Slow No Wake is the musical project of Adam Theron-Lee Rensch. A multi-instrumentalist, Rensch wrote and recorded his first full-length album as Slow No Wake in bedrooms and closets throughout Ohio. Rensch, now 29, began writing music at the age of 16 as a guitarist in local metal band. While in college, he worked at…
Month: January 2014
FROM RUSSIA: DANCEKRAFT VIDEO FOR “FAKE SMILE”
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“Fake Smile” is an international collaboration track and also the debut single by Dancekraft feat. The Shy Project. The guys behind Dancekraft. rising stars in the EDM scene from Russia are Artego & Coolerlong, together they have 10 years background of producing electronic music. Also Dancekraft guys have one of the biggest radio-podcast show in…
Tomorrows, The Code Duello (Preview)
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Formerly known as The Jim Ivins Band, I had the pleasure of reviewing their last two EP’s but that was then and this is now. Actually, it’s Tomorrows and don’t forget it! Made up of brothers Jim & Jack Ivins, Tomorrows are trying to breathe new life into Rock music that they feel…
Paul Meadow, Frozen Christmas Radio Train
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Paul Meadow is one of those singular composers band out of Brooklyn, New York who just released his latest EP entitled Frozen Christmas Radio Train in late 2013. Meadow presents an original blender of sound mixing bands like Psychedelic Furs, Love and Rockets, R.E.M, Brian Eno, David Sylvian and Divine Fits. On this EP expect…
Andrea Desmond, Open Spaces EP
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Open Spaces is an eclectic yet unique pop offering from Seattle based singer/songwriter Andrea Desmond (Spectra Records). Her music is hard to put in a generalized category or genre, but she does manage to incorporate elements of indie, rock, jazz, folk, and even pop parallel to the 90’s. Desmond received training in songwriting under…
TIPS ON HOW TO LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR
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If you are a guitar player, you probably have one desire: Always getting better. Many guitar players reach a plateau and then they stop improving. They get content with how well they can play. They may buy new equipment and get excited about it for a while, getting a bit better for a short span…
Rob Larkin & the Wayward Ones, Dogwood Roots
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Enter Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Rob Larkin & The Wayward Ones who just released his latest 10 track CD entitled “Dogwood Roots” (2013). On the upside, you can expect 10 vintage pieces that champion high quality poppy folk and topics canvassed against an alt-rock backdrop. Some songs have an almost earthy sound to them while…
WIRE: THE TONTONS POST “PONY”
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Houston’s rising indie rockers The Tontons team up with The Village Voice’s Sound of the City blog to premiere their latest track, “Pony,” today – a follow-up to their last single. Listen to the new song “Pony”. The song is off The Tontons’ much-anticipated forthcoming full-length album, Make Out King and Other Stories of Love…
VICTORY RECORDS SIGNS DARKNESS DIVIDED
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VICTORY RECORDS is proud to announce the signing of San Antonio’s DARKNESS DIVIDED. The four-piece are quickly making a name for themselves through heavy DIY touring — including major festivals such as Cornerstone and Sonshine. Vocalist Gerard Mora comments, “We are incredibly stoked to be a part of the Victory Records Family! We’ve always…
WIRE: SPIN PREMIERES THE DARCYS NEW VIDEO
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The Darcys announce a fourth video from their highly acclaimed Arts & Crafts full-length, Warring, today via SPIN. Directed by Michael Maxxis, “Horses Fell” follows Sonny Castille, a former Vegas lounge singer who lost everything to drug addiction, ultimately relocating to Reno, Nevada to disappear. When Maxxis spoke of first meeting Castille, “I met Sonny…
MAX ROACH MEMORIALIZED AT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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The life and music of jazz great Max Roach, one of the founding fathers of the modernist style known as bebop, will be forever memorialized for future generations in the nation’s library. The Library of Congress today celebrated the acquisition of Roach’s vast personal collection of papers, music, photos, and audio and video recordings.…
NEW VIDEO BY MOSES WEST
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Lyricist Moses West and Producer ill Clinton bring you the video for fan favorite song “Fair Eastside” off their LP “You’re Gonna Love Me”. “Fair Eastside” is a soulful, heartfelt, and lyrical ode to “Outeast”, the notorious east side of Jacksonville, FL. Watch “Fair Eastside” here: http://youtu.be/1a5oM1Izn1E Stream / Purchase “You’re Gonna Love Me” LP…
WIRE: ANIMAL PARTS SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR “WHERE THE HEART IS”
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Animal Parts recently shared their heartsick, yet uplifting single, “Where The Heart Is,” via SPIN, and today, the Toronto folk rock band unveil a nostalgic new video for the track. The video features home movie footage of childhood images and lazy summer days, with clips of Animal Parts’ Joshua Cockerill walking home through the streets…
WIRE: ALT PRESS PREMIERES NEW TRACK “OLE FISHLIPS IS DEAD NOW” FROM CHIODOS
