“Sweet Thing is a collection of songs that represents the last year or so of my life. It’s about living in a new town, falling in love, losing it, falling apart, and picking up the pieces. It’s about trying to become a better person in your 30s when you’re fighting all the demons from your past and you feel worn-out and washed up.” – D.L. Rossi
Leahey told The Daily Times recently that the album reflects his love for the radio anthems he heard and enjoyed while growing up in Richmond, Va., in the early ’80s. Its songs ring with an anthemic frenzy and fury that aims them straight for the stratosphere with stadium-filling choruses and refrains.
Carina Frantzen shared the title track for her upcoming EP, “Blacklist.” Former frontwoman of Phone Joan, Frantzen looks to begin her solo career on the right foot with the debut of Blacklist. READ MORE…
Carina Frantzen is a Norwegian singer who adds a dark, atmospheric touch to her rock and roll songs. She’s got a new album called Blacklist out later this year and we’re excited to premiere the video for the title track and first single, “Blacklist.” READ MORE…
Six-piece indie folk outlet Grand Canyon are a flashback in time, reflective of the folk rock and pop of the late 20th century this side of Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac. Antithetical of the more synthetic nature of pop hits today, the band tends to hone their focus in on earthen hooks and infectious rhythms that would produce fitting anthems for any backroad. Grand Canyon isn’t just another quality indie outlet on the rise, though, having already proven their mettle through millions of album sales and multiple world tours underneath the belts of each of its members. With the recently released LP Le Grand Cañon, Grand Canyon proves their worth once again with a series of shimmering Americana-tinged pop expressions.
The world needs bands like SP’s right now. Pulling no punches with their hard-left politics in the face of a world where Nazis seem to have become acceptable again, the L.A.-based band are about to release their Rise/Fall EP via their own Baby Robot Records, and they’re playing a record release show at the Highland Park Bowl in May, so we chatted. READ MORE…