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Multi-talented Musician Greg Amici Drops New Single ‘Jennifer’

8Jul

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Multi-talented Musician Greg Amici Drops New Single ‘Jennifer’

New Jersey-based musician, writer & actor Greg Amici has released a new single from his forthcoming album Tragicomic. He's opted to go with a cover of the Bert Sommer classic 'Jennifer'. Amici has assembled a talented group of musicians to play on the song including James Mastro (acoustic/electric guitars, bass, mellotron), Tommy Aboussleman (acoustic guitar), Joe August Gentile (backing vocals), Renee LoBlue (backing vocals) and Ray Ketchem (drums, percussion). Bert Sommer seemed to be on his way to stardom, he was young, incredibly good-looking and had a wonderful tenor voice. He then had a run of bad luck in the music business. It began when he was cut from the Woodstock movie because he was on a the 'wrong label.' His live version of 'Jennifer' at Woodstock is fantastic,...

INTERVIEW: Jeff Symonds Talks New Material, Album Release Plans

30Jun

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INTERVIEW: Jeff Symonds Talks New Material, Album Release Plans

Jeff Symonds has been a staple on the San Francisco music scene for decades. The multi-instrumentalist has been playing a variety of instruments since age 12. He's played guitar, bass and/or keys with more than 30 different bands. Inspiration struck and Symonds decided to release his first solo album at age 50. Since then, he hasn't looked back. We recently had a chance to catch up with Jeff and got some more insight into riverrun, details on the album release party, and what he'd like to say to his fans if he had the chance. For updates be sure to follow Jeff on Instagram and Twitter. 'I love a rock and roll band in full flight live -- the pandemic created my longest break from live performance since I was 10, and I cannot wait to get back up there'.-Jeff Symonds What info...

Black Note Graffiti Set To Release New Music Video For ‘Knights’

10Jun

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Black Note Graffiti Set To Release New Music Video For ‘Knights’

Black Note Graffiti fuses prog metal with alternative rock vibes. They're set to drop a brand new music video for their hard driving single 'Knights'. The Ann Arbor, MI quartet will unveil the project on June 18. The track is featured on their new EP Volume III Rise. The band consists of Gabrielle Bryant (vocals/keys), Kris Keller (guitar/vocals), Kurt Keller (drums), Ricardo Ortiz (vocals/guitar) and Adam Nine (bass). Bryant was behind the concept for the video. Knights addresses the need for change in a systematically oppressive society through empathy and progressive change. Gabrielle Bryant illustrates this via our history of violence and the radical changes that were necessary to be in a better place than we were, as well as address the fact that we still have so far to go stil...

Rockers Kings County Drop Intense Flock Of Seagulls Cover

23Feb

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Music, Reviews

Rockers Kings County Drop Intense Flock Of Seagulls Cover

Florida based rock band Kings County have given new life to a song that helped define a generation by putting their own spin on A Flock of Seagulls 'I Ran (So Far Away)'. The original was released in 1982 at the height of the MTV era and was the second single off their self titled album. Kings County have redefined the track with an exceptional hard hitting music video and single release. The band is made up of Rob Dexter (Vocals, Bass), Steve Bell (Guitars, Vocals), Joe Lopez (Drums) and Bill Kania (Guitars, Vocals). They brought on producer Chuck Alkazian out of Pearl Sound Studios to helm the project. Alkazian is known for his work with Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Pop Evil and on Tantric's 2018 release Mercury Retrograde. According to a recent press release, Dexter had this to...

10Feb

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Music

Long Awaited Eve 6 EP Drops In June

Eve 6 are back on the scene with a new single and EP on the way. On February 4th the new song 'black nova' was released and it's the first taste of new music from the band since 2012's Speak In Code album. The grim value EP is set to be released on June 25th on Velocity Records. According to their profile on the labels' website the band has 'had all the terminally predictable ups and downs of every other band that's been chewed up and spit out by the machine. their new shit is good but no one will listen or care'. But, we're listening and we care and are looking forward to hearing more new music from the project. Since late 2020 Eve 6 has practically owned Twitter, trolling everyone from Jimmy Fallon to Third Eye Blind. There's a lot to digest on their feed, but here's a good place...