“The system only dreams in total darkness / Why are you hiding from me? / We’re in a different kind of thing now / All night you’re talking to God.” Alternative rock collective The National, led by Matt Berninger, have plenty to say on “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness,” a gem from their 2017 Grammy-winning album, Sleep Well Beast…
While he was in college in New York, Amain Berhane split his time between three things: class, work and music. Rarely did the three intersect. In the daylight Berhane would go to class and work one of his many part time jobs. At night, he would transform into Berhana (a slight spelling alteration of his last name to make it read how it actually sounded), writing sultry R&B…
This week we’re going for a short and sweet entry, and I’ll just let the music do the talking – for once…
What a time to be alive music lovers of the world! I had a profound moment of happiness in mindblowing proportions watching this group of snazzy fellows jam together recently in San Francisco. The band is composed of Dalton Allison, Jake Hirshland, Javi Reyes, Wesley Toledo, Matt Williams and Joe Keery (an inactive contributing member for the foreseeable future)…
Albert Einstein decía que le gustaba pensar que la luna esta ahí incluso si no la estaba mirando.
Esa misma luna es la protagonista de Lo Boob Oscillator de Stereolab…
We are gonna return to some silky smooth R&B with the Avila Brothers. This track has the vocal style of Debarge’s “Stay With Me” but with a late 90’s feel. released in 2005 this was generally under the radar but was rediscovered by a new generation of R&B fans…
Grace Petrie’s bitter-sweet song of solidarity, Pride, movingly articulates the conflicting emotions of life as a gay person in the 21st Century – on the one hand the legacy of dignity earned by 50 years of liberal activism and on the other the rancour at a lifetime of being discriminated against simply for being who you are…
Every time I hear this song it’s like the whole room lights up and it’s all about the song it’s something special .Full disclosure Nonso Amadi doesn’t have a bad song!..
In the wee hours of the morning, long after any order or political correctness was present – The drunks line up for their turn at navigating the stereo.
Anything is possible at this time of the morning – the good the bad and the ugly…
I don’t know about you but after the “insanity” that was valentine’s day – I need a rest! And while we’ve spent the last few weeks grooving on beats or counterpoint induced grooves – it’s time to get back to home base with a delicately chilled solo pano track which is – to quote the composer – “nice to write to…”
Counterpoint!
Not the literary refutation – what we’re writing about today is the musical construct – the one where you have loads of different melodies all working together yet independently to create something bigger than the sum of its individual parts…
SHIFT by Swaine is a Hip-Hop / R&B track that will leave you in the zone. The track opens up with melodic piano keys as well as amazing vocals from Swaine, leaving you instantly addicted. The lyrics are also worth paying attention to…