Los Angeles psych pop band Amo Amo’s self-titled debut album – produced by Jim James of My Morning Jacket -has just been released! Amo Amo formed in June 2017 when a group of dear friends – Love Femme, Omar Velasco, Justin Flint, Shane Mckillop and Alex Siegel – got together for an impromptu session in …
Month: May 2019
James Micah Basnight is a Pacific Northwest rock’n roll superhero. He’s tough as nails. He was there for Seattle’s DIY-beginning in the late 70s and has been rocking around the Northwest and the world ever since. He had a good run in New York in the late 70s where he played legendary clubs like CBGBs …
There are some great vibes here from Ananya Birla – earlier this year she became the first Indian born artist to go platinum with an English track in India, landing white hot press in Ones to Watch and Billboard. Ananya is an Oxford grad from Mumbai, but spends most of her time in London and …
Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, Sabina Ddumba was born to Ugandan parents. She’s the youngest of 8 children. At the age of 14, she joined Stockholm’s prestigious Tensta Gospel Choir, an outfit with many notable alumni such as Lykke Li and Seinabo Sey. Sabina has just released ‘Blow My Mind’, which she co-wrote with MNEK. “I …
Everyone has a person in their life that has the ability to devastate, quickly and effortlessly,” she explains. “lowercase is a song about recognizing your power through awareness in a situation were you have been made to feel incredibly small by another. This takedown is detailed through a central metaphor, a reference to the millennial digital …
One of the only artists of her generation to achieve an astoundingly high level of fame both in Spain and internationally, Bad Gyal is positioned atop the wave of tastemaking urban stars now taking over the Latin and global arena. “Bad Gyal has already made massive inroads in the underground music scene in Spain, and …
Arthur Moon is the moniker of award-winning composer/singer Lora-Faye Åshuvud, who lives and works in Brooklyn, where she was raised, and collaborates on the Arthur Moon project with musicians like Cale Hawkins (Quincy Jones, Bilal, Wyclef Jean) and Martin D. Fowler (a composer forThis American Life). Åshuvud’s musical origins were in folk and rock, and …
…A bit like Pixies meets Elliot Smith with a dash of Radiohead. Years of performing, writing, and challenging himself creatively led him to believe things were on track for a breakthrough in the local scene, but after a devastating breakup with his long-term girlfriend, James decided to sideline his musical ambitions and spent his savings on …
Since Ibeyi released their critically-acclaimed sophomore album Ash in September 2017 the twins have kept busy touring the globe and collaborating on some incredible projects including: writing an original song “Cleo Who Takes Care Of You” for the ROMA soundtrack, lending their song “Exhibit Diaz” to the film Miss Bala, and contributing to Hamilton’s‘Hamildrop’ series with “Rise Up Wise Up Eyes Up.” Most …
Bittersweet Switzerland Switterbeet Switterbitzerland… SWEET AND SOUR, a new single from F.Way, a band from the Italian part of Switzerland, is accompanied by this music video, which tells the story of the song. It tells the story of a couple who are together from young to old and are still happy together in spite of …
The National recently announced their eighth studio album I Am Easy To Find due out May 17th on 4AD, and the companion short film of the same name written by Academy Award-nominated director Mike Mills (20th Century Women, Beginners), and starring Academy Award Winner Alicia Vikander. Today, the band released album track “Hairpin Turns,” featuring …