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Video: BUDDERSIDE Share Action Packed Video For New Single 'Good For Nothing'
by Michael Major - January 29, 2024 The Los Angeles-based alt-rockers have released an explosive new single, “Good For Nothing,” produced by Matt Good (Asking Alexandria, Hollywood Undead) available now. The “Good For Nothing” video delivers visual fireworks, notes STONE. The video is a cinematic spectacular honoring movies like ‘Fury...
Video: Caroline Jones Releases 'Lawless' Visual
by Michael Major - December 06, 2023 The video was shot while Caroline was on a bus ride between Ventura, California where she was opening for Lukas Nelson and a Zac Brown Band show in Las Vegas. In true rock star and Caroline fashion, she turned to Google Maps to find a state park that captured the song's opening lyric “caught between...
Ish Couture Releases Techno-Infused Alt Rap Single 'Sex in the City' (Feat. Ize)
by Michael Major - October 31, 2023 Featuring Brooklyn emcee ize and production by transatlantic Austrian/American producer duo Violeta Telavia, the techno-infused alternative rap single “SEX IN THE CITY” is the first offering from Ish Couture's forthcoming NEW MANTRA EP, due out early December via Eartheater's Chemical X. Listen and ...
Brent Faiyaz Releases New Single 'WY@'
by Michael Major - September 20, 2023 Kicking off what promises to be a monumental era, multiplatinum R&B iconoclast, style icon, and entrepreneur Brent Faiyaz returns with a brand-new single entitled “WY@”. It notably stands out as the follow-up to his chart-topping epic album, WASTELAND, which has tallied over 1 billion streams worldw...
Nascar Aloe Drops New Single 'MSK1300'
by Michael Major - August 23, 2023 Known for an emphatic blend of polarizing visuals and jarring sonics, HEY ASSHOLE! (Deluxe) boasts a string of innovative production videos – “DON'T 4GET DA NAME”, “OGRE”, “GAMEBOY” and “HEY ASSHOLE” - that capture his gritty, audacious sensibilities in a cinematic fashion. The visual for “MSK1300”...
Video: Los Angeles Rapper nascar aloe Shares Sinister New Music Video 'OGRE'
by Michael Major - June 15, 2023 Blending raw, unrestrained energy with his punk aesthetic and cutting-edge production, LA-based artist nascar aloe is trailblazing a new wave of underground rap that welcomes a brash genre-bending musical approach. he shares the cinematic music video for “OGRE”, a track from his freshly released EP ...
Samantha Urbani Returns With New Single 'More Than a Feeling'
by Michael Major - June 13, 2023 Samantha Urbani returns with her single “More Than a Feeling”. Samantha fell into the mainstream in the early 20-teens when she was the creator and frontwoman of Brooklyn based DIY band Friends and collaborated with Blood Orange, but on “More Than a Feeling” she strikes out on her own; this single i...
Video: Ashnikko Prepares for Battle in Cinematic 'WEEDKILLER' Video
by Michael Major - May 09, 2023 The new videos immerse us in Ashnikko’s self-written post-apocalyptic world as they burst onto the pop hook like an artillery barrage. Directed by Furmaan + Vasso, we witness Ashnikko’s battle with the menacing Weedkiller robot, an enemy designed to symbolize Earth’s environmental catastrophe and te...
Lunatic High Release Blistering Single 'Paper Roses'
by Michael Major - May 04, 2023 Lunatic High has released its latest single, 'Paper Roses,' a song that delves into the painful frustration and upheaval caused by a toxic and flawed relationship. The track explores the raw reality of how dysfunction can create a crash-and-burn effect....
nascar aloe Announces New EP 'HEY ASSHOLE!'
by Michael Major - April 24, 2023 Brash and in-your-face, LA-based nascar aloe is exactly what music needs right now. Featuring a sound that’s of-the-moment and classic all at once, he’s reminiscent of recent rap scions like Jasiah and XXXTentacion as well as punk acts past and present like the Melvins and Show Me the Body. He also ...
Ashnikko Unleashes Epic Title Track 'WEEDKILLER' Ahead of Coachella Debut
by Michael Major - April 06, 2023 On the new single, Ashnikko delves deeper into the dystopian fantasy concept behind her forthcoming debut album, which she thoughtfully crafted alongside longtime collaborators Slinger and Oscar Scheller [Charli XCX, PinkPantheress, Rina Sawayama] as a poetic commentary on environmental disaster and...
Elita Share Debut LP 'Dysania'
by Michael Major - March 22, 2023 The beautiful album artwork was shot by Nick Knight, a renowned British photographer who has worked with Björk, Lady Gaga, Massive Attack, Billie Eilish, and many other prominent artists. The focus track, album-opener “Serial Killer,” follows on the heels of previously released singles “Mentally Not...
