A Tribe Called Red /  by E

       Angel Haze released the first single from her upcoming album Dirty Gold, available March 3rd and it's kind of supremely fantastic. The lyrics are amazing, that composition is a gorgeously perfect contrast to her fast lines, and her personal introduction to the song, as heard on the SoundCloud track (listen here), is amazing.
       Angel Haze may be the best female rapper to show up in years (probably because she places the emphasis on poetry first) and her lyrics speak honestly with unforgiving realities and, at only twenty-two years of age, the artist's (official) debut album Dirty Gold, looks to promise a lot of great music to come. 
"A Tribe Called Red" Angel Haze
http://www.angelhazemusic.com/
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Dance of Life /  by E

       I have an interview this morning that might change the course of today's New Music Monday updates a bit, but the artist's music is great so it's worth it and I don't have to work at my actual paying job today so you should get more music than Monday's past.
       Amy Weber teamed up with Sean Kingston to release her video "Dance of Life" and it's upbeat and fun. The video generically captures the fun/youthful sound in the song as all videos in this genre do, but the song's the bit that you should pay attention to. The piano is gorgeous (when it's present), the beat is fun, Kingston is always great (maybe that's because of personal memories but, really, you have to admit that his music is always upbeat and sing-along-worthy), and Weber's vocals are sweet and pure and back up wonderfully energetic lyrics that you're going to be singing along to by the second listen. Check out the video for "Dance of Life" below and listen to Weber's first single, "Let It Rain" because it's addictive, fun, and perfect for the road trip you've got to make to head home for the holiday break.
"Dance of Life" Amy Weber featuring Sean Kingston
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12/15 /  by E

       The monthly playlist is going to try to resurrect some songs from the past couple of months (or even year) because the blog got away from writing about artists/bands to watch versus doing some short song posts and there will be some changes coming soon that will, hopefully, lead to some better organization and more band features for some great artists that you should already be listening to. If I have talked about the music in a previous post, just click on the song name to take you to said post, otherwise, just listen to the music below for some good stuff. Listen to "Mama, I Wanna Go Home" from City Rain and "Climbing Walls" from Strange Talk on SoundCloud.
       There's a lot of music that I've just sort of skimmed over for the last two or three months (and so much more that I took out of this playlist), so bear with me and pick and choose in the drop down playlist option if you don't want to sit through everything. 
"Die For Something Beautiful" Palaye Royale
"House on Fire" Black Taxi
"Synesthesia" Chuckie Campbell
"Talk" Kodaline
"Mekong Delta" Eden Mulholland
"Goodbye Serenade" The Rebel Light
"Rude" Magic
"This Fire" Birds of Tokyo
"Dust and Bones" Night Terrors of 1927
"On Your Side" SafetySuit
"Light of Day" The Silent Comedy
"Take Yours, I'll Take Mine" Matthew Mole
"Fire to Myself" Al'Michael
"Crystallized" Young the Giant
"The Courtship of Summer Preasley" The Griswolds
"Pull Down the Moon" Cattle & Cane
"When We Were Young" Brett Dennen
"Visions" Saintseneca
"Zero to Eleven" Julian Taylor Band
"Holy Infinity" GOVS
"Fool's Fate" Nat Dunn
"Electric Ships" Love Like Hate
"Follow My Feet" The Unlikely Candidates
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