What It Is, the new album from multi-instrumentalist, producer, and Quantic collaborator Sly5thAve, represents a triumph of musicianship over genre conventions. Sylvester Uzoma Onyejiaka II’s Continue Reading
Music Dose
The Threat of Violence in George Marshall's Western Comedy, 'Destry Rides Again'
1939 is often considered one of the great years for the studio production system of Hollywood. This is the year of Victor Fleming’s Gone with Continue Reading
Touché Amoré's 'Lament' Subtly Reinvents the Past
Genre aside, Touché Amoré’s fifth studio album, Lament, couldn’t be better timed. The Los Angeles band’s approach to post-hardcore feels very mid-to-late 2000s when screamo Continue Reading
Eddie Van Halen Inspired a Generation of Guitar Dreamers
From the ages of 13 to 18, every square inch of my bedroom walls were wallpapered with posters and pictures, clipped from rock fanzines like Continue Reading
Rick Shea Walks Us Through Perilous Times With "The World's Gone Crazy" (premiere)
Rick Shea’s new album, Love & Desperation, arrives on 23 October via Tres Pescadores Records. The album finds the studio and stage veteran in fine Continue Reading
Thornato and Paulina Sotomayor Celebrate Independent Women on "La Niña Grande" (premiere)
The four-on-the-floor beats that open “La Niña Grande”, the new single from Thornato featuring Paulina of Mexico City electronic duo Sotomayor, set the tone for Continue Reading
Bob Mould Goes Back to the 1980s for the Sound of 'Blue Hearts'
A lot can happen in 18 months. Careers can blossom and die. Governments can rise and fall. Entire genres of music can emerge and dwindle Continue Reading
The 10 Best John Lennon Solo Songs
10. “Whatever Gets You Through the Night” It seems hard to believe that this was John Lennon’s only #1 solo single in his lifetime. While Continue Reading
Jules Dassin Versus Mark Hellinger and 'The Naked City'
We all know the line. Even those of us who have never seen the film or heard of it directly know the line: “There are Continue Reading
Mipso Keep Time on Their Side As a String Band on the Run (interview + premiere)
Much like life, time is precious for the North Carolina-based string-band quartet known as Mipso, especially in the age of a deadly virus that has Continue Reading
Pop Singer Vallyre Displays Her Talent On New Track Titled “Bloodsweat”
Vallyre the Massachusetts-based pop/dance artist, has recently released a new song alongside beautiful visuals titled “Bloodsweat.” Vallyre displays her confidence and charisma through some catchy Continue Reading
Khiy Shares Her Vision Of Happiness On Video For Hit Track “Jamaican Me Happy”
Atlanta, GA-based singer-songwriter Kiah Coleman, better known under her stage name Khiy is continuing her rise in the game with the release of her latest Continue Reading
The Sentimental Journey of John Lennon's "Imagine"
For many growing up in the 1960s, the Beatles’ revolutionary music grew into revolutionary passion as the decade progressed. Although John Lennon became an icon Continue Reading
Marie Davidson and L'Œil Nu Boldly Explore on 'Renegade Breakdown'
Renegade Breakdown is the title of Marie Davidson’s latest album, and renegade is an apt term with which to describe the Montreal musician’s approach to Continue Reading
'Melanie C' is Ready to Be Herself
As far as eponymously titled studio albums go, we usually see them emerge within the first few records of an artist’s discography. It’s rare to Continue Reading
The Replacements' 'Pleased to Meet Me' Gets a Deluxe Edition
The Replacements (or the ‘Mats as their fans fondly called them) were to 1980s rock what Led Zeppelin was to the 1970s and the Beatles Continue Reading
Ryan Martin Celebrates Life's Immediacy in "I Just Wanna Die" (premiere)
Singer-songwriter Ryan Martin’s Wandercease arrives on 23 October via High Moon Records in digital and CD formats with a vinyl issue to follow early in Continue Reading
Kamala Harris' 2020 VP Run Evokes Rod Lurie's 2000 'The Contender'
She’s a first-term senator from an electorally significant state. Her sharp legal mind and finely-tuned bullshit detector have made her a star in the Democratic Continue Reading
John Lennon and Location: Someone's Time in New York City
John Lennon’s short life can be roughly divided into two periods: his first 31 years in England and the remaining nine years since moving to Continue Reading
Public Enemy Ask 'What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?'
In 1988, right in the thick of what has since been canonized as hip-hop’s golden age, the trailblazing rap outfit Public Enemy issued one of Continue Reading