Monsoon Moon walks the head VS heart tightrope on debut single ‘Just Friends’
“If only I could stay the night as a friend, if only we could live no regrets…” The last lines of Monsoon Moon’s debut hang heavy. The single, ‘Just Friends’ is a strong offering about whether impulsive decisions prove to be the best ones. From the artist formerly known and beloved as Command Q, ‘Just Friends’ is the tip of an iceberg of music from the WA musician; stirring and ready to go.
Throwing himself deeper into music and songwriting after wrapping up the Command Q project in 2017, Monsoon Moon (aka Shaun Pickett) presents a new facet of his artistry with this new project. Self-aware and open, Monsoon Moon produces music with evocative strength in its production and insatiable delivery. ‘Just Friends’ was recorded in Melbourne with the heavyweight producer Joel Quartermain before returning home in Perth to be mixed and mastered by Shaun himself at Digital Bath Studios.
WITCH VOMIT: Portland Death Cult To Release Buried Deep In A Bottomless Grave Full-Length
On their new LP, WITCH VOMIT — featuring members of fellow Portland crushers Torture Rack — moves toward perfecting the surgical fusion between the driving Scandinavian style violence and subconscious terror that they’ve previously established and the gore obsessed smashing of their American forbears. Subtlety is abolished for a savage attack, imprinted on your withering mind like an impulsive stab to the throat from a crazed stranger, all the while a dreadful sense of eerie melody rings throughout the album.
RunHideFight covers Shocking Blue w/ New Single “Send Me A Postcard”
RunHideFight’s new single “Send Me A Postcard,” out now via NewNoise Magazine, a cover of 60s band Shocking Blue (also write the original “Love Buzz” famously covered by Nirvana) gives us all the teenage angst we felt in adolescence only amplified by the tribulations of adulthood. The single epitomizes their authentic garage punk sound, offering heavy hitter lyrics and plenty of headbanging opportunities. Through “wicked good guitars” and a gritty garage band sound, RunHideFight is sure to keep you moshing through the early hours of the morning. With true stamina and passion, RunHideFight revitalizes this classic and makes it theirs- tough, shocking, and totally rocking.
THE SPIDER HOLE Releases Official Music Video for “The Leviathan Stomp.”
Phoenix, AZ based Cinematic Alternative Rock band THE SPIDER HOLE has released the official music video for “The Leviathan Stomp,” the first video off of their hotly anticipated new LP with graphic novel, To the Monsters. Directed by Johnny Wilkerson and front-man Ethan Scott, “The Leviathan Stomp” was exclusively premiered on Dread Central.
ENFORCED: Decibel Streams “Born Lost” From Richmond Crossover Outfit
ENFORCED’s At The Walls LP features a remixed and remastered version of the 2017 demo and their “Retaliation” promo, and introduces two brand new songs to the mix. All tracks were recorded by Bob Quirk and mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Cavalera Conspiracy, Candy), and the album’s cover art was created by Dwid Hellion (Integrity, Psywarfare) who makes a guest appearance on the track “Skinned Alive.”
U.K. breakout Celeste debuts new single “Coco Blood”
“Coco Blood is a coming of age song,” Celeste reveals. “The main lyric ‘are you warm enough’ is about an inner conversation with yourself. It’s asking yourself the question, ‘are you strong enough, are you good enough, are you determined enough to achieve and acquire all the things that you wish for and desire.” The song’s name is also a reference to Celeste’s British-Jamaican heritage; the blood that runs through her body.
New video: Richard James Simpson ‘Job’
“Job” is the ninth track off of Richard James Simpson’s sophomore, solo album “Deep Dream.” The piece features Teardrain, an introspective power trio of which Simpson was a member. The track was written by Simpson and Jill Emery (Hole, Mazzy Star). Emery and Mark Reback (Slaughter and The Dogs, Vast Asteroid) are on bass/backing vocals and drums respectively. It was produced by Teardrain and Jack Waterson of Green on Red fame.
Lena Leon New Single Entitled ‘Walls’
Lena Leon is a critically acclaimed singer, producer, audio engineer and songwriter from New York City. Having quickly become one of the go-to vocalists and songwriters for some of the biggest producers and DJs in the dance scene, Leon is now showing the world who she is an artist. She confides, “People can always sense when a song comes genuinely from the heart, and that’s when I realized I had a voice and wanted to share it with the world”.
