Canadian R&B singer-songwriter Alessia Cara sauntered through Late Night with Seth Meyers Wednesday and delivered an engrossing performance of her debut single, “Here.” The anti-party anthem finds Cara dismissing suitors and social expectations with melodic aplomb. Backed by a three-piece band and a handful of gauzy-voiced singers, the 19-year-old commanded the stage and… Source: RollingStone Link: Alessia […]
Chris Isaak, "First Comes the Night" (Vanguard) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Chris Isaak consistent, too casual on 'Night'
Chris Isaak, "First Comes the Night" (Vanguard) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Chris Isaak consistent, too casual on 'Night'
It's always a little nerve-wracking when one of your favorite artists hypes up a big comeback after a decade away. But Missy Elliott, I'm sorry. I was silly to ever doubt you. The rapper returned on the top of her game on Thursday with a brand new music video for her new single "WTF (Where […]
It's always a little nerve-wracking when one of your favorite artists hypes up a big comeback after a decade away. But Missy Elliott, I'm sorry. I was silly to ever doubt you. The rapper returned on the top of her game on Thursday with a brand new music video for her new single "WTF (Where […]
The last time Puff Daddy made a pure, uncut hip-hop album intended for car stereos instead of techno-fried dance floors was back in 2001 – before mixtapes like 50 Cent Is the Future made his big-budget rap albums unfashionable, and before YouTube made his big-budget music videos unnecessary. In those… Source: RollingStone Link: MMM
The last time Puff Daddy made a pure, uncut hip-hop album intended for car stereos instead of techno-fried dance floors was back in 2001 – before mixtapes like 50 Cent Is the Future made his big-budget rap albums unfashionable, and before YouTube made his big-budget music videos unnecessary. In those… Source: RollingStone Link: MMM
On her 2012 breakthrough, Visions, singer-producer Claire Boucher (a.k.a. Grimes) was an indie-rock fan’s platonic ideal of a pop star – blurring moody electro and moodier R&B in music that she made herself on Garageband, turning the underground into her own diva stadium, all while implying that actual pop success… Source: RollingStone Link: Art Angels
On her 2012 breakthrough, Visions, singer-producer Claire Boucher (a.k.a. Grimes) was an indie-rock fan’s platonic ideal of a pop star – blurring moody electro and moodier R&B in music that she made herself on Garageband, turning the underground into her own diva stadium, all while implying that actual pop success… Source: RollingStone Link: Art Angels
Eric Church has always been excellent at balancing whiskey-charged toughness with open-hearted musical subtlety: His first great hit was 2011’s “Springsteen,” a masterwork of literary detail and melodic texture, and 2014’s The Outsiders nailed a 21st-century country-rock sweet spot. So it’s no big shock to hear him big-upping Wilco’s Jeff… Source: RollingStone Link: Mr. Misunderstood