Feature stories and artist interviews
Tajinder Singh, also known as DJ SirTaj, is a one-of-a-kind, diamond-in-the-rough kind of artist. Complete with hard-hitting moods and an irrefutable tenacity, he is an act that you do not want to miss. Hailing from the streets of India, he made his journey to the United States in 1991, landing in Atlanta, Georgia. DJ SirTaj…
Toya Nash, is a women, that has done it all, ranging from working in film, TV, commercials, theater, as well as music, in which she has released a debut EP, and most recent being her newest song called “Paradise”, which was then made into a single with accompanying video. But that is not the only…
Today Avante Black reveal ‘Make A Mess’, the follow-up to top 3 Hype Machine smash ‘Drug Money’. Written by lead singer Ottilia Zimmerman Kjulsten and with psychedelic production from Luke Smith (Foals, Petite Noir), ‘Make A Mess’ tells it straight about the moment when you’re breaking up with someone and realize it’s not fixable. Countering…
With their latest gem, “Duality,” Atlanta-based duo Bells and Robes offers us a more streamlined interpretation of their sound while maintaining their veracity as avant-garde sound creators and technicians. Blending atmospheric chill-wave and brisk bass lines, this electronica duo aims to create a vibrant energy while concurrently soothing audiophiles into a fantasy-like state of reverie.…
Batlimore’s Charles Parker released his first music video from his debut album Bring Back The Sun. Charles says “The concept was to shoot for a bright, happy day in the country with a happy pop song with a country edge. It was time to bring back happy fun positive vibes in today’s music. But the…
Vessbroz has been released their new music video titled ‘ DREAMS”, They wrote and made this song about their life! how in one night they decided to change their life And since that night miracle showed up in their life and anything started to change! http://www.vessbroz.com/ Vessbroz latest music video is all about chasing dreams…
After a rollercoaster twenty-five year career as an artist, curator, and tastemaker, James Lavelle returns with UNKLE’s fifth studio album, The Road Part 1. The Road Part 1 is a collection of fifteen new UNKLE tracks inspired following his curation of 2014’s Meltdown Festival at Southbank, their most successful festival to date. It is a…
Dynamic, unique, and powerful are just a few words that describe artist Bianca Ingram. She is the definition of a triple threat, possessing the immense talent of singing and songwriting, dancing, acting and an added bonus of designing and directing. Bianca will undoubtedly set the world on fire with her originally coined “space jungle” sound…
Phrases come in an assorted amount of shapes, sizes, and sayings of course. For one that tends to be quite popular is one that goes a little like this, “Third time’s a charm”. The belief that the third time, it takes to do something is more than likely to succeed than the previous attempts. Hence…
Greg Luzitano the artistic director and founder behind Striving Artists, a non-profit company, focusing upon the theater, film, writing and music, Where his own flesh and blood sister Mary Beth Luzitano comes in as executive director. The siblings, worked together, but Greg was the leading man behind it really. Thus, they would put together a…
Aside from creating music in preparation for her upcoming release, DAISHA has been hard at work, currently playing the role of Lisa on the VH1 breakthrough TV series, “The Breaks”. “It was an awesome experience working with the producers, cast and the VH1 family. I went from working on the tv-movie to getting the call…
“Gamma Gamma” in 2014. “Anchor” in 2015. “Blackout” in 2016. The soon-to-be seminal EDM duo Tritonal has been giving us hit after hit over the past 3 years. Fast-forward to late-February of 2017 and we are confident that Tritonal has brought another winner to the table with their newest track, “Strangers.” http://www.tritonalmusic.com/ It’s been an…
MY BROTHERS & SISTERS deliver an intense revision of this iconic Johnny Cash hit. A dark and stirring video is due for release in early Summer 2017. Stay tuned to this Art-Pop Juggernaut.
