In their new single “Blinded by the Sun,” Canada’s Relic Kings blend classic rock tonality with contemporary lyrical themes and a country-influenced prose, making an interesting summer single that doesn’t play by the rules of conventional pop music by any stretch of imagination. Relic Kings ride a sophisticated wave of …
Read More »Babylon A.D. Frontman Derek Davis Follows #1 iTunes Blues Success With “Death Letter” Cover
Derek Davis “Death Letter” out on July 15th The chart-topping blues artist and frontman of hard rock band Babylon A.D. has released his cover of the Son House classic, “Death Letter.” “His songs reveal an honesty, as well as a range of emotion and power” – Rock And Blues Muse …
Read More »The Inoculated Canaries’ new single “Sneakers”
Atop a tidal wave-sized riff and a stately horn section’s powerful melody, vocalist Michael Rubin sings “Cause I’m a fool for you / And there’s nothing I can do / I just keep on waiting / For these new kicks to get old,” in the climactic chorus of his band …
Read More »“Love You to Death,” the new music video from Nya
“Love You to Death,” the new music video from Nya, opens with the powerful image of tears cascading from a brokenhearted lover’s eyes, and from there, launches into a textured visual experience that embodies the pain of loneliness, particularly when it’s been forced upon us out of nowhere. Nya comes …
Read More »Charley Young is unleashing a stylish summer groove
Synthpop singer/songwriter Charley Young is unleashing a stylish summer groove in her new single, “Hold the Moon (Retro Mix),” which is out now and winning over critics and fans. Young has been making exciting indie pop for a few years now, but in “Hold the Moon (Retro Mix),” she explores …
Read More »Top 20 iTunes Pop Artist Releases New Single And Lyric Video
Toronto-based singer-songwriter Kristen Karma has released her new single and lyric video for “Try.” It is the follow up to Top 20 iTunes hit, “Party Heroes. “Kristen Karma is one of those musicians that knows what she wants to offer to her audience and does so with…fun, enjoyment and lots …
Read More »Liz Kennedy “Hike Up Your Socks” (Single/Video)
Liz Kennedy is back this summer with an amazing new single by the name of “Hike Up Your Socks” which mixes a little jazz swing with some contemporary pop elegance, folk-tinged Americana and her signature velvet-soft vocal to bring us into the heart and soul of she and her late …
Read More »The Stifftones’ debut single is spellbinding
In the opening verse of The Stifftones’ debut single, the spellbinding “Midwestern Town,” listeners are throttled with a soft-spoken, dual vocal attack that is as brilliantly brooding as it is sharp and evocative. The echo of an ancient Americana is inescapable in this track, and yet the drawl of its …
Read More »Single Review: Microcosms – Forget Us
In a fast-paced, almost jittery strut, Microcosms breaks open a dam holding an ocean of adrenaline-laced rock might in their new single “Forget Us.” From the second the guitars come slicing through the silence up until the very moment when they disappear into the ether we’re captivated by their vicious …
Read More »Dane Maxwell crosses over from Entrepreneur to Musician
Some singles are all about making us move to the rhythm of their rhymes, and while I’m as big a fan as any of those songs, there are others, like Dane Maxwell’s “Where I’m Seen” that have a much greater purpose than soundtracking your local nightclub. This purpose is arguably …
Read More »Singer/songwriter Francine Honey has been on a wild ride
Singer/songwriter Francine Honey has been on a wild ride in the last year following the release of the album To Be Continued…, and in the record’s latest single “Stay,” unaware audiences get an up close and personal look as to what all of the buzz has been about. Both the …
Read More »Mockingbird (single) by Modern Crusoe
In his latest single, the melodic dream “Mockingbird,” the singer and songwriter known as Modern Crusoe balances enigmas with elegance, postmodernity with pop prowess, and most prominently, the bucolic with the boisterous, in what is best described as his most assertive and emotional ballad released to us thus far. A …
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