Armed with unique musical integrity and soul, Rey More's sound has distinct depth. Musically, he has an incredible talent for passionately delivering lyrics to impact the people listening to him - keeping the dance floor moving well into the night until sunrise, the next day. Rey More's artistic vision and versatile talent show the way to achieve your dream is to follow it, and never compromise.
Rey More has recently launched a new video for his hit single, Vete al Infierno, over on Daily Motion:
Rey More draws from artists he listened to when he was growing up, such as Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart, Abba, Dolly Parton, Madonna, Roxette, Queen, New Kids On the Block, Miguel Mateos, Soda Stereo, Chayanne, Menudo, and more.
Born in Bolivia in a small town called “Portachuelo,” Rey More comes from the latin Porta Coeli meaning "Heaven’s Gate." He is the 9th child of 11 born on December 13, 1972. Turquoise is his modern birthstone, Onyx is the mystical birthstone. Rat is the mystical animal and Water is his Element. Rey More's stage name comes from his birth name Jesus “ Reny” sosa “moreno” honoring his mother's last name. At very early age Rey became part of a radio station team with his own show on air for teenagers playing top 40 hits and talking about celebrities. Soon, he became a hit DJ playing at high schools colleges and clubs party with his unique style - establishing a good strong reputation in showbiz. Thinking big, Rey realized Bolivia was too small to fit or hold his Big Dream, and he moved to the US not knowing anyone, and with only 30 dollars in his pocket and his favorite quote from Paulo Cohelo’s book The Alchemist: “When you follow your Dream the whole Universe conspires to make it happen.” In 2014, Rey recorded his first single at the Skye Lab Music Group in the Big Apple New York City and become member of 247cast talent agency.
You can buy Rey More's music on iTunes, and follow the latest news about Rey More over on Twitter and Facebook. You can also check out more of Rey More's songs over on ReverbNation.
I like fun music with smart lyrics. Mix some rock, some electronic grooves, and callbacks to my nerdy youth (not to be confused with my nerdy adulthood), and your have The Digital Lizards of Doom (DLOD for short). Yesterday, they released their video for their song, "I Don't Know How To Dance."
This song is all too reminiscent of my awkwardness at clubs (and yes, I've been not-so-politely told to leave many times, while the bouncer hit on the people I was with), but the best part is how damned infectious the song is, and how I can't keep from moving to it!
With intricate layers that have slight hints of Queen, Thomas Dolby, Daft Punk, and Grand Buffet - with vocals that have that lilt of Chuck Mosely, I keep finding more nuances each time I listen. Throw in lyrics that paint a relatable (and funny) scenario, and I'm completely sold on DLOD's material.
If you want to find out more about DLOD, you should check out the official Digital Lizards of Doom site, where you can watch episodes of the DLOD webcast. Still can't get enough? Then follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
However, the very best move you can make is to buy DLOD's new EP, Dizzy Eko Makeover over on iTunes, Amazon, Beatport, and directly through their own site.
In closing, check out DLOD now!
Author's Note/Rant:
Once again, I'm going to remind you that artists love creating things, but if you don't show the love in return and support them - be it buying their music or spreading the word to your friends who might also enjoy their stuff, then the scene for new music is just going to get smaller. I'm not just saying this as someone straddling between Austin and New Orleans - but as someone who loves to hear new material and wants to encourage more people to get into music.
Will Wood & The Tapeworms have just released their amazing debut album, Everything Is A Lot - avialable on iTunes and CDBaby.
After listening to a few tracks, I can say I'm hooked. The music stylings have hints of early Mr. Bungle, and even pieces by John Zorn. I could easily see this group scoring the soundtrack for The Forbidden Zone 2. If you like eclectic music that spans punk, jazz, rock-a-billy, klezmer, and has a its own disorders to add onto the heap of talent, then you definitely need to check these guys out!
Philadelphia Alternative/Rock band 1FM have a new EP, Burning Bridges, which will be released on May 19th (it's currently available for pre-order through iTunes). The trio (Tim Laigaie, Nick Passio, and Joe Altomari) are veteran musicians who came together after 2011 to do what they love - creating great music. Not beholden to labels, stifling contracts, or pressure from managers and others, 1FM have knocked out a lot of great songs, and have chosen the best of those to be on their upcoming album.
From the band:
"We are so proud to share what we have made. This is what is inside of us. We hope everyone will see what we see. With some help from out other friends and family, we cannot wait to continue making and releasing music. Tell your friends, because this is only the beginning of...whatever the next chapter is."
