FREE DOWNLOAD: NEW SONGS “PROVIDENCE” AND “TAKE MY HAND” FROM NEW ARTIST SINGER-SONGWRITER: TRACEE PERRIN

When Tracee Perrin steps up to the microphone there’s an undeniable glow about her. It promises to kindle the seeds of amour in the winter before nurturing the hidden heart to abloom in the spring. Then, after a quick breath to fill her lungs, she admeasures the just amount of life and soul that shines out with each ringing note of her voice. With the release of her debut EP, "Providence," earlier this spring, Perrin and her art are ready and in full bloom.

Tracee Perrin - Providence by MT Press

The title track of the EP, "Providence," is an awakening of hope, a renewal of spirit: a run for "shiny new beginnings." With a convoy of rhythmic beats and glistening guitar chords, Perrin sings us to the “destination: Providence.”

 An alumna of Musicians Institute, Perrin writes with a unique blend of honesty and courage that yields an acute self-introspection, “I am listening / To the voice inside my head / It’s telling me to just breathe,” to where one was, “Everything that came before / All the bitterness and ugliness,” and to where one needs to be, “I am on an East bound train / Destination: Providence.”

 It’s interesting to think about the fact that in her yearn for change a native daughter of Los Angeles is headed east, whereas, a hundred years ago music found both sons and daughters rushing for change in the western frontier. In essence, Perrin reaffirms the unique innate strength that's hidden within us and uncovered when we find the will to look away from what was and look ahead to what will be: a new haven for our hopes, dreams, and love.

Tracee Perrin - Take My Hand by MT Press

“Take My Hand,” a playful and spirited song about the rush to tie the knot after meeting ones true love, reveals Perrin’s dynamic range of abilities. She shows off her swift styles and vocal variations that earlier she masterfully hid, and didn’t need. While “Providence” had a minimalistic tone, “Take My Hand” greatly incorporates the entire band, and squeeze everyone else into the lyrics, to create a richly textured jocund track that packs an excitedly wild wedding into the plentiful confines that only three minutes and twenty-one seconds could have perfectly provided.

Perrin proves that she is cut from a different cloth than that of certain mainstream artists, who are often creatively stiff and imaginatively monotonous, even more so during their live performances. From her range and abilities as both a singer and songwriter, Perrin, without question, possess the innate charisma to sing about the hidden magic and grace of everyday life than sing about money, the Hamptons, and Buggatti Veyrons.

 From the two tracks this young singer-songwriter proves herself as an artist who is humbly inspired by the everyday life lived by the everyday people: their thoughts, their feelings, their hopes and dreams. And, with a kindred spirit, Perrin and her songs take our hands to the divine providence of her artistry.

You can now download Tracee Perrin’s “Take My Hand,” and “Providence,” from her EP “Providence,” for free by clicking on the Download button on the right-hand side of the SoundCloud players above.

The EP is now available for download from BandCamp($4.95) by visiting http://traceeperrin.bandcamp.com/album/providence.

Follow Tracee Perrin on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/#!/TraceePerrin 
Visit Tracee Perrin on the web at: http://www.traceeperrinmusic.com/ 
Like Tracee Perrin on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/Tracee-Perrin-Music/
 

FREE DOWNLOAD: NEW SONG “TRICKY” FROM BAD GIRLFRIEND

From one perspective, the bad girlfriend is the girl who has essentially figured him out. She’s the one who will stand up, will look through all the lies, and will speak out against anything that she doesn’t care for. 

From another angle, the bad girlfriend is the girl who has figured herself out. She has come to understand who she is and what she wants and recognizes that there’s a line to what to put up with and what not to put up with. She rises up not just to stand up against an injustice, but to assert her aim to tread towards her beliefs and desires.

She’s a rebel who wears a dark leather jacket, combat boots, with rose petal red wet on her lips, she’s not one and alone but in good company with Bad Girlfriend, the band made up of singer-songwriter-guitarists Brianna Lance and Christian Owens, singer-drummer Lyla Vander, and bassist Savannah King. The all women group from New York City brings back a feminine voice of revolt that hasn't been heard in quite some time.

