“Learn how to love yourself. ‘Cause if you don’t then why should someone else…lay their heart out on a line for you?” – Long Shot by Willamena Broken Songs: A Compilation is a collection of songs that have been written and completed over the span of a wonderful career from…
“Cash is King and you’re the jester honey!” – Blacktop Mojo – Do It For The Money Founding members of the Contrast CTRL family of featured artists, Palestine, TX natives Blacktop Mojo are back with their full length 4th album that is simply entitled “Blacktop Mojo”! On this release,…
Hey there, How are you? It’s been a crazy couple of years for this one man operation of writing. Lots of personal life changes and career changes have left this place a bit outdated on content to consume and positive messages to be had. I intend to change this and…
Hey there, It’s been awhile! How are things? For me, it’s been a rollercoaster of emotion and anxiety and you guessed it! Music! I am going to do something a bit different and get some new music out to your ears by simply sharing some songs i have really enjoyed…
Recently released and the third entry to his trilogy, Cameron Blake has yet again told another enthralling series of stories in his songs on Censor The Silence! Please enjoy the article below and the music attached!: As a creative mind and writer, I always seek that next step to…
Written below is my initial review of a EP from Blacktop Mojo entitled “Static EP”, 4 rocking tracks that resonate so true as 2020 rolls into a ever hardship filled year. With bands like Blacktop Mojo continuing to create in these unprecedented times of human history, always remember that music…
In my pursuit of searching out great new music for personal enjoyment as well for the website [the very place you are reading this!], I have stumbled upon Rock n Roll outfit Duelranger and their latest song titled ‘Bullseye’! With a fun and simple no frills music video of Duelranger…
Pronounced “Le-SEE-boo Grand”, Atlanta based Lesibu Grand has recently released an artful video for their track titled “Mi Sueño” or translated to english My Dream is a jam session song brought to life with a tame and calming video setting. Atlanta, GA being one of America’s melding pots…
Palestine, TX native’s Blacktop Mojo are geared up once again with a 3rd album successfully crowd-funded that brings a new flavor and adventure to this bands Journey. Contrast CTRL has been a huge supporter of BTM for quite some time, and it’s very apparent why. With each album we see…
In this review we take a look at the aspects of Mental Health awareness and a very surreal experience in a music video from Alternative Rockers ‘Slant’. Originally released in 1987 by Irish rockers U2, With or Without you was the third track on their 5th studio album entitled ‘The…
It’s rare we take a look at just one singular track from an artist here at Contrast CTRL. Today we are looking at a promising song from Bristol, UK founded pop artist RVBY entitled ‘Honey Bee’. Bristol is quite the landmark in the United Kingdom from it’s Clifton Suspension…
Joyous Wolf is a rock band from Southern California that brings that beach vibe and gritty classic rock n roll groove that has lasted the test of time and always provided crunchy grooves and a sound of aggression and smoothness that has taken the world by storm many times over.…
Louisiana based Ric Zweig is returning to Contrast CTRL in the feature of a review for the video of his latest single entitled “Box”. On the surface, Ric is always a smoother entertainer and ‘Box’ is no exception to the formula is a life of experience that only the voice…
Contrast CTRL is a website founded one many elements. However, one thing above the rest is the mission of this little spot on the internet. Sharing music that matters. So here we are with Colorado based singer/songwriter Marisa Nikole. A unique entity in the independent music scene, Marisa is a…
“The struggles and how you react to them is what defines you.” – Jacob Porter From Greenville, South Carolina comes State of Illusion. A band that has been ran through the ringer and rebuilt themselves from the ashes and have since moved up in the music scene as…
