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Written and Selected by Ljubinko Zivkovic Image uploaded by Kissing Is A Crime’s Facebook Page If there are an overflow and abundance of albums available to listeners, what can be then said about an almost mind-boggling choice of singles in any shape and form, including the revamped 7” format! Of course, the largest pile of […]
Image from billboard.com Son to a law professor at UCLA and an infamous and recently deceased South African poet, Thebe Kgositsile, known by his artist persona as Earl Sweatshirt, is a prime example of why reading matters. Earl was only 19 by the time this album was released. For the conventional pathway of an American […]
Image from thefourohfive.com The first image that pops into the mind of viewers who saw Drive in 2011 is the scene where Gosling’s character drives through an elongated street with the film’s heroine, as the song A Real Hero by Electronic Youth whispers in the background. In the context of this film, it’s sweet and […]
Image from vulture.com In 2016, the late Mac Miller had released a single titled Dang! with Rennaisance talent Anderson .Paak. The single instantly pulled me into his music, which was later into his music career than any other typical Miller fan. Dang! was a light-hearted and sonorous tune with Miller’s typical laissez-faire persona. Image from […]
Image from rejoicer.bandcamp.com In the expansion of global music, cities and regions around the world are now experiencing music scenes like never before. The cosmopolitans of the world are well integrated into what their neighbors are doing at the moment. After Hip-Hop’s expansion into the world, western European cities like Peckham and London now have […]
Image from Classified Frequency’s Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/classifiedfrequency) Written by Ljubinko Zivkovic Power Pop is one of those Rock genres that seems to be in yet another resurrection phase, and that is a good thing. Washington DC/Baltimore area quartet Classified Frequency is back with “Black Eye”, their latest (third) EP to prove the point. […]
Image from hotnewhiphop.com This post has been published on nerdyscoop.com In a recent article by Pitchfork, Chicago Alternative rapper Open Mike Eagle interpreted the daily tribulations of being an underground artist. A teacher by day, and spoken-word lyricist by night, he struggled for nearly a decade, driving long hours to venues that would pay him a […]
Image from musicdirect.com Someone defining their favorite genre will at some points stumble upon mental roadblocks. Unless they’ve been studying the specific genre at an early age, it’s hard to understand why the genre’s sound effects us so much. There are only a handful of listeners out there who, with full confidence, can grasp […]
Image from discogs.com Two years ago around the month of August, a notable yet almost underrated figure in the twentieth century Jazz movement had passed. His name was Bobby Hutcherson, one of the venerable composers of the prestigious Jazz label, Blue Note Records. It seems that especially in the decade where no information could […]
Harbor LP Album cover from tomppabeats.bandcamp.com With the modern age hailing a multitude of entertainment at our phones and laptop screens, it’s hard to decipher what really defines a “young person” of the 21st century. A common trope that music has been dealing with since it’s advent warp with Soft Rock and Psychedelic music in […]
