URL: http://www.dividesmusic.com/ Score: 10/10 Fans of PVRIS and Tonight Alive are going to want to get their hands on the debut album from DIVIDES. Brokentooth is set to release on August 11th, and DIVIDES has already secured a new fan in me. DIVIDES is a passionate and dedicated group of …

Ask anyone about the influence of social media, and you’ll receive highly mixed opinions. But one thing can be said for sure about the new digital age, and that’s the fact that thanks to social media, it has never been a better time to be a young musical artist. Exhibit …

Check out the new music video for “This Water Seems Shallow” from Los Angeles based alt-pop newcomers, RVLS. Their debut EP Haunted/Hunted is available now on iTunes.   About RVLS: This up and coming band has taken appreciation for everything that is the local scene. From back yard shows, to small …

A.B. Clyde and the Kitty Litters – Muscle Beach URL: http://www.abclyde.com/press/ If A.B. Clyde ever decides to quit the music business, poker playing might be a good alternate career. There’s enough sleight of hand and trickery on his second album, Muscle Beach, to suggest there’s money in it for him. …

When a multi-platinum selling artist, a famed producer, and a rock legend endorse a band, there are only three things you can do: stop what you’re doing, look them up, and listen to their music. But, success is more than just a game of who you know; it’s 90 percent …

Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare–the ultimate Halloween horror event–returns to Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, IL (just outside Chicago) for its second engagement from September 25-November 1. Tickets go on sale for all Great American Nightmare dates on Friday, July 31. October 2 & 4 will also feature two special concerts with groundbreaking musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie. “I am thrilled to …

Legendary post-punk band GANG OF FOUR are premiering the video for “The Dying Rays” on  AV Club today. The song and video feature German star Herbert Grönemeyer, known internationally for his baritone vocals but perhaps best known in America as one of the stars of the major motion picture Das Boot. “The Dying Rays” originally appeared on “the year’s best …

Score: 9/10 URL: https://www.facebook.com/redlinechemistry With a sound that reminds me somewhat of Disturbed, but is still uniquely all their own, hard rock group, Red Line Chemistry, is gearing up for the release of their album, Chemical High and a Hand Grenade, on July 24th. Red Line Chemistry was formed in …

Kwame Binea Shakedown URL: http://www.kwamebineashakedown.com/ Kwame Binea and Shakedown form a barnstorming eight-piece outfit that have romped up and down the eastern seaboard with their ear-catching blend of rock, funk, R&B, blues, world music, and soul. If you need or appreciate labels, there’s none that define this community of musicians …

Shauna Burns – “Hazel” 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 …

Margo Rey – “Never 2 Late” URL: http://margorey.com/ It isn’t enough to have an unique voice. It isn’t enough to have technical skills. These are valuable qualities for any artist to possess, but passion is more essential than any of the aforementioned things. It isn’t white-knuckled, screaming until your hoarse …

Hailing from Indiana, alternative rock band Mardi Belle is making their debut with the EP Beautiful Tuesday. Beautiful Tuesday is an impossibly catchy EP, with accessible guitar riffs and impressive amounts of energy coming from behind the drum kit. Mardi Belle have most definitely garnered their musical inspiration from many …