South Carolina native Pam Taylor is locked and loaded and ready to steal hearts with her authentic, heavy-hitting American roots rock sound. After starting the Pam Taylor Band in 2011, Taylor hit the top of the Roots Music and Blues music charts with her debut album, Hot Mess, in 2012 and sold out music halls…
Mastodon Announce Fall North American and U.K. Headline Tour Internationally celebrated heavy rock icons Mastodon have extended their U.S. headline tour starting on September 26 in Orlando, FL at Hard Rock Live with continued support from Eagles of Death Metal and Russian Circles. The tour also includes stops at several festivals, including the High Elevation…
A powerful introduction meets you when you start to listen or watch the live video of ‘hard bargain’ by the talented gentleman Chris Murphy. Really tranquilizing notes and soothing vocals. Surely, he must be really good at playing the violin, as he does it so easily, something that can be so tough sometimes to some…
Long Island, New York musical mainstays The Johnny Mac Band have quickly won a reputation as one of the hardest working acts in their area, but it’s good music that gets them over with their crowd, not just empty sweat. The first single off their forthcoming album Ace is the title cut and it…
Danny Everitt’s “Dream Big” offers a fine addition to the singer-songwriter tradition. Sung with true soul, the way “Dream Big” unfolds reveals its adherence to a joyful optimism. Proving to be an adept storyteller, Danny Everitt offers clever narratives and character studies over the course of the album. A classic rock style adorns the entirety…
UKs Leif Erikson share new single Leif Erikson was the relatively little-known Icelandic explorer believed by many to have been the first Westerner to reach the shores of America (beating Christopher Columbus to establish a Norse colony in the New World). It’s a legend partly paid tribute to in this namesake of a new London…
Bongo Boy Rock n Roll TV Show in heavy National Television rotation on 66+ TV channels this June 2017 till 6.19.17. Tapping into a nervous, chaotic energy reminiscent of the Talking Heads is Room Full of Strangers’ “Modern Media”. Clever insight is paired with frantic rhythms in a wonderful display of color. By opting for…
Miles Graham ‘Let It Shine’ One of the finest singer/songwriters to come out of Dublin the past couple of years returns with a stunning new visual about loss, love, pain and eventually, bliss. Miles’ last release, the stunning “I can’t Love You Again”, was received with rapturous critical praise. One of Miles’ biggest supporters was…
Have you ever wondered what you would get if you take a mixer and put some blues, have a bit of a rock shake and some freshness? This is what Howards new single ‘just for the mystery’ sound is like; you can bet John Mayer has nothing on this guy, trust me. A smooth composition…
Full of vitality and color is the funky psychedelic rock stylings of the Sidleys’ “The Love You Make”. Passionate to its very core the way the songs unfold gives them a majestic tenor. Vocals lead the way and dominate the rest of the proceedings. Everything simply works and the multiple layers collide in a glorious…
Cleveland native and guitarist Alex Lopez’s third album, Slowdown, is a remarkable realization of this gifted musician and songwriter’s talents. His first two studio releases showed him to be a fiery, inspired player of traditional blues and blues/rock, but this third release shows that his songwriting skills continue to grow at an exponential rate. Lopez…
J Bengoy Single “So Good (I Could Die)” J Bengoy came together late in the summer of 2016 in Burlington, VT. They practiced quietly in a third-floor bedroom for a few months while bonding over a mutual love of seltzer. In early 2017, they moved operations to Burlington’s South End arts district, where they didn’t…
Every Other Sunday sings with heart and soul on the tender “Ghost”. Neatly blending together an early 90s intimate grunge sound with the blues the song unfurls in a surprisingly wonderful way. Downright catchy, Every Other Sunday tells a story over the course of the song, one of heartache and rejection. Rather colorful in their…
