First Listen: Pink Fireball – Cool Rider Crunch
Pink Fireball's new single, "Cool Rider Crunch", continues to showcase the band’s love of sixties psychedelic rock, whilst also adding in some uniquely fresh quirks including some spooky opening strings and a crunchy shredding...
Daily Dose: Mr. Mac – Call Me Over
Mr.Mac is a singer-songwriter whose sensibilities range from folk to blues, hard rock,and psychedelia.The songs on his album ShadowBox are characterized by lush acoustic guitar,adorned with cello,violin,and other instrumental improvisations.
Dan McLauglin, AKA "Mr. Mac"...
First Listen: Ilana J – Made 4 U
Originally from the UK, up and coming singer-songwriter Ilana J is taking the music scene by storm with her relentless passion for songwriting and a natural musical talent to match. An accomplished pianist and...
Daily Dose: DASH|TEN – What You Wanted
At first glance, DASH|TEN could seem perplexing. Fueled and funded to enlighten concert-goers to the bigger picture of the U.S. Army, that band could easily be confused for a shrewd promotion or a selling...
Daily Dose: Billy Starr – Rain Tree
Billy Starr is a singer, writer and music producer who lives and works in Chicago, Il
He is a member of BMI and has several songs listed there. He has written and produced two albums...
Daily Dose: Jay Brown – The Radio These Days
Jay Brown is a roots-orientated, one-man band from Black Mountain, North Carolina, who has been playing guitar since the age of 7 and writing songs since high school. A prolific songwriter, Jay's performance repertoire...
Daily Dose: Nancy McCallion – On We Go
Nancy McCallion is best known as the songwriter and vocalist for original Celtic-Norteno-you-name-it folk-rock cult band The Mollys. McCallion teamed up with high school music partner Catherine Zavala to form The Mollys in 1989,...
Daily Dose: Jack of None – Mrs. Stitcher
JACK OF NONE is an experimental rock / art band split between Manila, Philippines and Chicago IL, USA. It is comprised of siblings A.G. Syjuco (principal composer on guitar, bass and synths), Maxine Syjuco...
The Test Drive: The Retinas – Chaba
"Chaba", the new EP from the Philadelphia based band The Retinas, really surprised me. And I mean REALLY surprised me. I have to confess, I have become a little leery of albums with obscure names...
Daily Dose: CJ Smyth – Open Hand
A native of Georgia, award-winning singer-songwriter CJ Smyth writes with a signature poetic lyrical style. She learned to walk to the Beatles and was saturated with the country sounds of rural radio. Later she...
First Listen: STFU – What We Want
Droning in complexity and drowning in creativity is the best way to describe "What We Want", the new single from STFU's new album of the same name. Taking nods from industrial, post-modern electronica, as...
Daily Dose: U.R.G.E. – MJ Rez Do
Victor is a multi-talented musician, singer, songwriter, and producer but his main instruments are the woodwinds.(saxes, clarinets, and flutes) His career started at an early age while he was still in Jr High School,...
First Listen: Molly Warburton – Not Your Enemy
Molly Warburton and her band having been playing together for several years, channelling a variety of influences which range from Fleetwood Mac, Bombay Bicycle Club and Joan Armatrading to KT Tunstall.
The band is made...
Daily Dose: 50FootWave – Bath White
50FOOTWAVE has just released their ‘Bath White’ EP via HHBTM Records. This is their sixth mini-album since forming in 2004 and their first release since 2012’s ‘With Love From The Men’s Room’. Once again,...
Daily Dose: John Denney – Nocturnal Light
Pistols at Dawn is the debut solo album by John Denney. It delivers a powerful mix of deep lyrics and addictive rock tunes. His experimentation with various instruments collected on his travels of the...
Daily Dose: Stuart Hollinger – YOLO
My name is Stuart Hollinger and I was raised in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. I come from a musical family that plays Hawaiian music. I've been the "black" sheep and don't play...
The Test Drive: Clifffs – Bill You’re Only Human
Simple in delivery yet complex in emotion is the best way to describe "Bill You're Only Human", the new album from Cliffs. These retro-contemporary tracks have all the hooks and drive that make everything...
Daily Dose: Little Riddles – Get Ready, Sweet Betty
Formed in November of 2015, Little Riddles has been exploring the genre Americana from their home base of Minneapolis, MN. Little Riddles's music is characterized by a focus on lyrical content, driving rhythmic tempos,...
First Look: Christopher Shayne – Give A Damn
Raucous and unrestrained, Christopher Shayne delivers the rock in it's purest form with his new video for the song "Give a Damn", and DAMN is it a stomper! This song covers the gambit of everything...
The Test Drive: Pathos Pathos – Pet Names
It’s in circuses and festivals where every view that greets the eye is spectacular and alluring. Abnormality is celebrated and human dilemma, outside the fair gates, becomes an afterthought.
Beneath these carnival lights, Pathos, Pathos...
Daily Dose: Jake Vance – The Poet
At 20 years old, Jake Vance is a young, up-and-coming singer/songwriter whose background is in piano, bass, guitar, mandolin, songwriting, and vocals. Growing up in a musical family in Southern Alberta, Jake is a...
Daily Dose: The VooDoo Hawks – Quicksand
Florida born and Carolina raised, Rikki Dee Hall has rocked audiences from the east coast to the west. From an early age, he has shared the stage with such musical legends as The Allman Brothers,...
Daily Dose: This World – Don’t Look Away
THIS WORLD is a trio of accomplished, gutsy musicians playing a rich and original combination of classic rock sounds and rhythms, world music, and hymn-like harmonies. LEE KOHLER'S classical training, ROB KOHLER'S jazz experience,...
First Listen: Luna Rosa – This One (High on the Groove)
Dirty Melody is the best way to describe "This One (High on the Groove)", the new track from Luna Rosa, which is out today. In a modernistic, yet retrospective way, Luna Rosa has accomplished...
First Listen: Novanta – Goðafoss
Novanta absolutely hit the mark with their new single "Goðafoss", to be released with the rest of the album known as "Hello We're Not Enemies", to be released on June 17th from Seashell Recordings....