Miami, Florida, has always been steeped in culture and rich in music history. Cubans brought the hot sound of the conga and rumba to the forefront while Caribbean transplants introduced the natives to reggae and calypso. The city offers a music vibe like no other and hosts the annual Winter Music Conference, which is the…
Rhode Island may be the smallest state in the U.S., but it’s not a state you can easily ignore. With a cultural attitude of ambition and drive, it’s no surprise at all that you can trace several musicians back to their roots in this beautiful state. With a state so small, if you live in…
GRAVEYARD SHIFTERS SIGN RECORD DEAL Finnish crust punk ‘n’ rollers GRAVEYARD SHIFTERS signs with German label Eternal Sound Records. The debut EP “Brainwashed by Moonshine” is scheduled for a release on 31st of October in Europe/UK. The debut EP will be released in Europe/UK in a stylish Digipack CD and as well in Finland 150…
Black River Drive’s new song ‘Grenade’, from their forthcoming album QUICKSAND, punches like a heavyweight champion. A meaty, punk rock guitar riff melds with a crushing gang vocal chorus that you’ll be singing along with by the end of the song. “I knew I had something special with this one” says lead singer and BRD…
With the release of a bold new single and music video ‘Digital Penetration’, NYC electronic shock rocker JUSTIN SYMBOL and his band have created a style all their own, which SYMBOL calls “Digital Rock”. The single contrasts classic 80’s Industrial beats with newer synth elements from current EDM, and tops it off with a crushing…
Acclaimed singer-songwriter releases “Strange Life” as the first single off her 2013 album, The Good Ones. Singer-Songwriter/vocal coach Tina Shafer started hosting and booking the New York Songwriterʼs Circle in 1991. Tina Shafer has written for artists such as Celine Dion and Billy Porter, and has also established herself as a vocal coach, working with…
Craymo is a New York native belting out his new pop single called, Love You More. This is a tribute to the Beatles and has the pop flavor that takes you back to the root of what makes popular music. A universal appeal with whimsical upbeat rhythms. Listen: http://www.reverbnation.com/craymo/song/20630103-love-you-more Craymo brings a lot more than…
Indian weddings are so much like fashion trends. A particular trend picks up and then it is done to death, till people are really sick of it. Take choreographed dances or sangeet preparations for example. Dancing on the latest Bollywood songs became a trend more than ten years ago and it is still carrying on.…
Soulful lyrics, hypnotic Three P Beats, and harmonic melodies are all hallmarks of the best R&B artists of the past 5 years. Alicia Keys, Usher, and even crossover artists like Kanye West have all topped the charts since 2010 with hot new releases, and are now on massive world tours. With the top spots now…
PAOLO NUTINI PERFORMS “IRON SKY” AND “SCREAM (FUNK MY LIFE UP)” ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! Scottish soul singer Paolo Nutini appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 17th to perform “Iron Sky” off his new LP Caustic Love. Already a phenomenon worldwide, Caustic Love debuted at No. 1 in the UK earlier this year and…
Miami based singer/rapper/songwriter AdELA released her first official music video for her single “I Was Waiting”. The debut track is heating up the streets and was produced by super producer STREETRUNNER. This emotional hip-hop ballad gives you a strong visual to back up the power track. The video was Directed by Andrew Colton and shot…
Country recording artist Veronica Ballestrini has released a concept video for her current single, “Cookies and Cream,” which is now available for viewing on her YouTube page. Directed by Carl Diebold, the video was shot in downtown Nashville, Tenn., and features the iconic Elliston Place Soda Shop. “Cookies and Cream” is an upbeat, high-spirited anthem…
Check out NYC-based pop crooner Rachel Lynn. Lynn just released her new single “Somehow, Some Way”. The track comes off her forthcoming sophomore EP To Street & Transfer, out this November. To Street & Transfer is the follow-up to Lynn’s 2012 debut, self-titled EP, of which Big Takeover raves, “And so, over five songs, we…
Over the course of his decade long and decorated career, Urban Mystic has sold over 300K albums (Independently) and has worked with Scott Storch (who produced his hit-single “I Refuse” which charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Charts), Red Spyda, Paul Wall, El Debarge and Kay Gee (who produced Mystic’s first big single…
