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Mix-uppers INSIGNS combine the likes of indie rock, alternative, and alternative pop, going on to release a handful of content. Newer content will be released with even more already in the works. The band goes on to say much about their works and what the future holds.

1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.

The band was created in 2014 in the small town Cherkasy in the center of Ukraine and we had a lot of changes. But something never changed. I mean lyrics in English. From the very beginning, we had the original songs, so we were never be a cover band. We used to play grunge and post-grunge. I'm the only one from the original squad, by the way, so I saw how my band has transformed. I liked a lot Three Days Grace and their frontman Adam Gontier, so my music was kinda similar to them. At the same time, I'm still a huge fan of City And Colour which plays Indie Folk. These genres formed the stream of In Signs from the very beginning. I was trying something new for In Signs. Many members left the band. We even had a girl on the vocals and I was a guitarist and backing vocalist. I'm glad that we went through a lot of such things, it helped a lot.

We played in the local bars, sometimes we played in few towns in Ukraine. Everything has changed when I moved to Kyiv. Here I met our manager Max, our first sound producer Bob, our current sound producer Vitalii and our guitarist Oleg. The bassist Bogdan was with me almost from the start. He didn't move to Kyiv so he's always driving to us each time we need him. We're still waiting for him to move:) In Signs don't have a drummer as a band member now. We used to ask professional drummers to come to the studio. In the future, we will act the same with the concerts cause currently, we don't have any tour activity.

In Kyiv, we released EP called 'Find Your Home' which is a respected message to our origins as a band. All songs from the EP are old school grunge and alternative rock. I decided to change the genre cause I'm tired of grungy guitars but I'm sure that in the future we will release a single I used to play before. I'm glad that we released this EP. The song Too Much reminds me of the old days when I just grab my guitar and went to practice with the band.

After EP we started to work with another sound producer so the latest songs were produced by me and him.          

2. What’s the origin of the band’s name?

In 2014 we were 'The Signs' but this name has been changed to 'In Signs' after 1 year just because we wanted to.

I think I always wanted the name Signs for the band. That's because I had a lot of signs in my life about music and that one outlined the man I need to be. So the band's name is a shorter version of 'Everything you need in the life is hidden 'In Signs'. I remember how I wrote down these lines in my first notepad for the lyrics. And such signs never left me.

3.  Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

We are currently located in the beautiful old city Kyiv, Ukraine. And there are some good places the bands can play in. Before the lockdown, we played in Stereo Plaza as a support band. This place is one of the biggest in Ukraine for having a concert. We played there in February 2020 and 2 weeks after our show, we came there to Bring Me The Horizon’s concert. It was so emotional for us. 

Also, we played in Atlas club in Kyiv as a support band before Danny Worsnop's solo concert. But this time we played an acoustic set. It was such a pleasure for us to met him. Great musician and person.

Unfortunately, in Kyiv we don't have many places where bands can play live. The band needs to have at least a small budget to be able to organize the show even in another city. I believe that it may change after the lockdown. 

It's hard to recommend someone local in Kyiv because usually there are some metal bands or pop artists. I don't know the bands which play such music as we do. But I can recommend the band Sinoptik which plays stoner rock. For sure I can recommend Jinjer but I don't know if I can call them a local band. Now they are international world metal stars.

4. How would you describe your style?

It's a really hard question. We don't lock ourselves with just one genre. But I can say that we play a mix of Indie Rock, Alternative Music, and Alt-Pop. The next releases will prove it.

I care a lot about lyrics and music. I don't want that someone calls us a commercial band or something like that. I don't write about money or cars (I mean in a bad way). The real emotions, love, hate are much more important.

5. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works?

Before I moved to Kyiv we released 36 songs (3 albums and 3 singles). I recorded, mixed and mastered all of them at home. The quality was not good, to be honest, but some songs had more than 1000 listeners around the globe in Spotify. Of course, I deleted everything we had when we started to work on 'Find Your Home' EP in the studio.

Then we started to work with Vitalii from the VD Sound on our new stuff. We released the first song in Ukrainian, then we released an English version of it. It’s called 'Blood For Blood'. Originally, this is was written in English and consists of two songs I wrote before. The Ukrainian version is not just a translation but a brand new lyrics. It was a cool experience I must say. This song was in the Spotify editorial playlist which helped us to grow.

