Go on an existential journey through Vern Matz’ “Cityscapes”
Composed of a group of Yale students, today we have the band Vern Matz. They say they bring “indie tunes for your autumn blues”. From their latest EP Bobblehead, they keep up with this aesthetic in their track “Cityscapes”. The song starts by dropping us off in a dreamy landscape of a strummed acoustic backed […]
Get Stuck in “Cycles” by Lane Simkins
Immediately transfixed. Those are the words I would use to describe my initial reaction to Lane Simkins’s new single “Cycles.” And by initial reaction, I don’t even mean to the whole song; it was in the first few moments, few measures, in which the acoustic guitars picks a simple progression of notes and sets the […]
Get Your Dose of Live Music with “Whole of Me” by Natalie Shay
When you ask someone what their hobbies are, you often get answers like cooking, writing, drawing, dancing, video games, sports, etc. When people ask me, I often say concerts. I love hearing live music. Listening to a song on a train with your headphones in, to me, will never beat hearing the song boom through […]
The Raw Emotion of Edwin Raphael’s “Sober”
Edwin Raphael is not your typical indie artist. He is known for his devastatingly dark vocals and the harsh, sweet truths in his lyrics. His music is like poetry. For his newest release, “Sober,” he maintains those same strengths, infusing each line of this song with poignant instrumentals and emotional lyrics. “Sober” sets a scene […]
Lose Yourself in “Love Lost” by Paddy James
I wrote once about the massive amount of love songs musical artists have provided listeners for decades. From “I Will Always Love You” by Dolly Parton (and Whitney Houston) to “Can’t Help Falling In Love With You” by Elvis Presley, some of the most popular songs to date have been all about affairs of the […]
Bask in the Simplicity of “Look at Me” by Copilot
There are so many factors that can go into a song these days. Every song is different. An artist can make a song as big or as little as they want to. It’s all about how they build it. While a fully orchestrated and complex song can prickle your senses and take your breath away, […]
Fall into Rhythm with “Talk to Me” by Mia Mi
Hip-hop and R&B have been mostly male dominated genres for years. Nat King Cole, Al Green, Prince, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson – these are just a few of the men who have, throughout the years, built the genre from the ground up and left large legacies behind. Of course, […]
Sabrie Thinks Electropop Will Save the World; “Womb” Proves Them Right
I don’t know exactly what to think of Sabrie’s “Womb”. It’s melodic. It’s well crafted. The music is also very message focused. “Womb” is a song that knows what it is saying and has no trouble articulating that message. It is about women’s empowerment. It is about self-actualization and self-determination. And it stays on message for the entire […]
Greg Etter’s “Portrait of the Wind” Speaks to the Cowboy in Us All
Portrait of the Wind starts slow. But when it finally builds – it soars. I first listened to this song during the dreaded polar vortex that buried my region of the country in about two feet of snow and subzero temperatures. It was nearly impossible for me to leave my house for several days last week, which led to […]
You Have to Hear It to Believe It: The Mistoos’ ‘Girl (I Need You)’
Tagged as psychedelic, RnB, Italian, electronic, alt-rock, The Mistoos’s “Girl (I Need You)” deserves a category of its own. At most, I might expect to see three of the aforementioned genres blended together on an experimental track. But “Girl (I Need You)” goes beyond what’s expected of the contemporary alt-rock band. The 60s-esque song is authentically […]
