PICK OF THE WEEK

Conceptz – Splash FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DaRealConceptz/ Conceptz came together in 2011 when brothers Short Fuze (aka Fuze 4 Short) and Highrowglyphfix (aka HRGF) decided to realize their musical dreams and they since further broadened their ambitions while still putting out a succession of tasty single releases. Each new cut solidifies their …

Daisy Hicks “I Choose You” and “Upside” URL: https://www.daisyhicks.com/ We’re living in a new era of music as we know it. Gone are the days of the stringently categorized; the labels and boundaries of genre that once restricted artists and both capped their financial potential as well as their creative …

Izzy Escobar releases new Single PLAY GOOGLE: https://play.google.com/music/preview/Tmll3o253z3b5vk67iyaikpsaiq?play=1 Pop music has certainly come a long way from the gilded wails of Lennon and McCartney in “She Loves You” back in 1964. Just in the past quarter century, we’ve seen pop come to incorporate more and more diverse elements into its …

Nick Andre – “Guns” & “L.A.’s On Fire” BANDCAMP: https://nickandre.bandcamp.com/ Nick Andre wears many creative hats, producer and label visionary as well, but underlying his polymath-like approach to musical art is his engagement with the world at large. His latest two singles “Guns” and “L.A.’s on Fire” reflect how he …

WAVE FM: http://www.wave.fm/articles/view/crack-of-dawn-spotlight Crack of Dawn’s third studio album Spotlight, the second released outside of Europe, is a glorious return to form for an act who first debuted in 1975. They announce their return with a song brandishing the band’s name, “Crack of Dawn”, and it throws the full breadth …

Lauria “Losing Me” (single) SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/458CJTG8yYOW0KReIr5ivr Lauria doesn’t think in terms of genre’s, and that comes from having sung a fusion of Pop to Reggae in the band NewDayz. Her current single makes you wonder where she’s been and that is where her crossover appeal is found. But it is …

The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina – Act 3 BANDCAMP: https://themerrymakersorchestrina.bandcamp.com/releases There’s a subtle, strung out set of notes quivering in the foreground. A kick drum joins in like a dying heartbeat. There’s a burst of fuzz, and before you know it, we’re off and running on alongside The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina in their …

Fitzsimon and Brogan release Big Blue World SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/0mNkbqGb6iy28kzpZbcCg0 With an electrified glow, Fitzsimon and Brogan come swinging into a blues rock dirge reimagined as a dream pop ballad in “Very Last Day in Clown Town,” a bittersweet, cathartic micro blast from their hot new record Big Blue World, out everywhere …

Edenn drops new Single URL: https://edennmusic.com/ A melody rises from the silence like a mysterious fog over a lake. It starts to warm things up, and I wonder if this isn’t fog after all. Maybe it’s steam? Maybe the warmth of the air around us, represented in Edenn’s gentle vocal, …

Lusitanian Ghosts release self titled LP URL: http://lusitanianghosts.com/2018/01/02/hello-world/ Portuguese-Canadian singer/songwriter Neil Leyton hasn’t been active much in the last ten years, and certainly for good reason. He’s been cultivating a new sound for all of us to enjoy as a follow up to his last record, The Betrayal of Self, …