The latest release is called 'Knock Knock' which is a pure banger. This is the sound I was looking for. Our sound producer just dropped me a melody idea from his voice memos. In few minutes I replied to him with the chorus idea. That chorus is actually the chorus in the final version.

Soon we will release the new single called 'Bloom'. I love this song a lot cause I wrote it a few years ago but now we have a better sound of it. It has definitely Indie Rock vibes and strong lyrics so I’m so excited about it. 

6. Do you have any new music in the works?

Our studio work never stops. Except 'Bloom' we are working on the next songs. I wrote around 60 demos of different songs. Usually, it doesn’t take to much time for me. When I have an inspiration, the song creation process is around ten minutes. I just take an acoustic guitar, notepad and pan.

We will listen to demos together and decide which one needs to be released next. Our listeners will be highly impressed by our new stuff cause it is something new not just for us but for the whole industry. Of course, I want to make something new. I like to be experimental so our music won't let you be bored.

On the Instagram account, I usually played live on the acoustic guitar. Some new stuff I played already.

7. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out?

I didn't plan anything so far. The coronavirus affected everything, and we don't know how to manage the situation. Many bands played live concerts or tried to find another way. I think that In Signs is doing the best what any artist can do - be in the studio and working on the new music. We believe that covid-19 will disappear soon and then we can start playing and touring.

8. What plans do you have for the future as a band?

First of all, I want to say that I always wrote songs in English. It's not the usual thing here in Ukraine. That's because from my childhood I used to listen to The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Scorpions, and Oasis. Then I started to listen to Linkin Park and all kinds of Alternative Rock. I'm saying that because I always wanted to be on the international level so my music can be heard around the globe. I expect that In Signs can make a huge impact on the rock industry and we can prove that real music with strong lyrics can live forever.

After the lockdown, we want to sign an agreement with a concert agency company and go on tour. Let's see how we can start. Life is changing each day but I will never lose my faith in In Signs.

9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

All our music is on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and more. We have an Instagram account where we upload all updates. But also we have a YouTube channel. We’re filming the studio process all the time so you can find something interesting for you there.

We stopped doing merch because of covid-19 but we will continue as soon as we can. 

10. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?

I hope that all our listeners can understand the message we want to deliver and this message will resonate with them. I hope they can feel the emotions and passion from us cause this is the most important thing in music - make you feel something. I always remember a lead melody and the lyrics, but it's just my personal view on that. Just listen to our songs and let us know what do you think. We always respond to all messages on Instagram. Thanks to our fans we’re growing.

U.K. metal band HELESTIOS just released their debut album, and are already working on all new music that will become their second album! They are also working on some other exciting stuff like videos and other things you just have to follow them up on. The band says a lot about this and more from the chat below.

1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.

Well it all begun in around 2019 when I (Henrijs) decided to take further with music and start looking for other band members. With goddess of luck on our side we met up with Stelios and did some jamming and it turned out to be a very good chemistry between us and understanding of where we want to go with music. I've known Agnis for a good ten years and his skills in mastering and mixing came as a great bonus to his bass guitar contributions, although he's an excellent guitarist as well by the way. And it's a similar story with Ian - we've known each other since around 2013. 

2. What’s the origin of the band’s name?

We are actually creating a story about this - can't tell when exactly it will be ready but it'll be interesting so I hope you don't mind if I ask you to have a little patience :) 

3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

Helestios is Basingstoke, UK based band since half of the band's members are residing there. It's not a big city and there's not much other bands around to our knowledge and now due to lockdowns and covid restrictions it's pretty sure to say there isn't any scene at this point in time... Unfortunately.

4. How would you describe your style?

It's probably best to go through the whole album before making any statements. To me we are in the range of melodic death, thrash, prog metal with a hint of power/heavy at times. It's a great mixture! 

5. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works?

We've released our debut album just recently on 18/12/20. We are independent band and we're creating our own signature so a lot of stuff that big label bands play for you and that gives you that feel of factory made songs - we don't have that here. We like to go a little unorthodox when it comes to structure of songs and try to focus on quality of music instead of trying to fit in some predetermined templates that supposed to be something that everybody likes. So I'd say - expect honest narrative and great, somewhat technical songs filled with melody and power! 

