“A Monday night like any other / Might as well be invisible / Which doesn’t leave us much to work with / It’s lots more fun to get in trouble” sings Jared Hallock in a soft melodic voice, much of his vocal tone channeling the essence of the material even …
Read More »Single Review: AV Super Sunshine “A Wedding Song”
Indie rock hasn’t been the same since AV Super Sunshine stepped into the game. He’s thrown just about every kind of mysterious sonic smoke one can conceive in our direction just in the past three years, but this isn’t stopping him from getting right back into the grind of things …
Read More »Single Review: Malou Beauvoir “Kenbem”
Malou Beauvoir has been a rising star in the Haitian-American crossover pop movement for a minute now, but in her new single “Kenbem,” I think it becomes fairly impossible for anyone to call her anything other than the real deal. This spring has seen a ton of output from her …
Read More »Single Review: Brett Copeland “Gunmouth”
Pouncing on us with a ton of fuzz and even more charisma behind the beat than it does the polish of the production quality, Brett Copeland makes a point of pressing on the gas pedal as hard as he can right out of the gate in his new single “Gunmouth” …
Read More »MTS Artists Nominated For 7th Annual Josie Music Awards
The Pittsburgh-based publicity and promotions firm and record label have 43 nominees in the World’s Largest and Most Recognized Indie Music Awards show. The Josie Music Association has announced the nominees for “The 7th Annual JMA Awards,” with another record-breaking year of submissions totaling 38,997 sent in during the open …
Read More »Blues Chart-Toppers Release Final Single From 10-Month Long Album Reveal
On May 15th, Izzie’s Caravan is releasing “Lost” inspired by an introspective journey. It is the final single from the June 15th album, “Blow The Lid.” On September 10, 2020, at the height of the worldwide pandemic, Izzie’s Caravan began a 10 month-long journey. The Caravan released the first single, “Roadkill Rita” …
Read More »Album Review: Brian Shapiro Band “All We Can See”
The pandemic has spawned some good things. One of those is Philadelphia’s Brian Shapiro Band. Guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Shapiro composed eight tracks for the band’s debut studio full-length All We Can See that are, by turns, musically challenging, physically engaging, and percolating with idiosyncratic intelligence. Shapiro came together with Berklee College …
Read More »Album Review: Mauri Dark “Dreams Of A Middle Aged Man”
Hailing from Turku, a town on the southwest coast of Finland, born Mauri Kosonen, is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and professional visual artist. With a rebrand to Mauri Dark as a stage name, he has achieved quite a lot, including eight albums and over 500 shows in 25 years with different …
Read More »Album Review: Billy Jeter “Shine Eye Landing”
Arkansas’ Billy Jeter is currently readying himself, alongside a cadre of supporting musicians, for a much-anticipated return to live performances. His new full-length album release Shine Eye Landing gives him a full slate of new tracks ready to be incorporated into his live set. Those familiar with Jeter’s past work will likely …
Read More »“Demons” Is The Latest Single From Anti-bullying Spokesperson Dom Colizzi
Nashville-based artist/producer Dom Colizzi drops his “Demons” single Friday, May 14th. Colizzi was the subject of a 2015 short film, “Somebody’s Hero.” “Where did all these demons come from?” asks Dom Colizzi on his latest single, “Demons.” But if you know the talented singer, songwriter and producer’s backstory, that question is painfully …
Read More »Album Review: Richard Lynch “My Guitar Drips Country”
Country music has never been one style of music. It has always been a mixture of many types of music and voices, springing from so many other roots and branches that have later led to the growth of a country music tale. Since the old days of Little jimmy Dickens, …
Read More »Album Review: John McDonough “Second Chances”
Adding to an already extensive catalog of rhythmically charged melodies, and nimble lyrical prose, John McDonough releases Second Chances; a ten track acoustic offering focusing on John’s nostalgia of the great MTV unplugged specials he always adored. With his use of harmonizing vocals which can hit into the upper registers …
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