Hailing from Colombia, but now calling LA home, Loyal Lobos (singer and songwriter Andrea Silva) writes folk songs that break with convention. Drawing on influences as diverse as the melancholy of Mazzy Star and Nick Drake, the melodrama of Colombian telenovelas, and her memories of a childhood during which her parents considered music an unwelcome distraction, Silva looks to make her mark with newest single, "Wrong."

Written by Silva, "Wrong" layers her ethereal vocals above a hazy percussion and subdued guitar leading one on a familiar, desolate journey - wondering, questioning, and trying comprehend life and relationships.

"More than five hundred miles 
Since I started walking north 
More than five hundred times I've asked myself 
Am I doing wrong? 

Wrong by staying here for you 
Wrong by thinking it's forever 
Fear cuts harder than an iron blade 
So tell me dear, Am I wrong? "

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Chicago's 10-piece Americana/Country/Rockabilly outfit Wild Earp & The Free For Alls' self-titled full-length blends old school country & western, rockabilly, and folk; breathing new energy into a classic sound. The project takes you on a road trip across Americana, borrowing from influences that span decades and miles, including Jerry Lee Lewis, June Carter Cash, Loretta Lynn, Dwight Yoakam, and Roger Miller, among others.

One of the album's many highlights is the dark and weighty "When I'm Old," a banjo, mandolin, and pedal steel led folk tune that features the stunning vocals of member Sweet Sassy Molassey which heighten the already impactful track. 

"When I’m old, and you’re long dead. 
I’ll speak the words that my grandma said, 
She said, “Pride is good, but it can’t buy bread.” 
When I’m old, and you’re long dead. 

When I’m old, and my singing voice is gone. 
I’ll stare in silence as the morning dawns. 
I’ll tell my story, but not in song. 
When I’m old, and my voice is gone." 

Andrew Yearick (Wild Earp) shares some insight into the track, "I was really pleased with how this song turned out. I wrote it specifically for our female singer, Kiley (aka Sweet Sassy Molassey), and I think it really shows off her range. It’s one of the two more serious songs on the record, and that darker, more gothic strain of American folk is something that shows up quite a bit in my music." 

Officially released on October 3rd, Wild Earp’s full album is now available on the band's website and all major music sites, including Spotify and iTunes. 

Released on October 15th, I'll Waltz Before I Go is the third solo album from Lisa Brigantino (former original member of Lez Zeppelin, the world’s first all girl Zeppelin tribute band - bass/keys/mandolin).  Throughout the thirteen tracks, Lisa seamlessly blends genres from Folk to Americana, Country, Rock, and Old-Time, even incorporating some Gypsy-Jazz for good measure. The album kicks off with the world music flavored "Watching The Ducks," which offers a serene metaphor for falling in love brought to life by Lisa's emotive vocals, guitar, and percussion. 

Lisa shares insight into the song, "Someone once told me that they heard that falling in love was like finally being able to sit and watch the ducks float by.  I loved that imagery and used it to create the lyrics for the song.  The instrumentation is acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, triangle (I’m playing all of those instruments), with Morgan “Gus” Buttolph aka Destroy (my old Lez Zeppelin bandmate) on djembe and bongos, and my husband and co-producer Tom Millioto on additional production elements.  Sonically, the tune uses atypical chords and  progressions and is intensely rhythmic."

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Singer-songwriter Brian Lambert returns with new single, "Not Built To Break." Recorded in one session, Lambert captures old school magic in one room with three people, no overdubs, auto tunes or edits....and the result is an authentic, engaging musical experience for the listener. Led by Lambert's stirring vocals, "Not Built To Break" beautifully combines honest lyricism with a completely affecting melody culminating in a song that delivers a moving message that is undoubtedly Lambert's finest offering thus far.

"So listen to your heart to know what's true
'Cause in the end this night belongs to you
It's more than just a promise that we make 
Love not built to break"

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It's been a big year for Leland Sundries, they opened for Low Cut Connie at Bowery Ballroom, performed a Paste session, hit the road, and put down tracks for a new EP due early next year. Now they share their new tune, "If You're Gonna Drive, I'm Gonna Drink" a honky tonk number in the traditional of the Texas songwriters.....with a surprise ending. It's 1/3 true, 1/3 overheard, and 1/3 made up. The B-side is "Lone Prairie," a punk version of a traditional cowboy song that member Nick Loss-Eaton first heard from the Down Hill Strugglers, a Brooklyn string band, at the Brooklyn Folk Fest. He says, "We asked ourselves what the Replacements would do with it and tried to do that." And they succeeded. Get Plugged In above.

