Howard Lee Naylor - Sweet Jeanine

A few months following the release of his sophomore solo album, Canadian classic rocker Howard Lee Naylor has released his premiere music video the romantic, upbeat and undeniably charming love ballad, “Sweet Jeanine”

Chris Merlin - Le Monde d'Après

Singer and songwriter Chris Marlin, offers a mature and a real artistic identity, bringing all her creativity worldwide to share messages of hope and words of love.

Vinyl Arch Rodeo - See the Sun

Independent artist based in Israel Vinyl Arch Rodeo recently released a 3rd single ‘See the Sun’, a classic-indie-90's style rock song, from the debut album Herodotus, that will be released in April.
See the Sun is a type of a stadiums’ anthem; it was written mainly as a desire for escapism and ambition to find a safe place, but it attracted a great deal of emotions. It’s got the right building up, inspiring lyrics, surrounding, and comforting harmonies, that leads up to an explosion that makes you feel that you can do anything you want if you only put your heart into it.

Emily Taylor Hudson - Hearts We Wanna Break

Rock/pop singer/songwriter Emily Taylor Hudson picked up all the pieces with this, her latest single — “Hearts We Wanna Break”
This stand out cut off the LA-based artist’s debut EP, Love Is a Dirty Word, yearns with a grinding sorrow cast amongst velvet vocals and driving rock n’ roll.
“‘Hearts We Wanna Break’ was written about a friendship I thought would last a lifetime, and the brutal feeling of betrayal ripping apart the good between me and someone I loved,” she shares. “This song represents the moment I realized that love is a dirty word.”

The Metal Byrds

For a while now I've been spinning tracks from The Metal Byrds, a band from Austin Texas with a strong Rock sound and several albums under their belt. I know they are now working on something new with lots of studio time. I managed to steal a little of their time for a little chat with Suzanne the lead singer.

Q: How did you first get into music?
Personally, I’ve been into music since a child. Growing up in the 80s in London England, music was everywhere. The punk and pop scenes were huge, and I remember singing along to the radio as a kid.

Q: Did someone inspire you to make music the way you do?
Yes, Sly Rye, The Metal Byrds guitar player had these great songs when I first met him. He would play some fantastic guitar riffs, and I told him, let’s turn them into something, and our sound is what we got. He is the real inspiration of the band.

Q. Is your inner world feeding your creativity?
Uh, I would say inner and outer. I take a lot of my inspiration for my creativity from things that happen in my everyday life, especially my interactions with other people I come across, at work, at home, when I’m out an about. But the majority is from how I feel and my personal thoughts.

Q. What is your creative process like? Myself and Sly Rye do all the writing. It’s a collaborative effort that I could definitely not do without him. He is my muse and vise versa. We bounce ideas off each other until something sticks out, then we follow that rabbit hole until a song we feel is great emerges.

Q. How would you describe the music that you typically create?
We are 100% a ROCK band. Our style is rock with influences of heavy metal, punk, pop and grunge with a sprinkle of hair metal… lol.

Q. What is your favorite song to perform?
By far, Machine Man! It’s such a rocker, and we have a good handle on that song.

Q. Which famous musicians do you admire?
The whole band loves KISS. We are all huge KISS fans. We also love Journey, Heart, April Wine, Iron Maiden and Pat Benatar. You can hear all those influences in our music.

Q. Who would you most like to collaborate with? WOW, if we could, it would be a dream come true to do a collab with KISS, for sure!

Q. If you could go open a show for any artist who would it be?
KISS, again… lol.

Note: When you guys open for KISS, I expect an invite !

Q. What would you be doing right now, if it wasn’t for your music career?
I think just like anybody, we would all be working, living life, trying to survive in this rough world. We all already do that, it’s just we have music to fall back on and be an escape from our everyday problems.

Q. How does your work comment on current social or political issues?
The majority of our music doesn’t. We have made a conscious decision to not be political or controversial in any way. Our music is just music, about our personal thoughts and feelings. We, however, did write a song, the title track of our latest EP, called Life In 20. It was a recollection of all the stuff that was happening in 2020. It was a crazy year, and what better inspiration to write a song about!

Q. What’s next for you?
We are currently working on our next album, which will be our 4th release. Not sure yet if it will be another EP or a full length album, but we shall see.

Q. What is one message you would give to your fans?
We would like to say, Thank you for your support for our music and our band. We cannot and would not do this without the support of people who belive in us and the music we are making. We would also like to say to keep supporting Indie artists, because all of us are working hard, and doing everything by ourselves, and we all need support!

Demetre - 829

Synne Sanden & Øyvind Blikstad - Skeleton remix

Swallowed is composed by artist and vocalist Synne Sanden and film composer Øyvind Blikstad. The EP is a collaborative effort of five songs primarily written together and produced by Øyvind Blikstad. “Skeleton”, written by Synne and remixed by Øyvind Blikstad, was the spark that ignited this fire.
Once they discovered how well they worked together, they knew they had to create more. The end result is striking, cinematic sounds with lyrics that touch you at your deepest core.

Marina Allen - Oh, Louise

A voice for our times, part Joni, part Nyro. An achingly beautiful set of songs reminiscent of Karen Carpenter and Fiona Apple, with a side of Kate Bush

Crossbones' Creed - When the Sun Goes Down

Russian band Crossbones’ Creed have released their debut album Troublemaker. The album has a good hard-rock, blues-rock, southern-rock sound.

Indie Butterflies Dream - Easy

Based in Israel Indie Butterflies Dream, released their debut single "Seven" in December of 2018, the single was followed with second release "Piece of Mind" on February 2019. Both songs received critical acclaim and described as a "now classic rock style refreshed for a new generation".

The Party - Andrea Rankin

Andrea Rankin is a multidisciplinary artist whose striking vocal range and versatility is matched with honest songwriting and playful arrangements.
A classically-trained musician and vocalist, Andrea steers her musical ship in a new direction on ‘Tides’. With ethereal vocals and a rich canvas of keyboard and synth, she explores how our lives come to us in cycles; we think feelings will stick around forever, but they crash like waves on the shores of our lives and move back out to the sea.

MELANIE? - Be Careful With My Heart

There’s no question about it: Canadian blues rocker Melanie? says “Be Careful With My Heart” in this, her latest single.
The new bluesy pop ballad is chocked full of emotion, tasty guitar leads and a simple, yet groovy bass line. It’s all par for the musical course for the Toronto-based artist Melanie Goldman who Clash Magazine recently described as “defiant in her outlook, staunch in her approach, and completely, utterly ruthless in her execution.”

Ariana Fig

This single comes from Ariana Fig's upcoming debut EP titled "Taboo" (releasing March 19th). A throwback to the 80’s.
Ocean begins with cinematic synths filling your head while Ariana’s voice takes you to paradise.
This light-hearted sunny track is an inspiration derived from some of Ariana’s favourite track’s from the 80’s like Yaz’s “Only You” or “Don’t Ask Me Why” by Billy Joel.

She's Alright by Maddisyn Challe

Brantford based artist, Maddisyn Challe sings from the heart. Her songs thus far include “She’s Alright” and “My Goodbye”! My Goodbye touches upon bullying, mental health and suicide awareness.

Miles Away - Leanne Pearson

Multi-award winning Canadian country artist Leanne Pearson yearns for connection amidst COVID with her sweet new single “Miles Away”
“This is a song straight from my heart,” Pearson lays plainly. “I’ve never released such a personal and emotional song before.”

Happy New Year !

Wishing everyone a Groovy New Year, peace to the world and happiness !