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K-Wow

Si vous cherchez un petit bonbon acidulé pour sublimer vos playlists, cette artiste est définitivement pour vous.

K-Wow c'est l'artiste féminine dont le monde de la musique avait besoin. Iconoclaste et libre, elle a réussi à se faire un nom loin des gros labels avec sa musique punk-folk. Désinvolte, elle ne mâche pas ses mots dans des textes doux-amers qui vous feront succomber.

Son meilleur album : Hater

Son meilleur morceau : YANP (You Are Not Prepared) feat. black elf

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Trespasser has recently released a new studio work titled “Wasted Time.”

Since their debut in 2022, the brooklyn-based indie rock band Trespasser has been on a relentless journey to reaching a broader audience. Their energetic live shows and powerful dynamics have earned them a stellar reputation within the local scene and beyond. Each show is a unique experience, thanks to the band's willingness to shake things up with improvisational segments. Their latest studio work, 'Wasted Time', is a testament to their ability to translate raw energy into a well-recorded and highly organic track. This release is a fusion of classic elements like country and bluegrass with the fierce impact of punk and indie rock.

The band features five musicians, each bringing something unique to the formula in terms of how their different backgrounds and influences collide. The band aptly combined all of the aforementioned styles and more, merging them into a unique approach they like to call "outlaw scrungle," a really fitting definition to their free, energetic, and raw sound, which still retains a very personal twist.

"Wasted Time" is a really good example of how the band is able to perform with raw energy but also maintain a very melodic dimension, with some personal and understated lyrics that are easy to relate to. The song begins with a simple yet catchy guitar riff, followed by some melodic arpeggios. The main riff is based on the lower strings, creating a throaty, vintage tone that still has plenty of twang to cut through the mix. On the other hand, the arpeggiated parts have a crisp, clearer, and glassier tone that rounds up the guitar sound beautifully. The way the band managed to blend a more aggressive and a softer guitar is truly remarkable, and the song benefits from the crunch/clean dichotomy that makes the chords sound more detailed and harmonically rich. Sometimes, excessive distortion can mask all the nuances of the beautiful interaction between guitars, but in this case, the extra sparkle enables the guitars to feel very detailed and impactful.

The first verse of the song is actually more laid back, with jangly clean guitars and a reprise of the arpeggio with the main riff. This is a perfect way to create varying dynamics, which bring more "peaks and valleys" into the mix. In other words, there is no loud without quiet!

The chorus enables even more variety, with a pleasant chord change and the drums focusing on a faster ride cymbal 8th note pattern to really cut through the guitars and bass. The second verse is more sparse, creating a great contrast with the fullness of the chorus. At first, drums and vocals are the most prominent elements, but the guitars kick in soon after, taking the verse back to its full range and then leading into the chorus. The hooks are memorable yet retain the song's earthy and intimate sound. The layered vocal harmonies are beautifully executed, with the female vocals adding more harmonic depth to the track. The lead vocals bring so much charisma and a natural swagger to the mix, really emphasizing the charming outlaw vibe that makes the band's music so distinctive and impressive. The guitar parts are tastefully executed throughout, maintaining a very natural sound, somewhere in between crunchy and clean. There is also room for a soaring guitar solo, which brings the song's energy to a whole new level and even bleeds into the next chorus, adding some incredibly cool and unexpected notes, as well as some bends that add a raw, jam-like sensibility to the mix. The lead guitar actually continues to meander past the chorus and up to the end of the song, making for a truly energizing and spontaneous vibe, almost as if the band decided to ramp up the energy toward the end of the song to maximize the impact of the closing. In conclusion, this track stands out for its honest spontaneity. It is highly recommended to people who enjoy early Kings Of Leon or Francis Moon, as well as artists such as Lucero and Wilco, but with a punkier, edgier vibe that brings so much depth. The production of "Wasted Time" first makes the song perfect with a more organic sound that seamlessly affirms the band's sense of authenticity. The group did a fantastic job at making sure this recording would feel like a true portrait of the band at its best. "Wasted Time" really feels like the real sound of a band, playing in a room and letting the energy flow with none of the typical artifice you'd encounter in a more polished production.

Find out more about Trespasser, and listen to "Wasted Time" on your favorite digital streaming service.

