To support his debut EP, Temporary Awareness of Passing, genre-bending sound-sculptor Alec Ness serves up a new single "Harbinger." With a background in punk-rock drumming and hip-hop beats, Ness aims to use his rhythmic sensibilities and command of melodies to create a blend of "UK garage, glassy ambience, and jagged synthwave." With his upcoming project […]
Understanding the Most Sampled Drum Loop in Music
The Amen break is arguably the most notable drum solo to ever be sampled in music, with artists from hip-hop, rock & roll, techno, dubstep, drum & bass and more, the notable breakbeat went on to shape more than 1,500 tracks over the past 50 years. Becoming heavily embraced within musical subcultures in the late […]
Choker Releases Three-Track Project ‘Mono No Moto’
Since Choker released his Honeybloom album in August 2018, fans have patiently waited for more passionate and blissful sounds from the Detroit musician. The three-track project titled Mono No Moto is a soothing and elegant project that mixes soul, R&B and some hip-hop together in a warm and welcoming sound that is refreshing in today’s […]
K-POP Star Hyolyn on Her New Career Path as a Solo Artist
Soulful Vibes Only Formerly the leader of prominent girl group, Sistar, K-Pop singer Hyolyn has reinvented herself as a solo act — showcasing her prowess as an artist. Sometimes, a diva from a Broadway act, sometimes a powerful musician singing melancholic ballad tunes, the young artist is, “still challenging herself,” even when she seems to […]
Maxo Kream Shows Solidarity on “Meet Again”
At the beginning of 2018, Maxo Kream delivered a critically-acclaimed studio album titled Punken. One year later, the Houston jump-starts his 2019 campaign with a new single, dubbed "Meet Again." "’I’d rather be carried by 6 before I’m judged by 12 | F*ck 12, before I tell, I’d take a 38 shell’ is a line […]
Baby Goth Throws a Party in “Mary” Video
Baby Goth shares the video for “Mary,” the second single from her upcoming EP, BABY, which drops Feb. 15. The song twists the classic nursery rhyme by Buddy Guy and Lowell Mason "Mary Had a Little Lamb," into a trap-infused record. In the Deion Deshazier-directed video, Baby Goth is seen with some pet animals as […]