Pelican, Ataraxia/Taraxis (Southern Ground Records) Again we hook up with all-instrumental metal trio Pelican, who haven’t improved on their drummer situation since last we spoke, but being that this is only an EP there’s not a lot of sound-and-fury lack-of-significance to endure. Matter of fact, shorties like this are conducive to enjoying what they…
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Planetary Nights featuring R.J. McSweeney, Today Aint Too Late
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Over the years we’ve seen rock, pop and even rhythm and blues slowly erode into over-commercialized, corporate puppet shows providing music that is extremely sing songy, predictable and highly corporate. I hereby call this new breed of music “Poser Rock” and I want to personally thank all the corporate giants for successfully transforming “Sex Drugs…
D&M NEW EP COMING IN APRIL
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The blues infused alternative pop band, known as D & M, will be releasing their new EP, Wait For Me, on April 24th, 2012, produced by Brandon Bost. Drawing from the likes of John Mayer, Mumford & Sons, and Fun., their mix of pop, blues, and rock n’ roll leaves something for all music lovers.…
The Bluecats, Earthquake Mama
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Over the years we’ve seen rock, pop and even rhythm and blues slowly erode into over-commercialized, corporate puppet shows providing music that is extremely sing songy, predictable and highly corporate. I hereby call this new breed of music “Poser Rock” and I want to personally thank all the corporate giants for successfully transforming “Sex Drugs…
THE LAST FLIGHT OUT RELEASE SINGLE “WALK IN MY SHOES” MP3
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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…
Art Kenyon, Cocoon EP
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Art Kenyon is a rock/grunge/psychedelic/pop solo project from Vancouver (with the help of some excellent session musicians). You don’t hear the terms “grunge” or “psychedelic” thrown around very often these days, but this is mainly because they have been worn out by our ‘chew it up and throw it out’ culture, not because there…
Doug Prescott, The Journey and the Deep Blue Sea
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Over the years we’ve seen rock, pop and even rhythm and blues slowly erode into over-commercialized, corporate puppet shows providing music that is extremely sing songy, predictable and highly corporate. I hereby call this new breed of music “Poser Rock” and I want to personally thank all the corporate giants for successfully transforming “Sex Drugs…
VINTAGE TROUBLE’S THE BOMB SHELTER SESSIONS MAKES U.S. DEBUT
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Vintage Trouble is eagerly awaiting their first-ever U.S. release, The Bomb Shelter Sessions, to hit shelves on April 24, 2012 (Vintage Trouble Records, in partnership with The Orchard), and to perform on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! that night. Having spent much of 2011 touring throughout the U.K./Europe in support of the album’s international release, the…
Hillbilly Vegas, Ringo Manor
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From small town Oklahoma with a vengeance, southern rock/country act Hillbilly Vegas are creating a serious racket with “Ringo Manor”, an effort that was produced by Richie Owens (Dolly Parton, Vince Gill). It seems that Hillbilly Vegas have been gaining speed on the merit of their original tracks; they’ve landed a management deal with Ben…
Trysette, Here On In
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Trysette is a classically trained singer/songwriter from New South Wales, Australia who has recently released the full length CD “Here On In”. She’s been plugging away for quite some time now with a very productive output — she’s released an EP and 3 albums independently before being signed by Global Journey Music. As is the…
Phil Jones, Raise-Up
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Over the years we’ve seen rock, pop, and even hard rock slowly erode into over-commercialized, corporate puppet shows providing music that is extremely sing songy, predictable, popish and highly corporate. I hereby call this new breed of music “Poser Rock” and I want to personally thank all the corporate giants for successfully transforming “Sex Drugs…
Science!, Two Guitars Live
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You very rarely get what you ask for, and most of us know this all too well. Just like Michael Douglas in “Falling Down”, we’re simply unimpressed and more than a little bit annoyed that the burger looks absolutely nothing like the poster. Science!, an inspired acoustic duo from Seattle, must have had this in…
DOUG PRESCOTT RELEASES DEBUT
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Doug Prescott, an Americana/Country rock singer/songwriter from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been garnering some serious critical acclaim for his new CD release “The Journey & the Deep Blue Sea”, which features an all-star cast that reads like a who’s who of Americana and country music. Backing Doug up on the disc are Craig Fuller…
Gar Francis, Shine On EP
