In Your Eyes, eM’s latest single, is a true multimedia experience that expands beyond the recorded word. The single bridges the gap between pop, R&B and dance music to create something wholly unique. The rich blend of instrumental and vocal elements makes for a fulfilling track. This depth of scope ensures that fans will have to spin the single a number of times before hearing everything that eM has inserted…
Mad World is the latest single from Atlanta’s Dalicia La Fleur; the cut blends together funk, disco, R&B, and pop styles into an intense track that will have listeners getting on the dance floor. While La Fleur’s vocals are front and center for this single, other highlights on Mad World are the larger than life bass line and the interplay between the distinct elements on the song. An extended instrumental interlude acts…
Waiting For The Snowfall is a slow and emotionally intense track that builds into something beautiful. Erik’s vocals cover a tremendous amount of ground, highlighted at all the right points through a perfectly-produced arrangement.
Won’t Go With The Flow is the first track on Robert Nix’s latest release, Once in a Blue Moon. The track ties together the sounds of acts like The Cure, Psychedelic Furs and Depeche Mode. There is a complexity to the composition here that ensures that listeners will be able to pick out new twists and turns each time they play the single. The intricate instrumentation is a common thread that…
There have been a decent amount of milk and coffee based stouts that have been placed on the market in the course of the last few months and a great many of them are fair to middling. The latest limited time engagement from Colorado’s Left Hand Brewing, Bittersweet is a beer that has a decent amount of twists and turns all while having a luscious and vibrant mouth feel. The…
There is a new Peppa Pig release, The Golden Boots, out on the market and it stands apart from other children’s releases in that it contains about double the amount of episodes that one would typically receive on a kids-themed DVD. The release has the ability for individuals to go and play the entirety of the DVD while an episode list (aside from the feature, this DVD includes episodes including…
The 2015 edition of Red Evelyn, Black Shirt Brewing’s imperial red rye IPA (india pale ale) has a distinctive and deep set of flavors that go far beyond what one typically expects when they belly up to a bar for a hoppy brew. The red side of things is given life through the inclusion of an ample portion of malt which shakes up the overall palette of this effort. Outside hints…
The stories told in the previous series of Downton Abbey have kept viewers on each side of the pond eagerly anticipating what will happen in the final series of the show, season 6. The episodes here have been shown over the course of the last quarter of last year, keeping the same high level of quality that other episodes have tempered viewers to expect. This time around a number of…
The Underground is a track that immediately hits listeners with a complex lyrical flow, matched with a production that links together the mid-oughts New York sound with just enough J. Dilla and Dr. Dre to keep things interesting. KenWord’s style allows for hard-hitting bars all while an erudite word choice separates KenWord from the rest of the pack. The flute sample provides highlighting to the lyrics on The Underground; the…
Barcelona’s Luis DH creates a retro-infused track in his latest, Run Away (Hometown) that inserts and infectious bass line into darkly emotive vocals. Hints of New Wave and the Minneapolis scene of the early eighties can be picked up here. Luis DH is able to make this track incredibly catchy, with enough complexity to make the effort stand up to multiple spins. A bright and sunny instrumentation ensures that listeners…
City of Dreams is an atmospheric track that has enough in the way of intensity to immediately catch the minds and hearts of listeners. The sheer depth of the composition is such that listeners will spin the effort a number of times before hearing every twist and turn that has been included here. A blend of Mariah Carey, Portishead, and Bjork makes this a wholly different single than anything else…
The baby bottle is something that seems incredibly simple and that technology would have found the precise design and amount of extras that would be perfect for ferrying milk into an infant’s mouth. What is actually the case is that the average bottle is something that could be improved upon. There is a bottle by Adiri that reinvents what the object is and will hopefully get infants the milk they…
Dark Star is a Belgian styled imperial stout from Rhode Island’s Grey Sail Brewing, spending time in Buffalo Trace barrels. The effort goes and provides individuals with a deep, rich, and delectable set of flavors. The beer pours with a dark brown coloration and little to nothing in the way of head. The initial sip of this third batch of Dark Star heals him of chocolate, vanilla, and toasty malts…
The Sum of Life showcases contemplative and deep guitar work, with Smith’s output influenced by folk, Americana, and singer-songwriter styles. The richness of this introductory composition is enough to invite listeners in, while songs like Blues Guitar Slinger change up the status quo by creating a Bayou-based bit of rock. A strong set of vocals provide the perfect counterpoint for the sizzling guitar work that is weaved through the track.
Jon Pattie is able to create something special when it comes to his “Pieces” single, taken from the The Home Inside My Head EP. This effort showcases a twinkling instrumentation and a richly emotive set of vocals. Taken together, these elements create a dreamy pop track that builds into a fuzzier sort of indie rock. The rising actions and otherworldly sound of the penultimate seconds of Pieces provide great gravitas…
The Imperial Stout style is provided considerable variation through the inclusion of adjuncts ranging from chocolate to bacon, to coffee and even mint. However, one of the earliest inclusions into the style had to be coffee and one of those first companies to go forth and craft something that blends together the bitterness and roastiness of a cappuccino with the thick mouth feel and the malty notes of a stout…
Brand It On Me is a R&B infused effort that has Diamond tattoo his vocal melodies deep into the minds and hearts of listeners. Hints of Ne*yo and Akon can be heard here, but the backing instrumentation is the most surprising effort here. 80s synths, smart sequencing, and a bit of an edge makes this into an effort that would do well in dance clubs and raunchy rap bars alike.
A Beach And You is a sunny testament to true love. The distinct elements of the tracks combine to create something utterly special; Apfel intersperses his vocals with intricately-sequenced keys. By ensconcing considerable depth in a poppy introduction, Apfel is able to go into further complexity in subsequent songs. Comin Home To You builds upon the same wistful remembrance of A Beach And You; the dual duty done by Apfel…
Ottawa’s Dead Air Republic creates a heavy, hard, and sludgy form of metal that will assault listeners from the beginning until the ending of their new release, With Extreme Prejudice Just Another Bullet is the first cut off of their latest, taking up the standards of Corrosion of Conformity, Arrested Sevenfold, and ratchets it up to ten. Taking turns in the spotlight, the constituent members of Dead Air Republic create…
New York’s Pontus starts off his latest release, the IV EP, in a very challenging way. He has front-loaded Ten, a ten-minute composition, requiring listeners to immediately strap in and experience his unique form of progressive metal. The song weaves intricate arrangements that will keep listeners on the edges of their seats; challenging popular conceptions about time signatures or complex arrays of instrumental interaction, IV’s beginning tells a tremendous story…