Bay Area collective Peach Tree Rascals return with their fourth single of the year “Mango.” While the group steers through the sonic waters of alt-jazz, funk, pop, hip-hop, and R&B, they’re truly unbound by any genre. “Mango” is the idyllic representation of genre-less music as the five-piece unit has crafted a polished, multi-layered effort brimming with feel-good melodies. Still, underneath its enticing sonic accents is a sentimental exploration of the polarity between stark reality and aspiring dreams. STREAM “MANGO” Peach Tree Rascals reveals this: “‘Mango’ is about creating positive thoughts even on the worst of days. We live in a world where the pressure…
Author: Elicit Magazine
Jordan Rakei has enjoyed a stellar 2019 so far, cementing his worldwide rep as a modern soul icon in the making. The preternaturally talented songwriter, producer and live performer released his latest album Origin this summer via Ninja Tune which received universal appreciation for his ability to meld his influences from jazz, hip-hop and soul into such a singular and potent musical vision. The London-based, New Zealand-born and Australia-raised musician is currently in the midst of a Eurorean tour and will head to North America later this month, following sold out shows in New York and Los Angeles earlier this…
Today, OTHER AMERICANS are unleashing their retro-futuristic attack on hypnotic electro rock with their second self-titled EP. Featuring members of such iconic Kansas City/Lawrence bands such as The Architects, The Gadjits, Radar State, and Late Night Callers, Other Americans have truly hit their stride on this release, hearkening such acts Garbage, Goldfrapp, and a pinch of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s in one cohesive package. The band has also announced two Kansas City shows in October – the first being October 9, 2019 at recordBar, and then their Album Release Party at miniBar on October 19, 2019. The new EP expands on the immersive collection of songs from their first release (2018’s first self-titled Other Americans), introducing another side of the…
Rewind the clocks back to 2014 and a fledgling Alison Wonderland debuts her most ambitious and original project to date; a series of raucous underground warehouse parties thrown across her native homeland of Australia. It was at these raves that the Wonderland Warehouse Project was born. View a trailer HERE. 2019 sees the return of the Wonderland Warehouse Project, but much like Wonderland’s own career – this time, it’s global. For the first time Wonderland is taking the franchise worldwide, announcing the seven warehouse events to be staged in the dark industrial spaces that made the original tour so special. Expect to see Alison reimagine…
Enigmatic Melbourne producer LIFE IS BETTER BLONDE is pleased to announce details of his latest single ‘Still Life’ taken from his new EP ‘LIKE ME’ out now. On ‘Still Life’, LiBB says: “The song is about feeling like you’ve been abandoned by hope. It could easily be a breakup song as much as it is about depression itself.” LISTEN TO “STILL LIFE” Drawn to down tempo, lumbering kind of grooves, Life is Better Blonde’s music is inspired by sonic accidents, broken sounding things and old voice memos. His recent tracks, ‘Strange Organism’ and ‘My God is Not Going To Like…