UK DJ and producer WEISS continues his exploration into dance music nostalgia on new single “Where Do We Go?” a collaboration with house music legend Harry Romero, out on Island Records. Following on from 80s-infused house cut ‘First Sight’, ‘Where Do We Go?’ is centered around an infectious piano house vibe. Making use of the vocal from The Alan Parsons Project 1980 hit ‘Game People Play’, the track repackages a classic sound for modern ears. It marks the second installment of WEISS’ new multi-track story exploring themes of creative expression, unity, love, and positivity inspired by memories and impressions of…
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Written by Kelly Holm For Oklahoma-born singer-songwriter Noah Barlass, the climb to stardom has been up and down.Music was the path he’d been pursuing all his life, but, at points, he needed some time away from the spotlight in order to fully realize his true passions. “[I’ve known I wanted to be a musician since] the womb,” Barlass said. “I actually can’t remember a time where I wanted to do anything else. Even as a toddler I knew I just wanted to sing to people.” Barlass started performing in church at the age of five, giving a cappella renditions of…
West Coast underground is back in a big way! Multi-Grammy Award-winning mega-producer, Hit-Boy and the famous underground L.A. rapper, Dom Kennedy have released a new album, Courtesy of Half-a-Mil. The featured single “City on Lock” features legendary rapper, Nas. Hit-Boy is known for his prodigious hits with Nipsey Hussle, Jay-Z, Kanye, Drake, Beyonce and more. In January, he added another Grammy Award to his collection for Best Rap Performance for the assisted Nipsey Hussle and Roddy Rich track, “Racks In the Middle.” The pressure is on Hit-boy to keep producing With all eyes watching him, he’s dropping timeless music, along with announcing his biggest hit of all…
Written By Hero Magnus I don’t know when Sam Lynch wrote “Good Year,” but it seems to be perfectly suited for these uncertain times. It is a piercing blue-and-grey song of sorrow and cautious optimism. Her earnest questions have been my inner monologue for the past weeks: “how do I start / letting it go / when will it end / when will I know.” Lynch is a Vancouver-based artist. Last summer, I had the pleasure of reviewing another one of Sam Lynch’s releases, “Off the Rails.” Lynch’s lyrics have a lot of gravitas, not from any sort of pretentious…
Written By Kelly Holm Rising pop star Yasmeen has known in her soul since childhood that music was all she ever wanted to do, but there were still plenty of hurdles in the way— the first being her nerves, which she set out to best when she was barely school age. “In the church I grew up in, in Phoenix… I remember just telling myself that it was time to finally conquer my fear of singing in front of people,” she reminisces. “So I asked the pastor to let me sing.” Needless to say, he said yes, and so have…