Forget your street cart hot dogs and deli pastrami, the *real* New Yorker’s sandwich is the chopped cheese, a beautiful conglomeration of chopped ground beef, melted cheese and secret seasoning, all served on a hero or a roll. The birthplace of the chopped cheese is Hajji’s Deli in Harlem, where Salah has been managing the joint for the past 15 years. Inspired by an Arabic dish, the chopped cheese has now become a New York staple, with fans in everyone from Jay-Z to Cam’ron.
David Bowie’s Streams Rocket Up The Charts Thanks To Elon Musk
After Tuesday’s launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, David Bowie streams jumped 42% on Spotify globally. The launch of the rocket, featuring a dummy in a Tesla Roaster listening to David Bowie, allowed the late artist to rocket into the Spotify charts with music streaming, including
· Life On Mars? +332%
· Space Oddity +188%
· Starman +181%
Photo Gallery: Black Label Society with Corrosion Of Conformity and Red Fang at Buffalo’s Town Ballroom
All photos by Mini’s Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com
Poison, Cheap Trick And Pop Evil Join Forces For “Poison…Nothin’ But A Good Time 2018” Summer Tour
Music fans wanting a little variety with their summer tour package will get that very thing with the “Poison…Nothin’ But A Good Time 2018” tour. Iconic rock band POISON, with all original members, will be joined by CHEAP TRICK and POP EVIL on its trek across the U.S. this summer. The tour is set to launch May 18 in Irvine, CA at Five Points Amphitheatre.
Check out this video to learn more about the “Poison…Nothin’ But A Good Time 2018” tour:
Produced by Live Nation, tickets for various cities will go on sale starting Friday, February 9 and Saturday, February 10. Each band will be offering their own exclusive VIP packages and meet & greet opportunities beginning February 6 at 12pm local time. POISON will be offering direct-to-fan access to the best seats in the house via their own exclusive pre-sales at PoisonOfficial.com for access to exclusive content, ticket pre-sales and VIP packages. VIP Packages for CHEAP TRICK will be available for all dates, details for which can be found at www.CheapTrick.com. POP EVIL will also be offering VIP meet & greets at PopEvilVIP.com. For more information about the “Nothin’ But A Good Time 2018” tour, please visit Livenation.com.
They have sold over 40 million albums and DVDs worldwide and have sold over 15 million records in the United States alone. POISON, whose career has spanned over 25 years, may be one of the most successful independent bands to have such a long multi-Platinum career. Proof that their have fun, but get it done attitude does just that. They’ve released seven studio albums, four live albums, five compilation albums, and have issued 28 singles to radio. They’ve charted 12 singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard “Hot 100,” including six Top 10 singles “Nothin’ But A Good Time,” “Talk Dirty To Me,” “Unskinny Bop,” and “Something To Believe In,” as well as the #1 smash hit, “Every Rose Has Its Thorn.” Their breakthrough debut album, the multi-Platinum LOOK WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN, was released in 1986 and they hit their peak with the second album, OPEN UP AND SAY… AHH!, which became the band’s most successful album, being certified five times Platinum in the U.S. The popularity continued into the new decade with their third consecutive multi-Platinum selling album, FLESH & BLOOD. In the 1990s following the release of the band’s first live album, SWALLOW THIS LIVE, the band experienced some lineup changes, but despite that, the band’s fourth studio album, NATIVE TONGUE, still achieved Gold status and the band’s first compilation album, POISON’S GREATEST HITS: 1986–1996, went double Platinum. In the 2000s, with the original lineup back together, the band found new popularity after a successful greatest hits reunion tour in 1999.The band celebrated their 20-year anniversary with “The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock” tour and album, which was certified Gold and marked POISON’s return to the Billboard Top 20 charts for the first time since 1993. Throughout the years, Bret Michaels has released several chart topping solo albums and starred in some of the highest rated, record breaking reality TV shows on NBC, ABC and VH1. A philanthropist, the type 1 diabetic, Michaels has donated a portion of the proceeds from his latest single, “Jorja Bleu,” to St. Jude Children’s Hospital and through is Life Rocks Foundation supports many other charitable causes. After more than 30 years, the band is still recording music and performing live to audiences around the world.
