White-hot indie pop it girl MØ received the 2015 European Border Breaker Award on January 14th in Groningen, Netherlands, on behalf of her native country, Denmark. The EBBA’s celebrate ten emerging European Rock, Pop, and Dance artists, all representing different countries, who have achieved success in countries other than their own. MØ […]
Reverb Music writer Julie Thompson, whose credits include tracks for Tiesto and Allure, has dropped her own high-energy release entitled Eye of the Storm. Without missing a beat, the internationally-available EDM album skips from thumping tracks like opener “New Day”, to sweet melodies like that of “Fortune Smile”, and ocassionally […]
British singer-songwriter Joe Cang has released his new full-length album Better Place. The twelve-track collection stays true to his New Jazz/Blues inspired roots with the tracks “Addicted”, and “Better Place”. “Oh I am sure there is a lot ahead of me, and it ain’t no premonition, and it ain’t no memory”, […]
K-Pop bohemoths TVXQ, known as ‘Tohoshinki‘ in Japan, have another line to add to their prolific list of achievements as their Jamie Hartman and Pete Gordeno-penned single “Time Works Wonders” debuted atop the Billboard Japan Hot 100. The track, now RIAJ certified gold, sold 107K copies and debuted at #2 on the Oricon Singles Chart in its first week. The […]
Ina Wroldsen‘s new solo project has earned more than just a hot debut at iTunes. This past week, the 2015 Scandipop Award revealed two significant wins for Wroldsen: Best New Artist, and Best Debut Single for “Aliens (her er jeg)”. With the nods, Ina finds herself recognized alongside fellow multiple-award winner Tove Lo. […]
2 Chainz and his Street Execs affiliates have announced a new mixtape called T.R.U. Jack City, dropping January 27th. Hosted by DJ E.Sudd, T.R.U. Jack City features emerging rappers Cap 1, Skooly, and Short Dawg, as well as Mr. Chainz himself. Listen to the DJ Spinz-produced cut “Road […]
Alabama electronic soul group WatchTheDuck’s bouncy new single “Stretch 2-3-4” featuring Pharrell has landed a spot in a major ad campaign for Samsung’s Galaxy phone. The songis taken from the group’s latest EP The Trojan Horse, which dropped in November. The spot was part of Samsung’s 2015 holiday […]
J. Cole earned his third #1 album this week with the release of 2014 Forest Hills Drive. According to Billboard, the album sold 375,000 copies in it’s first week (factoring in Billboard’s new multi-metric format). The Fayeteville based MC tangles with many topics on his new body of […]
Lotte Mullan has released an EP called Kismet Diner. Recorded in Mullan’s Studio in Shoreditch East London, the compilation features music from the short film Kismet Diner, shot by Ridley Scott. Recorded mostly live, the EP features three acoustic tracks and one full production titled “Breathless”, a collaboration with Bat For Lashes drummer Alex Reeves. “Valentine […]
2014 has been a banner year for YouTube. The massive video sharing platform topped one billion unique monthly users, and also announced the launch of their forthcoming paid music service, Music Key. YouTube will undoubtedly be a dominant force in the music industry for a long time to come. Here are […]