Feature stories and artist interviews
Post-disco newcomer Vanity Fairy shares debut track ‘He Can Be Your Lady’ Co-produced alongside collaborators Sammy Yamaha and Simon Byrt (HMLTD, Pixx, Babeheaven), Vanity Fairy is the new project from Daisy Capri – a wonky, weird and wonderful reimagining of late 70s disco dance-floor fillers. LP Announces New Album Heart to Mouth Available December 7…
Any successful business knows that you have to keep the clientele happy in order to survive. A music venue isn’t all that different from many other types of businesses. Here are some of the solutions that you should employ in order to keep your venue looking professional and keep it profitable. Update as Needed You…
Zombie Garden Club starts things up on a riotous note with the physicality of “Judgement Blues”. Tapping into rock n’ roll’s bluesy roots, the piece has a communal, cathartic presence. Vocals float through the stomp rhythms in a hazy, dazed fashion. Things move into a slower speed on Bobby Rue’s “Before Our Eyes”. Such a…
Rising UK producer and musician Monro has offered up a first taste of his forthcoming new EP in the form of ‘Cold Flow’ — an eerie, experimental new jam that spotlights the fraught intensity of relationships coming to an end. The track’s clinical, hard-hitting 808 beats, sweeping guitar licks and near-hypnotic vocals nod to his…
COSMO’S MIDNIGHT SHARE VIDEO FOR “TALK TO ME” FEAT. TOVE STYRKE Today, Australian twin beat-makers Cosmo’s Midnight share the video for their track “Talk To Me” Feat. Tove Styrke which is included on their recently released debut album What Comes Next via Nite High/Sony Music Australia/RCA Records. The video takes place within their Inner West…
Dar.Ra is a rock and roll diamond in the rough molded in the shadows. The British invasion has taken over once again in the form of blazing distorted guitars and epic, cerebral songwriting. Exploding out of the garage and onto the freeway of dance music, his soul shines through, creating rock music with immediate impact…
Matt Kjeldsen’s Last Days opens with “Closer to Texas,” a kind of love song to the Lone Star state. One imagines a singer/songwriter can’t truly be from Texas unless he/she love that large Southern state. Kjeldsen looks like a wayward hippie in pictures. His singing voice, however, is sometimes gentler than one might imagine. He’s…
Today Mini Mansions reveal the new video for “Midnight In Tokyo”, taken from their Works Every Time EP, released on September 28. The video, directed by Will Goodan, finds Michael Shuman headed – where else? – to Tokyo to shoot the visual – “For a song birthed out of a life changing trip to Japan,…
JARAMI RELEASE VIDEO FOR NEW TRACK “COLD BLOODED” STARRING ICKY & STICKY Today, Swedish producer duo Jarami release the video to their new track, “Cold Blooded” via RCA Records. The track was selected as a Zane Lowe World Record last week and today the animated video features Jarami super fans Icky & Sticky that promote…
It is no surprise that cellist Meixu Lu has put her stamp on the East Coast of America with her amazing talent. The beautiful and graceful Ms. Lu has managed to not only adapt to American culture but to embrace it with much vigor. In her native China from a young age she learned to…
Having amassed nearly 200 million global streams on their previous track ‘I Wanna Know’, (certified Platinum in Sweden, Canada, Australia, and Norway, and Gold in the USA), Swedish duo NOTD have now delivered the official music video for new track ‘Been There Done That’ featuring Tove Styrke. Demonstrating the sweet and melodic tones that NOTD…
ALKYMIST: Debut LP By Copenhagen Prog/Doom Metal Act Out Now Through Indisciplinarian The eponymous debut LP by Denmark’s progressive doom metal outfit ALKYMIST is out now through their allies at Copenhagen-based independent label Indisciplinarian. ALKYMIST is a new force in doom metal – a force which, in its own manner, seeks to bring the hope…
Rev Peter Unger taps into a unique exploration of faith’s soothing, comforting presence with the crystal clarity of “Two Seekers”. The production values feel absolutely flawless while everything comes together in a way that has a tender spirit to it. While the work at first has a deceptively simple quality, there is great ornate detail…
Avonlea Releases Stunning Visual For “Again” Via ArtClub/Atlantic Records Today, rising singer-songwriter Avonlea releases the music video for her latest track “Again,” off of her forthcoming self-penned project 10 2 17 (Art Club/Atlantic) set for release next month. The song and video has critics raving with Billboard calling it a “stunning visual…bringing viewers an emotional…
