“Sometimes I feel like we’re just sleepwalking through our lives. We’re not really present.” Hazel English wants us to open our eyes. Through her shimmering, daydream-pop, the California based singer-songwriter is on a mission to rattle the cages of our very existence, asking us to dig deep and ask challenging questions of ourselves. ‘Wake UP!’, …
Here’s some global recombinant ultra-cool that I’ve just discovered. With new wave/reggae sounds reminiscent of Elvis Costello’s “Watching the Detectives,” this is Norwegian Rockabilly artist Vidar Busk’s take on the tender old Swedish hymn “Han har öppnat pärleporten” which I became aware of via Artur Erikson’s version. There is at least one other Norwegian rockabilly …
Driving for Peaches formed in late 2019 in Portland, Oregon, when three new friends from faraway places started jamming together. When jams became songs, the trio – Ditte Kuijpers from the Netherlands on vocals, and guitarists Alex Whitcher from New Zealand and Pete Harrington from the UK – turned their thoughts towards gigs, and started …
“Cultural Institutions are important. Being an integral part of one is an honor bestowed and to uphold,” says Chuck D. “Public Enemy songs are forever sonic prints in the sands of time. And it’s time – it’s necessary – to bring the noise again from a place called home. Def Jam. Fight The Power 2020.” Public …
This song is a great work of art. It offers a proud, declarative, narrative of it’s own while illuminating similar hurts, failings and triumphs within and around the listener. Caley Rose describes it in this way, “We all know someone who is struggling and could use a song of support right now. “Even When” is …
Download / Stream BADLANDS (Live From Webster Hall) HERE Today – in celebration of the fifth anniversary of her debut album – Halsey released her first-ever live album, BADLANDS (Live from Webster Hall), via Capitol Records. The 21 tracks were recorded live on May 8, 2019, the first of two sold-out shows Halsey played at the historic New York City venue. That evening, she …
August 28th, 2020 — Santa Monica, CA — Today marks the highly awaited release of “Ice Cream” — the electrifying new single from global pop sensations BLACKPINK andmulti-platinum singer/songwriter Selena Gomez. Another powerhouse performance from BLACKPINK, “Ice Cream” is the second single from the K-pop quartet’s massively anticipated debut album, set for release via YG Entertainment/Interscope Records on October 2nd. Pre …
Portland favorites Pink Martini have shared their second new single of the summer. “The Lemonade Song” is released today via their own label Heinz Records. As with the earlier “Let’s Be Friends”, the track was co-written by bandleader Thomas Lauderdale and singer China Forbes, the pair responsible for the band’s biggest hits. Forbes says: “Of all times this song can be taken to …
Exile And Redemption is a fitting description for a time of social distance, but have you ever attended a Neo-Hasidic Rock Opera? Enter Philadelphia-based songwriter Aryeh Shalom, a man of shattered dreams and transformation, who draws from Hasidic legend and existential family struggle to create an album that is Broadway meets Baal Shem Tov (the founder of the Hasidic movement). As Ringo Starr once said, “Got …
In 2019, Iceland’s Hatari (meaning “hater” in the native tongue) qualified for the Eurovision music contest, which was created in 1956 in the aftermath of WWII. Tel Aviv, Israel, hosted the event that year, a year that also included the non-violent Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement to support Palestinians trapped in the Israeli apartheid state. …
First Aid Kit—Johanna and Klara Söderberg—share their archived cover of Willie Nelson’s classic “On The Road Again” today, alongside an incredibly charming homemade tour video. The band’s first release since 2018’s Ruins LP and Tender Offerings EP, “On The Road Again” is a previously unreleased cover that First Aid Kit made 7+ years ago, and is another lovely addition to their extensive catalog of covers. Proceeds …
I have written earlier of my musical autobiography charted by the technology that delivered my music. For those who missed, forgot, or ignored it, about age 12 I began listening to FM radio. In 1967 the FCC mandated that an FM broadcast could not be the simulcast of an AM broadcast, taking an FM slot away from a station who …
Being a musician, especially a cellist, is not just all fun and games – it comes with a responsibility too, and one of these is maintaining the cleanliness of your cello bow. Precautions Before jumping to the sanitation process, a cellist must know some of these precautions first. It is significant to know that cellos …
Powerhouse rock duo Crown Lands (hand-picked by Jack White to open for him) just released their debut self-titled album today, produced by Dave Cobb (Rival Sons, Chris Stapleton, etc)… Along with the “Leadfoot” video directed by Blake Mawson (Orville Peck, etc) – the first post-COVID shoot for everyone. Lead singer/drummer Cody (who is half Mi’kmaq, a First Nation tribe …