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Chiodos has announced an April 1st release date for the band’s new album DEVIL. The title is the first issued on the on the band’s new imprint drk/lght records in partnership with Razor & Tie. The 13-track set finds founding front man Craig Owens and drummer Derrick Frost reunited with band members Bradley Bell,…
LIZZIE SIDER CONTINUES ANTI-BULLYING MESSAGE
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LIZZIE SIDER, 15-year old emerging Country artist, is continuing her tour of elementary and middle schools, by conducting her Bully Prevention Assembly at over 100 schools during January, February and March of 2014, throughout the entire State of Florida. The tour continues after a successful weekend in Nashville, where Sider performed the national anthem…
WIRE: EYEDRESS NEW SINGLE ON NOISEY
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Quezon City, Manila, in the Philippines is where Idris Vicuña’s music project EYEDRESS came to life. It also serves as the backdrop of the Filipino wunderkinds new, self-directed music video for his latest track “Teen Spirits.” Speaking about “Teen Spirit,” Idris explains that it’s “a song about true love and the idea of soul…
WIRE: NTNT NEW SINGLE POSTED
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NTNT is kicking the year off right with the release of their sophomore EP, And Then the Moon. The group has just premiered their highly anticipated electro-laced single, “Getchya So Good,” via The Vinyl District. The phenomenal track is intertwined with electro-punches, and dreamy melodies, which will grab your ears right from the start. The…
THE USED NEW VIDEO “CRY”
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The Used has released a new single and music video for “Cry” off their upcoming album, “Imaginary Enemy,” set to release on April 1st, 2014. Watch the music video here: http://bit.ly/1n7ZL1l. Album pre-orders are now available on iTunes here: http://bit.ly/1lhbv3c. “Imaginary Enemy,” produced by the acclaimed John Feldmann,is the band’s sixth studio full-length, following the…
NEW VIDEO RO AKIN FEATURING X-FACTOR STANDOUT ASHLY WILLIAMS
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To bring in the new year, Atlanta based rapper, RO AKIN gives his fans a new visual for the track entitled, “NOMADIC.” Hailing from his latest mixtape, MIXED FELLINGS. “Nomadic” features a vibrant rising star, Ashly Williams, who has been noted to work with many celebrities and is best known as a leading…
DAVID T. LITTLE DEBUTS TRACK “…AND THERE WAS MORNING – THE SECOND DAY”
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New Amsterdam Records is pleased to announce that David T. Little will release his new album Haunt of Last Nightfall on February 25, 2014. Performed and commissioned by acclaimed ensemble Third Coast Percussion, the piece looks to a tragic moment in El Salvadoran history, the massacre at El Mozote, El Salvador in December 1981. Third…
FAHD LIL FEAT ZIKO “DANCE WITH ME”
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Laraboyz band which include Fahd Lil and Ziko have released a donation campaign for the dissemination and marketing of their first song in English on a global level. In an unprecedented attempt to realize their childhood dream and to enter into the professional open world, to becoming a professional international band. And the song is…
STOLI THINKS THE GRAMMYS COULD HAVE USED SOME LINDSEY SAUNDERS
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Hello out there music lovers of earth, hope you are all well. I do not want to overindulge on the Grammys but if you go online & thru social media you hear a lot of negative. All I have to say is you do not have to listen to that mainstream pop and if you…
Brandon White, In My Younger Dreams (2013)
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This CD “In My Younger Dreams” by Arkansas’ own Brandon White is sure to one day be remembered as one of the classic good timing Americana-Alt Rock CD’s of recent time. Its pure rocking Americana magic the way it used to be, full of cautionary tales, and a passion for life and life on the…
WIRE: NEW SINGLE BY THE VALERY TRAILS
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Indie rockers, The Valery Trails, are back with their second album, Buffalo Speedway due out April 29th, releasing their new single, “Starsong,” interestingly enough, a track written even before their time. Take a listen here at The Big Takeover: http://www.bigtakeover.com/news/exclusive-song-premiere-starsong-by-the-valery-trails
NEW VIDEO BY FYE BOY
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Straight out of Daytona Beach, FL comes FYE BOY, a rapper and businessman. Today, he is releasing the video for the first single “Grizzy Grind,” off his forthcoming album. Produced by Grammy-nominated, 3x Platinum artist AYO the Producer, the song is an anthem for 2014, slick and incredibly catchy. FYE’s personal story is both inspiring…
WIRE: CHRIS GARNEAU NEW VIDEO “OH GOD” RMX
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When Chris Garneau started working on Winter Games five years ago, he had a simple premise in mind: exploring the frostbitten season through secondhand story lines. Not long-forgotten memories of merriment and myrrh so much as the many ways smothered sunrises and blanketed windowsills manipulate our moods and tighten―or in some cases, altogether undo ―our…
WIRE: THE HOLD STEADY OFFER FIRST TRACK”I HOPE THIS WHOLE THING DIDN’T FRIGHTEN YOU”
