Living alone means living with freedom. But with that freedom comes some new and unexpected responsibilities and lifestyle choices. Maybe you’ve just moved into your own place, or perhaps you’ve been living alone for a while and you still don’t know how to get your single-living life on track. No worries! Whether you live in…
Someone said that clothes should be a frame for the face. I take it to mean that your clothes should reflect the kind of person you are. Now, I have nothing against trends; they are a display of designers’ creativity and there are a lot of great trends that have come out over the years.…
LISA O’NEILL NEW SINGLE “APIANA” Lisa O’Neill revels in being a bit out of step, playfully rejecting stale notions of what a folk singer “should” be. Fellow nonconformist Cass McCombs described an encounter with Lisa in this way – “Once I accompanied Lisa O’Neill to the Cliffs of Moher, those beautiful ancient Irish rocks where…
Los Angeles rapper Pure ETC presents the Sydney Allyn-directed music video for “Clean”, the new single from his forthcoming EP Water and Sound. Pure has opened for Busta Rhymes and Rick Ross, and recently signed a distribution deal with InGrooves Fontana/Universal. He describes his style as “vintage Hip Hop with a twist of lime. The…
Beat-driven, melodic, and ambient, Jasia brings you brand new single “Safety”. Born in Jamaica, raised in the US, and living in Australia since the age of 18, Jasia (Josiah Willows) is a classically trained vocalist, violinist and guitarist. Playing in bands from a young age, Jasia discovered a love for synthesised instrumentation and from there…
NEW VIDEO BY ROADKILL CHOIR Florida-based band Roadkill Ghost Choir have a new music video for their song “Slow Knife,” which premiered on Stereogum yesterday. Lead singer Andrew Shepard commented on the filming process and final product: “I sat in a bathtub full of black liquid for 5 hours so you can enjoy this 4…
In 2011, from the ashes of previous musical rabbles, Natalie Bang Bang emerged, an exotic punk princess who can twist Spector into the nineties. A reflection of Chahal’s past and present: her love of pretty much all sixties girl groups, electro pop and west coast grunge, Natalie set about producing and writing tracks and making…
Chimes is a slackadelic punk bands that brides the gap between Bloomfield, NJ and Brooklyn, NY. Since their humble beginnings in a NJ basement, Jesse Benicaso (guitar/vox), Linda Chen (guitar/vox), Winston Scarlett (bass) & Sarah Peterson (drums) have evolved from their dream pop roots to harness a more raw punk sound that captures the slack…
Los Angeles shoegazers The Bulls are sharing their debut single “Come Unwound” via SoundCloud this morning. The Bulls came to be when multi-instrumentalist Anna Bulbrook of The Airborne Toxic Event and guitarist Marc Sallis of The Duke Spirit continued crossing paths geographically in New York, Paris and London, then musically in their love for 80’s…
New Zealand native Brooke Fraser’s fourth album, Brutal Romantic, is set to be released November 18 via Vagrant Records. Produced by David Kosten (Bat For Lashes, Everything Everything), Brutal Romantic saw Fraser take a nomadic journey to record in London via songwriting sojourns in Stockholm, Los Angeles, New York and on the Island of Gotland…
Possessing a thoroughly deranged intense energy, Füneral Käb’s debut EP shows off their destroy everything mentality. Literally a rush with absolutely no stopping whatsoever the EP burns through twelve minutes like it was nothing. How they manage to maintain this level of madness throughout the five songs is doubly impressive. This is what punk rock…
“Not Where I Want To Be” is a diverse eclectic album. Displaying a fondness for a vast variety of genres all of them viewed through a distinctly 80s filter. The earnestness of the album shines throughout its duration. From acoustic to the more dance-orientated work the pieces tend to work together to create a coherent…
JOEL MICHAEL HOWARD’S “PETE AND MARY” PREMIERED ON STEREOGUM Joel Michael Howard has made several records with a multitude of groups. After years of touring, Howard decided to record his first solo album. He returned home to New York City and gathered a group of musicians to back him in the studio. After a one-night…
Japanese solo artist Olde Worlde (http://oldeworldemap.com) has just released the first lyric video for his debut North American release The Blue Musk-Oxen for the song “Thinking About You.” The Blue-Music Oxen, Olde Worlde was produced by Brad Wood (Smashing Pumpkins, Pete Yorn, Ben Lee, Sunny Day Real Estate, Tortoise, Liz Phair) who recorded and mixed…
