Album Review: Everything Everything – A fever dream
Everything Everything has been building a really solid career throughout their nearly 10 years of existence. From the 2011’s weird, fresh and intense debut album Man Alive, to the melancholic, introspective Arc, the band has seen the career grow at a satisfying pace. The political, upbeat and angry Get To Heaven, featuring lyrics with darker …
See: Green Day release new video for Still Breathing
American three piece Green Day have recently released the album Revolution Radio, which has been receiving about the best reactions since their most famous album American Idiot. Their second single from Revolution Radio is “Still Breathing”, a song which brings the powerful and energetic sounds of the band but also with it small details, electronica …
See: DM Stith releases new video for Amylette
Brooklyn singer-songwriter and producer DM Stith had announced the release of his second album Pigeonheart due in late of July. Stith’s last album, Heavy Ghost, was released in 2009 and since then he’s ventured into a side project with John Mark Lapham called The Revival Hour, designed some album covers for some artist, played some …
Album Review: Bat for Lashes – The Bride
It’s been 10 years since Natasha Khan, aka Bat For Lashes released her first album Fur and Gold (2006) and introduced her whimisical storytelling on the world. She honed her craft on Two Suns (2009), she dealt with dicotomies and alter egos, in the shape of ‘Pearl’ whose personality is strong and full of herself, …
Album Review: Jay Vaquer- Canções de Exílio
If you look back at the charts of MTV Brazil’s famous ‘daily top 10 videos’ from about ten years ago(2000-2006), Jay Vaquer was present, bringing his own social criticisms through pretty visuals and through his lyrics, making ascorbic comments our modern society. However, mysteriously, Jay has all but disappeared from the radio and television and …
See: Andrew Bird releases video for Capsized
Andrew Bird had released many surprises these last few weeks to celebrate and spread the word for his newest album Are You Serious?; including not only the songs “Capsized”, “Roma Fade” but also the explosive duet with Fiona Apple on “Left Handed Kisses”. For the album release, another surprise: a video for the aforementioned “Capsized”. …
See: Cícero releases new video for “De Passagem”
It’s been a while since Cícero released a video. The Brazilian singer shot some very creative videos for is first album, Canções de Apartamento (2011), in which he rode on an old tram in a calm Rio de Janeiro, sings from his apartment room and lives through a very melancholic carnival. It took a long …
Album Review: Reverend and the Makers – Mirrors
Sheffield indie rockers Reverend and The Makers were instantly covered in glory right from their very first album, the brilliant The State of Things, that marked them out as purveyors of the finest groove-laden smart pop back in 2007, and followed it, with a hint of sophistication and witty political lyricism, with A French Kiss …
Album Review: Bang Gang- The Wolves are Whispering
Iceland act Gang Bang are essentially the project of artist Bardi Johansson, who’s been coming and going from the music scene since 1996. Counting three album releases already in his cannon, his sophomore album in particular highlighted Johansson’s talents – his sense of the melancholy, mostly transmitted by the smooth hypnotical sound of his voice …
Track: Love nor Money – Shake Me
Exciting and thrilling, the British girl trio Love Nor Money have released the colourful and energetic “Shake Me”. With winding riffs on the guitar and layered voices at the introduction, the song soon takes off, driven by the talent of Bess Cavandish’s vocal line, which leads the listener on a sound trip full of crazy …