Author Archives: Sery Morales
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Tuesday Tracks: Cautious Clay, Roe Kapara, Your Smith
Your Smith (Caroline Smith), courtesy. This week we bring you soul music from Cautious Clay, alt-rock from Roe Kapara, pop from Dela Kay, Your Smith and Windser, and folk by Susto Stringband. Cautious Clay, “No Champagne (6am) — This new track is a soulful meditation on connection beyond celebration.…
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Tuesday Tracks: Anika, Esther Rose, Gino Vannelli
Esther Rose, Photo: Char Klein. This week’s lineup features the swirling psychedelia of The American Dawn, Anika’s sharp post-punk, Mo Lowda & the Humble’s folk-rock grooves, Gino Vannelli’s soulful pop, Vundabar’s gritty rock and the heartfelt folk of Esther Rose. The American Dawn, “On The Edge” — A slithering…
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Tuesday Tracks: Brett Eldredge, Ed Maverick and Aline Melo
Ed Maverick, courtesy. While it’s been a slow week for new releases, with the requisite post NYE hangover, many Latin American artists stayed busy. Bad Bunny dropped an entire album, as did Mexican folk pop artist Ed Maverick, whom we have featured below. There’s also some Bossa-Nova-infused folk pop…
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REVIEW: Bad Bunny takes a snapshot of Puerto Rico on his eighth LP
Bad Bunny, “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.” The new LP by Bad Bunny feels like a passport to Puerto Rico, brimming with celebratory rhythms, poignant reflections and an unmistakable sense of cultural pride. DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS Bad Bunny Rimas Entertainment, Jan. 5 8/10 Get the album on Amazon Music.…
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Tuesday Tracks: Celeste, Butcher Brown and Alice Phoebe Lou
Celeste Epiphany Waite. Photo: Siam. This week, we bring you a soul-stirring tune by Celeste, dreamy pop by Alice Phoebe Lou, folk from Myles Smith, rock by Matt Pond PA, jazzy funk by Butcher Brown and electronica from Rare DM. Celeste, “This is Who I Am” — This song…
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REVIEW: St. Vincent honors Spanish-speaking fans with ‘Todos Nacen Gritando’
St. Vincent, “Todos Nacen Gritando.” How do you reinvent a nearly perfect album? St. Vincent’s Todos Nacen Gritando, the Spanish-language version of April’s All Born Screaming, offers a fascinating answer. Todos Nacen Gritando St. Vincent Total Pleasure Records and Virgin, Nov. 15 9/10 Get the album on Amazon Music.…
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Tuesday Tracks: Amber Mark, Flipturn, SPRINTS
Amber Mark, courtesy. A disco-tinged banger by Amber Mark, alt-pop by Flipturn, electronica by Mild Minds and JADE, folk rock by Samantha Crain and grunge courtesy of SPRINTS. Amber Mark, “Won’t Cry” — Get ready to lose yourself on the dance floor with this infectious disco-tinged electronica party song…
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Tuesday Tracks: Ben Böhmer, Okean Elzy and Jack Kays
Ben Böhmer, courtesy. A mesmerizing Americana hybrid by Jack Barksdale, a punk anthem by Jack Kays, emotional English-language rock by Ukraine’s Okean Elzy, dreamy house music by Ben Böhmer, a breezy bop by Dora Jar and an alt-pop (or alt-country?) tune by Denitia make the cut. Denitia, “Don’t Let…
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Outside Lands: Sabrina Carpenter plays silver screen star in a ‘forest fairyland’
Sabrina Carpenter performs during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2024. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Thrown in as a surprise headliner at Outside Lands Music Festival just a couple months before the festival was set to begin its 16th annual…
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Outside Lands: Grace Jones stuns with her wardrobe at Land’s End
Grace Jones performs during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2024. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Grace Jones made a grand entrance at Land’s End Stage, arriving in style and fashionably late in an enormous, flowing white skirt and a striking…