Buzz Track: Strangers

Vikunja is a Swedish rock/pop band who has started to create a buzz without having an album out. The band is close to signing with Warner Scandinavia. For fans of The Verve, Keane, and Coldplay.
Contact: magnus@catapult-music.com

Buzz Track: Just Go

Indie pop singer-songwriter Kree Woods, a Kings favorite is busy writing, recording, and performing the songs that are gaining attention and resonating with her rapidly growing fan base. Her base has been growing since the release of her debut EP in 2011. Her EP peaked at #10 on the ITunes Singer/Songwriter chart and was featured by MTV on The Real World. She will perform at SXSW March 14th and 15th.
Contact: brett@zodlounge.com

YouTube, the world’s largest digital repository of streaming media, will launch a subscription music service later this year. The service has its own negotiating team and operating unit but will likely have some overlap with new features also rumored to be coming to Google’s Android music platform, Google Play.

The two new services are defined by their respective places in the Google (GOOG) empire: Google Play for Android is a digital locker for music — users buy, store, and sort a collection of tracks; but on YouTube’s coming service, anyone can listen to tracks for free. Both services are said to be adding a subscription fee that will unlock additional features. For the YouTube-based service, this will likely mean ad-free access. Read more

News Update: Tiffany Kuenzi, a Kings top 8 emerging artist pick has been selected as a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition, for the track ‘He Said‘. Last year, she toured the Northwest promoting her EP and was featured on “Locals Only” on both KWJJ & KUPL. Check out the track Tonight, our other favorite.
Contact: tiffanykuenzi86@gmail.com

Simply, the mothers of their 12 year old daughters called him rude and disrespectful. Many young fans left the city’s O2 Arena early this week without seeing their idol, sparking anger among both the devotees and their parents. But Justin explained he had to start his performance late due to ‘technical issues’ and was not as delayed as the two hours claimed. On Tuesday afternoon, he tweeted a series of rambling messages to his fans explaining his version of events following the furore which erupted after the highly anticipated show on Monday night. Justin tweeted: ‘last night i was scheduled after 3 opening acts to go on stage at 935 not 830 but because of some technical issues i got on at 10:10..so…

‘I was 40 min late to stage. there is no excuse for that and I apologize for anyone we upset. However it was great show and Im proud of that’and tonight we will run on time and look forward to putting on an amazing show for everyone in attendance. Read more