by Matt Moretti | Feb 11, 2017 | New Music
Fairview Heights, Illinois’ Nick Menn covers all the bases in being a well-rounded emcee on his single “So Ill.” The wordplay is there in spades, ridiculously so when he’s talking about a chick doing some coke and spins it into “She was...
by Matt Moretti | Feb 11, 2017 | New Music
Tri-state rapper Ran Reed teams up with Long Island wrecking ball Bumpy Knuckles to create the blunt, bruising call-out “Pathetic M.C.s.” Ran Reed’s nasty delivery gets its flavor immediately with the opening line “Rappers ain’t rapping...
by Matt Moretti | Feb 11, 2017 | New Music
Cynic the Apache’s silky rhymes prove to be killer on Get the Gringo 2 opener “Ham on Rye.” The Millennium Jazz Music artist has a knack for transitioning seamlessly between lines. One leads right into another, as Cynic recounts the person he’s...
by Nick Sessanna | Feb 11, 2017 | New Music
Have you been hunting for some indie rock with 80s synthpop vibes? “Enough is Enough” is the final song on Missing Words’s latest release, Memories. About the song, as they put it, “You have had it with your situation, and now it’s time...
by Nick Sessanna | Feb 11, 2017 | New Music
WASUREMONO (english translation – “something left behind”) are an English band who we’re into lately, especially their latest single, “Cuddling.” We’re digging their use of simmering rhythms and male/female falsetto dynamics,...
by Nick Sessanna | Feb 11, 2017 | New Music
Common Deer are a Toronto quintet making orchestral indie rock. Their debut EP, simply titled I, just came out a few weeks ago… We’re really digging EP opener, “Confession (I Should Have Known).” The band uses male/female dynamics expertly, and...
