vinny. a Kansas-based pop star, has just released “Out of My Mind,” a powerful and touching song about the difficulties of leaving a toxic relationship while seeking personal growth. With lyrics conveying a message of hope and understanding, this track features an irresistible chorus that is certain to leave listeners …
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John Vento is well known in the roots rock and americana music circles, and for good reason. The singer-songwriter is one of the best storytellers in the genre, and he delivers powerful music with every song he releases. Every release seems to outdo his last, and that’s why we’re excited …
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KK Hammond, stylized as The Curse of KK Hammond, is an artist that toys with musical concepts, adding her own style to her music. It’s led to her creating her own genre, ‘Horror Blues,’ and that’s exactly the genre her latest song, “In The Dirty South,” falls into. Bizarre, catchy, …
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Shayne Cook is back with his latest single Miles Away. Following the success of his LP Epiphonetics released in 2020, Miles Away begins a new chapter in meticulous and precise rhythms which shape Shayne Cook’s signature sound. It is this methodical approach which makes the listener pay attention to the …
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I am so very excited, the latest single from soprano folk artist Alex Krawczyk has been released. Rhythm of the Road is the most recent single which is implied to solidify her nomination for Best New Artist in the Canadian Folk Music Awards. After the great success of her debut …
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In the new single “Let’s Party,” critically acclaimed legends of funk that need no introductions, R&B, and pop Kool & the Gang perfectly exemplify that warm feeling that we all get when the sun breaks through the shades at the beginning of a brand-new day. I wouldn’t exactly describe Kool …
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In a flustered expelling of pessimism in the form of a percussive eruption, Greg Hoy & the Boys’ “Everybody Wants To Be Somebody” starts to play. It doesn’t take more than a few seconds for the track to explain in sonic terms just what Hoy has planned for us here; …
Read More »Single Review: Mychael Gabriel “Sunday Afternoon”
At first, the beat in Mychael Gabriel’s “Sunday Afternoon” is frustratingly tense, slowly unfurling before us along a soft psychedelic hook and Gabriel’s voice in an uncompromisingly hot harmony. Without notice, it will shift, tossing us into a smooth rhythm that could take the wind out of novice jam fans …
Read More »Single Review: The Cofields – “Royalty”
An ominous tidal wave of an intro is shattered into a million pieces by an epic melodic drawl and a bulging bass spitting out grooves as big and bold as they come. In a sweeping sonic shift of the spotlight, our attention is redirected towards a fluttering vocal that seeps …
Read More »Single Review: Major Spark – “Birds Aren’t Real”
“Birds aren’t real the government is full of lies / Birds aren’t real drones up in the skies / AI floating up in the sky / Beautifully designed / Looking inside our minds / Don’t get me started on dogs” sings Major Spark in a memorable string of verses near …
Read More »Single Review: DMF Musa – “I Feel”
In “I Feel,” the brand new single and music video from the one and only DMF Musa, surprisingly soulful melodies straight out of the OG hip-hop songbook are skewed with a streamlined, almost cosmopolitan groove that is unstoppable once it gets fired up, and though the combination might seem strange …
Read More »Single Review: Shaheed and DJ Supreme “Skates & Crates”
Shaheed and DJ Supreme have been making amazing music as a duo for years, and with their combined skills as sharp as ever, they dish out their very material yet in “Skates & Crates,” a new single and video out this February. With their diverse backgrounds influencing the experimental nature …
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