CHEAP TRICK’s Robin Zander (vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick Nielsen (lead guitar) and Tom Petersson (bass guitar) are part of the very fiber of American music, inspiring and delighting generations with their unique union of massive melodies and razorblade riffs, their own special brand of mischievous wit and maximum rock ‘n’ roll. Since the ‘70s, they’ve been blending elements of pop, punk and even metal in a way that is instantly catchy and recognizable. With timeless classics such as “I Want You to Want Me” and “Surrender,” CHEAP TRICK, now with drummer Daxx Nielsen, are a musical institution. The Rockford, IL band is as vital today as ever, having released three records in the last three years — BANG ZOOM CRAZY…HELLO (2016), WE’RE ALL ALRIGHT (2017) and CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS (2017) –and toured relentlessly to packed audiences around the world. 2016 saw CHEAP TRICK’s long-awaited induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The induction honored both the band and the pioneering sound that has earned them total record sales well in excess of 20 million featured appearances and more than 40 international Gold and Platinum certifications. 2017’s WE’RE ALL ALRIGHT! was yet another undisputed triumph for the band as the album’s first single, “Long Time Coming,” enjoyed an unprecedented run of 18 weeks at #1 on the Mediabase Classic Rock chart.
POP EVIL’s Leigh Kakaty (vocals), Dave Grahs (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Nick Fuelling (lead guitar, backing vocals), Matt DiRito (bass, backing vocals), Hayley Cramer (drums)—will release their fifth self-titled album February 16 on Entertainment One. Produced by Kato Khandwala, POP EVIL captures Kakaty and his bandmates at their most inspiring. Every song on the album offers a different spin on the concept behind the band’s name and in an era when many rock bands create a few strong singles, and six or seven less memorable songs and call it an album. POP EVIL is all killer, no filler – the best 11 songs culled from 30 demos. It’s a surging, contemporary sounding release that incorporates metal, alternative, hard rock and even some electronic music. In the wake of the band’s peppy, upbeat 2015 album UP, which debuted #1 on the Independent Artist Billboard Album Chart, it went on to produce their biggest single to date, “Footsteps.” It’s a wake-up call, a musical rebirth that inspired the band to self-title the release, partially since they’d never done so. ONYX the bands best-selling album to date was POP EVIL’s breakthrough album that features three straight #1 Rock Singles, “Trenches”, “Deal with the Devil” and “Torn To Pieces.” Their first album, LIPSTICK ON THE MIRROR, came out in 2008 (leading to iTunes naming them “Top New Artists of ’08”), and while it introduced listeners to the band’s core sound with well-received singles like “Hero” and “100 in a 55,” POP EVIL has grown exponentially since then.
Check out the “Poison…Nothin’ But A Good Time 2018” tour at any of the following stops.
DATE CITY VENUE
Fri 5/18 Irvine, CA Five Points Amphitheatre
* Sat 5/19 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
* Sun 5/20 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort
Tue 5/22 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
Wed 5/23 Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Fri 5/25 Kansas City, KS Sprint Center
* Sat 5/26 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Thu 5/31 Nashville, TN Ascend Amphitheatre
* Sat 6/2 Dallas, TX Toyota Pavilion at Irving Music Factory
* Sun 6/3 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
* Tue 6/5 Atlanta, GA Verizon Amphitheatre
Thu 6/7 Indianapolis, IN Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
* Fri 6/8 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
* Sat 6/9 Chicago, IL Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
* Sun 6/10 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
* Tue 6/12 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
Wed 6/13 Syracuse, NY Lakeview Amphitheatre
Thu 6/14 Hartford, CT The Xfinity Theatre
Fri 6/15 Gilford, NH Bank of NH Pavilion
* Sun 6/17 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
Tue 6/19 Toronto, ONT. The Budweiser Stage
* Thu 6/21 Wantagh, NY Northwell Health at Jones Beach
Fri 6/22 Bethel, NY Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
* Sat 6/23 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Sun 6/24 Allentown, PA PPL Center
* POISON, CHEAP TRICK, to be announced
And The Nominees Are…The 2018 JUNO Awards Nominations have been announced
The nominees for the 47th Annual JUNO Awards were announced today by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) at a press conference at The Great Hall in Toronto. Canada’s premier talent will head west for JUNO Week 2018, hosted in Vancouver from March 19 through March 25. The week-long celebration will culminate in a live broadcast of The JUNO Awards on CBC on Sunday, March 25 from Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC.
Arcade Fire leads off with four nominations: Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Group of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year.
Jessie Reyez also received an incredible four nominations: JUNO Fan Choice, Breakthrough Artist of the Year, R&B/Soul Recording of the Year and Video of the Year.
