Samuel Pratt

The music video for Andy Michaels’ sleeper hit single “Darling It Hurts” starts off a lot like most lyric-focused music videos do; a melody, a mighty verse before us, an some kindred imagery to convey a deeper narrative existing beyond the poetry Michaels is singing to us with such a passionate delivery. But, with that

Surreal, at times postmodern, consistently visually provocative but not quite enigmatic in the way that so many of its stylistic counterparts on the mainstream side would be, the music video for Thomas Charlie Pedersen’s “Must Be The World,” lead single from his second solo record Daylight Saving Hours, is quite the captivating watch to say the

Slick but not overproduced with a heavy synthetic backdrop (an unfortunately common feature in modern pop music), the rhythmic beats adorning Morgan Mallory’s new single “Bullet” represent our first intoxicating glimpse into the track as well as the formidable backbone of every verse we’ll hear. Mallory straddles them with ease in this song, utilizing their

Hello Keymakers! Thank you for your time. We saw that you just had what looked like an amazing vacation in Mexico. Does traveling spark creativity in you and how does that translate to your music? Red: Definitely! I’m sure Rome would agree on this one but one of our unspoken things is to try to

In their sophomore album, This Time attempt to streamline their sound to admittedly mixed results, but nevertheless manage to churn out a couple of really memorable tracks along the way. From the opening salvo of melodies in “Around” forward, there’s a sense that this band isn’t quite settled on who they want to be (which

On Peace Street, Vol. One, by Various Artists via BWH Music Group is a remarkable long – yet fulfilling album. There are 19 songs on this collection and while that seems like more than enough, the common thread of this album is never enough. One can never hear enough of the little reminders to keep

Tell us about your new EP. A Santa that plays guitar. I don’t know anyone that doesn’t love Christmas music! Even some of my friends that observe different sacred holidays during the same time of year love Christmas songs and often come over to the house to sing carols. I think almost every artist has

Music is my first love ever since I was a kid. I come from a musical family, so it came natural to love it. My grandmother and my brother first taught me to sing and play the keyboard. My grandmother is a self-taught musician and just passed down what she learned to her grandchildren. When

If you’ve been following the American hip-hop underground in the last couple of years, there’s a pretty good chance that you’ve already caught wind of some of B Fhukken Have’s music, but with his new single “Babyfood” getting ready to drop, it’s awfully hard to ignore the buzz that his work has been attracting in

Sizzling and loaded with a classic rock intensity in one track, supple and smooth with a taste of cosmopolitan pop chic in another, the strings that drive a lot of the best melodies in Jeremy Rice and the Legendary Fist of Takinawa are more than just a key element in Jeremy Rice’s debut album – they’re

Decisions. Decisions. Just as The Clash asked, “Should I Stay Or Should I Go”, singer Malsi’s “Harder” asks out loud if leaving a relationship is the right way to go, and why is it so easy for some and harder for others? Why do some people always have to complicate things and others just keep

This September, Casey Ahern is back with a fresh set of string-driven melodies encapsulated within her new single “Just a Dance,” and though the aspiring country star hasn’t shied away from issuing some thoughtful, wholly forward-thinking balladry in the past, personally I found this latest track to be one of her sharpest recordings yet. “Just

The beats that comprise the canvas atop which Swigga Geovanni paints his lush lyrical content in the new song “DMLY (Daddy Mi Love You)” are as crisp and slick as they come, but make no mistakes about it – they’re but one layer in this multidimensional hip-hop jam. Critics have been taking quite the interest

The Respectables are a Canadian four piece who have plowed ahead with steady creativity and perseverance since first forming in 1991 and their latest single release “The Power of Rock ‘n’ Roll” is a worthy addition to their legacy. It’s the title track from their latest studio release and bears all the hallmarks of a