“The Harlot and the Gambler” is a featured track on Pale Blue Dot’s recent Live Sampler release. The four piece delivers deeply felt alternative rock with a strong lyrical bent rather than a reliance of riffing and sonic muscle. The band has a two guitar lineup regularly capable of achieving a distinctive weave without recalling other acts. Pale Blue Dot likewise pledges loyalty to intellectual and artistic ethos you don’t normally associate with such acts. They crib their name from a famous Carl Sagan quote and cite Henry David Thoreau, but it sets them apart without ever sounding pretentious. “The Harlot and…
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With influences that range from Nine Inch Nails to Dolly Parton, and a touch of Lana Del Rey thrown in for good measure – genre bending Outlaw Pop artist DEVORA has released a new EP “God Is Dead” via Tiger Tone Records / [PIAS]. The EP contains four songs, with previously unreleased track “Bonesaw” leading the way. DEVORA says of the ominously enchanting track: “Bonesaw” is about a night in a motel room gone wrong, in a dark direction. It’s a voyeuristic impression of the lines between romance and impulse being heavily blurred. The song opens with seemingly illusive pretty snapshots of an all-American day dream, but progressively…
describe your musical style? Authentic rap/hip hop, my style is as unique as my voice, so I’ve heard. Who are some of your top musical influencers? Papcaan, Vybz the king of dancehall & Chipmunk What would you like your fans to take away from your lyrics? Depending on the song.. a life lesson. I create music based on my mood. Some songs are uplifting, some are dark. As we know, life is a roller coaster. Describe the music scene in your city, country, specifically for your genre of music. There isn’t one in my town. We all flock to London,…
For an album to come out and immediately draw comparisons to one of the most iconic, yet underrated, rock albums of the ‘70s, you have your work cut out for you. In Pete Price’s case, his debut album The Department of the Interior was released to praise — and comparisons to Jackson Browne’s 1976 classic The Pretender. URL: https://petepricemusic.com/ And honestly… it lives up to the hype and comparisons! There’s a duality in both records that feels unplaceable, as both projects deal with loss and heartache, worry and pain, and, ultimately, love (as is the way with most of life.)…
What has been the driving force of your career in this upcoming New Year? We have been playing with some new guys for the last few months and we are very excited about our live set and the new music we have been working on together. We started working with a booking company and are very excited to be putting together some bigger shows. Are you planning to do anything BIG next year for your career? We are hoping to tour, get on some festivals, and it would be real cool to do something in a different country. Besides that, we are going…
The Seattle music scene is feeling and sounding pretty stagnant as 2023 comes into focus, but this isn’t to say that the northwest is devoid of any real talent right now. Rock might be as good as dead in the emerald city, but with regard to the R&B movement, Ronnue is making it clear in his new release “You Got Me Open” that soulful melodies aren’t going anywhere – they’re here to stay. As soon as we get into the guts of this new track, as it appears in its standard album version, it’s undebatable that Ronnue has learned a…
Louis Siciliano’s Ancient Cosmic Truth highlights four tracks from the renowned Italian composer. He has set a new standard for modern jazz fusion and couples intriguing synthesizer textures into the form. The presence of former Weather Report percussionist Alex Acuña testifies to the foundational influence in his work, but it goes further than that. Siciliano’s work attempts to push into new areas without ever falling into the trap of obscurity. The title implies that this music is closed to the average listener – far from it. His vision is unique, but it has a common ground of musicality that all listeners can enjoy…
Artists in pop music use a lot of different weapons when chasing their audience’s affection, and for Taydem Shoesmith, vocal harmonies are the quintessential element of her professional war chest. Songs like her latest single “Are You Clapping?” require a lot of moxie from behind the microphone, but she doesn’t back down from the challenge set before her here for a second. An agent of intoxication from the jump, the harmonies of “Are You Clapping?” are perhaps the most communicative element that the track has to offer its listeners (outside of Shoesmith’s singing, that is), and whether you’ve been getting…
In her tempting new single “Hallway,” singer Drew Haley isn’t as focused on impressing the audience with poetic virtuosities as she is cutting into the silence with a deadly melodicism that has been anything but common in the last few years. The pop elements in this single become minuscule next to the potent tone of the harmonies that Haley unfurls with profound ease, and if there was any debate as to the credibility of this songwriter before we had the chance to listen to her work in this exciting new single, I think it’s going to be a thing of…
