“Relations (An Ode To You & Me)”, the latest single off the highly anticipated next chapter of Kenna’s Land 2 Air Chronicles EP series sounds exactly like the description on the Soundcloud page: David Byrne meets Rick James! It’s a low-key little funk blast that sees Kenna doing his best Talking Heads/Byrne impression and succeeding. If this is an indication of the direction the next EP is going in then expect more ’80’s-inspired jams like this instead of the sonic […]
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Touche Amore, “Just Exist”: The Singles Bar Review
Picking up where Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me left off, Is Survived By’s the first single “Just Exist” finds Touche Amore maintaining their direction of unconventional song forms with no real chorus, but plenty of parts for fans to scream along with during the brief 2:18 running time. The opening line “I was once asked how I’d like to be remembered/ And I simply smiled and said ‘I’d rather stay forever!”, is an honest proclamation from frontman Jeremy […]
A Storm Of Light, “Fall”: The Singles Bar Review
A Storm Of Light’s new album Nations To Flames will not be making your ears bleed (In a good way) until September 17th but in the meantime, you can whet your appetite with “Fall”. It’s a pummeling riff-laden maelstrom that recalls everyone from Sepultura (Chaos A.D. especially) and Prong to Torche and Ministry (Listen to the effects on the vocals!) but definitely stands as its’ own entity. As an introduction to the upcoming album it’s very promising. Here’s hoping the […]
Holograms, “Meditations”: The Singles Bar Review
How did I not know about this band already? I’m not sure what’s worse, though, that I didn’t already know about them or that I didn’t know about them AND they’re releasing singles FROM THEIR SECOND ALBUM!!! Anyway, “Meditations” is the second release from Holograms’ upcoming sophomore album Forever and it is easily one of the best tracks of 2013! It’s lo-fi old school post-punk mixing The Clash with Killing Joke at times and even some of the anthemic beauty […]
Mickey Gloss, “Are You Happy?”: The Singles Bar Review
Wall Of Voodoo meets Devo meets Arctic Monkeys with some manic psychedelia thrown in for good measure, Mickey Gloss is a genre-bending outfit from Australia now based in London who make the kind of music your ears will automatically drift towards. The vocals are mesmerizing, the chorus is hypnotic, and the breakdowns are raging! What more could you ask for in a raucous two and a half minute little ditty like this? Single “Are You Happy?” will be released on […]
It’s Not Summer Unless There’s a New Jack Johnson Record…
Despite the fact that it’s kinda grey and crummy on the East Coast as I write this, Jack Johnson’s music immediately makes me picture sunshine, cookouts, beaches and the welcome smell of that sticky-icky wafting through the air. The Hawaiian singer/songwriter/surfer doesn’t disappoint on his latest track, “I Got You.” No, the song doesn’t sound much different from the rest of Jack Johnson’s oeuvre, but come on, how can you hate on music that makes you feel so mellow? It’s […]
Back & Sounding As Good As Ever: Toad the Wet Sprocket’s “New Constellation”
It’s the return of Toad the Wet Sprocket!
White Lies, “Getting Even”: The Singles Bar Review
White Lies fans can breathe a sigh of relief as their favorite British 3-piece is finally back with “Getting Even”, the first taste off their highly anticipated third album, Big TV, due in August through Fiction Records. First impressions/singles aren’t necessarily indicative of what you’ll get on a given album but if “Getting Even” is even a glimpse of what Big TV is gonna be about then you have my permission to start getting worked into a furor of excitement […]
Beck Wants You “Defriended”: Preparing Two New Albums for Release This Year
The ever-eclectic Beck Hansen is back after his sheet music experiment with the song “Defriended.”
I Wanna Listen to Robin Thicke’s New Song “4 the Rest of My Life”
Croon your little heart out, Robin Thicke. Following the pop/dance triumph of “Blurred Lines,” which has gone from a YouTube curiosity (ooh naked women) to an actual hit, Robin serves his core constituency with the ballad “4 the Rest of My Life.” Rob’s slow jams are always dope (unless he’s shamelessly trying to recreate his biggest hit “Lost Without U,”) and this song is no exception. Stellar songwriting, those signature creamy vocals and a little more “edge” than usual? It sounds like […]