Having spent a few years show hopping in the Philly area, and spending my fair share of time in the Trocadero, I can say that 1FM has a sound that the music scene has needed for a long time - and they are definitely a band to keep an eye on, because I will put money down that you'll be hearing them in the near future.
If you want to find out more about 1FM, you can check out their official site, or get the latest news about upcoming shows, videos, and more directly from 1FM on Facebook or Twitter.
1FM's upcoming EP, Burning Bridges, will be released on May 19th, and you can pre-order it on iTunes - which you should do...like NOW!
Irma Seleman has a hot new single, Don't Be Messin' :
This song has the groove and lyrics to give classics like Paula Abdul's Cold Hearted and Mary J Blige's No More Drama a run for their money.
A recent graduate from Berklee College of Music, Irma Seleman range runs from pop/rock and R&B all the way to disco, gospel, jazz, and so much more! Recently, Irma was featured in WWS Magazine and was announced as the RAW Boston Artist of the Day. She has performed in numerous venues in the US, including the Utica Music Festival in NY.
Among her influences, Irma Seleman lists such noteworthy greats as Etta James, Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, and jazz immortals like Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald.
Don't Be Messin' is available on iTunes, and if you enjoy songs that will make your body move and lyrics that you can't help but want to sing along with, then you should get her music now!
About Irma Seleman:
The funky songbird from the East, Irma puts together grooves, melodies, and harmonies that reflects her journey in live, love and music. With the ability of arranging and producing music organically and electronically, Irma brought her traditional Malaysian root sound into the music of Soul and R&B and make it her own distinct blend. Finding her ground in the “Big Apple” NYC after touring in the US, Europe and South East Asia, Irma is constantly spreading her wings reaching out to new souls with one mission; bringing people together through music.
Born in Penang, Malaysia, Irma Seleman was raised up in a small town in Bangi, Selangor, MY. An active sports woman who sings malay traditional music throughout her middle school life. As a daughter of a musician, her dad gave a lot of exposure in every kind of music from traditional, to contemporary.
In 2008, Irma enrolled in the Berklee Transfer Program in a BIN school, International College of Music (ICOM) and did the foundation in Music and first year of Degree in Music for 2 and a half years. She has achieved so much while she was in ICOM. She was known as the risk taker and would try every kind of music from pop, malay traditional, funk, R&B, Hip Hop, Rock, Disco and many more. She was the background vocalist in a huge national show, KL Foundation. She was also the lead vocalist for the ICOM Celebration Series Tribute to The Eagles, Michael Jackson, U2, Queen and ABBA.!Besides being the lead vocalist, she was also the vocal arranger and vocal leader for most of the tributes.
Out of ICOM, in Malaysia, Irma was featured in many of the TV shows such as Mentor (Talent Show) which she worked as a background vocalist for the show. She was also featured in an interview in Hitz.TV as the artist of the month. She also performed at the Michael Buble Crazy Love Tour’s pocket stage before the show went on. She was also featured at the Indie Youth Festival and Borneo Jazz Festival Preview. Other than that she sang in private functions, wedding, pub and jazz club.
In 2011, she started to promote her original music out and performed it in a lot of Indie venues and music or Jazz festival before she further her education in Music in Berklee College of Music. In Fall 2011, she enrolled in the Berklee College of Music and was awarded with a scholarship from Berklee. Being part of the Berklee Reverence Gospel Choir has also strengthen her knowledge in the Black music. She is also the music arranger in a huge show produced by Berklee,Singer Showcase. She was recently featured in the WWS Magazine and was announced as the RAWBoston Artist of The Day. She has performed in numerous venues in the US and one of it was Utica Music Festival New York.
Her recent appearance in Marie Claire January Issue (Malaysia) was her breakthrough. Irma was also featured in Malaysian Airlines Music on Demand on Jazz section and she just finished her Euro Tour supported by Berklee and Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory. She was featured in the Close Encounters festival and Cultural Festival by the US Embassy in Helsinki that took place in Helsinki, Tampere, Finland and St. Petersburg, Russia. Influenced by Funk and R&B musicians such as Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Mary J. Blige, Heather Headley, Rachelle Farrell, Etta James. Also by the bigtime neo-soul Erykah Badu, Jill Scott. Not to forget the Jazz queens like Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald.
Irma has written a bunch of songs that can be found in her Reverbnation page and also her new upcoming EP produced recently.