Artists with three nominations included Arkells for JUNO Fan Choice, Single of the Year, and Video of the Year; the late Gord Downie for Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Adult Alternative Album of the Year; Hedley for JUNO Fan Choice, Group of the Year, and Pop Album of the Year; and Ruth B for Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Pop Album of the Year.
The host province, of British Columbia, was well-represented across all categories this year including: Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year (Anciients and Archspire); Video of The Year (Emma Higgins and Grimes); Dance Recording of the Year and Jack Richardson Producer of the Year (Felix Cartal); Instrumental Album of The Year (Five Alarm Funk and Peregrine Falls); Jack Richardson Producer of the Year (Brian Howes & Jason Van Poederooyen); Comedy Album of the Year (Charlie Demers and Ivan Decker); Classical Composition of the Year (Jocelyn Morlock); Electronic Album of the Year (Kid Koala); JUNO Fan Choice (Hedley, Shawn Hook, and Theory); Blues Album of the Year (Williams, Wayne and Isaak) Children’s Album of the Year (Bobs & LoLo); Vocal Jazz Album of the Year (Bria Skonberg, Diana Krall and Michael Kaeshammer); Jazz Album of the Year: Group (Christine & Ingrid Jensen); Adult Contemporary Album of the Year (Michael Bublé).
2018 Juno Award Nominees:
Juno Fan Choice Award:
Jessie Reyez
Shawn Hook
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Theory of a Dead Man
Walk Off the Earth
Justin Bieber
Hedley
Arkells
Alessia Cara
Single of the Year:
Shawn Mendes – “There’s Nothing Holding Me Back”
The Weeknd – “I Feel It Coming” (ft. Daft Punk)
Alessia Cara – “How Far I’ll Go”
Arkells – “Knocking at the Door”
Arcade Fire – “Everything Now”
International Album of the Year:
Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
Post Malone – Stoney
Taylor Swift – Reputation
Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
Ed Sheeran – ÷
Album of the Year:
Johnny Reid – Revival
Michael Bublé – Nobody But Me
Ruth B – Safe Haven
Shania Twain – NOW
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
Artist of the Year:
Ruth B
Shania Twain
Gord Downie
Daniel Caesar
Lights
Group of the Year:
A Tribe Called Red
Arcade Fire
Alvvays
Broken Social Scene
Hedley
Breakthrough Artist of the Year:
Jessie Reyez
NAV
Virginia to Vegas
Allan Rayman
Charlotte Cardin
Breakthrough Group of the Year:
James Barker Band
The Beaches
The Dead South
The Franklin Electric
The Jerry Cans
Songwriter of the Year:
Rose Cousins
Scott Helman
Amelia Curran
Gord Downie & Kevin Drew
Charlotte Cardin
Country Album of the Year:
James Barker Band – Game On
Jess Moskaluke – Past the Past
Tim Hicks – Shake These Walls
Dean Brody – Beautiful Freakshow
High Valley – Dear Life
Adult Alternative Album of the Year:
Leif Vollebekk – Twin Solitude
Terra Lightfoot – New Mistakes
Timber Timbre – Sincerely, Future Pollution
Whitehorse – Panther in the Dollhouse
Gord Downie – Introduce Yerself
Alternative Album of the Year:
Land of Talk – Life After Youth
Tanya Tagaq – Retribution
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
Weaves – Wide Open
Alvvays – Antisocialites
Pop Album of the Year:
Lights – Skin & Earth
Ria Mae – My Love
Ruth B – Safe Haven
Scott Helman – Hôtel de Ville
Hedley – Cageless
Rock Album of the Year:
Nickelback – Feed the Machine
The Glorious Sons – Young Beauties and Fools
Theory of a Dead Man – Wake Up Call
Big Wreck – Grace Street
Death From Above – Outrage! Is Now
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year:
Kellylee Evans – Come On
Matt Dusk – Old School Yule!
