Category: Music Shake
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Daniel Leckerman Lets the Past Circle Back on “Karma”
Daniel Leckerman has a sharp instinct for the kind of electropop that works best after dark. “Karma” by Daniel Leckerman arrives wrapped in glowing synths, a restless bassline and that…
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Max Styler Finds the Sweet Spot Between Club Pressure and Pure Emotion on “Love Forever”
Max Styler has spent years learning exactly how much a dance record needs before the room starts moving. On “Love Forever,” featuring Kuuda, he brings that instinct into sharper focus,…
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The Wind Turn Teenage Cool Into Their Own Kind of Rock Star on “Party Like A Rock Star”
The Wind have always treated growing up as something worth documenting in real time. On “Party Like A Rock Star”, they catch one of its funniest stages: the moment when…
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loraine Turns Grief Into Open-Air Pop on “everywhere i go
Some songs arrive with a story attached. Others pick up extra weight while they are still being made. For Nashville songwriter loraine, “everywhere i go” belongs firmly to the latter…
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Rebecca McDonnell Turns Self-Belief Into an ’80s Rock Rush on “Won’t Regret It A Bit”
Indie rock and classical music education usually seem far apart. But one person brings them together: Rebecca McDonnell. She takes on the entire process of creating her singles herself. It…
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Heavy Set Woman Turn “Girl” Into a Funky Rap-Pop Time Machine
The duo of instrumentalist Gumpi Falcon and singer William Serralles have kept their single releases fairly selective this year. Heavy Set Woman clearly favors quality and ideas over quantity. With…
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BobbyAI Imagines the Next Stage of AI on “Forever Bionic”
BobbyAI comes to us with the single Forever Bionic, once again turning to the subject of AI. Here, the neural network takes on a living, vulnerable presence, driven by a…
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Pop Rock Done Right: Astrid Yan Delivers on “Aqui Ya No”
Today I want to go through the single ‘Aqui Ya No’ by Astrid Yan. It hit my mood right away, and, well, that doesn’t happen all the time. Here’s everything…
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New York’s Newest Pop-Rock Diary Entry: Igor Delivers “My Number One”
Okay so I stumbled onto this one through the submission pile and honestly, I clicked play expecting background noise and ended up sitting through the whole thing twice. Igor’s got…
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Monnekÿn’s New Single “SPEAK WITH MY GHOST” Is a Slow Walk Through a Haunted House
Okay, so I hit play on this expecting another nu-metal revival cash-grab, and honestly, Monnekÿn caught me off guard. “Speak With My Ghost” opens their EP The Hundredth Night like…