“You dreamed of having a picture-perfect family / But the man, you chose for this, wasn’t for keeps…” Life is filled with a number of arduous, less than ideal situations that need to be fixed and totally atoned for. In many instances, musicians have penned songs able to assuage numerous unbearable or nearly-unbearable ails and various tribulations…
While we wait for Kanye to release his next album, Yandhi (“I’ll announced the release date once it’s done”), now is as good a time as any to remember the old Kanye. Whatever you think of him as a person, there’s no doubt that he has been through some trauma, most notably with the unexpected passing of his mother. He admits to having a mental illness, which is more common on the “genius” level of artists than we realize…
In Comes Dee The Gemini with an Underdog anthem Fresh from the streets of the Bronx. Production by Pilgrim of Treesound Records with vocals by Deethagemini & The Villain of 88 Sounds…
She loads the CD. Puts on some relaxing music. We sit in silence for a few seconds. “Why are you here?” she gently asks. We look at each other for a moment. The moment becomes a longer moment. It’s an interview question. It’s how a lot of counselling sessions begin.
A clock ticks. It separates an infinite past from an infinite future…
‘We woke to the sun breaking on our faces. Squinting from the brightness, we looked around to find that the desolation we’d gone to sleep amidst had vanished.’
Back in 2015 when this track was released Ago had no prior material, so landing your debut release on the label Innamind who have previously released Headland, TMSV, Eva808, LAS & more is impressive to say the least. ..
If you are unfamiliar with the heavier and grittier side of UK Bass music, you may first want to dip your toes in something lighter.
No strangers to the scene, Leeds based Tik&Borrow return to their own label In:flux Audio on remix duties, this time rethinking a track from the emerging talent Nekst…
From one of the most acclaimed hip hop albums of all times, (“Illmatic” by Nas), “The world is yours” is a strong statement about owning your place in the world, with a huge dose of bravery from Nas as he openly addresses his feelings of hopelessness…
Marlon Craft is a New York rapper who is slowly building his way to fame. He is all about spaces for New York artists to collaborate and come up with new material.
His song “Gang Shit” tells the story of three Americans; a cop, a KKK clan member, and an incarcerated black man…
This week’s track comes from DJ/Producer Gianluca Vacchi with his hit “Viento” Perfect latin summer jam for yacht parties, pool parties and beach parties and even island parties. This is definitely a tune that will make you actually wanna get up and dance even if you don’t want to. Let’s get it!
“I am going to make it through this year if it kills me”
Themes bursting out of the gates like flood, the Mountain Goats’ “This Year” captures the quintessence of running through the starting line of life head first onto a tightrope and somehow making it to the other side. Multiple hours after sunsets, the day before moving cities, the five to six hours between falling in love and having three papers due the next morning, Jon Darnelle and his band capture the feeling of the post-climactic, blindsiding, and bludgeoning normality that manages to keep life glued together in the best way possible…
Echoing softly through the lines of a story feeling far older than the one spoken, King Creosote and Jon Hopkins create a snowy retelling of the feeling of bittersweet imperfect but lasting self-confidence. “John Taylor’s Month Away” tells the tale of a reminiscent picture of comparative self awareness contrasting the singer’s current state of life with another of men embarking on a month-long seafaring voyage from the perspective of a swing park in Roome Beach, Scotland…