Big buzz around Toronto’s Young Empires. The band will release their album “The Gates” via Pirates Blend. The band has released album tracks, So Cruel, title track The Gates, which is currently charting Top 10 at Modern Rock radio, and Sunshine, which has garnered one million streams on Spotify. The band’s singles have received lots of blog love. The video for The Gates can be viewed here.
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The title track The Gates has a big hook, a big sound. One cannot take Young Empires lightly.

Indie rock band, Redlands, has released their new EP Adventurer. The EP was co-written with Sean and Alex Silverman of This Century and produced by Matt Malpass (Copeland, Manchester Orchestra). The Colorado based band has performed on Van’s Warped Tour.
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Big Talk has traces of indie pop & elements of some of the biggest top 40 radio hits.

Recently, Forbes published its list of the top-earning DJ’s.

Calvin Harris had previous job stocking groceries in a Scotland supermarket. He is now a top DJ making $66 million annually through club fees, endorsement deals and music royalties. He’s earned more than Jay Z (56 million) and Kim Kardashian ($52 million) during the same period. Will EDM and DJ’s maintain this level of success?

Kings favorite Shannon LaBrie has released two new tracks ‘Alcohol’ and ‘War & Peace’. She’s an old soul trapped in young body. She has a classic voice that compliments her deep and personal lyrics. She is currently in the studio recording her sophomore record in Nashville. With her soon to be released album, Shannon could be close to breaking out.
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Monday marks Amy Winehouse’s 32nd birthday. Winehouse who died at 27, was born into a family of musicians, was talented yet a troubled singer-songwriter.

“Amy Winehouse broke into the music business when at age 16, when a classmate passed on her demo tape. She signed her first record deal as a jazz vocalist, and her music later blossomed into an eclectic mix of jazz, pop, soul and R&B. Winehouse won five Grammy Awards connected her 2006 album Back to Black, and earned acclaim for songs like the title track, “Rehab,” “Love Is a Losing Game” and “Valerie.”

She gained media attention with the single ‘Rehab’ in 2006. The song which became her signature track is her refusal to enter a rehabilitation center.

Winehouse was truly committed to her art and made a desperate attempt to be authentic.