New Music Alert: Brian Lambert – “Undressed”
Brian Lambert (Denton, TX) has a new single coming out on March 24th, a cover of the song “Undressed” originally performed by Sombr. Lambert’s spin on the 2025 Alt Pop hit takes form as a…
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DelCobras “Get Closer” (Jukebox Alert)
Hey you! Yeah you. Come here, get a little closer… Philly Power Pop trio and Jukebox Heroes, DelCobras, have a new single dropping March 14th. That’s right, Pi Day. Proving once and for all that…
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Slip ~Ons – “Overtime”
Some good ol’ straightforward punk rock and roll is something that always sits well with me. Whether I’m feeling up or down, or just casually enjoying my morning coffee and gearing up for the day.…
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Polyvinyl on Jukebox!
Polyvinyl (Newcastle, UK) are the newest Jukebox Heroes on AMS Radio! And I am admittedly a bit star struck by it. They sent over a couple submissions earlier this week, “Running From Home” and “Underground…
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The Unfamiliars? With a Question Mark
“Bottles” is the latest single by The Unfamiliars? That’s not a question that’s a statement. I’ll follow that up with another statement, you must tune in to hear this Pop Punk / Alternative Rock banger…
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Hear it Early – “Witness to Everything” By Black Hats
A new arrival to AMS Radio is a song called, “Witness to Everything” by a band named Black Hats. It’s one of my favorite new songs of the year so far, and it reminds me…
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Lane – “Lane Says”
Look, sometimes I write these reviews while I’m listening to the song for the first time, and this is one of those times. The song is called “Lane Says,” by the way, and the band…
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DA Movement Arrives at AMS Radio
On the surface, DA Movement can be described as a hip hop group. In reality, the project operates more like a summit for some of Chicago’s most impressive artists. Their latest single, “All Black Everything”…
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Charlie Angel – “Nico My Friend”
How to get my attention: Tell me your new song is about your dog. How to keep my attention: Make it a good song. Charlie Angel checks both boxes with his new tune, “Nico My…
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“On My Mind” by Aria
“On My Mind (Acoustic)” is a new arrival to AMS Radio courtesy of New York based artist, Aria. It’s one of those songs that is stripped down, acoustic, and raw, yet remarkably powerful. I’m always…
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Jake Vera – “Wasteland”
Extra post today considering it’s Bandcamp Friday! And speaking of which, Jake Vera’s album “Lost” is a great recommendation for fans of Shoegaze and Alternative Rock. We’re spinning one of my favorite songs on the…
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Dave Eastman – The Ballad of Leighton Buzzard
More “shanty” has made it’s way on to AMS Radio! Today’s “murderous” sea shanty tune comes by way of artist Dave Eastman, member of the band The Open Flames on Subjangle Records. It’s a solo…
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Crawl Town Calls it Out
UK based Proto-Punk Indie Rock band Crawl Town has released a song recently titled, “Call it Out.” A rockin new song that has hit the AMS Radio airwaves during “New Arrivals” and “Punked” time slots.…
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Jukebox Alert! CYANATE’s New Single “Fade Away”
Reno Metalcore rockers and Jukebox Heroes, CYANATE, dropped a new single and premiered a music video today for the song “Fade Away.” The video was produced by Mick Barnes of Gray Dog Productions who has…
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The Bret Tobias Set on Jukebox!
Another Jukebox Hero has joined the station! The Bret Tobias Set is a project by well, Bret Tobias, and of the many songs we spin on the station he has added the lead off track…
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VIAMAER’s Awakening
An epic, heavy tune hits the AMS Radio airwaves today by VIAMAER, a Post-Black Metal project from Poland. “In Excitatione Terrae” is a guitar laden rock song packed with interesting dynamics. Truth be told, I…
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The Bret Tobias Set: Tuneless Blues ep
Listen, I just finished reading Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland because it’s the book that “inspired” Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, so I’m in a bit of a mood. I can’t say exactly how I’d…
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Das Sporten – “Just a Dog”
Chicago’s Das Sporten is a new arrival to the station with a new song called “Just a Dog.” The song is upbeat, and has a bright natural sound to it, reminiscent of some of my…
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Prime Birds Feat. Above the Snow Line
Our friends in Prime Birds sent in a new track. They teamed up with Above the Snow Line on a track in which all proceeds are donated to a good cause. As Jim from the…
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New Arrivals: Aaron Lewis Moore – “Hypocritical”
Awesome new track added to the “New Arrivals” and “Punked” lineups today by an artist named Aaron Lewis Moore of Bexley, England! His latest track, “Hypocritical” is an upbeat, guitar laden rocker that at first…
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Misty Route’s New Single is on Jukebox!
