Written By Kelly Holm One night, NYC-based singer-songwriter Julia Wolf dreamed about a trend where girls painted the words “Hot Killer” on the front pockets of their blue jeans. Some might turn that into an opportunity to craft a viral Tweet— but Wolf spun this bit of nocturnal inspiration into a verifiable earworm. “I thought for sure, that’s a song title right there… what we came up with was a fierce anthem for my shy girls,” Wolf said. “Lots of people think we’ll automatically put them on a pedestal, or that we aren’t capable of being the heartbreakers because we’re…
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Music is Art is proud to present: Good Neighbors (Vol. 2), a seventeen-person co-write album presented as part of our WNY Music Industry Alliance and our coinciding Songwriter Peer Group. The first volume (available on streaming services) was a pandemic-born “song swap” project among twelve of our members, and we are so proud of how this endeavor has grown in the midst of our world’s challenges. These seventeen supremely talented songwriters, along with a collection of Buffalo’s top-tier musicians and industry pros, have crafted a powerful collaborative work of art, proving once again that Buffalo is indeed the City of…
Today, we’re so excited to premiere Sophia Angeles’ latest single “The Cost Of Being Perfect,” a song that gracefully explores self-worth. In a world inundated with airbrushed, unrealistic photos, it’s hard not to compare ourselves to the standard of beauty that we often see every day. Isn’t it exhausting to constantly try to measure up to the photos we see on social media? Or even to measure up to the ideal image of yourself that you have in your mind. It hurts to feel like you’re not good enough, not attractive enough, or just not enough. This is the feeling…
Photo Credit: Emily Jemiolo | Follow Emily @emilyjemiolo Check out our artists to watch from Governors Ball 2022’s day two of performances. Octavio The Dweeb First up this afternoon is Octavio The Dweeb. Born in Monterrey, Mexico, and raised in Kentucky, OCTAVIO has felt like an outcast since grade school. A lot of the time feeling ‘”forced to shed the conformity of his school’s dress code and find his true self,”’ according to an article by Sheesh. It wasn’t until after picking up his dad’s old guitar, that OCTAVIO quickly realized music was his calling. The artist combines indie, rock,…
Photo Credit: Emily Jemiolo | Follow Emily @emilyjemiolo Governors Ball day one has officially wrapped up! Here’s a look at what Governors Ball artists should be on your radar from Day 1. Blu DeTiger Yes, Blu Detiger is the true birth name of this wildly talented musician. The performer attended NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music before leaving after two and a half years to focus in on music. The institute is known as one of the most prestigious in existence with an acceptance rate of 15% of applicants accepted into its program every year. DeTiger also DJ’d at…