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Signing Stories: Westside Cowboy
Date Signed: August 2025Label: Island Records/Adventure RecordingsBand Members: Reuben Haycocks, guitar, vocals; James Bradbury, guitar, vocals; Aoife Anson-O’Connell, bass, cello, vocals; Paddy Murphy, drumsType of Music: AmericanaManagement: Alex EdwardsBooking: Carly ... -
Album Review of "Creature of Habit" By Courtney Barnett (8/10)
Mom+Pop MusicProducers: John Congleton, Stella Mozgawa, Marta Salogni There’s a natural irresistibleness to Courtney Barnett. Her awkward-cool persona lands at the exact midpoint between larger-than-life rock star and self-doubting musical ... -
Industry Profile: Vocana Ushers in a New Generation of Streaming and Fan Interaction for Independent ...
For better or worse, the music industry leans heavily in favor of supporting major artists. If big time musical acts want their songs available for streaming, the usual suspects have ... -
Signing Stories: Blackstreet
Date Signed: November 2025Label: XOXO Entertainment Corp.Band Members: Chauncey “Black” Hannibal, Levi Little, Mark Middleton, Eric WilliamsType of Music: R&BManagement: XOXO Entertainment Corp, info@xoxoent.comBooking: Paquin EntertainmentLegal: Sander ShalinskyPublicity: Allie Gruensfelder ... -
Exec Profile: Ian Brenchley
Founder & CEOVertigo Live Years with Company: 3Address: 24-28 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2SNWeb: vertigo.liveEmail: info@vertigo.liveClients: OneRepublic, Christina Aguilera, Foreigner, Spinal Tap, KALEO, Billy Idol, Duran Duran BACKGROUND Vertigo Live ... -
Signing Stories: Elanor Moss
Date Signed: October 2025Label: Merge RecordsType of Music: FolkManagement: Alex Zinovieff - Always ManagementBooking: Angie Rance - Earth AgencyLegal: Paul Spraggon - SSBPublicity: Patrick Tilley, Jacob Daneman - Pitch Perfect ... -
Live Review of Mountain Highway
Dollywood Pigeon Forge, TN Contact: mail@mountainhighway.comWeb: mountainhighway.comPlayers: Victoria, banjo; Davis, guitar; Joe, bass; Emily, mandolin Dollywood is a theme park birthed by musical icon Dolly Parton. Beyond the rollercoasters, reflections ... -
Industry Profile: AMOS Sweets Brings Delicious Flavors, Bumping Beats, and Novelty to This Year’s GRAMMY ...
The music industry has been through many changes. From the invention of the phonograph to MP3s and streaming, the ways in which fans access recorded works has always been in ... -
Exec Profile: Dennis Sanders
Chief Entertainment OfficerTLG Entertainment LLC Years with Company:10+Address:800 Enterprise Dr., Ste. 204, Oak Brook, IL 60523Web: tlgzoid.com, tlgent.comE-mail:zoident@aol.com, info@tlgent.comClients: TLG|ZOID: Billy Morrison, Aftermath, 40 Cycle Hum, Stripping the Pistol, Smile ... -
Album Review of "We Mean It, Man!" by Gogol Bordello (7/10)
Casa Gogol RecordsProducers: Nick Launay, Adam “Atom” Greenspan Often classified as punk, Gogol Bordello amounts to so much more. Past works take cues from folk, Latin, and dub music. Their ... -
Signing Stories: Marlon Funaki
Date Signed: November 2025Label: Warner RecordsType of Music: Alternative Rock Management: Nick Hostetter, nick@mickmgmt.comBooking: Ethan Goldish, ethan.goldish@caa.com; Ben Schildkraut, ben.schildkraut@caa.comLegal: Jeff Colvin, jeff@mcentlaw.comPublicity: Rick Gershon - Warner Records, rick.gershon@warnerrecords.comA&R: Daniel WermanWeb: ... -
Signing Stories: Luke Preston
Date Signed: September 2025Label: Big Loud PublishingType of Music: CountryPublicity: Corey Brewer and Rachel Heatherly / Big Loud, corey@bigloud.com, rachel@bigloud.comWeb: bigloud.com When Luke Preston moved from Clearwater, FL to Nashville, ... -
Exec Profile: David Dann
FounderGreen Tea DistributionYears with Company: 1Address: Los Angeles, CAWeb: greenteadistro.comEmail: info@greenteadistro.comClients: THEY, ZHU, Gallant, Mindchatter BACKGROUND Green Tea Distribution is about much more than just getting music into the hands ... -
A&R Roundtable 2026
Musicians create the sounds we love, shaping their artistic visions in the studio and bringing songs to life on stage in living color. While the art they make remains the ... -
Album Review of "Flowers" by The Devil Wears Prada (7/10)
Solid State RecordsProducer: The Devil Wears Prada When hardcore bands nurse a fixation on being louder and scarier than anyone else, they can turn one-dimensional. On Flowers, metalcore veterans TDWP ... -
Album Review of "Liminal" by Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe (7/10)
Verve RecordsProducers: Brian Eno, Beatie Wolfe For the closing installment of their three-part saga, ambient grand master Brian Eno and conceptual artist Beatie Wolfe explore even darker and stranger territory ... -
Favorite Signing Stories 2025: Militia Vox
Date Signed: August 2024Label: Golden Robot RecordsType of Music: Alt Metal, Rock, Goth, Industrial, ProgBooking: Joy Collingbourne, joy@mobagency.comPublicity: Sarah Facciolo, Facci PR, sarah@faccipr.comA&R: Kim BencicWeb: militiavox.com Some artists are inherently ... -
Favorite Signing Stories 2025: ViperSnatch
Date Signed: July 2024Label: Golden Robot RecordsBand Members: Lily Chellingsworth, vocals, guitar; Riley Doherty, drums, backing vocals; Kailee Butcher,bass, fluteType of Music: Punk RockPublicity: Sarah Facciolo - Facci PR, sarah@faccipr.comA&R: ... -
Product Profile: Loop Earplugs Continues its Mission to Protect the World's Hearing in Comfort and ...
Musicians have a vested interest in protecting their ears, as does every other variety of individual with a passion for music. Sadly, the tendency for venues to blare music at ... -
Exec Profile: Louis Posen
President/FounderHopeless Records Years with Company: 31Address: Los Angeles, CAWeb: hopelessrecords.comEmail:l ouis@hopelessrecords.comClients: Pvris, The Wonder Years, Tigers Jaw, Destroy Boys, Neck Deep BACKGROUND Going blind at an early age wasn’t enough ...
