Sydney singer-songwriter Allan Smithy who released the single “The Streets” a few weeks ago has premiered the video that accompanies the song. The video beautifully captures playful moments between an elderly couple in the streets of Sydney’s Inner West. The song was recorded in Melbourne with Tom Iansek (Big Scary , #1 Dads) & mixed by Liam Judson (Cloud Control, The Laurels). Smithy notes “I think that 80’s Australiana sound is a national treasure and something we should wear proudly on our sleeves”. Music blogs have already fell in love with his brand of beachy & atmospheric dream pop.
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The London-based 6 piece The Night IV are making lots of noise. The band just released the new EP ‘Maybe It’s How I’m Feeling’. The track Turn Your Light On Me is a duet between lead singer Sophie-Rose Harper and vocalist/keys player Kristy Marie Buglass. The song starts off with a retro drum sound and a classic groovy bass line followed by memorable melodies & harmonies. A favorite among blogs and millions of plays to their name, The Night IV is on the verge of breaking out.
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Big buzz around Toronto’s Young Empires. The band will release their album “The Gates” via Pirates Blend. The band has released album tracks, So Cruel, title track The Gates, which is currently charting Top 10 at Modern Rock radio, and Sunshine, which has garnered one million streams on Spotify. The band’s singles have received lots of blog love. The video for The Gates can be viewed here.
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The title track The Gates has a big hook, a big sound. One cannot take Young Empires lightly.

Jack Ventimiglia is a 25-year-old songwriter hailing from Minneapolis, MN. His latest single, “Plastic Ocean” has already garnered 15,000 SoundCloud streams. It’s infectious authentic and has a simple memorable melody. Ventimiglia wrote, produced, mixed and engineered the track himself, a telltale sign of a true craftsman.
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CLAVVS has released their second single “Throat” from the forthcoming ‘halfblood’ EP. The band will continue to release new songs until the release, slated for Spring of 2016. The alt-pop duo from Atlanta says ‘Throats’ is a song about itself, but its also about freedom, like all of the songs on halfblood. There’s real beauty in breaking free from yourself and from the expectations of the world around you.” Big things are on the horizon for CLAVVS.
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