Singing about leaving all things behind is easy, but making it all sound just like that is not. And Allan Jamisen managed to make his latest single Leave It All Behind sound so good that you actually start forgetting that doing it is not always as easy as it seems. Behind this work is a
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We are cruel to heartbreak. Even when you realize it was never meant to be, no one can take away the moments, the memories, that unwelcome “forget why you’re crying over it.” moment of “maybe I’m missing them” heartache that you shouldn’t feel. “persona non grata” by Aditi Babel turns a toxic relationship into a
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Halloween is all about dressing up, decorating with fake cobwebs and celebrating things that would normally scare the life out of you. So it makes sense that Dallas performer Dean Morgan, better known as his comedic alter ego Sheldon Mashugana, would take on Bobby Pickett’s “Monster Mash.” Released in 1962, the original has spent decades
Sure, if you really think about it, everything… comes crashing down. Houses deteriorate, promises go out of date and everything you swore could last forever is short-lived. Map of the Woulds “Only For Today” hangs that bleak concept with music that would rather get you on your feet then quietly reflect on the brevity of
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It’s one thing to talk about a big game, and another to have one to talk. Hip-hop has explored that dichotomy, with varying levels of success: from fiery masterpieces to a man showing off how much his watch cost for the 47th time. Lil Mike’s “Talk Heavy” takes a more personal approach to that age-old
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Listen, when a band of raging UK indie rockers decides, “you know what, let’s turn it down,” you either get a boring filler track or something truly special. The Entitled Sons, a Somerset-based indie group of brothers, have given up their usual festival set of energetic anthems for something a bit more personal on their
Getting back into music after time away is one thing. Getting back into music with a song called “Silence” is another. Becky Arundel, a songwriter from Bridlington, East Yorkshire, is ready to return and she’s doing so with a fresh band. The title “Silence” does get us thinking: could this be about devastating heartbreak? A
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Life these days wears you out. What better way to escape the grind than to sing about it? “Bumblebees” is a German indie-folk song about a very simple fantasy: be free from the noise, reacquaint yourself with nature, be with the people you love, and live happily ever after. In other words, it’s a hippy
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You can dismiss the song before you’ve heard it as another nostalgic trip, or you can find out if the artist can convince you the old machine is still working. Maybe Love’s A Crime by Down Town Mystic sits somewhere in the middle of the two camps, and I mean that as a compliment. DownTown
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