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The Hold Steady has released the first song, “I Hope This Whole Thing Didn’t Frighten You,” from their new album Teeth Dreams, out March 25. Teeth Dreams is the New York band’s sixth album and first on its own Positive Jams imprint via new label Washington Square, itself a newly established imprint formed by Razor…
WIRE: JARED BARTMAN SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR “JACKALS” VIA ARTIST DIRECT
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Following the recent release of his new album, Misery Makes Strange Bedfellows, Jared Bartman is sharing a new video for his song, “Jackals,” via Artist Direct. Shot on a warehouse rooftop last summer, Jared’s commanding vocals cut through the airy harmonies with menacing energy in this stripped-down interpretation of the stomping album version. The latin-influenced…
WIRE: BOY/FRIEND DROPS BRAND NEW SINGLE “NEVER NOT LOOKING”
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Following his critically-acclaimed debut album Leather Weather and Leather Weather Worldwide: The Remixes (both available for free via Soundcloud), New York’s R&B artist BOY/FRIEND is back with his brand new “pheromone-releasing single” (The FADER) “Never Not Looking,” produced by his go-to music partner MNTN and nightlife’s world-famous Mel DeBarge. The FADER exclusively premieres the song:…
WIRE: NEW SINGLE BY VINYL THIEF ON NOISEY
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Electro-rock outfit, Vinyl Thief, have announced that they will be releasing a new EP, “Stop Motion,” on February 4th, 2014 – a preview to their upcoming full-length, set to release in Spring 2014. You can stream the title-track exclusively on Noisey here: http://bit.ly/noisey-vice. “Stop Motion” is the follow up single to “Smooth,” which Vinyl Thief…
WIRE: NEW SINGLE BY FENSTER
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Berlin/NY quartet Fenster have announced the release of their second record, The Pink Caves, out March 4th on Morr Music. The album follows their debut, Bones, which received critical acclaim from the likes of KEXP, NPR, The New Yorker, MTV, NYLON, Refinery29, BrooklynVegan, Team Coco, and more, often gaining favorable comparisons to The Velvet Underground,…
SIIINES NEW EP FEBRUARY 11
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SIIINES, the Los Angeles based electro-rock band, is pleased to announce the release of their new EP, Fukushimarama! The album, which was produced by veteran electronic producer Ari Rhodes of Hands Up!, will be released on February 11th. With equal parts eclectic EDM and in your face rock, SIIINES willfully crosses lines…
WIRE: NEW VIDEO POLICA “I NEED $”
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Following on from their recent album Shulamith, the follow up to last year’s Give You the Ghost, POLIÇA are all set to release new single I Need $ on 3rd March 2014. I Need $ (spoken as I Need Money) is Shulamith’s most R&B / pop inflected track and contains the lyric that, according to…
SEBJAK NEW VIDEO “FEEL YOU”
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Having watched the rise of his fellow countrymen, Sebastian Jak set out to become the next success story in Sweden’s already impressive dance music history. The rising star known as Sebjak is breaking into the scene in a big way, and his track “Feel You,” out now on Ultra Music, is poised to take him…
THE LOVE JUNKIES “CHEMICAL MOTIVATION” POSTED
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After a massive 2013, The Love Junkies are excited to announce the release of their new single “Chemical Motivation”. Self-produced, recorded and mixed by the band in singer Mitch McDonald’s old bedroom at his parent’s house, the single is a taster of the band’s upcoming EP to be released on limited edition vinyl very soon…
NATALIA DAMINI FEAT NICKI MIMAJ IN “HOT FIRE”
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Going through Nicki Minaj withdrawals? Well, here’s a little something to satiate your Boss Ass Bitch cravings until her next track drops. The prolific femcee makes a surprise appearance on Natalia Damini‘s new LP Beautiful. Who? The stunning brunette is popular pop diva in Brazil with a taste for American hip-hop. The ladies join forces…
Magic Punches
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Based in Portland OR, Magic Punches is a pop rock duo consisting of Lee Barbara and Bobby Seus. Musically, they’re both very well educated: Mr. Barbara went to Univ. of Oregon on a jazz scholarship, while Mr. Seus obtained a degree in Music Theory from Notre Dame. The band has three EPs out, two of…
Julian & The Upside Sound, Julian & The Upside Sound
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Get ready for the unexpected with this self titled debut by Julian & The Upside Sound, a self described “true fusion of Celtic ethereal sensibility with a bluegrassy folk drive.” The unconventional yet joyful sound is thanks largely to the chemistry of the lifelong friends that make up the group. “Water” is a fast paced…
Kris N, The Thankful Parade
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Indie pop group Kris N is making waves again with their latest effort “The Thankful Parade” and as the title suggests, it’s a celebration of life with a dreamy pop flair. “First and 10” begins with an 80’s new wave flair, straight out of a John Hughes prom scene. “Carillon Belles” carries the balladry along…
GooD HooD, Liquid Assets
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You just might want to invest in GooD HooD because they’re about to shut it down on their new release called ‘Liquid Assets’. GooD HooD is a dynamic duo made up of lifelong friends Roger “Deuce” Brown & Sab’rey Smith. Growing up in the so-called “North Pole” of Chicago and now living in…