Bad Girlfriend doesn't mimic the testosterone fueled tumult--of sharp scissor riffs that cut off your ears, and rifling drum beats and gun shot bass play, with the illimitables from lead shrieks-and-screams-ist--the choleric character the archetypes of revolt-rock that we often recall in our minds. Instead, as "Tricky" exhibits, Bad Girlfriend's style is of a more composed chic. The leather jacket ladies take the classical rock structure then infuses it with rhythmic composition and unity, topped off by a hook, "You're just so tricky, tricky, tricky, with your little lies," that'll tumble and roll through your thoughts for days. All of it makes the track a standout that strongly lures one to lust for more Bad Girlfriend.

You can now download Bad Girlfriends’s “Tricky,” for free by clicking on the Download button on the right-hand side of the BandCamp players above.

"Tricky" comes from the self-titled album that you can download for free from Bad Girlfriend's BandCamp page here: http://badgirlfriend.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled-ep

Follow Bad Girlfriend on Twitter at: twitter.com/#!/BADGrlfnd 

Visit Bad Girlfriend on the web at: badgirlfriendband.com/ 

Like Bad Girlfriend on Facebook at: Bad Girlfriend on Facebook

FREE DOWNLOADS: NEW SONGS "PROBABLY TRUE," "LEMON TREES" FROM THE YOUNG ROMANS

When Brad Hooks was twelve years old, he and his family moved from Charlotte, North Carolina to San Francisco, California. There in Tenderloin, a neighborhood known for all the wrong reasons, Hooks’s family founded a church and established a rehabilitation center. The kindhearted Hooks took the initiative to help the community by starting The Hot Dog Church, where he lead in worship a congregation of the community’s homeless men and women and provided hot dogs for those who were hungry.

Years later, after getting married, Hooks and his family moved to Los Angeles where he continued his chartable character when he established West Coast Care, the Los Angeles based church and homeless foundation. It would have been safe for everyone to believe that for all the good he had given, it wasn’t going to be too long before good came to him.

In 2010, through kismet and a mutual friend, Hooks met the singer-songwriter-guitarist, Sari Mellafe. It didn’t take long for them and their friends to see how well each complemented the other. Not long after, Hooks and Mellafe started their current outfit, The Young Romans.

The Young Romans - Probably True by formatpub

“Probably True,” is the first of the two free downloads from the band’s EP, “Yesterday Night.”

A song about finding oneself, being better, and love the song rightfully reflects Hooks’s gentle, compassionate nature in its sensuously splendid musical composition and in his placid vocals that lifts up one’s spirit to aglow. There's a definite sense that both artists are comfortable with one another and its reflected in their style, which reaches the right balance especially when Mellafe and Hooks harmonize together to a paradisiacal perfection.

However, with Hooks's religious background there is a theistic connotation in his songwriting. From such perspective "Probably True" essentially explores the deliberation of whether to accept or to reject "You" from ones life. Hooks starts with a self who has walked away from it all, "I've made a choice to walk through the open door," Hood sings, but goes on to describe the doubt in the decision, "I don't need you / I don't need you / Maybe I do."

Regardless of whether one is a participant or a non-participant of theology, there is a certain universality in the graceful chorus, "Just wanna be me / But you, oh oh / Know that you won't let me be / You Say I could be better / That I could shine better / With you," that can easily be a reflection of the care and love of friends and family than pigeon holed to be of a divine being.

The Young Romans - Lemon Trees by formatpub

In "Lemon Trees" The Young Romans pulls out the acoustic guitar and the piano keys for intimate and straight from the soul, for the soul, sounds. The duo continues their gentle harmonies and deliver a delicate sound that are equally attributed to the soft sweet senses the pair shares.

Mellafe's skills as a guitarist are matched with Hooks's on the piano so much so that the solo of one is matched and balanced the other. As a result, "Lemon Trees" becomes an irresistibly sweet, lovely, flutter and glide of imagination and heart that's endlessly enjoyable.

 

You can now download The Young Roman’s “Probably True,” and “Lemon Trees,” from The Young Roman's EP "Yesterday Night," for free by clicking on the Download button on the right-hand side of the SoundCloud players above. This year The Young Roman released their debut full-length album, “Tiger Child.” The album is now available from the Amazon Digital Music Store ($7.99), and from the iTunes Music Store ($7.99). Follow The Young Romans on Twitter at: twitter.com/#!/theyoungromans Visit The Young Romans on the web at: theyoungromans.com Like The Young Romans on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/theyoungromans

Check out The Young Romans live:  

FREE DOWNLOAD: NEW SONG “RED LETTER MAN” FROM JASON MYLES GOSS

Jason Myles Goss - Red Letter Man by MT Press

Jason Myles Goss is a humble Hopedale, Massachusetts, native, who is an alum of Oberlin College, and loves Bob Dylan. Nowadays, Goss can often be found in Brooklyn, where he enjoys the local sandwich shops and regularly walks his dog, Bodie, in the park.

