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ESP Evolution offers a song of pure celebration on the free-spirited “The Weekend”. An absolute joy of a track ESP Evolution neatly brings together funk, soul, and jazz into a satisfying cohesive whole. Right at the very heart of it is a carpe diem attitude one that nicely fits into the playful lyricism. Going for…
Rivah Jordan, veteran of the dancehall, reggae and soundsystem scenes has returned with an impressive new trap-influenced single, Shoebox. Known as the songwriter of cult dancehall singer, Prezident Brown and as the son of popular reggae artist, Jack Radics – Rivah Jordan’s life in music has seen him performing and writing for some of the…
In his 2012 QOOL Music Awards acceptance speech for Best R&B Dance Artist, YOVANNI said, “Never ever, ever give up on your vision.” Mixing elements of R&B and funk with electronica, YOVANNI cites Madonna, George Michael, and Adam Lambert as his favorite artists, though his sound is uniquely his. He’s had a few releases that…
SOAK’s New Song “Valentine Shmalentine” Out Now Derry, Ireland’s SOAK — a/k/a Bridie Monds-Watson — today released her timely and biting new track “Valentine Shmalentine” from her anticipated second album, Grim Town, out April 26th on Rough Trade Records. Following a sold-out show at NYC’s Mercury Lounge and packed shows in Washington, DC and Los…
Music is one of the oldest forms of entertainment, and this is with good reason. Music gives people the chance to relax and appreciate some good talent. One of the best things about this is the establishment of places in which people can visit and listen to music as they relax. London has a variety…
Na Hoa goes for a blissful dreamy world with the beautiful “Leo Kama’aina”. Done with the greatest of ease, the languid pacing feels just right. From the elegant piano weaving in and out of the mix to graceful guitar, the whole thing simply stuns. A highly energetic, wild spirit defines Mark Lindsay’s “Rush On You”.…
Protocol veterans Maximals and up-and-comer Boothed are already preparing for festival season with their new, dual-sided EP “Up & Down.” The premiere track “Up” draws heavily from electro influences with weighty basslines and grimy synths, making for a bass-heavy good time. On the flip side, “Down” employs bouncy melodies and funky grooves that’s sure to…
MARINA UNVEILS BRAND NEW SINGLE ‘HANDMADE HEAVEN’ ALONGSIDE OFFICIAL VIDEO Multifaceted, award-winning and platinum-selling pop innovator MARINA (previously Marina and the Diamonds) returns with her eagerly anticipated new single ‘Handmade Heaven’. MARINA’s first solo material in four years, ‘Handmade Heaven’ is released today Friday 8th February via Atlantic Records. Listen here. Introducing: 0171 share intriguing…
“Warpaint” is the band’s third track released off of the band’s forthcoming LP, following, “Bent” and the Nine Inch Nails cover of “Head Like A Hole”. “Bent” was featured on Spotify’s Hard Rock, Rock Hard, Just Rock, This Is Buckcherry, and Loudwire’s “Weekly Wire” playlists. Topping it off, “Bent” was added to Amazon Music’s “Fresh…
Alexis Time is a singer/songwriter, performer, poet and an artist on Dragonfire Time Entertainment. This is her new soulful, jazzy track “Big Time People.” She had a big dance album with producer Dr. Resurrect called BOUNCE HARD DANCE AND IT WAS NUMBER 1 FOR THE YEAR. She is a singer/songwriter who has worked with many…
ADN releases first single “Kamalemba” — Hit song draws attention to misogynistic urban music landscape “Kamalemba’s” Afro-beats and electro vibes give the single a bouncy dance club feel. Meanwhile, ADN’s rapid-fire vocals provide a soulful aesthetic to the track. Lyrically, the song takes aim at the testosterone filled misogynistic urban music landscape. “Kamalemba” is the…
The musical elements that first strike one while listening to Fred Argir’s album Still Alive for the first time are all the Neil Young-ish emotional guitar solos on it. Such primitive electric guitar string-bending is an enjoyable recurrent throughout Argir’s album, and a kind of connective glue from track to track. Stylistically, Still Alive relies…
URL: https://tomproctorandthealisters.com/ Raucous drums come roaring into focus as we enter “In Hollywood,” the new single from critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Tom Proctor, whom many indie country neophytes might sooner recognize from his equally-lauded career in cinema. The party is just getting started as the percussion finds itself joined by a hot, swinging guitar part that…
