Feature stories and artist interviews
After some light musical experimentation, Raised On TV realized there was a potential future in the tunes they made for fun. The days of playing in the garage were no more: it was time to get serious. The trio consists of Ryan Weiss and brothers Keaton Rogers and Kacey Greenwood. They’ve already released an EP…
Days Of Summer Announces Full Lineup, Headlined by Post Malone, With Cardi B and Host DJ Khaled Promising an all-star array of musical talent coupled with a luxury cruise experience, Days of Summer Cruise 2019 is the rap event of the summer. Today, Days Of Summer announces its full lineup, gathering artists from all over…
Heathcote Hill’s Save The Ones You Love album arrives at a time when frothy pop music rules the world. Radiohead didn’t headline the famed Coachella Music Festival, but Ariana Grande did. This is not to put Grande down. However, Grande makes music for fluttering teenage girl hearts, not for fully grown adults. Tragedy for Grande’s…
1. Where are we talking from today? A. I am from Chicago originally but Florida currently has my heart. 2. Where did you get your artist name from? A. Well, I went through maybe 3-4 name ideas but I ultimately went with the name I was born with, Dahshanae. It felt the most right and…
Leah Kate is a New York City based artist whose music is a true embodiment of her IDGAF attitude. The left of center pop artist fuses her passion for creating relentlessly honest and relatable music with feel-good dance-worthy anthems. Having garnered hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify alone, as well as receiving acclaim from…
Billie Eilish’s Brother & Collaborator FINNEAS Releases Official Video For ‘Break My Heart Again’ Already a critically acclaimed and internationally recognized artist in his own right — sole collaborator, producer and big brother/best friend to global superstar Billie Eilish — FINNEAS has debuted an official video for his solo release ‘Break My Heart Again.’ The…
Crag Mask premieres new single “Stainer” Vundabar side project Today post-grunge band Crag Mask share their first single “Stainer” off their upcoming LP Bend, due out July 12th, 2019. Vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Zack Abramo’s twisted sense of songcraft and melody is on full display, complete with a slyly catchy intro that devolves into a…
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/victorpedroofficial Out of dark and mysterious silence, a fragile melody driven equally by a synthesizer and a sexy vocal harmony emerges and imparts a chilling glow with every note that it emits. There’s something coming for us just over the horizon, and whatever it is, it means business. “You know I miss ya,” the…
Surreal melodies and beats that don’t back down are just a couple of the ingredients that Heather Fay tosses into the melting pot of tonality that is her new single “The One,” a three and a half minute pop jam that will get stuck in your head even when you’re not intending for it to.…
Today we get to hang out with a couple not only married in love but also married in music, meet Sirsy. SIRSY is a rock, pop, and soul duo from Upstate NY. They write songs that are chock full of sing along melodies; honest songs with lots of heart and just the right amount of…
BROTHER LEO SHARES NEW SINGLE “SHINE” TODAY Backed by bright piano, a metronomic beat, and lively horns, the track builds from breathy verses into a show-stopping falsetto-driven refrain on which he croons, “Wonder when it’s my day to shine?” He notably teamed up with GRAMMY® Award-nominated songwriter and producer Elof Loelv [Rihanna, Tove Lo] to…
Dirty Mae has released the new video, “Big Red,” today, April 18, 2019. The single is the NYC-based trio’s first new track since their self-titled debut EP which dropped last summer. The new video is a feminist retelling of Little Red Riding Hood featuring frontwoman Cassie Fireman as the empowered heroine seeking revenge on her…
TSHEGUE | ‘The Wheel’ The band have just released this video for thumping new single ‘The Wheel’, shot by Africa Express director Renaud Barret. It trails the Club Etoile Rollers – a mixed-gender collective, some as young as 13 – who skate the chaotic streets of Kinshasa hitching rides on the back of cars, buses…
