Andre Bangala who goes under the moniker Rocstrong released the track Vibes. The song which was produced by Keith O’Reilly and Wizzy Wow (Estelle) weaves in an out of electro, trap, and reggae. In fact, the Congo-born Irish artist will roll out a new track every month. He was recently featured in The Irish Times and is tracks are beginning to find themselves on playlists. You can see the him live June 21st at The Bowery.
joe@weareassemble.com, management@officialrocstrong.com
Emerging electro pop artist Sulene impresses with her track Haunting which comes off her debut EP Strange. Hailing from South Africa and making a move to NY, the singer-songwriter has been handling lead guitar duties for lead frontman Nate Ruess of the popular band .fun while performing at major festivals around the globe.
Her latest track Haunting which premiered on Buzzfeed delivers a one-two punch pop anthem. Even better, she’s opening for Kings favorite Secret Weapons at The Studio at Webster Hall on June 21st. Check it out!
sulene@sulene.com
Kylie Odetta releases the track ‘You Don’t Love Me‘ which comes off her Undertow EP. The up and coming singer-songwriter from South Carolina has a couple of EP’s under her belt and has bounced back and forth between genres. Now, Kylie is exploring folk with hints of soul and jazz. “As I was writing it I pictured myself as a jazz singer in the 1920s in a fancy lounge with warm gold and white furnishings. I wanted this song to be a sort of epic tale of heartbreak that would bring people to a certain place in time as well as state of mind when they listened to it.” Check out the video here.
lori@kylieodetta.com
Brooklyn-based artist Adrian Galvin also known as Yoke Lore has released the track Only You which followed the successful World Wings. The track which comes off his upcoming EP Goodpain (ILA Records) out June 16 has already accumulated 60k+ streams on Soundcloud and 300k+ on Spotify.
Additionally, the track Goodpain topped #1 on hype machine reaching over 100k soundcloud streams. He’s set to perform Billboard’s Hot 100 Festival on August 20th and will headline Baby’s All Right (Brooklyn) on July 7th.
Galvin will play tonight at The Cobalt in Vancouver.
kelli@thesound.club, samshwico@gmail.com
21 year old Jax is no stranger to the spotlight. She finished third on American Idol followed with sold out headlining shows.
The Central Jersey girl revealed her live performance chops at an early age playing in punk bands at music festivals including Vans Warped Tour and Bamboozle.
She is just getting warmed up with her latest ‘Funny’ EP. The hook filled electro-pop songs formed out of co-writes and collabs with Ruffian (Selena Gomez) and Nick Marsh (John Legend) are inching towards a million Spotify Streams. Check out the track Kickin’ & Screamin.
tommy@jaxwantsyou.com