Photo Courtesy of iTunes It has been almost eight years since Pharrell released his debut album, “In My Mind.” But he has kept himself busy working on fellow artists’ projects, including last year’s biggest hits, “Blurred Lines” featuring Robin Thicke and “Get Lucky” featuring Daft Punk. Both songs competed in the category as Best … [Read more...] about Pharrell makes noise with ‘G I R L’
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Album Review:”Love Letters”
Photo courtesy of www.soundofbrit.frMetronomy brings on the melancholy with their new album, “Love Letters.”The indie elctronic group returns with their fourth album to provide the listener with their mellow grooves. With each successive album, Metronomy has grown in both quality and size. What started as a solo project by electronic composer Joseph Mount has since … [Read more...] about Album Review:”Love Letters”
Crosses stirs the cauldron with first full-length album
Photo Courtesy of www.crossesmusic.com Crosses adds to the mix of contemporary alternative pop and electronic with their haunting, punky self-titled album. The band, visually known as “+++,” is the musical child of Deftones singer Chino Moreno, Far guitarist Shaun Lopez and music producer Chuck Doom. The trio dates back to 2011 when they released their Los … [Read more...] about Crosses stirs the cauldron with first full-length album
Axe and Vaccarino create a ‘Great Big World’
Last year, the New York City duo, Ian Axe and Chad Vaccarino, exploded onto the music scene after releasing their hit single, “Say Something,” featuring Christina Aguilera. Axe, Vaccarino and Aguilera performed the song on the most recent season of “The Voice,” and since then the song has notched global top rankings on iTunes, transforming the unknown group into best-selling … [Read more...] about Axe and Vaccarino create a ‘Great Big World’
Album explores dark side of partying
“Kiss Land,” the debut album from the elusive artist Abel Tesfaye (known by his stage name The Weeknd) is an unconventionally dark, brooding and all-too-real take on the redundancies of young adulthood. Straying from an overdone glamorization of a wild night out, Tesfaye zeroes in on the nuances of a party-hard lifestyle and brings to light the seedier sides of sex, drugs and … [Read more...] about Album explores dark side of partying