“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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Requests like “Don’t You Give Up” are strangely re-assuring, especially when they come wrapped in a jangly bright melody with an extra sparkly vibe. “Don’t You Give Up” is the new single by Amsterdam-based electro pop trio Dansu, and it is crazy catchy! Listen to our Song Pick of the Day[…]
“Mind Over” is a new track by Brooklyn trio Prinze George. “You’re let me take your mind over” Naomi Alquist sings, but if you want to know how and why, you need to speak French or maybe Spanish. If you don’t – like me – you will still enjoy how[…]
With the combination of a steady, pulsating beat, charmingly raspy vocals and a youthful feel-good-vibe, “Violent” is as irresistible as the promise of cool water splashing from a fire hydrant on a hot Summer day. The ultra-catchy “Violent” is the second single by Chicago-based duo Grapetooth. For some, the vocals[…]
„Tell me why I love being terrified?“ asks singer Jessica Carvo. Good question, but listen to the new song „Terrified“ by New York electro-pop band Satellite Mode and you‘ll get an answer. There is more to discover in the track: producer Alex Marko drops quirky classic horror movie sounds all[…]
Like many great pop songs, “Tables Have Turned” starts out quite innocently, not immediately giving away what catchy hooks and other sparkling surprises lie ahead further in. The newest single by Toronto-based musician Ralph delights with funky dance beats, R&B-tinged vocals, and a top-notch disco vibe that is impossible to[…]
Yasmeen Al-Mazeedi has been around in the music industry as a violinist and songwriter with an impressive list of projects. Now she released her solo debut under the name YAS, which features an atypical use for “Poison”: as a way to forget that a painful breakup ever happened. The song[…]
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