With their national tour off to a raring start, Wollongong four piece THE VANNS have continued to stroke the fires of momentum surrounding their new single, ‘HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW’, with the release of the accompanying music video! The single, easily The Vanns’ most direct and commanding piece of music to date, has proven to be a…
URL: https://freightrainband.com/ Outside Ourselves, a nine song studio effort from Robert “Freightrain” Parker and his band, solidifies Parker’s status as one of the pre-eminent figures in American roots music. The band has one previous release under their belt, Freightrain Live, illustrating the band’s kick ass stage presentation, but Outside Ourselves spotlights Parker’s songwriting and the unit’s talents in…
URL: https://sarahparkermusic.com/ Produced and arranged by her husband and award winning blues musician Robert “Freight Train” Parker, Sarah Parker’s debut collection Strawberry Moon establishes this Florida native as a major singing and songwriting force in the Americana scene. Her classic country influences are strong over the course of the album’s fourteen cuts, but deeming her an exclusively…
Though she’s long been associated with Traverse City, MI, Angela Josephine has a deep connection to Ireland. Motifs and melodies from the Celtic Isles are woven through her entire body of work. Sometimes these are subtle, and sometimes they’re as bold as an Ulster landscape. They were there on A Restful Sense of Urgency, the…
COSMO’S MIDNIGHT SHARE VIDEO FOR “TALK TO ME” FEAT. TOVE STYRKE Today, Australian twin beat-makers Cosmo’s Midnight share the video for their track “Talk To Me” Feat. Tove Styrke which is included on their recently released debut album What Comes Next via Nite High/Sony Music Australia/RCA Records. The video takes place within their Inner West…
Recording artists, Faith and Harry might be only children at ages 13 and 11, however their sound is all grown-up, and filled with talent, sophistication and poise. Playing instruments since age 3, and now multi-instrumentalist, the British/American brother/sister duo have the ability to pack a venue and bring down the house. They command an audience…
Dani Bell and the Tarantist is an American rock band based in San Diego, California, led by singer-songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Dani Bell. Inspired by the early days of Motown, Dani Bell and the Tarantist creates a modern style of dreamy psychedelic pop. The band records and tours as part of the Redwoods Music record…
Check Out The New Video BY BLOW_FLYY ‘MY DREAMS’ JOHN BUTLER TRIO’s ‘Home’ Is #1 In Australia ? John Butler sees new album Home go #1 in his native Australia, further cementing his title of Australia’s best selling independent artist of all time. It’s yet another trailblazing moment for Butler, made even more satisfying by…
Today, London-based artist Tom Speight releases ‘Collide’ (5.10.18), the second track taken from his forthcoming album released Spring 2019. On the track, Tom quotes:- ‘Collide’ feels like a good introduction to my forthcoming album…it started life in Belfast and was finally finished in Devon with Chris Bond (Ben Howard) I was heavily influenced at the…
New Music // Martha Hill ‘Wallflower’ After the success of her debut single and support slots for Let’s Eat Grandma, Mahalia and Maximo Park, Newcastle’s Martha Hill previews the gritty follow-up ‘Wallflower’. Highlighting themes of conformity and social anxiety, Hill narrates the cleverly-crafted, alternative track by discussing the idea that even the most obvious extroverts…
They’ve been called “the Sweeney Todds of rock” – and The Cutthroat Brothers make good on that tag. They’re a pair of demon barbers with a razor-sharp riffs and dangerously catchy songs, and their bloodthirsty brand of garage punk has been ripping up the Pacific Northwest for the better part of 2018. Frontman Jason Cutthroat…
Have you ever been to Fayetteville, Arkansas? Structured in the Southeast, a place where diamonds were discovered in 1906 by John W. Huddleston, or even where 102 different varieties of minerals exist, Arkansas has a lot to offer toward the history of the United States. Even more, there is something brewing in the musical scenes…