For Skope: GRAVEDGR’s new sinister single “RAWSIDE” ft. Lit Lords [out on Carnage’s Heavyweight]
Notoriously mysterious producer GRAVEDGR is back on Carnage’s Heavyweight Records, this time teaming up with a duo with equally heavy taste in bass music – Texan duo Lit Lords, who bring their hard-trap sound to the new release “RAWSIDE.” True to its name, the track delivers a cacophonous, disharmonized mixture of ear-splitting, mind-bending effects, including stabbing and serrating synths, deep warbling basslines and its signature vocal hook “welcome to the RAWSIDE.” The new single is GRAVEDGR’s 6th release on Heavyweight, following his recent “KAMIKAZE” and its VIP version earlier this year. Lit Lords are known for their prior releases on Dim Mak, Harsh Records and Thrive Music. Let’s hope there are more collaborations to come from these forces of nature very soon!
VICTIMS: Decibel Premieres The Horse And Sparrow Theory Full-Length From Stockholm Hardcore Crust Punk Veterans
Issues Decibel of the release, “The Horse And Sparrow Theory is a ripping journey into the bowels of crust punk, d-beat and hardcore, recalling their contemporaries like His Hero Is Gone and Tragedy. With a clear-but-dirty production job from Karl Daniel Lidén, The Horse And Sparrow Theory takes aim at the fucked state of the world with vitriol. A dreary tone surrounds The Horse And Sparrow Theory, reflecting its subject matter. Even though the melodies are dark and the layers of feedback and distortion are suffocating, songs like ‘Fires Below’ and ‘The Birth Of Tragedy’ are also anthemic and catchy like the best punk tunes are.”
Mwahaha return post-cancer battle with ‘Lovers’ LP
In a lot of ways, it’s been a long time coming for Oakland’s Mwahaha. A head-turning self-titled debut album. Ascending, then pausing. Losing a member to a battle with cancer. Today they announce the arrival of their second album Lovers, out September 6th via a self-release. The gauzy new track “Sundown” is streaming today via Northern Transmissions and Soundcloud, and it’s worth seeing how exactly they got to this point.
Rolling Loud Announces Bay Area 2019 Lineup, Headlined by Future, Migos, Lil Uzi Vert & G-Eazy
Rising from an indie Miami production to a massive enterprise that spans multiple locations, Rolling Loud embodies rap’s underdog-to-top dog spirit. Returning to Northern California for a third-annual action-packed weekend, Rolling Loud announces Future, Migos, Lil Uzi Vert, and Oakland native G-Eazy as headliners for Rolling Loud Bay Area 2019. Occurring at Oakland Coliseum Grounds on September 28th and 29th, the lineup features an unbeatable array of hip-hop talent, from established superstars like Juice WRLD, 21 Savage,Young Thug, Tyga, NAV, and Young Dolph, red-hot newcomers like DaBaby, Blueface, Gunna, Polo G, Megan Thee Stallion, and Ski Mask The Slump God, rapid risers like Calboy, NLE Choppa, Lil Keed, Yung Bans, and Lil TJay, and an impressive array of Bay Area talent, including SOB X RBE, Kamaiyah, Nef The Pharaoh, Berner, Saweetie, OMB Peezy, Philthy Rich, and more.
Stefan Forrest – 2 Billion Streams/Grammy Winning Songwriter /New Project
Don Stefano (singer/writer/producer) has always lived his life through music and started his professional career in 2011 when he released his first album, working as songwriter and producer. Since then he have taken the industry by storm and have had numerous international hits, including the Grammy nominated hit “7 years” by Lukas Graham. In 2016 he moved to Los Angeles and landed a songwriting deal with Jon Platt, CEO of Warner Chappell publishing. Through this he worked with artists such as Selena Gomez, Leona Lewis, Hailee Steinfeld and Julia Michaels. In a music presentation for Jon Platt, “Ask for it” was played as demo, and this led him to convince Stefano to pursue a career as artist himself – and Future Animals was born.
Eagles Hit Songwriter Jack Tempchin Announces New Solo Record
Hot off the heels of his June 13th induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, legendary singer-songwriter Jack Tempchin has announced the release of his 12th solo album titled One More Time With Feeling, due out August 23rd on Jimmy Buffett’s label Mailboat Records. The album’s title track – an up-tempo country-rock tale of a couple’s third attempt at love – is a previously unreleased co-write with Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey, with whom Tempchin has co-written a dozen radio hits.
