Toronto/Los Angeles duo Snowblink, aka Daniela Gesundheit and Dan Golden, have announced a new single, “How Now”, available now via Outside Music and their first New York City performance in three years, April 27 at Cake Shop. The single provides a first taste from their third full-length album, due to arrive later in 2016. “How…
TENGGER CAVALRY EP STREAM It was recently announced that Mongolian folk metal group TENGGER CAVALRY will unleash their new Mountain Side EP tomorrow, April 1st. Pre-order it here via iTunes and get the newly re-recorded single “War Horse” now as an instant-grat track (stream the track here). In celebration of tomorrow’s release, Loudwire is exclusively…
Full of passion Alexandra’s “Criminal” is an infectious engaging piece of pop. Everything simply works from her undeniably strong vocals to the thoughtful lyricism. Nicely accompanying her voice are the impeccable arrangements which seem to nicely match her own chaotic and highly charged delivery. Perfectly balanced the song is a compassionate piece one that truly…
Wisconsin native Vicky Emerson’s third full-length album, Wake Me When the Wind Dies Down, is an exceptional entry very much in the same tradition as Lucinda Williams, but also lead by more contemporary influences. The ten song collection is produced by Emerson’s longtime collaborator Matt Patrick and the production does well presenting these tracks in…
FEHER is thrilled to share the music video for her new single “Silence.” Following in the footsteps of her first single “False Appetite,” “Silence” is another example of FEHER’s ear for crafting emotional pieces of dark, atmospheric, electro-pop. The music video, beautifully directed by Sergey Maydin, captures FEHER battling a physical embodiment of her demons…
Five-time GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Skylar Grey releases a new song today, “Moving Mountains,” via all participating digital retailers. The track, written by Grey and produced by Mike Elizondo and Mark Batson, was inspired by the mountains in Park City, Utah where Skylar resides. The song follows on last year’s “Cannonball,” featuring Grey’s KIDinaKORNER/Interscope…
Adam Jensen brings back bad boy vulnerability in his latest single and official music video for “Numb”. The track highlights Jensen’s ability to pull at your heartstrings using fragile vocal inflections, emotionally relatable lyrics, synth sounds and lo-fi, delayed guitars. “Numb” is the latest installment off of Jensen’s upcoming EP due for release later this…
HOLLOW BONES TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM Empire State melodic metalcore quintet, Hollow Bones, will self-release its debut album, Lionheart, on May 27. Over a year in the making, Lionheart was mixed, mastered and engineered by Randy Pasquarella at Pasquarella Recordings and self-produced by Hollow Bones with Pasquarella’s assistance. Hollow Bones comments: “We are incredibly proud…
Baltimore, Maryland native Jermaine “Scooter” Smith began his career as an entertainer at the tender age of 5, when J Boog of B2K discovered him. J Boog took Scooter under his wing, and moved him to Los Angeles the following year. Scooter soon thereafter, began dancing with local entertainment personality, Tommy The Clown that encouraged…
So here we are on a gorgeous Friday morning and I am feeling ready for the weekend. I am so excited to get to my guest this week, Shiva but before that lets do some news. One day after Jay Z’s streaming service Tidal celebrated its one-year anniversary, the rapper-turned-businessman is taking legal action against…
Last summer Benny Benassi posted a snippet of a new collaboration alongside R&B megastar Chris Brown called “Paradise” to his SoundCloud, and in 30 hours the upload received more than half a million plays. Since both artists were in the midst of other release commitments, the preview was pulled from the streaming service and fans…
Sanrio, the global lifestyle brand best known for beloved pop icon Hello Kitty, and Universal Parks & Resorts have opened the Hello Kitty Shop Featuring Hello Kitty and Friends at Universal Orlando Resort. The Hello Kitty Shop at Universal Studios Florida marks Sanrio’s official retail debut and Hello Kitty’s first appearance at a theme park…
Oleg Frish was born and grew up in the USSR, but it couldn’t put a crimp into his love for American retro music. He would grab any chance to touch that culture, which was a forbidden fruit in the country ruled by the Soviet system back then. By his teens he had learned by heart…
