Tropical Popsicle's sound is as cool as their name. Their music is moody, entrancing psychedelic pop. You can download the free, legal mp3 of the trippy title tracks from their new The Beach With No Footprints 73 and the Age of Attraction EPs via the SoundCloud widgets below... Tropical Popsicle - The Beach With No [...]
Sola Rosa recently made their U.S. debut with Get It Together and are offering a free, legal mp3 from the album. The song is a funky, brassy mix of hip hop, reggae, jazz, latin and soul. I love it. Sola Rosa - Turn Around (mp3)* *mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist's PR [...]
Former Visqueen bassist Cristina Bautista recently released the solo EP, Gold Parts, and is offering 2 free, legal mp3s from the album. The sound is catchy chick pop-rock somewhere between Letters to Cleo and Paramore. Cristina Bautista - Long Divisions (Mp3)* Cristina Bautista - Heartless (Mp3)* *mp3s hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist's [...]
Singer-songwriter Laura Gibson will release her new album, La Grande, in January and her label is offering a free, legal mp3 of the title track. The song is a bit more buoyant than Laura's previous releases, but in a pop-polished, jaunty oldfashioned jazz kind of way that retains her signature haunting folk undertone. Laura Gibson [...]
Muruch's Mid-West reviewer/photographer Jen "Coble" Hopper joined the crowd at Chicago's Metro theater on November 11th for a solo set by Fall Out Boy singer, Patrick Stump. You can see Coble's photographs and read her take on the concert below... What do you get when you combine punk attitude, soul stylings, pop hooks, a can [...]
Muruch's Mid-West reviewer/photographer Jen "Coble" Hopper caught Airborne Toxic Event's show at Chicago's Riviera Theater on November 9th. You can read Coble's review of the concert and download a free, legal mp3 from Airborne Toxic Event below... Dear Rock and Roll: Please bring more classical strings. Thanks. California indie-rockers The Airborne Toxic Event brought their [...]
Columbia/Legacy Recordings are commemorating forty years of Billy Joel's solo recording career with a new, limited edition Billy Joel: The Complete Albums Collection boxed set and a two-disc Legacy Edition of Joel's 1973 debut album, Piano Man. I was particularly interested in Piano Man since I'd never heard the full album before. My review follows... [...]
Remarkable! Extraordinary! What an astonishing piece of work Twin Spirits is, I've never seen anything like it. A stage tribute to the love and music of Robert Schumann and his wife, Clara Wieck, Twin Spirits stars Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, as the classical composing couple. Derek Jacobi narrates the event as Sting and [...]
Last night's Mountain Stage concert featured Bearfoot, The Sweetback Sisters, Katie Costello, Fitz & the Tantrums and Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers. Let's be honest here. I really only went to the concert for The Sweetback Sisters and Fitz & the Tantrums. As vastly different as the two bands are, they were equally entertaining and [...]
Conatus is the third release from 22-year-old Russian-American singer-songwriter Zola Jesus (a.k.a. Nika Roza Danilova). The title refers to an inate desire for self-development and reflects Zola's interest and education in philosophy. Zola's childhood training in opera seems to have also influenced the grandeur and scope of her dark and entrancing pop songs. The dramatic [...]
Fitz & the Tantrums' full-length debut, Pickin' Up the Pieces, mixes a brassy, retro soul style with catchy Brit Pop and thumping garage rock. Though not quite as exciting and funky as bands like Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears or Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Fitz & the Tantrums have a much more laidback, [...]
Lil Daggers will release their debut self-titled album via Song, by Toad Records on December 5th. Song, By Toad and I may rarely agree on music, but when we do, we most certainly do. I don't usually quote PR emails directly, but Matthew's description of this Lil Daggers album sums up my feelings exactly: "It's [...]
Those who only know Feist from her catchy "1234" iPod commercial may be surprised by the darker tone of her new album, Metals. The delicate pop-folk of 20052s Let It Die and the slicker pop of 20072s The Reminder have been replaced with a murkier, slightly blues-influenced folk-rock sound. The opener, "The Bad In Each [...]
Chamber pop ensemble yMusic, who recently collaborated with Shara Worden for My Brightest Diamond's new album, have released their debut full-length, Beautiful Mechanical. The yMusic album features works by St. Vincent's Annie Clark, My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden and Son Lux among many others. You can download a free, legal mp3 of the Annie Clark [...]
Nomadic Ozark artist Annie Williams will release two contrasting EPs on November 15th. Below you can download free, legal mp3s of the dark folk ballad "Roll On Hills" from This Mountain and the spectacular, rock-edged title track of Midnight Window. Annie Williams - Roll On Hills (mp3)* Annie Williams - Midnight Window (mp3)* The EPs [...]
Folk singer-songstress Daisy McCrackin recently released her debut full-length album, God Willing. You can download a free, legal mp3 of the album's haunting operner, "I Think I'm a Ghost," below. Daisy McCrackin - I Think I'm a Ghost (mp3)* *mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist's PR Rep BUY @ AMAZON
"Swagger" is a fun, somewhat exotic, electro-swing (think big brass meets dancehall) number from Mocean Worker's sixth studio album, Candygram For Mowo!. The album features snippets of music recorded by Bill Frisell, Charlie Hunter and many other musicians as looped and remixed by Adam Dorn (a.k.a. Mocean Worker). You can download a free, legal mp3 [...]
Dutch singer-songwriter Kramies' new single, "Coal Miners Executive Club," came to me under the label of "dream pop" but has a much darker, more haunting sound than is usually associated with that category. You can download a free, legal mp3 of the song below and find it on Kramies' new EP, The European, which will [...]
Singer-pianist Katie Costello will appear at Mountain Stage on November 6th. Her new sophomore album, Lamplight, is a buoyant, melodic brand of pop with lyrics ranging from cute and clever to introspective and melancholy. Highlights on the album are "Cassette Tape," "No Shelter" and the piano ballad "Fading Lately." I hate pretending to keep up [...]
Smoke Signals are offering the following free, legal mp3 of "Black Holes," their new single featuring Rocco DeLuca. The song is a bluesy, piano driven rock number and is included on Smoke Signals' self-titled debut. Smoke Signals - Black Holes (feat. Rocco Deluca) (mp3)* *mp3 provided by & posted w/ permission of band's PR rep [...]
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