After a notable period over which he issued three EP sized collections of singles, Los Angeles based musician Chance has just released his newest long awaited pièce de résistance, “”Famous Words &...

The New Year was formed in the summer of 1999, has released three albums on Touch and Go Records – Newness Ends, in February 2001, The End is Near, in May 2004, and the just-released self-titled album The New Year in...

They said, “Don’t go. Nothing in Bakersfield” From Savannah, Georgia – we welcome artist Dare Dukes back to the storied country & rock byways (Merle Haggard, Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead) of...

Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Sarah Hethcoat has released her new EP “Nobody Likes a Bully” on October 27, 2008, produced by famed producer Dave Cobb (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Chris Cornell). The...

Here at The Socal Sessions, we have several containers full of musical goodness passed down from the Daily Dose feed that we will be slowly releasing into this stream over the next few months. Once new tracks are released...

Von Iva creates their own brand of music by combining breakbeat cool with a dance punk attitude. Imagine Tina Turner singing over hammering dance beats and layers of synths. These ladies are turning out new and exciting...

Our Christmas music selections end this year with a track by Maybe It’s Reno, a new band featuring Bridget Cross, formerly of DC bands Unrest, Velocity Girl, and Air Miami. The 2008 debut release on Teenbeat features...

XO Publicity, a small PR firm established in 2003, recently put out a free Holiday Sampler entitled “XO for the Holidays”, featuring a wealth of holiday themed songs from artists such as The Service Group,...

Oakland dream-pop favorites Sentinel recently sent us a cover of Let it Snow, just in time for the holidays. Originally released in 1945 as “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”, it hit number one on the...

While many artists are currently wrapping up projects for 2008, Connecticut based musician, Dylan Connor is pressing ahead into the new year with a new album on the front burners. We were just told by the MuseBox that...

STEVE WYNN TALKS ABOUT HIS 2008 RELEASE, “CROSSING DRAGON BRIDGE” “The days during my three weeks in Ljubljana were pretty simple. I would wake up early and leave my apartment on Trubarjeva Street and...

AMPED: Show #157 This week’s host: Pete Cogle from the PC Podcast Show: Music And Mumblings Song: Stogey (Spidersleg) Show: Insomnia Radio:UK Song: Reign of the Stupid (The Eisenhowers) Show: It’s A...

After the unexpected deaths of his sister and father, Geographer founder Michael Deni left his hometown in New Jersey for San Francisco. He spent the next several months with his guitar and a synthesizer he found on the...

For five years Point Juncture, WA has been a collaboration between four Portland, OR. songwriters, instrumentalists, recording engineers, and friends: Amanda Spring (vocals, drums) Victor Nash (keyboards, vocals) Skyler...

Deep Elm unleashes Sampler No. 8 “Bonfire Of Trust” with 16 songs from every killer new release in the catalog. “Expect to be impressed by a label that is the finest at what it does” says Jersey...

Alias’ first solo instrumental album in five years, one which finds the accomplished electro/acoustic musician and beat-smith returning to a proven foundation, while building all else anew. Alias’ most melodic work...

We ran into Chris Otepka earlier this year in Austin performing under the pseudonym, The Heligoats. You may remember his previous band of six years – Troubled Hubble – played here in the past at Insomnia by...

Myshkin has been touring non stop for over a decade, became an underground legend in her old home town of New Orleans, has released seven records, and been honored with awards and much critical praise. She has played clubs...

Based out of Stockholm, Sweden, The Charade easily blend their influences from one song to another, paying homage to 60s girl groups, Motown and the warm feelings of early 70s hits from The Carpenters to Burt Bacharach...

Elliot Martin, lead vocalist of the Cambridge based progressive reggae band John Brown’s Body, had some choice words about their musical direction that we’d like to share here: “I think that the strongest...

From the small working class community of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Peasant is the pseudonym for Damien DeRose, a talented singer-songwriter specializing in his own beautifully haunting yet minimalistic style of indie...

While combing for music through the do-it-yourself online DJ website, Blip.FM I came across a great artist recommended by sudaca70, a fellow site user who is from Argentina. Several tracks were blipped (or streamed) that...

AMPED: Show #154 This week’s host: Rodrigo from Cowboy Cantor Show: Insomnia Radio: The SoCal Sessions Song: Scream (Nico Stai) Show: Indie Music Sampler Song: Follow Me Home (Breanna Paletta) Show: It’s A...

Named after a Konami cheat code used on retro gaming platforms, New Jersey’s Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start recently called it quits. Luckily before they disbanded, they left us with the fantastic 2007...

About a year ago, I was talking to Leo Cain at the TLP Show about occasionally featuring bands from other areas who were writing songs about the area that we live in. Its definitely refreshing to see others views on the...

Ben Franklin once said, “Energy & persistence conquer all things” and Greensville, South Carolina group Noxious is the living embodiment of that statement. The band managed to sell over 2000 copies of...

New Zealand group Surf City first came in to existence when bored friends Davin Stoddard and Josh Kennedy met at a party in Mt Roskill in 2004. Tired of the heavy avant-garde music that was prolific at the time Stoddard...

Los Angeles based musician Nico Stai recently played to a packed house at Ghettogloss, an art gallery in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles and the venue for the recent CD release of his sophomore EP, The Victory of...

If you are from the Southern California area you may have heard of Australia (Logan City) raised singer-songwriter Lee Coulter in the past few years. He’s made his presence strongly felt in a variety of coastal San...

Recently our interview in the Weezer edition of iProng Magazine #25 was re-issued in the brand new ‘Los Angeles 2008’ issue. The mostly new features are as follows: Contents: cover story interview with Dan...

Josh Steinmetz performs under a number of names and with several groups including Proteus, Morgana, and Origin of Species. The album “9” marks the first time all the pseudonyms were dropped and the crutches of...

Drawing on influences from old-time jazz standards, folk, and traditional country, Halifax’s Jill Barber has become one of Canada’s most distinctive young voices. A seasoned performer with a growing fan base...