Holding out for a Hero? Tunde Olaniran Comes to Save the Day Photo Credit: Bre’Ann White Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. Hailing from Flint, Michigan, Tunde Olaniran is an adept singer whose range seems boundless. They have been known to quickly change from heavenly falsetto to gruff hip hop bars on a dime. Their thematically-rich 2018 record Stranger supplied plenty of varying rhythms to exercise … Continue reading Holding Out for a Hero
Bouncy bars travel along smooth terrain before reaching a mystical destination. Get electrocuted by love, courtesy of Def Sound and Zhao. Source: SoundCloud / d e f . s o u n d . Continue reading def.sound – “Struck!” prod. by Zhao
Gabe Greenland and Spy Riley have come together to create I Care About You, a proto-rap rock duo with plenty of emo influence to go around. A simple piano melody buoys a drum machine in “Wannabe,” and more experimental touches await listeners on their debut EP, due out 4/28. Follow the band on Soundcloud to hear it as soon as it becomes available. Continue reading I Care About You – “Wannabe”
This is not a Bond reference; Pell, Ambré, and Malik Ninety Five are celebrating the moment, not waiting around for the sky to crash. Continue reading Pell – “Skyfall” feat. Ambre, Malik Ninety Five
sngalbums: Photo by: Texas Isaiah This time last year, Nappy Nina was fumbling out the gate. On the opening line of her album, The Tree Act, released in late January, she raps about this “feeling that I might not make it”; then she masks her mortality with unprompted bravado: “test me again and I might not fake it.” It is a snapshot of her attitude … Continue reading The Tree Act is an Environmental Triumph (and so much more)
Photo by: Texas Isaiah This time last year, Nappy Nina was fumbling out the gate. On the opening line of her album, The Tree Act, released in late January, she raps about this “feeling that I might not make it”; then she masks her mortality with unprompted bravado: “test me again and I might not fake it.” It is a snapshot of her attitude throughout … Continue reading The Tree Act is an Environmental Triumph (and so much more)
sngalbums: To be perfectly honest, I thought I would notice symptoms of hearing loss while I was still working at my college radio station. In actuality, last fall marked the first time when my tinnitus became too loud to ignore. When I learned that Cleveland-born, Brooklyn-based Galcher Lustwerk had been living with tinnitus for years, it started to become clear why his 2019 album Information … Continue reading Galcher Lustwerk Goes Quiet on Information LP
To be perfectly honest, I thought I would notice symptoms of hearing loss while I was still working at my college radio station. In actuality, last fall marked the first time when my tinnitus became too loud to ignore. When I learned that Cleveland-born, Brooklyn-based Galcher Lustwerk had been living with tinnitus for years, it started to become clear why his 2019 album Information made … Continue reading Galcher Lustwerk Goes Quiet on Information LP
There is no misunderstanding Harriet Curry: she’s taking advantage of her talent and proving that other women like her have a place in our community, not in the trash. Continue reading
The Essential Future Playlist Originally appeared on the 405, as part of an ongoing Essential Playlists series. Nayvadius Wilburn has always been a polarizing figure. There is no artist alive that could rival his output, which these days averages out to about three mixtapes a year. His vocal style ignited a firestorm that still rages today in music criticism, but regardless of what any useless … Continue reading
Sawdust & Gin 