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New Music Critique: Claudia Hoyser
Contact: maggie@milestonecollective.comWeb: claudiahoyser.comSeeking: Label, BookingStyle: Indie-Country According to her bio, Claudia Hoyser “began in her parents’ basement, singing into a karaoke machine she ‘sang into ... -
Signing Stories: Maria Taylor
Date Signed: August 2025Label: Million Stars RecordsType of Music: Singer-SongwriterManagement: Jason Hradil Booking: Eric Dimenstein, Ground Control TouringPublicity: Joe Sivick, Missing Piece Group - joe@missingpiecegroup.comLegal: John Seay, ... -
Vinyl Minded With the Velvet Underground and the Stooges
The Velvet Underground Loaded (Rhino/Cotillion) When Rhino drops the latest of their High Fidelity re-releases, you know you're in for a treat and these latest ... -
Release Radar: The Undercover Dream Lovers Are Going Nuclear With Atomic House
If you’ve been keeping tabs on The Undercover Dream Lovers, you know Matt Koenig has a knack for bending nostalgia into something hypnotically modern. And ... -
The Riff That Blew My Mind: Hotel Fiction Check Into Slaughter Beach, Dog
Atlanta two-piece Hotel Fiction (Jade Long and Jessica Thompson) dug into “Acolyte” by Slaughter Beach, Dog... Hotel Fiction: A riff is never really working on ... -
Yarn Can't Do Without Their 1964 Gibson B25
Blake Christiana of roots rockers Yarn told us about his Gibson love... Blake Christiana: My dad gave me his right handed 1964 Gibson B25 acoustic ... -
Symphonic Launches Fifth Annual Women Empowered+ Mentorship Program
Symphonic, the leading music technology and services company for independent labels, managers, and artists, announced this week that it is "celebrating Women’s History Month by ... -
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 ... -
A Song That Changed My Life: XBYRDX is Satisfied With the Replacements' Unsatisfied
The Storyteller: XBYRDX The Song: “Unsatisfied,” the raw, confessional misfit anthem by the Minneapolis-based The Replacements, hit a universal note with songwriters across genres by ... -
Book Store: "Rhythm of My Heart: The Authorized Biography of Marc Jordan" By Don Breithaupt
Canadian singer and songwriter Marc Jordan is one of those “if you know him, you really know him” sort of artists. As well as an ... -
The Best Gig I Ever Saw: Keni Titus Saw Justin Bieber On Purpose
L.A.-based alt-pop singer-songwriter Keni Titus told us about her Bieber experience... Keni Titus: I remember being 14 years old. A freshman in high school. Completely sick ... -
Video of the Week: Tinariwen's Amidinim Ehaf Solan
Tuareg musical pioneers and Grammy Award–winners Tinariwen have released incredible new single and video "Amidinim Ehaf Solan." According to a statement, "The new song was written by ... -
Live Review of Twice
Kia Forum Inglewood, CA Contact: greg.cortez@42west.comWeb: twice.jype.comPlayers: Dahyun, Chaeyoung, Jeongyeon, Jihyo, Mina, Momo, Nayeon, Sana, Tzuyu With 10 years under their belts, it’s no surprise that TWICE is one ... -
Book Store: "Intimate Conversations: Face to Face with Matchless Musicians" By Larry Ruttman
Attorney and author Ruttman has written a “deep dive into the minds of celebrated composers, conductors and performers, written not by a trained musician but ... -
Composer Andrew Hale Outfits His London-Based Owlspace Studio with a Harrison 32Classic
News has broken that "Andrew Hale, BAFTA and Grammy Award-winning composer, songwriter, producer and keyboard player with the band Sade, has outfitted his private Owlspace ... -
THE KIMI KATO SHOW – Japan Music Journey: Ibaraki
In this episode of THE KIMI KATO SHOW, Kimi Kato takes listeners on a rich musical and cultural journey through Ibaraki Prefecture, one of Japan’s ... -
The Live Beat: Phish
Phish fans, it’s time to dust off your festival jackets and start plotting your summer road trips—Trey, Page, Mike, and Fishman are hitting the road ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Daskal
Producer and composer Daskal says that he started on his musical path in a pretty traditional way. "I began playing piano at eight years old, ... -
Book Store: "Descenes and Discords: An Anthology" By Howard Wuelfing
Any fans of Washington D.C. punk rock and hardcore need, genuinely need, to own this incredible anthology of work originally published in the two separate ... -
Album Review of "Wonderlust" By Pavlov’s Dog (8/10)
Ruf RecordsProducers: David Surkamp, Abbie Steiling, Jacob Detering, Thomas Ruf With a history that dates back to the early ‘70s, Pavlov's Dog scored a modest ...
