During his period of coaching lacrosse and delivering food, the young Nicholas Miller suffered a heroin overdose. Supposedly, this epiphany led to his strict concentration on his music, enhancing his skill to craft the image he represents today. Miller, known by his musical pseudonym, is witnessing over seventeen million monthly Spotify listeners. Illenium is a […]
Upbeat melancholy. It sounds like an oxymoron. In most ways it is. But sometimes you may find a vibe or a wavelength that just seems to encapsulate the notion. Consider a nice beach… during a thunderstorm. Or a song that uplifts you while leaving a sense of sorrow hanging in the air, yet still […]
In the modern music industry, the independent artist can directly reach some of the same people that the majors used to exclusively own. It will be hard work. But if you are willing to put in the time and make real connections with the gatekeepers, they will open the gates wide for you to enter. […]
Monsieur Job is Toby Holguin from Cali, Colombia, Stan Kolev from Sofia, Bulgaria, Charlie Illera from Barranquilla, Colombia, and Leo Jaramillo from Bogota, Colombia. All of them come from live bands, and for their debut release “Chow Chow Eyyy Pow Pow” they fuse diverse talents by mixing a variation of many styles recreating genres like […]
Post-punk band Bootblacks released their new LP Fragments on September 14 via Manic Depression Records. BlackBook premiered the first single from the album, “Hold & Dissolve,” saying the band “could sit proudly amongst the trenchant, doomy psychedelia of Echo & The Bunnymen’s potent classic ‘Heaven Up Here.” Hold & Dissolve by Bootblacks The band’s Panther MacDonald explains that the track is about […]
In the year 1996, I visited my brother in Edmonton, Alberta. He was studying percussion in music school. One evening my brother, our dad and I went for some coffee at a little spot called “The Sugar Bowl” (café/bar/music venue). Something happened to me that night that I will never forget. I saw a real […]
Beneath the vibrant single cover above lies a hot new single from the production duo darkDark, entitled “Moments.” darkDark consists of Genevieve Vincent and Chris James, who record their downtempo electronica from their studios in Austin, Texas and Los Angeles. “Moments” consists of haunting airy vocals and harmonies from Vincent enveloped by a spacy, ethereal […]
Technological advances have made it incredibly easy to exchange information across far distances. From online college classes to international news to music streaming, information is able to pass so quickly between hands. The Deltahorse takes advantage of this technology in making their rocktronic, kind of eclectic music. Founding member, bassist, and producer Sash from Berlin […]
