Esben and the Witch are a three piece indie rock band from Brighton, England. The band members are Rachel Davies, Daniel Copeman and Thomas Fisher. Since forming in Brighton in 2008, Esben and the Witch have had just a few releases behind them including “Lucia, at the Precipice” from February 2010 - and have had positive press support from NME, Pitchfork Media and The Guardian, plus experience o...
Following the release of Revisions and after several tours with Porcupine Tree and an epic run on the first Progressive Nation Tour with Dream Theater, Opeth and Between the Buried and Me, 3 returned home brimming with inspiration. Joey Eppard, Billy Riker, Daniel Grimsland and The Gartdrumm immediately began creating demos of ideas that would evolve into The Ghost You Gave to Me. It wasn't long before the songs took on a life of their own. The band found themselves growing out of the standard rock compositional format into something more cinematic in nature. Joey Eppard adds: "The songs told us where to go and the instrume...
Moneybagzz was introduced to the hip-hop world under Gimmie Gwap Entertainment. His love for music, and different music styles, and types lead him to wanting to become a local rapper known as MONEYBAGZZ. The name moneybagzz comes from his love for money and getting it by all means neccesary. While living on the West-Side of Pittsburgh, Pa Moneybagzz grew up around gang violence, and natural neighborhood trouble while growing up with colleagues. His strive for greatness and passion for music lead the local rapper into wanting to further his rap career father. After years past from rapping on trash mics and going back on forth on different tracks and...
The Drizzle is an Alternative Rock Band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2007. The band consists of Sotiris Agelidis,Kostas Oikonomou, Antonis Kavidas,Vaggelis Gatzias and Spiros Stefanis. In a public school of Athens, five classmates decided to create an indie rock band to wreak their passion for music and express their point of view of life through their songs. The Drizzle began their live appearances in clubs like ‘An Club’, ‘Underworld’, ‘Texas’, and ‘On Stage’, and municipal exhibitions like ‘Ionikes Meres exhibition’ where they made the opening act for the Greek band ‘Kitrina Podilata’. Their sound is a result of their different music...
Mojoceratops is a funky dance-rock band based in Philadelphia, PA in 2010. Their first single “Partybot-9000” was release in July 2011 and have a full-length album titled “Dino Dance Party” was released via itunes on September 8th 2011. Mojoceratops signed with booking agent/management team K&B music in September 2011 and will tour in support of their album. The lineup consists of Jerome D’Agostino, Robert Felsted jr, Schuyler Schweers, and Brent Penman. ...
Ellie Goulding is a successful English singer-songwriter from London. Studying at the University of Kent, she became exposed to electronic music and eventually took time off from school to pursue singing. Polydor Record signed her in 2009 and released an EP as an introduction to her music. Starsmith, whom she met at the University, helped produce her album debut album Lights, which was released in 2010. After debuted at #1 on the UK Album Charts, Goulding won the Critics' Choice Award at the BRIT Awards. After heavily touring in the UK, Goulding released an American edition of Lights...
Rhode Island are three men who meet up at various locales across the North of England, whereupon they make pop music: the kind they don't think they get to hear enough of elsewhere. They try to make it strange and conventional in equal measures. They make it as an end in itself. A lot of it is free, so, y'know....
The Last Flight Out are a fresh voice in Colorado's original music scene featuring the amazing vocals of Julia Bryan. In just the first few months of launching their professional career in 2009, they would go from coffee houses and small clubs to the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater, and her music would be played across international airwaves. The Last Flight Out distinguishes themselves from the pack by successfully merging Blues, Country, Classic Rock, and Modern Pop-Rock styles resulting in multi-generational appeal... a unique mix that spans the acoustic intimacy of Sarah McLachlin, the sassiness of Bonnie Raitt, and the rock explosiveness of Pat Benetar. They are regularly invited to perform ...
Ethos is an American progressive rock band from Rome, Georgia. Formed in 2010, the band consists of Austen Earp (lead vocals, piano, guitar, synthesizer), Matthew Palopoli (lead guitar), Nick Riggs (bass, vocals), and Tribb Robison (drums, percussion). Known for their fusion of classical piano, heavy rock riffs, and syncopated rhythms, the group exhibits a technically rich yet accessible rock sound that unlocks a brand new spectrum of musical color. Their debut album, Vessels, was independently released July 10th, 2012, featuring high energy, emotive music by integrating the classical, progressive, and alternative genres.The record was written and recorded during the greater part of 2011-2012 in their home studio. It was ...
