There’s something undeniably sexy about the Montreal-based eight-piece collective Busty and the Bass’ latest release, Eddie. The overall vibe is that of a basement make-out Continue Reading
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Bruce Springsteen's 'Born to Run' Brought Elegiac Depth and Youthful Romanticism to Heartland Rock
A little over 15 months after music critic Jon Landau declared, “I have seen the future of rock and roll and his name is Bruce Continue Reading
Soul Legend Bettye LaVette Gets Jazzy on New Covers LP 'Blackbirds'
Bettye LaVette has many talents. During her 50-plus year career, she’s been celebrated as a soul, rock, R&B, Americana, funk, gospel, and country music singer, Continue Reading
'Desire' Shows Electronic Duo Bob Moses Thinking Big
New York-founded, Vancouver-grown, Los Angeles-based duo Bob Moses found their musical niche early on: smooth, gloomy synthpop with subtly driving beats, a balancing act between Continue Reading
Chillwave's Psychobuildings Get Psychological With "Mila" (premiere)
Brooklyn-based Psychobuildings offers up a new video of the track “Mila”, directed by Shaun H/yatoimtop. Culled from the upcoming LP, Blackout, due out 16 October, Continue Reading
'The Art of Drag' Captivates and Unites
As the LGBTQ+ movement for equality increasingly shifts its focus from mainstream representations of the acceptability of lesbian and gay people toward full inclusion of Continue Reading
Australia's CXLOE Makes an Anthem of Love and Loneliness with "One and Lonely"
Australian pop artist CXLOE has released her latest single “One and Lonely”, another proper anthem from the rising artist that has already racked up more Continue Reading
Ben Kidson Crafts a Poppy Ode to Emotional Vulnerability on "(When I) Runaway"
British alternative pop singer-songwriter Ben Kidson grew up immersed in the punk and grunge scenes of the 1990s, but he equally loves great hooks and Continue Reading
Michele Garruti Will Challenge Your Core On New Album Glitch
Italian composer Michele Garruti is releasing a new album titled Glitch. Despite being a neo-classical album, it has been making the buzz in the press, Continue Reading
Molly Tuttle Discusses Honoring Music She Loves with a Fabulous New Covers LP
Molly Tuttle was only two years old when Jerry Garcia died in 1995. Though the little girl who grew up in the Bay Area found Continue Reading
Swiss Neo-Soul Singer Ay Wing Has the "Antidote"
Switzerland’s Ay Wing makes her warm neo-soul music in the creative environment of Berlin. She teams with Germany’s Shuko to create the lustrous, dreamy confection Continue Reading
Creeptones Wrap Their "Soul Fire" in Deliciously Pure Pop
New Jersey’s Creeptones play the type of catchy pop-rock that tore up the charts in the 1960s and headlined on college rock radio in the Continue Reading
Palestinian/Jordanian Shamstep Group 47SOUL Rail Against "Border Ctrl."
Palestinian/Jordanian electronic ensemble 47SOUL have just released a timely and important song in “Border Ctrl.” that compares the Israeli and US border walls that cruelly Continue Reading
Choosing Experience in Abbas Kiarostami's 'Taste of Cherry'
A man drives through the sandy Iranian landscape surrounding Tehran. He drives past day workers seeking employment but waves them off. He moves out of Continue Reading
Comics Artists Yanow and Hanawalt Draw Vastly Different Self-Portraits
“Cartoon” can mean a lot of things. As a drawing style, those things usually include simplification. A cartoonist takes a massively detailed real-world subject and Continue Reading
Buscrates Brings the G-Funk on Soulful "How Ya Gonna Do It"
Buscrates is Pittsburgh producer who draws inspiration from the classic 1990s G-funk sound in hip-hop and the boogie and disco dance music of the 1970s. Continue Reading
Lita Sings a Tale of the Blonde from Trastevere on "Bionda" (premiere)
“Bionda”, the new single by Lita, an Italian singer relocated to Los Angeles, sounds totally contemporary in its arrangement and production. The song’s roots, however, Continue Reading
English Folkie Richard Dawson's 'Republic of Geordieland' Features Some of His Best Songs
Richard Dawson has a bit at his shows where he stomps his feet onstage and bellows into the mic at frighteningly close proximity to his Continue Reading
Cut Copy Trade in Accessibility for Expansion on 'Freeze, Melt'
The cover of Freeze, Melt, the latest album from Australian electropop group Cut Copy, depicts a glimmering ocean wave rolling towards the camera and a Continue Reading
Taylor Swift's "seven" Marks the End of Innocence
Whenever I hear the song “Stay Beautiful” off Taylor Swift’s 2006 self-titled debut, I’m transported back to when my mom and I would drive to Continue Reading