From afar, Goss is every bit an average everyman. But, give him a guitar and a pick, and prepare to witness the serene surprise that shivers through as it becomes crystal clear that Goss is anything but ordinary.

That’s exactly what happened in 2003 when Goss, then twenty-one year old, entered the first ever Songwriter’s Contest at the legendary Newport Folk Festival, an annual folk music festival held in Newport, Rhode Island. Amongst a pool of entrants who were older and more experienced, Goss was as much as a long shot as he could have ever been.

Regardless of what he lacked in experience, when it came to writing songs, the young unknown artist proved to be exceptional.

He didn’t win the Grand Prize, but went on to be one of the finalists, and more importantly, gained the attention of both fans and fellow artists. Since then, Goss has recorded three full length album, become a fixture on internet and satellite radio, and in 2010 was named as one of the top 100 downloaded singer-songwriters on iTunes.

“Red Letter Man,” is the new song from Goss’s upcoming fourth full-length album, “Radio Dial.” Accompanied by friends, Josh Ritter’s Royal City Band’s own Austin Nevins (guitar) and Sam Kassirer (keys), and Joel Arrow (drums), the song is a grand gusto of the rich sounds and swelled soulful songwriting Goss and his music is all about.

It bursts out with colorful chords that run side by side with Goss as he rushes to return back “to what’s real and wild,” to see “what I already know.” It’s a song with images of love left over that Goss retraces to reclaim what was, and still is, his. In the process, between gentle melodies of “OO-OO, Oh, oh,” Gross either rediscovers his identity and his love, “Did I forget you,” Goss sings, or, the complete opposite, “Did I forget you.

The possibility of more than one message embodies Goss’s artistry. With "Red Letter Man," he allows the listener to discover the truth, the significance of the song, from the feelings Goss's words evokes within each listener. Such qualities make the replay value of Goss's songs infinitely priceless and more memorable than the works of any other songwriter out there.

You can now download a copy of Jason Myles Goss’s "Red Letter Man” for free by clicking on the “Download” button on the right-hand side of the SoundCloud player above.

Look for "Radio Dial," the fourth full-length album from Jason Myles Goss, available everywhere on June 17th, 2012.

Follow Jason Myles Goss on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/jasonmylesgoss

Visit Jason Myles Goss on the web at: www.jasonmylesgoss.com

Like Jason Myles Goss on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/JasonMylesGoss
 

NEW SONG, NEW BAND: “BORN WHOLE” FROM DOE PAORO

Born Whole by doepaoro

Lhamo is an ancient genre of Tibetan folk opera that combines dance, chant, and song. Founded in the 14th century, lhamo was used primarily to pass on Buddhist stories and Tibetan history from one generation to the next. Sonia Kreitzer, the singer-songwriter of the Brooklyn outfit Doe Paoro, has studied the ancient styles of lhamo and in “Born Whole” we experience the spectral and hauntingly soulful effect the lhamo method adds to Kreitzer’s bravura vocals.

The song opens with a successive loop of ringing piano chords that leads to a melodic cry, like a primordial declaration, from Kreitzer that precisely unfastens the sutures of one’s soul. “We born whole, we become half,” she sings, “drumming in her soul as she plucks out the lemon grass.” The ingenious creativity to make the most out of her voice makes “Born Whole” a great pleasure to listen to. The dearth of sound, layers and layers of instruments and noise that young bands seem to always desperately inject to create a song, works well to set Doe Paoro apart from others, as they display a definitely different doing than everyone else.

Kreitzer’s style is comparable to tUnE-yArD’s leading lady, Merrill Garbus. However, one is not the same as the other. Garbus’s vocals, for the most part, are faster, strongly direct, in your face with megaphone vocals. While Kreitzer’s style is more like a flame dancing in the wind. The wind, as "Born Whole" exhibits, is keen poignant songwriting and Kreitzer's acute perceptibility to know when to be airy and when to cut straight through like an arrow.

Ultimately, the hybrid approach from Doe Paoro, the mix of ancient traditions and styles to contemporary songwriting and techniques, makes Doe Paoro one of the more exciting new bands worth keeping an eye on.

