Leahey told The Daily Times recently that the album reflects his love for the radio anthems he heard and enjoyed while growing up in Richmond, Va., in the early ’80s. Its songs ring with an anthemic frenzy and fury that aims them straight for the stratosphere with stadium-filling choruses and refrains.
Carina Frantzen shared the title track for her upcoming EP, “Blacklist.” Former frontwoman of Phone Joan, Frantzen looks to begin her solo career on the right foot with the debut of Blacklist. READ MORE…
Carina Frantzen is a Norwegian singer who adds a dark, atmospheric touch to her rock and roll songs. She’s got a new album called Blacklist out later this year and we’re excited to premiere the video for the title track and first single, “Blacklist.” READ MORE…
Six-piece indie folk outlet Grand Canyon are a flashback in time, reflective of the folk rock and pop of the late 20th century this side of Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac. Antithetical of the more synthetic nature of pop hits today, the band tends to hone their focus in on earthen hooks and infectious rhythms that would produce fitting anthems for any backroad. Grand Canyon isn’t just another quality indie outlet on the rise, though, having already proven their mettle through millions of album sales and multiple world tours underneath the belts of each of its members. With the recently released LP Le Grand Cañon, Grand Canyon proves their worth once again with a series of shimmering Americana-tinged pop expressions.
The world needs bands like SP’s right now. Pulling no punches with their hard-left politics in the face of a world where Nazis seem to have become acceptable again, the L.A.-based band are about to release their Rise/Fall EP via their own Baby Robot Records, and they’re playing a record release show at the Highland Park Bowl in May, so we chatted. READ MORE…
It all goes back to MySpace (for younger readers that was…. oh, never mind) – that’s where Bridge 19’s frontwomen Audrey Cecil and Amanda Lucas came across each other’s music – and soon started working as a duo. They’d actually know each other as kids, but had headed off to different colleges and unbeknownst to each other had taken up songwriting. As their sound grew they expanded from a duo to full band status, and thus Bridge 19 came into being. Bridge 19 has had some band members come an go over the years; the current lineup consists of Cecil on lead guitar and Lucas on rhythm guitar or handheld percussion, Joey Thieman (horns, accordion), Meg Samples (drums), Jeff Faith (bass) has been in place since 2014.