This is the freshest rock I’ve heard in years. It’s hard to find anything new under the bright, burning solar zeppelin in the sky since, oh, Physical Graffiti, but Nobody’s Baby’s self-titled debut EP screams and peels with the best kind of hard, jarring alternative and complex, melodic punk. It is definitely like nothing we’ve …
Month: August 2019
FolkCloud.com is nifty little site which allows the user to find traditional music from around the world by clicking on the country. Check it out: https://folkcloud.com And that’s how I found this bouncy folk rocker. “Bahay Kubo” is a beloved Tagalog song usually taught to children in the Philippines. It’s a little like the American …
A dizzying cavalcade of romanticism, literally a catalyst for orgasm around the world. Frejus, France, 1982. Roxy Music’s last tour for 19 years, promoting their new (and last) album, Avalon. More than ten years of evolution – some dramatic, some incremental – behind it. A frontman at the peak of his powers, a peak that …
Hi East Portland Blog, Before I became a songwriter, I grew up with a passion for art in all forms. I studied classical violin starting at the age of 5 and dabbled in saxophone and violin as well as writing and painting. I graduated with a degree in Astrophysics at University of Alberta before realizing I …
This is not the typical fundraising letter. Check it out. – Mark Erickson Portland Yang Gang Facebook Group Oregon Yang Gang Facebook Group Hello Yang Gang – thank you for your support! It’s been a little over a week since the debate in Detroit, and we’ve already qualified for the next round in September and October. …
Lauren Ruth Ward is a force to be reckoned with in her new single and video “Wise Gal“. Headstrong with powerful vocals in tow, she reflects on previously internalized lack of confidence she once held about calling herself a musician, proclaiming in the track’s chorus: “…don’t want to be with you man, I want to be in the …
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Swedish born, LA-based artist Winona Oak has released “Break My Broken Heart” via Neon Gold Records / Atlantic Records HERE. The single is accompanied by another stunning music video directed by Andreas Öhman, stating “The chorus is explosive, bursting with a spine-tingling melody and sultry arpeggiation.” The song follows her runaway debut single “He Don’t …
Even if you know who Magazine is, do me a favor and just watch the first number, eh? So freakin’ awesome. And newcomers – tell me how many 21st century acts kinda sorta sound like this, inimitable vocals aside. Howard Devoto is a weird guy. He’s also a genius. And not very consistent in his …
Bright eyed, tousle-headed and with a look halfway between penitence and innocence, James Leesley (aka Studio Electrophonique) conjures a sound akin to the dream where Bill Ryder-Jones fronts The Velvet Underground with echoes of Cherry Ghost drifing in there for good measure. Cinematic, melodic, warm – efficient in arrangement yet intricate in detail. Studio Electrophonique …
DJ Baba The Raptor is the godfather of Caracas, Venezuela’s underground dance music. And a regional music hero. If you’re familiar with the political/economic/social situation in Venezuela, you know it’s not easy to be a musician in Caracas, but DJ Baba the Raptor continues to bring dance music and pulsing experimental music (and joy!) to …
‘KEYS’, possesers of the communion and redemptive powers of Rock & Roll are unmistakably back, kicking the doors down on their way to steal our hearts all over again! The second single taken from their eagerly anticipated new album is the gloriously titled ‘I Only Want Want You For Your Rock And Roll’. Following on from …
Allow me to present the new LP, Smoke and Glass, from the production duo, Alex Haas & Bill Laswell, which was released this week and has been setting the internet aflame. These guys are engineers & producers who’ve been recording hits in NYC’s music scene since the late 70s, putting their stamp on projects by …
One of the highlights of my Seattle work day: during a ten minute break I innocently stretched to 15, I walked into Lenny’s Grocery and shopped for fresh vegetables as I strummed and sang through Frank Sinatra’s ‘That’s Life’ and Dean Martin’s ‘That’s Amore’. The folks there love it when I bring my guitar and …
Juno Roome, the ace honcho of a. harlana, recently got some of his many, many talented friends together and filmed several live videos with loop oriented versions of his songs. This is similar to the way that Juno performs for solo gigs. The shots are beautiful. It looks and sounds fantastic. The most recent releases, …
Bat For Lashes, aka Natasha Khan, has unveiled her new song, “The Hunger,” from her highly anticipated new album Lost Girls out on September 6 via AWAL Recordings. The video for “The Hunger,” which Khan directed and stars in, is shot in an otherworldly nowhere place, and reveals Khan’s character Nikki Pink’s rise as the head priestess of the Lost Girls, spreading magic and light …
This video is intense. Frankie Swain has today released the emotive video for her new single “Emergency Alarms.” Directed by Alan Dunne and produced by Stubborn Monkey Media, “Emergency Alarms” reflects on how important it is to reach out to friends in time of need. “It’s so important today that we reach out to friends …
Paper Idol has shared his new track “Feel Real Pretty” on Grimy Goods. When talking about the track Matan KG says, “I wrote “Feel Real Pretty” while working as a project manager in Copenhagen; the brutally-long hours in the office brought my imagination to interesting places. One day, the story for the song popped in my head: some guy …
Negativland have announced their new LP True False and shared the track “Discernment” on Billboard — a mainstay of their live sets for nearly 20 years, yet unreleased until now. Describing the track, the band has declared, “If our nervous systems have been conditioned to react to the language of broadcast media with instinctive skepticism, the …
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“Cash,” the latest, greatest single from LA-based, pop contessa Teddi Gold mixes bass-heavy Caribbean vibes with innovative top 40-tinged hooks and mixes it all with cheeky commentaries on society. This is an ironic banger about wealth inequality. Its’ lush exterior helps the weighty message go down with a spoon full of sugar 😉 https://www.facebook.com/teddigold/
I made a millennial’s head explode when I explained to her that even Youtube stars are slaves to Google. They are floating a multi-billion dollar platform, self producing their own shows they give to a platform that pays them what they could make on salary for Amazon. Oh Momma’…sweet Freedom. This is a scam. These …
In a recent blog, Bonnie Kristian declared Donald Trump to be apocalyptic. As she carefully articulated, she does not mean apocalyptic in the popular parlance as a “disaster,” but in the more literal translation of the word as “revelation.” The title of the last book of the New Testament is the “Apocalypse of John,” or “John’s Revelation.” In …
I just saw this movie on free tv, the Grit channel. Have you seen it? It amazed me. Old school black comedy. Tight as a drum. They can’t write ’em or act ’em like this anymore.
Have a listen to LGB ambient guitarist FerrariLover. Her haunting overtures give off an otherworldly vibe, rife with delicate sonic ideas. Her genre-defying musical sets present a liberating mise-en-scène perfect for bringing to life a fantastical spiritual drama, perhaps something written and danced by PJ Harvey and scored by the young Philip Glass. Or something …
If you have ever imagined what Lou Reed fronting post-rock innovators ‘Slint’ with some Jonathan Richman ‘The Modern Lovers’ two chord interplay driving it all would sound like?…. Well here’s Papur Wal and their ambitious double A side singles ‘O’n Ni’n Ffrindia’ and ‘When He’s Gone’. Papur Wal returned to work again with Cardiff producer …