Thunder Bay Ontario Canada – Covers Ryan Redemption bass player/ editor of bassguitar.com member of the Bay Street Bastards: @skopemag: Where are we talking from today? Hey there Skopemag, I am located in Thunder bay Ontario, a smaller city with a thriving art and music community, where a couple of hometown gems like Coleman Hell,…
While content should be “King” – it’s the misleading headlines that drive traffic. After following a few article suggestions in my Google News Channel (I’ve set up some saved searches for topics that I follow on a daily basis), and for some mild intellectual amusement I searched Google with the following criteria: “site:alternativenation.net Brutal” .…
If you’ve ever walked on the streets and steps surrounding Telegraph Hill in San Francisco (and if you haven’t, you really should), you’ve probably wondered about the residences on those steep and spectacular slopes. Who lives in those lovely houses in the trees, and what sort of relationships do those people have with the surrounding…
JOHNNYSWIM Unveil New Single “Souvenir” Critically acclaimed Los Angeles band JOHNNYSWIM—led by husband-and-wife Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano—unveil their third full-length album, MOONLIGHT [Britannia Row Recordings/BMG], on April 19. This marks the group’s first release under their newly minted deal with Britannia Row Recordings and BMG. This week, their new single, “Souvenir” was spun as…
URL: https://www.charliemariemusic.com/ Like a wispy spring breeze, a soft and tender vocal from Charlie Marie slips out of our stereos and into the airspace alongside a mischievous string picking. “Just because you wear a Stetson, and you say you were made in Texas, doesn’t mean that you’re country and western,” she croons, her words dripping…
Backed by Deep Purple & UFO, Alt-Rocker Kaviani Releases Debut Single His first single is inspired by growing up with Iranian heritage in Sheffield, remembering how his father told him to tell people he was Italian so as to escape the stigma saying his family came from Iran. Like many, Simon has had to suffer…
Iconic vocalist LANCE KING has revealed a new video, “Reaction Formation,” from his second solo album, ReProgram, released last week via his own Nightmare Records. The video is available to view for the first time today here. With “Reaction Formation,” the original voice behind Pyramaze, Avian, Balance of Power and Gemini has delivered a visually-immersive…
ShapeShiftingAliens release ‘Love is a Battlefield’ single with b-side ‘Second Rate’ Sweden’s ShapeShiftingAliens presents their new single ‘Love is a Battlefield’. While this track can be found on their debut ‘ShapeShiftingAliens’ LP, which is finally now available on CD via Stockholm-based label The Sublunar Society, it is being released as a single with the never-before-released…
Entopia is the latest offshoot series from PAN seeking to amplify and redefine our ideas of what a soundtrack can be. The series will survey critical works across the spectrum from musical composers on PAN and beyond, commissioned for the worlds of film, art, performance, installation works, theatre, dance and fashion. Written and directed by…
In the video for “Love You To Death,” it’s plain to see that NYA has it all – songs, soul, passion, and presence, as well as a dude locked up in an abandoned building. But we’ll get back to that. The bi-coastal singer/songwriter has already made waves with two stellar EPs, a pair of blink-and-you’ll-miss-em…
Earthists. Release New Music Video “No matter our imperfections, loving ourselves is what’s important. “The main theme of this song is loneliness. There is no need to be forced to love someone or to be loved by someone. Loneliness is just a social construct.” said vocalist, Yui Kawashima when asked about the song. We’re often…
In the world of cavity, red caviar is basically a term that cites salon Caviar, although the color of salmon caviar contains deep red orange with a large light orange, which is on the type of salon. However, there are other cats that can be red, such as Tobacco (fish rod) or meson (capelin rope),…
Today, iconic sister duo Aly & AJ release the music video for “Church,” the lead single off their forthcoming EP Sanctuary, directed by Alex Ross Perry, director/writer/producer of Her Smell, the critically acclaimed film starring Elizabeth Moss. Perry is also credited for the sister’s vampiric “Take Me” video off their 2017 EP, Ten Years, that concluded a decade long gap in their discography. The “Church” music video is a chromatic neo-noir…