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Gar Francis is a Garage rock/Americana/Blues solo artist hailing from Belvidere, New Jersey with a long list of accolades and credits to his name. He has received awards from The John Lennon Song Contest, the Unisong Music Awards, and an honourable mention in the Billboard Song Contest. He’s been writing, recording and playing live for…
Fly Paper, Self-titled
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Kalamazoo-based alternative/blues rock trio Fly Paper are currently promoting their self-titled full length release. Inspired by the classic 90’s and 60’s rock movements as well as folk, blues, funk and some stellar female artists such as Fiona Apple and KT Tunstall, this could either be a strong release or completely mediocre. It’s always refreshing to…
Planetary Nights, Today Aint Too Late
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RJ McSweeny, singer songwriter of Planetary Nights, has released his second studio album, Today Ain’t Too Late — a fourteen track hard rock album infused with a twinge of country, a dash of blues, and a whole lotta soul. McSweeny brings together quite a roster of talent in the making of this album too. Eric…
Shades of Jade re-release debut EP ‘Her Soul’ on February 14th 2012
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London based Soul Rock band, Shades of Jade plan to make 2012 the year all about them. After previous success as a solo artist, Jade Barnett fronts London’s hottest new band with an interesting aural mash-up of powerful, soulful vocals mixed with dirty rock guitars. Shades of Jade recorded their debut EP, ‘Her Soul’ at…
PLANETARY NIGHTS RELEASE ‘TODAY AIN’T TOO LATE’
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Planetary Nights is back and better than ever with their second studio album titled ‘Today Ain’t Too Late’. The brand new CD was just released on February 7th and can be purchased on CDBaby, iTunes and Amazon. Following up their successful 2009 release of ‘Elliptical Motion’ and their equally impressive 2010 ‘Live ‘n’…
A.B. Clyde and the Kittylitters, Smokin’ Catnip
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Over the years we’ve seen rock, pop and even rhythm and blues slowly erode into over-commercialized, corporate puppet shows providing music that is extremely sing songy, predictable and highly corporate. I hereby call this new breed of music “Poser Rock” and I want to personally thank all the corporate giants for successfully transforming “Sex Drugs…
SEK’ND HAND SMOKE, SELF-TITLED EP
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Continuing the trend of rock and metal bands spelling their names incorrectly, Sek’ndhand Smoke are here to rock with their self-titled EP (2010). According to their bio, they play “simple, no frills, rock and roll”. The band has extensively toured throughout Oregon, California, and Washington, and they’ve also built a following through promoting their Youtube…
BROTHER DEGE PREMIERES NEW “BLACK IS THE NIGHT” VIDEO
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Feeling the bite of 21st century ennui? Hell with it. Strap in, turn on and tune down with some dark-as-a-black hole Delta blues. With 2012 here, the Mayan calendar coming to a close and Planet X swinging over the horizon, you may as well ride it out with some swamp infested, pass-the-Prozac slide-Dobro guitar. …
KENNY OLSON, CARTEL
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Kenny is best known for fronting Kid Rock’s Twisted Brown Trucker band for 11 years, and playing with the Experience Hendrix ensemble (he has always sported a Jimi tattoo). During the duration, he has played with and contributed to numerous varying artist collaborations, in addition to forming The Flask, Motorflys, and 7-Day Binge. …
Smalltime, Smalltime (EP)
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Over the years we’ve seen rock slowly erode into over-commercialized, corporate puppet shows providing music that is extremely sing songy, predictable, popish & highly corporate. I hereby call this new breed of music “Poser Rock” & I want to personally thank all the corporate giants for successfully transforming “Sex Drugs and Rock n’ Roll” into…
MUSIC UP CLOSE – JANUARY 2012
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Well, hello, Music Up Close clubbers. Sorry for all of the packing boxes. We’ve been moving the club across the country and have been in transit and out of touch with all of our wonderful Music Up Close regulars. We are temporarily set up in an old warehouse in SOCAL as they say there, southern…
Charlie Dane, Dreamland
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Charlie Dane is a 13 year old singer & guitar player who has already accomplished a lot at her very young age, including, and this is the reason you’re reading this review, releasing a full length album called “Dreamland”. She played South by Southwest, a festival most bands dream of playing. She’s quite heavily trained…
RHYTON VIDEO FOR “STONE COLORED”
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Debut self-titled album due out on January 24th! Rhyton hails from New York City and features Dave Shuford (No Neck Blues Band, D. Charles Speer), Jimy SeiTang (Psychic Ills), and Spencer Herbst (Messages, Matta Llama) improvising their way through fields of psychedelic rock. The album is available on LP and limited edition CD.