A native of Hawaii now living in Portland, Oregon, Max Ribner is one of those gifted individuals who can turn his hand to just about anything. Modelling, acting and performance, he is primarily a flugelhorn player. With his new combo and a debut album, Ribner is a talent to watch out for....
theendisthebeginning is an atmospheric modern rock band hailing from various locales within Southern California. The band’s distinctive and shimmering sound makes it readily apparent that the group finds inspiration in a wide array of musical and cultural influences. Musically speaking, the quintet evokes elements of 90s era guitar rock and electronica, big 80s new wave and alternative, the expa...nsiveness of 70s era album rock, the kitchen sink approach of modern-day indie, and even hints at the youthful optimism and freshness inherent in the Woodstock era climate. Consisting of guitarist, Curtis Clint Kaminska; vocalist, Joe Nichy; drumme...
Inspired by the lurching riffs of Helmet and the soft/loud vocal dynamics of Tool, the Chicago-based trio Chevelle formed in 1995 with an aggressive, heavy sound. Comprised of brothers Sam (drums), Pete (vocals, guitar), and Joe Loeffler (bass), the band began playing parties and outdoor events, which quickly led to bookings at Chicago clubs when youngest member Joe was just 14 years old. In 1999, Chevelle released their Steve Albini-produced debut album, Point 1, on Squint Entertainment. Three years later -- and following tours with bands like Filter, Sevendust, Powerman 5000, and Machine Head -- the band had inked a deal with Epic and issued Wonder What's Next, released in August 2002. The album went platinum by the following summer, prop...
The Entertainment music collective who've been banging out beats and grooves in London for three years now. They're sound is a unique combination of Rock riffs, Funky grooves and Rap. On top of that they're a live band with brass and DJ scratching. As the sound engineer at one of their latest gigs said: "I don't know the f**k it is you do but it's f**king great!".Formed out of the ashes of The Insects a previous recording project, of David the guitarists. One of Londons foremost 'Surf' Guitarists. Regulrly seen on the London Underground 'busking' scheme. He and Achilleas met by chance playing with a friends band. Rapper Blee answered an advert that no-one remembers putting in Loot.Paul came on board after w...
Emilia has been writing and performing since 2001 and has been compared to Tracy Bonham, Ingrid Michaelson and Bebel Gilberto.While spanning indie-rock, folk, jazz and pop genres, the music of Nehedar has continued to deliver her blend of deeply personal yet quirky lyrics, beautiful vocal harmonies, a variety of instrumentation, and momentary departures from strict chord progressions that set her music apart. She has recorded her music at the Little Pioneer Cider House in Brooklyn, NY with producer Craig Levy (littlepion...
Top Dawg EnT has introduced a new rapper named Ab-Soul, and he’s from Carson, California. He’s signed to Jay Rock’s Top Dawg Entertainment and with him, Kendrick Lamar & ScHoolBoy Q is member of Black Hippy group. ...
Damian Marley was only two when his father died, but the youngest of the Marley sons must have learned something. At the age of 13, he formed his first band, the Shepherds, which also included the son of Third World's Cat Coore and the daughter of Freddie McGregor; the group even opened up the 1992 Reggae Sunsplash festival. By 1994, Damian was working on his own solo project, and with the help of his father's label, Tuff Gong, he recorded Mr. Marley. Also lending a familial air to the sessions was the presence of Stephen Marley, who produced and co-wrote several songs for the LP. Halfway Tree from 2001 earned a Grammy nomination, but the public generally overlooked the ambitious album. Not so for the reggae-meets-hip-hop single &...
The radiant meadow glistens with history, pocked with crystals. The color wheel, your hands, shapes of infinite cosmic accelerating. Your spirit has formed. Gradient paths simmer in the mist; a momentary vision and your spare eye catches a yellow one, an oiled foot moves through oceans of Mediterranean space and there is an instant of rush and the birds descend upon your clothes. The eyes close and you cry “Yes!” With a whoosh and swoop a thousand tiny birds gently lift your body from the ground. You arrive lost and aged, across the valleys, the dark canyons, having traveled a fortnight instantly, and lived half as long. You arrive with a plum pit in your stomach and an icicle dagger in your teeth. You have been transp...
David Philips is a singer,songwriter and guitarist from the UK. His debut solo album "Heal yourself alone" was written, performed, produced, recorded, engineered and released by himself, featuring friends Caspar St Charles on drums/flute and Abel Boquera on keyboards.The majority of the album was recorded in a spare room in a flat in Barcelona, Spain and only the mastering was handed over to someone else. Just 2 weeks after it's release, "Heal Yourself Alone" was chosen as Album of the Week by Robert Elms on BBC Radio London.It was after a self funded tour of northern Europe that David caught the attention of Dutch label Black and Tan Records and signed to release his second and latest album "The Rooftop Recordin...
