After playing lead guitar in latter-day incarnations of the New York Dolls and Drivin’ N Cryin’, East Nashville singer-songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan set off on his own, recorded in the same studio where Elliott Smith made his final album, and emerged with one hell of a record of his own. A boisterous blast of American roots rock, In the Blazes will be released 6 October (pre-order here) but in the meantime you can listen to the Stones-meets-Mellencamp jam “Made in America” below. READ MORE…
Big Apple mainstays Koncept and J57 are hard at work readying The Fuel, their EP releasing on 11/20/15. We’re proud to premiere the project’s first single, “Porcelain” featuring Hollis. The track thrives on Koncept’s bio-on-his-sleeve bars, backed by J57’s undeniable production, which is grass fed on boom-bap traditionalism but seems right at home next to the massive hook and busy orchestration. Keep watch for our interview with Koncept and J57 coming next week. READ MORE…
For 10 years, Chicago queercore outfit 8 Inch Betsy played what WithGuitars.com described as “aggressive lyric-driven rock with an equal debt to riot grrl ideals, snotty ‘90s pop-punk, and the heart-on-your-sleeve honesty of artists like PJ Harvey and Nina Nastasia.” Sadly, in January 2015, front woman and primary songwriter Meghan Galbraith passed away from a year-long illness at the age of 35, leaving in her wake a legacy of love, camaraderie, and a finished album that had gone unreleased. READ MORE…
New York emcees Koncept and J57’s long-awaited EP, The Fuel, will be released on November 20, 2015. The eight track offering features sample-free original production by J57 as well as appearances by Hollis, Akie Bermiss, Dice Raw, Denitia, among others. READ MORE…
“The part I have to work out with my psychiatrist is that I am emotionally identifying with a state,” Aaron Lee Tasjan tells Rolling Stone Country about his new single, “Florida Man.” Streaming exclusively below, it’s a chugging, steel guitar and piano-laced folk song about the Sunshine State and its amorphous, often ridiculous villains that seem to appear daily on the crime docket — but also the diamonds hidden in the rough. READ MORE…
Sara Rachele released a refurbished version of “Crazy Love,” by Paul Anka. The swanky remake will leave you dumbfounded. The song is nearly unrecognizable from its original incarnation. The rhythmic string plucking of the guitar will entice your ears into a listening nirvana. We are proud to premiere the video for the track today on magnetmagazine.com. WATCH HERE…