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FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/kobbandtoronto/ A playful set of guitar strings waste no time before slicing their way through the darkness and clearing out a pocket of space for a honeysweet vocal to capture our focus with its endearing drawl in “Dotted Lines,” track one in Kingdom of Birds’ all-new extended play Glitz, …

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/track/2xX0LbETUirviOTOaRLC8y Piano keys gently awaken a textured vocal track from its slumber in the opening bars of “Losing Game,” the latest single from the one and only Kanisha K, but they’ll soon be joined by a rollicking string groove that will colorize every beat resonating from the drums. The …

URL: www.clevelandinternational.com The black and white tonality of an old Alan Freed broadcast awakens the ocean of testosterone and melodic mayhem waiting to come undone in Ian Hunter’s “Cleveland Rocks,” the title track of the forthcoming compilation from Cleveland International Records, but the chills that it induces are only a …

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/steel_blossoms When it comes to making organic roots music that speaks to the core of our being, the fabric of our culture and the nature of humanity itself, there are few – if any – on the Nashville circuit who do it better than Hayley Prosser and Sara Zebley …

Ripping away the silence on the back of a guttural strand of feedback, electrified six-strings come careening into a stampede of drums as we descend into the first stanza of verses in “Climb the Mountain,” the third of the six tracks in C Wired band’s new record Angel Circuit Engaged. …

One thing that is always worth pointing out when talking about Canadian rock band Across the Board is the fact that they are a band with a very personal and recognizable musical approach, so it’s very easy to have an instant connection with their work–you can listen to a Across …

On January 18th, Californian post-hardcore band, Slaves released an EP full of their acoustic renditions of some songs from their 3 studio albums, plus 2 new songs. On January 24th, the band announced that singer Jonny Craig will be leaving the band due to him wanting to focus on his …

Horns covered in a grimy bass dirge slither their way to the forefront of a blistering mix riddled with abrasive volume in “All Stems (Ready to Fast-Forward Now),” one of nine stylish tracks that make up The Mere, the previously unfinished final album by The Empty Mirror that is out now …

Like the crack of a whip, strings as bright as the sun slice through stampeding percussion and welcome us into “Fast as I Can,” the first of ten new songs that Roses & Cigarettes have compiled for us in their album Echoes and Silence, due out this February 22nd. The harmonies …

Religion and music have a bond as old as time, and Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout amplifies that bond through a tidal wave of studded grooves, swinging bluegrass rhythms and magnetic lyrics delivered by country music’s hottest and most talented performers. Written by Rick Lang and produced by Jerry Salley, this compilation isn’t …

Accented with a lush bassline and evocative lyricism dexterously dispensed by Nick Andre and his featured guests Gift Of Gab, Lateef The Truth Speaker and Eric Boss, Andre’s single “Turn Back” is a contemporary rap thrill ride that takes us into the depths of G-funk rhythm before catapulting us into …

Horns, synths, saxophones and furious flow that pummels us with words of wit and wisdom are all found in the hysterically whimsical I’m Here for Thee, Midwestern rapper DawgGoneDavis’ latest release. Featuring six songs that have garnered their fair share of attention from independent music buffs over the last year (including …