Los Angeles, CA (August 13, 2015) – It’s been said that long road trips are one way to test a friendship. Remixing each other’s songs, however, takes it to another level. Over the course of the past several weeks, NIGHT RIOTS and NEW BEAT FUND have done both. After spending …

Ron Louis Smith II – “Spank” FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/RONLSHOUSE The upbeat tempo of “Spank” will undoubtedly help builds buzz and anticipation for the debut album from Ron Louis Smith II. The son and nephew of the Smith Brothers, critical pieces in KC and the Sunshine Band’s legendary horn section, has musical …

Score: 9/10 URL: https://www.facebook.com/josiemcqueenband Alternative rock and pop punk fans, heads up! Newcomer Josie McQueen has arrived with their exciting and angst-ridden EP Grody Noise, available now from Dead Industry Records. Josie McQueen is an alternative rock band out of Pittsburg, PA made up of vocalist Aaron Duda and guitarist Jesse Weygandt. Grody Noise was …

Artist: Alex Lopez CD: Is It a Lie Label: Independent Artist URL: http://www.alexlopezmusic.com/ Who doesn’t like Old School Blues? I’d all hands go up in the air. I mean, while Swampy Guitar-based blues, which by the way kind of emerged in the late 20’s and 30’s with the arrival of …

Kick-arse Hull-based Punk/Rock act Three Day Millionaires have just released the video for their new single ‘Behind These Eyes’. The single is on their new, self-titled EP released on Warren Records and the video was made by Wildlife Collective. Check out the video below and let us know in the …

The founders of Lollapalooza are bringing Landmark Music Festival to Washington D.C. on its inaugural year. The weekend-long event taking place September 26-27 at the West Potomac Park will boast five stages and over 40 artists. GA and VIP tickets are on sale here. In addition to a pretty incredible …

Swedish indie band Small Feet, aside from having a deliciously clever name, have a minty new sound relying on acoustic instruments and quirky howling vocals. The group’s second album From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like The Ocean is a collection of just ten songs; each rumbling with overlapping guitar …

Rick Elliot – West of the Rockies URL: http://rickelliotmusic.com/ Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, traditionalist. It’s a safe assumption, after even a brief listen to his new album West of the Rockies, that Rick Elliot wears those labels with no small amount of pride. This is music out of time, for all …

Crimson Chrysalis – Enraptured URL: http://crimsonchrysalis.com/ There is no doubting the bewildering, dazzling quality of Crimson Chrysalis. They are a kindred spirit to Nightwish and several other bands that merge graceful atmospheric ambience into bludgeoning, theatrical metal abandon that satiates a very diverse listening palette. Quite simply, this group doesn’t …

Shauna Burns -“Hazel” Primary URL: http://shaunaburns.com/music/ Singer/songwriter Shauna Burns has a decade long career working in the same vein of performers like Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan. Her 2005 debut, Every Thought, introduced her personal brand of piano theatrics tinged with a light Celtic flavor. She has shown a willingness …

It’s time for some filthy rock ‘n’ roll, and when I say filthy, I mean trawled through the blackened murky waters of Texas. Black ‘n’rollers Death Motif have dished the dirt on their second EP. The Water drags the listener to further depths than their début A Filthy Crown. “Our …

Like all the best aural descents into madness, this one has taken its time to ready itself for another level of technical insanity, but now on a much darker plane. It’s time for Dystrophy to showcase the latest step in evolution, their 2nd LP Wretched Host. Wretched Host is an …