Taken by Trees, the brainchild of renaissance woman Victoria Bergsman, has signed to Secretly Canadian. The former front woman of the Concretes (who you may also recognize from the Peter, Bjorn & John hit "Young Folks") has been hard at work on a new album influenced by a trip to Hawaii and falling in love. Bergsman says of the signing, "I am really excited to be working with Secretly Canadian. I admire how thoughtful they are when it comes to who they sign. I imagine that's due to how much dedication and hard work it takes to deliver something truly special." Bergsman's distinctive voice has served her well, with two critically acclaimed albums under her belt (2007's Open Field and 2009's East of Eden) as we...
KEKO YOMA is an independent band that combines rock, ska, punk, mixing indigenous instruments and rhythms from Latin America, so delusional. Es una banda independiente que combina rock, ska, ritmos latinoamericanos, teatro-comedia e instrumentos de pueblos originarios, dando vida a un montaje potente, directo, entretenido y lleno de energía.Su propuesta artística articula un espacio sonoro/visual donde la música se potencia con un lenguaje corporal, desarrollando un juego de re-creación entre el público y la banda, desde una mirada simple, directa y lúdica.Javier Lizama00569-9-9954977 Chile0049 017639212328 Europainfo@kekoyoma.com...
Neill Bell is an independent singer/songwriter originally from North Carolina, but makes his home in Chicago. As a writer and musician, Neill always illustrates compelling personality, emotion, and ability. As a singer, Neill exhibits an obviously convincing enticement to his audience with strong passion. He plays all the instruments, sings, and produces his albums. His influences range from core ...songwriters such as Ryan Adams, Neil Finn, and Jay Farrar to pioneers of rock-soul Otis Redding and Sam Cooke. There are also resemblances in poetic lyrics and emotions of Adam Duritz and Damien Rice. This breeds a wide range of writing styles and sounds that keep things interesting and soulful. The emotion always seems to be the important eleme...
Te Vaka is a group of musicians and dancers from Tokelau, Tuvalu, Samoa, Cook Islands and New Zealand brought together under the inspired leadership of Opetaia Foa'i. Te Vaka has been enchanting the world with their own brand of South Pacific Fusion since 1997. Using the rhythms of the log drum ("pate"), combined with traditional and contemporary instruments, Opetaia Foa'i and the band deliver a kaleidoscopic array of Pacific flavors in a genre all of it's own. Te Vaka has toured the UK, Europe, USA & other parts of the world extensively over the last 15 years, performing in such prestigious venues as London's Royal Festival Hall and Ronnie Scott's nightclub. The group has headlined music festivals throughout E...
Formed in Harlow in 2008, the Essex five-piece Morning Parade consists of lead vocalist Steve Sparrow, guitarist Chad Thomas, bassist Phil Titus, keyboardist Ben Giddings, and drummer Andy Hayes. Combining trance-style synths with anthemic rock guitars in the same vein as Friendly Fires, Delphic, and Fenech-Soler, their energetic sound and low-key secret live gigs soon attracted the attention of various record labels, and eventually resulted in a major-label deal with Parlophone. They began work on material with Blur producer Jason Cox at Damon Albarn's 13 Studios. Their first single, "Under the Stars," saw release in late 2010, after causing a huge stir, selling 9,000 copies of their debut single. It was followed by a succession ...
Ume -- pronounced ooo-may -- is an Austin-based power trio recently named one of the nation's top unsigned bands by Rolling Stone Magazine. Praised for their passionate mash-up of melodic hooks and raw, unadulterated power, Ume -- who recently gained the endorsement of Fender guitars -- was one of 16 bands picked to compete in the magazine's contest (www.rollingstone.com/choosethecover) that puts the cover decision in readers' hands for the first time ever. In between working hard on a full-length album to follow up their Sunshower EP, Ume has been busy touring, delivering a CMJ performance touted as "molten as hell" by Pop Times. A recent performance in San Francisco caught the eye of N...
