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Local rock band Nickoloff was scheduled to release its new album titled Envy on Feb. 14 before taking the stage at Main Street Station in Daytona Beach during Bike Week on March 2. The band of five, consisting of members  John Nickoloff, Reg Monsanto, John Bigwood, Kevin Smith and Mark McManus, signed with the independent […]

Graham Nash’s new album, Now (out May 19), features a reunion with an old bandmate—just not the old band nor the old mate that you might first guess. The song “Buddy’s Back” is a duet between Nash and Allan Clarke, school friends growing up in Salford, England, near Manchester, who formed The Hollies together in 1962. It’s […]

  Nice Vice ((a.k.a Seth Horst) is making their dream happen. The debut gig in January 2023 was sold out with the full-length coming out in May. And their riff-heavy take on honest rock’n’roll comes through loud and clear on “Regrets and Cigarettes.” It wasn’t Nice Vice’s obvious choice for a first single. It was […]

Formed in a North Carolina dormitory in 2012, the Nude Party celebrates the clanging frat rock of the ’60s as well as the Velvet Underground. Working with early mentor and producer Oakley Munson of Black Lips, they debuted with the Hot Tub EP in 2016. The band’s eponymous full-length debut arrived on New West Records in 2018. Originating as […]

“A danceable, powerful collaboration with a hint of magic.” – Far Out Magazine “New Originals are hitting the ground running… [‘So Sad’] is a song you can dance and cry to. Maybe simultaneously if you want.” – Backseat Mafia  New Originals – the collaborative project of multi-instrumentalist/producers Dave Brandwein and Rob O’Block – have unveiled their second single (and first video), “So […]

Sara Niemietz is an American singer/songwriter and actress based in Los Angeles, California. She has performed on Broadway, at Radio City Music Hall, and the Grand Ole Opry. A substantial portion of her YouTube offerings are live performance music-videos and her channel has surpassed 25 million views. Her regular co-writer and long-time accompanist is W. G. Snuffy Walden, and she has […]

Last year, as lockdown forced musicians back inside, bands had to find new ways to pass the time. Having already made a new Foo Fighters album, Taylor Hawkins had already ticked off one job from the to-do list. Next idea – and something he’s fairly fond of doing semi-regularly – start a new band with […]

Willie Nile is a veteran rock & roll singer and songwriter who emerged from New York’s Lower East Side during the late ’70s with poignant, rousing, energetic songs that were at once literate and passionate. When his self-titled debut album appeared in 1980, and especially its lead single, “Vagabond Moon,” Nile’s frenetic, rootsy attack drew […]

At the turn of the 21st century, brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson (scions of producer Jim Dickinson) and bassist Chris Chew issued their debut album, Shake Hands with Shorty, on Tone Cool Records. The set introduced American audiences to a new take on the music of their region, from blues and bluegrass to hip-hop and […]

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds are an English rock band formed in 2010 as the solo moniker of former Oasis lead guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher.  The touring band consists of former Oasis bassist Gem Archer, former Oasis session pianist Mike Rowe, former Oasis drummer Chris Sharrock and The Zutons bassist Russell Pritchard. Since Gallagher’s […]