“Born Whole” comes from Doe Paoro's new album "Slow to Love"available from the Amazon Digital Music Store ($8.91).

Follow Doe Paoro on Twitter at: twitter.com/#!/doepaoro
Visit Doe Paoro on the web at: http://doepaoro.bandcamp.com/ 
Like Doe Paoro on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/doepaoro

FREE DOWNLOAD: NEW SONG "CIGARETTES AND WINE" FROM JOSHUA KETCHMARK

Joshua Ketchmark - Cigarettes And Wine by MT Press

The ageless pains of love and loss, that golden theme of art, is not exclusively felt or expressed by just one in a million. However, with “Cigarettes and Wine” the singer-songwriter Joshua Ketchmark proves that he is the one artist in a million who can express it so surely.

The single sets the scene with delicate bars of piano keys, that sound like clockwork heartbeats in the quiet of the night. Ketchmark softly cajoles, “Take a little bit of comfort / Take a little bit of pride / Take it all upon your shoulder,” his patchwork prescription for the pain. But, as many can attest, it’s just not enough. So, Ketchmark grows with questions and emotions with his chorus, “So tell me how I hurt you / Before I speak my mind,” all the while he strums away the perfect soft climb of guitar notes which rings the steel sides of the soul.

The stand out moment for Ketchmark in this song comes near the end when Ketchmark's chorus is suddenly emphasized by silence and the pressed pull of a bow. His words now take on a newfound strain of being a command and a plea, which reveals a profound and undeniable chink in this singer-songwriter’s amour, that resonates a genuine texture of realness.

“Cigarettes and Wine” comes from “The Bittersweet” EP, the first of three Ketchmark plans to release this year.

You can now download a copy of Joshua Ketchmark’s “Cigarettes & Wine,” for free by clicking on the “Download” button on the right-hand side of the SoundCloud player above.

Follow Joshua Ketchmark on Twitter at:http://www.twitter.com/#!/joshuaketchmark
Visit Joshua Ketchmark on the web at: http://www.joshuaketchmark.com/ 
Like Joshua Ketchmark on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/JoshuaKetchmark

 

FREE DOWNLOAD: NEW SONG "FOR SLOWING DOWN" FROM NEW BAND: SOMETHING IN SPANISH

FOR SLOWING DOWN by somethinginspanish

When the Brooklyn-based trio Something In Spanish was faced with the challenge of categorizing their music it was an apt decision to have chosen “Adventure Pop.”  The first single from the band, “For Slowing Down,” is an imaginative six and a half minutes, an eternity in pop standards, that exhibits the band’s particular creative capabilities for aural storytelling.

Julio Monterry (electronics, synthesizers) and David Mason (electronic drums) produce and direct the adventure with synthesizer beats and electro-effects that aren’t out of the ordinary. The guys seem to take the common and arrange them in such gorgeous electro arrangements that yield the most electro-drama one could find in the thick of the myriads of electro-pop creators.

While the men prepare and set the stage to get your attention, it’s the third member, Michelle Perez (vocals), who justly steals the spotlight. From her first lines Perez seductively pierces one’s attention before she playfully flutters in close then away. Her absence leads your senses to spiral through Monterry’s compositional maze that burns and dims the scant scents of Perez’s presence.

Something In Spanish and their single, “For Slowing Down” excels with the band’s idiosyncratic sounds which goes on to convey a strong sense of emotions with motion. While it lacks the flash and flare, the cut excels in the instrumentation of what otherwise would be very vegetative beats, to compose and create an escape, from the familiar to the far-fetched, all in six and a half moving minutes.

 

If you're in the New York City area you can catch Something In Spanish Monday, May 14th, at Piano's. Then, on June 10th you can dance with the band at The Cameo in Brooklyn.

You can now download a copy of Something In Spanish's “For Slowing Down,” for free, by clicking on “Download” button on the right-hand side of the SoundCloud player above.

Follow Something In Spanish on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/#!/somethinginspan
Visit Something In Spanish on the web at: http://www.somethinginspanish.com/ 
Like Something In Spanish on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/somethinginspanish
  

FREE DOWNLOAD: NEW SONG "IF I LET MYSELF DREAM" FROM NEW BAND: EMPIRE OF ONE

Empire Of One - If I Let Myself Dream by MT Press

“If I Let Myself Dream,” the debut single from the Los Angeles based pop-rock band Empire of One, is a tranquil track that neatly allays the heart between a spirited smile and tranquil tears.

