Sam Hunt released his debut studio album Montevallo Oct. 27 after his four-song EP sold 20,000 copies just three months prior. Born in Cedartown, Georgia, Hunt achieved much of his early success in athletics, going on to fill the role of quarterback for the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Instead of accepting an offer from…
Lovekills: ‘Pure’ EP
Loveskills (aka Richard Spitzer) is a Brooklyn-based producer of enticing sounds and eclectic electronica that pulls from the various influences of R&B, pop, hip-hop, trap, and electro-soul subgenres. With these, he fashions beats that amaze and astound, rearranging them into moving contraptions powered by copious amounts of the cool and crisp elements of EDM in…
LISTEN: Diarrhea Planet’s “Peg Daddy”
Earlier Monday, Nashville-based Diarrhea Planet released the last song of their upcoming EP, Aliens in the Outfield. The new single – titled “Peg Daddy”- starts off with nice, soft guitar strumming before bursting into the full on, in-your-face explosive rock and roll that we’ve come to expect from a band named after uncontrollable bowel movements. The…
A Swift Decision: T.Swift removes all her music from Spotify
Shake it off, T.Swift fans! In a Spotify blog post earlier today, Spotify revealed that Taylor Swift has decided to remove her ENTIRE back catalogue from the streaming service. The decision comes as a second blow to fans after Swift, whose 1989 album was released last week, decided not to make the new album available for…
Ha the Unclear: ‘Bacterium, Look At Your Motor Go’
New Zealand shares yet another refreshing sound with Ha the Unclear’s newest album Bacterium, Look At Your Motor Go, which was released in the U.S. September 30th (yes, we are a little late to the game, but this was too good to pass up talking about). Michael Cathro leads the four-piece band in this vibrant…
Watch: The Decemberists: “Make You Better” trailer
The Decemberists have released a minute-long trailer for their new album, What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, out January 20, 2015. Check out the video below.
Listen: Angels & Airwaves: “The Wolfpack”
Click below to listen to Tom DeLonge sing a bunch of random words in a row and then a chorus about a girl who bites like a wolf. “The Wolfpack” is a song from AVA’s upcoming fifth album, The Dream Walker.
Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran performed a duet, and it will make you feel all the feels
Just when you thought all your fangirling was over from your One Direction phase, this happens. At a concert in the Manchester’s Albert Hall (yes, that’s England), soulster Sam Smith made literally every young woman’s heart melt when he brought “A-Team” singer Ed Sheeran on stage for a duet of “Stay With Me.” The song,…
T-Pain performed without Auto-Tune…and we are shocked
During an NPR Tiny Desk Concert, rapper/singer T-Pain surprised the hell out of everyone when he sang multiple songs without the use of his beloved Auto-Tune. If you are pessimistic like me, you expect to hear some serious off-pitch singing. However, you get the complete opposite. T-Pain sang multiple hits to nothing more than a piano played…
Amy Poehler quizzes George Martin on Game of Thrones
Amy Poehler, “Game of Thrones” quizzes, and George R.R. Martin. A deadly combination of personalities, fiction, and humor. Tuesday night, the best-selling author and comedienne appeared together on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” for a little fun and games. Poehler, just as hot as Daenerys Targaryen herself, tested Martin’s knowledge of his own character’s famous lines. The results aren’t shocking. Martin…