Misty Route from Athens, Greece has added their latest single “Blind God” to Jukebox in support of the upcoming album “Ethos” coming out March 20th, 2026 courtesy of our good friends at Bitume Productions! Pre-Save…
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Secret Molecules – “What’s Come Over Me”
Wow! Great stuff coming out of Dordrecht, Netherlands! When they submitted “What’s Come Over Me,” Secret Molecules described their track as a “nice 60s/90s vibe rock track,” which may be the understatement of the year.…
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Panama Quik Joins Jukebox!
If you’ve been listening to AMS for a while and are privy to our playlists, you likely also know that one of my favorite underground Hip Hop artists to spin is Nashville’s Panama Quik. “We…
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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with HOT PENNIES
Sometimes when a submission comes in, the description of the song alone makes it a gauranteed listen, you know what I mean? One of our latest submissions was a song titled, “YOU SUCK” by a…
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Pressgang Mutiny’s “Old Mick”
I’ve never been too familiar with the genre “sea shanty,” and I came across a new arrival to the station that certainly educated me on what I’ve been missing out on. My initial impression about…
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Joel X Eleanor – “Edge of Victory”
If I were any more of a narcissist, I’d think that Joel X Eleanor were writing songs (and crafting their marketing materials) just for me. Great alt-rock power-pop sound? Check. A reference to Rocky (bound…
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Hello London – “Crowns”
I logged into AMS Radio to look for a different song, but there was “Crowns” by Hello London acting all innocent and nondescript with its emo leanings and a reference to Jimmy Eat World in…
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All Violet – “Plead the Fifth”
I asked All Violet what the name of their band meant,* but they told me they’d have to kill me if they let the information slip. Which I respect. People need to draw lines. They…
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Kid Camus – “Half-Mooned Orbit”
Interesting melange of sounds. A bit of early Pink Floyd in places, at least as far as spacey sound effects go, and then some Dylan-esque harmonica. I kind of want to say a little bit…
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Lina Cooper – “Some Random Girl”
Ahhhh, the internet. An abode of mighty keyboard warriors and know it all’s. A tool for information and research. A means of communication and connectivity worldwide. A..repurposing the words of Obi Wan … “wretched hive…
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Why I Haven’t Made a Group 7 Post
To begin this post, we have to start with the concept of “hooks.” If you’ve ever engaged on TikTok with any content related to increasing your reach on that platform, then you have also probably…
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Creepin’ It Real Compilation
We released a compilation last week featuring 12 independent artists. A ghoulish goulash of spooky tunes primed for tailgating the week leading up to All Hallow’s Eve this Friday. If you’re looking for new additions…
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Jesse Gimbel’s “Minds on Fire”
I can’t say enough about Jesse Gimbel. I’ve seen him play live a few times in the Philadelphia area, and he produced the second single for my band DelCobras. The song, by the way, is…
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“Realise” That Punk is Not Dead: Hearse Pileup
The music of Hearse Pileup calls out the machinations of consumer-driven corporate culture. The EP “Realise” challenges listeners to recognize the truth of their reality.
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Community Talent Results in Communal Well: “Bound to Break”
“Bound to Break” by Communal Well is an album of healing and recovery, blending blues and rock influences with shared humanity.
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Brian Lambert Gives us the “Business” on a New EP
Denton, Texas’s Brian Lambert released a 6 track EP of epic proportions. It may imply that “Everything’s a Business” on the cover, but clearly there’s a party in the back.
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Tongue and Cheek Meets Social Awareness: “No Sex Robots” by Femegades
The Alt-Rock, Punk band Femegades released a new EP on June 6th – it is firey, rocking, yet cheeky and melodic. Check out Marc’s review of their latest.
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Songs of Strength: “Last Man Standing” by One Flew Over
Ireland’s One Flew Over released a new single on June 7th tittled, “Last Man Standing,” and it’s a powerful song that has the hairs on our arms standing. Check out Marc’s review of the new…
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Kinsley Releases “Angels” Into the Airwaves
North Carolina trio Kinsley released a new EP on June 6th. Invoking stark corners of the imagination, it’s a 3 track EP of somber, dissonant, and rocking tunes. Read more as our beloved Tweetcore Radio…
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I Scream, You Scream, We All “Scream” for Love Ghost
Los Angeles, CA – Love Ghost unleashes an emotional, violent, and genre bending rocker with their latest EP – “Scream”
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Mal Fantome “Broken to Pieces” Video Exlusive!
