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John Craig
John is a Solo Artist of over 33 years experience. He created Dark Rif, A Nostradamus Themed Album to raise awareness of our future.
SHIFT
The SHIFT Folk-tronic sound is a mix of sticky melodies, epic lyrics, acoustic strings, and vintage synthesizers.
Gail Swanson
Award winning, singer and songwriter, Gail Swanson is known for her soulful voice and indie acoustic rock. Willie Nelson has recorded two of Gail's songs.
Cjeff
"Alone" alt rock, "Brand New Day", adult contemporary, "Silk Lullabye", smooth jazz instrumental, "Tonight's Blues", up-tempo blues ala SRV, Clapton.
John Barney
Energetic and sophisticated rock music mixed with blues, roots, and jazzish grooves. A singer-songwriter sensibility and gravelly voice frames intriguing, story-telling lyrics backed by a unique "disheveled" chorus style.
Ché Aimee
With gorgeous alt-rock melodies and heart-felt lyrics, this spirited musician recalls the simple elegance of iconic vocalists like Fiona Apple and Chan Marshall.
Mysti Mayhem
Mysti Mayhem creates music which will change your life. A gifted singer and guitarist, her original songs span the range of rock, blues and folk. And this fiery redhead's enchanting stage presence rivets the attention of any audience.
E-rock
Eric Saasto is a writer, producer, engineer born and bred in Long Island, NY. Fresh out of Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, he's back in New York furthering his career in music production. Eric played electric guitar in Huntington High School jazz band, also winning NYSSMA. After high school Saasto was destined to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. Receiving a Bachelor's in Contemporary Writing and Production. Working with all different aspects of music, keeps the inspiration alive. E-Rock is currently writing/producing his and others music for everyone to embrace.
Jered Tanner 4 President
The Jered Tanner 4 President Project started almost ten years ago when a fresh young voice emerged from the San Diego folk scene. A blend of Rock and Roll and Folk pop, combined with theatrical and poetic roots.
Lexi Street
If you like Tom Waits, Shiveree, or moody broody music, with some playful attitude thrown in - then we think you'll like this album!
The Locals
The Locals are an indie rock, alternative pop band based in Chicago. You can get more Locals music on their site: localsrock.com Enjoy this holiday cover of "The Heat Miser Song" from "The Year Without a Santa Claus".
Gaspipe
Very fun and upbeat music. Love the drums and tribal theme of the first song were were. Great instrumentals and horns, it's upbeat music that makes you happy.
Briton Sky
Real is Revolutionary.
Derek Jordan
Derek Jordan's music style is Psych Alternative Rock. It mixes a heavy dosage of psychological lyrics, ranging from the pursuit of significance to the most primal human instincts, and fuses it with high energy alternative rock, fueled with passion.
Fire Prince
Fire Prince, a Kauai singer-songwriter, is known for his raw, sexy vocals and lofty, lucid lyrics telling tales of unvarnished truth streaming through a mellow, funky folk flow.
Edge of the World
Yet another fresh sound emerging from Denver, Colorado. It's Dave Matthews meets Sting and the Plain White T's at the Edge of the World. Live, or straight out of the studio, you don't want to miss this band's wagon!
Black Patterns
Black Patterns is a duo from Southern CA. who push the 'drone' yet 'lively' envelope with a touch of Sonic Youth meeting The Velvet Underground.
Manny Freiser
Strong Adult Alt Rock radio-ready rockers and ballads with subtle flavors of The Stones, Yardbirds, Buddy Holly, Mamas & the Papas, and more.
Peacock Alley
Peacock Alley is an alternative rock band out of chicago. Their music is a mixture of rock pop funk jazz and whatever else they can find.
James D Ingram
A polished production which keeps the raw emotion in the writing as it washes you over with vocals that hit somewhere between Bruce Springsteen and The Sterophonics. A great musical journey.
frantic
Influenced by indie rock, folk and pop, the swiss indierock formation FRANTIC perform a balancing act of writing melancholic and cheerful songs with a devotion to great pop melodies.
Gunfire 76
Gunfire 76 is the new rock project from Wednesday 13. Influences range from KISS, The Stooges and Motorhead.
Blair Lott Band
A curious cross sonically between Led Zeppelin, U2, The Church and Husker Du, with a literary edge that compares to Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen or Jeff Buckley. Fantastic.
Vinny Piana
Cutting edge blend of 80’s New Wave and UK Indie Rock.
