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SONG PICK: Apsley – Fear

Exploring new music and featuring what truly sticks is not a sprint and while “Fear” by Idaho-based singer/songwriter Apsley got released a good month ago, it is as fresh and beautiful as it was then. I totally dig Apsley’s bright and pop-tinged vocals and this track’s beautiful flow and irresistible melody. Apsley reveals about[…]

EXCITED ABOUT: Wall – Untitled

After the 30 minutes of music on the debut album “Untitled” by the Brooklyn four-piece Wall, the wild drumming, wild guitar lines and singer Sam’s intense no-nonsense vocals may make you think that the band wants to shove their world view down your throat as efficiently as possible. But beneath[…]

NEW MUSIC: Ekurtis – HumDrum (Video)

“HumDrum” immediately captivates with its charming and essentially super catchy melody, the soft vocals and its minimalistic instrumentation. This is a colorful and gorgeous video, with someone in it who can sing AND dance, no wonder because the artist who goes by Ekurtis exchanged his ballet dancing career with making music. If Ekurtis[…]

SONG PICK: Sawyer – Next Time

Just wait for the “Next Time”, the next, better opportunity to let somebody know that you have a crush on him or her. That moment, when your brain decides if you want to keep your dreams open or do the next step is the theme of the debut song of[…]

SONG PICK: HOAR – Venice of the North

Careful, very slowly intensifying, “Venice of the North” grabs you quietly and then doesn’t let go! The debut single by Belgium four-piece HOAR pulls all minor key register and resonates because of its dark melancholy and the rays of optimism that are breaking through and like with many a great songs recently,[…]

NEW MUSIC: Ferris & Sylvester – Save Yourself (Video)

Achingly beautiful – melody and visuals! “Save Yourself”, the debut single by London-based folk duo Ferris & Sylvester, conquered our hearts by storm because there’s something so bitter-sweet and simply breathtakingly gorgeous to “Save Yourself”. The duo is the first signing by legendary producer Youth (Paul McCartney, The Verve, Crowded House) to[…]

SONG PICK: Natalie Bouloudis – Firebird

A “Firebird” is a mythical creature who rises from the ashes of a destructive fire. The hope that lays in the eternal cycle of renewal is the topic of the latest song by London-based singer/songwriter Natalie Boloudis. Musically she wants “it to sound like a 60’s girl group jamming with[…]

SONG PICK: Midnight Pool Party – This Love

A danceable, irresistibly catchy track like “This Love” provides us with this incredible Saturday night on the town feeling even on a bleak Monday morning. The joyous “This Love” is the fourth and final single from Australian duo Midnight Pool Party, taken from their debut EP “Dalliance”. The track is sonically[…]

Q&A with Trace

Trace is a singer/songwriter from L.A., whose 2016 debut EP “Low” (Apple Music | Spotify) introduced her as an artist who skillfully uses restrained electronics to create a relaxed, pensive vibe in her songs. This year’s new, just released single “Oh My My” is no different and makes appetite for[…]

NEW MUSIC: W. H. Lung – Really Something! (Video)

Watching the video to the stunning “Really Something!” (“Nothing Is”) it is impossible not to draw comparisons with the awesomeness and fascinating vibe of Radiohead’s Live From The Basement videos. Manchester indie-electronic rockers  W. H. Lung are truly onto something with their new video, live recorded at the Victoria Baths in Longsight, Manchester. Oh, this massive[…]