“Colored Emotions” is the latest single from Night Moves’ recently released album, Colored Emotions. The Minneapolis, MN-based band’s sound reminds me a lot of early to mid 70s rock – it’s soulful but with a sensual, […]
The renowned German arts festival, Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen commissioned Sebastian Hartmann, known as one of the biggest and innovative names in contemporary German theater for a production of Leo Tolstoy’s great novel, War and Peace. Hartmann enlisted […]
Brooklyn-based band Milagres is in the studio working on a new album but in the meantime they released an unreleased track from the Glowing Mouth sessions to tide fans and friends over until the new album is […]
The Orlando, FL-based quintet (sometimes sextet) Day Joy, originally started off as a duo Peter Michael Perceval and Michael Serrin. Many of the songs they wrote during acoustic jam sessions and the material wound up […]
5Pianist/singer/songwriter Sara Jackson-Holman’s sophomore effort, Cardiology comes from a very personal place – she wrote the songs in a variety of ways and she then producing almost final versions of the songs that wound up on Cardiology before heading […]
Album Reviews
Before I get to the year in review, there are a few more albums that I received last year – it still seems strange to say that – that I wanted to discuss before going […]
I got a hold of this video by Git Beats featuring Hubbs, “Git Craft,” and the track itself reminds me of a couple of old school tracks – Jeru the Damaja’s “Come Clean” and a […]
The Audible Doctor, of the Brown Bag AllStars crew had a pretty big 2012 as he produced tracks and remixes for Onyx, Mobb Deep, Big Noyd, Consequence, John Legend, Method Man, Freddie Gibbs, Homeboy Sandman, Journalist […]
Comprised of brothers Brayden and Camron Ward, and high school classmates Tim Hatch and Lauren Curtius, the Los Angeles area-based the Lovely Bad Things once crowdfunded their way to an encore performance at the Primavera […]
San Francisco-based signer/songwriters Meklit Hadero and Quinn Deveaux have individually developed reputations for music that manages to go across multiple genres simultaneously. Performing as Meklit and Quinn, the duo released their debut album last fall […]
Dutch multi-instrumentalist Jacco Gardner has been championed by the likes of the Horrors, Temples and others, while his work has been compared to the likes of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd. Gardner has released two singles […]
Gospels hails from nearby Forest Hills, Queens. “Animal Feelings” is the title track to their debut EP, Animal Feelings which will drop in sometime during the spring. While listening to the track, I was reminded quite […]
“Time In The World” is the first single off Colleen Green’s forthcoming album, Sock It To Me, which Hardly Art Records will release on March 19th. With vintage synth, multi-layered vocals, and spare drum beats, the […]
The Australian dance pop quintet of Gold Fields recently remixed Diamond Rings’ “Runaway Love,” to return the favor for his remix of “Dark Again.” Their remix is a shimmering and sinuous bit of funk that […]
Australian electro-pop indie pop quintet Gold Fields will be releasing their debut effort, Black Sun February 26th here in the States and March 8th in their native Australia. And the band will be on a month-long […]