JAMES HOLT “THE MIRROR” Manchester-based multi-instrumentalist James Holt, with his deep blend of alternative rock and folk, is set to release his second EP ‘Sanguine On the Rocks’ on Friday 29 April 2016. Make no mistake, this intense new material is not set to a template – it’s more a living circus of intoxicating blues,…
The Finnish symphonic/film score metal band RAVENIA just released a music video for the track “We All Died For Honor” online. Their debut album “Beyond The Walls Of Death” will be released on April 29th in Europe and North America through Inner Wound Recordings. The video was directed by Markus Nieminen. The sound of Ravenia…
Written and recorded over the past year in Berlin, Reykjavik and Ireland, Black Lights is Icelandic trio Samaris’ most fully realized and accessible record yet – sung for the first time entirely in English, and headed up by gorgeous lead-off single “Wanted 2 Say,” released on 8th April. Black Lights is a reflection on both…
Finlay Leslie makes up for what she lacks in height with a big voice and a markedly vast range of song writing inspiration, exceeding far beyond her years. Drawing experience from break-ups, trust, love, being elected Prom Queen alongside her girlfriend and revealing what she would say to her twelve-year-old self, this gifted self-taught storyteller…
As a property owner, you will at first want to make good returns from your rental units. You invested a lot of money in building your apartments or houses and it is time to get tenants to recoup your money as well as get profit. The last thing you want is to end up with…
Cheap beer and endless movie-nights helped Nightmen create their debut LP ”Fifteen Minutes of Pain”, a 28-minute primitive rock’n’roll-album filled with power-pop hooks and ingenious songwriting. The three vocalists sing with equal measures of punk snottiness and sugary sweetness. The diversity of having three singers makes “Fifteen Minutes of Pain” a dynamic garage-rock anthem. Nightmen…
The Italian duo of HELALYN FLOWERS strike back at full force with the uncompromising determination of redefining our sonic foundation! A quite ambitious challenge after the detonating success of their last studio album “White Me In // Black Me Out” released back in 2013 after which we were all wondering what could be achieved next……
Ableton Live is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) and a software music sequencer that is good at producing music. It is also very much useful when playing live music. Therefore, with the people’s desire to make music or listen to someone else’s music, every music producer out there should be familiar with Ableton Live. Fortunately,…
Peter Unger expresses his deep optimism in the world in the soothing tones of “I Am A Walking Man”. With crystal clarity Peter Unger leads the way throughout “I Am A Walking Man”. The slow yet gradual build is particularly satisfying. Every instrument adds to the passionate belief that serves as the song’s backbone. Meticulous…
The ‘Plastic Flower’ EP featuring “White T-Shirt”, “As A Bell,” “Gone” and “Hawk Fly Tiger Run” reintroduced Ofelia K.’s voice to the world – compelling songs worn down to perfection that balance wistful maturity with a certain earnest and eternally young expression. Not quite pop, not quite anything else, the young singer-songwriter showcased her beautiful…
US thrash metal band GREEN DEATH streaming new song “Gates of Hell” featuring former Morbid Angel vocalist David Vincent, the track is taken from their second album “Manufacturing Evil” available through EMP Label Group (eOne/SPV) in USA/April and Europe/May. “This Des Moines outfit plays a classy brand of classic thrash a la Testament, Heathen and…
Billy Ray Deiz reigns on the west coast of the United States and has been involved with music majority of his life. He has quite the resume and has worked with some real heavy hitters in the music industry. His latest release, Look Out My Window (Freedom’s Song) is a perfect example as to why…
Recording an album takes a lot more than just talented musicians. There is an invisible army of professionals working behind the scenes polishing and perfecting every track. They may not be as famous as the stars they record with, but their work is indispensable. Here are four of the essential professionals who make every record…
Rainy Milo drops a new track, “Honeymoon,” today. Produced by J-Wiz, it features a sample of Mariah Carey’s “Honey” throughout. Milo says, “One thing I love most about ‘Honeymoon’ is that it’s one of the first relationship records I’ve done that didn’t come from a vulnerable, hurt place but instead has more of a ‘whatever…
