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The Asheville Symphony Sessions
Out of Western North Carolina, the Asheville Symphony Orchestra brings to bare their top local talent in a melange of magical music from folk to R&B; from bluegrass to jazz, as they back such musical acts as Electric Owls, Shannon Whitworth, and Matt Townsend whose recent ‘The Drifter and the Dream – Part I‘, has already graced this... More
The ‘Littlest You’ Project Living...
After years of hard work, hardship, and heartbreak, singer, songwriter, and musical entrepreneur Scott Reid, is shaking up the music scene in Canada and around the world with the launch of Live Large Music‘s global ‘Littlest You‘ project; working to break a new world record! Who is Scott Reid? What is Live Large Music? Where is... More
Danophone – Rerun
Emotional outlet for academic, science journalist Carsten Nielsen, Danophone is a mellow, and often morose group from Denmark comprised of Nielsen, Bertil Bille, and Tino Pederson. Releasing their first album in just days, Friday, December 2nd, Danophone‘s ‘Rerun‘ has got some John Mayer country vibes, along with some Tom Petty lyrics and backing vocals. Add... More
April Martin – In the Blink of A Life
April Martin, PhD, Was a successful clinical psychologist in New York City. accustomed to making up songs in her head, and humming all about the place, one might wonder if her practise was getting to her. Then in 2010, Martin confirmed just how certifiable she really was, by dropping her first album ‘Pennies in a... More
Christina Rubino – Godspeed & Guns
New York based, indie folk-rocker, Christina Rubino has just released a powerful single about the deep, dark depravities of our shadow selves, and the torment and abuse from which these selves often spring, in the form of a Spanish Mariachi-esque ballad called ’Godspeed & Guns‘. Title track to her upcoming album, dropping just days into the... More
The Old Neighbourhood
The old neighbourhood is lovely this May morning, white light blue sky flood new greenery coarse bark winding staircases wrought iron railings weathered brick and stone old creviced faces new faces just arrived from the suburbs and grad school. Dogs bark in back lanes behind tall wooden fences. Children carry balloons have temper tantrums. Birds... More
Matt Townsend – The Drifter and the Dre...
North Carolinian folk artist, Matt Townsend, having previously released an EP and LP, and been featured on a compilation album with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, is working on a new double EP called ‘The Drifter and the Dream’. Lucky enough to get my hands on ‘The Drifter and the Dream (Part I), I’ve given a listen to... More
no:carrier – Broken Rainbow
It’s been too long since last I listened to Portishead and Depeche Mode, but my goodness, I don’t need to go back through all of their music when I can sit and listen to no:carrier‘s latest album ‘Broken Rainbow‘. This eerie, electro-noire-pop group is full of haunting harmonies, tumultuous turns, creepy choruses, and sultry,... More
Galen James – Big Blue Mixtape
Galen James…wow. James, a multi-genre dynamo, has released his ‘Big Blue Mixtape’, full of hits from his incredible music career, recorded by one Doug Messenger, guitarist for Van Morrison (which certainly must prove James’ legitimacy if never you have heard him). A subdued, yet sultry love-child of Michael Buble, and Justin Timberlake, Galen James is... More
Death Cookie Soup Press Anniversary Party
For over a year now, Death Cookie Soup Press has been “weirding out Toronto” with their clandestine, subversions through art, music, poetry and literature: pulling from out of the underground, and sometimes from already blossomed flowers, to create a unique artistic experience for artists and art lovers alike. Peddling crafts, pamphlets, and cassette tapes (seriously),... More
Eric Frisch – The Light Ahead
Toronto-born, New York-based pop-rock artist, Eric Frisch has just written, recorded, produced, and released his second full-length album. A set of music videos has been recently put out on You Tube to coincide with the album drop, and today we get to have a look at title track ‘The Light Ahead’: a fun, and free... More
Max Fite – Shake It On Down
Hailing from L.A. and just coming out of The Rattle Room Studios in Burbank, California, to drop their debut EP ‘Shake It On Down‘, Max Fite have hit the ground running with incredible energy and spirit; hard pop-punk-rock, and soft alt-folk. With an interesting twist of Brandon Flowers, and Noel Gallagher in lead singer Max... More
Phil Gammage – Used Man For Sale
Back from his Euro tour, Americana-blues man, Phil Gammage has wasted no time in putting out a new album. His eighth now, ‘Used Man For Sale‘, has just dropped, and it, by title and sound, is exactly what one might expect. The weather and whither to Gammage’s voice, for some reason comparatively dry to the... More
The OMUMO Records Sampler
From America’s capital, emerges fairly new record company OMUMO, and starting in on their third year they have released a label compilation featuring seven of their diverse artists. Founder and producer Brad Atefi has delivered a melange of ambient, folk, new age, hip hop, country, synthesized worldly music that seems to bridge gaps across many... More
The Human Darts – Explicit Thoughts
I’ve heard this Tampa rock group, re-imagined from the tail end of the 70′s, likened to Green Day, and Sum 41…I most certainly disagree. One of the first vibes I got from this trippy, beach-funk group was a B52′s vibe. This fun, and in some ways ridiculous group is the brain child of one Mr.... More
Kivanc Kilicer – Devil’s Thought
This is why I love my job: I’ve heard it said that it’s risky to create dark and earnest art in places like Turkey, and I am overjoyed to have the privilege of laughing in the face of anyone who holds to that statement, thanks to Turkish prog-metal musician Kivanc Kilicer. Formerly a member of... More
Sluka – Introversions
Granting my wish to have an epic 80′s feel with a magically modern, and sometimes macabre twist, out in the world today, world renowned Christopher Sluka, ten albums in, has released the intense, and introspective ‘Introversions’. Once compared to bands like Simple Minds and INXS, I’d say that Sluka has hopped out of that sinking... More
New Row – The Day That Never Ends
Happy Halloween everyone. I’ve got something scary for you today: I’ve been introduced to a band that makes me look at Toronto fondly…and not only Toronto, but Toronto’s horrifying twist of highways…a scary thing indeed. New, hot, breakup single ‘The Day That Never Ends‘, from the typically-Toronto, cosmopolitan rock group, New Row: a band comprised of... More
The Spiders – Election Day
Jersey-based, alt rockers The Spiders are pushing their latest single: a socially conscious, and unfortunately comic tune, aptly named ‘Election Day‘. The upcoming 2016 American election has everyone reeling with the sorry excuses that pass for candidates from the three hundred million American citizens who could, according to the ‘American Dream’, have risen up to... More
Glenn Meling – Minnesota
I have to admit, right from the start, I did not expect the spacey, alt, funk pop-rock I got from Glenn Meling’s third and latest album ‘Minnesota’. Having been previously unaware of Meling’s work, and going over the synopsis of the album, I expected a very American, frontier-folk album about the great migrations to good... More