Working mostly out of her home studio in Brooklyn, NY these days, singer/ songwriter/producer SIRMA has interrupted her solitary creative process to collaborate with guest producer Mallow (aka Ian Barnett) on a double single titled “On / 24 Hours”. LISTEN HERE SIRMA has been on a mission to become a self-sufficient artist ever since she graduated from Berklee College of Music, landed on two successful collaborations with Illenium and Said the Sky as a featured artist titled “Drop Our Hearts” and “Drop Our Hearts (Part II)”, and eventually releasing her debut EP, “To Love”, in 2017. With her very first…
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Fresh off the heels of two Grammy Award nominations, New York native and singer-songwriter Emily King delighted fans this morning, announcing a forthcoming release of 11 acoustically arranged songs from across her catalog, due out January 17 on Making Music Records / ATO Records. The to-be-titled collection of songs features highlights from 2011’s The Seven EP, 2016’s The Switch, and King’s acclaimed latest studio album Scenery. Today, King shares the acoustic version of her Grammy-nominated single “Look at Me Now.” Listen HERE. The album, produced by Jeremy Most and featuring string arrangements by Rob Moose, will be accompanied by a nationwide tour this January and February. King will be hitting U.S. cities coast…
Alternative quintet The Unlikely Candidates release their holiday track and rendition of The Kinks “Father Christmas”. Fans can watch the music video HERE. Earlier this year, The Unlikely Candidates released their hit song “Novocaine”, which skyrocketed in popularity since the music video was released this past Spring. The music video has over 10 million views to date and the song has over 25 million streams worldwide. The track is currently heading into the Top 10on the Alternative radio chart and was featured in the season 4 trailer of HULU’s popular TV show Veronica Mars. Watch the music video for “Novocaine” HERE. The Unlikely Candidates have been touring nonstop in 2019 with the likes of The…
Written By Kelly Holm Despite what you might think based on her stage name, BROOKLNN does not hail from Brooklyn. Brooke Toia, as her birth certificate says, comes from Brisbane, Australia, and you can also often catch her in her newfound second home: Stockholm, Sweden. “It’s been hard getting pop music heard in Australia without… a bunch of money thrown at your project,” she rationalized. In order to find worldwide success, after all, you’ve got to be willing to travel worldwide. “[When I first moved to Sweden] this old lady walked past me, stopped and said, ‘Such cool hair! You’re…
“The end of the year brings a time of great reflection. You mull over the highs and the lows and the in-betweens. Indie-rock singer-songwriter Nick Aranda, guitarist of Paper Route (currently on hiatus) and now known professionally as Vacay Nick, steps back to consider what 2019 has wrought,” American Songwriter’s Jason Scott wrote. “His new song and video, ‘Good Riddance,’ is a mellow, easy listening guitar jam that celebrates the good as much as the bad… An overcast mood stands in stark contrast to the colorful chorus of inflatable arm flailing tube men, a playful way of finding a silver lining. Aranda’s voice rises somber…