There’s something so undeniably earnest and unforgettable about a great country track. With Ricky Forest’s new single “Honey Please Come Home,” it scratches every itch regarding the genre and then some. It’s a heartfelt love track with fantastic instrumentals and a gorgeous voice at its core, but there’s a tinge of comedy in the lyrics even still, giving the track a fantastic world to play around in. There’s a definite built-up musical background evident in Ricky Forest’s past from the moment “Honey Please Come Home” starts. The musicality of the track is sensitive, with its warm guitars and twinkling piano…
Haley Dreis has had a fairly prolific release schedule to date, with her album Beautiful To Me marking her debut in 2009 and remaining consistent with a variety of LPs, EPs, and singles ever since; Cozy Christmas marks her first time taking on holiday songs, and her voice feels perfect for it. Her warm, crisp vocals are such a great fit, listeners will wonder why she hadn’t done it sooner, even! Cozy Christmas is a fantastic addition to Dreis’ discography, giving audiences a way to enjoy the holiday spirit without listening to the same five songs you hear every single…
Coming from a multicultural family, Chantara grew up speaking five languages in her household. Being an only child in her family, she found solace in music. She first discovered her voice and music in elementary school. She was so excited about her music class. She listened to latin pop as she grew up. Latin pop became her strongest influence in her musical upbringing. The single “Distant Star” was written when she was in high school. It was the first song she’d ever written. The tune popped in her head out of the blue. It was magical and was the exact moment she had waited all her life. Chantara had discovered something: “Songwriting could set her free.” “My music is…
Jennifer Alvarado is an international recording artist from Vale, North Carolina and has amassed over 1 million streams on Spotify alone. Her first EP project titled ”Playing with Fire” was released in April 2021. a Country pop EP titled “Songbird: Part One” in July 2022. “Songbird” is a two part collection of songs that shows Jennifer’s growth as a writer and is sonically much different than her earlier projects. “Catfish” is the first single off the “Songbird: Part Two” EP that will be released in early 2023. Her music has a country sensibility with a pop current running through it. …
Trevor James is a multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter from the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. Trevor’s love for music arose from his time playing in high school bands with friends (initially with the sole intent of trying to impress the ladies), though he soon found himself feeling a genuine passion for writing, recording, and performing music. Upon graduating, Trevor put music on the backburner to focus on college studies. However, in 2019, Trevor rediscovered his love for music after trying his hand at solo acoustic style music. Starting initially with cover videos, the success of Trevor’s talents saw him quickly amass an…
For designer Emily Daccarett fashion and music cannot be separated. Daccarett creates an immersive world of storytelling through music, film, and fashion. Each artistic direction begins with a beat that forms a story. From the start of her brand, she has fused those worlds together, creating a symbiotic flow between the two. So great to have you for our interview today Emily. Tell us about your latest music ‘Yours Always’ and the impact it’s had on your fans so far? Thank you so much for having me!! Yours Always has been a big steppingstone for me as it allowed me to explore and discover my sound.…
Vienna CC has been steadily reaching a wider and wider audience with each new single release. His latest song “Here Comes the Attraction” will likely be his most successful release yet and features all of the elements defining his past singles in full flower. If he isn’t at his peak, he’s nearing it. It isn’t an especially lengthy song, Vienna CC is too sly to suffer such self-indulgence, and instead sounds shaped with a clear vision in mind. There’s no hesitation here; everything is confidence. It’s fitting that this is so. Vienna CC’s newest single covers a familiar subject for…
Brenda Carsey is a Los Angeles-based vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Her music has been described as brilliant, timeless, playful, and larger than life R&B/Soul and Progressive Pop. Carsey delivers an engaging, energetic show, with her unmistakably unique sound rooted in the classic pop diaspora. Carsey’s voice is uninhibited with a virtuosic range, mixing a syrupy sweet sound with a beautiful soulful darkness. She will stop you in your tracks with poetic lyrics, fluid melodies, engaging chord progressions, funky rhythms, and a voice filled with passion and soul. 2022 has brought the release of four new singles, all from her…
While it can be said that there isn’t a moment of her sophomore LP in which she isn’t singing her heart out, there’s something very special about Christine Hand in the climactic chorus of the song “Take it Slow,” one of the eleven charming tracks featured on her new album Standing on the Shoulders. In Standing on the Shoulders, Hand proves that despite the enigmatic culture of contemporary singer/songwriters both abroad and in the Dallas-Fort Worth scene she calls her own, she’s an artist who has nothing to hide from behind the microphone, and telling stories via the melodic songcraft she’s so…