Michael Kaeshammer – No Filter
Bria Skonberg – With a Twist
Diana Krall – Turn Up the Quiet
Jazz Album of the Year (Solo):
Hilario Durán – Contumbao
Mike Downes – Root Structure
Ralph Bowen – Ralph Bowen
Brad Cheeseman – The Tide Turns
Chet Doxas – Rich in Symbols
Jazz Album of the Year (Group):
Andrew Downing’s Otterville – Otterville
Carn Davidson 9 – Murphy
David Braid, Mike Murley, Anders Morgensen & Johnny Aman – The North
Christine Jensen & Ingrid Jensen – Infinitude
Ernesto Cervini’s Turbopop – Rev
Instrumental Album of the Year:
Kristofer Maddigan – Cuphead
Oktopus – Hapax
Peregrine Falls – Peregrine Falls
Do Make Say Think Stubborn – Persisten Illusions
Five Alarm Funk – Sweat
Francophone Album of the Year:
Klȏ Pelgag – L’étoile thoracique
Pierre Lapointe – La science du coeur
Patrice Michaud – Almanach
Alex Nevsky – Nos Eldorados
Daniel Bélanger – Paloma
Children’s Album of the Year:
The Moblees – The Moblees (Songs from the Hit TV Show)
Splash’N Boots – Love, Kisses and Hugs
Big Block Singsong – Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
Bobs & LoLo – Blue Skies
Fred Penner – Hear the Music
Classical Album of the Year (Solo or Chamber Ensemble):
David Jalbert – Stravinsky & Prokofiev: Transcriptions pour piano
James Ehnes with Andrew Armstrong – Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6 & 9 ‘Kreutzer’
Janina Fialkowska – Chopin Recital 3
Louis Lortie – Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 5
ARC Ensemble – Chamber Works by Szymon Laks
Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble):
James Ehnes with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Beethoven & Schubert: Violin Concerto
Jan Lisiecki with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester – Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra
Johannes Moser with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Elgar & Tchaikovsky
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra & Nunavut Sivuniksavut Performers – The Shaman & Arctic Symphony
Arion Orchestre Baroque – Rebelles Baroques
Classical Album of the Year (Vocal or Choral):
Isabel Bayrakdarian with Coro Vox Aeterna – Mother of Light: Armenian hymns & chants in praise of Mary
Philippe Sly & John Charles Britton – Schubert Sessions: Lieder with Guitar
Barbara Hannigan with Ludwig Orchestra – Crazy Girl Crazy
Daniel Taylor with The Trinity Choir – The Tree of Life
Gerald Finley with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra – In the Stream of Life: Songs by Sibelius
Classical Composition of the Year:
Andrew Staniland – Phi, Caelestis
James Rolfe – Breathe
Jocelyn Morlock – My Name is Amanda Todd
Vincent Ho – The Shaman
Alice Ping Yee Ho – Cœur à Cœur
Rap Recording of the Year:
Maestro Fresh Wes – “Coach Fresh”
Lou Phelps – “001: Experiments”
Tory Lanez – “Shooters”
Belly – “Mumble Rap”
Clairmont The Second – “Lil Mont from the Ave”
Dance Recording of the Year:
KAPRI – “Deeper”
Nick Fiorucci – “Closer” ft. Laurell
Sultan + Shepard – “Almost Home” ft. Nadia Ali & Iro
Felix Cartal – “Get What You Give”
DVBBS – “Not Going Home” ft. Gia Koka & CMC$
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year:
Jahkoy – Foreign Water
Jessie Reyez – Kiddo
Jhyve – Human
Keshia Chanté – Unbound 01
Daniel Caesar – Freudian
Reggae Recording of the Year:
Kirk Diamond – “Greater”
Kreesha Turner & K’Coneil – “Love How You Whine”
Ammoye – “The Light”
Blessed – “Hold Up Slow Down”
Eyesus – “Neva Judge”
Indigenous Music Album of the Year:
Indian City – Here & Now
Iskwé – The Fight Within
Kelly Fraser – Sedna
Buffy Sainte-Marie – Medicine Songs
DJ Shub – PowWowStep
Contemporary Roots Album of the Year:
The Jerry Cans – Inuusiq
The Weather Station – The Weather Station
Amelia Curran – Watershed
Bruce Cockburn – Bone on Bone
Buffy Sainte-Marie – Medicine Songs
Traditional Roots Album of the Year:
Jayme Stone – Jayme Stone’s Folklife
The East Pointers – What We Leave Behind
The Dead South – Illusion & Doubt
Cassie and Maggie – The Willow Connection
Còig – Rove
Blues Album of the Year:
MonkeyJunk – Time to Roll
Steve Strongman – No Time Like Now
Williams, Wayne & Isaak – Big City, Back Country Blues
Big Dave McLean – Better the Devil You Know
Downchild – Something I’ve Done
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year:
