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“Sky And Dark Night” by Monks of Mellonwah
21
Apr

James from Independent Music Promotions (I.M.P) has shared a new advance release EP from Sydney-based four-piece alt-indie rock band, Monks of Mellonwah. In the form of one composition, this release is a departure point for the band; darker and more experimental than previous EP efforts, Stars Are Out and Neurogenesis.

The Monk’s latest release, the Sky And Dark Night Trilogy can be heard and purchased here.

This latest offering is emotionally charged and showcases the band’s new direction. To Joe de la Hoyde (lead guitar), Sky And Dark Night “…is the journey from the beginning of our battles to their fruitless ends; the ups and downs, the triumphs and the failures. It is the undying hope that maybe somewhere along the way, we might find ourselves.”

Monks of Mellonwah have been featured before on MusicArtiste.

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“Sky And Dark Night” by Monks of Mellonwah

CD Cover - Sky and the Dark Night

Image and mp3’s courtesy of James Moore, Promoter for Monks of Mellonwah via Independent Music Promotions

“Can’t Love Me” by Alisa Boniello
20
Apr

Singer-Songwriter, Alisa Boniello, co-wrote her single, “Can’t Love Me,” with noted songwriter and producer Ron Haney (Alicia Keys, Drake). The song chronicles a relationship that goes south. Boniello and Haney have been busy writing and recording several songs for a potential EP release later in 2013.

Boniello, who was raised in the town of Somers in Westchester County, NY, started taking classical piano lessons at age 5, and was singing in locally produced musicals by 12. In college she fused her years of training as a classical pianist with singing, and graduated with a BA degree in Classical Voice.

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“Can’t Love Me” by Alisa Boniello

mp3 courtesy of Karen Labuca and Chip Schutzman of Miles High Productions

Alisa Boniello

Image courtesy of Buzznet

“Never Want To Go Home” by Casey Turner
20
Apr

Armed with his Ukulele, Casey Turner offers an uplifting sense of calm and relaxation into this chaotic world. Built on a steady beach vibe, his debut LP, No Stress Express, invites its audience to put their feet in the warm sand of the pop music landscape and take a moment to allow their worries to melt away in the sun.

Casey was led to his laid back mindset after his stressful journey as an engineer and a bonafied Rocket Scientist who developed hydrogen fuel cell systems for major vehicle manufacturers, dabbled with renewable energy patents, and worked at the Kennedy Space Center for NASA (who has broadcasted his music aboard their space station). Casey’s ability to put his talented analytical mind to rest and sink into the laid back San Diego Beach lifestyle, which permeates his music, is the wonderful outcome of him leaving all that behind.

Get your free download of his lead-off singe, “Never Want To Go Home,” here.

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“Never Want To Go Home” by Casey Turner

Casey Turner

Image and mp3 courtesy of Jennifer & Samuel of Working Brilliantly

“DayDreaming” by Abi Ann
20
Apr

Los Angeles, CA Singer-songwriter, Abi Ann, recently released her single “DayDreaming” on iTunes.

Hailing from Midland, TX, Ann’s musical journey started 15 years ago in a family connected by the common love for music. When Ann was just a toddler her mother would often play The Beatles instrumentals for her until she fell asleep. Ann aspires to follow suit of her musical influences and recently started honing her guitar talent.

“DayDreaming” by Abi Ann

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Press release courtesy of Nicole Acosta of LaFamos PR & Branding; mp3 found on iTunes.

Abi Ann Hoffman

Image courtesy of Abi Ann’s official site

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“King of Nothing” by Bob Pressner
20
Apr

Hailing from White Plains, NY, musician-at-heart, Bob Pressner, breathes raw emotion and honesty into his new album King of Nothing. Bob touches on subjects like love, spirituality and retrospection with relatable lyrics and a velvety tone.

Refining his skills since the age of 15, even studying with the famed 1950’s beat poet Allen Ginsberg, Pressner took a leap of faith to pursue a music career and soon had his first album Hard Driving Rain, followed by Riding the Wave, Summer in Illusion Land, Me and the Kid from Santa Cruz, and Honor Among Thieves. In addition, Pressner was a featured artist on the album A Musical Tribute to the Olympics, which was a commemorative compilation featured at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Delivering an exciting mix of head-bopping songs and tear-jerking ballads, Pressner displays charm and grace on his latest effort, King of Nothing.

