Deep Purple could arguably be the first B. Slade™ release that ceases to address the past controversies brought on by others between his Christian faith and his sexual orientation. As a collective musical statement, this project feels like B. Slade™ has fully embraced his role as pop music phenomenon that makes music for everyone and
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B. Slade™ – Deep Purple
TuneCrush: Levi Kreis “So Much Better”
Since Levi Kreis won a Tony Award in 2010 for his performance as Jerry Lee Lewis in the Broadway hit, Million Dollar Quartet, I’ve been excited to see more people turned on to his original music made during and before that role. Levi has now stepped the production and style to a different level with
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TuneCrush: She’s A Beauty “Too Much Confusion”
Cathal Farrelly, lead vocalist/guitarist of She’s A Beauty, delivers a passionate performance that compels the band to follow suit. This is the second single from the Kildare, Ireland quintet and I believe it’s worth a listen. Here’s “Too Much Confusion” from She’s A Beauty. When you purchase the download at Bandcamp, proceeds go to Oxfam
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Video: Mokhov “Fly Away”
With this single from his sophmore project, LA-based producer Oleg Mokhov is flying high with the new video for, “Fly Away”. Enjoy
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Classic TuneCrush – Joni Mitchell feat. Peter Gabriel “My Secret Place”
GLM’s resident poet and contributor, Gayle Bell, delivers another classic TuneCrush, this time featuring Joni Mitchell from her CD, Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm from 1988. ———- Listening to Joni. Sing, my love, of streets and loose change a violent pulse. This classy broad could teach me a lot about secret places, whispers eclipsing
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Aabaraki – The Emancipation Part 1
On the heels of their 2011 self-titled debut, Aabaraki, serves up an engaging albeit shorter set of rock and blues on The Emancipation Part 1. Musically, their sound to akin to that of David Ryan Harris, Cody Chesnutt, and Intervision. Lyrically, it’s an openly playful and sexual tip of the hat to funk groups 70′s
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Timid Tiger – The Streets Are Black
German pop outfit, Timid Tiger, brings simple and warm melodies for the summertime with their latest, The Streets are Black. Lead vocalist and guitarist Keshav Purushotham charms with playful raps and vocals about passing youth (“Hangin’ In the Sand”, “Love Like You’ve Never Been Hurt”), on societal ills (“The Sun Goes Down, The Streets are
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Video: Woodkid “Run Boy Run”
“Tomorrow is another day, when the night fades away you’ll be a man, boy. But for now it’s time to run, it’s time to run” Woodkid is the work of Yoann Lemoine, who’s been primarily known for directing videos for other artists including Katy Perry, Rihanna, and Moby. There’s an affinity with childhood rebellion as
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New Insect Records podcast from Wave Clouds Like Hands
A TuneCrush for today is the latest podcast blend at Insect Radio from Wave Hands Like Clouds. Here’s the tracklisting: Tracklisting: 1. Noah23 – Sea of the Infinite Wave (WHLC remix) 2. Wave Hands Like Clouds – The Fall of Venice (ft. Particle Kid) 3. Common-The Corner (WHLC remix) 4. Wave Hands Like Clouds –
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Reuben Butchart & The Millworkers – Namesless & Awake: Eight Poems by John William Carroll
Five years after the critically acclaimed independent release, Golden Boy, Reuben Butchart steps it up a notch by releasing an art song cycle based on the poetry of John William Carroll entitled Nameless and Awake. The project was recorded while his artist residency at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center in New York. Within his instrumental arrangements,
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Bits of Beats – May 21, 2012
Been a while since I’ve done on of these posts, but there are so many nice sounds happening that I figured I’d share just a few of them here instead of individual TuneCrush posts. Let’s get it! With an increasingly busy performing and production schedule, Austin’s BoomBaptist continues to give percussive gifts as he’s released
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TuneCrush: B. Slade™ – Phony Pony
More like a bow of the knee than a tip of the hat to queer urban ball culture (think the film, “Paris Is Burning”, for reference), the second track on B. Slade™’s latest groove work, Deep Purple, is a ball battle in song and an ode to the often threaded-in and thrashed around ponytail worn
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Bearcraft – Honey E.P.
Straight outta Dalston, Bearcraft reckon their genre is ‘Campfire Disco’ although ‘Honey’ is neither as carefree and jaunty as that description implies nor is it as painfully cool as one might expect from their postcode. Instead we have an accomplished, intense slab of dramatic electronic pop. Orchestral stabs abound as Dicky Moore (also a fine
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Tunecrush: Dubplate Dionysus “Upcoming Legendary”
Inspired by Paris Is Burning, the chronicle of the ball culture of late 80s New York, Dubplate Dionysus debut with a most delicious – and slinky – slice of retro grace and poise. With the ‘woo.. yeah’ Lynn Collins sample in place, electro wizard Fredrick Royster joyfully channels Exposé’s “Point Of No Return” over Matt
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Classic TuneCrush – Tina Turner “I Don’t Really Wanna Fight”
“I don’t know who’s wrong or right I don’t really wanna fight no more, this is time for letting go.” – Tina Turner The blues were trying to plead their case; it was a time; it was done when it was. We are older, your have the clarity that a lot of grieving gives. I
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Talking music with Datahowler
I recently spoke with local designer and web engineer, Ross Edman, who is known musically in Dallas/Ft. Worth as Datahowler. In anticipation of his show this Friday, May 11, at Club Dada in Dallas, I spoke with him talked about the transition from Objektiv One (another moniker of his before Datahowler that was more hip-hop
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TuneCrush: Mr. Bill “Focus”
The latest release from Mr. Bill was recently released on the Melbourne, Australia label, Adapted Records, and it’s available now at Addictech. The title track, “Focus”, is my pick because at first listen it seems to go against its own title’s advice. Blend nu-jazz and a little funk with the glitch, the song takes a
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Dallas metro concert benefiting tornado victims
For one night only, Dallas-based boutique label and booking agency, Spune, is presenting a benefit concert for victims of the April 3 tornado in the D/FW metroplex area. According to their event flyer, The Red Cross estimates that 650 homes were damaged and at least $300 million in insurance claims have been filed. Tonight’s show
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Light Asylum – Light Asylum
Singular synth lines with punchy electronic beats combined with heavy vocals capable of full contralto growls– that’s the sweaty, dark sound of Brooklyn-based, Light Asylum. Bruno Coviello creates a compelling sonic foundation of darkwave and industrial dance for vocalist Shannon Funchess that channels the drama and the groove of both Grace Jones and Nona Hendryx.
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TuneCrush: Ernest Gonzales & Aaron Peña “Seedling”
Starting this web mag/blog off, I interviewed a great family of guys who are making strides with their original electronic music around world and were (at the time) based in San Antonio and Austin. Two of those guys, Ernest Gonzales and Aaron Peña have just dropped a downtempo single entitled, “Seedling”, for the upbeat cause
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