Rap and Hip-hop has become pop music’s alchemy. Any style is fair game to be blended, morphed, mixed, and rolled back out with newfound urgency and impact. One style that has been steadily undergoing this process is punk music, and one of its up and coming protagonists, $kirmish has put together diverse amalgams of punk, […]
Red Roll – “Call Me Mad” – a balance of searching lyrics with loud riffs, anthemic vocals, and breakneck energy
“Call Me Mad”, the first single off the album “At The End The Beginning” by Italian rock band Red Roll, is a true masterpiece of alternative rock music that shows how beautifully epic this art can be when it’s done right. The song twists and careens through rock, grunge, metal and punk, displaying some iconic […]
Winchester 7 & the Runners – ‘Argos Holiday’ – crunchy ukulele motifs and the grand vocals!
Take the Ramones at their peak and place them in the same studio with the Beatles. Now take away the guitars, and replace them with electrified, overdriven ukuleles. You now have the basic elements to start a forward-thinking indie rock musical project called Winchester 7 & the Runners. This is where sophisticated, catchy ear-warming melodies […]
LA based band KingQueen releases single + music video “Roller Coaster”
LA based band KingQueen releases single + music video “Roller Coaster”. The song gives that pop punk Blink182 vibes with a driving drum beat and a fun vocal melody that is easy to sing along with. A song about heartbreak? Yes but it’s not in any way a cheesy sad one. It’s energetic, it’s fire […]
The Little Wretches – “Undesirables And Anarchists” does what it’s set out to achieve!
A long-term cancer survivor, Robert Wagner – frontman and chief songwriter and lyricist for 80’s-90’s seminal Pittsburgh rock band, The Little Wretches, continues to perform at coffeehouses and small clubs. A Master’s Degree holder, Wagner also counsels abused, neglected, traumatized and court-adjudicated youth. He is the co-founder of The Calliope Acoustic Open Stage, an event […]
Sofi Maeda – “ASHITA” – excitable rock guitar riffs, alongside pop friendliness
Sofi Maeda was born in Takamatsu, Japan. The alternative pop-punk starlet has been doing music seriously since 2016. She has released the album “You Know Me Well” in 2017 and has followed up with a series of successful singles. She has won singing as well as song contests, and has performed on the Red Square […]
The Rude Dudez – “An Act of Protest” envisions a world far removed from the one we are currently creating
In March 2018, Penny Lane (vocals) and Reverbero (lead guitar) opened the doors of their “Red Spades Tattoo Studio” in Bray, Wicklow Co. (Ireland) which has become a common center for local musicians to play and get tattooed, and it was during a local music event that they met Aaron Doyle (rhythm guitar) and Cormac […]
Social Distance – “I’m Outside Your House” – a blend of punk-rock and bombastic pop
The Los Angeles punk band, Social Distance could easily have fallen into the trap of focusing on their female lead singer as eye candy and letting image triumph over quality music. Instead they have managed to avoid doing this and just focus on crafting brilliant punk-rock tunes instead. In an age when image and marketing […]
Musicians from different parts of the world collaborate on the project SOZIALES HETZWERK
Jim, the lead singer, songwriter and musician, releases the first album of his new project SOZIALES HETZWERK on May 1st, 2020. The record moves in the genres of German rock, punk and alternative, and was created in collaboration with numerous guest musicians. Collaborations with numerous musicians from different parts of the world such as Mexico, […]
Steve Lieberman the Gangsta Rabbi – “The Noise Militia” – unorthodox, complex and mind-warping hardcore
Steve Lieberman the Gangsta Rabbi is an odd entity. To the rest us that is. His debut effort featured a number of moments when the chaotic carnage reached maximum overload and it was fantastic, and that was exactly what his intentions were. All though his over 30 year musical career, Steve has always been driven […]