Fatcat Records are very pleased to announce details of the release of Ascension, the debut album by Samana, to be released May 30, 2019. Having announced their signing to Fatcat records last year with their debut release, Beneath The Ice, today the band have shared the beautifully shot video to “Harvest”, the latest track to…
Black Stone Cherry “My Last Breath” Video This video is incredibly special and personal for not only us, but to so many others around the world! The fact that so many people opened up their hearts and shared some of the most emotional and personal messages on camera is what makes this so touching, vulnerable,…
Chicago’s very own “ Brandon James” is ready for success, and he wants you to know it. The r&b/soul singer is creating a strong buzz with the upcoming release of his single “So Emotional.” “So Emotional,” is scheduled for release on April 26th, 2019 and is the first single off the upcoming E.P scheduled for…
For many of us it’s hard to imagine life without our phones. Smartphones have no doubt made our lives more convenient. We can keep in touch with anyone, anywhere, have access to information and games whenever we like and can easily manage our day to day activities with their apps. However, their importance also makes…
“Work It” is the newest song and video release from Country artist sensation Cherie Oakley….and “Work It” she does. The hard driving, vibrant track and video seeps into the very heart and soul of the multi-faceted life the everyday woman leads. Her voice is powerful like a raging tsunami, yet tantalizing and endowed with passion…
Madison Violet share the stunning new video for their single “Tell Me” – shot in Joshua Tree and directed by Jillian Martin, who was recently featured in Adweek’s 2018 Creative 100 as an emerging director to watch. In 1999, Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac met in Toronto. They instantly formed a band and became a…
Debut EP from IV League ‘When You Lose Me’ + new single ‘Cola Tooth World’ out now Melbourne indie-darlings IV League released their debut EP ‘When You Lose Me’ by surprise on Friday to the open arms of indie-music lovers globally. They’ve delivered a string of perfect indie pop singles – most recently ‘Lose Me’…
Last month, Peter Perrett – former frontman of The Only Ones – announced he will release Humanworld, his second album since signing to Domino, on June 7th. Today, Perrett is pleased to unveil a second track from the album, “Once Is Enough,” alongside its video directed by Douglas Hart and Steve Gullick. On Humanworld, there…
If the latest videos from Ankit Love seem a little rawer, a little more urgent, and maybe even more abrasive than anything he’s ever done before, there’s a pretty good reason for the change. The rapping Kashmiri prince and former candidate for Mayor of London has been through plenty since he shook up the UK…
Listen to MC Lars & Mega Ran’s Latest Literary Bop “Sleepy Hollow” Always pushing boundaries, nerdcore rappers MC LARS & MEGA RAN (whose collective collaboration list includes songs with “WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC, KRS-ONE, MIKE EAGLE and KOOL KEITH, amongst others) tell the story of WASHINGTON IRVING’S classic Legend of Sleepy Hollow on “Sleepy Hollow,” the…
Before getting started with the topic of today, let’s put some light on Ginseng, what it is and how is it beneficial for the human body. You see, everyday we come across several different herbs and plants that are a cure to some particular diseases but when we talk about Ginseng, know that we are…
Rock Legends KING’S X Enter the Studio to Record First New Album in Over a Decade Rock legends KING’S X are thrilled to announce that they are entering the studio to record their highly-anticipated new album – the first to be released in over a decade – scheduled to drop this year via Australia’s leading…
Surrealism has been finding its way into pop music on a more consistent basis since 2015, and we find its fingerprints all over Kingdom of Birds’ Glitz extended play without having to look very hard. Cornerstones of the band’s latest release include the single “Goodbye” (and its spacy music video), the grinding post-punk track “Dotted…
French Goth Metal band PORN has already set 2019 ablaze with the release of their new album, The Darkest of human Desires – act II, released in February 2019. The band now delivers an evocative new video for the track ‘The Last of a Million”, the latest addition to their highly anticipated trilogy based on…
