NMPA To Begin Copyright Royalty Board Proceedings For Streaming Mechanical Royalty Rates

This week, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has begun a proceeding before the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) that will determine the mechanical royalty rates paid by digital streaming services for the next five years. ASCAP’s mission is to protect the rights of our songwriter, composer and music publisher members and to make sure you […]

Jeff Krause – Naked & Hardhearted

Jeff Krause plays music rooted in the tradition of classic Americana & folk storytelling. On his exceptional EP Naked & Hardhearted he doesn’t seem to be stuck trying to reinvent a genre that is almost as old as the hills themselves. On that note Naked & Hardhearted contains all the things I hope to hear […]

Ben Noble – Whiskey Priest

Ben Noble ​Whiskey Priest self-released; 2018 The new album Whiskey Priest by Ben Noble was apparently recorded in a cabin. However, I get the feeling this album was not recorded on a laptop with a two hundred dollar interface. The whole album is extremely polished and is filled with instrumentation like guitar, viola, cello, drums […]

Interview With Tim & Puma

Photo Credit: Moritz Bichler Tim of the upbeat and enjoyably quirky Swiss and Japanese electronic pop duo Tim & Puma Mimi takes some time out of his busy schedule to update us on the duo’s latest creations, including the just released album Der Die Das, crazy-fun animated video for Dupi Dough from the award-winning short […]

Does Milan Matter?

MILAN — It was 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, the Bottega Veneta show was about to start, and François-Henri Pinault, chief executive of Kering, the French conglomerate that owns the Italian brand, was het up. Were the models late? Had some clothes not arrived? Did he — oops — not like what he saw? Nope. His […]

Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ to Hit Theaters in August, Timed to Charlottesville Anniversary

Jordan Peele is among those producing the drama, which stars John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier and Topher Grace. Filmmaker Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman will open in U.S. theaters on Aug. 10, timed to the one-year anniversary of the protests in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Focus Features movie (previously titled Black Klansman) is based on the […]

Jean-Luc Godard nostalgia: is it time to stop pining for the great director’s past?

Brace yourselves for a wave of Godard nostalgia. It’s 50 years since Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and co closed down the 1968 Cannes film festival in solidarity with student protests in Paris. This year’s Cannes poster also pays tribute to Godard’s 1965 film Pierrot Le Fou. Those were the days, eh? When cinema was radical […]

Logic And Marshmello Share A Really Cool Video For “Everyday”

It’s a blessing to wake up everyday and be able to get paid for performing tasks that you would do for free. This is the message that Logic is spreading today  . The Maryland native and Marshmello unleashed the cool ass video for “Everyday,” for all of the big dreamers of the world. With Alan Ferguson handling […]

The Princess Project Los Angeles

The Princess Project’s mission is to promote self-confidence and individual beauty by providing formal wear and accessories to high school teens who cannot otherwise afford them. Our effort is made possible through invaluable volunteer, donor, and community support via donations and financial gifts to further our goals throughout California with locations in San Francisco, Silicon […]

Sinoptik – Standalone Syndrome

Ukrainian alternative/hard rock band Sinoptik originated a few years ago in the city of Donetsk.  Its band members had to flee the region due to war, but have stuck together through thick and thin as Sinoptik. The act, whose musical influences include the psych-rock and stoner rock styles, has recently released the bludgeoning and exhilarating […]

Universal Dice – Birth, Love, Hate, Death

Produced and written by the band’s creative mastermind, Gerry Dantone, Universal Dice’s birth, love, hate, death sports sixteen tunes with strong musical and lyrical backbones aiding Dantone and his fellow musicians to realize the conceptual ambitions of the piece. Referred to as a “rock opera”, birth, love, hate, death doesn’t go from A-Z in a […]

The Young Wild – In The Wild (Acoustic Version)

California based trio The Young Wild recently released a stripped down acoustic version of their single In The Wild. The video is just them basically doing a jam session with friends around, nothing too crazy, I thought the song was performed well, it was really easy to listen to and relaxing as well. I actually […]

Have Mercy – Good Christian Man

Have Mercy released a new video for Good Christian Man, a track from their upcoming album Make The Best Of It which is coming out this Friday April 21st. When I first was alerted to Good Christian Man, I assumed it would come off as some overly religious christian rock type song but that was […]

Interview With Marylane

Photo courtesy of Angelika Annen Swiss indie outfit Marylane recently premiered a music video for its single Restless and will be releasing the album Grow and Fade in September via Swiss record label Turbo Music. The video, which was directed by Igor Chojna and Sebastian Weber, highlights the emotional turbulence of late adolescence while also […]

Odd Beholder Interview

Zurich-based, electronic pop duo Odd Beholder is composed of Daniela Weinmann and James Varghese.  The pair’s debut EP, Lighting, came out May 13th on Mouthwatering Records.  In true international style, the 6-track EP was written in Amsterdam and recorded in Berlin. Here is how Daniela and James explain their creative process, via the press release […]