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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.

War Poets Spread Messages Through Stories

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman April 14, 2014 11:30 am Tagged With: adult contemporary, Americana, Pop, Rock

Dulce et Decorum Est by War Poets

Minneapolis based pop-rock outfit, War Poets, have infiltrated the music scene with their uncompromising approach to standing for social justice through catchy, thought provoking music that carries necessary messages. “The songs we write have messages, but we like to pass these on in stories so they’re more relatable,” says Rex Haberman, the band’s primary creative […]

Dance To Reason – The Art Music of diNMachine

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman April 11, 2014 8:40 am Tagged With: Experimental

diNMachine

This week has been packed full of great new music for my listening pleasure and diNMachine’s newest album Dance To Reason keeps this trend going strong…like a mug of dark roast on a beautiful Friday, no cream – no sugar. Michael J. Schumacher is an award winning, critically acclaimed, Julliard graduated composer and sound artist. […]

The Space Between The Telephone Lines

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman April 10, 2014 2:39 pm Tagged With: Folk, indie, Pop, Rock, singer, songwriter

The Space Between The Telephone Lines by Juliane Jones

The Space Between The Telephone Lines is one of most interesting albums from a singer/songwriter I have listened to in quite some time. And it was recorded in Nashville. The English/Chinese vocal ensembles of ethnomusicologist Juliane Jones elegantly intertwine languages and cultures over a soundbed of acoustic driven indie folk-pop. “Ethnomusicology and songwriting are similar […]

Carrington MacDuffie Soars With Only An Angel

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman April 10, 2014 8:25 am Tagged With: Americana, Folk, Rock

Carrington MacDuffie

New York native Carrington MacDuffie felt her musical spirit come to life in the Americana scene of Austin, Texas. The result is her new EP, Only An Angel. A poet and songwriter, Carrington first began writing at age 13. She went to John Hopkins to study English/Poetry but she soon took off to Europe to […]

Carry Illinois – Music For The People, By The People

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman April 9, 2014 12:38 pm Tagged With: Americana, Folk, indie, Rock

Carry Illinois

Carrying on the folk tradition of “music for the people, by the people”, Lizzy Lehman has arrived with her band Carry Illinois to further push this spirit in meaningful ways. She began her journey through music at an early age, but three events (during her college career) transformed Lizzy’s life and directed her onto this […]

Capture the Moonlight by D.O. ft Joell Ortiz and Saukrates

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman April 9, 2014 8:29 am Tagged With: Hip Hop, indie

Capture the Moonlight by DO

preview & grab the clean/dirty 320kb mp3s (do not make this link public) WeAreNorthStarr.com | Twitter [@iamdo] | Facebook Twitter [@joellortiz] | Twitter [@bigsoxx] | Twitter [@classified]   Toronto rapper and Northstarr label head D.O. (short for ‘Defy the Odds’) presents “Capture The Moonlight”, his new single featuring Joell Ortiz and Saukrates. “Moonlight” will be featured on […]

Jesus Piece by Harn SOLO

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman April 8, 2014 1:26 pm Tagged With: Hip Hop, indie

Jesus Piece by Harn SOLO

video at YouTube / download (radio edit) stream/share/download Jesus Piece single on Soundcloud | iTunes | Spotify HarnSOLO.com | Facebook | on Twitter | Press Kit Harn SOLO performing the song “Jesus Piece” in the mountains of Sedona and Grand Canyon, Arizona. The Scott Harneydirected film is the latest single from Harn SOLO’s album, “Perfect Picture“. The Crescent Kingz produced song provides an emotional soundtrack to Harn SOLO’s journey from New Orleans back home to […]

Beverly Girl Set To Release Feather and Dust

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman April 8, 2014 12:29 pm Tagged With: Electronic, Funk, Pop, Rock

Beverly Girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE-gJPpO7zw Beverly Girl hit the Finnish music scene approximately 2 years ago. With a DIY approach, they recorded a 3-song demo which resulted in notable radio play around Finland. At the same time, the band began receiving coverage from English and French music blogs which then spread into the rest of Europe, the US, Australia, […]

Plastic Yellow Band Breathe Air

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman April 7, 2014 12:40 pm Tagged With: classic rock, Progressive

Breathe Air by Plastic Yellow Band

What happens when a songwriter and musician from South Carolina blends the simplistic nuances of folk ballads, the progressive influence of bands like Pink Floyd, and the emotional/intellectual depth of John Lennon? Your ears receive something along the lines of the “new classic rock”. Gerry Jennings has a long history as a singer-songwriter with performances […]

Wisdom and Failure

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman April 7, 2014 12:01 pm Tagged With: Electro, synth pop

Wisdom & Failure CD cover

We recently reviewed the Confessions EP by no:carrier. Well, we finally received a copy of the full album, Wisdom & Failure. For those that need a reminder of what we’re dealing with; here’s what Chris Wirsig (main songwriter and producer) says about the project: We have our very own sound that includes elements from several […]

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