Today brings us the latest EP from singer/songwriter Rachael Yamagata. Heavyweight is a 6 song project that is now available from the expected distributors. I’ve given it a quick listen already and if there’s an album that fits the Autumnal season perfect, this would be it. It’s been about a year since her last release, so […]
Read More Rachael Yamagata Drops the “Heavyweight” EPPicking up where they left off (Exhibit A, Exhibit B), Sea-town’s New Heights have another studio session performance to share. The song du jour is their single “Take Me On“, unfortunately sans Clara C this time around. It’s been over a year since we first heard the Something to Believe In track, but it’s held up well and is […]
Read More Check Out a Studio Performance of “Take Me On” by New HeightsCome December 2nd, Seattle’s Gowe plans to drop a love-themed mixtape called Summer Breeze Sonatas. He and his team have also put together the following visual to promote the title track. As expected, it’s a laid-back song about the matters of the heart. If the souond is promising enough for you, then you can pre-order […]
Read More Gowe Promotes the ‘Summer Breeze Sonatas’We’re still a couple days away from Thanksgiving, but the Far East Movement wanted to get a jump start on spreading the Christmas spirit. With the help of MNEK on the hook, the group shares the new self explanatory single, “Christmas in Downtown LA”. Even as they’ve developed an international following, they rep their hometown of […]
Read More The Far East Movement & MNEK Gives Us “Christmas in Downtown LA”Those who tuned into the American Music Awards last night should have caught the performance of Psy (and his ubiquitous “Gangnam Style”) along with MC Hammer for an ostentatious and bombastic live mashup. Yep, that just happened… and the star-packed audience loved it too. Every other K-Pop artist that has tried to crossover, eat your heart out. […]
Read More Psy Performs with MC Hammer at the American Music AwardsKnocksteady sure has an eye for talent. They are continuing to expand their palette and invited Melissa Polinar to sing a tune for their artist showcase series. Ms. Polinar decided to perform her tune, “Skyline“, which we’ve heard a couple times before. The music, coupled with the Beach background make for an enjoyable and relaxing […]
Read More Melissa Polinar Sings “Skyline” for KnocksteadyHopie Spitshard just leaked a new joint from the upcoming Sugar Water album called “Sunshine”, and guess who is behind the boards on this one? That’s right, it’s Chops on the track! In addition, Hopie had some vocal help from Viveca Hawkins. All in all, it’s a pretty solid listen. You can enjoy it via […]
Read More Hopie Spitshard Shares Some “Sunshine” (Produced by Chops)It’s time to span the globe and go international with our round-up again. Today’s collection has songs of the K & C-Pop variety, covered and remixed by a few of our more linguistically talented artists. If I were fluent in both my parent’s tongues, I would have been able to understand all the covers in this line […]
Read More The International Covers Youtube Round-Up – 11/18/12Two of our artists (other than AJ) that were also recently given some love from New Media Rockstars are Marie Digby and Sam Tsui. As is the norm for NMR, the artists are each given a great interview covering some awesome topics, along with fun photoshoots for that extra bit of promotion. You can […]
Read More Marie Digby & Sam Tsui Interview with New Media RockstarsLet’s take a trip down memory lane by Lookin’ Back, shall we? I remember hearing this song back in 2005 and instantly becoming a fan of Daphne Loves Derby indie-Pop/Rock sensibilities. “Hammers & Hearts” was the major promotional single from their album, On the Strength of All Convinced (Amazon, iTunes). The band fronted by Kenny Choi, who […]
Read More Lookin’ Back: Daphne Loves Derby – “Hammers & Hearts” (2005)
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