It is a very gratifying experience when you get to hear an artist who has really discovered her voice and MaKeyla is just that kind of an artist with her song “Woman”. Born in Stockholm but raised in the hip-hop clubs of Los Angeles, this powerhouse has taken an impressive journey-one that started with her teenage Swedish Idol performances, and […]
ROCK/Review Rosetta West – God of the Dead
Other times you come across an album that alters everything you knew about a band. The God of the Dead by Rosetta West is just such a revelation–a daring artistic declaration that finds the Illinois blues-rock band at their most adventurous and emotionally bare. It is immediately evident that this is not merely another album full of songs, but a […]
Hip-Hop/Review Proklaim– CREEPIN/FURTHER (2 IN 1)
CREEPIN/FURTHER (2 IN 1) by Proklaim is a genre-bending manifesto of purpose; unruly, unadulterated, and full of emotional fuel. And what he brings here is not merely music, but a twofold experience that is simultaneously intimate and culturally broad. Proklaim · CREEPING:FURTHER 2in 1.wav The track is a two-part piece, and is a dynamic experience, CREEPIN establishing a haunting and […]
ROCK/Review Stray Blue – Wake Up & Smile – Acoustic Version
Stray Blue Wake Up & Smile Acoustic Version is something so comforting. It is the sort of EP that does not shout at you with flair or over-production- it simply takes you in, sits down with you and talks to your heart. The trio of Chania, Greece Stray Blue have never been shy of sincerity and this release is a […]
Pop/Review The New Citizen Kane – Ratbag Joy
Ratbag Joy is a tempest of contradiction, the best kind of contradiction, bright, bouncy and irresistibly danceable on the surface but with an undercurrent of emotion just under the glitter. The New Citizen Kane (Kane Luke) provides something that is euphoric yet bruising, that particular emotion of celebrating pain, of smiling through the entropy. As soon as the beat comes, […]