Major labels and indies alike are swarming around Fairfax, Virginia pop act
The Downtown Fiction. Touring in February through March. Today, the band will be playing acoustic sets for Republic, Columbia, Sony ATV and Atlantic. Expect them to close on a deal soon.
KOAR favorite Michael Warren who we profiled in October 08 just signed a co-publishing deal with Atlantic Records (administered by Warner Chapell). Warren is writing with Atlantic’s marquee artists and will have several placements this upcoming year. Warren is still available for a signing a recording agreement. We find his songs more dynamic and hook driven than John Mayer.
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We are digging the Oregon rock act The Day The Nights. Full self produced album coming out at the end of February and will be shooting a video for the track ‘Her Name is Alice’ which is also featured in the Oscar nominated movie “The Wrestler”. The members see themselves as a rock n’ roll band with attitude. For fans of Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, and Quicksand.
Our favorite track is ‘Her Name is Alice‘
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Check out these tracks from singer songwriter Amanda Ghost who hails from London. In fact, Ghost has now become the new head of Sony’s Epic Records, replacing Charlie Walk. Ghost will based in NYC and will join the company effective February 16, 2009 and will oversee management and the creative direction.
Ghost is a pop princess and grammy-nominated songwriter, penning songs for James Blunt “You’re Beautiful”, Beyoncé & Shakira “Beautiful Liar†and Jordin Sparks ‘Tattoo.
Ghost released her debut album “Ghost Stories” on Warner Bros. in 2000 and later went on to release records in the UK on her own record label, Plan A records which was distributed through Universal Records.
Ghost says:
“I’m not a conventional choice as an executive in the music business, but it is testament to the new mood at Sony where content is now king and the music business is being put back in the hands of creative talent such as myself. I’m here to draw on my experiences as an artist, songwriter and producer to make the new and existing artists signed to Epic as brilliant and successful as possible,” she continued.
Let’s welcome Phil Marshall who hails from Hull, Northeast United Kingdom but spends alot of time touring in the states. Phil has recorded four solo albums, two of which at Abbey Road Studios in London, making him only one of a handful independent artist that have ever been allowed to record there. Phil has performed live for crowds up to 24,000 at the Kingston Communication Stadium in Yorkshire. In May of 2007, Phil released a new EP titled ‘One Week‘, which features six singles that he wrote within a week, one song per day. Phil is finishing up new demos. Phil was name-checked by David Cook in the upcoming Feb 2009 Issue of Glamour Mag.
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