RED FANG is the latest effort from long time bros and collaborators Bryan Giles (Last of the Juanitas, Party Time), Aaron Beam (Dark Forces, Lachrymator), David Sullivan (Party Time, facedowninshit, Shiny Beast) and John Sherman (Party Time, Bad Wizard, Trumans Water, All Night). The four have boiled down their disparate sounds to create the ONLY sound: RED FANG.This fall, Red Fang will hit the road, headlining a national tour in support of their critically acclaimed album, Murder The Mountains. Red Fang has become known for their amazing live shows, combining catchy hooks with sludgy stoner rock. They will be supported by label mates Black Tusk, along with Lord Dying & Indian Handcrafts on select dates....
Doughbeezy was born in Cleveland,OH, and moved to the Southeast side of Houston, TX at the age of 13. In 2003 he hooked up with a classmate and recorded his first track. After taking pics and doing freestyles for Headwreckas.com, Dough began recording with a local producer Lil Yung in 2003. In 2005 while working with an indepependent music company called TMI, Dough had the opportunity to perform in and takes trips to places like Dallas, Houston, Miami and New York. When things didnt go as planned with TMI, Doughbeezy and Headwreckas put together "The Cake is Baked" mixtape, a collection of the best songs at the time. It is available for download and was passed out everywhere they went. In 2007, Dou...
Joey Bada$$ is a 17 year old rapper from Brooklyn, New York, USA and a member of The Progressive Era, a hip-hop collective that focuses on reviving the sounds and styles of “golden age” New York hip-hop.Joey released his debut mixtape 1999 on June 12, 2012. Featuring production from other Pro Era members, as well as some J Dilla and MF DOOM beats, the tape was released to general critical acclaim.He was featured in the song and music video for Mac Miller's "America", and is currently on tour as opening support for Juicy J and Chevy Woods. He has already appeared on MTV, in the New York Times, and has also opened for Mac Miller. ...
Detroit Perfect is an acoustic/ electric mashup of punk rock styles from first gen NY CBGB bands through the re-explosion of the 90's, combined with protest and revolutionary songs spanning all generations, and a dash of glam rock piss, to taste. We keep hearing being asked what style of music we are after shows, and being told "I've never seen anything like that." Hopefully you feel the same way, and until someone smarter comes up with a better name, We're calling it dirt rock. Detroit Perfect consists of Detroit music veterans Bill Hamill of Halfway II, Shonny Constant formerly of Divine Grind Company, and Eric Bachman and ChZck formerly of Drizzle. We fuse classic punk with folk and protest elements to create some delicious, f...
THE FIRE IS REAL. Psychothermia is the product of brotherhood, hard work, dedication, and a touch of insanity. A unique four-piece hard rock band from San Diego, CA, members Johan Maldonado (vocals), Jon Russo (guitar), Mike Russo (drums), and Chenzo Vidalez (bass) have performed together for years and developed a reputation for fierce energy; honing their skills with a previous group. Taking this undeniable chemistry coupled with a fresh new project, Psychothermia officially made their performance debut on April 22, 2012, and are already pushing the envelope in both music and art. No parlor tricks here, the band met with stunt legend Lane Leavitt for a first-of-its-kind band photo/video shoot: being set ablaze...
Born in scenic Colorado, Che Zifandel was destined to be musical. Che's given name, Cherie, was inspired by Stevie Wonder's "My Cherie Amour." Both of Che's parents loved music; she grew up listening to everything from Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, to Marvin Gaye, to The B-52s, to NWA. Johnny, Zifandel's father, was a singer who never fully realized his potential.Che Zifandel was the only child of Joanne and Johnny; an eccentric child who loved English and Music. She got in trouble for such things as writing rap lyrics while in school, tattooing her hand using a pencil eraser, and stealing from the mall (which she saw as a political statement). However, she excelled academically and in her study of violin and piano. ...
All Hail The Yeti are the band that turned their back on their Hollywood homes and are better for it. It wasn’t a matter of wanting to walk away from the lights and smog that permeate the false dreams and suburban malaise of their environs – it was necessary. “We've managed to...