Sometimes I get in the mood for Rock n' Roll. Not nu-metal, not punk, not shoegaze - but something with solid guitars, a driving beat, and vocals that make me want to get in a fast car, roll down the windows, crank the volume, and take off to who knows where. The kind of rock I would consider timeless.
Queen City Heist's new song, Tangerine Dream, has all of that - taking cues from soul and funk - and mixing them together to make a sound I've not heard since I picked up a Little Caesar (don't look that up - you'll put a date on it, and some of my tats are older than you).
If that song doesn't get you pumped, you're probably dead. I actually had to stop listening to the song to write this, because it's impossible to listen to Queen City Heist without being filled with kinetic energy to do something - fight, dance, drive really fast, have lots of loud sex, clean the house (you're a wild one), anything! It's impossible to stay still!
Want more? Of course you do! The first taste is always free!
You can follow Queen City heist on Facebook, Instagram, and keep up with the latest news over on the official Queen City Heist site and Twitter. Queen City Heist's Tangerine Dream is available on iTunes, which you should all be downloading and listening to (don't make me come over there) right now!
Perelli has a brand new hit single, My Life, on Heat Advisory Records. Check it out. With a stalking orchestrated background that perfectly match the lyrics and the flow, My Life is the kind of track that gets stuck in your head as you move forward - always forward - letting nothing get in your way to keep you from focusing on what's best for you. Not others. Not negativity. Not drama. Your life. And Perelli hits that perfectly.
You can get My Life on iTunes, and you can follow Perelli on Twitter as well as his producer, Don Juan.
Electronica artist Digital Head is releasing a new album, Time Will Tell, on May 2nd (that's only 10 days from now, as of this writing). The album (Digital Head's second release) is packed with tracks that will not only have you moving, but it's almost impossible to listen without surrendering your imagination. (Seriously, sci-fi writers take note: the sounds in Time Will Tell will have you overcoming writer's block in no time flat.)
With a sound that punches holes in the envelope of the genre, Digital Head utilized digital media with judicious use of analog sounds that recall electronic music of the 70s and early 80s.
As stated above, the official release for Time Will Tell is May 2nd, but the album is available for pre-order on iTunes. I highly encourage anyone who wants to broaden their horizons with new electronica, or for people who are steeped in the genre and want something new and unlike anything you've heard before to get this album ASAP.
Okay, readers, I want to level with you - somewhere in the 90s, the radio thought it would be awesome to inundate people with Complaint Rock (it may not be an official genre, but you know it when you hear it), and I kind of tuned out the negativity in favor of more grounded lyrics and a "glass half full" positive outlook (because there's always room for the punch to be spiked).
Now that we are well into the 2000-teens, I still look for that positive sound and catchy hook that keeps me listening.
With upbeat compositions (seriously, check out the eponymous track from her new EP and tell me you can't have this play on any given morning and not want to take on the world - that's how contagious the enthusiasm is!) and smart lyrics (listen to the cadence and rhyme scheme on Jump Into The Unknown to hear how perfectly it matches the picture the song is painting), and you'll get a good idea of what Danielle Taylor's music is about.
But it's not just about the lyrics - there's musicianship to be appreciated, as well. I'm partial to anything featuring keyboards and vocals, and what Taylor does with those two is really enthralling. From grand chord progressions to runs and little nuances to punctuate the lyrics, Danielle Taylor's EP call to mind hints of Aimee Mann, Tori Amos, and, and, and...it is obvious that in addition to her immense creativity, there is an analytical part of Danielle Taylor's brain that hears things, breaks them down, and then reconstructs them so they become a part of her world - the way chefs will taste a great dessert and then figure out the methodology that created it.
I encourage each and every one of you to pick up Danielle Taylor's The Chase over on iTunes. Yes, I know you can hear all of her tracks on SoundCloud and Spotify, but if you like what you hear, kick some money to the artist. Free is always great, but if we don't support the artists that create the music we like, then they can't afford to make new music, and we're left with Complaint Rock (or its modern equivalent).
In the meantime, you can check out all of Danielle Taylor's work on her website, and keep up with her latest touring news over on her Facebook Page, Instagram, and Twitter.
Listen now, folks! You NEED this EP in your lives!
If you've been following Hip-Hip/R&B duo Xcedera Twins, you'd know that their new single, Confetti, is now available on iTunes.
Based in Hollywood and Los Angeles, Xcedera Twins have worked with heavy hitters such as Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, Ernest Thomas, TLC, and tons of others. These guys pretty much do it all - from songwriting to choreography, producing their own stage shows, making radio appearances, acting, and even gracing the stage of BET's 106 & Park!
