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Southern Indiana musician Nick Dittmeier was hit with a lot of hardship during the recording of his new album, All Damn Day (due October 26th). “I went through a lot of deaths when I was starting to record this album,” he says. “So, a lot of the songs touch on people dying, something I normally wouldn’t have done.” When writing the album, Dittmeier got inspiration from literary legends John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Roald Dahl, and Mark Twain. It helped shape his record into one that’s not entirely somber but also hopeful and uplifting. Today, we feature the musician as part of our Fresh Wax series.

You’re currently based out of southern Indiana, where you grew up. How did that shape you as an artist?

The band is based out of Bloomington, IN and we’re kinda scattered around the Southern part of the state. I live in a town called Jeffersonville, IN and have lived in the same neighborhood my whole life. The town is on the Ohio River and I wrote a song about the 1937 Flood for the record called “City of God” and when I was writing the song I calculated that my family has been right here on the river for at least 5 generations….READ MORE

Last week we featured Lindsay Kay in our artist spotlight Fresh Wax. This week we premiere a new song from Kay’s forthcoming album, For the Feminine, by the Feminine, which arrives October 5th. Check out the new song, “Clean & Fair”, and find out more about it from the artist herself below.

What is the new song about?

“Clean & Fair” is about falling out of love, the truths of a relationship becoming clear, and running out of excuses to stay. I also feel it has undertones addressing the expectations and pedestals men can often time put on women, and how our experiences are secondary and our sacrifices expected…..READ MORE

Singer/songwriter Lindsay Kay will release her album, For the Feminine, by the Feminine, on October 5th. It’s an album of songs centered around womanhood and femininity, entirely created by women and female-identifying pros. “I tried to imagine men recording this music,” Kay says, “even men I love working with, and it made me uncomfortable. I needed people who could truly connect with the music on a personal level and would allow me to be completely vulnerable in the studio.” There’s an ethereal quality to the music that draws you into the emotion behind the lyrics. Learn more about Lindsay Kay in this edition of Fresh Wax.

You’re currently based in Los Angeles, but you grew up in Calgary. How did that shape you as an artist?

I think Calgary was the perfect city for me to grow up in because I wasn’t too spoiled with constant access to art and culture and thereby couldn’t take it for granted, but it’s also a big enough city that there were things happening and I wasn’t totally disconnected from interesting art and music. It was a nice balance – it really forced me to be curious and seek out music that I wouldn’t have otherwise been exposed to naturally unless I lived in a city like LA or New York, but there were also some cool music venues and the city had a nice underlying heartbeat of folks making music. There were a few open mic nights where I was able to perform and hone my craft a little as I got older, and that helped prepare me for a place like Berklee.

The music scene in Calgary, and general taste of Calgarians, does tend to lean a little in the direction of country, roots, and Americana style music, but we were fortunate to be a……READ MORE

LA-based singer/songwriter Ward White will release a new album, Diminish, on November 2nd. On the album, White uses death as a vessel through which White explores humanity and relationships. While you might expect something gloomy, it’s quite the contrary. White’s delicate vocals and the shimmering jangle rock melodies invite you in rather than push you away. READ MORE…