Author: Elicit Magazine

Def Jam Recordings proudly pushes into the future with the breakthrough of Nimic Revenue, the provocative next-generation hip-hop star who made history as the first Twin Cities rapper in decades to sign with the label. Today Nimic drops a Reloaded version to her EP Lifeline. LISTEN TO LIFELINE HERE After setting herself apart from the pack on 2018’s “Leveled Up,” Nimic was signed to Def Jam late in the year.  She dropped a melodic new song and video in February, “AWLORN Gang,” and hit the road on a 20-city North American tour with Def Jam label-mate DaniLeigh. When asked if she gets nervous before dropping new music, she…

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Los Angeles singer-songwriter Monica Ortiz released a warm holiday EP on Nov. 11th that features her rendition of the classic tunes “Let it Snow” and “Winter Wonderland” followed by an original track titled “My Holiday Bling.” This catchy new single highlights her delicate and ethereal vocals fused with a festive jazz-tinged melody. LISTEN TO MY HOLIDAY BLING: HERE Commenting on the playfulness of the song, Monica shares, “When you are smitten in love, that person outshines everyone else and just lights up your life. That is what I wanted to get across with this song.” Monica has always believed in the…

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Today, Scottish artist Nina Nesbitt releases the deluxe edition of her critically acclaimed US debut album, The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change, which has gone on to amass more than HALF-A-BILLION combined global streams and continues to garner more than 25 million streams per month. The very special 29-song deluxe edition, titled The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change & The Flowers Will Fall is out now via Cooking Vinyl. The album compiles the much-loved original album, which featured hit singles including ‘Loyal To Me,’ ‘The Best You Had’, ‘Somebody Special,’ ‘Is It Really Me You’re Missing’ and ‘Colder,’ with a host of new and rare material, including lead track ‘Black…

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Five years ago, Dacian Miron’s previous band The August Name fizzled out and left him without the drive to continue creating music. The Romanian-born artist spent those years trying to be a “real adult,” working long hours towards a career he didn’t even want. Miron fell into a state of depression and at the beginning of 2019, he decided is was time to make a big change. He withdrew a massive chunk out of his 401K and entered the studio with producer Kevin Lankford to start making music again. Today, you can hear his second solo single “Young Punk, Mr. Rock N Roll.”…

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Today, alt-rock trio The Man Who unveiled two new songs, which can be found on their newly reissued EP, Bet On You. Fresh off the release of the official video for “Natural Villain,” a noirish tale in which everyone’s motivations are questionable, the band explores brighter territory on the euphoric “Rio Grande” while the epic, atmospheric “U” explores love with guarded optimism. Fans can download / stream the expanded 7-track EP Bet On You (Virgin Records) with “U” and “Rio Grande” HERE. Reflecting on the two additional tracks, David Walsh, lead vocalist for The Man Who, says, “‘Rio Grande’ and ‘U’ were both produced alongside Tawgs Salter during the very same sessions that created our singles ‘Natural Villain’ and ‘Down.’ The songs…

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