More Summer jams! Yay! Loved the Nikki & Rich Morning Becomes Eclectic performance! I know what a lot of you though, sure she’s like Amy Winehouse, but minus the cigarette ash. (Ooo bbq harsh!) You know I’m right. I feel like N&R bring a full on classy 50s/60s mark with super [...]
Garotas Seucas are pretty much a party in your ear. These high energy Sao Paolo peeps are genre mooshing a whole lotta elements with a complete organ jam session, percussions everywhere and a heap of orderly chaos. I love Portuguese although I have no idea why they are the “Swedish Girls” haha. I bet their [...]
It’s always good to see and hear about upcoming and coming scenes in other countries. There are a small band of righteous music creators and listeners hungry to get their sleeping giant up with the rest of the world. In Korea, lots of pop is influenced by American hip hop culture but in [...]
NJ’s Like Trains & Taxis are a refreshment, it’s what people are calling indie-soul with dashes of jazz–whatever it is, there’s style I dig in their songs. There’s also a good measure of pop, and lots of signature pianos like a Ben folds gig but a step up in the simplicity. They’ve got [...]
Last night, LA’s Fitz & The Tantrums completely tore it up at the Echo’s Club Underground with their powerful soul filling, era throwback pop gems. They’ve been compared to Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse? (ok I dono about that last one, eww) The new school pop soul 60s/70s stuff is [...]
One of my absolute favorites, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, are releasing a brand new album in April called I Learned The Hard Way on Daptone Recs. The follow up of 100 Days, 100 Nights gives us another hefty dose of Sharon Jones’ incredible tough-love soulful energy, and the awesome funky grooves of the [...]
Build An Ark is one of the most amazing communities of musicians and vocalists and they’re from right here in Los Angeles. I’ve been plowing my ears through their past LPs and the instrumentals and arrangements are soulful, folky, spiritual and super classy. Their newest album Love Pt. 1 is truly another beautiful collaboration of [...]
