Tag: alt-pop

Earthquake Lights – Silhouette

     Is there a connection between music and space? Is there life out there that only music can connect with? New York City’s Earthquake Lights explore this and more with their latest single, Silhouette (heard here).  To be fair, the group feels that this song and its lyrics could mean different things depending on your interpretation. For that reason, I’m glad there is just an audio-only video because interpreting meaning is all about listening and feeling the music. Lead singer and keyboardist Myles Rodenhouse’s sky-high tenor soars, while his…

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26fix – Stone Killer

     Out of Utah, and making her Vodka debut, is 26fix, the moniker for music creator, singer, and performer, formerly of the band Brothers, Erica Goodwin. Releasing a handful of singles since 2021 when Brothers split, 26fix has an EPs worth of dance-friendly wonders, that will have you cocking your head to listen more closely while you dance. The latest, Stone Killer (seen/heard here), has made waves on Serious XM Alt-Nation and XMU.  I love this track. There is a bundle of…

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Sweet Imperfections – Ignorance Is Violence

     Sweet Imperfections is led by singer-songwriter Bri Schillings and a collective of some of Southern California’s most talented musicians and writers. Ignorance Is Violence (seen/heard here) takes on climate change and humanity’s unwillingness to do what is necessary to curb or reverse it. It’s a sobering message: Smoke filled hills, covering the earth everywhere I go feels like the whole world is getting ready to explode We don’t to stop, think it’s not our fault, no matter what the cost, we keep on living as it is. We…

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Klara Goliger – One Day

     Klara Goliger from Gothenburg Sweden can be categorized as alt-pop, but be careful, because that generic categorization doesn’t do justice to the massive musical influences at work here. From jazz to classical, pop to Avant-guard, alternative to rock, and if there’s an in-between genre, it’s there as well. Enter One Day (heard here), a completely enthralling musical piece from Klara’s new LP, The Piano Chair (November 2022) – featuring nine wonderful tracks that can stand by themselves, or together.  One Day’s beautiful jazzy piano plays well with…

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EUT – Step By Step

     With a little staccato intro and a perfect sing-along melody, EUT’s Step By Step (seen/heard here) is a whole lot of fun! It’s the first single to be released for their upcoming LP, Be My Reactor, which will also be the Dutch five-piece band’s first self-produced release. Based on what I’m hearing here, they know how to produce their own work, which is a welcome change from the over-produced releases Vodka has heard in the recent past. To be sure, Step…

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