6. Do you have any new music in the works?

How did you guess? ( laughs) Yes we have started process of making second album, even though it would come out no sooner than end of this year. 

7. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out?

Well as soon as you hear of any live show that's not just been announced, but also going to happen before end of this year - let us know! We will be first ones to join! 

8. What plans do you have for the future as a band?

We are in the process of making some exciting stuff in form of videos and other - there will be announcements for everything so best thing to do is to follow us on social media accounts. And like I said before - we're working already on next album and even in such an early stage I can say the quality of music will be proper headbanging level! 

9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

We have accounts on all major platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Bandcamp, Spotify, Instagram and  more so best thing to do is look us up and join in following where ever it feels best for you. You can buy our physical CD's here https://helestios.bandcamp.com/releases and trust me we appreciate every purchase as it helps us to move forward and keep creating cool content and believe me more is on it's way! We're waiting on awesome t-shirts to be delivered as well - unfortunately combination of brexit and covid isn't helping and it takes so much more time now to do anything with shipments.

10. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?

The mood of resistance and encouragement to keep being humans with emotions and healthy intelligence. We're pretty diverse instrumentally as well with awesome guitar solos - Stelios is absolute beast and unlike regular solo guitarists - he plays my riffs with same passion as well, it's amazing!

Hard rock n' soulful band ASILA are hard at work upon what will be their debut album. But have already released a handful of single's and cover too. For now, is the album and more single's expected to be out and about soon enough. The band discusses these matters and much more.

1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.

We formed in 2018. The four of us actually played together under the band name ‘Revery’ at first, but we decided to rebrand, as Revery has been used by many bands already. Hana, Adrian and Richard all met while forming the band. Taryn came into the picture a bit later, mainly because she lives quite far east of Johannesburg. And we all know what happens in the east of Jo’burg.

2. What’s the origin of the band’s name?

Coming up with a band name is always tricky since any name you can think of in English has already been taken. Even the cool ones like ‘We Butter the Bread with Butter’. So we opted for a Turkish name that means ‘Pure’. Something, that for us, symbolizes the intent behind art. 

3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

We’re based out of Johannesburg, South Africa, but currently Adrian lives in England and Hana and Richard live in the USA. The rock music scene in South Africa in general is quite small, I would say. There are plenty of fantastic bands out there, too many to name, but some would be Hokum, Newtown Knife Gang, Dirty Moonshine.

4. How would you describe your style?

We’re quite firmly on the rock/ hard rock side of music. Vocally we have a lot of blues and soul influence. So for someone who hasn’t heard us it’s a mix of Halestorm instrumentally and Joss Stone vocally.

5. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works?

We’re working towards our debut album ‘Acid Rain’ we’ve released about 7 singles and a cover. We try to keep our songs unique and interesting in their own way, each with their own message. But something that all songs hopefully have in common is that the songs are powerful, catchy and resonate with the listener.

6. Do you have any new music in the works?

Our new single HOT BLOODED WOMAN is coming out on the 26th of February! This one goes out to all the strong women! It’s about women empowerment and speaking your truth. It’s especially pertinent in these times and it will hopefully inspire women to speak out. It’s a hard rock song with a ton of attitude. We’re working on a video but in in the meantime we’ll have a lyric video out on release day.

7. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out?

We got a call from Mr. Covid who asked us to cancel all shows. We had no option but to comply. But on the odd occasion  Hana and Richard stream some acoustic performances from their studio.

8. What plans do you have for the future as a band?

In the near not too distant future we’ve got another 2 singles lined up after Hot Blooded Woman. These songs will complete the album. What happens thereafter is in the hands of the gods.

9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

You can stream our music on all the usual streaming platforms. We do have a Bandcamp site if you want to purchase music directly. We have some shirts on Spreadshit, so we’ll link it.

10. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?

Hopefully listeners will remember the message of our songs. Hopefully they’ll remember how it made them feel and hopefully they’ll remember that we’re all humans and we should be nicer to each other (and to animals).

http://www.asilaband.com

https://asilaband.bandcamp.com/

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https://music.apple.com/us/artist/asila/1362062448

https://shop.spreadshirt.com/asila

Singer/songwriter ADE has characterized his music as folk, blues, roots, country and good old classical music as well. So far in he has released an EP and several single's too. He wants to keep making and releasing music as much as possible. Ade himself talks about his music and where it will lead him next.