Conscious hip-hop artist, Souleye drops his brand new single “Hip Hop Medicine” featuring Dustin Tavella on May 5, 2017. This is the third single off his upcoming album, Wild Man expected for release in June 2017. “Hip Hop Medicine” will also be accompanied with a lyric video. http://www.souleye.net Infused with contemporary hip-hop soundscapes and bass…
Just days before embarking on a 40+ city tour and taking the stage at Coachella for the very first time, Atlantic Records recording artist KIIARA drops new track “Whippin” feat. Felix Snow. The release of “Whippin” arrives just in time for Kiiara to join The Chainsmokers on their Memories: Do Not Open Tour, which begins…
San Mei returns with a spectacular first release for 2017, with brand new single ‘Until You Feel Good’ and a national tour to follow . After the success of last cut ‘Rewind’, the Gold Coast multi-instrumentalist is gathering some serious momentum, heading straight out on a headline tour in Melbourne and Sydney, capped off with…
PWR BTTM make music for “the coolest kids in the room”, but these aren’t the typical, mainstream “cool kids”; these are the queers, the weirdos, and the craft-store connoisseurs covered in glitter and rainbow face paint, wearing thrift store dresses several sizes too big. Ben Hopkins, (vocals, guitar, and some drums), and Liv Bruce, (drums)…
So we are back at it today and spring is here for sure. Nomatter what the weather the music keeps coming and we love that. Today we head to Czech Republic to chat with musician Johnny B Cooper. But before we get to that lets check some music news. First up, 2016 was a year…
Duncan Lloyd is probably best known as the guitarist and musical driving force behind Mercury Music Prize nominated band, Maximo Park, but Lloyd’s frenetic outpouring has also seen him busy with various projects including Decade In Exile, Nano Kino, experimentalists Res Band, and solo work under his own name. It is his solo work which…
Olivia Szulgowski, known as Olive, is an independent Australian born artist. Inspired by indie-pop, soul and motown, with a hint of old-skool R&B. Olive has embarked on her own original sound journey, with the essence of the late Amy Winehouse ‘Back to Black’ album, fused with modern-day indie-alt radio hits. “Join me for tea, some…
Following the release of single “Swimming On Me” Rainy Milo is back with her new EP ‘I Knew I Had A Heart (Because I Felt It Breaking)’ which is out now. “Knew I Had A Heart (Because I Felt It Breaking)” is my first project release since I was 17 and I’m so excited for…
San Francisco-based performing artist John Haesemeyer fuses folk and popular genres, creating an emphasis on vocals, acoustic guitar, leaning on orchestral and rock instrumentation. Music Emissions described Haesemeyer’s songs as “deep, both musically and lyrically;” clearly inspired by “the great singer-songwriters of the past: Neil Young, Springsteen, Dylan.” http://www.haesemeyer.com/ His latest track, “Maybe If I…
Copenhagen’s Baby In Vain just released “Transcendent,” their first new track since their 2016 EP For The Kids. They also kick off a UK tour with PINS today, all dates below. “Transcendent’ is a darkly foreboding introduction to the band’s new material capturing “how anxiety consumes you and leaves no room for rational thinking or…
Natalie Bouloudis’s debut EP is the perfect document of her humbling creative powers at this point in time. Harbouring her own distinct sound, Dead Sea Scripts channels her experiences and meditations into a deeply enchanting record. By turns evoking sixties’ girl band nostalgia with the concise hook-driven songwriting of ‘Firebird’ or entertaining her darker side…
Blending his knack for striking a balance of pop rock radio and out of the box, creative instrumentation, Roger Jaeger has quickly established himself as an inspiring and refreshing artist. The Oklahoma native’s third album, Start Over, reflects the sentiments and convictions Roger has gathered along his personal journey of discovery. Today we are excited…
With the release of her impressive and entrancing debut track ‘Leave You Lonely’ late last year, 22-yr-old Tara Carosielli left her mark across all the right places. Without any push whatsoever, Pigeons & Planes interviewed her for a Daily Discovery piece and she had radio support from Mistajam (BBC Radio 1), Clara Amfo (BBC Radio…