WOLVERINE ALBUM & RECORD DEAL Laser’s Edge division, Sensory Records, is proud to announce the label’s signing of Swedish progressive metal kingpins, WOLVERINE, for the Summer release of the band’s mighty fifth studio full-length release, Machina Viva. A natural progression from Communication Lost, released in 2011 via Candlelight Records, Machina Viva invites the listener into…
Born Denieze Anderson outside Mandeville, Jamaica, Jane Macgizmo discovered her passion for music at the age of seven, when she began piano lessons at Sybil’s Music Studio. Piano led to flute, trumpet and percussion in her school’s orchestra. Her natural interest honed her musical and vocal skills, in addition to writing and production generating the…
GWEN STEFANI’S NEW ALBUM DEBUTS AT #1 This Is What the Truth Feels Like — the new album from three-time GRAMMY Award-winning superstar Gwen Stefani — has debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart, bowing with 84,000 album equivalent units. The album’s first single, the synth-pop ballad “Used To Love You,” has…
Warner Music are celebrating Phil Collins’ solo career all through 2016 with the ‘Take A Look At Me Now’ retrospective campaign. During the year, the label are releasing deluxe, expanded, and remastered editions of all Collins’ storied solo albums. Each release includes a remastered version of the original album on audiophile vinyl, and expanded 2-CD…
So Does You Mother is based in Rome. It was formed in 2009. They’d been working really hard before they launched their first full album called Neighbours (20th of June 2015). As they themselves put it, with the new album they “want to reveal themselves and their music; letting you enter, voluntarily or involuntarily, into…
The US symphonic metal band MIDNIGHT ETERNAL just released a lyric video for the track “First Time Thrill” from their upcoming self-titled debut album. The album will be released in Europe and North America on April 29th through Inner Wound Recordings and in Japan on April 27th through Avalon/Marquee. What characterizes the sound of Midnight…
Italian art rock outfit The Metamorfosi’s second album, Chrysalis, is their first English language release and represents a watershed moment in the band’s brief existence. Beyond the obvious implications of recording the album in English, The Metamorfosi’s latest work has impressive, Aristotelian unity. Chrysalis’ storytelling mode isn’t linear, however, but rather thematic and emotional. The…
“A Moment to Return” is a thoughtful, reflective representation of the joy and struggle of growing old. Set in the swells and pulls of the ocean, an old man evolves into his younger self as he takes a moment to return to the youthfulness and vitality of who he once was. The song’s dreamlike and…
RICHARD LYNCH NEW SINGLE PREVIEW Compiling a long list of hits and chart toppers in the traditional country world, Richard Lynch is an award-winning American country music artist, reminiscent of the classics that started it all. The same passion and raw truth that fueled the likes of Conway Twitty, Keith Whitley, Waylon Jennings, George Jones,…
“People spend their life avoiding feelings,” Australian folk artist Marcus Blacke remarks nonchalantly, addressing the darkness and shadowy strife attached to the textural songs on his Self-Titled debut full-length. “I’m not writing songs so people can dance. I want them to know it is okay to feel something. We’re built to be melancholy sometimes. Those…
Rich The Kid announces his new mixtape Trap Talk to be released on April 19th and drops brand new visuals to the anthemic “That Bag” which was featured on his previously released Flexin On Purpose mixtape. Directed by Gabriel Hart, the new video draws influence from the 90’s and 80’s aesthetic with fluorescent lit scenes…
Armed with a powerful voice, 17-year-old singer/songwriter Em Rossi displays a soul-based sound and story-telling ability extraordinary in one so young. “I’ve always lived my life internally, walking my own path and music has been my outlet to express who I am.” Raised in a Bay Area home filled with love, laughter, art, music and…
There’s always going to be a market and an audience for big-anthem, riff-fueled, Rock-music – and as it turns out, looks like we’ve found one of its latest suppliers through the tunes of L.A. Knights and their new Psychoanalyze EP. While that audience for Hard-Rock and Metal isn’t usually found in me necessarily all that…
