I planned to visit a cemetery this morning on the north side of Chicago, situated less than six miles from my house. On Thursday I called the office to obtain lot information. However, as I drove amidst the works of art, aka grave markers, I realized my incomplete coordinate was no reason to search endlessly. …
Month: January 2021
After amassing hundreds of millions of streams and views and receiving widespread acclaim, buzzing artist Lyn Lapid reveals a brand new single “Itsy Bitsy” today. “Itsy Bitsy” is the follow up to her debut single “Producer Man,” which emerged as “the most-viewed unreleased demo on a TikTok video in 2020.” Last year, the 17-year-old singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist …
This time around, she joined forces with Latin GRAMMY® Award-nominated rising star and Puerto Rican urban phenomenon Rauw Alejandro and tapped into undeniable chemistry. With a global bounce courtesy of influential multi-Latin Grammy® Award-winning producer Tainy [Bad Bunny, J Balvin] joined by Albert Hype, Jota Rosa, and NEON16, the track merges energized reggaeton rhythms and guitar with an empowering hook and seductive verses. …
Turkish Singer Gülşah Kömür’s debut single “Cok Mu Zor?” is out now. Kömür was selected the winner from among 11,000 participants e-voting in the third “FreeZone Online Music Contest” that was organized for the purpose of choosing the new young voice of Turkey. During the contest, Kömür had the opportunity to work with famous Turkish …
From the many musical lives of artist Glenn Donaldson emerges The Reds, Pinks and Purples, a project that sifts out the purest elements of pop music and in the process chronicles the point of view of an assiduous San Francisco-based songwriter. The Reds, Pinks and Purples’ third album, called Uncommon Weather, is both an elusive portrait of …
Lushlife has shared the music video for “Hessdalen Lights“, the lead single of his upcoming EP Redamancy on Fortune Tellers, out March 12th. Under The Radar premiered the video, praising “Lushlife’s echoing production giving Douglass an ethereal, otherworldly element and his own vocals an emphatic intensity. The track is an artful introduction to Halder’s sound on Redamancy, as Halder draws fascinating …
First Edition, The Bar Tender’s Guide, by Jerry Thomas The cocktail, as you know if you have been following this blog, was first mentioned as a noun referring to a drink in The Farmer’s Cabinet, a local newspaper in Amhurst, New Hampshire, on April 28, 1803. It is in a satirical diary entry of a farmer waking up and trying to clear his …
s https://hypeddit.com/link/wdmkcv Jason Matu, Brooklyn’s favorite songwriter, has released an awesomely honest, intensely personal new album called Dumb Ecstatic Bliss. Matu describes the evolution of this important work of art in this heartrending way: “Babe, no more songs about death, please,” said my now departed beloved as she poked her head into our bedroom, while …
Behold the latest video from Giovanna Paola, an Italian metal and rock singer who has just gifted the world with a lovely veritas pop single and accompanying video. The title, “Senza Via Di Fuga” means “no getaway” in English. In the song she hopes to “to reflect upon personalities and society, psychology and sociology in a mainstream and …
Brandon Mills has released a poignant, touching, muscular, squared away love song to humanity called, “Don’t Mistake.” Listen up! Brandon Mills has experienced more than most as a warrior, a poet, a servant, and an artist. After serving in the Marine Corps as a Recon Marine and Scout Sniper with tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, …
I burst into tears this morning, reading that another bit of my childhood was gone. It surprised me at first, my brief waterfall, but then I realized that I couldn’t be the only one. It has been said that you could tell that The Hammer (never to be confused with another iconic slugger, Hank “The …
Powerhouse vocalist and Grammy-winning artist Judith Hill has released “Baby, I’m Hollywood!”, the electrifying title track of her upcoming studio album Baby I’m Hollywood! available via The Regime on March 5, 2021. In the powerful visual, Judith catapults between the highs and lows of life in the spotlight, showing off both the glamour and the struggles in …
Los Angeles, CA – Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn each bring their own unique vocals and styles that blend together to create the vibrant SZNS sound. The pop-quartet aims to create a fresh new take on the classic 90’s girl group music we all know and love- blending EDM, latin-synth, and house inspired beats. Their conversational lyricism stems …
Dregen (The Hellacopters, Backyard Babies) has joined forces with Grande Royale for the release of the single and music video “Just as Bad as You”. The single is released on Friday, January 22 on The Sign Records, and is the third single leading up to Grande Royale’s upcoming album “Carry On”. With special guest Dregen …
