HipHopDX.com unleashes some brand-new music from Voli‘s forthcoming LP The Wall (out Feb. 24). Hard-hitting track “A Life Worth Killing” features an epic drum beat, a haunting hook, some impressive lyrical raps and a gorgeous, unforgettable sung verse from Ming Musik, formerly of cult Philly hip-hop group The Spooks. LISTEN HERE…
Thirty Three And A Third is a new 7-inch boxset featuring covers of bands like Black Flag, the Nerves, Misfits, and Wheatus from bands like No Age, Eel Bros (made up of Man Man’s Honus Honus and Hot Karate’s King Cyrus), Andrew Jackson Jihad’s Sean Bonnette, and Rozwell Kid. The collection was curated by Dana Lechtenberg for a gallery show in Los Angeles that was held last month. “Having the artists do all cover songs for the project ties in directly with the art show’s theme — artists reimagining and reinterpreting classic album covers,” he explained. All of the bands involved recorded two covers of songs that they picked out themselves, and you can hear a selection of them below. READ MORE…
As you may have surmised from his past features, Voli prides himself on being different. Whether in life or in music, the Jersey-repping reader fave would rather stumble through the dark in search of his own path than bend to anyone else’s rules. On new single The Wander Years, he speaks for the “faceless generation” that shares his distaste for convention and conformity. As usual, he provides a genre-bending instrumental to back his sung verse and chorus vocals. For this left-of-center jam and much more, cop The Wall when it hits record stores and online retailers February 24. LISTEN HERE…
If you are looking to find your new favorite band tonight, head to fooBAR on the east side to catch Atlanta’s Spirits And The Melchizedek Children. The band has been touring relentlessly in support of their most recent release So Happy It’s Sad, which the AV Club described as “Richly layered meditations that float in the cold zone between forlornness and a vast cosmic awe.”
We’ve been spinning this record in fairly heavy rotation over here, and can’t get enough of the dreamy psychedelic post rock sounds. READ MORE…
After returning from hiatus late last year with “Burn Everything,” Jersey’s Voli continues to tease The Wall with the project’s latest offering, “The Wander Years.” Check it out below and pre-order the LP on iTunes before it’s February 24th release. LISTEN HERE…
The 13 solo effort from Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Jesse Harris entitled No Wrong No Right is charted for a February 10 release on Dangerbird Records. Enter the obligatory Norah Jones reference that earned him said Grammy, but Jesse Harris is chock full of sad songs and jazzy folk-pop bravado, enough to have collaborated with some of the world’s most talented artists. He’s written genre-scaling songs that highlight the performances of artists like Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Bright Eyes, and Cat Power.
This latest effort is mature and playful, a relaxed journey through the inner workings of Harris’ prolific, custom style of song crafting. Flanked by the dynamic drums and guitar duo of experimental rockers Star Rover, Harris’ creative vehicle was treated to parameters unknown. The duo are a sure fit for Harris’ trademark instrumental musical journeys, this time graced with heavenly horns and arrangements by Paul Simon and Bon Iver compatriot CJ Camerieri – a fitting touch to the crafty, catchy record as a whole.
Harris pulled from the well of Neil Young for inspiration on No Wrong No Right. Inspired by the blueprint of Young’s After the Gold Rush, Harris states, “Some of that record was done with Crazy Horse, and it’s a rock record, but then you also have these hushed acoustic folk songs, and it keeps shifting back and forth between the two distinct moods. I always loved the way that worked, so I started there.” The triple-threat of Harris’ instrumentals, three piece rock band (with Star Rover backing him up), and the acoustic anchored duets with guitar god Julian Lage prove that the number three is a charm on Harris’s lucky record number 13.
The album opens with the first of the instrumental gems, “Pandora’s Box,” then quickly bursts into the romantic Latin folk-jazz of “Nothing’s Gone But the Night.” It’s an entrancing, harmonious journey with luscious, barely present female backing vocals and xylophones for days.
We’re pleased and honored to premiere the third song from the new record, “It Would Have Been So Easy.” This is a prime example of the catchy pop-loaded songs that seem to effortlessly flow from the mind of Jesse Harris and cohorts. No Wrong No Right is a tremendously fine album from start to finish, never a dull moment or a copied sound, a true-to-form artful blueprint, a carousel ride of poetic songwriting. READ MORE…