It’s time to melt melodic death metal and trance together! RAGE OF LIGHT, the rising stars from Switzerland around charismatic lead singer Melissa Bonny prove that these styles can build a very strong symbiosis. The result is a musical monster! Today, RAGE OF LIGHT unleashes the official video for their first single “Fallen”, taken from…
BANDCAMP: https://pezzettino.bandcamp.com/album/resin Resin – by Pezzettino (the recording name for Margaret Stutt), with all respect intended is a brilliant album of compositions you just won’t find every day. Strutt is an amazing artist with so many ways to describe her voice and musicianship it’s a story all its own. This is her 11th album, so…
Liverpool via Singapore art-rock trio OYA PAYA release ‘Fly’ Based out of Liverpool, but counting four countries of heritage amongst the three members (Singapore, France, Iran, England) Ashwin, Maxime and Saam AKA Oya Paya are products of both the vastness of the material world and the intimate interconnectivity the internet brings. MOBY RICH NEW SINGLE…
Yesterday saw, LA’s machineheart debut their visually enthralling, cinematic video for new single “Altar” – a haunting electro pop track that sees frontwoman Stevie calling out for salvation from a higher power, appearing at once both vulnerable and assertive. The track is taken from the ethereal indie pop quartet’s highly anticipated debut full length album,…
PATRICK JAMES new single ‘UP’ + announces EP and tour Assured. Poised. Ready. Today Patrick James launches his next pivotal chapter with the release of ‘UP’, the first single from a new EP What We’re Fighting For and arguably his most career defining work yet. All this alongside an intimate east coast tour this April.…
This will be my fifth article for the Swedish sensations known as Gibrish dating back to 2014. About four months ago, I had the chance to review two singles for Gibrish and one of the songs was titled “Bara en krona (Just one crown)”. The reason I bring this up is because this previous track…
MoeDeLL plays with a painterly precision on the blissful beauty of “Porch”. Featuring a cinematic flourish, MoeDeLL proves to have a deft ear for melody. The arrangement neatly explores the importance of texture, of tone, and of the intermingling of multiple layers of sound. Highly unique in their approach not a moment feels wasted. Letting…
Hunt Sales is a survivor. Everything about him testifies to that: his eye patch, his tattooed arms, his no-nonsense demeanor, the gruff richness of his singing voice. Sales has survived life in showbiz – he’s the son of legendary comedian and actor Soupy Sales, and he’s been playing drums under the stage lights since he…
Tennessee Native Dustin Sellers Announces Release of New Single “Write It On The Wall.” Dustin Sellers the “reformed alt-rocker with an old-school soul visage” released “Write It On The Wall,” on December 10th, 2018. It follows Sellers’s three full length albums and an EP. In trend with his other work, loss is a continued theme…
The internet is a powerful tool for the new wave of artists to explore their creative passages and sculpt their unique art from tragedies, triumphs, and everything in between. It’s an important outlet and perhaps the best way to spread your art. Texas based singer, rapper, and dancer ASPECT ZAVI has been using the resources…
Warm Human, the solo “sludge pop” project of Meredith Johnston, is a combination of feelings, alone time and sine waves. Bridging the gap between diary rock and synth pop, Warm Human, uses fuzzy drones, ambient textures and pressurized 808’s to accentuate the desperation of being a living breathing person. Her mixtape, Worm Human, is streamable…
KHALID DROPS NEW SINGLE “TALK” TODAY Global superstar Khalid drops his new single “Talk” today. Written by Khalid and produced by Disclosure, this is the lead single off his upcoming and highly anticipated sophomore album which will be released this April via Right Hand Music Group / RCA Records. ROMASA: Invisible Oranges Premieres “Sepulchral Form”…
In a world full of negativity, don’t we all need something positive? If you’re looking for something to brighten up your day, look no further than rising pop singer Alli Haber. This teen may be new to the world of music, but she’s ready to shine. With her first ever single and music video “Too…
