What was important to you when creating the visuals for the song “People Get Ready”? I have a good girl who is very creative. I just gave her a blank canvas. Did you have an idea of what you wanted the video to look like when you were creating the song in the studio? Not really, but surely love what she came up with. Especially that big train. How has…
First Full Length Album Set To Be Released on September 1st Seattle Alt.Pop band PRETTY AWKWARD sings about Friends With Benefits in their new single “Woozy”, available now — listen HERE. The groovy, funky track tells a story of the irresistible pull of reconnecting with an ex to fulfill a mutual need when under the influence – even though the relationship can be toxic. The band’s Austin Held says “Lyrically, ‘Woozy’ was inspired by poking fun at…
Rising Country Artist Hannah Ellis is pouring out fun with her new Curb Records single “Wine Country”, available now — listen HERE. Joyfully bringing boujee to the backroads, Ellis is making an impact with the song as it was most added at Radio and is quickly becoming the Country song of the summer. Fans have been showing their appreciation at her live shows, as evidenced by a flash mob in the audience at her recent CMA Festival…
What was your favorite part about filming the music video for “KILL THA KING”? The beach scenes, being able to walk on the sand and feel the sand on my feet, and just having a tranquil moment. What is next for your music career? I’m going on tour in 2024 and releasing the Back2Basics EP. What is your favorite lyric from “KILL THA KING”? My King was my hips though!! Who are some…
Name Sayers will impress all but the most cynical or dismissive listeners. Their eleven-song outing Joyboys in the Grindhouse is a bucket of blood synth pop feast but doesn’t stop there. They spike their combustible musical concoction with generous doses of hip-hop, rock, and electronica without ever coming across as a well-intentioned hodgepodge of sound. In lesser hands, it would sound like a band trying too hard, doing too much. Name Sayers,…
What inspired you to start creating music? I just wanted to get things I had experienced or observed or felt out of me and into the world. I believe songs are the best way for me to share. There’s an old saying about not dying with all your music still inside. Did being raised in the greater St. Louis area have an influence on your music? I’m not sure that…
Good songcraft tends to take years to develop instead of mere months, and this can be quite a difficult reality for some indie players to face. There’s a lot of work that goes into cultivating something special for your audience, and if there’s anyone who knows what I’m talking about, it’s a pop singer like Taylor Jules. Jules’ sound has been getting progressively tighter not through the past decade but,…
This video feels like an invitation to an intimate and laid-back groove session. How did you try to achieve this feeling in the video? Just being who we really are, no acting, with the personal and group photos, along with the group performing helped to pull it together. How have elements of jazz, R&B, and hip-hop helped create your sound today? The hip-hop and jazz elements are covered by Slum…
In an indie music scene dominated by various genres and experimental sounds, it is rare to stumble upon a band that seamlessly blends the infectious rhythms of funk with the introspective nature of indie music. Noshows, the indie outfit fronted by producer and songwriter Max Satow, breaks the mold with their latest single, “Slow Up (feat. AUD).” This funk-infused gem not only showcases their undeniable talent but also highlights the…
The weight of the instrumental prowess is certainly familiar, as is the elegance of the arrangement that will soon come together before our very ears, but in its totality, there’s something very different about both Giorgia Fumanti and the song “Quand on Prie La Bonne Etoile” as they’re presented together in the new album Cinema Collection. As you might be able to guess, Cinema Collection is a record full of cover songs handpicked…
How much thought did you put into the visuals for “I Hate My Ex”? How did you want them to look? It was a spur of the moment video. We were shooting video for “Someday” and we had all the models and the location. I just was like, “fuck it” – I knew I wanted to make a video for “I Hate My Ex.” It was really on-the-fly vibe. A…
Rockers Mainland Break can be very conceptual when they want to be, and while I enjoyed every bit of what their rivals have had to say in the past few months, I don’t think it prepared me for what I was going to review this summer in One Way Ticket to Midnight. URL: https://mainlandbreak.com/ Just looking at the album cover of One Way Ticket to Midnight alludes to a contemporary surrealism so many…
What was it like adopting a new genre? It’s actually very different and fun. It feels very normal because it’s a genre of music that I’ve always wanted to do. Your lyrics in “Love Language” are very vulnerable, can you speak more to that, and how you had the courage to speak from your heart? I’ve always wondered how I could get the thoughts of how I felt in a…
Step into room, and you will see Henri Cainglet’s work. The Filipino native has an undeniable, visual aesthetic that inspires both delightful bewilderment, and a sense of all-encompassing, wild-eyed immersion. There’s something refreshingly modern about his style, whilst simultaneously displaying a kind of timelessness. Mr. Cainglet’s mixture of his cultural roots with elements of key American painters creates this kind of uncanny valley viewing experience. You feel like you are…
Led by its ethereal melody, entirely muscular in substance and yet capable of drawing us closer in the same way a much softer instrument would, “Feel That” has all the guts and glory of a lead-off track like “Ship of Fools” or “Best Friends,” but as a deep cut in the new EP Chroma Crawl, it proves how much depth Helen Kelter Skelter has as a heavy rock act in 2023.…
What is your favorite lyric from “It Takes Two”? My favorite lyric in the song is, “It takes two, baby, to make a dream come true.” What has been your favorite memory in regards to your career? My career spans over 50 years… so to pick a favorite moment is almost impossible. There have been so many memorable moments. One was performing in front of Princess Diana and then Prince Charles.…
How has the music industry changed from when you first began your career up until now? The music industry has changed so much and so quickly as technology has advanced. On one hand, the big label gatekeepers have lost much of their power. Technology has leveled the field quite a bit, allowing any person on earth to create their own music & videos, and put it out there for all…
Jaye Madison’s new EP MIRЯOR: Vision is a luxuriant and expansive collection with impressive scope despite its brevity. Twin sisters Madison and Jordan Skinner accomplish in four tracks what takes many other bands and solo artists upwards of ten to twelve songs to realize. Anyone looking for rollicking honkytonk or pop rock with a cowboy hat will find the sister’s material lacking. This doesn’t mean the Texas natives look askance on writing…
When it comes to making a rock song that transcends generational barriers between one subgenre and another, there’s no right way to hit the mark – but there are plenty of wrong ways. King Falcon avoids pretty much all of them in “Ready Set Go,” their meteoric new music video and single, but not without giving us a lesson or two in what constitutes a modern rock rhythm. Right from…
I’ve heard a lot of Rob Alexander’s work over the years since his debut and his new single “Get Over Yourself” from the new album Young Man’s Eyes rates as his best yet. This is a singer and songwriter who never plays around the edges. He fully immerses himself in each performance and isn’t afraid to engage with substantive topics. He isn’t a songwriter or vocalist content with the standard tropes alone.…