We had the pleasure of interviewing Andy Velo over Zoom video! Nashville-based country artist Andy Velo recently released his new album Way Out. Produced by Jimmy Ritchey (Jake Owen, Clay Walker, Robert Counts), Way Out evokes traditional country of the '70s, '80s, and '90s as Velo charts his own path while simultaneously carrying the classic country torch. Today he shared his new single "Drinkin' Friends," a blue collar punch that recalls timeless churning honky tonk from the likes of George St...
Jul 24, 2021•36 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing KINGS over Zoom video! Nashville-based artist and songwriter KINGS has released brand the new single, "thank me later." The song is out now via Snafu Records. Listen everywhere here. Watch the lyric video here. A sultry, dark pop addition to KINGS' growing catalog and another striking showcase of her standout vocal prowess, the song gets personal for KINGS, of which she describes, "Honestly, I just wrote this song so we would all have something to dedicate to ...
Jul 23, 2021•32 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Dot Allison over Zoom video! After the haunting lead single Long Exposure heralded the release of Heart-Shaped Scars - Allison’s first album in 12 years and her most personal to date - Dot Allison unveils another new single and lyric video, ‘Can You Hear Nature Sing?’, out today on SA Recordings. With Allison’s vocals at its most ethereal, the single is tranquil in sound and passionate in spirit. ‘Can You Hear Nature Sing?’ originated from a poem written by Do...
Jul 23, 2021•36 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Lisa Crawley over Zoom video! Indie-pop chanteuse Lisa Crawley has been immersed in music since the age of four. Numerous albums, EPs and singles later, her refreshingly honest onstage presence and emotionally authentic pop songs enchant the hearts and minds of an ever-growing global audience. Lisa is a four-time APRA Silver Scroll Award nominee, and was twice selected for the prestigious Banff Centre songwriters residency, where many of her notable songs were...
Jul 22, 2021•54 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Olivia King over Zoom video! Olivia King is a singer, songwriter, dancer, and entrepreneur from Warwick, Rhode Island. Her sound is defined as a cross between Pop and Soul. Inspired by the unique sounds of Lauryn Hill, Musiq Soulchild, and Michael Jackson; Olivia combines old-school soul music with a modern twist. Olivia has been taking music seriously since she was 16 years old. She started performing in the Boston area at local clubs as well as on radio and ...
Jul 22, 2021•39 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Kat Von D over Zoom video! Gifted multi-hyphenate Kat Von D shares driving darkwave laced single ‘Enough’, the third track from her forthcoming debut album, ‘Love Made Me Do It’, due August 27th and available for pre-order now. The pre-order of ‘Love Made Me Do It’ includes limited edition signed red vinyl, red cassettes, CD digipack, hoodies with Kat’s signature star face tattoos on the hood, custom sketchbooks and much more. Other limited edition colour viny...
Jul 21, 2021•33 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Scout Durwood over Zoom video! Blue Élan Recording artist, Scout Durwood, recently released Comedy Electronica Vol. 2, her third digital video series, with an accompanying EP. The EP is paired with a series of music videos beginning with the April premiere of "Millennial Malaise." Scout Durwood's debut studio album, TAKE ONE THING OFF, was released via Blue Élan Records along with a 22 episode digital series of the same name, itself earning a nomination for Be...
Jul 20, 2021•47 min
A song subdues and soothes even the roughest seas. After sixteen years, eight albums, and hundreds of shows, Joshua Radin still treats music as an antidote to any ailment. The gold-selling, Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter finds healing in between waves of acoustic eloquence and dyed-in-the-wool Americana storytelling. On his ninth full-length TheGhost And The Wall [Nettwerk], the troubadour continues a cycle of catharsis meant to be shared among any and all receptive hearts. Since 2004, ...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 4 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Leah Nobel over Zoom video! Is a singer/songwriter signed to Nashville based artist development and publishing company Big Yellow Dog Music. Makes music that crosses genre lines between folk, pop, and alternative. Always with a heavy emphasis on lyrics. Was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Home to heatstroke and the chimichanga. Got her start playing open mic nights and small acoustic shows in her college town of Flagstaff, AZ and post college years in Aus...
Jul 19, 2021•59 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Nick Africano over Zoom video! Poignant songwriters carry a brilliance of capturing heart-piercing stories in real-time while reflecting deep-seated emotions and a lust for life that uplifts. Nick Africano's poetic storytelling bears unflinching intimacy and releases our imaginations to dream of love's abundance of emotions. Gossip of Flames is a masterpiece featuring Africano in collaboration with Nashville's rising star Lera Lynn (as seen on HBO's True Detec...
