Meet The Record Life – the brainchild of 21 year old Jakob Johnson. With a sound influenced in equal parts by his so-called Record Life of listening and playing, Jake’s music represents a marriage of his own musical influences, from Queen’s operatic scope (“Alone In The Atmosphere”), the harmonic melodies (“Step On Your Own”), Elton John’s […]
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Black Lagoon, a new hip-hop group coming out of Detroit , has released their single “Fever” off of their soon to be released album, Certified Stars. “Fever” is a up-tempo, theatrical sound influenced by the 80’s and composed with a combination of synthesizers, guitars and sequenced instrumentation. This single is getting airplay in Detroit MI, Dayton, OH and
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The NJ based quintet, The Talk About is comprised of members: Johnny Stokes (vocals), Dylan Scott (guitar/vocals), Rich Dieckhoff (drums), and Mike Kozma (guitar). I caught the band’s performance at Crash Mansion’s Spring Fling Showcase last Saturday. The first thing that caught my eye about the band was their cool, sparkly drum set. Then they started
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Hailing from Bronx, NY, Safe to Say is an ecletic rock quartet comprised of Ryan Schira (lead guitar/background vocals), Devan Schira (Bass), Lowell Thompson (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), and Brett Schneider (Drums). The band formed in 2007 accidentally when Ryan and Lowell started writing acoustic songs together. In January 2008, they released their Wait &
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Last Friday at Angels & Kings, I saw an acoustic performance by the New England band, The Bay State. The three-fourths of the band who played had great chemistry that radiated onto the audience showing their enthusiasm to perform. The combination of heartfelt, yet playful lyrics and upbeat tempos made the acoustic performance seem fast-paced and awesomely exciting. With the first
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