Month: September 2021

A Stray Kids track a day keeps the stress away. Though one can argue the K-pop group’s energetic brand of “noise music” could possibly heighten tension, their bass-bumping, get-the-crowd-jumping songs are encouraging, vital points to Stray Kids’ calling: to be the voices of their generation. As showcased on their fiery 2019 hip-pop hit “MIROH,” or 2020’s
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If, as LP Hartley’s novel The Go-Between has it, “the past is a foreign country”, then Saint Etienne have earned frequent flyer status. From their 1991 debut, Foxbase Alpha, which leaned on UK club culture, C86 and ’60s pop, through 2005’s Tales From Turnpike House, a David Essex-featuring, indie-disco set themed around a fictional high-rise,
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Ex-Yeasayer band member Anand Wilder has announced his debut solo album and shared new single ‘Delirium Passes’. ‘I Don’t Know My Words’ was written and recorded during lockdown in the singer’s New York apartment, according to Wilder. “After some initial attempts at collaborating with outside musicians, I realised that I needed to have my hands
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[Photo by Michael Danners] Oxymorrons have shared their latest release, Mohawks & Durags, which is the band’s second EP. Fusing hip-hop with alternative rock, Oxymorrons have worked with several notable producers, including John Feldmann (MOD SUN, the Used, blink-182), Zach Jones (Chelsea Grin, Dance Gavin Dance, As It Is) and Marc Orrell (Dropkick Murphys) to
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You cannot quell the human spirit. All of us, to one degree or another, has suffered in some way since the beginning of the pandemic. COVID-19 has redefined our connections, interactions with our environment, dress, and countless other aspects of everyday life. Music lovers of every stripe are longing for a less elegiac and tortured
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[embedded content] In this competitive music industry full of great music artists, Kitt Wakeley plays a major role in its success as a composer whose talents produce energetic vibes and absorb the audience at the moment. Kitt Wakeley marked the beginning of his journey at age 16, when his first song received airplay on major
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As expected, Guns N’ Roses have officially released their new single “Hard Skool” (Jesus Fuck that spelling). It’s the band’s second new single in as many months, after “Absurd.” Both tracks were originally written for, but ultimately did not appear on, Chinese Democracy. They’ve since been reworked to better suit Slash and Duff McKagan, who
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News Watch the Killers Perform “Dying Breed” on Fallon From their latest album Pressure Machine By Madison Bloom September 24, 2021 Facebook Twitter The Killers’ Brandon Flowers (Still via YouTube) Facebook Twitter The Killers stopped by the most recent episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (September 23). The band performed “Dying Breed” from
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When Alina Baraz goes out on her headlining Alone With You Tour this fall, she’s going to have music from her new EP Sunbeam to play for audiences.  Driven by the prismatic “Alone With You,” Sunbeam features four songs that refine her signature sound with every sedated vocal performance. A highlight is “If You Love
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Guns N’ Roses have unleashed the new song “Hard Skool.” It’s the first official studio recording of a previously unreleased Chinese Democracy-era track. Earlier this week, we reported that the band had rehearsed “Hard Skool” during soundcheck for their show at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The song was rumored to be in the setlist but
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