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January 17, 2020

January 17, 2020June 17, 2021 Mew Zikwryder

Explore the realm of possibilities with pop musician, Ilja Alexander’s latest release

Image credit: Andy Tan

Few people know the struggle of disliking your own creations better than artists. However, it can be an amazing feeling when the dislike begins to change and reform itself into love and favouritism. Ilja Alexander knows this better than most with his last release of ‘Someday’ via Green Monk Records.

Stream/Download : ‘Someday’

“I wrote ‘Someday’ on a piano and it sounded like an indie sound. My good friends and co-producers, Curtis Richardson and Adien Lewis, then decided to take me out of my comfort zone, and on the morning of the studio recordings presented to me the electronic urban pop production of the song. I was totally unconnected to the sounds and so discomforted and vexed by the production that I just couldn’t sing on the production for the first two hours. Luckily, I soon came to like the production. In fact, I now think it is one of my most favoured recorded songs so far.”

Somewhat of an international artist, Ilja Alexander is originally from Amsterdam. However, he has recently formed a band in London and received significant attention from Japan and Indonesia.

Follow Ilja Alexander:

Website – Facebook – Twitter – Soundcloud – Instagram – Youtube – Spotify

December 20, 2019May 14, 2020 Mew Zikwryder

Interview with singer/songwriter KaiL Baxley

Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter KaiL Baxley shares the video to his latest single, ‘Beneath The Bones’. The video premiered on Atwood Magazine. ‘Beneath The Bones’ is the second track off of his upcoming third LP, out early 2020.

The self-produced album was recorded at the late Elliot Smith’s New Monkey Studios and United Studios in Los Angeles, California. Check out our exclusive interview with KaiL Baxley.

Describe your sound for us. What do you want people to feel when they hear your music?

Hopefully authenticity and truth

Which 3 artists have influenced you the most growing up?

Otis Redding, The Rza, John Frusciante

How did you discover your particular sound?

I was busking for beer money and suddenly realized I could sing.

What are the most important pieces of equipment to you?

Just a guitar and a notebook really. Maybe a simple tape recorder to start.

What outside of music inspires you to create?

So many things. Mainly the simple ones, little interactions between people, the way light contorts through a pane of glass, a beautiful woman, the perfect avocado. Things like that.

If you could work with, or perform alongside any artist living or passed, who would it be?

James Brown hands down

Most artists say that if they weren’t artists they would be mailmen/women… what would you be?

A neurosurgeon

What can we expect from you in the near future? Any upcoming projects or gigs in the pipeline that you would like to tell us about?

Well there’s a brand new album out early 2020 I’m excited about and we’re building a lot of stuff around it

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December 17, 2019 Mew Zikwryder

SUN SILVA releases a new song ‘Ride’

SUN SILVA have released their brand new single ‘Ride’. The new song comes ahead of their largest headline show yet at London’s Colours on December 3rd.

‘Ride’ is a high-octane cut from the London indie collective. The song’s kaleidoscopic psychedelic flourishes are paired with propulsive riffs in the explosive chorus, which results in a sound playing like a combination of Foals, Temples and Tame Impala.

Regarding the new single frontman Oscar Gormley says, “‘Ride’ is probably our most energetic and riff-driven song to date. We’d been writing a lot of mid-tempo dance music and started to really miss this kind of incessant heavier side to our sound. Lyrically the song is about feeling totally out of control. It’s about that space after a period of mental instability where you don’t know where your mind is going to take you next.”

Having only emerged in the tail end of last year, SUN SILVA has been quick to make a name for themselves as one of the most exciting new bands.

‘Ride’ is the latest in a string of singles including ‘Just The Romantic’, ‘Sun Skin Air’ and ‘Blue Light’, which have seen them achieve huge critical acclaim and millions of streams on Spotify, while also carving out an impressive mark on the live scene.

SUN SILVA have gained praise from indie tastemakers including NME, DIY, Wonderland, Clash, Dork Magazine and more, while they also receive support from Radio 1, Radio X and BBC Introducing.

They have sold out shows across London and also played in support of the likes of Jungle, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and KAWALA.

The play their largest headline show yet at Colours, Hoxton on December 3rd, which rounds up a defining year for the band as they gear up for more exciting announcements in 2020. Tickets for Colours, Hoxton are available via Gigantic.

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Facebook – Instagram – Twitter

December 12, 2019

December 12, 2019June 10, 2021 Mew Zikwryder

Be the first to catch electro-pop duo TGC’s latest release

We have big soppy hearts that love the idea of a secret Christmas wedding. TGC with their newly released ‘Secret Wedding’ via Illuminated City fit the bill with Mila’s soaring vocals. The track was released today and we were simply too excited to wait to share it.

‘Secret Wedding’ on Spotify – Apple Music

TGC have been picked up by several noteworthy publications including Wonderland Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, Huffington Post, Clash Magazine and the list goes on. Within Reverbs we discovered their origins: “Marlow Bevan and Milla Sunde are the duo behind the music and formed TGC after meeting Sir Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts”. You can read the full feature here.

“Call me a fool, but I’m hopelessly in love with being in love. I will always be a Juliet.” Milla Sunde comments on her own emotional connection to the track. Being the nosey bloggers we are, we were immediately curious whether there was more to the song than a romantic title. However, dig as we could, there was no more mention of a secret wedding that we could find. Either way, the power ballad is sure to be a hit, carrying all romantics into the festive season.