North Carolina-based rap artist iKing Moe is aiming to leave his mark on the industry in 2022. Since the beginning of his career he has always recorded and released his own music. In 2017 he released an album called “T.w.H.T (The West Hell Theories)” as a student attending The Los Angeles Recording School. The album highlighted his transition from poverty to military to the Hollywood hills. Honing his new skills in 2018 he dropped a self produced and self engineered project called “Hollywood Moe”. In 2019 he gained a major placement with Atlanta rap legend Pastor Troy on a song…
Author: Elicit Magazine
Torrance, CA – What do you want? It’s a surprisingly heavy question, because it immediately begs a second one. Is what you want worth it? In one sense, Evergreen, the four-track EP from CA-based, indie R&B artist Brandon Young, is a thoughtful engagement with both of these questions: a multi-layered look at changing desires and an introspective analysis of whether or not the chase for material things is worth it. In another sense, it’s something much simpler: it’s the kind of music you can lose yourself in. Opening track “Push, Pull” starts sparsely, with Young’s controlled vocals mirroring ascending and…
DMY signed “left-pop” artist girl_irl (they/them) is the latest act to pay attention to in the hyper-pop, glitch community of electronica. The Atlanta-bred, Brooklyn-based DJ and producer has dropped a new deconstructed industrial banger titled “float” across all streaming services. To coincide with the track’s boxing theme, the new single is accompanied by a video game visualizer where girl_irl throws jabs in a boxing ring against the backdrop of the song’s sultry rap vocals. Drawing influence from Atlanta’s trap scene, “float” is simply punchy, gritty – and downright nasty. Fans of SOPHIE, COBRAH, and Shygirl can surely appreciate the bass-booming,…
Following the release of his debut single, “Stand Right There,” folk singer-songwriter Marty O’Neill has released his newest track “Play It Again.” The new release stems from his upcoming debut EP releasing April 2022, Stand Right There. With its effortless vocals and acoustic backbone, “Play It Again” is an easy listen that describes the enjoyment of friends’ company. Marty shares the track was inspired by a time where he and a group of musician friends were up until the earliest hours of the morning, never wanting the music to stop: “Imagine two bands playing in your kitchen after a gig.…
Nashville based rock group CHLSY continues to break genre barriers with their alternative sound. Lead singer and songwriter, Chelsea Gilliland has been working alongside Grammy winning producer with 135+ billboard hits, Dave Audé and co-writing with several big names in the Nashville and Los Angeles community, including David “DQ” Quiñones, Chloe Lattanzi, Rachel Levin, and several others. In February of 2021, Chelsea teamed up with two like-minded musicians, Sean Swanson, and Sawyer Dodds to form CHLSY and reignite 90’s music with their own modern spin. Vancouver is what CHLSY has referred to as an ‘extended single.’ It includes three songs…