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Signing Story: Bent Knee
Date Signed: Jan. 17, 2017 Label: InsideOutMusic/Sony Band Members: Ben Levin, guitar; Chris Baum, violin; Courtney Swain, vocals, keys; Gavin Wallace-Ailsworth, drums; Jessica Kion, bass; Vince Welch, production, sound design. ... -
Signing Story: Joyner Lucas
Worcester, MA rapper Joyner Lucas isn’t typical, either with his serious lyrical content, which covers everything from suicide to gang violence, or his methodology, which entails conceptualizing the video before writing the ... -
Live Review: Robert Sarazin Blake & The Letters at The Burrenn in Somerville, MA
Material: Gentle and breezy, yet serious and poignant, Robert Sarazin Blake and his coterie of players plunder the breadth of Americana, punctuating their style with influences ranging from folk and ... -
Music Album Review: Imagine Dragons - Evolve (9/10)
Rarely do artists combine cutting edge with easily accessible, daring alongside non-threatening, but Dragons manage precisely that with their sophomore full-length. Famously melding electronic bloop-age and hard rock brio smothered by a mystical aura of ... -
Executive Profile: Alex Heiche
CEO/Founder Sound Royalties, LLC Years with Company: 3 Address: 1641 Worthington Rd., Suite 410, West Palm Beach, FL 33409 Phone: 1-844-4ALL Music Web: soundroyalties.com Email: info@soundroyalties.com Clients: Priscilla Renea, Kevin ... -
Music Album Review: LANY - "LANY" (8/10)
Their trendy Hollywood disciples include Selena Gomez and Patrick Schwarzenegger, but don’t let that taint your view of this bi-coastal trio. Despite their chill-marries-festival-groove aesthetic, the lyrics still pack substance and the undercurrent ... -
Music Album Review: CFM - "Dichotomy Desaturated" (6/10)
Known best for his work with Ty Segall’s Fuzz, Charles Moothart continues his oddball exploration of guitar-focused strangeosity. A half-baked experiment that never escapes far beyond the playbook outlined by psychedelic garage notables like the Seeds, ... -
Music Album Review: IRONTOM - Partners (9/10)
Considering both acts embody the identical ethos of infectious pop-rock via extreme makeover, it figures AWOLNATION’s Aaron Bruno would produce this slab of sparkling ditties from IRONTOM. Whether serving a defiant take on ... -
Live Review: Fuzzqueen at O'Brien's Pub in Allston, MA
Material: A sinister version of Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray, the group’s previous incarnation, this California-by-way-of-D.C. trio draws inspiration from the songsmith of Fleetwood Mac, with rhythmic cues apparently taken ... -
Music Album Review: alt-j - Relaxer (9/10)
Following up on 2014’s Grammy-nominated This Is All Yours, Britain’s laudable lads raise their penchant for mellifluous, molasses-drenched beats, vivid flourishes and electronic pizazz into a philosopher’s stew of mixed emotion. Part alt-rock, part abstract ...