Fantastic Negrito, the Oakland blues howler who’s already scored two Grammys in the last five years, mixes in a healthy dose of retro soul on his third album, Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? All that groovin’ sweetens his gritty street tales. “How Long,” already released as a single for the record set to drop …
Debut episode features an intimate chat with close friend and Chromatica producer BloodPop®Tune in to the first episode this Friday, August 7 at 11am PST only on Apple Music at apple.co/_GagaRadio The inspiration for Lady Gaga’s hyperactive NUMBER ONE ALBUM Chromatica came from one magical place: the dance floor. Now, every Friday on her brand new GAGA RADIO show on Apple Music, she …
The world took us on quite a ride throughout the last months and it hasn’t been easy. As an artist I’m in one of the most affected communities – no gigs, no festivals… it has hit many musicians hard. But the indie music scene really stuck together supporting each other and creating music to make …
Twin Cities-based trio Semisonic released a new song “All It Would Take” from their forthcoming EP You’re Not Alone out September 18 via Pleasuresonic Recordings/Megaforce Records. The song follows “You’re Not Alone,” the title track to the forthcoming EP and the band’s first single in nearly 20 years, which just debuted at #40 on Billboard’s …
New York, NY (August 3, 2020) – Taylor Swift’s spectacular run last week continues this week with Billboard’s Hot 100 chart announcement. folklore, her 5 star album, debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 this week and her single “cardigan” lands at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her the only artist in history to simultaneously debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 …
Mont Duamel is the debut artist project of grammy-nominated producer Mathieu Jomphe Lepine. With a deep interest in the way artistic mediums trigger an emotional response, the songwriter and producer analyses visual arts, human interaction, travel and sensory reactions in his glittering new project. Building a name for himself as a renowned producer in the …
– Olivia Henry just dropped her debut music video and it’s pulsing with intimacy and magnetic attraction. Here’s how the mighty East Portland Blog reviewed her recent album Expectations: “Behold sleek, chic LA songstress Olivia Henry, whose impeccably tight new album, Expectations, is loaded with racy, noir-ish, power-femme, alterna-soul and has drawn comparisons to original torchlighters …
Evie Irie has been hailed as “one to watch” by her peers and music blogs alike. Like some sort of pop alchemist, the Australian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist turns self-described “weirdness” into universal wonder within her music. By 15-years-old, her talent and drive convinced mom and dad to allow her to move to Nashville where …
Brooklyn based soulful pop artist Mima Good has just released “Granddaddy”, the third single off her upcoming album. “Granddaddy” is a dreamlike, jazz inspired ballad featuring New York legend Christopher McBride on saxophone. The singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist has been working on an exploratory, genre-bending collection of songs for the past year in her …
‘SWITCH’ is a bolt out of the dark, a harsh awakening. Empowerment. Sera’s album songs are all drawn from folklore and SWITCH is no different, drawing inspiration from Steam-punk, Frankenstein and the ‘Freak Lab-accident’ trope of the comic superhero. SERA’s music is rooted in folk, Americana, singer-songwriter, with this track taking a further leap into …
LISTEN HERE Jhené Aiko’s blockbuster album CHILOMBO re-asserts its claim to the title of R&B album of the year this week, as the deluxe addition powers the album to over 46,000 new units. CHILOMBO re-enters the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 at #6, and reclaims the #1 spot on the Billboard R&B albums chart. CHILOMBO DELUXE adds nine previously unreleased bonus tracks and …
August 11th, 2020 — Santa Monica, CA — Global pop sensations BLACKPINK have announced that multi-platinum singer/songwriter Selena Gomez will appear on their forthcoming single. Due out on August 28th, the new single will serve as the second single from BLACKPINK’s highly anticipated debut album, set for release via YG Entertainment/Interscope Records on October 2nd. Merch bundles for the album …
LISTEN TO folklore HERE WATCH/ SHARE THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR “cardigan” HERE Friday 24th July, 2020 – Most of the things Taylor Swift had planned for the summer of 2020 didn’t end up happening but…there was something magical that did happen, the surprise release of her 8th studio album, folklore. “Before this year I probably would’ve overthought when to release this music at the …
Madonna’s Version Topped Billboard’s Dance Club Songs Chart in 2000 Don McLean’s Original Recording To Celebrate 50th Anniversary In 2021 As many people know, there are some songs that are considered classics. So when another artist covers a classic song, it can either turn out to be a hit (Whitney Houston covers Dolly Parton’s ‘I …