Mondo.NYC, the latest music festival in town is still small, which is a good thing, because you run easily into interesting people at its events. Thursday started off with a party at the office of VR company Littlstar where we met among others Mondo founder Bobby Haber. Maybe, next year,[…]
“Genesis” is a wistfully bright pop-song about a relationship gone wrong, a love lost and back to square one or to keep it with the lyrics: “Liked to think that we had it all, and now we’re back to Genesis”. The dreamy, pensive tune is the latest single by California indie-rock three-piece[…]
“The Blue”, the new single by U.K. four-piece Cocoa Futures, is one of these songs that grew on me after listening a few times and now I’m hooked! Frontman Greg says about the track: “It’s a good idea to feel sad sometimes, but the things you can do to avoid feeling down[…]
In “Moon Pulls”, Sam Friedman, the electronic musician who records as Nerve Leak, captures an intimate moment that scratches the border between joy and pain. Sam says about the song: Writing “Moon Pulls” was a unique process for me, because the lyrics came before the music, and usually when that[…]
By now it should be clear to everybody: CMJ is not happening in 2016, after a continuous run for 35 years. But we have Mondo.NYC in its inaugural year in town, which may replace or complement CMJ. Who knows? Kudos to the organizers to pull off a major conference and[…]
Sorcha Richardson wrote “Lost” for a friend whose girlfriend has broken up with him. That is hard to overcome, but he is lucky to have a friend who creates such a beautiful, comforting song and then even writes such nice things on the cover image. Sorcha is originally from Dublin[…]
San Francisco artist K.Flay takes the listener on a journey in only four songs: you may think the heavy and dark “Blood in the Cut” sets the tone, but it isn’t so. In “Hollywood Forever” she lightens up, albeit only musically. Lyrically she sticks with a persona full of self-doubt[…]
On the surface, “Night School” by Los Angeles duo Bad Wave seems to be a straightforward electronic pop-song, not really upbeat but also not melancholic. But there’s so much more to the track than utilizing old synthesizer sounds and adding a ton of new ones. There are these dead-pan vocals that deliver lyrics[…]
VIDEO: Kylie Hughes – Take Me Anywhere This is a feel-good treat: Follow Californian Kylie Hughes and “her best friend”, who seems to be busy with filming mot of the time, on a trip through her home state. The visuals are stunning, she looks happy and the song invites to[…]
L.A. singer/songwriter Ofelia K. says about “Another World”, our Song Pick of the Day: “My vision for this song was for it to take you through different worlds, as though the listener is traveling and taking in new terrain throughout.” Mission accomplished: you don’t really know if this song is[…]
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