Born with a name comprised of two (Ana and Elise) and made of many ethnicities (Mexican and Italian to name a couple), Analise Nelson lives the many aspects of her life in hybridity. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado and was surrounded by her parents’ diverse taste in music, which ranged from jazz to progressive…
Wonky and brittle, ‘Time To Breathe’ starts off airy and light but shifts almost immediately into an explosion of sound. http://www.reverbnation.com/theymademonsters/song/21719762-time-to-breathe-feat-sharon-obrien Hailing from Swansea, Wales, Steve Lock delivers his own brand of music as They Made Monsters. Settling somewhere between alternative rock and hip-hop, this track from They Made Monsters is wide ranging in its…
LINCOLN JESSER RELEASES FULL ALBUM STREAM While Lincoln Jesser’s debut, full-length album, ‘Modern Color’ won’t be available until next week, Spotify has the album streaming in its entirety right now, HERE! Packed with nine emotionally engaging, feel-good electronic pop tracks, the album officially drops on September 23, 2014 and can be preordered on iTunes. https://play.spotify.com/album/6TT1MECMDMsQkvkBnbCvim?play=true…
Meg Myers released her first performance video today for the alt-rock track “GO” from her latest EP, Make A Shadow. This video – directed by Robert Hales (Jack White, Gnarls Barkley, N.E.R.D.) – gives you a glimpse into Meg’s soul-wrenching and intense live show. Meg’s current single “Desire” is top 20 at alternative radio in…
Dance duo The Knocks (comprised of LES/NY-based producers JPatt and B-Roc) drop a music video to accompany their feel-good, anytime anthem, ‘Classic (ft. Powers)’ out now via Big Beat Records—spreading nostalgia to everyone’s favorite classic computer game, The Sims—while kicking off a perfect afternoon at the pool, complete with cotton candy, palm trees, and (thankfully)…
Fresh from their Ibiza residency as part of David Guetta’s ‘F*** Me I’m Famous’, Daddy’s Groove are back with yet another slice of dance floor goodness in the shape of ‘Pulse’. Featuring indie upstarts TeamMate on vocal duties, ‘Pulse’ is available now on Ultra Records and is followed by a stunning video you can watch…
James Edgar Francis wants you to fall in love with him. Or at least that is what you would be forgiven for thinking when you hear his debut single “Unearth Me, Baby”. “You’ve got me running around and you’ve got me singing, got me singing…” James has been a fiery enigma of the Sydney music…
Digital signage is the future of marketing and advertising. It is versatile, quick to update, interactive, much more interesting and attractive than static signage and can be put both outdoors and indoors. For indoor advertising, especially, digital signage has made it possible for the client to interact more directly with the brand through such applications…
The Brazen Youth is a duo out of old Lyme, CT. that includes Nick Lussier on vocals and guitar and Charles Dahlke on piano and vocals. They have morphed a sound together that is pure and unique with a subtle pleasantness creating profound results. Their latest single, Alright, is sublime elegance. Song: “Alright” https://soundcloud.com/thebrazenyouth/alright This…
Pop icon Lady Gaga gave a show-stopping performance in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park on Saturday as part of her “artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball” world tour. Some 30,000 concertgoers were also wowed with a surprise appearance by the legendary Tony Bennett, who performed a duet with Lady Gaga taken from their collaborative effort, Cheek to Cheek,…
SISTER SIN PREMIERE “CHAOS ROYALE” LYRIC VIDEO Sister Sin have delivered the heavy metal album of the decade – Black Lotus, their fifth studio album in stores 10/27/14. Sister Sin skillfully inject elements of classic, metal-tinged hard rock in the vein of Motley Crue, Accept, and Judas Priest, while remaining contemporary, fresh and pushing heavy…
Haley Jane’s back and better than ever with a new song and video for “Doing me tonight”. This song is a perfect mix of pop and house music with an urban flare. The way the producer chopped her vocals and effected them to the beat gives Haley Jane a unique sound. The song is a…
Up and coming singer-songwriter Zana, a current student at the Berklee College of Music, has just released her debut single, ‘Into My Bed’. The four-minute tune features the 19-year-old jamming out to her self-proclaimed gypsy-pop inspired lyrics and instruments. Her collaborations with Grammy award winning producers, Tim Mitchell and George Noriega, have been instrumental in…