FALL IN LOVE WITH TOM WALKER’S “JUST YOU AND I” THIS VALENTINE’S DAY Aleska premiere new music video “Un éternel recommencement” About three years after the release of their acclaimed debut and self-titled album and and months of hard work, French post-hardcore/screamo merchants Aleska just premiered a brand new official music video for the song…
Host releases an infectious slice of electro-pop with new single Taste of Your Love, lifted from her upcoming debut EP. This latest offering is brimming with dreamy synths and melodies, blissful and wide-eyed in its delivery. Host has a joyful approach to her music, taking inspiration from contemporaries like Diiv, Wolf Alice and The Japanese…
BANDCAMP: https://gotimeband.bandcamp.com/ Conveying raw emotions through visceral riffage and ripping vocals is what Go Time! do best, and they continue to affirm themselves as one of the last true blue rock bands to do so in their brand new album Midway. With nineteen different songs that each stand on their own as star-quality rock tracks, Midway is bursting…
CD BABY: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/laban3 Steamy beats come slipping through a wall of bass punctuated by an evasive electric guitar in the first few bars of “Quién da Más,” the brand new single from Labán. Ever so slowly, they build enough strength to balance out the wallop of the low-end quake of the bassline, which recoils at…
JOCELYN RELEASES DEBUT SINGLE, “SPEAK UP,” AND ANNOUNCES SIGNING TO BMG “‘Speak Up’ is about turning negativity into positive energy instead of letting the bullies drag you down,” says Jocelyn. “It’s about realizing that you are your own individual, so speak up and live by example.” Beach Slang premiere music video for “I Hate Alternative…
Born and raised in New Jersey, up and comer Pretty Boy K, also known as PBK, taught hip hop dance for more than 7 years. With his love of Hip Hop he pens his melodic vocals over hip hop beats to create a entertaining music for this genre. Teaming up with long time veteran producer…
The Royal Concept – new single and video “Need to know” After a three year long writer’s block, collective band depression and half-hearted ventures into other lines of work, The Royal Concept are finally back doing what they love the most. Their first release “Need To Know” is a hybrid between the Swedish melancholy and…
If you research the catalogue of Anna Rose, you will find out that the accomplished singer, songwriter, and guitarist is walking, singing proof that big things most definitely come in small packages. The fiery dynamo with the sugary name has been working in the music industry for over a decade. Whether it is as an…
QUEEN ZEE RELEASE NEW SINGLE LONER – DEBUT ALBUM OUT FRIDAY With just 3 days to go before the release of their debut self-titled album and with an 8 date UK set for February, dynamic Merseyside noise punk outfit Queen Zee today release their latest single ‘Loner’, out now via the band’s own label Sasstone…
Aftermath has been setting a very high bar in the thrash metal world for over thirty years. Since their debut in 1985 the band has navigated an ever-changing musical landscape, and influenced countless others along the way. They’ve always done things their own way, and they’ve outlasted labels, peers, and critics, but never their fans,…
After battling through health issues, WT keeps on trucking with axe in hand. This is an assembly of classic blues songs other than the same standard popular ones that everyone seems to want to play over and over again. They all tell a story, blues style. Walter handles the guitar and vocals along with Michael…
Moss Da Beast is coming out swingin’ on the hot, new single, “Professional”, with a little help from his friend Sizzle on the mic. Just like a hip-hop Boss, Moss Da Beast is puffin’ his chest out and sounding like a Rap Samurai slicin’ & dicin’ the competition. Moss is not playin’ around and keeping…
Today Benny Sings shares a wild new video for “Not Enough,” the first single off his forthcoming album, City Pop, due out February 22nd, 2019 on Stones Throw Records. Benny cowrote & coproduced the track with labelmate Mayer Hawthorne. In the bizarre, yet beautifully shot video directed by Bear Damen, an ensemble of characters (possibly…
Travis Scott Releases Stunning Music Video For “Can’t Say” After literally lighting the stage on fire at the Super Bowl LIII Halftime show seen by a global audience of over 100 million viewers, Grammy-nominated superstar Travis Scott releases the stunning music video for “Can’t Say” featuring Don Toliver – watch HERE. Set to be one…
