The Test Drive: Various – Rock Back: Stronger Than The Storm
‘Rock Back: Stronger Than the Storm’ is a disaster relief compilation in support of the victims of the recent devastations brought to bear by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Released by Philadelphia-based indie label...
David Ellefson & EMP Label Group Ressurrect Combat Records
David Ellefson of Megadeth, via his label EMP Label Group, has announced the relaunch of Combat Records, the seminal punk/thrash label that started Megadeth's career.
Most will remember Combat Records as one of the seminal thrash...
First Look: Jane N’ The Jungle – Wild Side
Phoenix, AZ based Alternative Rock Band Jane N' The Jungle has released the Official Music Video for their newest energetic, wild, and contagiously addicting single "Wild Side". "Wild Side" was directed and filmed by...
The Test Drive: Easy – A Heartbeat From Eternity
After celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of their debut album 'Magic Seed' with some live shows, Swedish exports Easy started writing some new material and with their friend, producer Charlie Storm started...
First Listen: Broads – Climbs
Lead by the charismatic and soulful vocals of Milly Hirst and the driving music of James Ferguson and Mark Jennings, the British electronic outfit known as Broads give a harmonic anthem to originality with their new...
The Test Drive: Watch Clark – First Week of Winter
Synth-Pop and Electrorock have a new voice in the face of Watch Clark. Their new album titled 'First Week of Winter' features ten solid tracks of electronic bliss with a solid set engineered for...
The Test Drive: Megan Landry – Socio-Political Trilogy
Megan Landry is rapidly becoming a force to be reckoned with. I'm not just saying that now, I also said it two years ago with our review of her 2015 album 'Stills'. That album,...
First Look: JohnlikeJohn – Faking Foxes
JohnlikeJohn defies the stereotypes and uses their music as a way to speak to people who may suffer from anxiety and depression so they know that they aren't alone. In an interview with the...
First Listen: connect_icut – Uridium
With an atmospheric vision, the Vancouver based artist known as connect_icut releases an opus to white noise that delivers the soliloquy between the audible lines in a way that envisions originality and infuses an organic touch...
The Test Drive: Andy Cooper – The Layered Effect
'The Layered Effect’ by US rapper/producer Andy Cooper offers a punchy reminder of the creative fun to be had in digging for breaks, stringing up loops and layering up strata of sound. Brimming full...
First Listen: Hunter Blue – So Gay
Introducing Hunter – destined to become the most celebrated flag-bearer for gay rights in recent history. Of Indian heritage and born in Tanzania, Hunter is a whirlwind of artistic creativity – he is Hunter...
First Look: Lethal Injektion – Believer
Tucson, AZ based, West Coast Metal band Lethal Injektion has followed up on their highly praised sophomore LP, Judgment Night, with a stunning reinterpretation and music video of the Imagine Dragons hit single, "Believer."
Lethal...
The Test Drive – Hannah Ross – What Are The Natural Forms?
Hannah Ross is one of those true types of musicians. The type that has a vision from inception, and sees it through to the end mostly on her own accord. By doing this, we,...
First Look: Kannika – I’m Watching You
Kannika was born in the south of Thailand and has since relocated to Nakhon Ratchasima in the northeast.
She has been singing from a very young age and as her career began progress she undertook...
First Look: MIS+RESS – The History Of Fishes
Brilliantly ethereal and subtly transcending is the best way to describe 'The History Of Fishes', the new video from MIS+RESS. By creating a visual dreamscape for a dreamscore, MIS+RESS achieves sonic bliss via a lucid dream...
The Test Drive: Dezi Leon – The Room I Stand In
By combining dance rhythms with the soulfulness of an experienced heart, Dezi Leon has married genres with her latest project titled 'The Room I Stand In'. Catchy hooks within a dance track are becoming...
First Listen: The Mayhem Lecture Series – Structures and Behavior (Intrepid)
To go outside of the box is one thing, but to go outside of the box and find originality, that is another thing altogether. That other thing, in this case, is The Mayhem Lecture Series. The...
First Look: Joe Dolman – Something Beautiful
21-year-old singer-songwriter from Leamington Spa. With 2 independently released EP’s under his belt landing him top 10 in the UK and US iTunes charts, Dolman has been growing from strength to strength with each...
First Look: Romancer – Nausicaa
Ambient punk/post-rock quartet, Romancer has released their new music video and single "Nausicaa", which comes of their upcoming EP titled, Honeybee, set to release November 24th. The new single is the first since group's...
First Look: CUP – Apparition
Combining cool retro-psych-rock with excellent claymation, CUP delivers a manically musical and fantastic video for their new track titled "Apparition". Consider the song an anti-anthem in that it rebels against the common grain yet...
The Test Drive: Fafa Galoure – As You Are
Efrat Cohen (aka Fafa Galoure), singer, writer and composer has been performing and arranging with Asi Ashkenazi since 2012. The musical style is a bridge between Indie Rock and multiple patterns that range from...
First Listen: SHINNy – Christmas Number 1
James Davenport (AKA SHINNy) is a former professional boxer and rugby league player. He represented Leeds Rhinos and his hometown club Salford Reds. After rugby, James became a professional boxer and In his final...
First Listen: Easy – Ask The Sky
It was twenty-seven years ago that Swedish Indie band Easy released their highly acclaimed debut album 'Magic Seed' on the hip Blast First label. Label supremo Paul Smith signed the band after listening to...
First Look: Fear Is Dead – Dirtnap
New York based Heavy Rock / Metal band Fear Is Dead has released the Official Music Video for their single 'Dirtnap' off of their August released EP, 'What Remains'. 'Dirtnap' was directed and edited...
The Test Drive: Brickwork Lizards – Haneen
Brickwork Lizards began to take shape after a chance encounter at a party, when Egyptian vocalist and oud-player Tarik Beshir met Oxford Rap scene stalwart Tom O’Hawk. Discovering a mutual love of the 1930s...