When one thinks of horror movies, there are a few things that immediately come to mind — vampires, ghosts, knives, and blood-curdling screams. But for Brian Michael Henry, the genre carries with it a powerful romance, an outsider’s perspective on love and a profound sense of longing. READ MORE…
On his new single “Mercury / Orgullosamente,” producer, multi-instrumentalist, and spoken-word artist Farees reaffirms his pride in his Tuareg heritage. Taken from his upcoming album Galactic Africa—out June 3 via Rez’Arts Prod—it pushes back on neo-colonialism in energetic Afrobeat fashion. “Everybody wanna dance like Africans / Be tough, be cool like Africans,” he chants. “Tryna look like Africans, talk like Africans, walk like Africans / But you’ll never be real like Africans / Now hit the drum like Africans.”
Darkly comic yet also signaling towards disturbing, Austin indie rock band Under the Rug’s new single and music video for “Go To Sleep” builds like a rousing, emotional ballad. Part of their upcoming album Dear Adeline, “Go To Sleep” particularly deals with the struggle of insomnia. READ MORE…
This is my first encounter with the music of William Russell Wallace. He had a previously well received album DIRTY SOUL, but on the evidence here this new release is every bit as good. Although Americana seems to come up in media mentions, to my mind it is a little more on the roots/rock side of things – a little more Tav Falco than full on Tom Petty to these ears (though the latter was undoubtably an influence).
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At the age of nineteen, Jim Keaveny set off travelling around the USA, hitch-hiking, hopping on and off freight trains, playing guitar and harmonica and finding his voice as a song-writer. Keaveny remembers these times fondly: “These were the best years of my life. I met some of my best friends and felt I was finding myself – with like minds, the guitar, the traveling, and the poetry.” READ MORE…