Guess what’s debuting today at Noon Eastern? The latest from @MalFantome and it’s amazing! Listen to the debut and hear from Chuck, the lead singer, in our premier Q&A with Mal Fantome!!!!
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“Arguably” Re-Marc-able: Q&A with Marc Schuster
The new @marc_schuster album is out today! I went down the rabbit hole listening to it drawing up my own conspiracy theories. How did they compare to the artist’s thinking? Check out this Q &A…
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Last of a Dying Breed: Won’t Say Rabbit
What do you do when you’re the last of a dying breed? Well, if you’re Won’t Say Rabbit, you write a defiant song about it. Propelled by a growling bass line and a snarling lead…
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These “Remains in Space” Maybe Human
Somewhere between Los Angeles, California and the boundless expanse of our infinitely growing universe resides the Post-Rock soundscape of the artist Maybe Human. He has an eccentric creativity that spills out into all aspects of…
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Cascade Riot Reveals “Life on Venus”
Sometimes the first line says it all, and when it comes to Life on Venus, the latest EP from Detroit, Michigan, based pop-punk superstars-in-the-making Cascade Riot, that’s definitely the case: The tank is dry. It’s like a…
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Hana Piranha Strikes a Chord with the Disenfranchised
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that everyone everywhere will be able to identify with the sentiment of Hana Piranha’s latest single, “I Wanna Leave,” at some point in their lives.…
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To Be “Isolated” by The Art of Deception
Depression is a common, yet widely misunderstood phenomenon. How it develops, the physiological effects, and treatments for it vary person to person, case by case. It’s no wonder that when our favorite artists express themselves…
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NTGB: There’s No Ghosts in this Town
NTGB’s latest single, “There’s No Ghosts in This Town,” kicks off with a bit of rockabilly swagger: swinging drums and retro guitar riffs that call to mind garage bands from the golden age of rock’n’roll…
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William Sanford is in “Deep Mollusca”
The first time I heard William Sanford I didn’t realize what I was in store for. I was writing about his latest single at the time called “Do the Buttcrack,” a humorous and satirical slapstick…
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A Mysterious Dead Storm Rising
ICYMI – Bitume Records, an Indie Label out of France, released a massive compilation in tribute to the legendary band Failure recently. “Planète Magnifiée,” as the tribute is titled, is a 33-track, two-volume series. I…
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Love Ghost with Wiplash | A Pop-Punk, Hip Hop Fusion
One of my favorite bands around right now, Los Angeles-based Love Ghost, continue to bring the heat month-to-month, week-to-week, day-to-day. Even as I write this review for “Left on Read” – released only three weeks…
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Lewis Coleman’s “Indigo”
Happy New Music Friday to ya (…technically tomorrow for me). I recently came across Lewis Coleman’s single “Indigo,” and have been anticipating the album in which it is being released on… dropping tomorrow. The song…
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Juha Jyrkäs – New Twist on an Obscure Sound
Last May I had the chance to educate myself a bit on a sub genre of metal known as Folk Metal, a super niche subgenre within the broader scope of the metal music scene, by…
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Grymm Within releases a Nirvana cover for Charity
It happens from time to time. Well, a lot actually. Often times though I’m painfully distracted. In this case it’s the one of those less frequent “blissfully distracted” moments, where I feel compelled to write…
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Pent Up! and “Up All Night”
My Pacific Northwest buds Pent Up! are back to rock the house once again with a brand new single. The track, titled “Up All Night,” is a rocker that would surely keep a crowd rocking…
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Franc O’cher Goes the Distance “For Your Love”
Canadian artist Franc O’cher, based out of Bathurst, in New Brunswick, recently released his new single “For Your Love” on August 31st. His repertoire ranges from fun, upbeat, folky pop songs, like “Golden City,” to…
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Scoopski Seasons Your Summer with “Seasonal”
Summer. It’s a hot one, isn’t it?! And I’m not talking about the weather. Lots of scorching releases by independent artists have been dropping left and right this year making it a summer to remember.…
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Seinaru Sekai: Melodic Death Metal Mastery
There are some updates to cover on the current happenings of Germany’s Seinaru Sekai, who’s sophomore single, “In Fear,” was featured on the blog last March. Since then, the band has released two more singles…
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Brett Poindexter’s Heavy Rocker “Echoes of Creation”
It only takes but a few seconds of listening to Brett Poindexter’s album “Echoes of Creation” to realize that this guy shreds and is someone with admirable guitar skill. His love for music, particularly guitar,…
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Scott DL’s Enlightenment Saloon – Q&A
It’s not often that you find an album these days that is so melodically pleasing that listening to the entire thing front to back is a seamless, almost timeless experience. Welcome, my friends, to the…
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Seinaru Sekai releases “In Fear”
Oettingen, home of Germany’s best-selling beer and the Schloss Oettingen Castle, is also home to the Melodic Death Metal band Seinaru Sekai. A project whose musical style combines aspects of traditional Swedish Death Metal with…