The song rolls off with a lyrical trek from lead singer Wil Seabrook, “I’ve been taking a long road / With my heavy load tonight / I’ve been waiting a long time / With no happy end in sight.” Seabrook, a seasoned indie singer-songwriter, then shifts speeds from a steady stream to a gentle glide with his soft airy chorus, “If I let myself dream,” that lulls one’s core to a passive quiet.

While for the most part of his career Seabrook had found himself as an indie solo artist, in Empire of One he has found the right mix of musicians to enrich and enhance his soft gentle timbre. Guitarist Luke Thomas, bassist Darwin Johnson, and percussionist Alexander E. Gonzalez together provide graceful drums, strong lively bass, and guitar riffs that ebbs and flows with Seabrook’s lyrical emotions.

Empire of One at times pleasantly sound familiar, like a lighter blend of Jon Foreman’s earlier Switchfoot sounds. Nonetheless, after listening to the single it’ll be an extraordinary feat to not have the hook echo in one’s head. Honestly, how can we not close our eyes to the beats and sways of the song and not let ourselves dream, “If I let myself dream,” the rest of the day away.

You can now download a copy of Empire of One’s “If I Let Myself Dream,” for free, by clicking on “Download” button on the right-hand side of the SoundCloud player above.

The self-titled debut EP, “Empire of One,” is now available for your digital download pleasures through BandCamp ($5), and through the Empire of One’s online music store where you can either purchase an autographed copy of the EP or “Pay With A Tweet,” where fans can download the EP, for free, with a simple click of a tweet.

Visit Empire of One on the web at: http://www.empireofone.net/
Like Empire of One on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/empireofone
 

FREE DOWNLOAD: NEW SONG “THAT AIN’T RIGHT” FROM NEW BAND: PYYRAMIDS

That Ain't Right by PYYRAMIDS

“That Ain’t Right” is the first single from Pyyramids, the collaborative duo composed of Tim Nordwind, bassist from Ok Go, and Drea Smith, singer-songwriter from He Say, She Say. The track, from the debut EP “Human Beings,” combines Nordwind’s compositional creativity with Smith’s effortlessly lustrous sounds that together bloom to an opiate for heartache.

Opening with a hypnotic reverb of a tuning fork, swift paces from a metronome, Nordwind goes on to plant many simple synthesized layers around Smith. Normally the excess of sounds would crowd and distort the singer’s vocals, severing the emotional connection. Instead, Smith’s flowing innate vocals rise out to entrance one’s senses about the quieter personal sides of love had and love lost.

Smith, based in Chicago, and Nordwind, in Los Angeles, collaborated largely through emails. Nordwind and Smith would create and share their ideas and inspirations, then sort out all their ideas, until finally the team had enough for an EP. Thus, after months of clicking “Compose New Message” and “Send,” Smith relocated to Los Angeles to mix and complete Pyyramid’s debut EP, “Human Beings.”

 

You can now download a copy of Pyyramids’s “That Ain't Right,” for free, by clicking on “Download” on the right-hand side of the SoundCloud player above.

“Human Beings,” is now available for digital download through Pyyramid’s digital store ($5.00), via Amazon Digital Music Store ($5.94).

Visit Pyyramids on the web at: http://pyyramids.com/
Follow Pyyramids on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/#!/PYYRAMIDS
Like Pyyramids on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/Pyyramids
 

FREE DOWNLOAD: NEW SONG "JULIET" FROM NEW BAND: EYTAN & THE EMBASSY

Juliet by Eytan & The Embassy

“Juliet,” from Eytan & The Embassy, is an amorous rope that ties the tugs and pulls of the heart. From the band’s debut album, “The Perfect Breakup,” the single stands out with a unique lyrical perspective where lead singer Eytan Oren tries to convince “Juliet” to choose him over a former lover.

The song slows in with dark raincloud piano keys, highlighted with ringing violin keys. Oren enters drenched with somber and shy colors, hand in hand with cautionary lyrics, “Some people out there only want to do you more harm / You can bat your eyes love but you’ll never get them to disarm / Shut them out don’t listen to their sound at all.” Oren’s songwriting style easily sways one into the rain before the four-piece band push open their musically rich and resonant parapluie, “Juliet, come on / Juliet, come on / I am on your side.”

