Key Track: Blood Sweats

I’m really liking Dirty Mags. This Toronto act who is touring the west coast offers a dose of distorted guitars, pounding drums, rumbling bass, and wailing vocals. This alternative 5 piece should have dubbed the tour Get Behind Me Jack White.

Contact: alex@whitegirlrecords.com

Key Track: The Last Song

If you haven’t heard of sing-songwriter Tim Halperin, he has the #1 album on the iTunes singer-songwriter charts. Halperin also landed in the top 24 in last years American Idol and has shared the stage with Hot Chelle Ray, Cody Simpson, etc. The track The Last Song is a Kings favorite and it reminds us of The Fray.

Contact: danielrfriedman@mac.com

Key Track: If You Wanna Fall

singer-songwriter and producer Ryan McDermott who has written for legends like Earth, Wind, & Fire just released his own single and video for If You Wanna Fall. Ryan has a soulful voice and fans of Usher and One Republic should love his first self released single.

Contact: ryanmcdmusic@mac.com

Key Track: Tonight’s The Night

This Canadian pop rock act has worked with top songwriters and producers including Brian Howes (Daughtry) and Dean Dichoso (Fefe Dobson). Eleven Past One who is continuing to build a buzz even attracted Gene Simmons of Kiss who spent a weekend with him talking business. This band is fairly young and fresh to the scene, songs like Tonight’s The Night and Wake Up could put them in the spotlight. You may love Eleven Past One, If your a fan of Gavin Degraw and The Fray

Contact: elevenpastone@hotmail.com

If you live in America you probably never heard of Australian artist Gotye. His single “Somebody That I Used to Know”, which was released July 6th debuted at #27 on the Australia Top 50 Singles Chart. Could this Belgian-Australian multi-instrumental musician and singer-songwriter be the next Peter Gabriel? Who knows, but he is off to a great start.