Laius, “archaic dreams” | Track Review 🎵
Gifted Australian queer pop musician Laius makes our ears perk up on his ambitious, poetic, and conceptual single, “archaic dreams.”
The Musical Hype
Sifting through all of the musical hype
The Musical Hype
Sifting through all of the musical hype
Tag 2022
Awesome Songs: July 2022 | Playlist 🎧
![Awesome Songs: July 2022 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Gordon Johnson, Mbiydzela Edwin Tatah, The Musical Hype,Nice Life, Pexels, Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/awesome-songs-july-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Awesome Songs: July 2022 features brakence, City Girls, Ethan Bortnick, Lizzo, Panic! At the Disco, and Steve Lacy.
Shivum Sharma, In Transit (EP) | Album Review 💿
![Shivum Sharma, In Transit (EP) [📷: Shivum Sharma]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/shivum-sharma-in-transit-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Southeast London singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ Shivum Sharma makes our ears perk up on his incredibly sweet, four-song project, In Transit (EP).
Middle | 5ive Songs
![Middle: 5ive Songs No. 41 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pavel Danilyuk, Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/middle-5ive-songs-41-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 41st edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with MIDDLE in some form or fashion.
Getting to Know… Dying Visions | Interview 🎤
![Getting to Know… Dying Vision: Interview No. 295 [📷: Alfred Derks from Pixabay, Brent Faulkner, Darkmoon_Art from Pixabay, Dying Visions, The Musical Hype]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/getting-to-know-dying-vision-interview-295.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 295th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from London extreme metal band, Dying Vision.
Cynthia Erivo, “Stand Up” | Music Lifts 🎶 🏋
![Cynthia Erivo, “Stand Up”: Music Lifts No. 7 (2022) [📷: Arek Socha, Back Lot Music, Benjamin Balazs, Brent Faulkner, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Curb, Focus Features LLC, Ketut Subiyanto, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Word Entertainment]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cynthia-erivo-stand-up-lit-music-that-lifts-7-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 7th edition of Lit Music That Lifts, we’re uplifted by Cynthia Erivo performing, “Stand Up” from the motion picture, Harriet.
13 Compelling 1st, 2nd + two 3rds’ Songs | Playlist 🎧
![13 Compelling 1st, 2nd + two 3rds’ Songs [📷: Brent Faulkner, GThe Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Michał Jamro, Nataliya Vaitkevich, RODNAE Productions]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/13-compelling-1st-2nd-two-3rds-songs.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Compelling 1st, 2nd + two 3rds’ Songs features music courtesy of Fleetwood Mac, Halestorm, Jack Harlow, Monica & Chris Stapleton.
Benson Boone, “Better Alone” | Track Review 🎵
![Benson Boone, “Better Alone” [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Night Street, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay, Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/benson-boone-better-alone.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Emerging pop musician Benson Boone shines on the pop ballad, “Better Alone,” which appears on his debut EP, Walk Me Home.
Catch or Caught | 5ive Songs
![Catch or Caught: 5ive Songs No. 40 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pexels, Pixabay, wendel moretti]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/catch-or-caught-5ive-songs-40-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 40th edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with CATCH or CAUGHT in some form or fashion.
dvsn, “If I Get Caught” | Track Review 🎵
![dvsn, “If I Get Caught” [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay, OVO Sound, Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/dvsn-if-i-get-caught-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Canadian R&B duo dvsn – Daniel Daley and Nineteen85 – come back strong on their first single of 2022, “If I Get Caught.”
Panic! At The Disco, “Middle of a Breakup” | Track Review 🎵
![Panic! At the Disco, “Middle of a Breakup” [📷: Brent Faulkner, Fueled By Ramen, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/panic-at-the-disco-middle-of-a-breakup.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Brendon Urie and Panic! At The Disco shine on “Middle of a Breakup,” the second single from their seventh studio album, Viva Las Vengeance.
Megan Thee Stallion, “Pressurelicious” | Track Review 🎵
![Megan Thee Stallion, “Pressurelicious” [📷: 1501 Certified Entertainment / 300 Entertainment, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/megan-thee-stallion-pressurelicious-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Megan Thee Stallion taps Future for “Pressurelicious,” a respectable banger that ultimately does little to move the needle for either rapper.