These are the avid ramblings of an obsessive reader, ambitious writer, and musical stalker.
To be haunted by the beauty of a song is a strange and unusual thing. Very rarely is the song as strange and unusual as the feeling it provokes. But, in this instance, throughout the album, listeners find themselves haunted by the melody and the story being weaved, it hovers throughout your day, Ansley Newman’s […]
MoreIt’s time to meet some one new. More specifically, it’s time to meet a new band with their own sound. In just one year, three musicians had not only formed their own band but also their own sound, one that falls under the umbrella of alternative music. As they have titled it, Anthem Rock. A sound […]
More2016 was an eventful year for Icon For Hire. They regrouped after the tragedies of 2015—returned from bankruptcy, record contract disaster, rehabilitation, and the loss of a band member—and created their own production and publicity team for their new album You Can’t Kill Us along with a release tour. If Icon For Hire didn’t have the […]
MoreIf bands had mascots, Icon For Hire’s would be the phoenix. In one year, the band left their record label, lost all of their possessions, a band member left, one required rehab, they were forced to file for bankruptcy, and amidst the tortures and horror rose Ariel and Shawn with a renewed sense of self. You […]
MoreIn honor of Spring and the impending heat waves, here’s a band you can scream to your lungs content when speeding down the highway, an eclipse of hair from the funneling wind and a halo from the sun. This is your feel good, sing loud and proud, and bounce your knees with every thump of the drums band. We […]
MoreFive musicians–Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Corneau, David Desrosiers, Sebastian Lefebrve, and Jeff Stinco–have turned in and out of each others lives for close to twenty years, like planets with a gravitation pull, a musical orbit. Since 1999, Simple Plan has been washing over the states from Montreal, Quebec. Simple Plan Website In three short years, Simple Plan […]
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