Project Grand Slam has been steadily building up quite the reputation in the American jazz underground over the years, and if you give their latest LP It’s Alive! a listen over the spring season, I think you’re going to understand why. In thirteen of their best songs, PGS explores the depth of their artistry whilst staying away from the very notion of recycling elements of their past recordings for this new live piece. A love letter to the fusion community that’s been punctuated with enough of an alternative bend to qualify for some serious college radio play over the next few months, It’s…
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Following 3 sold out shows in Los Angeles, rising alternative duo Migrant Motel return with their newest single, “Party”. The mid-tempo track is a new take on a party anthem: It laments a recent breakup and not wanting to go to a party to see a lost love with someone new. Its heartbreak-and-chill with a beat. The band’s Chava Ilizaliturri says “The idea of “Party” came out of us wanting to write a party anthem with a twist. The song is about NOT wanting to go out. Initially, we wanted to celebrate staying home, chilling, watching movies or TV, and just being on our own and feeling…
Mega-Influencer Simonetta Lein will be receiving the Golden Wings Award for the TV Personality Of The Year and a World Success Fame Nomination from Golden Wings Luxury Magazine on May 16th, 2023 at the Armani Hotel in Dubai. The Armani Hotel is in the most iconic tower in the world known as Burj Khalifa, and Simonetta Lein will be welcomed as a special exclusive VIP guest from the USA and walk the Fame Red Carpet awaited by the Arab paparazzi. Golden Wings Luxury Magazine is an international magazine based in Dubai, UAE. The special April issue comes out with an…
Listening to 103.5 KTU I came to realize what a great era the freestyle dance music was….then “BAM” Freestyle artist Stevie B released a positively banging new single, featuring none other than Pitbull, and remixed by DJ Sama, called “Take It All Back.” This song couldn’t have come at a better time for the music industry…. With a deluge of monstrous hits in the late 80’s early 90’s including: “Spring Love”, “Party Your Body”, “Dreaming of Love”, “In My Eyes”, “I Wanna Be The One”, “Love and Emotion” and an array of others, the effervescent singer proved to be one…
Heistheartist’s latest EP, “Under the Influence of Love (Acoustic Soul),” is a shining example of the power of faith-based music. Although some may not be familiar with Christian music, Heistheartist’s unique blend of gospel, soul, and acoustic sounds offers a refreshing take on the genre that is sure to capture anyone’s attention. The synergy that runs throughout the project crosses genre borders in a way that feels far more Prince/Devon Hynes than anything you’d hear in Sunday School, and that exact tone is a very hard line to walk — thankfully, Heistheartist has the talent and cred to back his…
2023 has been an awesome year for hip-hop fans and really all who follow the culture the genre has been built around in myriad ways, and in SHAH33D’s new single “Optionsz,” the critically acclaimed producer, songwriter, and rapper shows us his most formidable material yet, as well as an experimental side to his sonic profile that we hadn’t seen before now. “Optionsz,” unlike previous efforts, isn’t as reliant on SHAH33D’s flow in creating an evocative atmosphere that reels us in over the roughly three minutes that the song plays out. The instrumentation is just as powerful, if not more so,…
(Queens, New York) based rock outfit King Falcon have released their new song ‘Cadillac’ on Mascot Records. Melding indie-rock adventurousness with Classic Rock swagger, King Falcon’s ultra-catchy songwriting recalls artists like Black Keys, Cage The Elephant, Tame Impala, The Killers, Royal Blood, and Beck. ‘Cadillac’ was produced by Marshall Altman (Citizen Cope, Matt Nathanson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Mark Broussard) and mixed by 12-time Grammy-nominated mixing engineer and producer Mark Needham (The Killers, Imagine Dragons, Fleetwood Mac, The Airborne Toxic Event). The song is brimming with earworm-worthy guitar riffage, a soaring chorus, soulfully melodic lead vocals, and vibrant indie-rock atmospherics. In talking about the genesis of…