Jul 17, 2021•25 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Jesse Leach of Times of Grace and Killswitch Engage over Zoom video! Churning depths of plaintive sorrow, stark self-examination, and moving soundscapes unfold in TIMES OF GRACE, with flashes of cathartic power and an undercurrent of insistent urgency. It’s all a meditation on absence, grief, bewilderment, and rebirth, summoned with harrowing authenticity. The Hymn of a Broken Man arrived in 2011, nearly a decade after Leach’s exit from Killswitch Engage, the ...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 1 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Emily Davis and the Murder Police over Zoom video! Emily Davis and the Murder Police (EDMP)—El Paso, TX’s favorite resident alt-punk project helmed by songwriter and frontperson Emily Davis—have found success across the nation through their poignant music and creatively engaging social media presence. Emily’s “heart-on-sleeve lyrics, biting wit, and own brand of acoustic-electric folk-punk,” as El Paso Inc. describes it, brings a unique presence to the Southwe...
Jul 16, 2021•29 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Luke Eisner and Gus Ross of VOILÀ over Zoom video! VOILÀ - an LA-based pop-rock duo - have released a powerful new single “Therapy”, their second release of their year following up “Drinking with Cupid” “Therapy” speaks to those messy post break-up feelings, while also serving as a reminder for young people to get the help they need to address their mental health. By stripping away the toxic masculinity notions that you can’t show your emotions and seek outsid...
Jul 15, 2021•48 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Rare Americans over Zoom video! Vancouver’s Rare Americans invite listeners into a new world of percolating alt-pop and carnivalesque, backpack hip-hop with the announcement of their new album Rare Americans 3: Jamesy Boy & The Screw Loose Zoo out October 21st. Along with the announcement the band has shared the summer-soaked single “Hey Sunshine” featuring a fleeting romance between a horse named Alfred and a cat. Co-produced by the band alongside Grammy ...
Jul 14, 2021•1 hr 4 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Emily Daccarett over Zoom video! Can music exist without the influence of fashion? For designer Emily Daccarett fashion and music can not be separated. Daccarett creates an immersive world of storytelling through music, film, and fashion. Each artistic direction begins with a beat that forms a story. From the start of her brand, she has fused those worlds together, creating a symbiotic flow between the two. She uses textiles, shapes, and sound as her tools t...
Jul 14, 2021•28 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Jon Wilkes of KOU (Kingdom of Us) over Zoom video! In celebration of Earth Day back in April, activist rocker KOU (formerly of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus) has today dropped a fresh single "Tranquility" featuring The Sass Brothers plus an accompanying music video. With soaring vocals and heavy guitars, "Tranquility" speaks to the damage modern society inflicts upon the planet and is a plea for change before it's too late. Furthermore, KOU has partnered with the...
Jul 12, 2021•55 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Pine Hill Haints over Zoom video! Alabama’s roots rebels, the Pine Hill Haints, have shared The Song Companion of a Lonestar Cowboy, their debut for Muscle Shoals-based “scrappy” (Billboard) indie label Single Lock Records. Over fifteen tracks filled with “sizzling electric guitar riffs” and “sage advice” via their storytelling lyrics (Rolling Stone), the Haints take listeners on a journey through tracks that veer into swampy blues, Sun Records-style country a...
Jul 11, 2021•43 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Cham over Zoom video! Having amassed success spanning over three decades for his pioneering milestones and culturally-shaping achievements in the space of Dancehall, Reggae, Hip Hop, and more, Cham (p.k.a Baby Cham) has crafted an undisputable legacy that remains peerless to the greatest in class. Today the multi Grammy Award-nominated, internationally acclaimed artist unleashes the highly anticipated visual to his fiery single “Lock Down.” Lock Down takes on ...
Jul 11, 2021•43 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Mother Mother over Zoom video! Canadian Alt-rockers Mother Mother recently released their internationally anticipated new album INSIDE, the band’s eighth career album and first for Warner Records. The 14-track song cycle was written and recorded during lockdown and speaks to the isolation of the times and yet each of the songs shine with an infectious optimism. Vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and producer Ryan Guldemond explains, “It’s always a bit surreal and...
Jul 10, 2021•38 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Josh Rand of The L.I.F.E. Project and Stone Sour over Zoom video! The L.I.F.E. Project - the formidable musical partnership of Grammy nominated Stone Sour guitarist, Josh Rand and co-songwriter & vocalist Casandra Carson - have dropped their debut, self-titled EP today. The 5 track collection can be streamed in-full here with CD and Vinyl available exclusively through the bands webstore here and via Nuclear Blasts' stores here. In celebration of the releas...
