The singer-songwriter, actress and performer will release the electro-pop single “Are You Clapping?” just in time for New Year’s playlists. With an affinity for music from a very young age, Taydem Shoesmith has been exploring songwriting for quite some time. Having multiple IMDB acting and composing credits to her name, Taydem is …
Read More »Single Review: Of Limbo “Let’s Go”
If you’ve followed alternative rock at all in the past five years on the underground level, you already know something about Of Limbo, whose reputation for distributing big riffs and killer beats alongside blue-collar vocal harmonies is building up a nice following on the left side of the dial. This …
Read More »Single Review: Little Hurt “Buttercup”
To say it’s been an experimental year for the pop underground at home and abroad might not be doing it enough justice, and in few tracks is this theme captured as well as it is in the new single “Buttercup” from Little Hurt. Featuring The Ready Set in a credible …
Read More »Album Review: Preston Rowley – Oh, Okay
To call Preston Rowley an enigma is likely an oversimplification, but it will have to do under these circumstances. At only 19 years old, the TX native is both a critic’s dream and a daunting task. What he has achieved with little more than a keyboard, an acoustic guitar, a …
Read More »Album Review: Essa Rowena – Untelling
Essa Rowena’s sophomore release Untelling is a seven-track collection following up her 2021 self-titled debut EP. The Melbourne, Australia native is an artistic veteran, however, and a former member of Melbourne shoegaze band Snowblind during the 1990s, a forerunner of the later band Motor Ace who scored an Australian number 1 album. …
Read More »Pamela Hopkins shares self-deprecating single “Squirrel Train”
The Little Rock, AR singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist sings about her ADHD on “Squirrel Train,” out on November 25, 2022. With her last single release, “Straight Shooter” Little Rock’s country music powerhouse Pamela Hopkins enjoyed another Top 10 UK iTunes country chart hit. The single reached #14 on the National Radio Hits …
Read More »Single Review: John McDonough – “We’ll Answer the Call”
Known for his emotional vocal delivery, his inspiring acoustic melodies and his moving lyrics, John McDonough enjoyed breakout success in 2021, with the release of his “Second Chances” album. Tracks from the acoustic collection received over 50K Spotify streams, earning him multiple industry awards nominations. His follow-up release, the 2022 concept EP, …
Read More »Interview: Kit Vale
Kit Vale “Pet” (rock) https://youtu.be/8AyNd96z5gY Camera phones are exciting, and some of them are even high quality. But for serious photographers and movie-makers, it’s hard to beat an old-fashioned film camera. It’s an object with heft, gravity, and authority; bring one of those to a shoot, and your subject …
Read More »Interview: Survivor’s Jim Peterik
Jim Peterik – “All That’s Mine To Give” (singer-songwriter) https://youtu.be/Fwv7qzIvfBM Press release: “There’s a certain type of crazy that will always keep us sane,” Toby Hitchcock sings in the second verse of “All That’s Mine To Give,” the latest single from the legendary songwriter Jim Peterik. They mean the madness that all …
Read More »Interview With Bosco
BOSCO “Lady Laces” (rock) https://youtu.be/79b8yWPbFYk Press release: From the moment 5-year-old BOSCO got his hands on a guitar, his love and desire for making music emerged. He grew up listening to Johnny Cash and The Beach Boys on his record player and took to songwriting at 14. As he played and …
Read More »Single Review: “Work” – Christian Rich
Christian Rich is the collective name for Berlin-based American twins Kehinde Hassan and Taiwo Hassan, who have worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, from Childish Gambino to Lil Kim. As often found producing name artists as they are building their beats and making their music, with …
Read More »Million-plus Social Star Lady Redneck Releases New Christmas Classic, Veterans Day Video & More!
The Dallas-based singer-songwriter releases “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” along with her 2017 “Into You” album re-release and a Veterans Day video tribute. Lady Redneck aka Stephanie Lee burst onto the international music scene in 2017. Known for her trademark blonde tresses and bubbly personality, the self-affirmed “Blonde Bombshell” from Dallas, TX …
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