It’s another week, and it will be a busy one. We will be leaving on Sunday to head down to Los Angeles for the Hollywood Fringe Festival. We have 51 shows on our schedule to review, including about 15 that have submitted for consideration of our Larry Cornwall Award for Musical Excellence. We will also be having our second annual LA Music Critic Award Winners Showcase on June 19 at The Mint, where we will have some amazing winners perform in support of the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. Tickets are available online for $10, and will be available at the door for $13. We hope to see you there.
UNSIGNED ONLY COMPETITION ENDS JUNE 6
The final week of the Unsigned Only “Grand Slam” special promotion has kicked off, running until midnight on June 6 (CST). All entries will also be included into the 2018 Unsigned Only Music Competition. This is your very last time to enter, so if you want to enter more songs (or enter for the first time this year), you still have a chance to participate in this year’s competition, but you need to hurry.
Winners for the previous three weeks of the promotion, as well as the current week, will be announced along with all of the other category winners in September 2018. Just for entering, all entrants will receive 100 free spins to Radio Airplay (regardless of whether you are an existing Radio Airplay member or a new member). Additionally, every entrant will also be entered into the overall 2018 Unsigned Only competition and have the chance for their music to be heard by a high-profile panel of judges, as well as be eligible to share in over $150,000 in cash and prizes.
Next up is “Sort Myself Out” from Becoming Bristol, fka The Exchange. We like the sound of this band and look forward to hearing much more from them.
Single number three today is from a voice familiar to lovers of the TV shows Suits, Lucifer, Bones, Nashville and One Tree Hill. Gareth Dunlop has a new single that we think you’ll love. Here is “Blind to the Pain” from his forthcoming EP Many Moons Ago.
https://soundcloud.com/gareth-dunlop-official/blind-to-the-pain
Our fourth single today is from The Cravens, who we have previously reviewed and featured on this blog. They have a “Message” for you, and we think you’ll be glad to get it.
Our final single today is “Don’t Blink” from John Santiago, frontman for Johnny & the Bootlegs, which we recently reviewed in Get it or Forget it. Let us know what you think.
NEW MUSIC VIDEOS
Our first video this week is from Lauren Balthrop‘s upcoming September album, This Time Around. Here is the lyric video for “Down.”
Next is the very retro feel of Peter Cat with his new single “Hand Through Hair.” Groovy, Baby.
Our third video this week is from one of the newest artists on Blue Élan Records, Red Wanting Blue. Here is the video for their new single, “High and Dry.”
And now, for something completely different, here is a sneak preview of the new video from Runaway Symphony which will be released on June 12. Check out this live performance of “The Fall of Man.”
Our final video this week is “All the Way” from Cherry Pools. We think it’s the perfect segue to summer and a wonderful week. See you soon.