Tag: reviews
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With artists like Zedd and Disclosure ruling the charts these days, lots of mainstream pop artists are hoping on the club music bandwagon. Of course, The Saturdays are no strangers to club music with plenty of hot remixes among their discography, the difference here being that “What Are You Waiting For?” actually sounds like a…
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In addition to having a lovely video, which you’re hopefully watching right now above, Beverly’s “Honey Dew” is a wonderful earworm that should make you feel all kinds of fuzzy inside and not just because it features lots of raw, fuzzy guitars, like shoegaze played with the volume on 10 with maximum distortion. Well, OK,…
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If you’ve heard Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ Grammy Award-winning song “Thrift Shop” then you’ve heard Wanz, otherwise known as Michael Wansley, who happens to be the guy who sings on “Thrift Shop.” It turns out Ryan Lewis brought Wanz aboard for the insanely catchy tune because he wanted a singer who sounded like Nate Dogg,…
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The sophomore album is never an easy thing to tackle. Artists have their whole lives to come up with songs for their debut albums. But when it comes to making the second album, well, you might find it difficult to feel inspired if all you’ve done for the past year is tour nonstop. For Ed…
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Betty Who is a 22-year old Australian born, New York-based pop songstress who’s been gradually introducing herself to the world with a fantastic EP here and an awesome EP there. Currently, she’s just finished a successful tour of the UK and she’s just released her UK debut, an EP she’s dubbed Worlds Apart. Since we’ve…
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Chairlift vocalist Caroline Polachek isn’t an artist you can pin-down. Just when you think you know her, she goes and does something different, like this, her debut solo album, released under the pseudonym Ramona Lisa, a purposeful parody of Mona Lisa. But she was using pseudonyms to play secret shows and debut new material before…
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Following two much beloved records on the indie label Wichita, Stay Gold is Klara and Johanna Söderberg’s first major label release. The album was recorded at Conor Oberst’s ARC Studios out in Omaha with Oberst’s Bright Eyes buddy Mike Mogis in the producer’s chair. He produced the band’s previously album, 2012’s The Lion’s Roar, the…
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We love it when Mika sings in French. His songs are always bursting with joy and love and no language is better suited for expressing these things than French, which our editor has studied for years (and still isn’t halfway fluent in). And he can tell you that this song is about sex. “You and…
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Rebecca & Fiona’s debut album, I Love You, Man, was as perfect as any pop debut could be. Astounding from start to finish, really. Compared to their new sophomore effort, Beauty is Pain, I Love You, Man is a bright and shiny sky with a double rainbow. And I suppose it always was, the ladies’…
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“They wanted to make to make it ugly and bitter,” states the press release that arrived at our office (read: E-mail) with this one. And I’ll come right out and say it: they did exactly what they set out to do. Trap Them’s backstory: Ryan McKenney (former vocalist of Backstabbers Incorporated) and Brian Izzi (guitarist…
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Mo Parker is actually two people: Classically and jazz trained pianist and singer Mo and trippy R&B beat-maker Domzilla. Their union here couldn’t possibly be more intriguing as Mo’s piano and soulful vocals ride Domzilla’s super deep, low end bass perfectly, resulting in something that sounds like a slightly more organic Massive Attack. Perhaps it’s…
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written by Barnaby Thornton When Brett Gleason opens his mouth, honey-tarred bullets fly out. A slow-fire of piercing lyrics wrapped in the syrupy shell of his beautifully rich baritone voice… On his debut album (self-titled), the Brooklyn-based singer continues to pair the blood and thunder of electronic rock, with more intimate piano-centric songwriting. Funded by…
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I have to begin this by saying that it took some effort — I’m talking several listenings — before this album started to grow on me. I think it’s because I am so in love with her last album, Flesh Tone, and I wanted her to make another futuristic electro-pop album like that. So, when…
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If you like danceable hip-hop anthems by artists like Pitbull and Example then you’re in for a real treat with this one. “Bus Pass” by A.M. SNiPER featuring Wiley packs all the bass you’ll need to turbo charge you with kinetic energy en route to your next party or rave. We’re talking about massive beats,…
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Kairos is the ancient Greek word for “the defining moment,” so it’s no surprise that Seattle’s Lena Simon has not only taken the word as her performing name but as the name of her new EP, which is, in fact, her defining moment du jour. What is a performing name? It’s what St. Vincent is…
