Today, we have the pleasure of premiering a new track called Take It Back from the raucous garage-dwellers Zoners. Zoners is the brainchild of Matt McCalvin (previously of Gringo Star, Mermaids and Dinos Boys). Despite their relatively recent inception in January of 2013, Zoners have already played shows with an impressive list of bands including the Coathangers, Diarrhea Planet and Speedy Ortiz. LISTEN HERE…
Getting the right scream for an angry goat in a Doritos crowdsourced Super Bowl spot was just part of the job for the musicians at Tunewelders, a 5-year-old music production company in Atlanta. The shop specializes in customized music and sounds for brands and programming, ranging from goofy to solemn, such as a patriotic melody underlining NFL players reading the Declaration of Independence—another promo Tunewelders did for this year’s Super Bowl audience. Guitarist Ben Holst is co-founder, producer and creative director of Tunewelders. He and co-founder Jeremy Gilbertson work with Jason Shannon and Vic Stafford to tap into what he calls the backlash against “overcomputed, overprocessed” music and the movement toward “organic and authentic” sounds coming from real instruments. READ MORE…
DigitalTourBus.com just posted a brand new episode of Bus Invaders featuring the indie folk band, The Wild, showing off their tour van, while they were on the “Hot Chocolate Tour 2014” with The Front Bottoms. WATCH HERE…
It’s a classic image: the songwriter with a broken heart hunkers down with nothing but a guitar and sees very little daylight while he turns his feelings into songs. All too often, those songs shouldn’t be heard by anyone, but sometimes they strike at the heart of the matter in a way that many can identify with. In recent memory, Josh Ritter’s The Beast in its Tracks found Ritter, in the wake of divorce, giving voice to feelings ranging from anger and charity to regret and humor. READ MORE…
After some acclaimed work with Roc Nation’s J. Cole, the Jersey native Voli dropped his self-titled debut LP. Voli grew up with an affinity for the arts. He honed his lyricism while internalizing the tastes of his favorite producers of the era. Voli focused on rapping for several years before deciding to shelf his lyrical talents in order to cultivate his production. After mastering Hip Hop production, he worked on developing his style, introducing more Pop, Rhythmic, & Rock into the mix, expanding into a sound with an individual and distinctive style. Check the project below and grab the album via iTunes. LISTEN HERE…
Party Dolls‘ “Indigo” featured today in Pretty Much Amazing‘s 13 Downloads You Won’t Regret alongside Frank Ocean, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon & Diplo, Tame Impala, Childish Gambino, Phoenix, Lydia Loveless, Elbow, Fucked Up & more… LISTEN HERE