Pitting the bassline against the percussion. Putting the vocal right in the middle of the madness that ensues. Leaving a rapper with only his wits to defend against the sonic assault. Complementing a hook with brutishness over a blushing pop accent. There are benefits to employing a suffocating master mix like that which you’ll find […]
Dallas, TX The Deathray Davies have graced us with their presence this rocky start to 2021 with their latest hopefully hit album Time Well Wasted! Beginning strong with the welcoming if not slightly disorienting “Tapping On the X-Ray” with sounds like you’re almost having your body, well at least your ears scanned before a Rockin guitar and punky […]
The new single from HEwas & Afroman, “Wholething” is an killer, dissonant mixture of old-school 90s West Coast R&B (think Luniz’s ‘I Got 5 On It’) with the more uncanny, irreverent kind of rap artists are experimenting with today, ranging from anything such as LMFAO to Juice Wrld. The song’s musical and lyrical roots also […]
Timeless songs are not a cliché. Somewhere tonight someone with an acoustic guitar is playing “Barbara Allen”, a centuries old folk song. Or, citing someone from the comparatively more recent hazy past, another guitar player strums the chords to Stephen Foster’s “Hard Times Come Again No More”. The Beatles’ piano and vocal driven classic “Let […]
The ringside witnesses to the ravages of Alzheimer’s Disease will appreciate the empathy, noble intentions, and sincerity rife throughout the new single from Elsewhere, “The Pledge.” The Boston-based band is an indie mainstay with a bevy of past releases and their long-standing chemistry has fueled their international notoriety. You can hear their experience from first […]
2020 has certainly provided enough subject matter to fill an entire album. Artists, much like the turbulent sixties, are creating songs that mirror the civil unrest, pandemic and unstable political climate. One such artist is Christopher Hill (pronouns they/them). Hill’s new album Keep America All Better Again (KAABA) boldly conveys an audacious pallet that unfolds, spilling […]
Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forward with your life and career, and I think this is true of the aesthetical direction Paul Jacks has decided to take with his new album Black Jackal, currently out and available everywhere indie pop/rock is sold and streamed. Rather than trying to be daringly futuristic with untried […]
In the song “X-Renegade,” Mauri Kosonen croons “I regret some of the things that I’ve done / I’m ashamed of the roads that I took” mournfully, his words encapsulating a bit of misery the way few other verses I’ve heard in 2020 have. Under the moniker of Mauri Dark, this prolific half of Mystons shines […]