After 5 years of collaborating with local and national acts, Lola de Hanna is taking a new musical direction and just released her solo CD single titled “A knack for these…” written by Lola and produced by French producer Pascal Perrin. Lola, who was born and raised in Greece, describes her new sound on her…
Dan MacCormack releases his debut solo album, Symphony of Ghosts, on Tuesday, October 14th. Inspired by the writing of David Adams Richards, Symphony of Ghosts is an album of symphonic Americana that explores and excavates Richards’ oeuvre, facing the darkness of rural poverty, loss, loneliness, and grief. There is a subtle oppressiveness in the lyrics,…
With its relentless repetition of the mantra like phrase “She twerkin’” from the opening of ‘Talk To Me Now!!!’, the track embeds itself in the frontal lobes like a cerebral wasp. Listen – http://k007.kiwi6.com/hotlink/0vumig6j01/4X_-_Talk_to_me_now_.mp3 The beats are restrained, not filling the spectral soundscape and yet create a solid base for the simplicity of the rap…
“Who We Are” is a collection full of sunny optimism. Aaron Gwynaire’s arrangements are tasteful and remarkably clear. Giving the songs a relaxed feeling works wonders for the mood of the collection. By focusing on positivity the songs create an inviting atmosphere. The vocals are strong and the lyrics are clever. Clearly Aaron Gwynaire is…
On June 18 and 19, 2009, the Summer Solstics Projekt Festival was slated to take place in Maryland, but after numerous noise complaints at the beginning of the festival, the entire event was shut down. Sheriff Chuck Jenkins and Administrator Larry Smith went to the festival and revoked the permit, ultimately forcing artists and campers/attendees…
TEACH ME EQUALS SHARE VIDEO FOR “DICTIONARY OF IMAGINARY PLACES” Scape-rock duo Teach Me Equals are pleased to release their debut LP, Knives in the Hope Chest, available today, September 16, 2014 on Minorlit Records. Through their unique instrumentation and ardent live shows – more than 200 a year – Teach Me Equals has earned…
Platinum-selling, 14-year-old vocal sensation Jackie Evancho will release her third studio album, Awakening, on September 23 coinciding with an international tour. Produced by Nick Patrick, Awakening is Evancho’s first album under her recent worldwide recording agreement with Sony Music Masterworks imprint Portrait. The release will be supported by an International tour, a new PBS Special…
Lyon, France’s THE AMSTERDAM RED LIGHT DISTRICT (aka TARLD) will release their their brand new record, Gone For A While, on November 26th via Red-Light Records. TARLD’s sound has been nurtured from the roots of bands that the band have listed to since their youth – such as Refused, The Bronx, Letlive and The Ghost…
In this new era of music, artists have to do a lot more than just stand out, and bilingual Japanese-American rappers, Flow Zen and Kuga, are doing just that. The group hails from the west coast in the city of fog, San Francisco, and their music has embodied a Bay Area sound that features uniquely…
Interlaced in Jesse Macht’s melodies are an abundance of stories overflowing with passion, vulnerability, empathy and honesty. On September 23rd, 2014, the Los Angeles born and raised songwriter and singer will independently release his sophomore album, Suitcase Heart, produced by Nashville’s Justin “Uncle” Tockett (Marc Broussard, Eli Teplin). “I completely trust Justin and the artistic…
Hello there world, I am bouncing off the walls off Vitamin Water & Monster Energy drinks and I am feeling good. I really would love to skip to the interview but lets do some music news first. Pandora, the leading internet radio service, and international music rights management company BMG, announced a multi-year agreement for…
If your eyelashes are not growing as you want them to grow, you are certainly not alone. Many of us may not be naturally endowed with thick, dreamy, curly lashes. However, you can use eyelash extensions available on acclaimed providers like Eyelash Serum Review to achieve that perfect look. The results will depend on how…
If you are investing in loose diamonds, it may be of interest for you to know that the largest diamond found on the surface of the earth is the Cullinan, which is colorless. It weighs around 0.062kg! If you are planning to invest in diamonds which you intend to use in diamond jewelry items like…