Byzant At Sunset is a global project conceived to raise new horizon, offer space and free expression to its members and encourage boldness, creativity and individuality among its members and contributors.With hundreds of different roots back to classic music, Rock, Punk, Hardcore, Blues, Jazz, and drawing inspiration from thousands of different bands and the flavors of world music, Byzant At Sun set break down walls and boundaries.This is a great blend of class and crass, fragrant aromas and putrid stench, rainbows and razor-blades. Reflective of the diversity and contrast of the world in which we live, Byzant At Sunset is the last burning bridge between worlds, but building a new empire from the ashes of ...
Two years in the making, Love Crushed Velvet's debut album evokes the melodic atmospherics of New Wave/post-punk yet is thoroughly modern in its sensibilities. To classic rock chord structures and New Wave flourishes, frontman/songwriter A.L.X. adds his own pop sensibilities. A Love Crushed Velvet tune may recall The Clash, early U2, even the mysterious tone of a David Lynch film—simultaneously. Love Crushed Velvet...
Top Dead Center is truly a band to be reckoned with. Hailing from San Antonio, Texas, Top Dead Center has a contagious and intoxicating sound as brutal as the South Texas sun on the 4th of July. Their unique mix of influence from southern rock, vintage bar rock, and true heavy metal make Top Dead Center a true locomotive of music mayhem with a stage presence that guarantees a good time. Imagine the modernized bastard child of Mötley Crüe and Slayer having conceived Top Dead Center in the bed of a pickup truck outside Floore’s Country Store while Willie Nelson performed Whiskey River . . . it’s as brutal and awesome as that. Always a forward moving powerhouse of rock&rsq...
Phil Lewis is a singer/songwriter based in Cardiff, South Wales, UK.Over the past 10 years, Phil has written and recorded over 50 original tracks and released three albums.Phil was a semi-finalist in the 2009 UK Songwriting ContestHis first full-length album, the warmly received Ancient Light, was recorded in 2007 with Incredible String Band keyboard player Lawson Dando.In 2009 Phil was signed to LPW Records. LPW released his second album, Movements In Space, plus three singles which received airplay on local radio stations.Phil amicably parted from LPW Records in 2011 following teh death of his father from Alzheimer's Disease.Phil is releasing his third album, Ripples From a Small Pond, in...
This is lizzard was founded in 1998 by American singer/lyricist Lizanne Hennessey and Dutch musician/composer Roland Stolk. Their music is based on alternative pop/rock and strengthened by a mix of their favorite genres, including funk, soul, reggae and country.Lizanne says: "When Roland and I met, we found out pretty quickly what is it we do best together: making music. We formed This is lizzard in 1998 and have never stopped making music since. But for lots of reasons, most of them beyond our control, releasing an album just never happened... until now. Thirteen years later, we are proud to announce the release of our debut album, 'Won't Give Up'. The title says it all. We never did give up, and we won't give up when ...
Face The King is an alternative hard rock band based out of Long Island, New York. Formed on June 14, 2009, Face the King consists of four former members of critically acclaimed bands SEER, STEREO SERENADE and THE MERCURIAL. In just a few short months Face the King has established themselves as the Long Island band to watch. and “a force to be reckoned with in 2010” (Lyrical Lust). Face the King is Eric Zirlinger (singer/guitarist/keyboardist), Dan DelVecchio (...
"Indofin effectively combines grooving skank basslines with reggaedub drumming punk-influenced distorted guitars, and melodic rock vocals to create a unique sound that will make people wanna party."ndofin, together since 2002, is a skapunkreggae quartet from Austin TX. From these very modest beginnings and years spent at what seemed like futile efforts, Indofin has certainly come a long way, becoming one of the defining bands of the central Texas scene. They managed to play showcases during SXSW from 2003-2007 and even earned a spot on TX dates of Vans Warped Tour in 2007. Since the release of their selftitled debut album in the spring of 2005, the band has ...
Mac L, also known as Mac tha Knife (born Malcolm D. Lockridge in 1988) was born in Nashville, TN. He developed a love for music at a young age and began writing rhymes at twelve, battling at fourteen, and making beats at sixteen. At the age of seventeen, he released his introductory mixtape, The Great American Paper Chase. Immediately after graduating high school, Mac enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University to study the music industry in 2006. In 2007, he became a featured artist in Cricket's Nashville Music Showcase. By the end of 2008, he became featured in 10 mixtapes. In 2009, he joined Team Legacy and became nominated for a Southern Entertainment Award for "Mixtape Rookie of the Year". In 2010, after opening up for...
THE PHIL EDWARDS BANDThe Phil Edwards Band are a five piece from New Zealand bringing together elements of folk, blues, roots and country to create a unique blend of music which has proven itself to be accessible to a huge range of audiences. The honest, emotive lyrics of Phil's songs captivate audiences while the live energy of the band adds another dimension to the music and never fails to get crowds on their feet. Slow Borders is the debut album from the Phil Edwards Band, released in March 2011 to the US and New Zealand where it fared well, receiving great reviews throughout. The album was a culminatio...