Monty Branham
Texas Outlaw Country/Southern Rock; Jerry Tubb, acclaimed Mastering Engineer in Austin, TX commented, "Monty's earthy, powerful voice and meaty songs, along with Miles' unusually rowdy guitar playing, set this session apart from the norm".
James Robert Murray and His Anthill Society
Tired of hearing the same music? The James Robert Murray Band will bring their soul grabbing,spirit lifting,all origional,bluesy rock,to you! This is Texas music like you've never heard it! With Jim Murray's signature vocals and Matt Gilmore's uplift.
The Brymers
If you like 60's garage rock then you will love The Brymers. The resulting sound is The Kinks meeting The Allman Brothers.
Loftin
Driving indie rock with a treasure chest modern and retro influences - post-punk, glam, 70's avant-garde, and 60's film soundtracks are but a few - Retro Carnival sends the listener on a thrilling sonic journey of yesterday and today.
Witches In Bikinis
Glam Pop/Rock.
Evestus
Evestus brings you the new era of industrial gothic rock music with a genre defining release at the end of 2008, "This is Dramacore".
Kirsten DeHaan
Kirsten Dehaan — an alternative rock singer-songwriter, active philanthropist in support of troops overseas, and proponent of indie music in NY — is releasing Thorns On A Crown EP on SirLady Records.
Eleven, Eleven and Char Butler
Awe-inspiring vocals that drizzle over melancholy lyrics, acoustic guitar and penny whistle, this mother-daughter duo deserves more than a casual listen.
James Christensen
Acoustic guitar based folk-pop-rock with a focus on lyrics.
Craig McConnell
Scottish professional film composer-guitarist Craig McConnell is known for his passionate, intense and dynamic compositions. One of Craig's strengths is his remarkable abilty to straddle many musical genres while retaining an innate sense of melody.
The Twees
Exciting up-and-coming Indie Pop-Rock band from New York.
The Smiling Strangers
The Smiling Strangers are a talented bunch of musicians who are trying to reach 'pop' heaven by writing a succession of 'catchy' three minute guitar based pop gems.
Oliver Benjamin Thayer
Hip-Hop, P-Funk, Bob Dylan, Country Western.
Hurt Street
Five piece modern alternative rock group with soulful and introspective lyrics with intense, yet danceable improvisational style.
The Slack
Lush and melodic solo work from one of Dallas' most distinguished guitarists crafting songs that are as memorable as they are melodic.
Pete Teo
Folk. Rock. World. Lyrical. Intense. Bruce Springsteen and Leonard Cohen's bastard Asian child. Not party music.
Rich Reich
Singer-song writer who's music combines elements of rock, blues, country, jazz, folk, funk, and punk into a style that's difficult to define.
Mike Rickard
Atlanta-based singer and songwriter who recently released the CD, Stirred Not Shaken. The CD features honest, confessional lyrics wrapped in an eclectic mix of musical styles.
The Linear Brothers
Lyrics that evoke images and emotions combined with V8 rock grooves — classic '70's FM rock!
Dagmar and The Seductones
Vocal stylings take you fom the dance floor to the stars above with her sultry, soaring sound. The Seductones set fire to the music as they reach right down to the roots and rave up some red-blooded rhythms.
Chad Perrone
The powerful voice and introspective lyrics will hit you over the head and keep you begging for more!
Hy80
Jersey City based band of three siblings and a guy named Gary. We specialize in a sound based not only on energy, but also on vocal harmonies and a dynamism not seen by today's standards. Not afraid to call ourselves fans of 60's and 70's, groups ranging from The Who and Kinks to Neil Young, we also get into the less mentionable Humble Pie and Fairport Convention. Yeah, we like Nazareth and Thin Lizzy and Free. We like more cowbell. We can be quite jam-oriented and free to experimentation. Folkie in substance and high energy in execution.
RoGue
"Play The Game" is a tribute to all the music you love — jazz, rock, blues and soul. This sophomore album takes harmony to new levels.
Pushing Zero
Pushing Zero's music has a throwback grungy, classic arena rock feel that is whipped to a froth by high energy performances and expert musicality. There is every indication to believe that Pushing Zero is bound for platinum and limelight glory.
Cory Scott
Cory Scott's acoustic-rooted folk pop is highly textured songwriting driven by intelligence, a solid sense of rhythm and delicious melodies.
Norine Braun
Seasoned feast of soulful pop rock mixed with jazzy chunks and flying vocals to lift your inner funk. A singer-songwriter, Norine channels the purity of folkers and the depth, funkiness and edge of Laurie Anderson.
