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News: Alicia Keys releases debut single ‘December Back 2 June’ from first-ever holiday album ‘Santa Baby’
15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist and globally-celebrated music superstar Alicia Keys released her first-ever holiday single ‘December Back 2 June’ today. The original Christmas song is the debut release on Keys’ eponymous new label Alicia Keys Records and is available now via all DSPs. Get ‘December Back 2 June’ HERE. ‘December Back 2 June’ arrives in advance of Keys’ highly-anticipated first …
News: Ruel releases new single ‘Someone else’s problem’
British-Australian singer/songwriter and pop prodigy Ruel is back with the second official single from his highly anticipated debut record, ‘SOMEONE ELSE’S PROBLEM,’ out now via RCA Records. Written and produced alongside longtime collaborator, M-Phazes (Khalid, Sam Fischer & Noah Cyrus) with songwriters John Levine (Bebe Rehxa, Alessia Cara) and Casey Smith (Olivia Rodrigo), the track oscillates between regretful nostalgia and self-empowerment, …
News: Avatar release new single and video for ‘Dance Devil Dance’
The heavy metal, dark, madcap visionaries, collectively known as AVATAR, have emerged from deep within the Swedish forest in which they have been working on their ninth studio album to grace fans and listeners with a brand new song and title track, ‘Dance Devil Dance’. The single comes with a NSFW and sanguine video for the …
Live Review: The Hunna – Leeds Beckett SU. 22.10.22
Watford 4-piece The Hunna hit Leeds on the latest night of their UK tour, lighting up the Student Union at Leeds Beckett. We were a few days away from the release of their new Gil Norton-produced fourth record, which drops today (28.10.22), and they have been out on the road to share this new music …
Film Review: Omar Sosa’s 88 Well-Tuned Drums
By any measure, Omar Sosa is an unusual musician and composer. The highly-influential artist studied percussion at a prestigious conservatoire in Havana before carrying out his military service during the Angolan Civil War. He then transplanted himself to Ecuador, where he used his talents to compose commercial jingles to earn a living. Before moving to …
News: Sydney’s Phoenix Central Park Announces Season VI
Gorgeous New Sydney Venue Phoenix Central Park Announces Its Latest Music Programme.
Gallery + Set Lists: Sinéad O’Brien / Pretty Happy – Whelan’s, Dublin 27.10.2022
Poet / Spoken Word mistress Sinéad O’Brian played to a 300 strong crowd in Dublin’s Whelan’s with support coming from Corks art punk outfit Pretty Happy.The openers played a fantastic 30 minute set of intensity and then the main played a 45 minute set of fuzzed up noise poetry. Pretty Happy. Sinéad O’Brien, Gallery & …
Gallery: Dean Lewis / Anson Seabra – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin 26.10.2022
On Wednesday, the 26th of October, Australian singer-songwriter Dean Lewis played to a sold out 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin, as part of his ‘Sad Boi Winter Summer’ tour. Support on the night came from Anson Seabra, who was joined on stage by guitarist Dan Richards (known for his guitar work with One Direction). Seabra sat behind …
Album Reviews: Virgilio Armas – ‘De Repente’ & ‘Espejismo’ : Sensational 70’s Latin jazz twin releases.
They are definitely spoiling us ! So far this year Toronto’s We Are Busy Bodies have graced us with seminal releases from the less frequented corners of South African jazz history. Now they’ve switched the spotlight to the equally hip seventies Venezuelan scene where the fusion of American jazz and Latin stylings reconsidered the possibilities. …
EP Review: Petru – Kolibri Space Shuttle
Inspired by space travel, arts, nature and mental health, the primary aspiration of KSS is to offer ravers a trip full of emotions. Beyond the raw and hypnotic beats, Kolibri Space Shuttle EP delivers extraordinary atmospheres, superb sound design and highly driven grooves through 5 unique journeys (+1 track digital exclusive) 5 tracks to make …