Parental expectations can be fraught with peril. Some parents expect their kids to take over the family business, some envision their children as doctors or lawyers, and in some circles dwell Alex P. Keaton types whose hippie parents shudder at the thought of white collar work. "Dentist Vs Pharmacist," the latest release from Stimmerman [...]
Patti Smith's voice is a hammer striking an anvil, her songs often come across as poetry set to a tune. In the era of fake news, Smith's work has come into the spotlight: she has been nominated for induction into The Songwriters Hall of Fame, performed at Pathway To Paris (a nonprofit trying to bring [...]
Something's brewing in the water over in Marshfield, Wisconsin. It's the home town of David Gungor and John Arndt, aka The Brilliance, a liturgical (read: Christian) band who has taken a turn for the secular, with political anthems that explore the human condition. The band's latest single "Facebook" explores our culture of celebrity and hero [...]
Photo credit: Anna Aguirre Time and distance often having a cooling effect on the memory, but in Sondra Sun-Odeon's case, they gave her the tools she needed to sharpen the knife. It's been seven years since her debut album Ætherea, and with her newest offering she steps firmly back into the musical orbit. "Roses [...]
Photo By Marta Olive Portuguese alt-folk-rock artist Filipa Marinho, who performs eponymously under her last name, was raised on American cartoons and the sap-fest that was '90s rom-coms. Against this colorful backdrop, her delicate brand of snark was born. Marinho's new single "I Give Up and It's Ok" takes the expectations of childhood [...]
Photo by Carla Richmond Coffing Los Angeles isn't the never-ending traffic slog that people may imagine when they visualize the City of Angels. It's a breathtaking metropolis surrounded by mountains, hugged by the ocean on one side and the desert on the other. Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Anna Vogelzang embraces the wild and [...]
Colleen D'Agostino has been in the game for a few years now, first as the lead singer of The Material, then as a collaborator with deadmau5, a relationship that spawned the platinum-certified single, “Seeya." On her second solo EP Sleepwalk, D'Agostino collaborated with producer EEKKOO, honing a mature, restrained sound that acts as the perfect [...]
Photo by Pooneh Ghana Austin-based singer-songwriter Kae Astra isn't pulling any punches with her latest video "Medicate," which features soaring vocals, trippy synths, overreaching plants, and a farmer from a different time. Its verses describe the quest to heal inner pain, and the agony of empty solutions. "The verses explore the struggle of [...]
In Fritz Lang's classic film Metropolis, the main character is jolted out of his privileged life and given a glimpse of the underbelly of the city, its workers struggling to survive while the bourgeois eat on plates of gold. New York-based experimental pop artist/female producer Dani DiCiaccio, aka KYOSi, takes the pleas of the proletariat [...]
In the era of #MeToo, a variety of voices have risen up to tell their stories of abuse. Seattle-based singer-songwriter Nora Rothman featured 26 womxn from around the world in the new video for her single "dear / david." The image of each womxn speaking into their phone, leaving a visual message to their abuser, [...]
