NYC rock/alternative act The Energy has released their new album “Realize Your Sin” on March 31st. The band has upcoming east coast dates. Recently performed with Lifehouse at the Malibu Music Fest. The track “Runaway” was featured on the final episode of MTV’s The Real World: Hollywood. Apparently, the band can sell out Irving Plaza in NYC, and  Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ. For fans of Train, Lifehouse, etc. Our favorite track is Lights.
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Meat Loaf’s Bat out of Hell has sold over 43 million copies worldwide, making it one of the highest selling albums of all time – but that was eons ago. Currently, Meat Loaf is recording his new record at Rob Cavallo’s studio in California. Rob Cavallo who recently produced the new Paramore and Dave Matthews album said of the Meat Loaf album, “This record’s going to shock people in terms of his musical style. It’s got all of the drama of a Meatloaf record, but it’s totally contemporary.”

Jer Coons a 20 year old pop-singer/songwriter has quickly become a KOAR favorite. His track “Legs” is currently being freature in every Hollister store and a music video will come out July 7th, while his debut LP “Speak” comes out 9/29/09. Our favorite track is Secrets. For fans of John Mayer and Jason Mraz.
Contact: rob@rollcallentertainment.com

Melbourne indie act The Temper Trap has signed to Glassnote Records (Secondhand Serenade). Check them out in our February feature.  The band garnered a buzz at SXSW and can be compared to TV On The Radio.  I would love to see the band break in the states – favorite song is Science of Fear. Contact: management@thetempertrap.com

The buzz still follows Owl City that led to his recent signing with Republic Universal. So far Owl City has has sold over 225,000 single downloads, 25,000 full records and is is the number 6 most played act on MySpace with over 100k hits/day while having two songs in the iTunes Top 10 Electronic Singles and two albums in the iTunes Top 10 Electronic Albums, along with a sold out tour. Check out the track Hello Seattle.  Contact: sbursky@foundationsmusic.com