“You are an unusual man, Mr. Asher,” the cop beside him said. “Crazy or not, whatever it is that has gone wrong with you, you are one of a kind.”– Philip K. Dick, Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said. “I’ve… Read More
Australian alt-pop singer-songwriter, merci, mercy is only 19 years old, but she’s already creating pop anthems like “Fall Apart” that possess emotional honesty and a worldliness so rare in such young artists. merci, mercy spent part of her teenage years… Read More
The all-male quartet Sea Girls’ debut album Open Up Your Head is a catchy, very listenable record full of mainstream pop-rock anthems in short supply on the pop charts these days. Think about 2010s one-off hits like Capitol Cities’ “Safe… Read More
Little Claudia Huaiquimilla didn’t expect to be paraded class by class like a museum exhibit in her first national holidays at an all girls Catholic school. Unlike her other classmates, who were dressed in the traditional Chilean criollo dress, Cladiua… Read More
Thaba is a collaboration between South Africa’s Khusi Seremane (singer-songwriter) and American Gabriel Cyr, a producer and musician. However, the project will sadly be a one-off as Seremane passed away from long-term health issues this summer at the young age… Read More
Peter Parker/Spider-Man was first introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in Captain America: Civil War (Russo Brothers. 2016). In that film, he is recruited by Tony Stark/Iron Man to fight against a group of superheroes led by Captain America.… Read More
“Too Little Too Late” Maroon kicks off with one of the best power-pop songs the band ever wrote, “Too Little Too Late”. It has a simple but catchy guitar riff, a powerful lead vocal from Steven Page, and a strong… Read More
Excepted from Black in the Middle: An Anthology of the Black Midwest, edited by Terrion L. Williamson. Copyright © Belt Publishing. Excerpted by permission of Belt Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted… Read More
Tikyra Jackson, drummer and backing vocalist for 2020 Grammy nominee Southern Avenue, released her sensational, hook-laden debut single “No More Fear” earlier this year via Purple Kactus Records and now presents the accompanying video. Penned after the killings of George… Read More
The title of Ian Wayne’s new album, Risking Illness, comes from a song near the end of the album. “Winter’s” – like the rest of the album – was inspired by the sudden 2017 death of Wayne’s three-year-old nephew, who… Read More