Since emerging from bankruptcy less than a year ago, Gibson has made significant progress in the key areas that matter most to guitarists around the world. With a clear focus on quality, a new collection of Original and Modern guitars, and a more confident Dealer and Artist base, the new team at Gibson have proven they can listen to the market to create new solutions. But there is still more work to be done and the new team at Gibson remain on a mission. While new management is building on the legacy, quality and craftsmanship that guitarists have come to love and expect from Gibson, they will also continue to manage and attempt to resolve the conflicts of…
Author: Elicit Magazine
The monolithic collaboration between industrial-noise post-everything bands Uniform and The Body continues with a second entry, Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back. Comprised of an amalgam of abrasive influence that spans Swans-y dirge and purge, Whitehouse’s clenched-jaw noise, middle-period Ministry’s penchant for metallic post-industrial everything, New Order’s nose for melodic emotionality, and Juicy J-inspired beats, Uniform and The Body’s approach delves deeper down the rabbit hole than before, igniting a sonic world of terror and bliss poised to grip the throats of fans yet again. Today they’ve shared the album’s lead track “Penance” which Uniform’s Michael Berdan explains, “has to do with an ongoing attempt to hold oneself…
Houston-bred, San Francisco-based R&B vocal powerhouse Crystal Tamar, who has worked with the likes of Kanye West, T-Pain and Kandi Burruss, is gearing up for the July 12 release of her long-anticipated music video “Nowhere,” a sexy, midtempo ballad. Fri., June 28, she released the “Nowhere” (Behind-The-Scenes) video on her Instagram page. In the video, Crystal Tamar showcases stunning looks and polished choreography as she expresses her devotion to her love. She explains: “The ‘Nowhere’ video is an authentic picture of where I came from in Houston to where I am now in California in the Bay Area. It’s saying…
Photo Credit: Leo Volcy Almost two years after Miami Horror’s visionary EP The Shapes, we see the group begin to lean into their collaborative and production-based roots, a direction that producer Benjamin Plant champions as the new incarnation of the project. Plant says, “’The Shapes’ was always meant to be a one-off conceptual project, so once that was complete I began moving back towards the original creative process that Miami Horror started with; a simpler approach to production and a continued emphasize on outside vocalists.” He continues, “For me, music has always been about completing a vision and trying to make something stand out. Allowing outside collaboration really opens me up…
Photo by Rckybny Michigan’s newest lo-fi soul artist Dani Darling (aka Soul Galaxy Girl) releases her much-anticipated debut EP Nocturne out now. Available on all digital streaming platforms, the project is a nostalgic suite of six nighttime songs that navigate a dreamlike sequence, oscillating between melancholy growing pains to jovial self-discovery. Stream/purchase Nocturne here Dani Darling is an old soul, merging nostalgic jazz with a new style of lo-fi R&B/soul, inspired by the likes of Jamila Woods, Aaliyah and Billie Holiday. You can feel this phenomenon in Dani’s words and vocals. The jazzy chanteuse from Ann Arbor, Michigan exudes an experimental sound that is intimate and acoustic, with grace that runs deep. Her influences span old…