1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.

I’ve had an interesting journey with music so far. I learnt to play the piano and a bit of bass guitar as a child. I probably didn’t apply myself as much as I could have, I just thought it was cool. Even though I didn’t realize this at the time, it laid a solid music theory foundation for me. I later picked up the guitar and got really into fingerpicking and I started down a path that has led me to what I now consider “my sound”. I moved to Manchester a few years ago and I got involved in the local music scene shortly after, and since then I’ve played several music venues, gigs and festivals. I’ve been releasing music for some time now and with each new release, I’m learning to appreciate how far I’ve come and I’m looking forward to the good things that lay ahead. 

2. What’s the origin of the band’s name?

It’s my name – Ade Fabola. Fun fact, Ade is a fairly common name in West Africa and it means “Crown”.

3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

I’m based in Manchester, UK. My local music scene is the best in the world, you could say I’m biased but I really believe that it is. There are so many fantastic musicians, both bands and solo acts and the level of talent is outstanding. In addition to all this talent kicking about, there’s so much support and love for each other which is pretty cool. In terms of local acts I recommend, check out Harry Houston, Edward Thomas, Clarky, Ideal Forgery, NGUVU to mention a few. 

4. How would you describe your style?

My music is a blend of folk, blues, Jazz and world music. It’s predominantly acoustic and driven by warm nylon string guitars that produce intricate melodies. My sound is predominantly warm and it’s characterized by soft, soulful vocals paired with precise guitar fingerpicking. My vocal timbre is similar (as I’ve been told) to that of Tracy Chapman and Jack Johnson, and my guitar style is somewhat evocative of that of Passenger and Tallest Man on Earth. These are all fairly loose comparisons, of course. I try to be my original self with my true voice, and I’m on a quest to be the best at what I do. Afterall, I’m the best at being me. :-)

5. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works?

So far I’ve released an EP and several singles. In terms of what you can expect from my music, I’ll borrow words from a review of my last EP. You can expect “...a solid collection of feel-good friendly acoustic guitar-driven tracks...with solid hooks and quirky lyrics amid beautiful finger-picked guitar..." - Jammerzine 

6. Do you have any new music in the works?

YES! I’ve been writing through the pandemic and lockdowns, and we had some productive sessions in the studio before the country shut down again. More music is on the way. :-)

7. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out?

There are no live shows/tour plans at the moment, no surprise there given the state of the world, or at least my neck of the woods in the UK. There a few livestream plans though, more announcements will follow shortly.

8. What plans do you have for the future as a band?

To keep making and releasing more music, there’s a lot more coming this year. I’m in this for the long haul so I’m always working on new music. When the world opens up there’ll be touring plans and of course more music. Stay tuned. :-)

 9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

My website is adefabola.com. You’ll find links to all my socials, music and videos there. I’m @DrFabola on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, and Ade Fabola on YouTube and Bandcamp.

10. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?

I’d like to thank new listeners for taking the time to listen, for taking a chance on new artists like me. I hope that my music makes them feel good. I hope that listening to my music will give folks a warm, fuzzy feeling in their core, a feeling that reminds us of what it means to be human, to take pleasure in the little things and to be kind to each other.

Nu-alternative dark pop band LONG AUTUMN is a five piece whose time together has been brief, but they have come so far with releasing not one but two EP's already. The band goes into much discussion about their releases and what is in-store for them.

1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.

