After a month of reviewing the Hollywood Fringe Festival, preparing the nominations and winners listings for the LA Music Critic Awards and coordinating the LA Music Critic Award Winners Showcase, we are ready to get back to our normal schedule. We received 86 review requests for the month of June, so we will be focusing on those for our Get it or Forget it articles on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. For the Friday edition, we will focus on July releases. We should be caught up with everything by the end of the first week in August. We will continue to publish our Monday Mashup article each Monday, starting with today. We apologize for the delay in reviews, but this will be an annual occurrence as the month of June is dedicated to coverage of the Fringe. Thank you for your patience.
REDHEAD EXPRESS ANNOUNCE NEW NAME
The Redhead Express are a group of four sisters from Spring Hill, Tennessee who have become synonymous with turning great pop songs into amazing country covers. However, the group has written some amazing original tunes as well. As a result, they have decided to release those originals under a different moniker so as not to confuse their fans. We are happy to announce that those songs will be released under the band name PaperDolls. We look forward to reviewing their original content, and wish them well in all their efforts.
DIY QUEEN CREATES NEW BAND
Shannon Hurley has been the reigning queen of DIY for several years. Besides the amazing and award-winning music she has released solo, she and her husband, bassist Ben Eisen, have also released award-winning music under the moniker Lovers & Poets. Hurley has announced that they have created new music that doesn’t really fit the brand of either of these two formats, so they have created a new platform called Ghost Ability. Their first EP is now available on BandCamp.
NEW SINGLES
First up this week is Sketti Tangles, another amazing act courtesy of A&R Records. Their first single, “The Long Way Down,” is a good tune to kick off this week. Please let us know what you think about it.
Our next single is from 14 year old Evann McIntosh, whose voice will thrill you with its intensity and sweetness. The song is courtesy of Holy Mattress Money. Here is her debut single, “Better Now.” We are sure we will be hearing a lot more from this very promising young artist.
Our third single comes to us courtesy of Blue Élan Records’ rising country music star Amy Wilcox. We think you will really enjoy the sound of “Bandwagon.”
Do you like to get into “Trouble.” If so, we can’t think of a better person to do it with than Megan Wilde, whose powerful vocals will blow you away.
Our final single today is “Instagram” from Catey Shaw, a song about relationships and social media. This one should get your new week off to a great start.
https://soundcloud.com/antifragile_music/instagram-catey-shaw/
NEW MUSIC VIDEOS
Our first video this week is from the rocking indie sound of Alana Sweetwater, who has been a friend of this reviewer for many years. We are sure you will love the retro sound of “Gotta Get Up.” We are so blessed to have this young lady back in the spotlight.
Our next video has been out for a couple of months, but if we ever needed its message, the time is now. Please give it up for Fanny Walked the Earth and their feminist power anthem “When We Need Her.”
Our third video this week is the latest from Rvzoo and the Sugar Spun Elephant Band. Check out the amazingly sweet and retro sounds of “If I Was a Bird.”
Our next video marks the return of veteran electronic artist Andrew Bayer with his latest “Immortal Lover,” featuring Alison May. Check it out.
Last but not least this week is our final video from Lauren Balthrop and features clips of some of Hollywood’s classic films. Check out “Don’t Ever Forget” and leave us a comment below with your thoughts.