Rock singles in the 21st century seldom possess the punch and immediacy we hear with The Danbees’ “Down at the Bar”. This opening salvo from the New York City quartet’s second studio release, an EP entitled The Veggie Tapes, has a meat and potatoes approach to rock music that’s been missing from the scene quite…
Rock Legends KING’S X Join Golden Robot Records, Set to Release First New Album in Over a Decade in 2019 Australia’s leading international independent record label, Golden Robot Records, continues to grow at an unprecedented pace. The label is absolutely thrilled to announce that globally revered, Billboard-charting rock icons KING’S X are now part of…
Making it in pop music in 2018 has little, if anything, to do with selling catchy hooks anymore. For today’s sophisticated audience, it’s about capturing the moment, the vibe, the raw emotion of a culture that is rife with creative thinking that goes well beyond that of generations who came before. Making it in pop…
The Italian melodic power metal band KALIDIA just released a music video for “Frozen Throne”, the first single from their new album “The Frozen Throne”. “The Frozen Throne” will be released on November 23rd via Inner Wound Recordings. The album will be available on CD, digital and as an exclusive black wooden box edition, limited…
Mozes & the Firstborn announce new record ‘Dadcore’ with single ‘If I’ | Out Jan 25th via Pop Up Records Today, Netherlands four-piece Mozes and the Firstborn have announced that their new album ‘Dadcore’ will be released on January 25th. As the next taster after previous single, ‘Hello’, the band have released a brand new…
Angeles tackles that perennial Halloween favorite “Monster Mash” with the utmost of grace and style. Embracing the garage rock soul of the original, they have a playful swinging style of the piece. From the choir to the surf rock guitar inflections, it all comes together in a great way. “Kickin’ It At The Crypt” goes…
Hidden away on an island in the Outer Hebrides, Calum Buchanan is The Sea Atlas. Residing in his ancestral home in the North Atlantic, The Sea Atlas skippers boats up and down the West coast of Scotland, working the land on his croft, all the while writing and recording his own brand of hauntingly beautiful…
We are so excited to kick off this week with Katie Garibaldi. Katie has been so busy of late and so we had to stop and get the 411. If you celebrate Christmas year round like us she has her album ‘Home Sweet Christmas’ out now. She also has the video for – “Safe and…
The Teskey Brothers Release New Song + Video for “I Get Up” ‘I Get Up’ has been called a new direction for the Teskey Brothers, perhaps touching on something more contemporary for the 60s/70s era loving band, but that’s something the guys are unconvinced of. FRIGGA OVERCOMES MISTAKES OF THE PAST ON ‘FIERCELY FEARLESS’ Anglo-Norwegian…
While some jazz artists of the modern generation have been fine toting around the same rhythms of musicians who occupied years gone past, extreme flutist Bill McBirnie and Bernie Senensky are determined to push the genre forward into the next decade with their new collaborative LP The Silent Wish. Methodically arranged and produced with the upmost…
When GOODING plays rock, they do so with absolute abandon and total commitment to the moment. These four Nashville-based musicians have never tried to filter their emotions – their songs come straight from the soul. Yet they’ve got a different attitude altogether when they’re talking to high school groups about fiscal responsibility and financial literacy…
Witness the vintage sound of ‘Red Telephone’ with their latest single ‘Victoria Park’ There is a timeless quality an other-worldly melancholic sadness that hangs on every passing note from Cardiff’s most exciting psychedelic night urchins Red Telephone latest single ‘Victoria Park’. It could be a long lost song from the 1966 ‘Blow-Up’ soundtrack, The Yardbirds…
Entitled ‘Wide Awake’ the single features dreamy synthscapes, powerful vocals and dance-worthy beats. Szabo has over 13 million Youtube hits and is known for collaborating with high profile artists across genres. She was recently profiled by Billboard, as well as having garnered features on Huffington Post, Yahoo! Music, Perez Hilton and PopCrush. Maggie Szabo is…
Nashville based indie rock trio Coyote Choir release new single “Kingdom of Love” Nashville based indie rock trio Coyote Choir have just premiered a new single titled “Kingdom of Love.” The track, which premiered on , is featured on the band’s debut album, Vol. 1, which drops on 11/2. “Coyote Choir bellows a message as…