We all first got together back in the August of 2019.  Our singer, Johnny, had a solo project that he was releasing music on himself under the alias “L 1 P S”.  He’s from New Hampshire in the states.  It just so happened that our bassist, Tim Donovan, stumbled across his music via a website called “bandmix.com”, which is an online platform where musicians can meet each other and, ultimately, form bands.  Tim quickly realized that he lived only an hour south of Johnny in Acton, Massachusetts, and promptly got in touch with him to see if he’d be interested in meeting up & jamming.  Johnny was obviously down.  Ironically, Tim’s best friend since childhood, Nick Harvey, was living with him in the same house, and was an experienced guitarist equally as interested in joining the journey.  The three of us immediately hit it off, and put the word out that we needed a drummer.  Sure enough, within just a week or so, Conor Moran got back to us with an amazing cover video of our first single ‘Hands In The Soil’.  He was just a half hour away from the boys, which made it just too easy.  From there, we released our first 6-track EP ‘Too Minded’ just a couple of months later, and began HEAVILY gigging across New England, from Boston to New York City as a four piece, with Johnny on both rhythm guitar and vocals.  It was in February of 2020 when Johnny, along with the band, decided he wanted to take the ground as frontman of the band, and hand off the six-string to someone else.  He just wanted to improve himself as a singer.  Fortunately, a long-time friend of Johnny’s, Jam Templeton, quickly expressed interest in hopping on board after tagging along on one of our photoshoots in Manchester, NH.  Jam adapted so quickly man.  He’s added a new vibe to our band and our sound, and we’ve been stronger than ever since turning into a 5-piece.  

2. What’s the origin of the band’s name?

Our story is like many... our name doesn’t really hold any notable meaning or significance.  The truth is, we had a list of names on the table.  Johnny came up with most of them, since he had written the majority of the first EP and was trying to come up with a name that matched the vibe of the music.  Names like Blue You, Dear Diary, Wander Way, Child Of Wayne and others were ideas.  But, as a group, we eventually settled between Lone Autumn and Long Autumn.  Long seemed to make more sense to us, and sounded prettier.  That’s pretty much it!

3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

Well, we were formed in and are currently based out of a small town thirty minutes west of Boston called Acton, Massachusetts.  We tend to say we’re out of Boston to make it easier for people to get an idea of where we’re located.  As far as the Boston music scene goes, it’s pretty strong.  There’s a very large range and variety of music and genres that we see when we play shows.  There’s pop, electro, alternative, rock, metal, jazz, you name it.  Seen them all.  One of our favorite “buddy” bands that we’ve played a few shows with in the past are a group called The Fool’s Agenda.  They’re really cool.  Soul music.  

4. How would you describe your style?

Man, it’s always sort of tricky to try and explain our music to people.  I usually use words like atmospheric, dreamy, wavy, but that’s just one side of our sound.  The other side, I would describe as dark.  Melancholy.  Heavy.  Stoned.  You make of it what you want.  It’s versatile music.

5. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works?

Aside from our first EP back in late 2019, we only dropped two other singles in 2020, ‘Hard One’ and ‘Them’.  However, those two singles, along with two new songs, will appear on our second EP ‘Change’ out now.  It was a tough year to be motivated to create art, because everything in the music industry seemed to fall apart for awhile.  We’re getting back on our feet now.  We have set in stone plans to release a LOT more new, fresh music this year.  Nothing to be announced quite yet, but it will come, and it will be better than anything we have done yet.  

6. Do you have any new music in the works?

Our new EP ‘Change’ drops this upcoming Saturday, the 23rd of January.  After that, we’ll be right back in the studio writing & recording our asses off.  Johnny has a lot of lyrics in the bank, and when we’re all focused together at the computer, it doesn’t take us long to write riffs & beats.  Maybe some singles, maybe some EP’s, maybe a full length record.  It’ll come though, for damn sure.

7. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out?

In the past couple months, we played two Facebook/YouTube livestream shows at a venue in Boston called Midway Cafe.  Both shows are actually on YouTube.  They’ve been great at helping artists play out despite the gross nasty Covid.  Last week actually, we got word that we’ll be playing our first festival this summer as well!  It’s an annual festival in June at a venue called ‘Harry Brown’s Farm’ in Starks, Maine, US.  The event page on Facebook has 25,000 likes and the crowd photos show thousands of people.  We could not be more ready & excited.  We were actually supposed to play the festival last year, but it got cancelled due to the virus.  We are in the works of potentially scoring a couple of other festivals as well.  Aside from that, we’ve just still been looking for clubs and bars that are having modern bands play. 

8. What plans do you have for the future as a band?

We all made it pretty clear with each other that our goal with this band is to shoot for the stars & never give up.  I think the reason we’re all on that page is because we absolutely love what we do, love each other, and have the most fun ever.  Literally, our rehearsals are the top highlight of our weeks.  Our overall goal is to create music that is unique, fun and beautiful, and connects with people emotionally.  Johnny writes from a personal viewpoint, from the heart, but always tries to make it so that his lyrics can relate to people in one way or another.  If we can change one person’s viewpoint on something, or help one person through a tough patch with one of our songs, that’s enough for us.  But yeah, of course we want to be rockstars.

