Written by AZRIL Close your eyes and imagine Drake’s OVO label smash signees’ Majid Jordan are coming of age. Now picture Shawn Mendes as he meanders amid more of a Charlie Puth phase of musical fusion with genres like Alternative Pop, R&B, a bit of Synth Pop and Wave. Now, open your eyes! What you proverbially see in front of you, is what you’re getting with Kadiri James’ new single “Closer To You.” Kadiri was born and raised in “The 6” section of Canada. “The 6” was a term coined by Canadian rap champion and crooner Drake because of the…
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Written by AZRIL Gia Wood’s, “Jump The Fence,” will likely be popularly branded as fire, as a part of one of my favorite sorta new genres of music called Alternative Trap. On “Jump The Fence” (as well as all the music I’ve heard from Gia over the past few years), Gia sounds like she indeed means to be charismatic while soulfully savage. Warning: I’m sensing a bit of Amy Winehouse’s reinvented soul energy in this tune. Like lots of singers, Gia was born and raised in L.A., but her rise toward signing with Sony’s Red Music Division wasn’t at all…
Written by AZRIL What does L.A., Charlie Puth, The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue, and Humanitarianism all have in common? After one introspective listen to Dylan Dunlap’s newly released Indie-Pop single, “Face Value”, you’ll be beyond knee deep in better knowing the answer to that question. Dylan is one of the latest internationally known faces to ever drape tThe Voice stage. His new single, “Face Value” rewards both longstanding and newer fans while refreshingly & eclectically trademarking the Indie-Pop sound. Dylan Dunlap didn’t sojourn the typical singer/songwriter route, despite growing up in Los Angeles where the lucky few are often signing major…
Los Angeles, CA (January 31, 2019) – Red Bull Music Festival Los Angeles (RBMF LA) returns to the City of Angels next Thursday, February 7. Today, additional programming for the ambitious Center Channel film series–taking place at the historic Ukrainian Culture Center from February 8 – 20–has been announced. Tickets for all RBMF LA events are now available via www.redbullmusic.com/los-angeles. Center Channel explores the most compelling intersections of sound and film and is co-curated by Charlie Sextro (NEXT FEST), filmmaker Alima Lee and EXP TV’s Marcus Herring, Tom Fitzgerald and Taylor Rowley, in collaboration with the Red Bull Music team.…
Ohtis are excited to announce that they have confirmed a North American tour as direct support for The Murlocs. The dates kick off in Los Angeles on April 9 and conclude on April 21 in Cleveland, OH. Further, the band will be playing at this year’s SXSW. All dates are listed below.The tour will come on the heels of the release of Ohtis’ debut albumCurve of Earth set for release March29 via Full Time Hobby (home to White Denim, Timber Timbre, Michael Nau, Katie Von Schleicher etc). To date the band have shared album tracks “Runnin” and “Rehab.” The beautifully dark country-Americana and vivid lyricism on Curve of Earth is a fitting introduction to songwriter Sam Swinson’s autobiographical journey through indoctrination…