View trespasser_band’s Linktree. Listen to their music on YouTube, Spotify here.

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On Music: What Makes Music?

If you’ve had much experience with musically narrow people, typically older individuals, you’ve probably heard some variation of the following: “That’s not music, that’s just noise.” Maybe you listened to a thrash metal song, maybe your grandmother heard Skrillex for the first time. I don’t know what you’re into. If you’re a pretentious asshole such as myself, I would point out that noise IS a genre of music but maybe you don’t necessarily know that. Still, the negative response to the music that this person gave begs an almost philosophical question about what music really is. It would be ridiculous to argue that music must require lyrics given the vast array of instrumental music the world has to offer that is generally accepted in mainstream society as the most beautiful. From Mozart to Clifford Brown and Max Roach, music is certainly not contingent upon lyrical content. Arguably, poetry is, and while someone may be an extraordinary musician, they may not be much of a poet. As evidenced countless times by Daft Punk and others of their ilk. So is it melody? Absolutely not! The converse of the previous example would be freestylers and hip-hop artists of many varieties in which their music does not include a melody but does include verses, usually set to some sort of beat. Does music require one or the other? How about neither? Music has been classified as such without regards for melody or lyrics regardless of the age. From Tibetan throat singing to binaural beats, music can have or lack lyrics or melody. So what does someone mean when they say that something isn’t “real music”? The dictionary defines music as “vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.“ Now one can argue about what constitutes an instrument! This definition is inherently flawed because of it’s subjectivity. Beauty is - after all - in the eye of the beholder. So is something considered music the instant one person perceives it as beautiful and then it is not music the moment the next person perceives it as abrasive? How is this consensus made? Must we all be unanimous for something to be considered music? Be that the case, then music wouldn’t exist. Must at least one person find auditory beauty for it to be considered music? Be that the case, it becomes a much more shaky concept, especially in the concept of capitalism and commodification of music. People use the turn of phrase “music to my ears” to describe anything pleasing that is heard. Could the sound of your mother asking if anyone wants pizza be music? The anarchist in me wants to say yes, I can call anything I want to music. Fuck your standards. The artist in me wants to record a suburban mother asking that question and remix it among IDM sounds while the contrarian responds that it is only music once you’ve remixed it. It’s a very romantic subversion - in my opinion - to listen to a drone or ambient album and appreciate it with as much beauty and power (or more) than someone appreciates a classical symphony or even an 80′s power ballad. While some may scoff and say that it’s no different than listening to a lawn mower or a drier, it is only in the condescension in which they are incorrect. If someone finds the sounds of lawn mowers pleasing, they can incorporate that into a performance (it’s been done before). Now I won’t leap into pedantry every time someone says “Justin Bieber isn’t REAL music” and argue that anything can be music as I understand colloquial usages and Justin Bieber is nothing more than a racist, misogynistic, and homophobic product to me. However, I challenge anyone reading this to look up a genre of music that they’ve never heard of before, be it schizoid pop, free form jazz, punk-folk or any other genre mentioned or not mentioned here (or even contact me for band recommendations) My first time listening to a noise album, I was floored. I had no idea that this sort of thing could exist. I didn’t think it was allowed to. I immediately purchased it and felt as if I was committing an affront toward everything that I had been conditioned to believe about music. I felt powerful. So go out, discover more, and ask yourself what music really is.

S'Temple Bar - Quan les guerres alçarem

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Primer disc de temes propis i en català d'aquest original grup bagenc. Pop-folk amb ànima irlandesa, punk-folk amb esperit pop-rock, música de taverna actualitzada i festiva, arrels catalanes i ganes de diversió. Aroma de cervesa i so folkie que ens transporta a un ball de festa major amb bon rotllo i alegria. Una proposta diferent per fer ballar tothom.

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Ebri Knight - Foc!

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Els ja consolidats maresmencs llencen el seu tercer llaga durada. Una nova dosi de folk-rock i punk-folk on es barregen les arrels catalanes i cèltiques, la festa, l'energia, la reivindicació i la lluita. Foc és contundència, èpica, tradició i diversió. Un disc que dona un pas endavant en la carrera d'un dels grups combatius revelació del moment.

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