There are a lot of interesting rock hybridity coming out of the woodwork in the American underground at the moment, and you needn’t take more than a casual peek at Greye’s new single “Lucky” to understand exactly what I mean. “Lucky” sports a southern-flavored tempo...
Unconventionally colorful and studded with a textured finish that has become unfortunately uncommon on both sides of the dial lately, the guitar parts in LVVRS’ new track “Iconic” are undisputedly the bedrock of its sensuous appeal, but truth be told, they’re not the only captivating...
Piano keys that dance back and forth with a hesitant violin. A vocal that interweaves its verse in between the ebb and flow of the adjacent instrumental harmony. A brother and sister playing off of each other’s sonic strengths in an attempt at striking the...
When it comes to making smart adult contemporary ballads, it would be an understatement to say that the genre has been lacking a hero for quite some time now. In Dan Ashley, a relative newcomer to the music world (but a well-traveled man just the...
A stone cold beat. The rustling of a lightly overdriven riff. The studded groove of a sensuous bassline. This is “Give It Up,” the new single and music video from Bencoolen, and it’s been making waves in the American underground this month on the strength...
Long before Stokoff ever starts to sing in his trademark Spanish vocal in the new single “Embrujo,” he’s letting his audience know exactly what’s on his mind through the colorfully brooding string work that opens the track’s nearly four minutes of play with a bang....
Cassandra’s “I Love Christmas” single is out, and you don’t want to miss this amazing song because it restores faith in all that’s lost about music and the holiday’s charms. The Ontario artist falls somewhere between country and jazz when it comes to her voice...
While they’re rollicking in “While Endless Ages Roll” and “A Memory of You,” the string harmonies that comprise the lush backdrop for the vocals of Jeff Parker, Colin Ray and Richey Wasson in Jeff Parker & Company’s Time Has Made a Change are just as powerful an...
I am old enough to remember when Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s “Ohio” played as a FM radio staple thanks in no small part to Neil Young’s iconic guitar riff opening the track. Young composed the song in the immediate aftermath of the Kent State...
Argentinian filmmaker Gaspar Noé premiered his latest work ‘Lux Æterna’ at Cannes Film Festival. The event happened this week as a part of the midnight session project. The 51-minute long film centers upon "the actor's craft" and "the art of filmmaking". Noé's work has previously...