The blending of influences and genres will always be at the forefront of creating fresh new musical styles. And isn’t this what we all really want? Our recent discovery of The Tim Lancaster Conspiracy hits right on this mark with new single “Bang Bang, Bang Bang.” The multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and band leader has been
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Detroit’s Resurrection Story delivers classic prog-rock magic on the group’s debut album String Theory and Collapsing Stars. Available now on all streaming platforms, the record is a complex and personal journey through some deep emotional territory. The vibe is heavy, smart, and atmospheric in a supremely listenable way, skipping over long scale passages in favor
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For those with a true passion for creating music there is nothing that can stop them. These artists will continue to work hard and put their all into doing what they love, no matter the difficulties that get thrown at them. Our friend Zack Kirkorian wasn’t dealt the best hand in life but his passion
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Lockdown funkateers The Heard Eye do a fine job of driving body-moving beats underneath big pop/rock hooks on the group’s recent album Funkalypse. Available now on all major platforms, Funkalypse is a solid session from one end to the other. The band’s blending of old-school funk and Beatles/ELO-level melodic songwriting is a truly intoxicating mix
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Singer-songwriter Phil Gammage delivers a soulful batch of 20th Century-influenced songs about the human condition on his new album Redeemed. Released in February of 2024, Redeemed is an understated jewel of a record that installs itself deeper into your life with each successive listen. Phil Gammage is Texas-born but is now based in New York
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Easy Bees deliver a masterful helping of highly-melodic, singer-songwriter pop/rock on the band’s latest self-titled album. Available now on all streaming platforms, Easy Bees is a 12-song set influenced by high-end songwriting talents like The Beatles, Tom Petty, ELO, and The Traveling Wilburys. Big hooks and harmony are the building blocks here and the band
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Them Dirty Roses achieve a perfect blend of old-school Southern Rock and present-day Hard Rock on the band’s new single “Candle In The Dark.” Released March 1st, 2024 on Garden Party Records, “Candle In The Dark” is a strong, mid-speed cut that goes all out from the jump. It’s built on huge-sounding guitars, tough drumming,
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Hot-handed blues/rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Mike Freund gives listeners a big doseof the heavy stuff with his new single “Kicking Dirt.” The track is set to drop on November 22nd, 2023 and impressively channels several streams ofguitar heaviness while still delivering an original sound and a relevant vision. It begins with aharder-than-Zeppelin drum beat
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Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Les Fradkin unveils a perfect radio single, “Spare Change,” that dates from his days of working with legendary guitarist Mick Ronson (David Bowie, Ian Hunter, Roger McGuinn, Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Review). “Spare Change” actually dates back to 1982, when Ronson, bassist Fradkin, and drummer Hilly Michaels formed a new group
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“ Paradise Reset, a.k.a. insanely creative songwriter, musician, performer, and producer Aaron Fitch, pushes the boundaries of how artful a pop single can be with his new song and music video “Take The Gold (There Was One).” Available now, “Take The Gold (There Was One)” is an upbeat, melodic pop/rock song rendered in a highly produced, stomping
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Guitarist and singer Tom Gilberts and his mighty trio groove hard and get contemplative on their new single “Flow State.” Released January 27th, 2023, “Flow State” is a cracking, mid-tempo blues/rock track that’s all about feel and space. Gilberts is one of those players gifted with a magic touch and the ability to write tight,
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Southern California singer-songwriter Conner Cherland dramatically expands his sound and vision on his new EP Call Waiting. Available now on Santa Barbara Records, Call Waiting is a brief, six-song effort that puts Cherland’s mastery of classic indie rock sounds on full display. John Bottrell (Christina Perri, Keith Cullen) produced the sessions and clearly bonded deeply
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Indiana’s own Blind Uncle Harry, a.k.a. Chris Doran, gives listeners a huge blast of his iconoclastic avant/Americana/conspiracy/folk brilliance on his new album Visualize Industrial Collapse. The record comes out November 18th, 2022 and, if you’re not hip to Harry yet, it just might blow you away. Visualize Industrial Collapse is the work of an outsider
