Tag: 2015
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THE BATTLE FOR PHILADELPHIA… THE CITY OF “BROTHERLY LOVE” GHOST RESCHEDULE CONCERT IN WAKE OF COINCIDING PHILADELPHIA PAPAL VISIT [MESSAGE FROM THE CLERGY] We wish to inform you that due to Frankie’s visit next month in Philadelphia, we received a letter informing us that Ghost fans would not be able to use public transportation or…
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There’s upbeat and then there’s UPBEAT. Bleachers’ “Like a River Runs” is definitely the latter with its ferocious, hard-hitting drums that gallop along like wild horses. But it’s not horses but the “rhythm of a wild heart” that drives this indie/pop rock gem, which sounds like it could’ve been on Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the…
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Hollysiz is the playful moniker for French actress Cécile Cassel’s music career. My Name Is, is her debut album and it’s been gradually taking the world of pop by storm ever since it was first released in France during September of 2013. In fact, it did so well in France that they re-released it in…
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Another winner from the lovely Foxes. Every time she releases a new song, I feel like someone has just handed me an expensive diamond. They’re all such beautiful and perfect treasures. “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now” just might sweep you off your feet. Otherwise, it’ll sure give you reason to dance!
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Vicious Brazilian death metal trio Krisiun’s new album — their twelfth — was produced by Erik Rutan, the mastermind behind Hate Eternal and former guitarist of Morbid Angel. His previous production credits include Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under, Malevolent Creation and Agnostic Front, among others, though this isn’t exactly his first rodeo with Krisiun —…
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No, it’s not a Bee Gees cover… It’s an original club banger by Calvin Harris featuring Disciples. To be honest, this is the first time I’ve ever heard the Disciples, so I don’t know if the singer simply lent her voice to this track or if there’s a producer in the group — or are…
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If you were only a fan of “I Believe In A Thing Called Love,” the mega-hit single from Permission To Land, the debut album by The Darkness, then all I can say is that you’ve missed some incredible hard rock ‘n’ roll since then. To that end, their new album, Last of Our Kind, would…
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OK, so Wiz Khalifa’s new single “Say So” is only 2:12 seconds long, making it more like an interlude than a proper jam, but it has a nice vibe for chilling out and it sticks in your head like crazy glue on your fingers, so it gets props for those things.
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Vanessa Carlton has been a piano pop sort of singer/songwriter for a long time now, but somehow her beautiful new song “Blue Pool” sounds very different from her previous music. Perhaps it’s the production, as the song sounds like it was recorded outside, which gives the vocals a spacious quality. It also sounds as though…
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Sweet California is a girl group hailing from Spain. Why they’re called Sweet California, then, I have no idea. And, you know what, they’re kind of everything you should hate about pop music. Which is to say that they’re super, super cheesy, way too bright and shiny, music aimed at tweens, etc. Also, their songs…
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OK, this is bubblegum pop. The sort you chew on and it loses its flavor fifteen minutes later. But it’s damn catchy, isn’t it? Or maybe you consider your tastes too refined to enjoy a slice of bubblegum? That’s fine. It’s not for everyone. Personally, I prefer chocolate. (Who doesn’t?) But for the next fifteen…
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Back in 2012 I came across a song called “Karma Debt” by The Mynabirds and instantly fell in love with it. The sound of Laura Burhenn’s vocals alone was bewitching, equal parts velvety smooth and soulful, but her thought-provoking lyrics about war and debt were what really made my brain light up like a Christmas…
