Sano Hill is a singer-songwriter based in Galway (Ireland) currently finalising his debut album for release in Spring 2023. His songs are inspired by life, love and loss and he has played to audiences in the US and Ireland with his work released already to critical acclaim on compilation albums, including 'Origin: See the Light', 'New Horizons', and 'Inundations'.
Read MoreInterview: scxtty - Life Through Roses
Life Through Roses, the focus track, is about finding closure within a relationship. It’s often hard to find that closure with the other person especially when you don’t want to talk to them, so scxtty guess he found it through the past years of working on himself and growing older. The song speaks his story and the difficulties of moving on but reassuring yourself that it is okay to move on.
Read MoreInterview: Sabreen Islam - still love you
Auckland-raised, twenty-year-old Sabreen Islam is an artist, songwriter and author. Weaving her signature style with inspirations from the likes of Hozier, Conan Gray and dodie, Sabreen writes confessional and powerfully sharp lyrics, with a knack for telling stories through her songs.
Read MoreInterview: Sambox - Road Trip
Sambox, aka Samuel Pineau, is a French music producer and he plays keyboard/piano. Since 2004, Sambox music has appeared on 70 CD compilations of Lounge references (Chillout Guide, Buddhattitude, Blue Marlin, Dubai Eklektic, Café Solaire, Ibiza Beats, and so on). His music has also been used for television (Alles war zählt, Diana's Dream (M6 / Teva), Belle toute nue (M6)).
Read MoreInterview: S J Denney - High Flying Birds
S J Denney is a singer-songwriter based in Essex, United Kingdom. He fell in love with music from an early age, after stumbling across vinyl copies of The Beatles’ White Album and Neil Young’s Harvest. S J was originally a choir boy and performed in a number of venues across his local county. His next stepping-stone was learning to play the clarinet.
Read MoreInterview: Sparkbird - Silent Film
Sparkbird is the project of non-binary queer singer-songwriter Stephan Nance. Their music has been featured by the National Audubon Society, Birding Magazine, Homoground, and Rock the Pigeon. Their song “Metropolis of Eden” won 2nd place in Yishan Wong’s 2021 Solarpunk Art Contest. Stephan is a 2021 Lambda Literary Fellow.
Read MoreInterview: Slow Draw - dark shadows in happy places
Interview: Satellite Train - Lies
Satellite Train was originally conceived as a fun side project between friends. As the band releases its debut material, Icehouse’s Michael Paynter leads the way with some of his finest vocal performances. Despite the fact that all of the songs have a signature sound, we take you through a variety of musical styles.
Read MoreInterview: Single By Sunday - Reputation
Known for their trademarked coloured hair, Single By Sunday combine their energetic live shows with raucous guitars and a millennial brashness, whilst retaining some of the original mid-eighties Pop Punk attitudes. Core band members, Josh Ladds - lead vocals and Jonny Eakins - lead guitar/backing vocals, are also joined by Joshua Clark - bass and Ben Morland – drums.
Read MoreInterview: SpünDay - While my guitar gently beeps
"While my guitar gently beeps" is a stinging attack on the music industry establishment's laziness, inability to take risks on new music for fear of upsetting the shareholders, and constant re-issues and repackaging of the same music. SpünDay, who are from Tonypandy, have released one album, Shock Wave Gang Bang.
Read MoreInterview: Some Kind of Nightmare - DCxPC Live Vol. 9 Presents Some Kind of Nightmare Live at Lou's
Some Kind of Nightmare are touring machines. For over a decade they have been on the road more than half the year bringing their positive and angry form of street punk to the smallest corners of the countries. Touring has made their live performance a true sight to see and hear.
Read MoreInterview: Songs for Sabotage - Shadow
After a decade of wandering down the same NYC streets, musicians Richey Rose & Lina Sophie met in the fall of 2017 at Brooklyn bar, Night of Joy. Bonding over a mutual love for Swedish pop, 80s alternative/first-wave, and 00s indie, the two later formed Songs for Sabotage in early 2019.
Read MoreInterview: Sarah Kellysen - Vertigo
Sarah Kellysen's fourth studio album, "Vertigo," is an indie dance/pop album. She is a queer artist from Canada who creates music that is relatable to anybody; however, she is writing from personal experiences, and she speaks about going through her journey through an LGBTQ+ lens.
Read MoreInterview: Snakedoctors - Destroyed
"Destroyed" is a brand-new version of Snakedoctors' older song. The single features a guest drummer, Nik Hughes, a drummer for Bush. The mixing was done by Marshall Gallagher, a producer and leader of Teenage Wrist. Mastering was done at Howie Weinberg Mastering.
Read MoreInterview: Square - The World Is Square
Square is a modern avant-rock band based in Vancouver that epitomizes the ethos of the Canadian middle-aged experience. Multicultural, overeducated, and ironically trying to justify art-making in our current (dis)information age, Square asks a unique musical question: what happens when you know all the rules, and where all the roads in life lead, and somehow still get lost?
Read MoreInterview: Satellite Train - Broken Heart
Satellite Train was originally conceived as a fun side project between friends. As the band releases its debut material, Icehouse’s Michael Paynter leads the way with some of his finest vocal performances. Satellite Train features musicians from Australian and American bands, including Michael Paynter of Icehouse, Gregg Bisonnete of Ringo Starr.
Read MoreInterview: Sequel Films - Iridescent
Sequel Films (formerly known as Pink Films) is project from producer and guitarist Adam Hailstone. Born and raised in the Winchester area, Adam's passion for music was nurtured through the lens of artists like Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd, encouraged by his music-mad father.
Read MoreInterview: Seth Adam - Fits and Starts and Stops
Singer/songwriter Seth Adam writes compelling, genuine songs with honest lyrics. Taking musical cues from artists like Counting Crows, Tom Petty, and Jason Isbell, he creates his own brand of edgy, Americana rock & roll with a message. Past accolades include, but not limited to: Male Performer of the Year nomination - New England Music Awards (2017).
Read MoreInterview: Sarah Reeves - More The Merrier
Curb | Word Entertainment recording artist and songwriter Sarah Reeves transforms “Winter Wonderland” into a Christmas duet with soulful singer and “American Idol” finalist Clark Beckham. Together, the two artists trade vocals on the holiday standard. Listen to the elegant rendition of “Winter Wonderland (feat. Clark Beckham)”.
Read MoreInterview: Sophie Bernice - Sunny
Sophie Bernice is an indie-folk singer/songwriter composing ethereal music inspired by the likes of Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell and Alice Phoebe Lou, around themes such as human emotion, spirituality and the natural world. She is currently based in Liverpool and performs frequently across the UK.
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