El Sonido Magico is the much anticipated sophomore effort from New York’s Empresarios, and the folks at Fort Knox Recordings will be releasing it in a few short weeks. As you’ll hear on the first single […]
M83 recently announced that “Steve McQueen,” would be the next single from their massively popular album, Hurry Up We’re Dreaming with the release of the official video for the track. And you can tell that it’s […]
With the release of her debut single, “Let’s Run Wild,” which came out earlier this year, NYC-based artist Beca quickly gained a reputation for a wispy, ethereal electropop. Born to Fly, her latest effort, and […]
As you can imagine, I get a lot of unsolicited email from all sorts of folks. So when I got back home from catching Nicola’s record release show at Rockwood Music Hall, I checked my […]
DeRobert and the Half-Truth’s 2011 release, Soul in a Digital World was a worthy addition on my best of list last year because it was refreshingly old school and sincere, and showed how profoundly deep soul music’s […]
a Q&A with Alexa Dexa
Alexa Dexa is a soulful girl with bells and bubbles. Her fanciful toychestral concoctions blend floating vocals, poignant lyrics, haunting melodies, and dance-worthy beats. (Not to mention a collection of toy instruments that would put many […]
Album Review: Ending People’s Fill Your Lungs
Ending People Fill Your Lungs Cash Cow Production Release Date: October 30, 2012 Track Listing 1. Beat of My Heart 2. Tiny Little Army 3. I’m Not Coming Back 4. Amazing Grace 5. Mouthful […]
As far as contemporary emcees there are few that are as prolific and as consistent as Homeboy Sandman and as the Brown Bag AllStars’ Koncept. Produced by Marco Polo, Koncept’s latest single “Watch the Sky […]
Cool Story, Pro is the second instrumental mixtape from the Philadelphia, PA-based producer Small Professor. From listening to the roughly 45 minute mixtape, you’ll hear that Small Professor specializes in the soulful and cinematic production […]
Washington, DC’s Fort Knox Five has become one of the leading groups in the global funk and breaks scene – as DJs the group have played shows on 5 continents and in over 30 different […]
Ain’t No Love is the latest EP by Hank & Cupcakes, and it was released yesterday by BMG Rights Management. “Sweet Potion,” the first single from the EP was available as a free download, and to […]
Dead Leaf Echo went to the Cutting Room Studios to record four new songs for a live session for John Richards’ show on Seattle’s influential indie station, KEXP. This live recording of “Birth,” came from […]
French techno producer Vitalic’s eagerly anticipated third album, Rave Age will see a November 6th release from PIAS America. On his previous releases, Vitalic has a reputation for laser-guided techno but on the album’s first single, “Stamina,” […]
“Hey, man/is that Freedom Rock?/Yeah?/Turn it off!” is one of the funniest refrains I’ve heard in a song in quite some time, and you’ll hear it on the Intelligence’s latest single, “Hippy Provider.” With it’s […]
Razor and Tie Records just released the Sword’s fourth full-length release, Apocryphon yesterday, and to celebrate the occasion “Veil of Isis,” the album’s lead off track was the free iTunes download of the week, and the […]