Jon Neufeld – We Are Free
Love & the Outcome – These Are the Days
Manafest – Stones
Matt Maher – Echoes
The Color – First Day of My Life
World Music Album of the Year:
Beny Esguerra and New Tradition – A New Tradition Vol. 2: Return of the KUISi
Kobo Town – Where the Galleon Sank
Autorickshaw – Meter
Battle of Santiago – La Migra
Briga – Femme
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year:
Jordan Evans & Matthew Burnett (“Get You ft. Kali Uchis”, “We Find Love” – Freudian by Daniel Caesar)
Thomas “Tawgs” Salter (“PDA” – Hôtel de Ville by Scott Helman, “Electric Love” [co-producer Mike Wise] – Utopia by Serena Ryder)
Brian Howes & Jason Van Poederooyen (“Better Days” [co-producer Jacob Hoggard] – Cageless by Hedley, “The Drugs” [co-producer Ryan Guldemond] – No Culture by Mother Mother)
Felix Cartal (“Get What You Give” – Get What You Give by Felix Cartal, “Drifting Away” – Drifting Away by Felix Cartal)
Diana Krall (“L-O-V-E”, “Night and Day” [co-producer Tommy Lipuma] – Turn Up the Quiet by Diana Krall)
Recording Engineer of the Year:
Riley Bell
Shawn Everett
Ben Kaplan
Eric Ratz
Gus van Go
Album Artwork of the Year:
The Lost Fingers – Coconut Christmas
Esmerine – Mechanics of Dominion
Daniel Caesar – Freudian
Do Make Say Think – Stubborn Persistent Illusions
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
Video of the Year:
Leonard Cohen – “Leaving the Table” (Christopher Mills)
Mother Mother – “The Drugs” (Emma Higgins)
Grimes – “Venus Fly” (Grimes)
Jessie Reyez – “Gatekeeper” (Peter Huang)
Arkells – “Knocking at the Door” (Shane Cunningham & Mark Myers)
Electronic Album of the Year:
Kid Koala – Music to Draw To: Satellite
Rezz – Mass Manipulation
Blue Hawaii – Tenderness
CRi – Someone Else
Dabin – Two Hearts
Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year:
Longhouse – II: Vanishing
METZ – Strange Peace
Striker – Striker
Anciients – Voice of the Void
Archspire – Relentless Mutation
Adult Contemporary Album of the Year:
Johnny Reid – Revival
Michael Bublé – Nobody But Me
Nuela Charles – The Grand Hustle
The Tenors – Christmas Together
Alysha Brilla – Rooted
Comedy Album of the Year:
Ivan Decker – I Wanted to Be a Dinosaur
K. Trevor Wilson – Sorry! (A Canadian Album)
Rebecca Kohler – In Living Kohler
Charlie Demers – Fatherhood
DJ Demers – [Indistinct Chatter]
Daniel Caesar, Hedley and Jessie Reyez confirmed to perform at The 2018 JUNO Awards Broadcast, March 25
At a press conference announcing the 2018 JUNO Award nominations, The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and CBC announced today that critically-acclaimed R&B and soul performer Daniel Caesar, JUNO Award-winning pop-rock sensation Hedley, and singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez, who is nominated for an impressive four JUNO Awards, are all set to perform on The 2018 JUNO Awards Broadcast. Canada’s music award show will air live from the Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Sunday, March 25 on CBC, CBC Radio and cbcmusic.ca/junos.
Two-time JUNO Award-winners, Hedley, are nominated for an incredible three awards this year including JUNO Fan Choice, Group of the Year and Pop Album of the Year, while 2017 JUNO Award nominee Daniel Caesar secured two nominations for Artist of the Yea* and R&B/Soul Recording of the Year.
Tickets for The 2018 JUNO Awards are on-sale now. Tickets are available starting at $59 (plus fees) through the Rogers Arena Box Office, by phone at 1-855-985-5000 and online at ticketmaster.ca. The JUNO Awards has once again partnered with Plus 1 so that $1 from every ticket is donated to MusiCounts, helping to ensure that children and youth across Canada have access to musical instruments. Plus 1 is a non-profit that partners with touring artists to facilitate a $1 add-on from every concert ticket to go to a cause the artist partner believes in.
The 47th annual JUNO Awards and JUNO Week 2018 will be hosted in Vancouver from March 19 through March 25, 2018, culminating in The JUNO Awards, on Sunday, March 25, at Rogers Arena, broadcast live nationwide 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET on CBC, CBC Radio and globally on cbcmusic.ca/junos
Additional details regarding JUNO Week and The JUNO Awards Broadcast will be announced in the coming weeks.