I was born in Pennsylvania and raised in Oregon, in a small town called Roseburg. I grew up listening to my Dad write and sing the blues and started performing with him in his blues bands when I was a kid. I fell in love with the sincerity of Etta, the soul of Muddy and the power of Big Mama. When I got older I started writing hooks for and performing with local rappers from Eugene. I fell in love with hip-hop, with its authenticity. Now I'm married to em both. DIRTY SHINE!...
Capital Cities' dual frontmen Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian--jingle writers who first met on Craigslist--released their debut EP in 2011. Lead single "Safe and Sound" shot to #2 on Hype Machine, #1 on CMJ's A&R chart and #1 on South American radio.An endless string of blogosphere favorites followed, helping the band reach fans across the globe. They've thrilled sellout crowds in the U.S., Canada and South America, sharing the stage with the likes of Chromeo, Theophilus London, Jane's Addiction, LP, Asher Roth and many more. The band will tour Europe in September.Guitarist Nick Merwin, bassist Manny Quintero, trumpeter Spencer Ludwig and drummer Channing Holmes round out the group. Capital Cities...
Battling egos, power struggles, addiction, a rotating line-up of mentally unstable drummers and most of all: a pipe dream started in a teenage boy’s garage becoming realized. These are all quintessential parts of the classic tale of an American rock band...and this one is still waiting to be discovered....
Halloween meets Valentine’s Day. Barbara Streisand meets Butthole Surfers. Dresden Dolls meets Dolly Parton. Beefcake the Mighty meets Strawberry Shortcake. These are just a few of the names that come up in conversations when trying to describe One-Eyed Doll’s sound. This loud rock duo is very much a creative and symbiotic partnership between songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and performance artist Kimberly Freeman and producer, drummer Jason “Junior” Rufus Sewell that began just a few years ago in Austin, TX. Since then they've won multiple SXSW awards at three consecutive festivals, Freeman has been listed as Guitar Player Magazine’s “top 20 most e...
With the clubs and night scenes constantly looking for the next big hit to keep their patrons on the dance floor, J-Hen has stepped out on faith and has released several singles that are sure to put the Music Entertainment world on alert. His new singles are from a collection that is comprised of smooth R&B, Hip Hop and Pop. J-Hen has developed his own style that is very different with gripping vocals and shredding lyrics that are the heart and soul of his new debut EP, "Just the Beginning." His songs are sensual, sensitive and sassy with a whole lot of soul. With influences such as the late Michael Jackson, Timbaland, The Neptunes, Scott Storch, Bobby Valentino, Omarion, Marques Houston, and Chris Brown, just to nam...
Introducing Mechanism: Melodic Hard Rock from the Pacific Northwest.Kurt Vonnegut once said "I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center" and it seems PNW powerhouse band Mechanism takes the sentiment to heart. Never satisfied with run o' the mill music, the four members of mechanism (Ryan Renfield, Tony DeLisio, Bobby D'Angelo, Saul Ashley) strive with each deliberate move to break new ground in both the writing/arranging of their music and in their live performances on the stage.Heavy. Dark. Intense. Three words that have been used to describe the band and their music. Three more would be: Rhythmic. Precise. Energetic. Anyon...
On June 12th, 2012, Melinda Rose, an EP from the 17-year-old multi-instrumentalist/songwriter, Danny Stoddard, becomes available through iTunes,Amazon, and Spotify. Produced by Matty Amendola, under Froductions, Danny recorded a collection of five tracks, which is, in its entirety, hardcore, heavy hitting, rock and roll. ! With loud distorted guitars, dropped tuned riffs with a varying degree of complexity, emphatic rhythms, dense bass and drum sound with driving rhythms, and a blend of vigorous vocals, hardcore “screamo&rdqu...
After forming in 2011, Boxed Wine quickly released their first EP and started referring to themselves in the third person. It took the band a while to come up with a name as meaningful as Boxed Wine, but they believe it says everything it needs to. The members’ influences are quite varied, but one should listen and make relevant comparisons to all the other bands in the universe (especially the ones that love fuzzy bass and dancey disco beats)....
