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: 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…
Top 10 Albums Of 2013 (So Far)
Eclecticism seeps throughout my list of “Top 10 Albums Of 2013”. So far, this year has seen established artists drop new albums, which broadens their “own” music palette, but also…
Artist Of The Week: The Mowgli’s
Typically gravitating towards the “harder” or “darker” side of the rock genre, I often find my music misplaced in the carefree summer days. So, lately I have become more sympathetic…
Album Review: NGHBRS “Twenty One Rooms”
Since the indie rock influx of the 21st Century, alternative rock music has been on the back burner, but thankfully, change is coming. With Chad Kroeger too engrossed in his…