Short Cuts: The Best Songs Heard On February 5, 2018 From The Indie World
Natalie Migdal
I’ve Run Out of Words
When you need to get out of a relationship that’s done, you can do a few things – head for the bar, head for the club, head for friends to cry on, or, if you’re an artist, you write a song about it. Not sure if Natalie did the first couple of choices, but I’m thankful she chose to record her feelings. You don’t have to have gone through a breakup to dig this song, but it’ll help.
Crooked Cat Adams
Lone Bulb
Crooked Cat Adams is not just the greatest name of what could have been the best criminal ever, but the moniker of singer/songwriter Patrick Barry. His tempered vocals are right up front, which is a pretty cool choice to my ears, which leaves no mistake and not be hidden by the music underneath. A great piece of music-making into a trippy, today sound of rock.
ARLO
Homecoming
As heard on BBC Radio 1 works overtime with his song. It’s easy to see why Elton John tipped him as one to watch. The fast-paced modern pop and R&B cuts through the rest of the pretenders. Rivals anything else I’ve heard this year for greatness.
Telamor
You’re My Fire
Propelled by his distinctive vocals, with its 1980s raw throwback sound Telamor bridges the gap between the classic rock of yesterday and the indie pop of today. He can control his own musical destiny passing through The Smiths and Squeeze, making it on the other side with his own sound.
G E N I U S
Blessed Trooper (ft. Harris)
A dark and spooky track with a hundred-words-a-minute rap hitting you so fast you have to listen twice. Or three times. But you won’t mind. It’s that good.
Whooda Thunk
Walk With Me
By finding inspiration in everything from metal-band Korn, electronic artist Aphex Twin, he’s got his finger on the popular music, while expanding his horizons to meshing genres together.
PETE CHO
BURN SLOW
No stranger to the music industry, Pete spent years as a DJ touring the U.S., enthralling crowds on stages from Lollapalooza to North Coast Music Festival before leaving it all in 2012 to care for his ailing father. After a short stint running a successful restaurant, he’s back in music. Don’t underestimate him – he’s got the qualities of determination, passion and serves notice he’s back and ready to go for good.
Brandon White
Bitter & Bright
His style is reminiscent of great storytellers like Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Cash, and already has a couple of dozen songs licensed for retail establishments and restaurants. This is where the real industry is, and if he keeps up this quality of contemporary songwriting, he’s going to be massive – in the studio writing for others, or on stage. Pick ’em.
Leena Ojala
My World
Indie electronica artist Leena Ojala combines dark lyrics with 80s-infused vibes and big melodies to create a sound that’s at once haunting, ethereal and captivating. It’s the sound of tomorrow, today.
Andrew Fletcher
Parties
He says the song is presenting the feeling of “being at a party and feeling detached from the majority of the people there, besides the one person that you’re secretly crazy about.” Oh, man, that’s me. That’s likely you. Meet me in not in the kitchen, but upstairs, playing with the cat. The very definition of lonely, sorrow, and hope put into music.
OHHIOH
On Our Own
The kind of rock that should have been huge with Peter Bjorn and John leading the way back in 2006. I’m going to put my money on this band for the next big run coming out of Denmark.
Steve Gadd “Flutter Lick” Drum Lesson by Jordan West
Jordan West teaches how to play Steve Gadd’s famous “flutter lick,” a tricky technique that you’ll be able to add to your drumming arsenal after taking some tips. Stay tuned, because Jordan will be continuing this series of drum groove lessons in the near future.
A Bad Lip Reading of the 2017-18 NFL Season
More stuff their lips COULD have said, just in time for the aftermath of the Eagles’ Super Bowl win.
Carrie Brownstein Of Sleater-Kinney On Riot Grrrl’s Contemporary Relevance
It was a movement that really aimed to center women’s experiences in a very unapologetic way and to bring up the subject of discrimination and exploitation where women had often been the object, especially in the context of rock music. This sort of put women as the unabashed narrator, the unabashed protagonist of their own story, and actually had a very outsized influence considering how peripheral it was in terms of mainstream music. And there were riot grrrl meetings, women-only meetings — people talking about experiences of sexism, sexual harassment, a lot of analogies to what is going on today. Of course, riot grrrl was a successor of earlier modes of organizing, and definitely instilled in me a boldness that I think I has served me well in my life.
Via NPR, Carrie Brownstein Is The ‘Unabashed Protagonist’ Of Her Own Story