Her lyrics proved more than boastful banter when she signed a joint deal with TDE and Capitol Records in 2022, making her the first female rapper on TDE's iconic roster. The Birth of Doechii's Commercial Success That same year, Doechii released her first commercially successful track under the...
Gavin Turek has established herself as the unsung torchbearer of Donna Summer revivalism for more than a decade, and her vision comes into sharp focus on her sophomore album, “Diva of the People,” a gleaming project that invokes the glamor of a night at Studio 54. The Los Angeles native...
Gavin Turek has established herself as the unsung torchbearer of Donna Summer revivalism for more than a decade, and her vision comes into sharp focus on her sophomore album, “Diva of the People,” a gleaming project that invokes the glamor of a night at Studio 54. The Los Angeles...
I go through a lot of audio books as well. Right now I'm reading something calledMy Big Toeby Thomas Campbell, which is the theory of everything. I have to listen to each chapter more than once. I love this quote from that book: "History repeatedly demonstrates that the appearance of...
SLASH: It's the oldest piece of music on the record. We must have started playing that riff at some point during World on Fire–at least, I was playing it. The chord progression is really three chords that are transposed differently, but it allows for a certain kind ...
Fat Wreck Chords 10. Frenzal Rhomb, 'Hi-Vis High Tea' These guys should be legendary in more places than just Australia, because they’re one of the few veteran punk bands still making top-notch music. ‘Hi Vis High Tea’ hits all the classic points of Frenzal Rhomb’s sonic character...
The trailing background music ofKuru Kuru KaNgaLileis as lovely a piece in itself, as the one in the background for‘Jugni’from‘Kaatru Veliyidai’. The vocals, the humming, the chords, the melody – there are multiple layers of awesome music running all through this less than 3 minute...
Why? This was the year that hip hop cut itself loose from its roots from bangerz “in da club” to branch out in tempo, composition, realization and instrumentation to become, more than any other musical genre, so much more than a genre. Collaborations between hip hop and indie artists ...
Gallery Sticky gpiazza3 Leave a comment “I feel more confident than ever when I am writing music.” Album Cover Welcome to the SMTD EXCEL Lab’s Share Your Story Series where we showcase projects, events, and accomplishments supported by EXCEL! Today we’re featuring Austin Nordhaus (BM...
“Despacito” (“Slowly”) is often pointed to as the flashpoint for urbano’s explosion in the Anglo mainstream, though it’s more accurately a symptom of Latin music’s growing popularity rather than its cause. More than anything else, “Despacito”—the most-watched YouTube video of all ...