Samantha Margret’s “Saucy” has a wonderful blending of the instrumental and vocal side. There’s a complexity to the arrangements on Saucy that are rare to hear in pop music. It is this unique take that will get listeners to focus on in, while Samantha’s rich tones are what will keep one hanging on until the single’s final few seconds. The presence of Son of Paper’s rap flow allows the song…
Si Je Pars, the latest effort by Gianni Bodo, is a tremendously hopeful and inspiring effort. The track blends together charismatic vocals with taut instrumentation. With guitars, drums, and a thick bass line combining here, Bodo is able to easy lay down lyrical lines. Si Je Pars has the veneer of the late 1990s and early 2000s with the crispness and clarity of modern music. The track would easily be…
Slide has a bouncy piece of pop-rock that contains a deep and detailed backing instrumentation that refreshes both brit-pop and late-oughts college rock. Floating is a single that will have listeners singing along after their first time through the single. The charisma of the lead vox will draw listeners ink, while an immaculate output and considerable attention to detail by the rest of Slide will keep them focused in until…
Barbera’s Stay is an effortthat works well in modern pop rotations while having considerable instrumental chops that will keep even the most veteran music aficionados interested. The deliberate keys act as the perfect backdrop for Barbera’s vocals, all while the track is given further depth with bassy elements. The slower and quicker sections of Stay will keep listeners’ interest high in the composition, all while there is a cogent story…
By Gus Rocha One of the most compelling and notable singles released this past month, “Cherry Pit” stands as the pinnacle of Los Angeles-based artist Luna Li’s skyrocketing career. A native of Toronto, Li grew up in a musical environment and, at an early age, began studying classical music and hanging around a tight-knit community of musicians who attended her mother’s partner’s music school. After graduating high school, she attended…
Exams, public speaking or job interviews – there are a variety of situations we face in our everyday life. No surprise, each of us knows firsthand that feeling when you start to “stress out”. But sometimes, a challenging job, family problems, or just experiencing unexpected life challenges may start to be perceived as an endless trial. Such torture in life may be a sign of chronic anxiety and a warning…
You can hear many of Melanie Rogers’ influences in her new self-penned single “Fever”. She often cites artists as diverse as Vera Blue, Welsh singer/songwriter Novo Amor, Joy Williams, and Enya, among others, as crucial older performers who cast a long shadow over her own work, but the special thing about her is how she transmutes their influence into something individualistic and unique. You would never claim she is imitative.…
Talking Heads frontman David Byrne once wrote a very controversial essay regarding the abolishment of the term “world music”, finding it reductive and disrespectful to basic artistry of hard-working musicians around the globe that should be boxed in due to the nationalization ideals of American music. I’ve always been inclined to agree with him because, well he’s David Byrne and there have been plenty of excellent musicians who’ve wanted to…
Atlanta based 5 Piece band, Pistols At Dawn, are a blend of Alt Rock, Metal, and Modern Rock stylings. They consist of, Adam Jaffe on Drums, Tommy Richardson on Guitar, Devin White on Guitar, Billy Sullivan on Bass, and former Rockstar Supernova finalist, Chris Pierson on Lead Vocals. The band’s original Guitarist, Mike Buffa, tragically passed away in 2018. Buffa was a founding member of PAD, in 2015. Their new…
There’s an ephemeral humming before a piano strike before the titular title is said by singer Raquel Kiaraa in her new song “Dear Jesus”. It sets the stage for the almost holy ambiance it makes you feel like you’re in a place of faith whether a chapel, or nature, it’s a place higher than yourself. Kiaraa’s voice, in the beginning, feels slight and humble, yet beautiful as she states that…
Few artists can lay claim to a path, as mercurial as Dova Lewis. From her upbringing in the suburbs of Montreal, to a life changing excursion in the Isles Of Hawaii, and then the dream factory in Los Angeles, Dova is rich with experience. Her journey has brought her full circle, back to her city of origin, in Montreal. Her latest offering is a 4 Song, self-titled EP. The first…
4 My Ppl has some downright evil backing beat allowing the lyrical flow to shine out brightly. Hints of horns act as the perfect counterpoint for the booming bass lines that kicks at the bottom of the effort. The soulful chorus punctuates the track, ensuring that each piece of Goodie Mob are able to get their licks in. There’s a ferocity present to these bars that showcase a hungriness to…
Feeling Good has a fun, laid-back style to it that draws on the 1990s. Bits of R&B, dance, and pop unite to make something that will have listeners out on the dance floor. The instrumentation and lyrics combine to make something cohesive, with luxurious bass lines working with a set of vocals that effortlessly reach through scales. Feeling Good is the epitome of swagger, with a thick bass beat that…
A life in the country is a life that is good, sings Chris St. John in his opening song, “I Need a Horse”. It might sound strange coming from an attorney (and former judge for that matter) but one has to imagine he might be thinking that a life spent behind a desk or a nose stuck in a law book is not really living – that slowing down and…
Today, we are speaking with Randy C Moore. What’s happening in your life right now? I just moved from Nashville, Tennessee back to my home in Texas. Playing a lot of new places here in Texas, meeting a lot of new people who are loving my music. Life is very good. Can you give us a little background information about you (biographical and as a musician)? I am from Humble,…
In an era of amalgamated genres, it’s rare to find something so sheer, and indisputable, as to be unitarily defined. But such as the case with Conceptz’ “Drippin And Drownin,” which is nothing short of the purest evolution of Hip Hop, and unabashed in that designation. Brothers, HighRowGlyphFix and Short Fuze comprise the duo known as Conceptz. Over the last 9 years, they have steadily ascended in the industry, somehow…
Today, we are speaking with Thomas Deil. Can you give us a little background information about you (biographical and as a musician)? Hello everybody, My name is Thomas Dalle Stelle aka Thomas Deil and I’m 21 yo DJ and Producer from Italy. I’ve started my career at early age of 12, I remember I was used to watch EDM festival and dream to become the next big DJ, I admired…
“Underneath the ground we’ll be safe and warm / Underneath the ground far below the storm / We’ll hide in the dark and we’ll rise when the world is reborn.” These are some of the words Jeremy Rice sings in the new single “Underneath the Ground,” and they unmistakably channel the feel of a pandemic-era world waiting to come to life once more. The insularity of the harmony through which…
Ian Bouras’ A Blind Painter’s Guide to Coloring Breath is one of the young year’s most interesting releases yet for a number of reasons. The eight songs on this release are demos; circumstances dictated the nature of this release. Bouras, under optimal circumstances, would have polished and further developed these tracks, but Bouras spent the bulk of 2020 as a patient in various psychiatric hospitals. Bouras experienced considerable difficulties reacquainting himself with…
Vianchi has returned with his follow up single, to the ever so slightly morbid, “Die [Alone].” “Overdose” is a stylish and sensual dedication to being so lovesick that we indulge to the point of excess. Too much of a good thing can be reductive, and Vianchi is walking a fine line on “Overdose.” It’s said that love can be a drug, and the character in Vianchi’s, “Overdose” is chasing the…