Heavy Country Grandeurs are a relatively new Chicago-based band formed by Corban Lott, Trent Holton, AJ Halbrook and Adam Whiteley. With only one release, the group’s self-titled 7-track debut EP, these guys are already showing their strengths as musicians and songwriters. They play a dark and desolate brand of Americana. The whole EP could easily soundtrack a […]
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What Are You Kids On? Chappo’s Facebook page describes their genre as psychedelic soul, island romance pop and space rock. As different and subjective as these styles may be, they somehow manage to come together in the group’s new single “What Are You Kids On?.” If you have not yet heard the name Chappo, you’ve probably unknowingly heard the […]
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Welcome Home In the song “Welcome Home” Luck-One raps about his growing success and appreciation, maybe even love, for his hometown Portland, family and friends. His introspective lyrics and smooth flow blend perfectly into Dekk’s impeccable production, almost creating a duet between him and a soulful synth counterpart. You’ll find “Welcome Home” on Luck-One & Dekk’s second project together, […]
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Sebastian Georgia natives Reptar just announced its debut full-length album, Body Faucet, and we couldn’t be more excited! Similar to the songs on Reptar’s EP Oblangle Fizz Y’all, “Sebastian,” the album’s first single, sets itself apart with an infectious dance-driven melody, quirky lyrics, and smooth electro-pop psychedelia. If anybody is going to fill the gaping void MGMT left in the indie-pop world when deciding to follow up their […]
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The Hood ft GLC Epic, Illekt, Jasson Perez, and DJ Esquire make up the Chicago-based hip-hop crew BBU. If you haven’t already heard of these dudes, they are known for mixing floor bumpin’ dance beats with socially conscious lyrics, a style especially heard in songs like “Chi Don’t Dance” and one of their newest, “The Hood,” featuring CHI […]
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Dose of Dopeness While we wait for Kid Cudi and producer Dot Da Genius to release their collaborative WZRD album on February 28th, the duo decided to give away the previously unreleased Kid Cudi track “Dose of Dopeness.” Throughout Scott Mescudi’s career, fans have seen him transition from lonely stoner to the dark and drugged out Mr. […]
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Everything Is Burning “Everything Is Burning” is a beautiful six minute indie-pop opus about staying strong even when life might feel hopeless. Mesita (James Cooley) calls the track “the centerpiece” to his upcoming album The Coyote. With its dark yet empowering lyrics and breathtaking layering of instruments (guitars, percussion and synths), Mesista’s value of craftmanship couldn’t be more […]
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Vision Vision R/D Remix Marrying the smooth falsetto of Chicago band Loyal Divide with a glitched out bass-heavy beat, LA based producer R/D created an unstoppable remix of Loyal Divide’s track “Vision Vision.” You should be able to pull out influences from artists like the Glitch Mob, who R/D lived with at one point, Bassnectar and maybe […]
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Count On It Before getting into all the details, let’s give some props to Phatboiz, the production trio responsible for the inasnely catchy beat on Dunson’s track “Count On It.” In case you are wondering the sample used is taken from The Pointer Sisters’ classic Sesame Street clip called “Pinball Number Count.” Dunson completes the song with his fresh […]
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Know My Name Montreal based artist Kandle Osborne (aka Kandle) describes her style as indie swamp rock, blending dark southern blues with the sounds of 90’s alternative bands like Mazzy Star and Brian Jonestown Massacre. Influenced by her father Neil Osborne, lead singer of the Canadian band 54-40, Kandle started playing music at a young age. Before going solo, when only 16, she started a band […]
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I Look to You The song “I Look To You” is a very rough cut from Marguerito’s recent mixtape release, 10 Stone Cold Gems From The Man In Beige. The band states, “the intention of 10 Stone Cold Gems was to release something that stripped down all bells and whistles and characterized it with reductive kitschiness and (at least the […]
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Mr. Quiche Los Angeles trio Wildcat! Wildcat! is the newest addition to Black Eye Music, a collection of collaborative projects between Mr. Michael Wilson and some of his dearest of friends. The three members (Jesse Taylor, Jesse Carmichael and of course, Mr. Michael Wilson) have known each other and made music together since they were 14 years […]
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