“Get Free” was one of my favorite songs last year and it continues to live on in almost every playlist I make. I was a little bit nervous about how the song would go over live but I was not disappointed. The performance was actually pretty impressive. Amber’s vocals sound very close to the studio [...]
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The latest collaboration brought to us by yours truly and adidas originals’ series, Songs From Scratch, comes from the duo of producer Jacques Greene and songstress Tinashe. A couple months back TBKA featured Tinashe as an act to watch, and it appears Jacques Greene has been watching her as well. Tinashe’s harmonies glide seamlessly over [...]
MR. LITTLE JEANS IT HAS BEEN AN ETERNITY. I have been waiting for this day for so long that I actually forgot I was waiting for this day. She was first brought to our attention with her beautifully brilliant cover of Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs.” Mr. Little Jeans is it and does pop music better [...]
Jessie Ware does her new age disco thing vocally, sonically, and now visually in “Imagine It Was Us.” The Julio Bashmore produced track is special for the extremely overdue US release of Ware’s debut album, Devotion. The video features Jessie showing us all she looks great with bangs and that she parties with royalty who [...]
This song is giving me life in the same way “Retrograde” and “Play by Play” did when I first heard them (and still do weeks later). I had virtually no clue who The Child of Lov was when I clicked play on “Fly” however, the words “neo-soul revivalist,” jumped off the computer screen at me. [...]
The weekend is nigh. This song has been getting me through the past two work days. “Pleasure” is basically a rework of Janet Jackson’s amazing track, “The Pleasure Principle” off her CLASSIC 1986 album, Control. If you have never listened to that album I am assigning you music homework and if you don’t listen to [...]
Well look who we have here. I was just having a discussion the other day about legit falsettos in indie music (one of the dopiest things I’ve shared on this site). Obviously, Pat Grossi AKA Active Child’s was brought up as one of the best in the gentle debate. So, clearly, I’m happy to hear [...]
What in the WHAT? That was my initial reaction when I saw the names of these unlikely collaborators on a track together. I first got into When Saints Go Machine after I had a thing for their track, “Kelly” a few years back. “Kelly” is off their 2011 album, Konkylie, which I’ve been revisiting today [...]
Well I wasn’t really looking for another male R&B singer but I happened to come across Joel Compass earlier today and he is something else. Compass is 19 years old and “Back To Me” is his debut track. With the ever increasing popularity of this new style of R&B it takes a little bit more [...]
Last month we heard a beautiful acoustic version of “Julian” and now the studio take is available for your listening pleasure. The track is mellow yet there’s a subtle layer of groove that is semi confusing to your body because it makes you want to dance…slowly. I’m happy they stepped up the tempo from “Maybe [...]
I’m gonna need all the glasses of ice water after this video, Bnease. ROBIN’S EYES (AND HIS ENTIRE BEING)>>>>>>PHARRELL’S SHINY ELEGANT TRACK SUIT AND SMILE AND SOLO SALSA DANCE MOVES>>>>>>>>>>>>>>and…T.I. The girls are nice too, shoutout to no pants life. Never change. People have been talking about Thicke a lot lately because of JT’s album, [...]