Melbourne synth, pop, soul artist Julian Simonsz has announced the release of his new single, I Do It For You (out October 10) and debut self-titled EP set for release on November 21, alongside a launch show at the Northcote Social Club on November 23. Described by Daily Mail as “Australia’s answer to Justin Timberlake,”…
Don’t be fooled by the name. With their undeniably infectious sound, Little Daylight is quickly becoming a big, bright spot on today’s musical landscape. Formed in the spring of 2012 by Nikki Taylor, Matt Lewkowicz and Eric Zeiler, Little Daylight has released the “friends edit” of “My Life,” a high-energy track from their latest album,…
PRMD/Island Records global superstar DJ/producer and RIAA quadruple-platinum selling artist Avicii, aka Tim Bergling, will release “The Days” on October 3rd, the first single from his upcoming album set for 2015. “The Days” is a testament to Avicii’s consistently evolving musical ethos, which led to him being ranked #1 Most Shazamed Artist In the World…
Known as the Airbnb of the instrument/gear rental world, Sparkplug’s mission is to connect musicians in a secure online community marketplace to efficiently and affordably share their creative tools. Musicians can rent out their instruments, gear and space or rent from others. “There’s a million different reasons why someone might need to borrow/rent some gear…
Romanticism is a pure and serene feeling, which can change the entire flow of an individual’s life. It is a feeling to be shared with your near and dear ones, and in this regard, true words were whispered through eyes and not spoken directly. However, if you are losing out love and want to enjoy…
“Click baiting” is a way to get someone’s attention online. Many advertisers use it, but so do scammers. They engage with potential identity theft victims by offering something that is too intriguing to ignore: messages claiming new videos, “shocking” information or scandalous news on celebrities, newsmakers and other famous people. Many consumers are unaware of…
ISRAEL NASH FEATURED AS A NPR “WORLD CAFÉ NEXT” ARTIST Israel Nash, whose new record Rain Plans (out now via Loose/Thirty Tigers) is receiving widespread critical praise, has been chosen as a NPR “World Café Next” artist. Read the piece here featuring the album’s title track and “Woman at the Well.” http://www.npr.org/blogs/world-cafe/2014/09/29/351753440/world-cafe-next-israel-nash NEW SINGLE BY…
The official music video for The New Pornographers’ new single, “Dancehall Domine” premiered today at VEVO and can now be viewed/embedded here. Of the video, made by Leblanc + Cudmore, Scott Cudmore states, “Sometimes I like watching the b-roll or behind the scenes or outtakes on DVDs and blu-rays…‘Dancehall Domine’ is meant to feel like…
The wait is over as Duina del Mar’s music video for “Como Lo Bailas Tu” (How You Dance It) is available starting today on her official VEVO/YouTube channel and also available on iTunes. Duina del Mar spearheaded the project directing and editing the audiovisual material that premieres today on all TV channels. Shot between the…
NYC-based soul-pop artist Justin Stein releases new music video, “Loving on the Weekday”, off his forthcoming EP set to release, this Fall. The “Loving on the Weekday” video premiered on GroundSounds and is a fun uptempo pop tune about relaxing and letting go during the work week, written for just that purpose. Pop soul artist…
Mastermind producer and singer, Mystery Skulls AKA Luis Dubuc, will release his debut album Forever on October 27th via Warner Bros. Records. Hailing from Dallas by way of South America, Mystery Skulls creates insatiable pop anthems, which blend hints of 70s and 80s pop and dance music with futuristic elements. The talented and heavily tattooed…
Good morning to all, I hope you are all doing well today. Before we begin I want to give a congratulations to Ingrid Michaelson on her smash hit, “Girls Chase Boys” which you can play here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GBT37_yyzY. It is so awesome to see musicians like Ingrid who put in hard work, passion, and immense…
EX HEX ALBUM STREAM The wait is over! Ex Hex Rips is streaming in its entirety now at NPR Music. Listen & share the stream. The album will be in stores on October 7 and the Merge pre-order includes an exclusive t-shirt. NPR Music writes, “There’s enough energy on Rips to fuel a small country,…
