Category: Reviews
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Imagine, if you will, Robin Thicke collaborating with The Weeknd. Not the Robin Thicke of his recent album Paula though. We’re talking about the Robin Thicke of “Blurred Lines” fame. You take that song, make the vocals deeper, speed it up a bit, and give it a murky sound and, voila, you’ve got Erik Hassle’s…
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#9. Not many bands reach that number of albums. Even the best bands seem to break up or otherwise call it quits after number five or six. Not so with Chicago’s Novembers Doom, however. They’re a wicked beast that refuses to die, thrashing away at anything that gets in their way, thus painting their portraits…
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Fozzy has a backstory almost as weird as Spinal Tap’s. The funny thing here, however, is that their backstory started out entirely fictional when they released their debut album nearly a decade and a half ago with the band saying they went to Japan with a record deal, destined to become huge rock stars, but…
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Interview by Michael McCarthy Recently, I was introduced to the music of Monuments, a genre-defying band who are often mislabeled as various genres and subgenres, as you’re about to read below. Their music was like a sonic equivalent of a rich, complex roast of coffee… Sometimes I daydream about Starbucks using their Italian roast to…
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The sole track on Lykke Li’s new album produced by Greg Kurstin, who wrote the song with her, “Gunshot” is easily the catchiest song on the record. “I am longing for your honey / I am longing for your love,” Li sings during the bridge and her voice is so full of longing that you’ll…
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I’ve long felt that Girl’s Day were one of K-Pop’s most under-rated girl groups, but I won’t have to think that for much longer, as their awesome, new ’50’s throwback single, “Darling,” is doing quite well for them. In fact, in just one day its super cute video has accumulated 672,417 views on Youtube. Not…
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LANA DEL REY NEW SINGLE ‘ULTRAVIOLENCE’ RELEASE DATE 18TH AUGUST ‘Lana Del Rey’s latest incarnation is a triumph’– The Times ‘She’s amongst the best the 21st century has to call its own’ – Clash Music [PRESS RELEASE} 7 million albums sold to date. 12 million singles sold to date. 1 billion video views on YouTube…
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According to Wiki, the popular indietronic band I Heart Sharks’ sophomore album, Anthems, was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on the 28th of March 2014 and received very positive reviews. But, rather than simply releasing the album in the UK, the band is releasing a must-hear EP called To Be Young on June 7th.…
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review by Michael McCarthy all photos by Mary Ouellette In just a short matter of four years Neon Trees has released three superb albums and toured almost constantly, making them one of the hardest working bands in the business by far. Going into their show at the House of Blues in Boston last night, I…
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To my ears, this song is pure witch house, which isn’t surprising, since he uses the character ‡ in his name… Yes, there are R&B and industrial influences, but the end result strikes me as witch house… Not sure that’s what he considers it though, as there’s no mention of the genre in the bio…
