Category: FEATURES

Feature stories and artist interviews

MOCEAN WORKER WITH LYRICS BORN IN NEW VIDEO

It’s been four years since we last heard from our favorite fast-talking, electro-funk, party-jams beat-maker Adam Dorn a.k.a. Mocean Worker. Since then tough economics have turned tougher, smug indie bands have become smugger and raving mad religious fanatics have grown, well, raving madder.

THE COMO BROTHERS ROCK NYC

The Como Brothers are a rock band from Long Island, NY.  Their rock songs are refreshingly modern, yet there is also an older influence in a variety of their songs. Their youth is deceiving when you listen to the depth of their lyrics and the richness in their vocals.   Currently performing in the New…

ZARDONIC NEW VIDEO “REVOLUTION”

Bass-Metal producer Zardonic has released the official music video for the track “Revolution” from his new record “Vulgar Display Of Bass” which recently hit the #1 Drum & Bass Album on Beatport.com.

WARM WEATHER OFFER “SO FAR/VERTIGO” MP3

Warm Weather came together much like kids on Christmas morning — they were so excited about making music that they couldn’t wait for a studio session or even proper equipment. While still en route to their new Hollywood home, the three recent college grads plugged in a Yamaha synthesizer into a cassette deck, whipped out…

PLIES RELEASES “WE ARE TRAYVON”

Big Gates/Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic recording artist Plies has joined the numerous public figures who have paid tribute to 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, with a YouTube video titled “We Are Trayvon.” The track, which was produced by Filthy Beatz, was released via the Miami-native’s YouTube page earlier this month, and is now available at all digital retailers.

ALICE & MICHI RELEASE “TIME TO TAKE” VIDEO

It was just before 2011, a jazzy feel-time season. Michi wrote Alice a letter urging her to come to New York and collaborate on a musical project. Alice was driving around Los Angeles deep in her annual autumnal malaise. Skimming the message at a stoplight before stopping at her favorite Subway, she read the remainder…

SRC/UNIVERSAL PRESENT JUSTINA

Recording artist, songwriter, rapper and vocalist Justina debuts the new video for her single, Bubble Gum, this week on Idolator.com (one of the leading independent sites for pop music fans). The Bubble Gum single is off her forthcoming mix tape, Route 80, which is dropping this spring.

MELODY THORNTON NEW VIDEO “SMOKING GUN”

Melody Thornton takes a Mob Wife approach in her latest video directed by Hyperballad (Dano Cerny and Marielle Tepper). Be sure to download her new mixtape, #POYBL and get more information at http://melodythornton.com

ANDY THE DOORBUM NEW MP3 “THE FARM”

Andy The Doorbum is the moniker of Andy Fenstermaker, who earned his handle as the 7-night-a-week bouncer at the famously seedy Milestone Club in Charlotte NC. And like the dirty, boarded-up, crack-addled population surrounding the Milestore Club, such is the imaginative landscape of Andy the Doorbum’s music. Tales of gravediggers, fratricide, and familial failings fill…

THE YOUNG BLOODS ON SKOPE

When Streaker Records first approached Young Bloods they were at the beginning of starting their 2nd album yet to be titled. We expressed our marketing plan and how we felt Young Bloods would fit into it for the 2011 year. After some back and forth over the phone frontman Joey Arena and Streaker Co-Founder Rob…

LETTERIST DEBUT SINGLE “100MPH”

New York City is filled with hundreds of bands, but it takes true talent for a group to stand out amongst the rest. Meet LETTERIST, the infectious trio hailing from the streets of Brooklyn, New York. Just debuting their first single titled, “100mph,” LETTERIST will quickly draw you in with their catchy brand of indie-meets…

STOLI IS POSITIVE TAYLOR FREDRICKS HAS WHAT IT TAKES

April is here finally. I filled up my tank today and paid $3.94 per gallon today. Can someone help me convert my tank to use vegetable oil? But I am not going to let it bother me as my guest today is a man and his band by the name Taylor Fredricks. These 4 guys…

ANTI-BULLYING VIDEO FROM CATHY-ANNE MCCLINTOCK “NO MATTER WHAT”

  Innovative Long Beach, Calif. based independent label 37 Records is set to showcase a few of its most popular artists–singer-songwriter Cathy-Anne McClintock and alternative rockers The Gromble–at “Kindness,” a community-based fundraiser for BKindLB, a project of Leadership Long Beach.                

