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All Nagamag’s online magazine music articles in one place. Here you will find our latest posts and whole back catalog of articles.
Sara Marie Barron – Three Hours
“The charming vocals -sara Marie Barron- will give you an unforgettable impressions and immerse you in the warm atmosphere of Neo-Soul. You will not want to leave this world, you will be visited by the desire to swim endlessly on its sound waves, swaying and lulling yourself to the beat of music.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Обворожительный вокал -Sara Marie Barron- подарит вам незабываемые впечатления и погрузит в тёплую атмосферу Neo-Soul. Вам не захочется покинуть этот мир, вас посетит желание бесконечно плавать на его звуковых волнах, покачиваясь и убаюкивая себя в такт музыки.”
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STEREOLIFE – Hotel Room
“Catchy synth effects, strong bassline and a voice of passion form the recipe of "STEREOLIFE" new Electro Pop release. High quality mix packed with complex sound layers too. Three minutes may not be enough for such a dynamite, but the repeat choice is always available!”
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Darby Sabin – Two Birds
“The soft ringing of guitar strings, the delicate and subtle contact of the melody of the piano and the voice -darby sabin-, whose delicate timbre affectionately caress your hearing. Please yourself with these pleasant minutes and listen to her a new track in the Indie Folk genre. Each of his seconds is worth your attention.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Мягкий звон гитарных струн, нежное и едва уловимое соприкосновение мелодии пиано и голос -Darby Sabin-, чей нежнейший тембр ласково ласкает ваш слух. Порадуйте себя этими приятными минутами и послушайте ей новый трек в жанре Indie Folk. Каждого его секунда стоит вашего внимания.”
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https://www.instagram.com/darbysabin/
Club 99 – Stay The Night
“Positive vibrations of sound will visit every cell of your body, delighting with the rhythm and melody of Bedroom, plunging into its good and positive atmosphere. Music, which has only one goal - to raise the threshold of your mood to an unprecedented level!” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Позитивные вибрации звука посетят каждую клетку вашего тела, радуя ритмом и мелодией Bedroom, погружая в свою добрую и позитивную атмосферу. Музыка, у которой всего одна цель — поднять порог вашего настроения на небывалый ранее уровень!”
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Club 99's debut single "Stay The Night" is an energetic and upbeat song which centres on that classic tale of being involved in a love triangle. Despite major red flags being visible, one still goes for it, looking for the positives to justify being a part of the triangle. The song draws on simple but catchy pop derived vocals to really push the hook as well breaking it up in the 2nd verse to go deeper into the lyricism of the song through spoken word.
Despite the subject being one that might bring about conflicting feelings and memories for some people, the way the lyrics, story and music is delivered as a very "easy listening" song will you have jigging about without realising. We feel that most people will resonate with the lyrics leaving them with a moment of "ah yeah, I've been there before" and become a personal song for many to connect to.
https://linktr.ee/thisisclub99
Iskwe and Tom Wilson – Mother Love
“A deep track in the americana genre with a very charismatic vocals -tom Wilson- and with no less atmospheric name. Voice - ISKWE is very beautifully in harmony and accompanies the leading vocals. The music is calm and even and does not distract from the most important thing - the text.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Глубокий трек в жанре Americana с очень харизматичным вокалом -Tom Wilson- и с не менее атмосферным названием. Голос - Iskwe очень красиво гармонирует и аккомпанирует лидирующего вокалу. Музыка спокойная и ровная и не отвлекает от самого главного — текста.”
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https://www.instagram.com/iskwe/
Our Violet Room – Falling
“The well -built sound balance, the atmosphere of Indie Rock is transmitted and recreated very well, passes the listener all his depth. The track is suitable for both lone wanderers and a mental company and will not leave anyone indifferent.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Грамотно выстроенный баланс звука, атмосфера Indie Rock передана и воссоздана очень хорошо, передаёт слушателю всю свою глубину. Трек подойдёт как одиноким странникам, так и душевной компании и не оставит никого равнодушным.”
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With indie rock sensibilities and thoughtful candor, Our Violet Room’s “Falling” is a deceivingly upbeat song about the pain of heartbreak. “Falling,” which is the fifth single released in anticipation for Our Violet Room’s (Matthew Birch) debut album, shares the details of a crumbled relationship. Singing through his emotions, Birch is honest about where he’s at after the breakup. He bares all his confusion and pain upfront and attempts to deal with it. He explains that the song was about “talking [himself] through the end of a relationship,” and by engaging in “self-talk” through the song, he was able to move on. In the chorus he sings, “So let the past be past and move ahead to the dreams that you have dreamt inside your head. You say that I’m falling, and I’m falling over you.” Despite this being his most upbeat indie-rock song, Birch doesn’t derive from the cinematic twist characteristic of his music. In the bridge, right when it sounds like the song might end, Birch brings listeners back in with the sound of horns and a driving percussion. In this way, it’s as if he’s sonically signaling a brighter future in which he can move forward from the pain. While he repeats the chorus once more, there’s a change in tone to what Birch is singing as he admits in the end that although he was falling, now he’s “here to say, I’m over you.” Finding empowerment and a new stride, the song ends on a positive and peaceful note. “Falling” is the fifth track off of Birch's upcoming debut album, Not Where I Thought I’d Be. The 7-track album chronologically details the story of a relationship from its bright beginnings to its bitter end.
https://linktr.ee/OurVioletRoom
Diane Arkenstone – Cool Waters of Life
“Dedicated to the most valuable element for life on this planet, this single can feed our imagination and reconnect us with nature. A wonderful puzzle of Chill out frequences guided by Diane's balanced voice is ready to touch your soul.”
