Valdaway will release their debut album ‘Boom Shake Heartbreak’ in October. To date, the band has released two tracks ‘Beautiful View‘ & ‘Ok‘. The band offers anthemic rock layered with grungy guitars, gritty vocals along with stomps and claps. The album was recorded with acclaimed engineer Dave Parkin (Jebediah, Abbe May). The band began in a small town, South West of WA. They will hit the road for a string of dates that includes Perth, Albany, Rockingham, Bunbury and Margaret River.
lg@cohenmgmt.com

Nearly thousands of bands will migrate to NYC in October where they will perform on numerous stages at CMJ, competing for attention . They’ve booked many shows as possible hoping to gain new fans and that blogs will take notice. We took notice of the Dallas indie rock band Valise. The indie quarter performed alongside Death Cab for Cutie, Local Natives, Family of the Year, and Copeland and will join Macy Gray as direct support for her headlining US tour.
stephanie@thecatalystpublicitygroup.com, matt@thevanguardroom.com

Brooklyn-based duo Secret Weapons released the new track ‘Something New’. The track was produced by Alex Aldi (Passion Pit). They recently played to a sold out Bowery Ballroom, and will be performing CMJ in NYC. Although Secret Weapons is relatively new to the scene, their first offering is very promising.

Kings favorite buzz act Saltwater Sun has just released the new song ‘Making Eyes’. They are climbing up the Hype Machine Chart & landed on Spotify’s ‘Fresh Finds’ playlist. The new single is taken from their forthcoming debut EP ‘Wild’, which is set for a November 2nd release via London label Hand in Hive.
tristan@handinhive.com

‘Making Eyes’ – infectious, loud, & energetic…this West London based five-piece will make lots of noise in the coming months.

Model Aeroplanes who we featured as a buzz artist signs with Island Records UK. Model Aeroplanes are a Dundee based rock band, formed in 2013. Since the release of the first single, Crazy, the band secured a slot on the BBC Introducing Stage at Scotland’s T in the Park music festival. The band band received coverage on several blogs and received airplay on Radio 1 along with regional stations. Look for this band to break out on the Scottish music scene.
benbuist@live.co.uk