TOP 5 POP ROCK
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ZALI: “Girls Like Us” – An anthem for woman around the world
ZALI is an emerging Irish Singer-songwriter creating a buzz in Ireland and the UK with her powerful vocals and the distinct cross-genre sound of Soul-Pop. Passionate about music since her childhood ZALI began performing to crowds of all sizes via her church choir which confirmed her artistic calling. Years of vocal training and a signature […]
Se So Neon brings the energy of rock through a lo-fi filter
Se So Neon brings the energy of rock through a lo-fi filter. The three-person band has distinctive rhythmic profiles that spring from confidence in instrumental tones, synchronizing guitar strokes with kick or snare drums without muddling the sounds. Androgynous vocals, borderline cacophonous compositions, and guitars slightly out-of-tune sit on groovy drum and basslines in their […]
Wool Sucker: “Rusalka (Drown With Me)”
New York-based surreal rock band Wool Sucker will release their debut album, “Plastic Wings” during January 2018. On it, songwriters Alex Minier and Elizagrace Madrone forge their storytelling craft, alongside Producer Kevin Salem (Rachael Yamagata, Yo La Tengo), and the band, made up of Jeff McLaughlin (guitar), Cody Rahn (drums), Andrew Miramonti(keyboards) and Alex Minier (bass and lead vocals). And while we attend the album release Wool Sucker tantalize our senses with the single “Rusalka […]
Best Indie Movies 2017
17. “Staying Vertical” “Staying Vertical” It’s never entirely clear when “Staying Vertical,” French director Alain Guiraudie’s followup to “Stranger By the Lake,” shifts into allegory. It might be the moment when filmmaker Leo (Damien Bonnard) finds himself homeless, wandering city streets while carrying his infant child, and gets stripped naked by a pack of homeless […]
Stop domestic violence organizations
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women will take place on November 25. More than 20 years after the World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, such violence remains a scourge that spares no part of the world. It is a reality for one in three women worldwide, and, in certain […]
How You Can Raise Money Using Your Old Songs
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Indie Designers, Uniting Is a Survival Skill
By VALERIYA SAFRONOVA At Flying Solo, a fashion co-op in SoHo, new looks from Daniel Silverstain. CreditDanny Ghitis for The New York Times For an independent designer operating in a world of megabrands like Amazon, Zara, Nike and H&M, an old maxim may hold the key to survival: United we are stronger. At least that was the […]
HAVE YOU HEARD? NABIHAH IQBAL – ETERNAL PASSION/ ZONE 1 TO 6000
After casting off her previous moniker of Throwing Shade, producer Nabihah Iqbal is gearing up to releasing her debut album ‘Weighing of the Heart’. The change in name means that she’s standing proud as a female British Asian artist, but it’s also allowed her to move out of the shadows and into more expansive musical […]