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https://dianearkenstone.com/
Jessica Smucker – War of Attrition
“When there are feelings in music that are reflected in melodies, vocals and text, then instantly transmit the entire energy message to their listener. -Jessica Smucker- wrote a very powerful and sincere composition with a living accompaniment and coped with its task 100%!” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Когда в музыке есть чувства, которые отражены в мелодии, вокале и тексте, то мгновенно передают весь энергетический посыл своему слушателю. -Jessica Smucker- написала очень мощную и душевную композицию с живым аккомпанементом и справилась со своей задачей на все 100%!”
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http://jessicasmucker.com/
Jessica Smucker believes that the best way to change the world is to channel our pain into connection. Her songs have a way of reaching deeply into people's souls and inviting the kind of reflection that feels both reassuring and unsettling. Wrapped in catchy melodies, her lyrics appear simple and relatable on the surface, but each listen will uncover more hidden pockets of nuance. She's the kind of writer and performer who can lull a noisy room into a hush with a single line.
Although Jessica cares deeply about big picture issues like social justice, she tends to write about life's more intimate moments. How it feels to walk through an empty house after love has left it. The difference between carrying a child in the womb and mothering them in the world outside. The particular ways a happy marriage can slide into decline. The simultaneous rush and terror of falling in love. The way humans can hunger for things (like peace on earth, or god) we don't even believe in. The tricks and techniques we all use to shield ourselves from the kinds of knowledge that might lead to pain.
Jessica is based in Lancaster, PA, very near the tiny rural town of Bird-in-Hand where she grew up. Two of her grandparents were born Amish, and she was raised in the Mennonite faith tradition - by a family full of storytellers, activists, adventurers, and pranksters. Although her town was small, the bigger world never seemed out of reach. She felt empowered to engage and explore it.
Jessica has toured nationwide, and performs regularly throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S. She has opened for Cheryl Wheeler, Susan Werner, Bill Staines, and James Felice (Felice Brothers), shared billing with Heather Maloney, Meghan Trainor, and the Stray Birds, and performed in notable venues like the Tin Angel (Philadelphia), Godfrey Daniels (Bethlehem, PA), The Cellar Stage (Baltimore), Steel City Coffeehouse (Phoenixville, PA), World Cafe Live (Philadelphia), Muses in the Vineyard (Belvidere, NJ), Musikfest (Bethlehem, PA), and 30A Songwriters Festival (Santa Rosa Beach, FL). She has won or placed in numerous national songwriting contests including SolarFest's Singer/Songwriter Showcase Competition, the Connecticut Folk Festival Song Competition, and the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest.
Her discography spans from 2008-2022 and includes two EPs, three full-length albums, and a handful of singles. The Sleeping World (2008), a self-titled EP released by Jessica's first rock band, was recorded by Seventh Wave Studio in Harrisburg, PA. 2010 saw two releases, both recorded in Lancaster, PA basement studios: Reluctantly Yours (EP), a stripped-down acoustic recording featuring mostly piano, violins, and banjo; and This Broken Moment (LP), a full-band album released as Jessica Smucker & The Sleeping World. It wasn't until she started working with producer Chad Kinsey in 2012 that Jessica really found her stride as a recording artist. Tumbling After (2014) was produced by Kinsey and features bassist Mike Bitts (The Innocence Mission), drummer Paul Murr (Jeffrey Gaines, Fauna Flora, Jackie Evancho), and guest vocals by Heather Maloney (appearing courtesy of Signature Sounds Recordings) and Keith Wilson (Movies With Heroes). Lucid Stories, Tentative Lies, recorded with the same production team, dropped in October 2020, followed by an irreverent Christmas single, "Let's Get a Tree" in December of that year. Since then she has released four singles - "Dinosaurs" (August 2021), "Rose of Jericho" (October 2021), "Stones to Throw" (February 2022), and "Phoenix" (March 2022) - towards a full-length album, After the Meteor, forthcoming in 2023.
In her life beyond music Jessica is a published poet and essayist, a social justice warrior, freakishly good at Scrabble, and mother to two of the smartest people she's ever met in real life.
Alex Kinsey x Ilana Armida – Bread & Butter
“This track is original and attractive in that it contains only the atmosphere of funk music in it. He creates an interesting illusion of movement, as if you are next to the performers on the same stage. Great arrangement and vocal parties will make this track a real favorite of your playlist!” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Этот трек оригинален и притягателен тем, что в нём есть свойственная только ему атмосфера Funk музыки. Он создаёт интересную иллюзию движения, словно ты рядом с исполнителями на одной сцене. Великолепная аранжировка и вокальные партии сделают этот трек настоящим фаворитом вашего плейлиста!”
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Skinny Dippers – Past Selves
“The ringing and rustle of percussion, the vibrations of guitar strings and the atmosphere of the classic indie rock. There is nothing impossible, everything is achievable and everything, it would seem, invisible faces of the unknown has long been blurred. There was only music -Skinny Dippers-, which accompanies you at this very second.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Звон и шелест перкуссии, вибрации гитарных струн и атмосфера классического Indie Rock. Нет ничего невозможного, всё достижимо и все, казалось бы, невидимые грани непознанного уже давно размыты. Осталась лишь музыка -Skinny Dippers-, которая сопровождает вас в эту самую секунду.”
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Past Selves is the final single from Skinny Dipper's debut album The Town & The City. The song uses the second person perspective to think about all of the different versions of ourselves and how we change over time. The protagonist looks back on the wild memories from his younger days, but realizes he's outgrown the shenanigans and in retrospect they just seem like silly distractions.
https://www.instagram.com/skinnydippersband/