The beloved first American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson has emerged from her shell for her first release since her seventh studio album Piece By Piece. During her YouTube Q&A yesterday, (found here) Clarkson made some huge announcements. The video premiere of her new single “Love So Soft,” directed by Dave …
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The up-and-coming, indie-pop quartet, The Color Wild debuted on August 25th their anticipated, electrifying, and exciting EP, Clean. Each one of the six songs are consistently overflowed with intense energy, passionate synth keyboards, and pop melodies to equal a thrilling EP that is extremely hard not to dance to. For fans of Smallpools, …
Read More »Anti-Flag to Release “American Fall” This November
Anti-Flag’s new studio album, American Fall, follows 2015’s well-received American Spring. With Good Charlotte’s Benji Madden on board as co-producer, the band has intensified their signature anthemic style with bigger melodies, tighter songcraft, and thicker guitars. American Fall is bold – both musically and politically – and Anti-Flag’s time is now. With Anti-Flag, a new album is always a call …
Read More »Hell Freezes Over: Brand New Announces 5th LP
Emo legends Brand New have not released a full album of original material since 2009’s “Daisy,” in the years since, it has become common for the band to state in interviews and online that they were working on a record for release “this year” just about every year since 2011. …
Read More »Album Review: Varials – Pain Again
Varials is up-and-coming metalcore’s divine quintet, proving to be one of Fearless Records’ heaviest bands with their brutal nature and cynical lyricism. Reigning from Philadelphia, vocalist Travis Tabron, guitarist Mitchell Rogers, guitarist James Hohenwarter, drummer Sean Rauchut, and bassist Mike Foley have joined forces on their Fearless debut album Pain …
Read More »Album Review: Umm – Double Worshipper
Double Worshipper is the debut album from the new LA-based band, Umm. This duo is composed of Stefanie Drootin and her husband, Chris Senseney, both not new to the music scene. Stef has been in past projects such as The Good Life, Bright Eyes, Big Harp, and She & Him, and Chris has been a part …
Read More »Interview: El Mar
With her sound being described as “mystical mermaid rock”, NYC-based singer/songwriter El Mar has more of that on the way with the release her debut studio album out this fall. She has been releasing several singles off this album in the past months, while earning praise from big names such as Billboard, Paste Magazine, …
Read More »Album Review: The Gospel Youth – Always Lose
In the spirit of sadness and sassiness, pop-rock outfit The Gospel Youth are gearing up to release their debut album Always Lose on July 14th via Rise Records and Velocity Records. This 10-track offering is full of upbeat melodies and angsty lyrics. Hailing from England’s South Coast, The Gospel Youth …
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Bubbles Erotica Consistently Deliver on Debut, Self-Titled Album
With the major labels seeming to only promote rock bands essentially cloning whatever sound is being played on the radio, the emergence of truly creative, fresh sounds like that blaring out of Chicago in the form of Bubbles Erotica are a welcome reprieve! Fusing such diverse influences as legendary rock/metal innovators System of …
Read More »Album Review: Common Tongues – Divisions
Common Tongues’ debut album Divisions brings a new progressive voice to the world of folk music mixing with alternative rock and synthetic pop instrumentations. Applying tangled harmonies, complex melodies, and compelling lyrical themes together to create an alluring sound that will catch a hold of listener’s ears. This 5-piece alternative/indie …
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