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“King of Nothing” by Bob Pressner

mp3 courtesy of Amanda Blide of LaFamos PR & Branding

Bob Pressner

Image courtesy of MUSIC.HASH

“Waking Hours” by Goodman
20
Apr

Michael Goodman is a musician/multi-instrumentalist based in NYC-via-Providence-via-NYC again. His music recalls the chord progressions of the radio hits of the ’50s and ’60s and long-forgotten power-pop bands of the late ’70s.

“Night Person” kicks us off in a fitful burst of hooks, but hints at the meditative melancholy that permeates the new record, What We Want. As much as this album positively overflows with soaring melodies and hooks that permanently settle between your heartstrings, it is also soundtrack for those long, deeply restless nights. “Waking Hours” is some of Goodman’s finest songwriting to date, a strikingly subtle ballad; the instrumentation is perfectly understated, and the harmonies, doused in reverb, are almost painfully lovely.

Like those of some of the best young songwriters, Goodman’s lyrics are peppered with recurring imagery: flowers and fever, sleeping (but mainly lack thereof) and waking, early mornings and late nights plagued by uncertainty. He captures the ends of relationships and the beginnings of others through the eyes of the sleepless nights that bookend them.

This is pop music for nervous young people, tossing and turning because we don’t know just what we want.

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“Waking Hours” by Goodman

Goodman

Image courtesy of Goodman’s SoundCloud

“The Beat” by Grown Up Avenger Stuff
1
Apr

The indie/rock group, Grown Up Avenger Stuff, has been compared to Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Grace Potter. Quirky with a keen pop sensibility and at the same time noisy, hard hitting and convincing. Their ace in the hole is their dynamic vocalist, Deirdre Kroener. The band’s recordings are focused nuggets of musicality and story. The live shows are pure high energy rock and roll generally ending with the crowd jumping, dancing, sweating, screaming, and shouting.

From the album Sparkleton, released on March 11, 2013, have a listen to “The Beat.”

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“The Beat” by Grown Up Avenger Stuff

Grown Up Avenger Stuff

Image and mp3 courtesy of Liz at Independent Music Promotions

“Don’t Mind Me” and “One Moment More (LIVE)” by Mindy Smith
31
Mar

Singer/Songwriter, Mindy Smith, performed recently in-store at Atlanta’s Anthropology. The performance supported her 2012 self-titled album and her current “Closer” tour. The album is bathed in the textures and flavors of country music. As a storyteller, however, Smith can harness a non-country audience. Pedal steel instrumentation and acoustic layers allow her to transcend her rootsy country foundation.

Have a listen to two tracks below — one from the new self-titled album and a live version of the title track to an old release, One Moment More, circa 2004.

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“Don’t Mind Me” and “One Moment More (LIVE)” by Mindy Smith

mp3 courtesy of Anthropologies’ FB page

Mindy Smith

Image courtesy of Anthropologies’ “Push Play Project: Mindy Smith”
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“Running” by Delta Spirit
28
Mar

Contributing to the horror drama television series, The Walking Dead, Delta Spirit wrote a brand new original song titled “Running.”

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“Running” by Delta Spirit

The Walking Dead

Image courtesy of mashable.com

In addition, the official tour video for “Yamaha” from their 2012 self-titled album was released yesterday! Find tour dates on the band’s official website.

“Two Times” by AM & Shawn Lee
11
Mar

The latest band to join the Park The Van (PTV) roster is electro-soul duo AM & Shawn Lee. PTV is a boutique label known for a catalog of great records from Dr. Dog, Generationals, and The Spinto Band to Floating Action and He’s My Brother She’s My Sister.

Rolling Stone has just debuted the first single “Two Times” from AM & Shawn Lee’s new album La Musique Numerique due out on May 7. AM says, “The album is both fun and quirky and just happened to be where we both were at the time. There was no discussion of direction. We seemed to be symmetrical in what we were both responding to musically.”

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“Two Times” by AM & Shawn Lee

AM & Shawn Lee

Image and mp3 courtesy of Rolling Stone’s Daily Download