THE POETICS BEHIND EDWIN RAPHAEL
Edwin Raphael is a poet in a singer’s body. His music is full of deep feelings, imagery and interesting rhyme schemes. The Montreal-based singer-songwriter just dropped a new single “Sea…
RUDY DE ANDA IS A GENRE CHAMELEON, AND “HELADO” PROVES IT
Soft age. Delicate era. Sensitive period. However you mull its meaning, 'Tender Epoch,' the latest release from Mexican American artist Rudy De Anda, stands as a fitting title for an…
MOXI BLAMES IT ON YOU
Moxi is a husband-and-wife, pop-inspired dream team and we’re all very jealous of their love story. We all want to find our future husband randomly in a session, and then…
FOSTER THE PEOPLE SEES THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL WITH NEW EP
Jacket, JOHN GEIGER. Tank, Knorts. Jeans, archive. Bracelet, Vitaly. Shoes, HARDEMAN. It’s 9 p.m. on a Friday and I have a phone date with Mark Foster. When he answers the…
Shamir On Being Authentically Himself For His Self Entitled Album ‘Shamir’
In 2014, singer-songwriter Shamir Baily would release his hit song "On The Regular", garnering him local and international attention. The following year under the label XL Recordings he would…
Nubya Garcia Goes Back To Her Roots For Her Debut Album ‘Source’
Nubya Garcia is the renaissance women of London’s bustling jazz scene. Born to Caribbean parents in Camden, London, she got her start in music early when she began to play…
ILLITERATE LIGHT & DEVON GILFILLIAN YEARN FOR FREEDOM FROM THE MACHINE
As a Palestinian-American, the word freedom is something that has always confused me. Given the complexity of my duality, I haven’t seen any glimmer of hope for either us Americans…
ANNA SHOEMAKER DOESN’T NEED YOU, ONLY HER “SILVER COWBOY BOOTS!”
Anna Shoemaker’s latest single “Silver Cowboy Boots” has just dropped and you’re going to want to add it to your moodiest playlists. The Philly girl’s ode to leaving men behind…
DEVORA AND HER PET SCORPION
You haven’t realized it yet but “outlaw pop,” the expression the rebellious singer Devora coined for herself, is exactly what you need to move on. Her latest single “Not Dead…
Q & HOLIDAYS: ALLY BROOKE
This year has been turbulent to say the least, but Ally Brooke has certainly made the most of it. Besides keeping her fans fed with new singles all year, Brooke…
T.NAVA IS MAKING THE JUICIEST ‘BLACKBERRY MANGO’ JAMS FOR US ALL
If you’ve ever wondered about any one musician behind neo-soul masterpieces like “Stay Ready (What A Life),” sung by Jhené Aiko, or "Malibu," sung by Anderson .Paak, then the instrumentally…
Q & HOLIDAYS: JOJO
JoJo has had quite a year. Between the release of her slinky R&B project good to know, to her first-ever Christmas album December Baby, released through Clover Music, JoJo’s own imprint…