The fact that you hear operatic singing on techno beats that are hitting hard is something truly lovely, and Carlos Ucedda makes the collision of these two elements so natural and needed. Dose of Love is a genre bending announcement by an artist who has continuously engaged with music, showcasing a vision that cannot be put in a box. Since […]
ROCK/Review Daph Veil – Bloodsucker
At some point in all the unhealthy relationships, there comes a time when the mask becomes unveiled and you are exposed to all inside the costume. Released under her Daph Veil project, Paula Laubach describes that moment in her piece, Bloodsucker, doesn’t simply describe it, but instead soundtracks the whole going through with such unpleasant precision. Beginning as a seductive, […]
ROCK/Review The House Flies – Sweet Foxhound
Music is magic, there is a certain type of restlessness and meditation that they have perfectly caught on The House Flies on Sweet Foxhound. It is not only the first single they have released since their popular Mannequin Deposit, but the shadows are darker and the lines even sharper. The song creates a somber mood at the very beginning, with […]
Hip-Hop/Review Exzenya – V.I.P.
Bottle service and exclusivity do not always accompany all VIP experiences. Other times they are accompanied by mandatory attendance and wake-up calls. The recent single of Exzenya, V.I.P., is a brilliant play on words, turning the acronym to Victims Impact Panel, the program of Mothers Against Drunk Driving that the DUI offenders have to address, and transforms it into a […]
FOLK POP/Review Fiona Amaka – Honesty (Psalm 139)
It is somehow disarming when a bluesy rock artist and an exploration of betrayal turns into a spiritual vulnerability and makes it sound this natural. The first Christian song written by Fiona Amaka, Honesty (Psalm 139), is an accomplishment in itself in terms of its authenticity and accessibility, and that it reaches both the believers and the non-believers. The song […]
Pop/Review Kelsie Kimberlin – Dream of Peace
It is something really touching how the artist does not sing of peace, but every risk in order to make the peace during the active war. Dream of Peace by Kelsie Kimberlin is not a cozy hymn that was recited in a safe place. It is shot in Kyiv when the war was at its peak and the air raid […]
Pop/Review Amara Fe – SHIFT
Twenty-four songs is a declaration. It is not just an album, but a universe, a mood board, thesis on what pop can be when an artist does not want to cut themselves down to the industry standard. SHIFT Amara Fe does not merely build on her first album Reborn, but rockets beyond it, with a collection that is both confidence, […]
ROCK/Review Transgalactica – Joyce Of The Market
Few bands would dare to incorporate Irish economic history, word play, and progressive rock into one single song–but Transgalactica is not most bands. This father-son Krakow, Polish, duo has made something truly unique with Joyce of the Market, a song, both intellectually ambitious and musically fascinating. The very title of the song is a play on words, implying that Ireland […]