Category: Reviews

  • With all of the different ways to discover new music these days, it’s not very hard to find a great song. Finding one so beautiful that it gives you goosebumps, however, can be rather difficult. Well, that’s exactly what we have here today with Auni’s ethereal track “The River.” Honestly, I haven’t heard a song…

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  • “The thrill is in the trouble,” sings Mr. Big’s unmistakable frontman Eric Martin on their slick new single “Everybody Needs a Little Trouble.” The band has been around for roughly 25 years now and they never seem to falter, which is to say that I’ve never heard a Mr. Big album that I didn’t like.…

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  • Elohim’s latest single, “Skinny Legs,” might strike you as an abstract, maybe even inaccessible, song the first few times you listen to it. I even wondered if it was too bizarre for me when it first wormed its way inside my ears. That said, I put it on one of my new singles playlists and…

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  • interview by Michael McCarthy If you haven’t heard of rising disco pop starlet Lily McQueen yet, you should watch the video for her glittery pop nugget “Chasing Your Love” below. It’s one of the most infectious songs I’ve heard in weeks. Her whole album, which comes out on June 30th via Concierge Records, is an…

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  • As you probably have figured out by now, most of our song of the day selections are chosen because they’re catchy. It’s almost an unwritten rule that we only select the most infectious tunes we come across. There are exceptions to this rule and today is one such exception. Today’s song of the day, alt-J’s…

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  • “Why Bother” is the second single from Luke Faas, a 23-year-old Norwegian singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. It follows his debut single, “Should’ve Seen It.” At first, the lyrics of the punchy, seductive, electro-soul “Why Bother” might sound apathetic, like a depressed person not wanting to bother doing anything. (It shouldn’t surprise you that his forthcoming EP…

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  • Massive, pulsating beats that nod to the pop of the ’80’s make Lily McQueen’s fantastic new single, “Chasing Your Love,” both powerful as gunshots and as addictive as nicotine gum. She’s so cool that she’ll frost up your headphones in spite of the fact that her vocals are smooth and warm-hued. This is one of…

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  • “Hook, Line & Sinker” is the ass-kicking second song to be released from Royal Blood’s forthcoming album How Did We Get So Dark?, which will be released on June 16th via Warner Bros. Records. If the rest of the album rocks as hard as this one we’re about to get blown away. Just as we…

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  • Terence Ryan hails from our neck of the woods, Boston, Massachusetts. His location is what motivated us to check out his new song/video “Mean It,” but even if he wasn’t from Boston we’d still be making it our song of the day for today because it’s a damn fine R&B number with soulful vocals and…

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  • It’s Goldfrapp so, of course, it’s good. No, it’s better than good. It’s fan-fucking-tastic. Let its throbbing beats overcome you and move your body as the dancers do in the red hot video. Or at least getup and dance. It’s a sin to sit there and waste a good electro-pop masterpiece like this, ya know.…

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  • interview by Michael McCarthy It’s no secret that Warrant are one of my favorite heavy metal bands. They’ve been one ever since I saw the video for their first single, “Down Boys,” on MTV back in the later part of the ’80’s. Their blend of melodic vocals and sonorous music has always impressed me. And,…

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  • interview by Michael McCarthy When Sam Levin’s album Frame of Mind was sent to me by his publicist it was recommended if you like The Head and the Heart, Kings of Leon, The Lumineers, Imagine Dragons, Bon Iver, Bahamas and Jose Gonzales. Naturally, with an impressive list like that, I had to give it a…

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  • Wendy Bevan, who I interviewed late last year, has a new EP coming out on May 12th via Kwaidan / !K7 Records called Love from the Moon and today we have the luxurious title track for you. Dig that rolling bass and her icy vocals during the electro-pop gem’s verses and the radiant chorus that…

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  • If you like AC/DC, Whitesnake or Led Zeppelin, chances are you’re going to love Inglorious’ latest single, “I Don’t Need your Loving.” With its massive, stomping beat and raw, in-your-face guitars it’s just bursting with four on the floor energy. Talk about kinetic. It’s a sonic explosion. And it’s a great track to play for…

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  • If you’re celebrating 420 today, or simply like mature but irresistible pop music, you’re in for a veritable treat with Bostonian Adam Jensen’s intoxicating new gem, “Marijuana Breath.” “So kiss me with your marijuana breath / I can be a cure for loneliness,” he sings, like he’s reaching out to save someone. A friend who…

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