Diamond Vargas is the gorgeous 19-year-old vocal talent hailing from Melbourne, Australia. Despite her sophisticated sound and brilliant song-writing skills, her newest single “Monday Morning” is only Diamond’s third body of work, (after Crazy In Love & Don’t Tell Me) indicating this young artist’s early signs of enormous potential. Taking influence from vocalists such as Jorja Smith, Lauryn Hill, and Frank Ocean, Diamond’s unique style could be described as a fusion of alternative R&B and Urban Soul. “Monday Morning” is a personal song, and in her own words serves as an “illustration of the light at the end of the…
Author: Tahnee Shakerley
I recently watched John Berger’s BAFTA award-winning BBC series “Ways of Seeing” which discussed the invention of the camera, and it’s effects on the viewing of European paintings. Although a quite slow piece, it contained some very interesting ideas and observations such as this: “Perspective makes the eye the centre of the visible world, but the human eye can only be in one place at a time. It takes it’s visible world with it as it walks. With the invention of the camera, everything changed.” -Berger, 1972 It’s true, when the camera arrived it served to reproduce a once exclusive…
SG Lewis recently released ‘Throwaway’ the collaborative single with Clairo and 2nd single from his highly anticipated 2019 project DAWN, the finale to his 3 part album DUSK DARK DAWN. Pronounced a “white boy with soul” by idol Pharrell Williams; Sam ‘G’ Lewis is the talented 23-year-old producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and singer from Liverpool, England. Alongside solo success, he has worked with the likes of AlunaGeorge, Dave, JP Cooper, Louis Mattrs, Col3trane, and Dua Lipa. ‘Throwaway’ is a beautiful second collaboration with singer-songwriter Clairo which has already received an overwhelming reception with over one million streams on Spotify within its first…
On the 8th March, Californian sensation Kyle Dion released his new album titled ‘SUGA’; an angelic 13 track experience that is a must-listen for any avid RnB lover. At only 24 Dion is rich in soulful flavour and vocally next to none possessing an unbelievable falsetto that fills every track. Kyle gives me an Anderson Paak/Jay Prince vibe, however still managing to capture a groove and personal style rare for this decade’s musical landscape. ‘On Fire’ is the first track and our introduction to the album which kicks off with the faint backdrop of applause upon which he drops a…
2018 was a monumental year for music. Childish Gambino released politically powerful “This is America”. Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN became the first non-classical/jazz album to win the Pulitzer Prize for music. JayZ and Beyonce released their first album together “Everything is Love”. The 20th of January marked the late Mac Miller’s birthday. Today we thought it would be worthwhile to reflect on last year, first and foremost on the artists who could not join us in 2019. Mac Miller We start with Mac Miller, birth name Malcolm James McCormick, a 26-year-old rapper from Pittsburgh USA. Miller passed away from a drug…
I pose this question to you: what makes a real artist? Is it a subjective idea, a perspective on the quality of their music as a whole? Is it the production aspect, the lyrics, interaction with the community, ability to perform live? Perhaps it could be a combination of all these things, as 17-year-old artist Billie Eilish proves possible. Since blowing up in 2016 with her debut single ‘Ocean Eyes’, Billie has seen nothing but success with 10.1 million loyal Instagram followers, over 25 million monthly listeners on Spotify and a sold-out world tour. She recently interviewed with Vanity Fair…