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Vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Alex Genadinik brings us some plain-spoken, emotional truth on his latest track “Keep Your Heart Open.” Alex Genadinik is a talented player, creator, and interpreter of enchanting, beautiful music that touches his listeners’ lives in a personal way. This time out, he delivers his version of Russian poet and songwriter Bulat
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Florida’s own King P, a hip hop artist and multi-instrumentalist who is one of the most crucial creators currently working in the South, will be dropping a brand new music video for his track “Slip N Slide” on May 28th. The song is another incredible blast of P’s dancehall-influenced style on the microphone combined with
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Sonic Radiation hits the end of 2020 hard with a brand-new track, “Roentgen,” that’s a monstrously-energetic dance floor banger. Named for a legacy unit of measurement for exposure to x-rays and gamma rays, “Roentgen” pushes against the machine that made it, delivering a relentless EDM beat seemingly meant to drive humans over the edge. Synths
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Experimental electronic music artist Three Eyes displays significant amounts of vision and originality on their brand new self-titled release Three Eyes, which dropped November 6th, 2020. The sound is a blend of dream pop, hip hop, cinematic, and psychedelic ideas that flow over and into each other, resulting in a mind-expanding nine-track record that energetically
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John Lebanon sounds like a person but it’s really a band built around Lebanese guitarist and songwriter Roy S and fleshed out by a number of collaborators that includes Matt, Alex, Kat, Olivia, Malabar Buckley, Juliette, Laeticia, Noemie, Wheels, and Soup Wizard. The crew has released a steady stream of singles and EPs that showcase
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Americana singer/songwriter/guitarist Ernie Hendrickson delivers a dose of soft-spoken genius to the world with his latest album Roll On. Released on September 24th, 2019 on LoHi Records, Roll On is a set of original roots-inflected songs that aim to address some very current issues in American life, specifically the senses of alienation and commercialization that
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Love Is Love is the latest release from New Zealand-dwelling songwriter and producer Simon Jackson. Jackson is a melodic rock specialist with an evocative sound influenced by The Beatles, Elton John, Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, Southern and Aussie rock. His songs are based around the acoustic guitar and Jackson’s own life experiences here on Planet
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Texas singer/songwriter Mark Winters is an understated, positive, and smooth artist and performer with a unique take on alternative rock and guitar pop. His debut album, Slipstream, comes out today, September 12th, 2019, and is a strong effort filled with melody and nuance. Winters writes songs that are catchy and engaging that will brighten your
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A Broken Beast is the seventh studio album by singer/songwriter William Ben Brooks, a storytelling 60s child from Oklahoma with a knack for contemplative, emotive ballads and soulful folk/rock. Released in July of 2019, the record is a masterfully written and executed dose of lyrical Americana that features Brooks’ lean and literate songs brought to
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EL MO3, a.k.a. Morgan Greenburger, is a sober DJ and producer living and working in New York City. His original music cuts across typical EDM boundaries and exhibits a composer’s touch and expression not often heard in electronic music. His latest track, the single “Morgan’s Mirage,” is a hypnotic, house-infused bit of esoterica that combines
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Urban music man of mystery Vladdy Mack is part of a growing legion of artists who don’t give away much info about themselves, preferring to keep the public and press focused on their work, not their personalities. What we do know about Mack is that he’s not part of the Autotuned, Migos-style staccato rap sound
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Bed Stuy Brooklyn hip-hop artist Oliver Benjamin is one of the most individualistic and forward-thinking voices on the New York music scene. His latest release is the EP Scorched Earth, a five-song blast of Benjamin’s cinematic and psychedelic rap style built on sample-based production and delivering a dark pulp/film noir vibe that keeps listeners focused
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Sonic Radiation, a.k.a. Todd Last, is an electronic dance music artist in Dallas, Texas who makes captivating, modern music without ever letting go of the essence of the genre. As a creator, Sonic Radiation has his vision fixated on the future of EDM and is working hard to be one of the people helping to
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“Paralyzed (So Much)” is the new single from evolving singer/songwriter/photographer/videographer/producer MissSaiyah. It’s an incredible chill ambient downtempo track that puts all her musical skills on display and creates a sonic world that envelops listeners from the first bar. MissSaiyah is another artist who’s choosing to downplay her personal information and background, preferring to keep all
