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Darwin Deez will be releasing his heavily anticipated sophomore album, Songs for Imaginative People, which Lucky Number Music will release on February 12th. As a bi tof a teaser for the new effort, Deez enlisted Edinburgh, […]
The video for the Neighbourhood’s lates single, “Let It Go,” offers a rather frightening, almost Twilight Zone look into suburban bliss – in other words, in this video it ain’t all it’s cracked up to […]
Megadon teams up with the Lost Boyz’ Mr. Cheeks and Nitty Scott MC for this new single, “World Premiere.” What I love about this particular track is that it’s jazzy beat, propelled by big drums […]
a Q&A with Morgan Christopher Geer, a.k.a Drunken Prayer
Singer/songwriter Morgan Christopher Geer has one of the more unique stories I’ve recently heard. Originally, from the San Francisco area, Geer is the son of a California mushroom farmer and a New Orleans folk singer. […]
French producer Jerome Ettinger has devoted himself and his career to exploring, preserving and spreading the sounds of the traditional music of Egypt. Assembling several world-class Egyptian musicians, Ettinger’s Egyptian Project fuses electronics with the […]
Crosstown Syndicate at the LIC Bar 12/31/12-1/1/13
This past New Year’s Eve, I caught local act, Crosstown Syndicate rock the LIC Bar in Long Island City, Queens with two sets of funky and soulful originals and covers. Naturally, that meant quite a […]
Last year, the Argentinian label ZZK Records released a compilation of Argentine, instrumental electronic dance music, Future Sounds of Buenos Aires. On the album, many of the artists mix traditional and rural South American folk music with […]
To celebrate the beginning of what I hope will be a successful and amazing 2013, Asheville, NC’s, the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra recorded this very pretty rendition of Seal’s “Kiss From A Rose.” Shot on the […]
With only a few moments left in 2012, I wanted to take one last trip – for now, at least – down the nostalgia train. As I mentioned before, as a child I was a […]
I recently came across some live footage of the legendary Bob Marley live in Santa Barbara, CA back in 1979. Marley as a performer was an electric performer, and some of the footage I’ve come […]
2012 was both quite successful and memorable – I’ve met an amazing array of music industry folks, artists and fellow bloggers, and I’ve covered some incredible shows and festivals. Of course, as I’ve mentioned a […]
I’m in a time-machine mode here, and it sometimes happens when we think of a New Year; I guess I can’t help but see a greater connection with the past as I get a bit […]
With the end of yet another year, in some way we all can’t help but be a bit nostalgic. We can’t help but think about the loved ones who are no longer with us, the […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1081500394/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/ The Chicago-based redheaded sibling duo of Francis and Alex White, also known as White Mystery will be coming out with another full-length album of kick ass album of grungy garage rock on April 20, […]