Author: Elicit Magazine

Emotive and lush indie-pop explores feelings of love and loss… L.A. musician Susie releases her debut album Blonde Wave. Having spent two years writing and recording the album, the soulful 15-year-old singer/songwriter is ready to share her thoughts and feelings about coming of age on this stirring song cycle. Blonde Wave is a sparkling batch of infectious indie pop with unforgettably melodic choruses that keep you floating from one song to the next. “I want people to know that my songs are an open window into my life,” Susie says. “I poured so many feelings from the last two years…

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A stellar writer in his own right, FadeTheBlackk shows off an immense amount of flair with his latest release “Successful”. The New York rapper is wasting no time this fall releasing hit after hit like a factory at this point. A stellar soul vocal sample meshes into the background of the beat to provide some character to an already well-assembled product. The drums sound crisp as can be and the brass practically jumps out of your headphones with every hit. Meanwhile, FadeTheBlackk takes on the role of the first verse as he explains how people are willing to “fit this…

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Midnight Divide frontman Austen Moret has been obsessed with songwriting since the days his two-year-old self was smashing the keys of a Casio keyboard or his grandmother’s piano. After brief stints in indie/alternative bands, Moret finally decided the only path forward was to forge his own. Thus, via the depths of Craigslist musician ads, Midnight Divide was born. With Jace McPartland on bass, Dan Beltran on lead guitar and Bryan King on drums, the Los Angeles based band deliver cinematic alt-rock with a magnetically fierce sound that’s been electrifying audiences across the nation. Upcoming EP Weapons Grade Amnesia covers themes…

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Photo credit: Colston Julian [October 8, 2019 – New York, NY] GRAMMY® Award- nominated songwriter and rapper Raja Kumari unleashes the official music video for her track “KARMA” today. The Sam Madhu-directed visuals premiered earlier today via The FADER, who described the video as “balanc[ing] historical Indian imagery with neon colors.” Check out the video HERE. The colorful and empowering clip was created by an all-female team in collaboration with Kumari and Madhu. In speaking about the video, Kumari told The FADER: “KARMA is a reminder that beautiful things come to life when strong women put their skills together. The video was done by an all-female team. It started as a collaboration between myself and…

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Rising Berlin based singer-songwriter / instrumentalist Johanna Amelie is poised to announce her new EP with the arrival of ‘One Moon’ this October and will pre-empt its release with a brand new track ‘Being’. Drawing on a myriad of influences from folk, pop, indie and soul, Johanna once again delivers an impeccable, personal body of work that follows on from her acclaimed second album ‘Distance’ released last year. LISTEN TO “BEING” “The ‘One Moon’ EP is all about synergies. Billions of years ago the moon was a part of the earth and in a great collision it was separated into…

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