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SONG PREMIERE: Barrie Rose – All is Well

At the height of Summer 2018 comes “All is Well”, a song as irresistibly gorgeous as a swim in the turquoise waters of the Caribbean sea or as stimulating as a joyful potluck BBQ with friends. The latter also picks up on one of the themes that Barrie Rose, the[…]

VIDEO: Rodes Rollins – Nasty Woman

Here’s a new atmospheric track and video by LA/NYC-based singer/songwriter Rodes Rollins with a straightforward warning: “I’m a nasty woman, babe”. Watch “Nasty Woman” below on YouTube or stream the song on SoundCloud:

SONG PICK: River Hooks – Worth It

“Worth It” is the debut track of new NYC-based singer/songwriter River Hooks. She produced the track herself and proves that she can well resist the temptations of the endless possibilities of modern music production software that makes pop songs often sound so generic. “Worth It” is rather stripped down to[…]

SONG PICK: Steady Holiday – Who’s Gonna Stop Us (Video)

Not often music and video fit so well together, enhance and support each other like with the cinematic and mysterious “Who’s Gonna Stop Us” by Steady Holiday, a project of L.A.-based singer/songwriter Dre Babinski. It deals with two manipulative characters who run into and struggle with each other. The music[…]

VIDEO PREMIERE: Late Guest at the Party – Too Old For This

Founded in Italy, electro-pop quartet Late Guest at the Party are now based in New York and delight audiences with their intelligent blend of 80s disco and contemporary dance and house beats. Their ties to Italy and the European dance scene are still strong and inspired the lush and joyful[…]

SONG PICK: Capital Unknowns – Losing

Jangly guitars, floating over earthy, dark, very dark, vocals who sing about serious things. Yet…. the dazzling guitars are so happy and bright that I, as a listener can not help but feel giddy, a little bit at the very least and listening a little closer to the track. Capital Unknowns[…]

VIDEO: Bad Wave – Good Son

They call the video to their hauntingly beautiful song ‘An instructional video on how to make a cup of tea”, yet there is so much more going on in “Good Son”. The new music video by electro-pop Bad Wave is a four and a half minute mini-vacay. Watch “Good Son”[…]

SONG PICK: Polartropica – Golden Soul (Video)

Ihui Cherise Wu aka Polartropica likes to fuse polar opposites together in her music. We noticed that already with her 2017 track “Olympia” and her new offering “Golden Soul” goes a similar way: on one hand it is a shimmering, sprawling pop song with chipper vocals, on the other hand[…]

VIDEO: Millie Turner – She Was A Dancer

U.K. singer/songwriter Millie Turner is back after her brilliant debut EP “Eyes On You” (Apple Music | Spotify) with another wonderful video. She explains about her inspiration: The narrative of the song is really important to the meaning. It’s about a woman who uses her body and dance as a[…]