Velvet Starlings
Hailing from Los Angeles and the beach cities of Southern California, Velvet Starlings has released a handful of EPs, singles and its debut album Technicolour Shakedown all before the band members could legally drink. Founded by Christian Gisborne (who incidentally tracked, engineered, mixed and produced their debut album), Velvet Starlings rose to national prominence when […]
Tombstones In Their Eyes
The guitars had been sitting in their cases collecting dust for several years, but there are some things that have a way of coming back around. Just ask John Treanor, guitarist and songwriter of the Los Angeles based gloomy alt-rock outfit Tombstones In Their Eyes. It would be a chance encounter with James Cooper, an […]
ToBy
The Outside EP is, at its essence, a return to form. It’s a sonic journey through my thoughts and inclinations and a peer into the process that inspires me to write. I’ve always felt like my topics and concepts stemmed from an external source, intangible, but ever present. My connection to this source has always […]
Sweet Justice
Frank Meyer – Vocals, Guitars, BassBruce Duff – Vocals, Bass, Guitars KeysMike Sessa – Drums “[Sweet Justice] dunks the spunk of ’77 in early-Seventies power blues and the spangled hell-raising of Sweet.” – Rolling Stone “Sweet Justice effortlessly fuse hard rock with soul, power pop and punk to create a sound that’s pure classic rock.” […]
Steven Dayvid McKellar
The Spice Girls
Here’s the story from A–Z… After their iconic 1996 debut single “Wannabe” topped the charts in 37 countries, Spice Girls’ debut album Spice went on to sell more than 31 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album of all time by a female group. The girls have gone on to sell more than 90 million […]
Slinky Vagabond
About Keanan Duffty: Keanan Duffty is an award-winning British fashion designer and musician. Duffty is the author of “Rebel Rebel Anti-Style” (Rizzoli/Universe, 2009), He graduated from Central Saint Martins in London with a Bachelor of Arts degree 1st class honors, in fashion and is a member Council of Fashion Designers of America and CFDA Education […]
Saudade
Saudade began as an instrumental based, genre bending music collective formed by bassist/composer, Charles Norkus aka Chuck Doom. The labyrinth of Saudade’s musical associations and inspiration began with Chuck’s mentor, legendary bassist, Jaco Pastorius. While still in music school, young Charles was discovered by Jaco’s friend, Steven Barber. During a school performance, Barber, who happened […]
Sandman Sleeps
“I like to create some sort of metaphorical dreamland,” said Sandman Sleeps’ vocalist/guitarist Cristina Peck. “To leave something to your imagination.” The Floridian band’s debut album, Crisis Actor, is effectively a “best-of” culled from a decade of songcraft. It’s an arresting, singularly evocative and authentic expression inspired by Pixies, Kate Bush, Talking Heads, and Tori […]
Salt Ashes
Brighton-based singer Salt Ashes aka Veiga Sanchez, lover of UK electronic music, burst into the dance music scene with her signature dark songs and melodies with a zeitgeist club sound, all of which inspired by Giorgio Moroder’s blend of disco and epic dark atmospheres. Her success began from the offset, with her 2014 singles ‘Somebody’ […]