Introducing emerging NYC-based pop star, Kendra Black, who jets onto the airwaves with her new single featuring Snoop Dogg, “Rude” from her debut EP, The Edge. Armed with LA’s Trend Def Studios (French Montana, Rich the Kid), as producers, style and looks that kill, and all that attitude, Black is set to come roaring onto…
Born and raised in Hialeah, Florida- the Miami-Dade County town with the highest percentage of Cuban and Cuban-American residents of any city in the United States- Alexander “Eskeerdo” Izquierdo dropped out of high school at the age of 15 to pursue a career in music. Turns out, dropping out was a good decision: now an…
Erick Morillo unveils his official music video for his latest single, “No End” featuring vocalist Kylee Katch. Directed by the Andrew Cole and John Hafner, the music video involves the story of an alien-like woman that appears with a mission to bring back a package. She travels from the desert to downtown Los Angeles where…
3.33 am’ is the debut EP from NYC songwriter and vocalist Amber Mark, released via PMR Records/Interscope this May 12th. The lead single taken from the seven-track EP, ‘Lose My Cool’, is a breezy, uptempo blend of future R&B and introspective lyricism that was debuted by Radio 1’s Mistajam as part of his ‘New Names…
Prepare yourselves to be transported to another world with the incredible “mumbo-funk” band, ZODIAK. Consisting of five melodiously remarkable humans and hailing from the nation’s capital, ZODIAK has delivered us a musical gift with the new video for “Don’t Be Debbie.” http://www.zodiakdc.com/ Brought together by an unshakable combination of pure funk and soul music, this…
Platinum-selling artist, DJ, and producer Dillon Francis today released his highly anticipated new single “Say Less” featuring G-Eazy. The track is available everywhere today and is the first official release on Francis’ own IDGAFOS record label. To watch a lyric video for the song. The propulsive “Say Less” is a years in the making collaboration.…
Chairlift shares their latest video for “Polymorphing.” Filmed in her apartment, Caroline Polachek directed and edited the visual herself so the band could be at their most natural. The video was shot by DP Ashley Connor, who also worked on “Crying In Public,” and colored by Adam McClelland, who directed the “Making Moth” mini documentary.…
The song is an ode and love letter to women everywhere praising the impact they have on all our lives. To quote from the single “They show us how beautiful our better selves can be.” http://www.davidhaerle.com/ “Women Make The World Go ‘Round” sends out some serious feel-good vibes with its buoyant, dreamy rock feel. David…
So we are back at it. Feel like a while since my last post but we are back and feeling great about it. I also love the guest today who is a beautiful and talented singer/songwriter, Gina Roode. We have so much to chat with Gina about but before that lets do some music news.…
Two friends Darren Morrissey and Greg Marshall busk outside the bank, two friends play local bars, two friends get scouted by The Magic Numbers in said local bar in Kilburn, two friends release debut album “And So It Began”… and so, it began. After hauling from Dublin to London the band were seen ascending from…
Mermaidens are a three-piece outfit from Wellington, New Zealand, who are renowned for their intricate and unique songwriting, boldly raw but increasingly refined studio production, and a hypnotic live synergy that leaves audiences enchanted. Their sound offers a mesmerising dip into the realms of post-punk and psych, while the voices of Gussie Larkin and Lily…
After 17 years of kicking out increasingly dancy garage-punk with the Gossip, Beth Ditto will make her solo debut with Fake Sugar, set for release on June 16 via Virgin Records. “Fire,” the album’s leadoff track and first single, premiered today as BBC Radio 1’s “Hottest Record in the World.” Ditto – who will play…
Born and raised in rural Connecticut, Justin P. Romanos got his musical start recording in his makeshift home studio and as a regular in the local DIY scene, but it was at Drexel University- where he studied Music Industry- that he earned the nickname J Pré, a reference to an early band called “the Justin…
Sacramento-bred, L.A.-based singer/songwriter Victoria Monét is stepping into the spotlight with “Ready,” the second single off her forthcoming Life After Love album. Life After Love chronicles Monét’s healing process after an intense break-up with her long-term partner & musical collaborator. “Ready,” a perfect antidote for the blues, makes for a turning point of the album,…