Singer, songwriter and brand-new Immersive/Geffen Records signing LILHUDDY (aka Chase Hudson) releases his first official single entitled “21st Century Vampire,” which is out now along with the music video. Fresh off the heels of starring in Machine Gun Kelly’s first-of-its-kind musical film experience Downfalls High, LILHUDDY is making his musical introduction with a signature style cultivated by the raw and restless angst of post-internet era adolescence. His music is a …
Weezer will release their fourteenth studio album, entitled OK Human, on Friday, January 29th on Crush Music/Atlantic. The album’s first single, “All My Favorite Songs,” can be heard and seen now. 2020 was going to be the year of Van Weezer — the big riffs rock album Weezer made as an homage to the metal bands they loved growing up — until, thanks to …
I love this “In Our Time” tune more than life itself. I hear the three B’s: Beatles, Byrds and Bach. Abbey Road Studios called, they want John and Paul back. Also, I’m serious about the Bach. They’ve got a beautiful, layered, joyful church music thing going on with amazing guitar sounds, beautiful vocal arrangements and …
Preeminent Los Angeles band Bad Religion have just released “Emancipation Of The Mind,” an outtake from the band’s critically acclaimed 2019 album Age Of Unreason. The track’s upbeat messaging calls for reason and open-mindedness as a new administration is welcomed into the White House today. Bad Religion have always advocated for humanism, reason, and individualism, which has never …
When I was little and we would go out to eat (which wasn’t often) and my parents were in a celebrating mood, they would order a cocktail. And sometimes when they were getting a drink, I was lucky enough to get a Shirly Temple ‘cocktail’ to sip along with them. I loved that combination of sweet cherry and 7UP. And best of all was finishing and still having …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Texas-bred & Nashville-based country artist and guitar virtuoso Billy Dawson has an important message to share as the USA factionalizes deeply. Dawson wrote “UNITE” with Eric Varnell in 2015 and felt he should release it in 2020 as a deeply divided United States descended into chaos. Billy decided the moment was right to share …
Selena Gomez has released her first Spanish language single in nearly a decade,“De Una Vez” (“At Once”). The song, released stateside via Interscope Records and UMG worldwide, is available HERE via digital platforms. Embracing her heritage as a proud Latina, Gomez wanted to immerse herself in the culture and it was important to her to join forces with some of …
Today, JUNO 2020 Award winner Dominique Fils-Aimé released “While We Wait,” the latest single ahead of her upcoming album Three Little Words. Out February 12 via Ensoul Records, the album serves as the final chapter in Fils-Aimé’s trilogy of albums exploring the roots of African American musical culture — from blues confronting historical silences & sorrows on Nameless (2018) to jazz exploring …
“Some of the biggest songs of all time have lasted for many generations and continue to be iconic, so I love the idea of creating something with enough magic to withstand time. Making music brings me so much joy, and there’s nothing like that feeling when someone sings your song or tells you how a …
Behold the world premiere of Brooklyn artist Ray Swamp’s debut single “GROUND”. The track is a bedroom pop gem full of Casio Sax and dreamy vocals with a heavy backstory involving a friend’s death. Here’s how Swamp describes how the song came into being: “I should’ve known something was up when I invited him to …
This came out on January 2. I love Fiona Apple’s raspy, almost Bonnie Tyler-esque vocal intensity, the jazzy production touches and the nervous post song dance. She puts it all into this version of the song. There was nothing left, hence the collapse in the final seconds of the video. Of course, I always liked Mandy …
PORTLAND, Ore. — Allen Ginsberg’s first public reading of his epic poem “Howl” took place at San Francisco’s famous Six Gallery in October of 1955. Along with Ginsberg, the evening included readings by Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, Philip Lamantia, and Michael McClure. Poet and anthologist Kenneth Rexroth was the emcee, and Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Neal Cassady were in attendance. Unfortunately for literary history, …
Likely like most of you, I grew up thinking rum was always clear, and came in a clear glass bottle with a bat on the label. You made three things with it. You could get really fancy and make a daiquiri, you could add it to Coke, or you could add it to juice. There were exceptions; Long …
2020 needs to go to a corner and think about what it did this past year. What ill would next befall the land? Well, on December 37th, which was the first day of Epiphany where we pray for a shining light to guide us through the darkness, a rabid, repulsive, and revolting mob of insurgents …
The lovely video below “NTADE,” loosely follows the denouement of The Graduate in an African context. The song lays bare some deep and long-buried feelings. Enjoy!
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