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Band w/o Band’s Latest Single
German multi-instrumentalist known only by his stage name “Marc,” has amassed a total of thirteen official Spotify releases by way of his project Band w/o Band. The aesthetic component of his latest release is what…
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“Lotus Head” by T.F.A
Howdy there Bandcampers! How is your apocalypse going? Mine’s been pretty good. Relatively okay. How about all of them UFOs lately, huh? Good times. Dystopian hero “Friendly Timo” has just released a new single as…
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Scoopski’s “Babble” Features a Guest Appearance – Q&A
It’s been a long time coming that I’ve wanted to write about this band. Roughly about 365 days to the date, in fact. Back in October I had written about a newly released album, “The…
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Nemesis Inferi Announces New Album
There was some exciting news announced via press release from Metal Jacket Magazine a couple weeks ago. The news is a two-parter. First part being that Nemesis Inferi will be dropping a new album, a…
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Exit the Matrix
Adhering to a schedule set forth by their Spotify bio that began with a Press Release in August here on the blog, Belgium/Australian based Exit the Matrix has returned with a new single titled, “Dream…
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A Ghost’s Vengeance – Love Ghost
Closing out the year proper, as it appears that one of the last reviews of the year is to be of a band I am openly a fanboy of, Love Ghost. Fitting, as they were…
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Indie Archives: Tomas Bergsten’s Fantasy
This is the first in a series I’ll be doing periodically from time to time that I intend to call “Indie Archives.” You might have noticed that AMS Radio has a few playlists titled by…
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Mal Fantome DEBUTS New Video!
Where does the time go? I can hardly believe how fast we are closing in on a a year since AMS Radio had the pleasure of premiering two new music videos by Quebec City’s Mal…
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Alwayne’s Fire -Q&A
If there’s one thing to be said about Ghana’s Alwayne, it’s that he is always grinding. “Always Alwayne,” if you will. It takes all but a few seconds into an interaction with Alwayne to understand…
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Welcome to the “Lair of The Gloomweaver” – BrunDarkh
A fascinating sub-genre to me has always been Melodic Death Metal, or “Melodeath” to some. Like most genres or sub-genres, the beginnings of it are of topical debate and have lots of credit to go…
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Q&A with Wise John: Wedding Crasher
“Who ate all your sad day sorrows?” That is very much a real question for you, because there is a definitive answer to it. There are two types of people in this world: ones who…
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Dunwhich Dreams Announce New Single “The Black Wings of War” (pre-save)
Albuquerque, New Mexico is a place that fascinates me. I’ve never been, so my fascinating is purely speculative. When I think of it, I think of two things: Bugs Bunny and Walter White. Quite a…
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The Fades have “Night Terrors”
Punk Rock. Let’s talk about it. It’s a topic of much debate in sub-culture regarding where it started, who started it, who’s the “punkiest” of them all, etc. None of that is of much consequence…
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Jackson Watson’s Concept Album and Outlook – Q&A
The idea of a “concept” album was first adopted, as far as I can tell, with The Beatles “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and The Who’s “Tommy”– which might be more in the “rock…
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Band w/o Band Gets Down
No stranger to AMS Radio, nor our blog, Band w/o Band is back with a brand new single entitled, “Get Down” released just yesterday October 27th! I took up the opportunity to listen to it…
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A conversation with film and pop music composer Amaury Laurent Bernier
Interesting read of a NAS artist / composer. Click the link for the full article
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A Journey into the Mind of one William Sanford
I have written a lot about William Sanford’s music, but this time around I got to chat with him more about his roots, influences, and inspirations behind his intricate and trippy compositions
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Pent Up! -“The End” was the Beginning of “The End”
Pent Up! Had a new single out TODAY entitled, “The End.” And they have a show TOMORROW opening up for Tantric. Check it out:
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William Sanford Putting Out Boomer Vibes
I’m not saying I want to do drugs with William Sanford, but I’m also not saying that I don’t want to. Hard to believe that it was just eight months ago when we were all…
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The Long Lost Album by The Star Crumbles
Where does one even begin with The Star Crumbles? This band has a time-honored backstory, a tongue-and-cheek spellbinding documentary, and an energetic Twitter following. And I don’t even mean that to be “taken with a…
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Red Skies Mourning: New Single “Something About Her” + Q&A
Re-uniting once again with co-writer Ryan Curtis and Producer Cesar Da Emperor (Post Malone, Tyga, Yaweh); Red Skies Mourning returns with an amazing new single, “Something About Her”
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The Star Crumbles: Beyond the Music
I’ve been in wait with great curiosity to finally watch this. Good stuff. Looking forward to hearing that lost album soon!