RED Distribution launches Ten Bands One Cause, a new retail initiative in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October. Ten bands have joined forces to reissue ten titles today, September 30 on pink vinyl for the cause which is sponsoring Gilda’s Club NYC. Limited edition copies of pink vinyl from Against Me!, Courtney…
ILYA’s lush soundscapes, haunting vocals, and beautifully brooding beats have garnered praise from SOUNDDIEGO (“One of San Diego’s premier post-rock bands, “), Citybeat (“In its best moments approximating the house band at a haunted manor”) and the A.V. Club (“The proof is in the album’s melancholy pace, introspective darkness, and rich, orchestral atmosphere—not to mention…
MIGHTY MYSTIC is considered as one of the new leaders in the thriving U.S Reggae scene, his brand of “HARD ROOTS” reggae has proven to be a magnet for music lovers in search of that next level sound that has been missing in the reggae genre. MIGHTY MYSTIC’S latest single titled “Happy” is already creating…
Today multiplatinum GRAMMY® Award-winning recording artist Lorde unveiled her new single “Yellow Flicker Beat”, the lead song from the soundtrack to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. The single is available now on iTunes and Spotify and will be on all digital retailers tomorrow. The highly anticipated single offers an intriguing glimpse into what…
Six-headed death machine AVERSIONS CROWN will unleash their Nuclear Blast Entertainment debut this November! Tyrant will be released on November 14 (Australia/Europe), November 17 (U.K.), and November 24 (North America) in digital and physical formats. Pre-order your copy from this location. Tyrant, the follow-up to the band’s 2011 debut Servitude, was created in the oppressive…
Mike Vinson is a musician that plays for the love of the music. He always tackles a project with the intention of what is best for the song. He has built a career playing in several bands for others and decided to put his own stuff out in the world with his latest project, Remembering…
Around the world, there are still vast areas of wilderness for backpackers and campers to explore and enjoy. Getting up close and personal with nature can be an exciting and relaxing adventure with a little pre-planning and homework. Where to Go Choosing an area to backpack into will largely depend on your degree of experience…
FAR EAST MOVEMENT RECRUIT LES TWINS FOR “BANG IT TO THE CURB” The Les Twins featured video is set during a late night security detail of a haunted building. During a solo patrol, a security officer jams out to “Bang It To the Curb” and awakens a ghost who cannot resist the club banger. The…
Natalie McCool, one of the most well respected singer-songwriters to emerge recently, has announced the upcoming release of her second single this year. ‘Dig It Out’ will surely build upon the plaudits and momentum that previous single ‘Wind Blows Harder’ cultivated, which garnered praise from the likes of The Line of Best Fit, Clash, NME,…
Quickly scrawled on the back of a receipt during a summer break with her family, ‘Wah Ha’ began as a rebellion against the pressure to always feel ‘OK’. “When I play Wah Ha to people, I notice a certain kind of lightness fills the room. The lyric takes some weight off my shoulders. Even with…
As Top 40 stations around the country start adding their infectious debut single “Another Heartbreak” to their playlists, Hobart Ocean (www.hobartocean.com) is staying connected with their burgeoning fan base with the release of dynamic, multi-faceted new iPhone and Google Play Apps. The highly functional, sleekly designed free apps feature the latest news, audio music tracks…
San Diego continues to put itself forward as a premier destination for annual music conferences. Produced by the San Diego Music Foundation since 2008, the San Diego Music Thing offers a two- day music and media festival for industry insiders and music aficionados alike. An Inside Look at the Music Industry The conference, attended by…
Organizations invest in Salesforce release to improve efficiency and performance. They always need to do this using the least resources. As a salesforce developer, you should realize the importance of offering salesforce solutions to clients that are simple to use and allow them to access data online as well as offline. As an organization, you…
