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“Failure is when you’re trying to please everybody… Just do you, and you only.”
Alternative Grime is a genre of music that was previously unknown to me.
But far from the rough-around-the-edges rappers with flabby and hollowly aggressive rhymes, is word wizard Ricardo Marinoni.
Marinoni is the well-presented, self-assured and lyrically talented front man of CHOZE. Continue reading
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As a self-proclaimed Sweeney Todd fiend, Ty Bru: A Night In Charlotte with Sweeney Ty immediately piqued my interest.
Clearly inspired by Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, this rap/hip-hop production gave the melodramatic victorian tale a previously unseen twist.
Ty Brueilly is the front man – and presumably the vision behind this performance – who has been involved with independent music for nearly two decades. Continue reading
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The meaning of the word Sonder is the realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. The album was born from the isolation of the pandemic lockdown, where Kozakiewicz reflected on how the era of technology meant people could still influence each other despite the distance between them… Continue reading
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Atlanta-based four-piece progressive rock band, Coda Nova, have released their third single, Fable.
With drums that lean toward heavy metal, hooks that remind me of My Chemical Romance (in the early days!), electric guitar that screams straight from the 1980s, and vocals that echo Placebo, Coda Nova is an authentic mash up of all things rock to create a distinct sound of their own… Continue reading
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I’ll preface this review with an open declaration that this genre of music isn’t really my jam… But I’m not going to deny that my foot was involuntarily tapping along to the beat.
I Feel Like We Lit is a song that I interpret to be about the moment Fuze the MC made it big, and I think it’s more than justified.
This tech-rap artist can be found on Spotify… Continue reading
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Stardust is a song that has been covered by the greats – Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Coltrane, Frank Sinatra and more – since its first recording by Hoagy Carmichael in 1927.
You’d have heard Stardust feature in movies such as Sleepless in Seattle, Goodfellas, The Aviator, and even as recent as 2018’s A Star is Born too… Continue reading
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The Days of Aqua Net is a pop-rock anthem by After Adam, and it’ll be a sure hit with Gen Z.
It’s an innocent recollection of the past, filled with nostalgia, regret and fresh perspectives…
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Houston-born rapper Tyme has teamed up with Lil Flip and Killa Kyleon and released a new rap single called Holly Anna Lisa… Continue reading
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Echolily is a doctor by day a bedroom musician by night. Inspired by the likes of Sia and Bjork, this singer/songwriter is incorporating the best of her favourite artists while creating an identity of her own… Continue reading
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R&B singer/songwriter Norman Alexander hails from Queens, New York. His song No Goodbyes is a catchy yet solemn tune that showcases his natural vocal talent. Despite the electronic tinny drumbeat, Norman Alexander’s voice is a far cry from the auto-tuned, … Continue reading
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The St. Louis-based duo have a few thousand followers across their channels, with Bright Light already receiving more than 8,000 plays.
While Neil and Adam’s song Bright Light does sound quite generic, I suppose that is the essence of the pop genre.
It actually sounds like the kind of song that’s played over the credits of a coming of age movie like Fault in our Stars or The Way Way Back. It’s very upbeat, positive and nostalgic… Continue reading
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Singer/songwriter Tom Hugo is the frontman for Panophonic, who hails from Philidelphia. He’s written this track, Unhinge, which reminds me of a classic ‘Lazy Sunday’ album jam; it threw me back to the early 2000s… Continue reading
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Hybrid Blues is a band that’s homegrown. The mature band members come from a wide range of backgrounds, but have all seem to have joined forces in New Zealand’s East coast city of Tauranga. Continue reading
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I have reviewed a Leafy Satori Risk song before called Cherry Blossom Trees. This song, Down Down Down to the Wishing Well, is of a similar genre – sort of folk meets electro/psychedelic. Although, the band refer to their genre as ‘dream pop’, which is a great way of describing their sound… Continue reading
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Stepping away from their more upbeat and rocky music, Baby Let Me Go by Smoking Martha is a soft rock acoustic song with dark undertones on their album In Deep.
Echoing the glamorous style of rock and roll singers from the deep south, surprisingly this band hails from Brisbane’s sunny coastlines.
This is the second song I have reviewed of Smoking Martha’s, and I didn’t even realise because of how different this song is to the last one… Continue reading
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After recently discovering the Kiwi brilliance that is Aldous Harding, I soon stumbled across this duet with another Kiwi icon, Marlon Williams.
It’s a highly melancholy song, sung in a tone of despair. But it’s so dreamy and relaxing to listen to. There’s no animosity in the song, it just sounds like pure surrender to a really bad situation. I think it’s a break up song… Continue reading
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I adore this song. It would be nothing without Fiona Apple though. She brings all the raw emotion to it.
What begins as an internal conflict of Andrew Bird’s, soon becomes a quarrel between lovers as Fiona Apple’s growling vocals retort. I think it’s about Andrew’s conflict over writing a love song – does he believe everything happens for a reason? Or is love logical?
It soon takes the role of two lovers having an argument. Continue reading
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I am a huge Kate Bush fan, but Cloudbusting has to be my favourite song. I never knew what the song was about until now. I thought it was like a pep-talk about good things being just around the corner.
In fact, Cloudbusting is about a real-life father-son duo in the 1950s who believed they had invented a machine, called a cloudbuster, to make it rain. This invention would result in crops being saved during a drought if successful… Continue reading
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A blend of Joanna Newsom’s folk style and Kate Bush’s theatrical tone makes New Zealand’s Aldous Harding.
I had never heard of her before, but apparently one of her songs is on an advert back home at the moment.
The melody of Imagining My Man makes you melt; the soft keyboard and guitar relaxes you completely… Continue reading
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I heard this song on the epic TV show Breaking Bad and it gave be chills immediately. Its melancholic, dreamy sound is amazing – Norah Jones’ voice was perfectly matches the tone. Choosing her to feature in this song was … Continue reading
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I can’t stop listening to this brilliant song! I stopped being a fan of Paramore a long time ago, but I stumbled across this song during a busy day at work creating a new-found love for Hayley Williams’ freakishly talented vocals… Continue reading
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It Don’t Seem Right is an acoustic song with the raw and stripped-back sound of Eyal Erlich. Erlich is a relatively new artist who is currently performing throughout Israel, and plans to release his first album this year. His waning … Continue reading
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Cherry Blossom Trees is a lullaby love song to Japan by Leafy Satori Risk. It’s a cool blues/soft jazz song with an echo of folk that blends into a song that evokes a passionate and beautiful Spring romance.
Cherry Blossom Trees is a slow-tempo song about, perhaps, being shrouded in desire and aspiration. Just like the floating petals, the writer’s dreams are beautiful and bold, yet barely tangible. The showers of pink petals summons a scene of a soft, pink-hued world. Maybe we’re looking through rose-tinted glasses… Continue reading
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Hailing from Tennessee, The Darkest Hearts is a hard rock band recently nominated for the Nashville Industry Music Award for Best Alternative Rock Band. They are drawing attention world-wide for their unique combination of rock, pop and punk genres, featuring striking guitars and rich, theatrical vocals… Continue reading
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Miles Above the Baseline is an astronomical-inspired song with emotive lyrics, self-described as ‘an unsupervised journey in space’. The alternative, electronic rock & roll genre with extraterrestrial-inspired material, reminds me of the War of the Worlds soundtrack. But this creates the unique style of I, Symptom. Continue reading
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