The first single from The Brian Shapiro Band’s third album You Me Future Now, “Better In TX”, is equal parts human and politically inspired screed. It isn’t as issue oriented as lesser songwriters might have attempted, Shapiro is too cagey for that, and instead grounds his lyrics in human experience rather than proselytizing. URL: https://brianshapiroband.com/ Make no mistake, however; Shapiro’s views are clear. He finds the Lone Star state incredulous, mired in backward thinking, and likely responsible for contributing to the suffering of its residents. The song’s chorus goes in for a little finger pointing, but it’s never too strident. Shapiro…
Much has been said about The Price Brothers Band in the last few months, but in the new presentation of their live setlist, Live at the Yellow Cab Tavern, vocal harmonies take such a starring role that it’s difficult to lead off a review of the tracklist without noting their importance. Where past arrangements of “Diamonds in the Sky” and “Before I Go” felt a little more instrument-centric, the opposite is true here, as our singer weaves together melodic ribbonry with as much of a commanding presence as Pete Price does behind the rhythm guitar parts. INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/PetePriceMusic/ The flow in…
Avatari has been establishing a reputation for robust harmonies for a little while now, but in his latest single, the taut “High Like This,” he utilizes them for the critical tool that they have to be in the big leagues of pop music. There’s nothing to come between his firm vocal and the audience he seeks to satisfy in this track; contrarily, this might be the most aggressive look he’s adopted in the studio to date. Though rooted in elements of rock, contemporary pop and indie rebelliousness, there’s no easy to way to categorize what Avatari is turning in with…
Gabriel Saro’s storied past in instrumental composition and film composition has resulted in two new singles that are both nostalgic and fresh. Collaborating with Charlotte Grisley, Saro has brought his unique blend of scientific and artistic influences to the forefront on “I Love The New Years Day” and “Come To My Place.” Saro resides in Italy, where his passion for music has led him on a journey through multiple degrees and diplomas. He holds a degree in Business Administration, which may seem like an unlikely background for a musician, but it’s clear that his rational and scientific side is just…
Jimmy Goings, the legendary singer who first gained fame as the frontman of disco band Santa Esmeralda, has released his new track “World At War” as a lead single off of his upcoming debut solo release Late Check In. The song, composed in 1980, is as relevant today as it was back then, delivering a message that is all the more urgent in light of current world events. “World At War” is a call to action, a wake-up call to society to take responsibility for the future of our planet. URL: https://jimmygoings.com/ The song’s lyrics paint a bleak picture of…
Whether hesitantly indulging in the swagger of an eccentric melody here or flirting with highly experimental themes in “A Wonderful Kind of Strange” or “Free Floaters,” Thomas Truax puts on a masterclass in musicianship in his performance across his new album with Budgie and Mother Superior, titled simply Dream Catching Songs, and even though the record has debuted to more of an underground audience than it has a mainstream one, Truax’s passion has propelled this tracklist into the headlines and given listeners worldwide interest in giving it a spin. “Big Bright Marble” aches with a distant emotionality I often associate with…
I’ve fallen in love with many a piano and bass part in my life, but with that said, there aren’t many instruments that can contribute the sweet tone a guitar does no matter what the backdrop happens to be, and while it serves a rather indulgent purpose in the new single “Love One Another” from Ranzel X Kendrick, known to us as Alias Wayne, the instrumental play is by far one of the most compelling elements of the song. There’s nothing conservatively fashioned in the presentation of the bittersweet melody in this richly adorned track, and when coupled with…
A bold bouquet of melodies as sterling as they are enriched by the delicate acoustic arrangement of the instrumentation welcomes us into the new single “Love One Another” from Alias Wayne, but as we’re soon to learn in this song, which comes to us sans a lot of the frills I’m used to hearing in pop music, the intro to this track is just a hint of what’s to come. Alias Wayne serenades us with the help of a delicate arrangement opposite his rustic drawl, and while these verses perhaps embody a different emotional narrative here than they were initially…