KAL’L TO RELEASE A NEW SINGLE EVERY 2 WEEKS THRU 2012

Kal’L is an R&B/Soul artist with a pop sound & feel. He was born in Bronx, NY in 1986, but was raised mostly in Milwaukee, WI. Though writing since the age of 12, it wasn’t until 9 years later that he was inspired to take his passion for lyrics to the next level. He was…

BETH JEANS HOUGHTON NEW VIDEO “ATLAS”

  Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny are set to release “Atlas” as their next single on Mute on April 24TH 2012.   The new single comes announced with a video for “Atlas” directed and produced by Beth’s friend Juan Iglesias in Los Angeles, where the singer has spent much of the year.…

STOLI LIKES HOW HENRIKEE IS ‘SEARCHING GREATNESS’

As my loyal readers know I am no fan of American Idol, The Voice, or any show that musicians are judged by singing cover songs. When the networks start playing original music, I will tune in. But before I get to my amazing guest today I want to say that how Jermaine Jones was kicked…

GROUNDATION RELEASES “HUMILITY” HD VIDEO

Hailing from California’s Bay Area, Groundation will unleash their new studio album, entitled ‘Building An Ark,’ on April 24, 2012 via Dub Rockers/VP. This 10-track set will be the first release off the new imprint Dub Rockers from reggae giant VP Records.

PLANKTON WAT NEW VIDEO

Plankton Wat is the solo sound world of Dewey Mahood. Beginning as a home recording project in 2001, Mahood has slowly built a collection of highly personal music that has filtered out into the underground via tape labels such as Stunned, Digitalis, and Sloow. 2009 saw the release of Dawn of the Golden Eternity, a…

A MISSION AND A MESSAGE FROM BLESSID UNION OF SOULS

If you listened to the radio at all in the 90’s, you likely still remember the words to “I Believe,” “Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me),” “Let Me Be the One,” “Standing at the Edge of the Earth,” or one of the other hit singles from Blessid Union of Souls.

HE’S NOT JUST ANOTHER “WALK DOWN THE STREET”: ROBERT NIX

Robert Nix, composer/singer/songwriter, comes from Toronto.   He finds his inspiration in simple everyday experiences and develops them into complex and unusual sounds that make him a unique and interesting listen.   Robert plays all the instruments, sings, writes and produces all of his own music, pulling from his inner intellect, to create something powerful…

CHRIS PRICE RECORDED ALL 12 TRACKS & VIDEOS WITH iPHONE

On June 26, Chris Price’s solo debut album, Homesick, will be released by PTB Music. The collection’s lead single, “That’s Your Boyfriend,” will go to radio in May. While it wasn’t his original intention, Price wound up creating each and every one of Homesick’s 12 tracks – plus the corresponding videos that will appear on…

DEV AVIDON OFFERS MP3 “LOST UNDER THE SUN” OFF ‘TEARS OF MEN’

Dev is a jazz-rock fusion composer, singer, engineer and producer living and operating out of Bushwick, Brooklyn, and the front-man for the band he founded with brother and renowned pianist Ben Rosenblum, Wire Spoke Wheels. He regularly performs and records in the New York and Boston area, and has produced and engineered recordings for a…

COWGILL MAKES “PLANS” WITH FIRST SINGLE

Boston has always been indie rock’s best-kept secret. Launching the careers of acclaimed artists such as The Lemonheads, Guster, and The Hush Now, you never know which band will break next. Well, look no further!….Meet COWGILL, one of the more brilliant groups to grace your ears in recent memory.

THE LAST FLIGHT OUT RELEASE SINGLE “WALK IN MY SHOES” MP3

The unlikely collaboration of The Last Flight Out’s songwriters “Gunny” Jeff Norman, Julia Bryan and Klaus Peterson has made a very distinctive splash in Colorado’s original music scene… in just the first few months of launching their musical partnership, Julia and Gunny would go from coffee houses to the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater, and their…

TRADITION AND THE LOVE OF MUSIC DRIVES THIS YOUNG ARTIST

As the music industry is going through drastic changes towards technological advancements some are still holding on to the traditional ways. The introduction of all that is digital has altered the way of receiving music. The music experience of going to a record store and flipping through various albums and reading the lyrics and gracing…