Hozier Returns With New EP 'Eat Your Young'
by Michael Major - March 17, 2023 The three-song EP marks Hozier’s first official offering of new music since his 2019 sophomore album Wasteland, Baby!, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart. Featuring songs lifted from Hozier’s forthcoming full-length album Unreal Unearth due later this year, Eat Your Young touches ...
Hozier Announces Huge UK Tour and Summer Live Dates for June & July 2023
by Michael Major - March 17, 2023 The Grammy-nominated, award-winning multi-platinum singer and songwriter and his band will perform headline dates across the UK this summer, which include four major outdoor shows at Glasgow Queens Park on 25th June, Manchester Castlefield Bowl on 5th July, Cardiff Castle on 6th July and London Alex...
Elita Share 'It's a Joke' From Forthcoming 'Dysania' LP
by Michael Major - March 01, 2023 The band are thrilled to share the standout album track “It’s a Joke.” Watch the song’s video on YouTube. “It’s a Joke” follows on the heels of the previously released singles “She Bangs Like a Fairy On Acid,” “Mentally Not Here” and “Sleep Paralysis.”...
Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing to Release New Concept Album
by Michael Major - January 23, 2023 The album features new original music by film composers Jacob Shea (“The Blue Planet”) and Frode Fjellheim (“Frozen”) as well as new arrangements and melodies by Ola Gjeillo, James Newton Howard, Selim Palmgren, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Henning Sommerro, Ole Bull and Edvard Grieg....
POSH SWAT Release 'More Will Be Revealed' Single
by Blair Ingenthron - January 22, 2023 POSH SWAT, a new project helmed by John Dwyer (OSEES), Ryan Sawyer, and Andres Renteria, have shared their new single 'MORE WILL BE REVEALED.' Ahead of the release of their forthcoming debut LP, POSH SWAT (due February 17 via Rock Is Hell Records), the trio also released a double A-Side track titled...
Moore Kismet Closes Out Monumental Year with New Single 'Forte'
by Michael Major - December 16, 2022 Rising 18-year-old wunderkind Moore Kismet (they/them) closes out a monumental year with an explosive new single “Forte” – out now via Thrive Music/Virgin Music. The single is Kismet’s latest anthem and is filled to the brim with vibrant synths, crisp percussive hits, and a captivating, diverse soni...
Basscon's WASTELAND Returns To SoCal In 2023 As The Region's Premier Hard Dance Event
by Michael Major - October 03, 2022 Insomniac Events unveiled the dates and on-sale details for the seventh edition of Basscon’s beloved hardstyle festival, WASTELAND. Slated to take place at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California, the two-day event will welcome back its hardstyle fam on Friday, February 24th and Saturday...
Anti-Flag Announce New Album 'Lies They Tell Our Children'
by Stephi Wild - July 29, 2022 Incendiary Pittsburgh punk rockers ANTI-FLAG will release their 13th album Lies They Tell Our Children on January 6 via Spinefarm....
Seether Releases 'Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum' Deluxe Edition
by Michael Major - July 01, 2022 Seether releases the highly anticipated deluxe edition of their acclaimed 2020 album, Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum. The expanded deluxe edition includes all twenty-one songs recorded during the SVPPB sessions along with the alternate version of “Wasteland,” originally featured on last year’s The Purgat...
Moore Kismet Remixes ILLENIUM & Tori Kelly
by Michael Major - June 02, 2022 The combination of Kismet and the equally influential Carlie Hanson on 'Wasteland' makes this latest single a powerful and impressive addition to Kismet’s recent singles “Parallel Heartbreak (ft. Pauline Herr),” “Call of the Unicorn” and “Rumor (ft. WYN)” – all of which will all be featured on UNIVE...
Seether Announces 'Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum' Deluxe Edition
by Michael Major - May 27, 2022 Produced by Shaun Morgan and engineered and mixed by Matt Hyde (Deftones, AFI), the acclaimed Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum, (“If you want peace, Prepare for war”) was released in August 2020, spawned three #1 singles on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart and at Active Rock radio. Plus, check out upcom...
VIDEO: Moore Kismet 'Wasteland' Music Video
by Michael Major - May 26, 2022 Their debut album, the ambitiously titled Universe, is actually due out in June via Thrive Music, and they will be doing a series of live dates between this month and early autumn, from Tampa to Chicago, Denver to El Paso and finally on to Tempe, AZ on September 24 as part of the Jauz Bite This! Blo...
State of the Arts Receives Two 2021 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Nominations
by TV News Desk - August 12, 2021 Since its premiere in 1981, State of the Arts has been nominated for multiple New York and Mid-Atlantic Emmys, winning a total of 32.... |