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Aether, the latest release from ambient/electronic musical artist Zerfranzt, is more than a bit of an enigma. Zerfranzt is a storytelling vaporscape/atmospheric electronica composer based in Austria who makes ultra-personal narrative music that each listener must interpret for themselves. His style is cryptic, emotive, and cinematic and definitely lives on the more intellectual fringe of
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Rain On Fridays is an engaging and powerful indie rock band based in San Diego, California that blends punk simplicity and energy with memorable hooks and unique lyrics. The two principal band members, lead singer Madison Coe and lead guitarist Jesse Miller, describe themselves as “two girls from San Diego who are ready 2 rock”
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Guitarist and songwriter Patrick Goddard came up as part of the old-school Long Beach and San Francisco, California scenes of the 80s and 90s with bands including Several Fish, Cara de Nada, Go Pound Salt, and Lost Cabras. He’s a solo artist these days and his latest release is the single “Apparition,” which is backed
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Canadian-born singer/songwriter David Vaters checks back in with his considerable fan base with a brand-new single, “Red Sea,” that was released July 18th, 2019 by VGroup Music. The track is the lead single from his upcoming album Volume 3 – A Voice in the Wilderness, the latest installment in an ongoing series of records Vaters
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German singer/songwriter Tommy Ocean is a powerfully understated artist who is profoundly inspired by the classic American songsmiths and folk singers. He has been building a brand and following over the last few years for his beautifully simple and emotive original songs that he records live and solo. Ocean has a new record, Nobot, that
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Instrumental electronic composer Three Eyes, a.k.a. Jewel Marsh, is a one-person creative force who makes music that sticks to the walls of your soul. Three Eyes deftly blurs genre lines and crosses philosophical boundaries to achieve a sound that is spacious and modern. Marsh delivers a moody, synth-heavy vibe on the new four-song EP New
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Travaughn is a deeply-soulful conscious hip-hop artist from Houston, Texas who brings a high level of artistry and intellect to the rap scene. His music draws inspiration from many early icons of rap and R&B including Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Ludacris and TLC, legendary stars like The Temptations and the Isley Brothers, and rock bands like Linkin
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Singer/songwriter Mark Winters makes extremely well-executed pop/rock music that’s absolutely overflowing with positive vibrations. Hailing from Sugar Land, Texas, Winters’ songs are melodic, meaningful, and built around heartfelt, poetic lyrics that remind listeners of the good things in life. His latest single, “Copper Queen,” is a fine example of how Winters does things and makes
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Los Angeles singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Tyler Hutton creates memorable pop/rock music influenced by The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and many other mid-20th Century icons. “Through My Window” is his debut single and is the first of three tracks he will be releasing over the Summer of 2019. A full-length album is set to follow in early September. Hutton
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Rob Georg, Germany’s favorite country artist, checks back in with his faithful with a brand-new single, “Time For Some Ink,” that again demonstrates his command of and love for American music. Georg may be European but has more true country credibility than many US-based artists, seeing how he is an actual cowboy, a lifetime equestrian
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Echoglass makes highly-evolved and well-executed indie pop music built upon beautiful melodies and emotive lyrics. The group came together in 2016 when members D.A. McKenna, Remmy, and Bo united to create meaningful, eclectic songs that would allow them all to leave behind lives of busking and begging and fulfill their desires for exquisite dining, fine
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Dutch is a Houston-based artist and creative who has managed to pull off the hardest trick of all: he has crafted a sound that is both original, emotive, and accessible. His latest release, Learning How To Lie, hit the streets May 22nd, 2019 and the record is a compelling mix of rap, trip-hop, emo, and
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George Blue Galanos is a contemporary blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter hailing from southern Greece. Admittedly, Greece isn’t the first place one thinks of when looking for great blues music but Galanos does it up right, slinging a mean guitar and handling lead vocals like a seasoned pro. His latest single, “The Blues,” is a
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