Love this tune. It is, of course, essentially the Thin Lizzy version of a folk standard properly produced and done at a less codeine-induced pace. James Hetfield’s resemblance to Michael McKean gives the whole thing a Spinal Tap vibe, especially at the Slane Castle setting. Tom Fredrickson
Tuesday eating from your yard tip~as temperatures dip the question is what to do with the green tomatoes? Engage hive mind for the answer. Of course we all think of southern fried green tomatoes. Marie Kuhel suggested pickled green tomatoes~my coworker from Texas suggested adding some carrots, onions and hot peppers to the tomato pickles. …
Portland band Hiroki is a force of friends focused solely on grooves, vibes, and good times. Each member has a unique musical background and rocks their own personal flavor in this sweet recipe of soul. The result is something smooth; something tasty. It all comes together as undeniably enjoyable and woke AF. Salvatore Manalo – …
LA-based rapper and singer-songwriter Demie Cao has released her new EP, Thicker Lines, with a music video of the title track. “‘Thicker Lines’ is a song about moving on from living in the past with resentment and animosity. I meant for it to be a song about inner turmoil rather than an actual tangible fight that …
Popular touring vocalist Jessie Wagner (Lenny Kravitz, Chic, Duran Duran, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul) and frontwoman for NYC rock/soul band Army of the Underdog has dropped “End of Time,” a new single and video off of her debut solo album, ‘Shoes Droppin,’ which was released October 9th via Wicked Cool Records. Stream “Shoes Droppin” on all digital platforms. Of …
Behold Amritha Shakti, a singer-songwriter born in Chennai, India and raised in Sydney, Australia. She has just released a new soul/gospel track called ‘Take Me Home,’, This glorious track combines gospel music with Indian/ Tamil instrumentation and vocals. Shakti worked with a team of killer jazz musicians in Sydney and everything was recorded live. “This song represents …
Following his debut US single, today France’s most outstanding young pianist Sofiane Pamart releases his second single “Nara.” The 28-year-old Frenchman and Gold Medalist of the National Conservatory of Lille in many ways is the enfant terrible of French classical music. Noticed for his ardour, strong and rebellious temperament – he is devoted to the composition of his work rather …
Written, performed and produced by her, “In the Breeze” is Jade’s manifesto, marking the debut of a new chapter in her artistry, one where she has taken full control. Recorded over the past two years in Brussels, NYC, Japan and Berlin, the song is a collection of moments experienced and lessons learned. Describing an imaginary …
Jesus, Eddie Van Halen is dead. The wind’s been knocked out of me. What? Eddie Van Halen is gone, and with him, one of the last crouton-crumbs of my salad days has been swept away. Arguably the most influential rock musician of my generation, definitely the most influential rock guitarist since Hendrix. As with Hendrix, …
This is lovely. Please listen immediately. And yes, this is the song used in the AirBnB commercial. What started as a solo project is now the joint creative project of artists, multi-instrumentalists and songwriters Stian Vedøy and Abi Eleri. Hailing from a windswept west coast island of Norway, Stian met Abi after moving to Cardiff, …
Following on from September’s release of their debut tune, “Salt,” Portland’s newest band, Driving for Peaches today digitally-released “Head Straight.” The second of three songs recorded earlier this year while under COVID restrictions, Head Straight offers a counterpoint to the alt-pop vibes of Salt, and sees the band exploring a more hard-hitting sound, with forceful, overdriven …
October 2ND, 2020 — Santa Monica, CA — One of the year’s most wildly anticipated releases, THE ALBUM by BLACKPINK is out today via YG Entertainment/Interscope Records. With guest spots from Selena Gomez and Cardi B, THE ALBUM is the first full-length studio effort from the powerhouse K-pop quartet. Go HERE to listen to THE ALBUM by BLACKPINK now. Also today, BLACKPINK have premiered the mind-blowing visual for “Lovesick Girls,” the third single …
Emm & May is a rambunctious folk-bump about summer romances — past summer loves, and the ones about to happen. First kisses, bonfires, handholding, leaning into one another, looking up at the stars, wondering together at the meteor showers; all told through the eyes of the guy in the corner with a guitar, with an unexpected …
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Meg Myers has announced today’s premiere of her powerful new single. “Any Way You Wanna Love” is available now at all DSPs and streaming services. LISTEN TO “ANY WAY YOU WANNA LOVE” “My song ‘Any Way You Wanna Love’ is about waking up to the divinity within each and every one of us and …
