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With crushing force, Initial Mass’ Bending Light comes bursting out of the silence with “Killing Heroes,” one of the album’s more consistent and well-rounded tracks. In this explosive stadium-rocker, the riffs take all of the spotlight away from a rollicking drumbeat, with the vocal holding everything together in a sleek, streamlined arrangement of verses. As we transition […]
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Matthew John has a lot on his mind in The Best of Matthew John, and in the song “Shine for Me,” the rising star among indie singer/songwriters takes a few minutes to air out his thoughts on self-empowerment in a way that few pop vocalists have in recent memory. “You are my star up in […]
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A formidable synth melody staggers its way into view against a backdrop of darkness in the first few moments that greet us in “Endless,” the new single from Still G & Slapy. It doesn’t take long for these talented Italian rappers, who are represented by the elite THOMAS Music & Arts’ Genialsong Group, to find […]
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SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/5EsOQJiNbqw81mdU3uBOoQ?si=wT-LV9l7TtOUkh3fn7A-Hg No matter what your personal taste in music is, there’s definitely no arguing that summer has its own unique sound, different from pretty much any other time of year. For country music fans, summer is all about bonfire beats, old fashioned swing rhythms and the occasional burst of cathartic, overdriven twang, all of […]
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Pop music is taking a turn towards the abstract in the late 2010s, and there aren’t many new singles out this summer that embody the trend better than 2.O.F.’s sensibly odd “Darling Anna” and its parent EP, The Machine. “Darling Anna” is, essentially, an exercise in surreal pop poetry flanked with an R&B-inspired groove, and though […]
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Hiding in the shadows. Creeping through the darkness. Coming up behind us when we’re least expecting it. Singer/songwriter Wilhelm’s soft, eloquent vocal follows listeners as we wander down a sonic alleyway shrouded in black in “Carpet,” one of the cornerstone tracks of his new album Lace, which is out now and available everywhere that independent music […]
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The ominous bassline of “See the Light” claws its way into the mix as The Lost Millions kick off their all-new extended play, Novellas Dantes, but its menacing, confident strut is only an appetizer for the deluge of distortion that’s about to come barreling out. Galloping drums usher us into a full-color spectacle of rebellious riff […]
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SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/5EA6FSQuQ489bOrdCvJRSN 2019 has been a really interesting and diverse year for pop music. From hip-hop to R&B, alternative rock and even experimentalists in ambient and avant-garde music, there’s a lot for discriminating audio buffs to be excited about at the moment, and in an ironic twist, underground upstart Ronin is releasing a song that […]
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FENIX URL: http://www.djfenix.com/ Synthesizers are running wild amidst a groove-laden percussion that is as rife with texture as it is rigid in its robotic rhythm. Llexa’s exquisite lead vocal is razor sharp whist navigating the sonic channels set before it, and as vulnerable as her soft serenade can be in the numerous remixes of “Where […]
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2019 has been taking Canadian rock artists in a lot of different directions, and in Relic Kings’ new single and lyric video “Blinded by the Sun,” audiences are welcomed into one of the more endearing sounds of the summer season thus far. “Blinded by the Sun” is a guitar-driven venture that incorporates a richly textured […]
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