A very good selection of best songs of the week by the Brooklyn Vegan (or maybe a good week in general). LA trio Automatic will publish their first album for Stones Throw in September and 'Too Much Money' presents them as pop kraut-rock band, Ezra Furman goes in modern punk direction with 'Evening Prayer', Working […]
Glitchy folktronica and crunching beats by Bon Iver in 'Faith', total thumper in 'I Drive' by Lower Dens, hazy, summer evening by Boy Pablo & Jimi Somewhere in ‘Never Cared’, stonking chunk of psychedelic-flecked rock in 'Black Finch' by Goon, catchy R&B tune 'Simmer' by Mahalia, total sugar rush in 'Hey' by Oscar Lang, festival-ready […]
The choice: Rosalia's 'F*cking Money Man' because it defies"the notion that effortlessly fun pop music must be shallow by default", Bon Iver and 'Faith' for sounding "exultant", Jenny Hval with 'Ashes to Ashes' - "a bit of dark synth-pop that is far more fun to dance to than dissect", Pharmakon with 'Self-Regulating System' because "self-cannibalism", […]
Nas' dad Olu Dara is a jazz cornetist, he also played on several Nas' songs, so jazz is a thing in his music. His song 'Jarreau Of Rap (Skatt Attack)' reflects this jazz background - it's a collaboration with the late, great jazz singer Al Jarreau, who died in 2017, and a jazz trumpeter Keyon […]
Including: most left-brained new MC TisaKorean with his 'Double Dare', a gay anthem for summer 2019 'On A Roll' by Ashley O (Miley Cyrus, for un-Black Mirror fans), joyous sound of someone finally coming into his own in 'Let You Know by Flume, trademark agitated beauty by Hiss Golden Messenger in 'I Need A Teacher', unexpectedly […]
Post metal Chicagoan Russian Circles keep the fire burning - they still do it with passion and heart, so in their case, keeping up with the genre makes very much sence. Their new song 'Milano' in an example of sticking to the old with fresh energy (listen to it below). They have an album, 'Blood […]
Hundredth started at the beginning of this decade as a melodic hardcore band, on 2017’s 'RARE' they went in a more dreamlike, atmospheric direction, and this year they’re going in direction of atmospheric guitar heroism of early U2 or The Cure, as Brooklyn Vegan reports. Their newest single 'Cauterize' goes in that shoegazy direction (listen below), similar […]
Folk-pop Californian singer-songwriter Boy Scouts has a new song, 'Get Well Soon' where "dreamlike melodies meet crisp, straight-shooting production to develop a classic vibe throughout" (watch the video below). Boy Scouts signed to ANTI-, and has a new album due on 30 August , 'Free Company', recorded and produced entirely by minimalist pop maestro Stephen Steinbrink, […]
The supergroup Prophets of Rage - featuring members of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, and Cypress Hill - have released a new song, Blabbermouth reports. 'Made With Hate' is their first new track since last summer, and an album will follow - "we're growing and we're creating and we're going in a new territory […]
Moken is a Detroit-based afro-pop balladeer from Cameroon, with a recognizable deep baritone voice, and 'Machine Man' is his new song - "an exciting piece for the brilliantly unpredictable repertoire of the utterly unparalleled Moken" (PopMatters). Simply put, it's strange but pleasant. 'Machine Man' is out 8 August on album 'Missing Chapters'.
