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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.

Finding Hidden Gems with Captain of the Lost Waves

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 30, 2017 10:20 am Tagged With: Experimental, Folk, Rock, United Kingdom

Captain of the Lost Waves-Hidden Gems

Captain of the Lost Waves delivers a truly refreshing and engaging sonic experience with their newest album Hidden Gems: Chapter 1. If Nu Vaudeville ever becomes the next big trend, Captain of the Lost Waves are at the forefront with their infectious, gothic-esque, epic and quite elaborate display of creative talent. Think spirit of the […]

IRTH Capture Raw Emotion and Experiences In Song, China Shop Now Available

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 28, 2017 11:44 am Tagged With: Canada, dream pop, Electronic, trip hop

Daemon and Airdrie

Canadian creatives IRTH have a long history touring and playing music in the folk trio Dirty Grace, but now they are making their debut as the minimal yet powerful and engaging duo IRTH. There are many unique things one could point out about this masterfully creative duo but the one thing that stands out the […]

Gumshen Release New Single and Video, Fallacy

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 28, 2017 11:14 am Tagged With: electro-pop, nu disco, Progressive, Rock, Seattle, synth pop

Gumshen

Seattle progressive future funk/nu disco/synth pop rockers Gumshen have released their new single, with accompanying visuals, Fallacy. Gumshen deliver a unique, refreshing and quite exciting blend of funky, electro, synth pop despite the darker context of this particular song. Fallacy tackles the idea, and resulting emotions, of death arriving before we have become what we […]

Interview with Patrick Ames – Four Faces

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 28, 2017 10:32 am Tagged With: Rock, singer, songwriter

Patrick-Ames-Four-Faces

The newest EP, Four Faces, from singer/songwriter Patrick Ames features a MIDI guitar synthesizer playing the piano and soprano saxophone via a Gibson Hummingbird. Four Faces consists of four songs inspired by the artwork by his older brother, Opa, which also serves as the record’s cover art. The songs, like the art, are as different […]

The Whiskey Riders Interview – 1865

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 24, 2017 11:00 am Tagged With: Americana, Country, Folk, Kentucky, Rock, United States

Raised on the soul of Southern Rock, Country, Bluegrass and Americana, The Whiskey Riders music hits the heart of life in Kentuckiana and America. Highlighting the disenfranchised, exploring adversity, and passion for a life lived to its fullest, they pride themselves on a DIY attitude to produce their music, all while bringing a fiercely passionate […]

Psychocide Interview – Alcohol & Bad Nights

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 24, 2017 10:37 am Tagged With: New York City, Punk, Rock, United States

Psychocide stemmed from Goldwyn Thandrayen’s (vocal, guitar) solo project, The Goldwyn Experiment, which was based purely on collaboration with different artists. When moving to NYC from Scotland in 2011, he wanted to put together a band that would not only play some of the songs off his solo record but write new ones that together […]

Astra the 22s Interview

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 24, 2017 10:27 am Tagged With: Alternative, indie rock, New York City, Pop, United States

Astra the 22s

Latvia-born, Brooklyn-based indie glam rock duo, Astra the 22’s are getting ready to release their forthcoming EP, Paris Love,  due out this summer. Mixed by Kato Khandwala (Blondie, The Pretty Reckless, Paramore, My Chemical Romance) and Mastered by Howie Weinberg (The White Stripes, The Cure, Aerosmith), Paris Love explores sex, narcissism, love, art and  war […]

Interview with Josh Gray – Mortality Blues

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 24, 2017 9:57 am Tagged With: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Folk, Nashville, singer, songwriter, United States

If Nashville-based singer-songwriter Josh Gray were packing a suitcase for a lifelong journey through genres, he’d need only a pen, paper, and his favorite Martin D28 guitar. As if he were a time traveler, Josh jumps back and forth through the decades drawing inspiration from a vast array of musical influences. Josh has studied musical […]

Interview with Frankie Storm – The Cure

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 24, 2017 9:41 am Tagged With: Pop, singer, songwriter

If you passed her on the street, you would think you had just brushed by a young, tranquil girl with a cute smile. You’d probably never guess that you’d just narrowly avoided a category-five cyclone. Yet this creative whirlwind with an unassuming demeanor and smile has already generated an astounding number of hit songs for […]

A Selection of Musical Tales by Niq Reefman, You’re Going To Love This!

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 23, 2017 4:24 pm Tagged With: Australia, comedy, Funk, Jazz, Reggae, singer, songwriter

Niq Reefman

I never know what to expect when listening to a song or album for the first time. Sure, I can read bios, look at links, see accolades and gig schedules… but you just never really know until you click play. Niq Reefman’s A Selection of Musical Tales is one I could have never seen coming […]

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