02/16/22
The sustainability of any music scene is often best gauged by considering its veterans, those battle-scarred souls boasting lengthy resumes of collaborations and contributions that illustrate their investment in the sounds issuing from their corner of the sonic landscape. If the contemporary Memphis scene calls to mind Goner and Shangri-La, Jay Reatard and Tav Falco,…
02/09/22
The sound and power of Southern music is always shifting as time goes on, and when it comes to local hip-hop, it’s never been more exciting! Hip-hop artist PreauXX is one of the hottest Memphis rappers out right now, contributing to the big shift that is causing the local music scene to evolve seemingly day…
01/26/22
by Kierstyn Pryor Singer and performer Candy Fox is the epitome of good, soulful music – there is no better person we’d want to take recommendations from! Candy proved her diligence in the musical scene from the minute she stepped in. She released her album “Soul Stir” back in 2009 and has been dominating the…
12/23/21
by WAMM Staff For your year-end reading and listening pleasure, a little round-up of some of our favorite EPs and albums by Memphis artists released in 2021. Lukah – Why Look Up, God’s in the Mirror With two of this year’s most critically acclaimed albums under his belt, South Memphis rap revivalist Lukah had one…
12/14/21
by Zachary Corsa Son.person wants to relate to you, to share something bigger through his art than just a sense of fleeting, shallow entertainment. Drawing liberally from nu-pop and hip-hop traditions, the humble Memphian is rooted in weighty concepts of home and familial connections, young love and growing up. Best of all, you can catch…
12/10/21
Did Christmas come early? New lush music from Kelsey Taylor, her album The Frost, dropped December 3 and we’re obsessed – so we asked Kelsey to share the story behind the creation of the record. Here’s what Kelsey shared – keep scrolling to stream the album in full! “The Frost is a concept work about loss,…
11/18/21
We’re mourning the loss of the self-proclaimed “King of Memphis” Young Dolph. A creative, an executive, an artist, an entrepreneur, but most of all – a Memphian who had so much love for his city and showed it every day. We’re listening to his last album, Paper Route Illumnati, on repeat. More from The Commercial…
11/08/21
B-Side 9 p.m., Friday November 12 In a city packed to the rafters with accomplished musicians, Alicja Trout’s track record still has the ability to amaze. Over the years, the guitarist and singer has often been the lone woman in a male-dominated scene, performing with some of Memphis’ most seminal bands of the past 20+…
11/01/21
By: Ezra Wheeler Blueboys “Something Wicked” For their debut album “Something Wicked,” the hip-hop trio Blueboys nod at Ray Bradbury’s classic horror novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” which tells the story of a mysterious and ghastly traveling carnival. From the opening track “In the End,” it becomes immediately clear why they chose this title…
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