Instead of a four-minute song with a hurricane of emotions, Eytan & The Embassy endears persuasively to the heart, at the end of which one hopes “Juliet” joins the right embassy. The single glistens with its lyrical simplicity and compositional imagination. In essence, Oren and company gives us what sounds like a simplified rom-com movie, minus the two-hours and the box of tissues, but distilled to a higher level of heart.

You can now download a copy of Eytan & The Embassy’s “Juliet,” for free, by clicking on “Download” on the right-hand side of the above SoundCloud player.

If you like what you hear then you definitely need to get yourself a copy of the album. You can now download the debut LP, "The Perfect Breakup" from the iTunes Music Store for $9.99 and also available from the Amazon Digital Music Store for $8.99.

Visit Eytan & The Embassy on the web to check for news and tour dates at: http://www.eytanandtheembassy.com/. 
Follow Eytan & The Embassy on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/ - !/EytanTheEmbassy 
Like Eytan & The Emabssy on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/eytanandtheembassy

FREE DOWNLOAD: NEW SONG “FOURTH OF JULY" FROM NEW BAND: KING WASHINGTON

King Washington - Fourth of July by MT Press

“Fourth of July,” the new single from King Washington, is a twenty-four carat classic rock and roll throwback that listeners of any genre will come to appreciate. Made up of Tyson Kelly (guitar, piano, vocals), Dylan Cronin (bass, mandolin, vocals), George Kirkes (Guitar, vocals), and Kyle Turke (percussion), King Washington wastes little time to proffer their sounds and styles.

Within the first thirty seconds King Washington will leave their mark with an impressive display of musicianship. As guitar wallows over drum and bass lines, the opening brings a sense of the sizzling arid desert before Kelly lifts us with his hypnotic vocal mirage, a smooth blend of Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

The lyrics of “Fourth of July” have nothing to do with its namesake. Instead the verses carry the aura of a mystery novel that unravels the buried skeletons in someone’s closet, “No ones perfect / you’ve got no reason to cry / Slow your steady breathin / Find a place to bury / OHH.” It’s during similar chorus lines that King Washington flashes their vintage abilities to harmonize, in great accord. But, above all, the single includes a unique undiminished experience which goes on to unfold the emotions that even the best of King Washington’s modern-peers could not produce.

“Fourth of July” comes from King Washington’s debut LP, “The Gears,” which is scheduled for release June 5^th.

You can download the new single by clicking on “Download” on the right-hand side of the above SoundCloud player.

Visit King Washington on the web to check for news and tour dates: http://kingwashingtonmusic.com/
Follow King Washington on Twitter: http://twitter.com/kingwashington
Like King Washington on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kingwashingtonmusic

 

FREE DOWNLOAD: NEW SONG "WORSHIP" FROM ANE BRUN FEATURING JOSE GONZALEZ

Ane Brun - Worship (ft José González) by Balloon Ranger Recordings

We tend to forget the power of the natural human voice. That voice, one without computer programs or without clever producers or without frantic layers upon layers of noise, can be heard from Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun in her single, “Worship.”

Featuring a cameo from José González ("Teardrops," “Crosses,” “Heartbeats”) the single seems to hauntingly admonish listeners for taking one’s life for granted, “You never worship, you never worship your life.” Gonzalez’s mellow vocals float in the cold, eerie, and delicate textures of the single while muted percussion and strong orchestral touches gives off a hushed element of enchantment.

The minimalistic style of the single allows Brun’s trembling voice to captivate one’s imagination as the sparseness of sound unlocks an expansive terrain of emotions. Brun’s shimmering sounds kindle a sense of hope that reverses Gonzalez’s smooth dread to a gentle glide, “They will worship, they will worship your life,” out of the ice-cold tundra of Brun’s daydream.

In her nine-year career the thirty-six year old Brun has recorded eight albums, a live DVD, and a collection of duets.

“Worship” comes from Brun’s fourth solo album, “It All Starts With One,” which is available now to download from both the iTunes Music Store ($9.99) and Amazon's MP3 Store ($9.49).

Meanwhile, this month Brun is on a North-American tour through the States and Canada. If you'd like to learn more about Brun and about her tour visit her on the web at www.anebrun.com.

 

LISTEN TO NEW SONG "RAD TIMES" FROM JENNIFER HERREMA NEW BAND: BLACK BANANAS

Black Bananas: Rad Times by VMLive

If the Black Bananas had a nutritional facts label on the side of their single, "Rad Times," then it would read most like a can of Monster Energy drink. This single serving of sound is infused with everything Jennifer Herrema and company could possibly imagine and miraculously still deliver a tenacious teratoid track.

