Written By: Jordannah Elizabeth
It’s quite important that we take a look inside the minds and processes of the independent music industry’s most innovative minds. After all, a part of what Publik / Private does is works to find career opportunities for musicians.
Written By: Lauren Espina
For her debut EP, Amatus channels her weathered soul into a fiery amalgam of trip-hop, pop and neo soul. With a history littered with violence but also colored with creation, she has risen out of the South Side of Chicago as an artist who can truly call herself alternative. Leaving pre-constructed molds of female artists behind, she cultivated the ruins and inspirations of her life into her own soul sound, with her smokey vocals at the forefront of every tune. Continue reading
Written By: Jordannah Elizabeth
Gemini Wired is a musician who is using her influence and artistic gifts to confront bullying, which is an issue that has become and epidemic in our current youth culture. Her new song and music video, What Now tackles the issue head on. We spoke with Gemini Wired about her music, passion and why she has chosen to become an advocate as well as an artist. Continue reading
Written By: Hunter Stroope
Married to the nature, she was born, Alice Ramploma and appeared careless, yet still uncertain of what to make of her day, she would stay afloat in thought.
Today was fair, the weather admitted the path towards most all activities, and her mind had a firm grasp, and body a firm construction, capable of fulfilling most anything. A spotted lark flew by and had shown the way to an opening through overhanging branches she’d never seen. Continue reading
Written By: Jordannah Elizabeth
Peanut Butter Wolf is a legend. He was kind enough to talk to us at Publik / Private about his career and the new documentary, Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton. I personally screened this penetrating and historically dense film that followed Chris Manak (Peanut Butter Wolf) from childhood to the birth of his eclectic and deeply necessary record label, Stones Throw Records to giving his viewers and fans a look into his life, roster and career in the present day. Continue reading
Tonight, Publik / Private is excited to highlight two events thrown by The Deli Magazine San Francisco and New York based promotions firm, The Process Records Media Group. Continue reading
Morning Phase starts out exhibiting Beck’s personal and expertly whittled style of experimental music. He’s been making music for so long that comparing elements of this new record to the work of other bands like Radiohead and Pink Floyd would not truly expose the individualism of his esteemed talent. Nonetheless, there are a small number of influences that rear their heads and whisper throughout Beck’s impressively poignant work. Continue reading
Publik / Private‘s sixth mixtape has been curated by Buenos Aires based pro blogger, Jairo Manzur. Jairo is the founder and sole curator of the popular Latin American blog, Latino America Shoegaze. It’s an honor to have him contribute!
Written By: Hunter Stroope
When magic ceases to prevail, the darkness of tragedy overrides. The American born soul singer, PP Arnold seemed to have leapfrogged over destiny into tragedy and back again upon her every motion.
From performing as a back up singer for Ike and Tina, then becoming a label mates with The Rolling Stones by signing with Immediate Records in 1966, she was then forced to surrender her own solo recording attempts to the historically dreadful bureaucracy of the music industry’s interior. Continue reading
Written By: Lauren Espina
As computers continue to dominate the face of modern music, The Warlocks have been crafting guitar-driven neo-psychedelic tunes since 1998 and has offered consistency to listeners with an affinity for moody, 1960s-inspired rock and roll. Much has been said about the group’s cult status, as they have been described as underrated and underground at the center of many journalistic features.
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