LA-based pop-punk outfit Highland burst onto the scene with their first single, "Famous." Originally made famous by Mason Ramsey, the trio transformed the tune into a pop-punk banger a la Blink-182. And it totally works. Listen to the track above, then click the links to watch the video and find out more.​

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For a few years, Joshua Zimmerman couldn’t bring himself to listen to his band’s most recent album. Enemies Multiply – the Silent Comedy LP he and Jeremiah, his brother and longtime bandmate, had written and recorded several years ago. Born of a rough patch in the Zimmerman brothers’ personal and professional lives, listening to it felt like rubbing salt in healed wounds. Despite the brothers collectively viewing the album as some of their best work in the decade-plus they’d been a band, the project was shelved.

Then the 2016 election happened. Joshua notes, “At this particular moment in U.S. history I felt like a lot more people could take comfort in the songs than ever before." Jeremiah concurred: “For the first time ever I just want people to hear it and have it.”

Recorded in Austin, Texas, Enemies Multiply is sonically a big-boned, bruising affair. The album includes hard hitters like the rocking "No Saints Forgiven," bluesy “Sharks Smell Blood,” the ominous "Light Of Day," and current single “Avalanche” which centers around sizzling guitar and church organ. 

But Enemies Multiply isn't limited to searing hard core rockers. Highlighting the band's versatility is "Break It Slow" a dangerously catchy 90's pop-rocker with frank lyrics - "the love that were chasing is a ghost/if you break my heart break it slow/don't hold me and raise my hopes," - a thumping percussive beat, and soaring chorus; and personal favorite, the emotional “Peace of Mind.” A harmonica accented, harmony filed, folk ballad, "Peace of Mind" closes out Enemies Multiply offering a sense of comfort and hope in knowing you're not not alone in hard times.

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Velvet Starlings (Christian Gisborne) is an immensely talented 15 year-old indie rock singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Known for his powerful 60's era Eric Burdon influenced vocal style, Gisborne has rightly earned comparisons to Jack White, Cage The Elephant, and Ty Segal. 

Velvet Starlings’ long awaited self-titled EP on Sound x 3 Records is set for release this Fall. The six track EP kicks off with lead single and video, “If Life Ain’t Getting You High” which features vintage guitar sounds, driving drums and hard hitting rock vocals. With introspective lyricism detailing living in the moment, "If Life Ain't Getting You High" is an anthem for the youth of today. 

Second single, the anthemic "Sold Down The River” showcases Gisborne's raw blues-inspired vocals, a soulful Hammond B3 organ, and jangly guitars that mark Velvet Starlings as one to watch. 

“We’ve been searching for a diamond in a coal mine and we’ve praying for a single ray of sunshine” 

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Cage The Elephant guitarist and now producer, Lincoln Parish recently debuted, "Release," an undeniable celebratory 80's influenced jam featuring Daphne Willis on vocals that is perfect for Friday night or Monday morning. Get Plugged In above.

Parish says, '“Release" has all of my favorite elements of music combined in one track: A killer vocal from Daphne Willis, a hypnotic bass line, and nostalgic elements from the past that give us something a bit familiar but leaves us trying to put our finger on it.'

Parish f/t was an accident - a musical lab experiment that worked. The project capitalizes on unintended results to great effect, bringing together a roster of featured vocalists where the sum is always greater than the parts.  Parish f/t is just the latest evolution in the career of a musician constantly seeking to expand his horizons. 

Parish is no stranger to following where the music leads him. At age 15 he became the lead guitarist in Cage The Elephant and found himself quickly thrust into the spotlight. Three albums and countless world tours later, Parish felt the urge to follow the music again and quit the band at the top of their game. There was no blow up, just a hunger to evolve. He settled in Nashville where he established himself as a go-to writer and producer for artists including Lucinda Williams, Run River North, The Moxies and more. For more information visit HERE.