From a purists perspective "Rad Times" will confound and confused. Herrema's voice is at times blurred beneath the multitudes of sounds that includes car horns, paranormal extraterrestrial transmissions, radioactive synths, just to name a few. But from the modernist perspective, "Rad Times" is a track that deserves great praise to have taken the giant heap of noise, samples of strange alien noises, and turn it all into a single with preposterous energy.

Black Bananas is the third band for the forty-year-old singer songwriter. Herrema's career began as a twenty year old when she and Neil Hagerty formed Royal Trux. For the next fourteen years, Royal Truz went on to release thirteen full length albums that took apart traditional sounds of blues-rock of the '70s and reinvented the sounds to however their creativity lead their hearts.

"Rad Times" emphatically conveys that even after her twenty-four year career, Herrema and her band are nowhere close to their end as rock-alchemists.

If you enjoy "Rad Times," check out the Black Bananas's latest album, "Rad Times Xpress IV" is now available on Amazon ($8.99) and at the iTunes Music Store ($9.99).

NEW SONGS FROM NEW BAND: 2:54

2:54 - Creeping by 2:54 Band 

2:54 - Scarlet by 2:54 Band 

Two days ago the London based band, 2:54 released their latest single “Creeping.” The second single from the band’s upcoming, self-titled, debut album, isn’t so much as creepy, rather, creeping in the sense they slowly preys on your ears, ‘till the time is right. 

Singer-guitarist Colette Thurlow’s starts with an air of calm and ease that lures our senses to the casual riffs and beats. “So easy, so easy,” she teases. But when Thurlow’s sister, guitarist Hannah Thurlow, who like her sister seems to have been holding back, finally lets loose, 2:54’s airy timbre becomes an intense rock-concoction one’s ears would happily go deaf for. 

“Creeping” is just the start. The track that really punches yours senses into euphoria is the first single, “Scarlet.”

The song treks to the “dark and predatory” but also “uplifting” emotions, as Colette Thurlow described to Christian Cottingham from The Stool Pigeon. Both sisters create an aural mirage that chills with bliss. With each verse Colette Thurlow’s voice shifts with pressures that crawl all over the surface of your mind, while Hannah Thurlow’s serene riffs saws through to leave a harrowing feel of ecstasy that leaves the mind pressing repeat for more, and more. 

As much as the Thurlow sisters justly deserve the spotlight, let’s not forget drummer Alex Robins and bassist Joel Porter. Not as integral to the writing process, however, the men provide the right complementary balance to the band, as exemplified in the sounds, to create the spiral weaves of emotional harmonies that 2:54 packs into each track. 

The debut album from 2:54 is scheduled to be on the shelves of your favorite music store, online and in real life, on May 28^th. Thereafter, the group is set to hit the road on tour through North America. 2:54 will perform in Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory on June 9^th, then to Washington D.C.’s Rock and Roll Hotel on the 10^th, and back in New York’s Mercury Lounge on the 11^th. 

For all the information on tours, release dates, and everything else 2:54, visit the band’s official web page, http://www.twofiftyfour.net/, Twitter page, https://twitter.com/#!/twofiftyfour, and label page, http://www.fatpossum.com/artists/254.

LISTEN TO NEW SONG "DISPARATE YOUTH" FROM SANTIGOLD

Disparate Youth by Santigold

After four long years Santigold, the stage name for thirty-five year old singer-songwriter Santi White, has finally returned with her sophomore album, "Master of My Make-Believe."

In “Disparate Youth,” the third single from the new album, White showcases her creative emotional depth and artistic imagination.

Written by the team made up of White, Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner, and Ricardo Johnson, and produced by East-Flatbush native Ricky Blaze, “Disparate Youth” takes off with raindrops of keys, with bass line that brews up the lightning whip crack of the drums, before White’s lyrics, “Don’t look ahead there’s stormy weather,” pulls one into the Santigold shelter.

The latest from the Philadelphia based artist explores the troubles the desperate youths face in today’s troubling times. With the climbing rates of unemployment, increasing incidents of bullies, and suicide, White uses her influence to provide a glimmer of strength that is evident in her airy, moving song as she impels: “We know what we want . . . A life worth fighting for.”