Introducing ‘Notes from Mr. Sandman‘ – a column slapping a spotlight on lyricists overlooked, under appreciated, or just plain criminally slept on. Or like a man named Nas once said, “I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death.” […]
The trainwreck that is Mariah Carey recently made her way to the Today Show in promotion of her newest album, Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse. It’s been roughly four years since her last full […]
It’s hard to avoid the narrative trap of filtering an artist’s new music through the lens of their personal life. Here, it’s a non-issue because it’s completely unavoidable. The Black Keys‘ frontman Dan Auerbach went through […]
If the earlier R&B balladry brought to us by platinum-selling fruit of Alan Thicke’s looms was the result of his trying to be like John Lennon, imagine what schlock he’ll produce when just ‘trying to […]
Mayer Hawthorne has made no qualms about how his new record sounds nothing like his previous two, which is odd because it does. Sure the sonic angle has changed – thanks to the ubiquitous production of […]
Despite being busted for coke possession at the beginning of his chart-dominating reign, Bruno Mars is still pretty much regarded as the kind of wholesome soul boy crooner you could take home to your parents […]
Conceived after her marriage to producer Swizz Beats and the birth of her son, Egypt, Alicia Keys has claimed that her fifth studio album, Girl On Fire, shows how she now sees the world with […]
Enamored with their satin-stocking-laced, vaudeville-indie spin on rockabilly, we first fell for New York’s Lily & the Parlour Tricks at this year’s CMJ Music Marathon in their native stomping grounds, three women leading a stand-up […]
In honor of the recent Lou Reed and Metallica (Loutallica) despicable duet album, LuLu, SongLyrics is taking a look back over ten other weird music collaborations to have invaded our poor, poor ears. Get ready to […]