salute Shares Acoustic Version of “Light Up” Feat. Liv Dawson Today sees the release of the acoustic version of salute’s new single “Light Up feat. Liv Dawson” – listen here. Earlier this month saw hotly tipped artist & producer salute return with his brand single ‘Light Up’ featuring fast rising Method Records-signee Liv Dawson. The…
The Shrimps delve into an intimate, folksy sound with the passionate “Abstracts and Keywords”. Akin to listening to close friends playing their hearts out on a porch late at night, there is something so comforting about their sound. Instrumentally the group draws from a rich variety of sound, from the choir of vocals to the…
Stories Untold Premieres “Fleur De Lis” Music Video With New Noise Alternative-rock band Stories Untold premieres the music video for “Fleur De Lis” exclusively with New Noise. This is the band’s fourth music video off their debut full-length album, Can’t Go Home, out now via Razor & Tie. CORBETT REDFORD’S ‘TURN IT AROUND: THE STORY…
The L.A.-based Boy Band Trio has had a big head start, having toured North America on the 2015 DigiTour alongside Demi Lovato. Fans know Ricky from his starring role on the Disney Channel Original Series “Best Friends Whenever,” and Emery from his co-starring roles on Disney Channel shows such as “Dog With a Blog” and…
Hayden Calnin expresses regret on new single Waves is from his new EP due out this summer, and is a song about regret: “‘Waves’ was written for a good friend and became my interpretation of what was going on in that friend’s head whilst battling severe mental health issues,” I wasn’t always able to be…
Frank Migliorelli and The Dirt Nappers tap into the heart and soul of rock and roll with “Bass, Drums, Guitars & Organs”. Representing the best Americana can offer, there is true grit with the intimate, perfectly crafted sound. Besides these styles, Frank Migliorelli clever storytelling graces the entirety of the album with his strong expressive…
Natalie Bouloudis’s debut EP is the perfect document of her humbling creative powers at this point in time. Harbouring her own distinct sound, Dead Sea Scripts channels her experiences and meditations into a deeply enchanting record. By turns evoking sixties’ girl band nostalgia with the concise hook-driven songwriting of ‘Firebird’ or entertaining her darker side…
Provocative Dancehall Anthem from Gorgeous HBO Actress While its common for a new recording artist to be dubbed the “the next big thing,” Caribbean-American musician and actress Toy Connor stands out as a far cry from anything common with her unique Caribbean dancehall sound that captured the eye of Motown legend Berry Gordy, and landed…
“One More Day”, comes off the EP “Heart Stone” by born again singer/song writer Devi. Not only was that song included on the EP, but was then made into a video to accompany said song, which was at the time a single, later turned video. Which would then be led on to being re-issued on…
Metaleptic Fit is an industrial/thrash metal band based in the Chicago area, formed in 2013 and lead by The Reverend. The Reverend’s background has crossed through rock, blues, rap, hip-hop, house, and dance genres. From the beginning, he has enraptured heavy metal as a lifestyle of spiritual reverence. On the self-titled debut two track release…
Ann Faith Harris was born and reared in the blue-collar music mecca of Buffalo, New York. Growing up in a household headed by her mother, a classically trained vocalist, Faith started singing hymns and anthems in her family church, St. Phillips Episcopal. Throughout her school years, she studied piano, sang in school choirs, ensembles, and…
The William Shakes Share New Video For “Leaden Messengers” The William Shakes is as much a concept project as it is a band. Written, produced, and fronted by Mark McGettrick, The William Shakes decontextualizes Shakespearean prose to the tune of alternative indie pop. The debut release How Goes The Night? EP explores five Shakespearean characters:…
Kathryn Shipley offers up a heartfelt ode with the glorious “Shine Your Love”. Crystal clear lyricism leads the way forward as the song swings forth with a classic style. Full of optimism and appreciation the song’s gradual unfolding feels masterful. “One Family Strong” shows off Hunter Sealy’s intimate approach. With only a guitar and a…
