In a flustered expelling of pessimism in the form of a percussive eruption, Lily Vakili Band’s “Facial Recognition Technology” starts to play. It doesn’t take more than a few seconds for the track to explain in sonic terms just what Vakili has planned for us here; from the glow of …
Read More »Single Review: Walker’s Cay “Tell Me”
The influences on the track Tell Me shine bright. I caught a mixture of Blue Oyster Cult and Black Sabbath. Not only that, but the track also, whether intentional or not, has a musical similarity to some classic Green Day songs in the chugging riffs during the chorus. While that …
Read More »Single Review: The Elected Officials “Death For Sale”
Exploding out of the darkness with a show of sonic strength that is far more vicious than it is virtuosic, The Elected Officials’ new single “Death for Sale” (and its spirited music video) assaults listeners with a guttural groove right out of the gate, and in the two minutes that …
Read More »Single Review: Chloe Tang “Fanning the Flame”
Bass-saturated beats ebb and flow at the direction of Chloe Tang’s supple lead vocal in the new single “Fanning the Flame,” Tang’s latest release currently available everywhere smart indie pop is sold and streamed, but despite the cosmetic charms of this superb song, its greatest feature has little to do …
Read More »Single Review: Someya – “Always Here”
“Always Here” is an explosive track from Someya. Somewhat tragic and brutally honest, Someya tears her heart out in the pulsating tune. Taking a pointer or two from Lady Gaga, Someya tears up the rulebook in “Always Here” to create her own lasting musical imprint and modern-pop song. She’s on …
Read More »Single Review: Bridal Party – Too Much
Lacy, lush and light as a feather – the vocal track adorning the soft percussive pulsating in Bridal Party’s “Too Much” is right there, waiting to spellbind us with its magnetizing melody at the onset of this all-new track from the acclaimed indie five-piece, and it’s only a small sampling …
Read More »“L E V I T A T E” the new single from EONS
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/eonsmiami/ The moan of the synthesizer that greets us in the introduction to “L E V I T A T E,” the new single from EONS, is rife with a melancholy that is inexpressible through linguistics alone. All at once, it emerges from the silence strong and unflinching, proceeding …
Read More »The Sweet Kill Declare “War”
URL: http://www.thesweetkill.com/ Pete Mills’ project The Sweet Kill illustrates another turn in Mills’ personal journey through the modern music world. Mills originally settled in Los Angeles after his one time band, Flash Bastard, signed with former Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx’s recording label, but he soon detoured into production gigs …
Read More »“My Heart is a House” by Freunde
URL: https://www.freundemusic.com/ “My Heart is a House,” the new single from the much-buzzed Swiss country sensations Freunde, opens with a majestic vocal harmony announcing that once we’re inside this home that is our singer’s heart, there’s no getting away from the joy and love that we’re bound to find within …
Read More »Dolla Bill Drops New Single
Dolla Bill first turned his attention towards writing his own songs and mastering music when he was sixteen years old and his swift development sets him from the pack among young hip hop artists. Some admirers of the form claim we are living in a sort of golden age for …
Read More »Nik:11 Releases “4Play” (Single)
NIK:11 releases 4Play (single) URL: https://www.nik11.com/ Human beings are a pretty diverse group. We all have different tastes in art, music, food and other humans, and no two of us are quite the same when it comes to how we see and translate the world around us. There are a …
Read More »Introducing Claudia Alende
Claudia Alende URL: www.theclaudiaalende.com Some people say hip-hop is dead. It’s a populist’s opinion as of late, but that doesn’t make it any more accurate than it really is. The fact is that if you think that hip-hop and its creative reach across all of pop culture as we know …
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