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Lo Monaco Pens an Apology
Nathan Lo Monaco is a solo artist that hit the scene with his heartfelt and melodically tasteful debut single “Take Me,” back in February of 2020. Going simply by Lo Monaco as an artist name,…
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Hostage of Emotions – Vidjigeria
If you were to take note of the tag line on the AMS link tree page, you would find a famous quote from the author Hans Christian Andersen: “Where words fail, music speaks.” In the…
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The Fair Attempts Dance into Apocalypse
Dystopia as a concept, is one that has been at the forefront of our imaginations as far back as 1927’s silent film “Metropolis.” Or at least, that’s what I know to be the first adaptation…
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Love Ghost’s Compilation LP & Worldwide Collab
**In my best John Lennon impersonation: “I read the press release today, oh boy…”** Okay, enough of that, you are lucky blogs are not audible. I came across a press release today for Love Ghost’s…
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Starchild Yeezo’s “Lola” Q&A
It is with great pleasure to announce that the second installment of Audio Mirage’s “Q&A” blog series is with an artist I’m super stoked to have found out about recently: Starchild Yeezo. The band’s seventh…
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Sussuro: “Old Story” = NEW Music
Allmersbach is a small village in Germany with a comprehensive history. According to Wikipedia, it was first referenced by name in the year 1291. Many reforms, administrative restructures, and state dissolutions took place throughout the…
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Doom Groove Orchestra
The gloomy, doomy, virtual hard rock trio Doom Groove Orchestra are back with a new A/B side single entitled “Only Here To Die/The Traveller,” released last month on July 2nd. Since having released “The Hunter…
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Indie Press Release: Exit the Matrix
The band Exit The Matrix debuted in June of 2020 with an 8 track album, “The Anomaly Traces.” Not much info is out there about this obscure prog metal band from Belgium, but there is…
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Band without Band Releases New Single
The multi-instrumentalist, to whom through my research I’ve only been able to refer to as Marc (…*in my best Tommy Wiseau voice* “Oh, hi Mark”… ) or perhaps better known by the name of his…
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Big Dog: Love Ghost Releases New Single and Announces Contest
In just 17 days since dropping what was previously the most recent single, “Beamer Boy,” and 36 days since I covered “Get Faded,” which was officially released just six days before that, the content mega-machine…
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The Power of a Velvet Pain
Velvet Pain is a hard rock project born of multi-instrumentalist Tobias Sacher from Heilbronn, Germany. Although he has been playing guitar since 10 years old, the brainchild that is Velvet Pain is a relatively brand…
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Killing In Apathy: Conductors of Madness
According to their Spotify Bio, a reunion of the project transpired with not much more explanation other than “a fight over an empty beer cooler,” and a mission statement to “leave no ass un-kicked.”
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Bands to keep on your radar: Dead Cassette
Since dropping “Revive” in November of 2021 and “Neverending” in March of 2022, the band Dead Cassette from Akron, Ohio has managed to drum up quite a buzz for the anticipated album that followed in…
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Band w/o Band – “When Death Comes”
Hamburg, Germany, a city rich in history, is home to an independent artist named Marc who is in a band… without a band. Hence, the name of his project, “Band w/o Band,” or by the…
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Hysterical Blindness – New LP Coming out 06-30-2022
The project once featured by Metal Injection as “The One-Man Black Metal Album You Need Today,” has a new album dropping on June 30th called “Notre Héritage.” That project is none other than Montréal’s Hysterical…
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Get Faded on Love Ghost’s new single
The L.A. based, genre bending, Trap Metal band Love Ghost have released a brand new single as of last Friday, May 27th, entitled, “Get Faded.” Lots has been going on with Love Ghost since reviewing…
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Juha Jyrkäs – Finnish Folk Metal
Juha Jyrkäs is a Folk Metal artist based out of Finland. His discography on Spotify is comprised of an 11-track album (“Sydämeni Kuusipuulle”) that was released in September of 2019. However, over the course of…
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