TECHNOLOGY: THE GOAT RODEO SESSIONS LIVE IN A THEATRE NEAR YOU
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Bringing an ensemble of tremendous musical talent together, NCM Fathom and Sony Masterworks is presenting The Goat Rodeo Sessions LIVE featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan and guest vocalist Aoife O’Donovan, an exclusive in-theater concert event on Tuesday, January 31 at 7:30 p.m. ET/ 6:30 p.m. CT/ 8:00 p.m. MT/PT/HI/AK (tape delayed).…
THE DOORS TO DEBUT NEWLY DISCOVERED SONG
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“THE YEAR OF THE DOORS” officially kicks off on Monday, January 9 at noon Eastern when the iconic rock band will officially debut the first new, completely unreleased song in 40 years, “SHE SMELLS SO NICE.” The bluesy track captures the band–organist RAY MANZAREK, guitarist ROBBY KRIEGER, drummer JOHN DENSMORE and late singer JIM…
SAMANTHA TESTA LETS THE WORLD KNOW ABOUT “MY BADASS MAN”
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Power vocals of a Kelly Clarkson and as captivating as Adele. Samantha brings the intensity and on stage confidence of a seasoned performer beyond her 19 years.
BASSMENT BANGARS BRING THE BASS
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DZ tha DOK is co-founder and producer for Bassment Bangars, a father & son beat making and song writing duo specializing in hiphop, electro and pop sounds for artists, media projects, soundtrack and more. http://www.bassmentbangars.com
Vaganza Trailerpark, …and you will know us by the trailer of pink feathers
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In today’s music there sounds that take control of your body; to a point that you can say it’s kinda subliminal. However there’s a big difference between artists and bands that need of this “witchcraft”, if we can call it like that and artists and bands that has a talent to make this without the…
CECE TENEAL OFFERS MP3 “WORK”
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Given the fact that CeCe Teneal recently received a heartwarming shout-out from President Barack Obama himself after her spine-tingling performance at the Democratic Election Campaign Fundraiser, it might be hard to imagine, but this newly anointed queen of neo-blues comes from decidedly humble beginnings. Indeed, at the tender age of six Cece was belting out…
DECEMBER 2011
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As we close out 2011 with 2012 looming ahead, it’s nice to know that one record biz constant is CHANGE. We lost “memorables” like Heavy D and Vesta, Beyonce’s expecting a little one, Rick Ross and Wale are doing big things, while Mary J. Blige is still blowing them away at her shows. As Niki…
BEVERLY McCLELLAN, FEAR NOTHING
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Beverly as a singer, songwriter, musician, delivers a country rock, sometimes bluesy, gut originated style of vocal treatment. Her performance as a finalist on The Voice first brought her national attention. This is her fifth release over the past 15 years, and successfully combines many vocal styles. Guitarists Josh Sklair and Billy…
SAMANTHA TESTA: THE FORCE BEHIND THE VOICE
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When I met Samantha her voice had a warmth that filled the room and that was only when she was speaking. She was born in Montreal and is now living in Ottawa, but has been actively making her rounds from LA all the way to Nashville TN. She has done work with producer Steve Dady…
STEVE ADAMYK BAND OFFER “FOREVER WON’T WAIT” MP3
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The Steve Adamyk Band are a bunch of obnoxious, rowdy, “kids” from Ottawa, Ontario. While the name would automatically draw comparison to a blues, jazz or rock band given the layout, make no mistake; the Steve Adamyk Band are a punk band.
ROCCO DELUCA SIGNS WITH 429 RECORDS
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LA-based artist Rocco DeLuca has signed with 429 Records which will release his forthcoming project “DRUGS ‘N HYMNS.” The new album finds the blues-steeped musician forging a solo path armed with his National guitar, distinctively emotive voice and 10 reflective, vivid song-stories. The hypnotically spare compositions conjure a world of characters seeking a…
CUBIC FEET OFFER “LIVING END” MP3 OFF NEW ALBUM
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In 2002, Mark Davison was vacationing in St. Thomas, taking some much needed chill time and celebrating the recent release of Superconnector, the fourth album by Cubic Feet, the popular indie band the singer/songwriter founded in the mid-’80s with guitarist/keyboardist Woody Lissauer.
Avishay Mizrav, Forgotten Melodies
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A new figure has emerged in the international music scene. Avishay Mizrav’s debut guitar-instrumental solo album, “Forgotten Melodies,” has received accolades for his interpretation of modern progressive rock by international critics and for obvious reasons. Mizrav is a true student of the guitar. Over the course of this nine-track album, his appreciation for not only…
DI3, Torch
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DI3 is a Nashville based band. Their latest release, “Torch” is a musicians CD. The band consists of three unique personalities that creates a plethora of goodness. You got Dave Isaacs the Professor, Brook Sutton the family guy and Rob Crawford the ladies man. Together they are unstoppable. The CD is a celebration of music.…
