Alongside her brother, the incomparable MkX, in the power duo Michael & Marisa, singer/songwriter Dynamyte proved that she can handle the bright lights that come along with opening for artists like Christina Perri or Ariana Grande. At Brown University, she demonstrated the educational strength that it takes to graduate from …

Roaring out of the silence on the back of a blistering but steady drumbeat, a carnal riff-rock assault is waiting to take listeners by storm after pressing play on the new single “Fuck Yeah,” one of the eight songs comprising the fourth studio album from Whiskerman, Kingdom Illusion. Much like its …

Deciding if her voice or the words are the most impactful is the ultimate question while listening to Diane Patterson’s “Somewhere There’s A Song Still Singing.” The remarkable simple, folk track diverges into two camps: Patterson’s stirring vocals wrought with determination and near exhasperation or powerful lyrics calling for the …

Resplendent in effervescent indie pop guitars and layered vocal harmonies, ‘Leavin’ by award winning Canadian artist Cory M. Coons superbly showcases his songwriting and performance ability. Musically, the track sounds at home with big budget studio recordings, but retains an independent spirit which appeals to the listener as genuine and …

John Vento and Neid’s Hotel Band deliver a single that leads the listener on with sultry saxophones, then smacks them in the face with a punchy drum and bass section. An electrifying combination of funk, rock, blues and soul, ‘I Need a Lover’ is both saucy and fun. Hailing from …

  2020 is shaping up to be a really interesting year in country music, and if we’ve learned anything from the releases that brought the 2010s to a close, it’s that hybridity is going to play an important part in who and what dominates the genre in this next decade …

Love waits for no one in this life, and when you find the person that you’re supposed to be with, there’s no sense in holding back from confessing your feelings to the whole world around you. Dan Ashley, a newcomer to the independent singer/songwriter scene, is using both smart poetry …

The world was first introduced to the eclectic music of Carrington MacDuffie in 2014, and it’s never been the same since.  Criss-crossing genres the way she journeys through life, with wild abandonment, passion and intensity, the globe-trotting indie singer-songwriter is about to release her most creative works to date.  With …

The Ron Nevison-mixed track combines Coons’ love of melodic and rootsy rock. Eric Levy of Night Ranger plays keys. It’s available from MTS Records on Tuesday. In 2018, Canadian singer-songwriter Cory M. Coons teamed up with multi-platinum producer Ron Nevison (Heart, Damn Yankees) to release his critically acclaimed, award-winning album, …

Bay Area, California Rockers Strange Culprits have released Smith’s Creek, a two-track EP, as a follow-up to 2018’s self-titled debut. While two tracks might not seem like much to get to know a band, and as a listener understand their vision, just a few listens to these tracks and one …

With a solemn pendulousness, the first few bars of “Play Dead” begin to form around us in a binding harmony that will become a familiar friend over the course of the next half hour that Kodacrome’s new album The Banff Sessions will last, but as hypnotic as their droning is at the …

The Austin, Texas-based project fronted by multi-instrumentalist and producer Atlas Cage released their debut single and video for “Brightside.” In the words of Sky Titan Media founder and member of Chords Of Eve, Atlas Cage, the alt-pop electronic group hails from “a dimension running parallel to your own.” Joining Cage …