Hugo, MN native, Jourdan Rystrom is back with an emotional and controversial single that is all about proclaiming exactly who she is as a woman in this time called, “Battle Cry.” Jourdan rocks for women everywhere in this lovely dark pop anthem stating, “You Don’t Own Me”. The song intensifies and clearly calls out men with an agenda to silence …
Today, Halsey unveiled the official video for “929,” a track from her 2020 Platinum-certified album, Manic. Born at 9:29 AM on September 29, Halsey takes a look back on her life thus far in the new video, which features home movie footage. View “929,” which was helmed by her tour videographer and music video director Peter Donaghy, HERE. Manic, available HERE, now includes additional exclusive tracks “i’m not mad” and “wipe …
“”Let Me Go Now’ is about – letting go of someone you love because you love them,” says Luna Keller. And indeed it is. Keller’s latest opus is a true blue relationship requiem, the lasting echo of a once sweet love poem now fading. The singer still cares, but hurts, and knows the ending time …
This is a lost, post-Pet Sounds, turn-of-the-70s Beach Boys record – sans Mike Love. Almost like a Carl Wilson solo record. Which is a very good thing. In fact, Brian Wilson makes a spoken-word appearance on one track! It’s a small sample from a Pet Sounds outtake. Steve Stav
Take a look at “Home,” Makeout‘s first song with new frontman Kyle Dee (formerly a Season 11 American Idol contestant, and lead singer of Chicago mainstays, The Frantic) and bassist AJ Khah (who was previously a member of Sleep On It). Dee and Khah join founding members Tyler Young (Lead Guitar) and Scott Eckel (Drums) for a more mature sounding yet still super melodic new version of …
Here’s a beautiful, spot on, seventies nostalgia video from Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald whose next album, The Human Demands, will be released Oct. 30. “We were running riot,we were playing the game…” “True love is only something you hear in songs,It doesn’t really last that long…” View this post on Instagram A post shared by …
“All the Pieces Fit” is the first single off of Jason Matu’s debut album, Dumb Ecstatic Bliss, coming this fall. Produced and mixed by Justin Craig. Mastered by Greg Calbi. The song posits that “all the pieces fit how the pieces fit.” It is a daring position to take, to be sure, but it is …
Ulf ‘The Wolf’ Nilsson has released another single, “Shoot Me Down,” ahead of his second solo album Make A Move, which is due out October 23rd. This heartfelt breakup ballad was written by Ulf himself and produced by Chris Rehn, who also produced Ulf’s hit song “Little By Little.” The video was recorded in an …
A couple of weeks ago the local “alternative” radio station, WKQX aka Q101, announced it would devote the entire weekend to playing the “greatest alternative music from the last 50 years”. So all the way back to 1970, I guess! Now, I do sometimes listen to this station for one or two songs, but only …
Platinum crossover electronic artist and producer/DJ ILLENIUM has released the highly anticipated video for his single “Nightlight”. The single is his first release via his recent partnership with 12Tone Music, led by industry veterans Doug Morris and Steve Bartels and has over 3M global streams in the first week of release and over 4.5M collective streams to …
Supreme electronic duo Kaleida’s eagerly anticipated second album, Odyssey, is now on the market, and quite awesome. These three songs are the first three singles from the work. Last year, Kaleida’s vocalist, Christine Wood, released Instar, a monumentally great work of ultracool Americana under the name of her alter ego, Vesper Wood. She also agreed …
The Negroni. The drink you order when you want to impress your date. The drink you order when you want to look sophisticated to your friends. The drink you order when you want to feel grown up. It’s the drink that James Bond reached for during the day, and was a favorite of Orson Wells at night, “The bitters …
Kima Otung describes herself in this way: “I grew up with my 4 brothers and sisters in the Pontypridd, in the valleys of South Wales. My parents are Nigerian and the sounds of gospel music and Motown defined my childhood. When I was 14 years old I got accepted as the youngest member of the Welsh National …
New Zealand songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Emily Edrosa has released a punchy new single and video, “Wade Thru.” It’s off her newly announced upcoming album Another Wave Is Coming Out – out November 20 via Park The Van Records. Mixed by legendary producer John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.), the record has touches of Courtney Barnett and The Beths (singer Liz Stokes actually helped …
Two nifty Bruce Springsteen covers from a few years back. MacDonald’s new album, The Human Demands, will be released on October 30.
Gabriela Michele Milkova fuses poetry, music, the visual arts and performance to create spellbinding audio and visual delights. Her latest single ‘Healing’ is part of a larger project Do You Know The Sea?, a series of five poems all of which will coincide with the release of a book by Metanoja Publishing House, an album and, finally, …