He’s looking to get close to a vixen on the other end of the phone, but more importantly, he’s …
Read More »Single Review: Shiadanni “Kitty Mama”
From beneath a distorted wave of harmonies that will find definition later on in the track, Shiadanni’s “Kitty Mama” emerges from the ethers ready to seduce anyone that comes in its path this July. “Kitty Mama,” despite what its title might suggest, is a rather serious effort from Shiadanni, fusing …
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