Top 10 Albums of 2013
Unfortunately deemed as the year of the “selfie” and “twerk”, 2013 also marks a time when radio-friendly artists actually made “good” music. Infectious, yet not overly repetitive songs from Fall…
Artist Of The Week: Deer Tick
With fall officially kicking off this week, you, Shockya readers, no longer have to justify your choice of listening to dismal playlists in the blissful summer days. It is finally…
Artist Of The Week: MS MR
Nowadays, it is almost second nature to drown out vocals with a flood of instrumental sounds. As if auto-tune wasn’t helpful enough, these artists rely all too often on beats…
Artist Of The Week: Pickwick
Pop music has become all too commonplace these days. Yes, I do occasionally enjoy belting out to Katy Perry’s “Roar” or Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball” or Lady Gaga’s “Applause”, but…
Artist Of The Week: Justin Timberlake and ‘N SYNC
While I am all about giving Shockya’s “Artist Of The Week” to fresh-faced singers, every now and then a seasoned talent deserves to dethrone the youngins and retake the title.…
Artist Of The Week: Katy Perry vs. Lady Gaga
Pop sensations, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, will unexpectedly be going head to head in the coming weeks on the Billboard charts. Perry’s new single, “Roar”, hit the digital market…
Artist Of The Week: CHVRCHES
Electro-pop music has finally been justified with the Scottish outfit, CHVRCHES. The group, which consists of Lauren Mayberry (lead vocals), Iain Cook (multi-instrumentalist, vocals) and Martin Doherty (synthesizers, vocals), doesn’t…
Put Some Pep Into Your Work Week With Machines Are People Too
Happy Wednesday, Shockya readers! Placing “happy” adjacent to a workday might read like an oxymoron, but any form of encouragement midweek helps. Thanks to the Nashville quartet, Machines Are People…
Artist Of The Week: Fifth Harmony
Before reading about the “Artist Of The Week”, you, Shockya readers, deserve to be warned. This week’s selection is filed under my guilty pleasures aka a band associated with the…