New single Fathers Day by Nona
2017-08-15 05:37:08 UTC
New single “Fathers Day” by NONA.
"When writing my new single “Fathers Day”, I realized that everyone is a little lost - that gave me some solace in trusting my own opinions. The song sheds some new light on my childhood and inspired some conflicting realizations about my last few months with my father.Thematically, “Fathers Day” is an accurate representation of the musical project as a whole. The foundation of NONA is based on feeling the pressure to create and realize something on my own without compromise. There’s a deep rooted self reflection in each song which inspires a sense of nostalgia."
Genre :
indie, alternative, rock
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New track 2nd Wind by Bradley Palermo
2017-08-09 06:33:51 UTC
Singer/songwriter Bradley Palermo has fronted the bands The Sudden Passion and Femme Fatality for the past 15 years. His solo work is equal parts indie folk and Americana. A fan at a recent show described his sound as “Hank 3 meets Bright Eyes,” which is right on the money with his strongest influences. Originally from St. Louis, MO, Bradley is currently based in Los Angeles.
Lie in the Sound blog wrote, “I usually fall for distinctive vocals.... Bradley Palermo’s voice got my heart within seconds.” His lyrics are no less heartbreaking than his vocals—autobiographical, alcohol-soaked tales of bar fights, arrest warrants, and failing at love. It’s what you might expect from a guy who has spent the majority of his life playing smoke-filled dive bars across the country. He manages to put a poetic spin on even the lowliest events. As Incognito Magazine put it, Bradley “shows some wordplay that would make Bob Dylan proud.”
As The Sudden Passion, he released two full-length albums (one on vinyl), an EP, a few singles, and a collection of demos. From time to time his music appears in unlikely places such as NBC’s The Voice, The CW’s 90210, and UFC’s Ultimate Insider. Lately Bradley has focused on his solo work, performing live as a one-man show with his guitar, harmonicas, and a ukulele. Bradley is currently recording new music and performing shows in various regions of the US.
Tour dates
08/17 San Francisco, CA - Neck Of The Woods (facebook event)
08/18 Victorville, CA - Kennedy's Pub (facebook event)
08/19 Las Vegas, NV - House Show (facebook event)
08/20 Los Angeles, CA - The King Eddy (facebook event)
09/06 St. Louis, MO - Foam (facebook event)
09/07 Chicago, IL - House Show (facebook event)
10/08 Portland, OR - Analog Cafe & Theater (facebook event)
10/09 Seattle, WA - Substation (facebook event)
10/26 Oceanside, CA - Pour House (details TBA)
11/16 Tucson, AZ - Illegal Petes (details TBA)
11/17 Slab City, CA - The Range (details TBA)
11/19 Scottsdale, AZ - Rogue Bar (details TBA)
11/20 Flagstaff, AZ- The Green Room (details TBA)
11/21 Salt Lake City, UT - TBA
Genre :
country, americana, folk, acoustic, punk, rock, harmonica, indie
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New EP Hunter Street Station Blues by Matt Paxton
2017-08-02 05:09:53 UTC
Matt Paxton recorded his new EP 'Hunter Street Station Blues' in early Spring of 2017. "I've found myself often coming back to my hometown to record when I needed a break from the west coast. Recently I decided to move home. Hamilton is where my label Other Songs Music Co is based out of as well as Threshold Recording Studios where the album was recorded. Not to mention it's homebase for a lot of friends and family. For the past while I've lived primarily on the West Coast of Canada. Yet, I've always drawn a ton of influence from the place and people I know back home. This first track 'Baby Don't Go' is largely about holding on to love and trying to make it all work. When writing these tunes (last year and up until early this spring), I was indeed hauling a heavy heart. It's kinda funny though, I'm happier than ever nowadays, which makes it weird singing the sad ones live, but I got this - sad songs are my thing."
Track List
- Baby Don't Go - 03:34
- Hunter Street Station Blues - 02:59
- I Want You (All to Myself) - 04:41
- Put it All Back Together - 02:46
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New single Part 3 by grej
2017-07-26 05:20:27 UTC
Grej is the solo project and performing pseudonym of Greg Harrison, a Canadian-based percussionist from Fredericton, NB. This is Grej's first single and video “Part 3” of the new album i/Variations. The video was choreographed /performed with dancer Mateo Galindo Torres with artist Carlos Delgado. It explores the process of expressing and absorbing rebellious actions. The work is built from traditional Colombian folk songs, which cater to the perpetual rhythmic layers. This eventually gets swallowed by waves of synth and bowed metal objects - the thematic motif of the album. The album is a four part project where each musical work navigates through a physical and emotive journey that features manipulated cymbals and a Roland Juno synthesizer.
Genre :
electronic, indie, minimalist, percussion, pop
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New track Countless Ways by Trevor Forrest
2017-07-25 05:59:57 UTC
"Countless Ways" is a song of loss, a performance where the empty RSVP seats in a concert hall are lovers lost to memory. “Don’t pick up when I call” is that one-sided ending we all know too well. “Like you somehow appear” as a ghost, a phantom limb, that empty expectation of an impossible return as if from the dead.
The song divides into two major parts. In the first, the narrator goes from a dark longing to attempting acceptance: “I hope that you’re well” -- but your photos “can and do tell me that you’re longing”. By that halftime switch in the middle. we are cast far away as if in the audience ourselves being told to sing along.
"Sing it to the empty seats / When we sing they’re not gone."
Here he seems to come to full terms with the loss, the changes after a relationship are internalized and mutual. The song would conclude. but instead it pretty much starts over, but this time the duration is shorter, paralleling the process of acceptance.
In the age of social media we have “countless ways” to miss someone, to drive ourselves into the past with repetition and longing. Loss has never been harder, more public, more ruminative..
Brooklyn-based Trevor Gittelman has always had a revivalist sensibility, starting by singing for a classic/alt-rock cover band at 14 favoring music by Zeppelin, Radiohead and Muse. He had a knack for imitation but developed a more personal tenor style through college. His music production studies began during chronic illness in high school and college, the time he would spend alone recovering was also spent learning about sound design, arrangement and composition. Studying music composition and working with film scores he developed minimalist electronic music and dense psychedelic/hard rock in his home studio.
Gittelman gathered an ensemble around the solo project Van Vega in early 2014 and won Hofstra University’s battle of the bands. This performance with Phony Ppl and X Ambassadors gained the band a following, but inner band conflict caused the group to split. Van Vega has reformed in its third incarnation today but the vast solo productions accumulated over that long hiatus is now being released and performed as the one man show known as Trevor Forrest.
Gittelman's performances range from minimal acoustic to maximalist laptop productions. He uses a TC Helicon Voicelive 3 to achieve harmonies live and uses looping to create dense arrangements. His performances are intimate, psychedelic, and wide-ranging in style.
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