Jul 10, 2021•48 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing almost monday over Zoom video! San Diego-based alt-pop trio almost monday, who People Magazine recently declared an “emerging artist making their mark on the musical landscape,” have today released their sophomore EP til the end of time. Five tracks in length, til the end of time is chock-full of almost monday’s signature California sound. Additionally, almost monday also today released the official music video for the EP’s title track. Click HERE to watch til...
Jul 09, 2021•39 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Brandon Jenner over Zoom video! Brandon Jenner’s music feels like a lot of different things—often all at once. In some ways, it’s like your childhood best friend disclosing an important truth by the glow of a beach bonfire. In other ways, it’s like the moment you stop worrying about what other people think and can laugh and smile anywhere without apology. However, the Los Angeles-born singer, songwriter, and producer describes what his music feels like best. “...
Jul 09, 2021•42 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Matt LeGrand over Zoom video! Matt Legrand recently released his new music video to his single "Message in a Bottle"! The music video features Matt’s alter ego – ‘Mathieu’, and aims to show his fans a different side of Matt LeGrand. The song comes from Matt's self-titled EP which was released in November 2020. Matt LeGrand spent his infant years in France and at the age of seven years old, his family relocated to Chicago. As he grew older he found himself expl...
Jul 09, 2021•27 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing American Authors over Zoom video! For the release of “Nice and Easy”, American Authors joined forces with Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray to create the perfect summer BBQ soundtrack song. The laidback anthem takes a break from the last year's chaos and reminds listeners to cut themselves some slack. The new song is also a toast to new beginnings for the band, releasing the single independently and having begun producing their music on their own from top-to-bottom. A...
Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 6 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Bexley over Zoom video! The Law of Attraction. Mysterious, yet undeniable. A kind of magic. How else does one explain the union of three gifted musicians from far-flung locations and diverse influences? Seattle-born Amanda Hardy, finding her considerable voice and songwriting skills in the works of Alice in Chains and Chris Cornell. Canadian Steve Costello, accomplished blues/rock guitarist, inspired by the likes of Led Zeppelin and Queens of the Stone Age. An...
Jul 07, 2021•56 min
Along with Sean Ulbs of The Eiffels, we had the pleasure of interviewing Mobley over Zoom video! Austin-based artist Mobley grew up all over the world, from the Spanish Mediterranean to the California coast. Perhaps it’s because of this itinerant childhood that he finds it so hard to sit still. Mobley does it all: he's a songwriter, producer, visual artist, filmmaker, and a charismatic frontman with a reputation for kinetic live shows. He’s composed dozens of pieces for stage and television (HBO...
Jul 07, 2021•43 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Josh Todd of Buckcherry over Zoom video! Buckcherry recently released their ninth studio album Hellbound. The 10-track record was produced by Marti Frederiksen, who previously produced the band's fourth album, Black Butterfly, and co-wrote one of their biggest hits "Sorry." Frederiksen co-wrote the majority of the album along with vocalist Josh Todd and guitarist Stevie D. The album was recorded in Nashville in November 2020. Check out the first video from Hel...
Jul 07, 2021•28 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Koeh over Zoom audio! Dream Pop / Shoegaze artist Chris Koeh's introspective lyrics create awareness, a constant reminder of enjoying the present, the NOW. To appreciate that nothing is permanent and death can come anytime. “The freer from our attachments we are, the happier our lives will be.” After experiencing his brother`s death, Chris Koehn, architect, and musician entered the musical composition world as an introspective grieving process. In 2008, ...
Jul 05, 2021•33 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Knifes over Zoom video! Knifes are back with their next installment of virulent riffs and contagious melodies. “Serial killers, cocaine, and car crashes,” exclaims Knifes singer and guitarist, Ben Young. These are the themes that found their way onto Knifes second EP, Regression To The Mean. Young goes on to explain, “This EP is a feral house cat pretending to play nice so it can come indoors. Don’t let your guard down.” Regression To The Mean stays loyal to t...
Jul 05, 2021•58 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing slenderbodies over Zoom video! Having spent the past months building buzz with a string of stellar single releases, LA based indie-pop duo slenderbodies today reveal their stand out new project are we?, a sprawling body of work showcasing the razor sharp musicianship and sky reaching vocals that have seen the duo rack up millions of streams and widescale global press acclaim. The project arrives with a striking video for new single mirror, on which the band st...
Jul 05, 2021•43 min
