You’re at a party, tossing drinks back, pretending you know how to dance, and suddenly, the aux is passed to you. A pit grows in your stomach.
You’re at a party, tossing drinks back, pretending you know how to dance, and suddenly, the aux is passed to you. A pit grows in your stomach.
This past Tuesday, Epic records held a showcase for Samm Henshaw, a British Columbia records signee.
Omari Jabari has been a pervasive face in Toronto’s underground producing, art-directing and MCing himself into precariously impossible situations like parlaying with de facto Hip-Hop gatekeeper Nardwuar or playing his beats for budding superstars Ski Mask The Slump God and “Lucid Dreams” maestro JuiceWRLD at Vancouver’s brand-new Breakout Festival.
A couple days before our interview, I had absolutely no idea who Phillip Phillips was, except what my friends had filled me in on: his big break was on American Idol, he had a couple of viral hits. Not much to go off of. But as I burrowed through the internet to research the guy, I came to understand what his life had been like for the past few years––rough and relentless.
Phillip Phillips looked more than confident—– you could tell he was having fun. If Collateral was Phillips getting outside of himself, miles beyond the wistful folk-pop we’ve come to know him for, then his performance last Thursday at the Beacon Theatre for Bud Light’s One Night Only was a journey into his newly formed sound: untethered, stomping the terrain between slick bluesy rhythms and robust rock and roll swagger.
After just recently graduating from Harvard University, Brynn Elliott is ready to face on her next challenge and dedicate herself to pursuing a music career.
Do you miss spandex, eye-liner, and truckloads of hairspray?
We have heard many different rules in Saudi Arabia that we probably wouldn’t find in other parts of the world. However, while you can still debate about the efficacies of the other rules, there is one rule that has caught even the most conservatives by surprise.
Staying power is hard-earned in the high turnover world of pop. But Kimbra’s latest endeavor Primal Heart, released April 20th, is an audacious attempt to beat the odds, delivering listeners a more polished, commercial sound destined for FM radio channels and summer joyride playlists.