Jaybeemusic (aka James Bennett) writes and sings surprising, quirky, outrageous and utterly original songs about angels, vampires, cowboys and pussy cats in a vaguely pop idiom, all brewed in a studio-formerly-known-as-garage, from equal parts technology and inspiration. Lives near Brighton, UK. Loves Kate Bush with a passion, and also Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Rufus Wainwright. Solo mavericks all. And that's what Jaybee aspires to be. ...
The duo Silvermouse have been playing in the United States and touring the United Kingdom since late 2008.Silvermouse is an electro-acoustic fusion, blending together flying improvisations on guitar, violin, mandolin and flute, with live techno performance that nods to trance, dubstep, mellow d&b and breakbeat.Influenced by Arabic drum rhythms, Goa trance, psychedelic rock guitar, the UK underground rave scene of the 1990s, Celtic fiddle and instrumentation inspired by both Gypsy and American folk traditions, Silvermouse's sound has been dubbed 'Earth Trance' by fans in the UK and US.It's techno-acoustic, trance-junkie-meets-acoustic-gypsy. Technonomads...The duo live and create in Ojo Sarco, a tiny farmin...
Take every preconceived idea of folk bands and throw them out the window. Rather than a mellow and deconstructed acoustic sound, South of Ramona, hailing from Salt Lake City, Utah, is a crooked folk band that injects the energy and rule-breaking attitude of rock and roll into a style of music that has long shied away from it....
Striving for nothing less than perfection, Session Nineteen fused an alloy of hard rock, metal, alternative and grunge with a touch of blues to create their unique breed of music. This comes to light in their latest release, "SIN". Comprised of vocalist/guitarist David Anding, guitarist Wes Stevens, bassist Jesse McCollum and drummer David Perkins, each member expands well beyond their bounds to mold every note of every instrument into the pounding, energetic music they release. Working to achieve the perfect sound from their own studio without external sources for production or engineering, "SIN" is just the beginning of the material they put together. Over forty songs were written and a select few were chosen to sui...
For those of y'all who don't know me... allow me to reintroduce myself... I am a man of many names... The Cock of the Walk... The Talk of the Town... The Baby Powder Prince... Swaggasaurus Rex... Benjamin Bonkers... Nathan Niceman... The Big Man on Campus... The Life of the Party... The King of the Castle... The Lord of the Manor... America's Sweetheart... Philly's Best Kept Secret... "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn MicSkills...A.K.A...TTRRAAADEMAAARRRKKK!!!Raised on 13th and Morris Sts. in South Philly, TradeMark has been described as "original," "like no other artist," and "a breath of fresh air." Indeed, TradeMark's...
Take one part Green Day, two parts Beatles, shake and pour over ice. THB are one Brit lad and 3 Americans who are all talented musicians from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. With a sound recently compared to Maroon 5 they blend Rock and Roll energy in a Martini of Toms British eccentricity. A great live act they came a close second in the recent Hard Rock Cafe Battle Of The Bands proving that they are ready for bigger things. THB doesn't let audiences have a passive experience, lead Tom Harrison entertains with a vaudeville zeal....
Las Cheerleaders Asesinas began their activity in 2005 in the neighbourhoods of Usera and Carabanchel (Madrid, SPAIN). They claim the Rock and Hard Rock from the '70s and '80s, singing in a tacky spanish. They got their name from their first song, which set their own style: spanish lyrics inspired by science fiction, comics, and B movies, far from the spanish rock stereotypes. AC/DC guitars style, and a Graham Bonnet voice style, with a simple but effective rythmic base....
Formed in late 2011, There Be Lions set out with the goals of writing real, honest Rock and Roll music, playing exciting live shows, and enjoying the ride. Instead of trying to fit into whatever the flavor-of-the-month is, we write and play music that, very simply, just feels right to us. We strive to really craft unique songs that combine musicianship and our sense of pop - songs that have riffs and power, as well as beautiful melodies and harmonies - plus some hooky choruses because, hey, we all wanna sing along! We grew up listening to bands like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses, and Soundgarden, to name a few, and that is what we are after - being able to create a sound that is all our own, while still rocking the hoo...
