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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.

Figures Set To Release New EP, Unravel, In November

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman September 29, 2015 10:19 am Tagged With: Alternative, indie, Rock, United Kingdom

Figures

Essex (UK) band Figures is set to release their new project Unravel on November 15th but this group of high quality musicians was cool enough to send us an advance copy. Delivering a jammin’ 4 songs in the spirit of ’90s hard and alternative rock, Figures’ progressive sound is akin to a more light-hearted version […]

Linear Downfall Announce Sufferland Release

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman September 28, 2015 12:45 pm Tagged With: Experimental, indie, Nashville, Psychedelic, Rock, United States

Linear Downfall

We’ve covered Linear Downfall before and some of you might have seen them during our annual coverage of MusicTree Festival in Manchester, Tennessee (aka this interview). The Nashville based experimental band has announced the November 6th release of their new project Sufferland. Sufferland is a full-length album that is accompanied by a film. It is […]

Kathy Muir’s Born By The Water

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman September 28, 2015 9:50 am Tagged With: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Folk, singer, songwriter

Kathy Muir logo

Kathy Muir has released the official video for her single “Born By The Water” from her Second Life EP. January, snow, writer’s retreat, cabin, Woodstock, water, loons” pretty much sums up the setting that made Born By the Water so easy to write. The music video was filmed by the Ashokan Reservoir and Cooper Lake, […]

Steve N Seagulls Just Became A New Favorite Band and The Tale Of How I Found Them

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman September 25, 2015 9:17 am Tagged With: Bluegrass, Country, Metal, Nashville, United States

Steve n Seagulls at Cannery Ballroom-008

I might be in Sacramento, CA but guess who was kicking major music ass last night at High Watt in Nashville…or so I heard? Steve ‘n’ Seagulls is a Finnish bluegrass band who specializes in hard rock and metal covers. Oh yes, indeed! Now this isn’t my typical new indie music discovery story. Usually something awesomesauce […]

Kathy Muir Releases New Single and Video, Filmed Around Woodstock

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman September 24, 2015 1:30 pm Tagged With: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Rock, singer, songwriter

Kathy Muir logo

Kathy Muir has been, and will remain, a staple on our site. She has a new single coming October 1st and the video will be here on Monday (September 28th) for our viewing pleasure. Filmed near and around Woodstock, Kathy released a trailer for the “Born By The Water” video earlier today. An aurally intense, […]

Ted West Releasing New Project, Stream Bittersweet Descent

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman September 24, 2015 10:23 am Tagged With: ambient, Electronic, indie, Pop, Rock

Ted West (photo by Cindy Clark)

Ted West blesses our ears with his ambient, groovin’, chilled out single “Bittersweet Descent” off his upcoming project True West due out October 27, 2015. Stream this tune below, then continue reading. Starting his career as a stage actor with roles ranging from Pharaoh to Elivs, Ted found himself tagging along with his then-girlfriend who […]

Watch: Under The Lilacs by The Persian Leaps

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman September 23, 2015 1:31 pm

High and Vibrate by The Persian Leaps

You might remember The Persian Leaps from our podcast. Below, check out their new visual for “Under The Lilacs” from their September 25, 2015 release High & Vibrate EP on Land Ski Records. Video directed by Jay Ness. “The Persian Leaps” began as a phrase singer/guitarist Drew Forsberg doodled in a notebook margin during a college […]

Kings of the Brushwood Thicket Release New EP

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman September 23, 2015 1:11 pm Tagged With: Americana, Folk, Rock, singer, songwriter

Kings of the Brushwood Thicket

Kings of the Brushwood Thicket sounds like an ensemble of what might be some rowdy pipers from the land of yonder but this simplistic, soulful, enchanting collage of frequencies emanates from the creative spirit of one Bruce Erik Brauer. You’ve probably heard Bruce’s music before; even if you don’t realize it yet. [Tweet “Stripping it […]

NTCMA Hall of Fame Inductee Billy W Chernoff Releases New Single

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman September 23, 2015 10:44 am Tagged With: Country, gospel

Billy Chernoff NTCMA Induction

Recently inducted into the National Traditional Country Music Association Hall of Fame and receiving Album of the Year from the Rural Roots Commisssion, Billy Chernoff delivers a new single, “Can’t Sing Gospel Music In A Bar”. You can hear Billy talk about this song on his new DVD, but you can stream it below. Circle […]

Listen: Promo 2 – D-RIOT Invasion

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman September 18, 2015 11:53 am Tagged With: Detroit, Hip Hop, rap

D-Riot Promo 2

The chilled out, quality productions of Mr. J are a refreshing stimulant to my Hip Hop ears. His Promo 2: D-RIOT Invasion is now available. D-RIOT Promo 2:D-RIOT Invasion by Mr.J About Mr. J Mr. J (Born David Lee Johnson) To Christian Parents in Detroit, MI. Always had a passion for Hip-Hop since first hearing Craig Mack’s […]

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