AltWire Presents: Marlene Oak’s “How Long”
I wonder if Marlene Oak is a modest person. I pondered this last night, after I listened to her debut single, “How Long”. I hope she isn’t modest, because she has some serious bragging rights after ...
Emmaline’s Path – Interview with the Bombshell Singer
Let’s face it, life is turmoil. Life is a constant whirlwind of events that control our most intimate surroundings. The strange part about it is, we don’t have much individual control over the things ...
Ish1da X The Epitome – Ojii-Sama [Prod by KenKen KillT iT]
Who is Ish1da? What?! A rapper named after an anime character? Nerd! What is the first thing we think of when we hear that word? Many of us see the stereotypical image of a skinny kid ...
509 artist Space says, “Everything is going to be “Alright”
You guys have heard about my streak of finding “feel good” music right? No?! Well, I have a story to tell…like to hear it, here it goes! I’m just kidding (sort of…)! Don’t worry, ...
Here is the Reasn that music has returned!
This is Reasn. No, that is not a typo. This is the Reasn that my faith in music hasn’t wavered. In this age of blatant piracy, monotony, and unfiltered bantha fodder, it’s refreshing to hear ...
Philly-Bred: My Interview with Lou Anthony
When you listen to Lou Anthony’s music, you can hear “The Struggle”. Yes, The Struggle is a proper noun. The Struggle consists of people, places, and things. This demographic is often ignored when we speak of urban ...
“Me AF” – My Interview with Kevin Flum
It’s refreshing when you meet a young person with the gonads to put everything on the line in order to reach his goals. A goal that many people believe is unattainable. As these same ...
Holland Road – “Heart on My Sleeve”
Lately, I have been getting a lot of good music that transports me to a better place. A place away from this world of despair, darkness, greed, and war. Holland Road is one of those ...
#TheSpark: Hot Music For The Week of 04/10 – 04/16
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Spark! This is where we invite all of you normal people to come inside of the AltWire circus tent and see what music has captured our ears for the ...
Lou Anthony – “Do What I Want”
Lou Anthony starts off Do What I Want by warning the audience that he doesn’t bother anyone, he just stays to himself: “I don’t fuck with n—–, I just stay to myself/ Trying to play me ...
Even with little sales, Kanye is close to being #1
How is this possible, Kanye? Up until last week, the only place to download Kanye’s lastest offering, The Life of Pablo, was his own website. Alternatively, you could have streamed the album on Tidal. Kanye is always at the center ...
D. Ridley uses the Force to spit some BARS!
Apparently, Daisy Ridley now has another accolade to add to her resume. The bombshell actress is now a rapper. On the Target edition of The Force Awakens, John Boyega jokes in a bonus feature, ...
Skrillex + Rick Ross = Suicide Squad?
Skrillex dropped an atomic bomb on us over the weekend. The dubstep-remix king dropped an unreleased record featuring Rick Ross while performing at Atlantic City’s new WAV Nightclub. There is speculation from fans that the collaboration maybe feature on the ...
Taylor Swift Dominates iHeartRadio Music Awards
DJ Calvin Harris is floating on Cloud 9 right now. He can tell the world how it feels to have Taylor Swift, who dominated the iHeartRadio music awards, acknowledge him as officially hers. She ...
ODESZA Teases New Album
If you are fan of dance music, then ODESZA is definitely somewhere in your playlist. Ever since they released their last album,“In Return” last September, fans of the duo have been craving for more. ...
Royce 5’9″ Trusts the Shooter
Royce 5’9″ (He will always be Royce da 5″9 to me!) is taking a short break from the supergroup Prhyme, which consists of himself and DJ Premier. The Detroit emcee, who famously said that ...
Rey sucio – “10 dedos de los pies”
King Filthy Disclaimer: This video contains explicit material that may be senstitive to some people. Facebook: www.facebook.com/KingFilthy219 SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/niehsson-williams If your music is going to be filthy, you may as well be the king of it ...
Kevin Flum – The Wake Up (Produced by Vintage)
Kevin Flum makes sure we know in his song, “The Wake Up” that his SoundCloud is lit. Listening to the bars, and I do mean BARS, that K. Flum spits in this song, I can see ...
DJ RoboRob – A Few Songs EP
Album Link: djroborob.bandcamp.com/album/a-few-songs-ep Genre: House/Electro House I have a mission for you guys. When you listen to DJ RoboRob’s new “A Few Songs” EP, I want you to tell me if you can actually picture that ...
AltWire presents: Emmaline – The Path
Photo taken by Atlanta Photographer Michael Foster I first heard Emmaline on Facebook, while browsing through my News Feed. It was like destiny, if you believe in these things. I accidentally clicked the play ...