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COO of UL Sounds.com, a boutique publishing admin firm based in Sacramento, COO of Pac Ave Records (Stockton, CA), writer for Indie Music Discovery.com. Father of 3, all around jedi.

Fox In Oil Release Powerful, Enticing New Single Rise And Fall

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman November 2, 2017 10:54 am Tagged With: Pop, Russia

Fox In Oil-Rise and Fall

​ Russia based four piece Fox In Oil are quite the unique mix of talents. Consisting of seasoned music professionals, the band decided to take a chance on newbie but wunderkind 15 year old vocalist and songwriter Daria Manakova. If you’re wondering how this match has worked out, listen to the band’s atmospheric, infectious and […]

Interview with Presley Tennant – BFF

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman November 2, 2017 10:09 am Tagged With: indie pop, Pop, singer, songwriter

Presley Tennant-BFF

In 2016 Presley had an amazing year as she performed LIVE at a variety of Venues including VidCon 2016 on the Musical.ly Stage and the Kia Stage. She also performed at the Staples Center halftime show in front of 15,000 kids on two separate occasions this past year. Other live shows in 2016 included LA […]

Interview with Luke Jon Shearer

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman November 1, 2017 8:14 pm Tagged With: multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter

Luke Jon Shearer

In this interview spotlight, we chat with Luke Jon Shearer about influences, the latest project, challenges and more. Full Q&A along with links and streams below. Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, not necessarily in marketing terms or by popular genre classifications.) I am from […]

Interview with Dream Nails – Tourist

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman November 1, 2017 7:53 pm Tagged With: indie rock, punk rock, United Kingdom

Dream Nails

London’s self-proclaimed ‘Feminist Punk Witches’ Dream Nails are ready follow the fury of last year’s Deep Heat with brand new single Tourist, out now. Tourist is a powerful song about emotionally predatory men who are drawn to women when they’re vulnerable. Front woman Janey Starling explains “it’s about men who present themselves as a hero […]

Elephant Fire Delivers Raw Energy, Passion and Psychedelic Rock on Natural Heart

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman November 1, 2017 7:39 pm Tagged With: Psychedelic Rock, Rock, rock n roll

Elephant Fire-Natural Heart

Elephant Fire packs a powerfully organic psych-rock experience on his new album. Describing the creative process behind this record, frontman Adam Wall says, I embarked on a six month pilgrimage into the hearts of North America’s national parks for this album. Guitar slung on my shoulder, the way of the coined “Natural Heart Tour” provided […]

The Accidentals Deliver Delightfully Danceable Folk Pop with Odyssey

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman November 1, 2017 7:19 pm Tagged With: Folk, folk pop, folk rock

Accidentals-Odyssey

Bonding during a high school orchestra event back in Michigan, The Accidentals have delivered 1,000+ passionate performances sharing stages with names such as Martin Sexton, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Bird, The Wailers, Joan Baez and more. Impressed yet? Multi-instrumentalists Sav Buist and Katie Larson along with drummer Michael Dause, aka The Accidentals, were named one of […]

Screamin’ John and TD Lind Reunite For Jammin’ Blues Rock Single, Big Bad Coraline

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman November 1, 2017 6:54 pm Tagged With: Blues, blues rock, singer, songwriter

Screamin John and TD Lind-Big Bad Coraline

TD Lind first came to the U.S. from England in 1991 landing in Louisville where he fronted the band Edenstreet. Screamin’ John Hawkins was one of the guitar players in that band which disbanded after A&M was sold to Universal. Lind returned to the UK and pursued a solo career. Screamin’ John remained in the […]

Nina Söderquist and Björn Skifs Deliver Emotionally Potent Single, Goodbye

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman November 1, 2017 1:34 pm Tagged With: Pop, pop rock, Rock, singer, songwriter

Nina Soderquist

Singer/songwriter Nina Söderquist teamed up with Björn Skifs for their powerful and emotion driven new single Goodbye. An epic, arena-sized wall of sound overcomes our senses as this potent and impactful song continuously builds over the course of 3 minutes and 57 seconds. The soulful vocals delivered by Nina and Björn further add to its […]

Albanian Pop Artist Valentino Mitaj Releases Video for Acclaimed Single Beautiful People

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman November 1, 2017 1:15 pm Tagged With: dance, edm, Europe, Pop, singer, songwriter

Valentino Mitaj-Beautiful People

Albanian singer/songwriter Valentino Mitaj has experienced quite a bit of success as a pop artist in his region of the world. He recently released his first English language album titled Beautiful People along with the title track and music video, now playing on YouTube. Valentino focuses on the positive aspects of life using his music […]

YYY Joins Forces with deM atlaS for Wouldn’t It Be Nice from A Tribute To The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman November 1, 2017 1:14 pm Tagged With: Alternative, Experimental, indie pop, synth

YYY_Pet_Sounds_Cover_photo_by_Elena_Stanton

Minneapolis based YYY teamed up with deM atlaS for this infectious, refreshing and more sonically intense tribute of The Beach Boys’ Wouldn’t It Be Nice. Taking the poppy surf rock original and giving it a full on experimental synth pop makeover results in a potent and powerfully catchy jam that would make The Beach Boys […]

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