Nuclear Forehead
A lo-fi blend of crunchy power pop, '80s-style college rock, and punk, conjuring up the Buzzcocks, Violent Femmes, REM, and more.
Brent Buckley
"Buckley's eclecticism is his strength and his forays into various corners of the musical world serves only to strengthen each and every project he takes on."
- A&R Select
David Shaw
David Shaw's new rock genre song,"Didn't Sign Up For This", is a powerful expression of the frustration and disbelief felt by many soldiers in Iraq and their families at home.
Miles Beyond
Hard Rock-Metal band with an emphasis
on strong song writing and musicianship.
Mundijong
Hard Rock-Metal band with an emphasis
on strong song writing and musicianship.
Toy Gun Cowboy
Modern altenative rock with unique
rhythmic, lyrical, and melodic textures.
Josh Aran
Smart, sincere singer-songwriter rock, Josh Aran's music ruminates in layers and hooks. Think Wilco, Zepp, Radiohead, Counting Crows, Beck, and that'll get you there.
Casey Frazier
Acoustic-Pop-Folk Rock
Adrienne Hamilton
Fresh. Quirky-pop-lament meets antifolk-femme. Atypical singer-songwriter. Songs crafted with both intellectual and emotional punch.
Rachael Sage
2005 Independent Music Award Winner Rachael Sage writes what THE VILLAGE VOICE calls "lovely and literate folk-pop-rock. An innovative, improvisational keyboardist.
Dan Pokorni
Guitar instrumental with elements of rock, folk and jazz.
Pale Obsession
Perfect mixture of dark rock combined to melodical influences and the outstanding psychadelic voice and lyrics of frontman Joe May.
Katherine Aelias Band
Katherine Aelias is a brilliant and beautiful vocalist and song writer most often favorably compared with Stevie Nicks, and Grace Slick. Her writing style is very personal and she is able to bring an audience to tears with her heartfelt ballads or lift them in to a frenzy with her rock viniettes. Katherine has colaberated with her writing partner Jeff Coleman since 1999. Together they have written, recorded, released and performed a great deal of critically acclaimed music. They have managed to obtain national and international airplay and reach fans all over the world. Kathy and Jeff have put toghether a unique band sound, featuring affected guitar, mandolin, and violin with a strong rhythms creating an orchestral rock sound to back up Kathy's haunting vocal.
The Morning Code
The Morning Code is a modern rock band from New York City. Their emotional melodies, strong dynamics, and roaring guitars combine to create an unforgettable experience. Their sound recalls bands like Radiohead, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Muse.
Tony Christopher
Tony Christopher's music is a blend of roots rock and pop rock. His recent CD release "A WORLD UNSEEN" shows off his vocals, as well as his ability to produce records. However, at the end of the day, his live performance says it all!
Synchrony
The electric guitar is the singer.
The foundation is a Rock based Symphony.
It is powerful and beautiful.
Owen Sartori
SmartPop for Cynical Optimists. Simiar Artists include Ben Folds, Aimee Mann, Jason Falkner, Jon Brion.
The Fades
The Fades were DIY heroes long before it became the latest buzz-term, and their enthusiasm is hard to escape. Perhaps it comes from the infectious energy of their blistering punk-fuelled pop. Inspired by the spirit of grunge, Twickenham-based brothers Dave and James Lightfoot , joined by guitarist Jonny Barnard and Graham Best, started writing uniquely British punk-pop with a backbone of messed-up rock-n-roll.
Nectarphonic
Atmospheric groove rock with a sultry female voice.
VYRUS
Infectious sonic hybrid of heavy rock,
timeless songwriting, and inescapable hooks!
Theory of Mind
Considered instrumental progressive rock, or even progressive fantasy rock, Theory of Mind fuses elements of rock, classical, blues, jazz and electronica to "teleport" the listener to other dimensions.
Rick Denzien
Denzien's music has an eclectic alternative rock style a mix between Richard Marx and Pearl Jam. Sounds strange, I know, but if Richard Marx had Stone Gossard on guitar and didn't sing so mellow , you would have something quite like Rick Denzien.
Ben Green
Ben Green's music falls in with other thoughtful singer-songwriters such as Jack Johnson, Marc Cohn, and Ben Folds.
Unstable
ROCK
Indian Blood
Old School Blues Mixed With Alternative Blues-Rock. Sound Influences: Ten Years After, Robin Trower, Moody Blues, Lightnin Hopkins, The Clash, Three Dog Night, Pink Floyd, John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers, Ozark Mountain Daredevils and Chris Rea.
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