Buzz Track: Driftin

Since forming in California, Y LUV has released several EP’s and have racked up some impressive tour stats playing alongside The Crystal Method, Tokyo Police Club, Penguin Prison, The Knocks, and Robert DeLong among others. Y LUV will play Bonnaroo and Glastonbury this summer. Taking cues from The Killers, Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys- check out the track Driftin.
Contact: drake@billsilva.net

Buzz Track: Shine Out

Colour of London is a pop/rock duo from Nashville. The band recorded their EP with producer Dustin Burnett (Kingsfoil, Abandon Kansas). They hit road this past spring playing colleges in the Northeast as part of the Path of Life tour and are preparing to embark on a 23 city acoustic tour of the east coast from Maine to Florida. The band draws it’s influence from One Republic and Imagine Dragons. The track Shine Out could find it’s way on the top 40 charts. They are a band to watch in 2013.
Contact: mcoleman@alexandani.com

In the last week of June, we’re seeing a divide among the on Billboard’s flagship Hot 100 chart. Not pop versus rock, or hip-hop versus dance, or fast versus slow. I’m talking about new versus old.

The major Song of Summer contenders still feel new — they’ve been wafting through the air only a couple of months. For example, current chart-topper “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke has spent a total of nine weeks on the Hot 100. Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” currently No. 2, is also nine weeks old. A bit lower in the Top 10, a pair of starlets have hits of roughly the same vintage — Selena Gomez’s “” (No. 8) is nine weeks old, and Ariana Grande’s “” (No. 9) is at week 11.

By contrast, in the middle of the Top 10, you’ll find a pair of hits that are now positively ancient. At No. 6 is Florida Georgia Line’s 36-week-old country-crossover smash “Cruise”. A couple of weeks ago this song, fueled by , sneaked into the Top 5 in its 34th chart week, setting a record for . Just two weeks after that, the record was broken: Imagine Dragons’ turgid rock hit “,” in its 42nd chart week, just leaped to No. 4, Read more

Buzz Track: Utopia

Toronto indie buzz act Nightbox will release a new album. Upon releasing their debut EP in 2011 on Canada’s Last Gang Entertainment, critical and commercial reaction was noteworthy on a world scale. The music video for single “Pyramid” earned heavy rotation on Canadian music television stations, and the track was selected to appear on the French label Kitsune’s Maison Compilation 11. It was also chosen by NME as a Top-10 download. Check out the new track Utopia from their upcoming release.
Contact: rgentles@wizkidmanagement.com

Country pop newcomer Courtney Rau recently released a track ‘After The Storm‘ which features Jessica Harp, formally of “The Wreckers.” She has been compared to Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood. She will announce several shows in the upcoming months.
Contact: jarau@aol.com