Skylar Fri shares new single ‘Dream Too Much’ A sense of home is one of the most powerful feelings a person can have. But equally the desire and drive to leave one’s home can be just as profound. This EP is shaped by the restlessness of Skylar Fri’s formative years – the feelings of isolation…
Round Eye are experimental, do feature a sax, and are no question a punk rock outfit. And yes, they are controversial and explicit, so, if that is not your thing there won’t be much to look-into. But if it is, there is plenty for the thrash lovers to slam around to on Monstervision, their new…
There is a shared ground between a lot of pop music. Mind you, I’m referring to “pop music” in a very traditional sense, meaning “popular music.” In a lot of ways popular music trends vary over time. In the first part of the twentieth century, pop music often meant piano sing-along tunes, things that are…
Only one other place where the lyrics of “One for the money, two for the show” came into play and that was with Las Vegas metal rock stars Escape The Fate with their track “One For The Money”. Except their song lyrics for that track go along the lines of “‘Cause it’s one, it’s one,…
So here we are and it is so good to see you all today. We have got an awesome band here today – Wayward City. They have such exciting things going on musically so we got to chat with them. Before we get into that lets check some music news. First up, Here’s your chance…
I want to like this album more than I do. I really like a lot of the songs. It’s the singing I’m not crazy about. It’s not the voice or even Laura Vecchione’s ability to hit the right notes that bothers me. It’s the vibrato on the voice. The whole “shaking” thing used to the…
In the midst of the prolonged void of a true Boy Band with not only the aesthetic qualities but true musical talent that has long been absent since the demise of One Direction (and furthermore the true 90’s boom of NYSYNC, 98 Degrees, the Backstreet Boys etc.), many have stepped up to the plate but…
Annie Goodchild releases the angelic and atmospheric ‘Black Swan’ American born Swiss based singer-songwriter Annie Goodchild releases her latest single, ‘Black Swan’, from her stunning debut EP ‘A Random Physical Sensation’ via Swiss independent label Radicalis. ‘Black Swan’ is an unrestrained demonstration of the talents Goodchild has as an artist, and further proof of her…
Metro Riders share claustrophobic “Tension On the Train” It’s 4 AM in the city. 2017. Or is it 1987? It’s 2024. Who really knows these days? Ski masked graffiti writers calmly throw their tags up in the streets, railcars and train station platforms of Europe’s capital cities. Berlin. Paris. Rome. Stockholm. Trouble lurks around every…
Israel’s first American-Palestinian winner of The Voice reveals ‘Can’t Keep Falling’ Every so often an artist comes along and changes the way you think about the world. In 2013 American-Palestinian Lina soared to victory on the second season of The Voice of Israel, prompting a response from the international press. Having lived in Israel from…
James Byfield, perhaps better known by his stage persona, “Blind Lemon Pledge”, is a multi-instrumentalist and blues singer based in San Francisco, California. Upon retiring from his career as a successful graphic designer and creative producer in 2008, Byfield set out to perform music and has since achieved a respectable amount of praise from critics,…
Pop, Techno + Sci-Fi= Foreverandever<3 feat Summer Heart What do you get when you fuse an eclectic blend of pop, techno and sci-fi influences with a lot of “walking late at night in the center of Stockholm”? A foreverandever<3 EP, apparently. With praise from the likes of Musikguiden I P3, Ja Ja Ja Music, Nordik…
A surreal sound sets on Angus Crowne and the Family Jewels’ otherworldly stylistic tour de force of “Shag Rug”. Throughout the album, the only constant is the poetic storytelling of Angus Crowne and his reassuring vocals. Beyond that everything else is fair game. Songs shift wildly going from ukulele-inspired punk to psychedelic twee. Strangely inviting…
Rock and R&B-influenced group Roadcase Royale will be releasing a brand new single entitled Not Giving Up on May 12th. The band is fronted by Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer Nancy Wilson of Heart and Liv Warfield of Prince’s New Power Generation, and also includes members from each of their respective bands. Not Giving Up is…
