Daily Dose: Scanner – Fist In The Air
Scanner was formed by Joe Brady and Junnie Fortney in 1979, and played throughout the Central Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Washington D.C. areas. Scanner’s influences encompass a wide range of styles, including the pioneers of...
First Listen: Sinéad O’Connor – The Foggy Dew
Sinéad O'Connor is an international recording artist who needs no introduction. She has recorded 'The Foggy Dew' in honor of the funeral re-enactment of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa in Dublin, Ireland on August 1st 2015....
The Test Drive – High Tiny Hairs – High Tiny Hairs EP
Swirling, dreamy pop hooks accentuated with the haunting sounds of a Farfisa organ cloak the sombre and sardonic musings of former Fuck Knights guitarist and Nightinghales front man Ben Bachman in his new project,...
Daily Dose: Lyndzie Taylor – What Do I Know
What do you get when you combine catchy pop melodies with passionate performance and pixie good looks? Some might describe Lyndzie Taylor as the "whole package," but what is for sure is that this...
The Test Drive: Ilana J – Free Falling From The Ground Up
Ilana J is a British singer songwriter. Having turned down the opportunity to enter the prestigious London College of Music at thirteen in favour of a more traditional academic education, a successful healthcare career...
Jammerzine Exclusive: Jupe Like A Rocket
Jupe is a band that I really enjoyed interviewing. And they make a good point in the interview as well. That it takes a family to make a band and that is what Jupe...
Daily Dose: hooyoosay – Illusionist At Work
It was this occasional recording jam that gave birth to hooyoosay, a couple of guys playing some cover songs just for the fun of it, but eventually resulting into an online-stores release.
As some of...
The Test Drive: Damien J Brennan – Shine
Damien J Brennan was born and raised in County Down, Northern Ireland. He learned to play the guitar and began busking whilst backpacking through Italy and Australia. Shortly after his return home he began...
Daily Dose: MOBIVSTRIP – Feed The Fire
MOBIVSTRIP is the latest musical project devised by Dennis (guitar), Christopher (drums), Naama (vocals), Sergio (guitar) and Christian (bass). Formed in in early 2014 in Lima, Peru, this upcoming band brings together a range...
The Test Drive: Icicle – Theorems
Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Icicle's second album 'Theorems' is released on September 15, 2015.
This follow-up solo record consists of twelve very strong and personal compositions created during an exceptionally intense period for the artist....
Jammerzine Exclusive: Meet The Escape, New Album Out Today!
Last week we gave you a taste of Philadelphia based The Escape with their new video for "Soon Forgotten" off of their album "The Mark We Leave Behind" which comes out today on iTunes,...
The Test Drive: Various – Rock Back For Nepal Volume 2
You may remember that a couple of weeks ago we reviewed "Rock Back For Nepal Volume 1" and were pleasantly surprised by the album. This installment starts of heavier than the last and for...
Daily Dose: British IBM – Nothing
The group’s 2012 debut self-titled album—produced with Neil “Bugs” Rogers—features single “Animal,” accompanied by a well-received animated video clip lensed by Ridertoons’ Jose Cubero. Second single and title track “the British IBM” garnered acclaim...
First Listen: Orange Vision – Dark Around The Eyes
'Dark Around the Eyes' is the latest release from Orange Vision, a band firmly in the ascendant having already enjoyed support from Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1 and Steve Lamacq on BBC 6...
Daily Dose: Michael Thompson – The One
This debut album by indie-rocker Mike Thompson is powered by his heart-felt lyrics, layered melodies, and contributions from music heavy-weights Colin Raye and Mark Slaughter.
On song writing
My approach to creating music is very straightforward...
Daily Dose: Victory Kicks – Writers’ Strike
Victory Kicks started life in early 2013 as a home recording project for songwriter and guitarist John Sibley. After writing a large number of songs and realizing that waiting around for a record deal...
First Listen: Steel Trees – Goonies R’ Good Enough
With news of a sequel to classic 80's kids film The Goonies on the horizon, South Yorkshire stoner trio STEEL TREES are about to awaken a whole host of memories for fans of the...
Daily Dose: Dush – Come Undone
A new musical realm is rising on the complex map of modern aggressive music. Staking out new ground amid the countless categories of metal, the sound of bronze—intimate yet epic, fierce yet beautiful—has arrived....
Jammerzine Exclusive: Meet The Lion And The Wolf
Once in a while I get to talk with a musician that gets it. Now a lot of musicians "get it" on different levels but Thomas George a.k.a The Lion and the Wolf gets...
Jammerzine Exclusive: The Courage of James Michael McLester
As many of you know, in the annals of life, we face many trials and tribulations that cause us much anguish, fear, and desperation. It is how we handle those times in our lives...
Daily Dose: FL Jones – Love Someone
FL Jones’s story is one of funk and perseverance, of staying true to the music of his passion and roots in defiance of the mundane and mainstream. Jones is a soul man who can...
First Listen: Cave Mouth – Deep Water
Cavemouth are a primal lo-fi funk four-piece who sound as though they live on the wilds of Exmoor on a strict diet of roadkill, making music to keep the neighbors away and lure the...
The Test Drive: The Goood Things – EP #2
When I first interviewed The Goood Things back in September I instantly considered lead singer Mike Hannah a friend, and I'm glad to say that we have been ever since and I've since interviewed...
Daily Dose: Myles Wide – On The Street Tonight
Kyle Donovan has been singing all his life; from a young age, he has had a strong sense of his own voice.
"I find myself inspired by the beauty in the natural world around us,...
The Test Drive: Ancient River – Keeper of the Dawn
Ancient River, the sonic brainchild of singer/songwriter James Barreto, is an ever-evolving source of rock n’ roll and psychedelia, its influences flowing from the swampy roots of the American south to the far reaches...