9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

Our music’s everywhere.  Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, YouTube, Deezer, Tidal, Soundcloud, you name it.  We did make our first batch of t-shirts, and plan on upping our merch game this year.  If you’d so please, you can buy one at longautumnmusic.com.  We’d really appreciate you repping us, and you’ll look fire.

10. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?

Many people have let us know that they can’t exactly name a band that we “sound like”.  We’ve always taken that as a compliment and always will.  That’s sort of the goal.  We want to be our own thing, our own entity.  So, if someone can listen to our music and say “damn, this is really different!”, that’s cool as hell.

Rock band KARLY JEWELL have their debut album out and about, with their works being featured here and there as well. The band goes into talks about their formation, wanting to travel and just play again.

1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.

The band and I first kicked off with Mars and I many years ago. Our solid 4 piece is now complete with Marino Marcos – Drums David Beaton – Bass and the amazing Adrian Kluke on Guitar. Dave joined years ago and he ask what was next after joining and we told him we are heading to the states and so off went for an incredible adventure. We have played the local scene in our home town of Melbourne , across the country and internationally creating our own Rock & Roll history.

2. What’s the origin of the band’s name? 

I started out on my own doing acoustic shows and song writing so when we all formed, we kept it as my name but with the official band being made of the same members. 

3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend? 

The band and I are based in Melbourne Australia it’s a great scene a welcoming rock community and so many good bands. There is really everything to offer music lovers in Melbourne. It had a strong scene before Covid shut us down. I’m just about to do a show with Eat The Damn Orange and Riff Raiders both female fronted rock bands that I just honestly admire for their passion and delivery of music. There’s a huge list Cirrus Crown and Fight The Sun are two bands that are also my top two favorite bands to watch.

4. How would you describe your style?

It’s mostly described as hard hitting, heavy driven riffs with a hard rock flavour touch of pop sometimes and even sometimes slipping into the dark side of melodic rock. I myself as a song writer have no specific genre I only write with feeling and then we let the sound fall into place. It’s unique I guess and just sounds like something Karly Jewell and her band would make. 

5. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works?

In 2019 we released our Debut Album Phoenix and we were so lucky to have had the opportunity to have it released with Hitman Records, Los Angeles Label thanks to our Manager Mark Dalbeth at Rav Medic. It opened many doors and had a big World-wide push.  The new Single Dancing With The Devil is just one of the many new tracks to come. I have written close to 17 new tracks so we plan on getting them out one after another. End of the year maybe put them on a nice Vinyl Record that would be the plan.

Anything we do is full of hard work and rock and roll so each time we deliver the best we can for each track. 

Dancing With The Devil has also been added to Rue Morgue Records for their next Compilation album Murders In The Rue Morgue Vol II set for a worldwide release in April 2021 

6. Do you have any new music in the works?

Yes, always we are looking at the next song to record. I also have too many songs because I never stop writing.  It also opened many doors writing so many songs. My first real passion was guitar from the age of 3 but when teen years hit me, I really fell in love with writing. Listening to my grandfather craft his art from early ages always inspired me. How he could tell a wonderful story with a beautiful bed of music to hold it from start to finish. My late Grandfather Tony Jewell passed me this gift of music so I will forever be grateful and honored to have learnt from the best.  

2020 I was honored to have co-written a track with Italian Artist Giacomo Salzani known as Bow’N’Arrow we wrote a song together called Sawdust that was also released 10th August beautiful song and very honored to collaborate with him. 

2021 More collaborations coming to be released soon. 

7. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out?

As soon as we can travel, we will be back on the road or jumping off planes to hit new parts of the planet. We have a run of Melbourne shows coming up over the next three months and will book more as soon as we can. Venues here have only just started to all open back up and book It’s been a long wait but we never stopped creating music. We do plan on going back to Los Angeles as soon as we can. 

8. What plans do you have for the future as a band?

More Rock and Roll, more tracks and making our own history.  

9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

 All digital stores, Bandcamp, Apple music, Spotify, amazon also album online stores. We have the Band page all the normal social media accounts we share music links on and YouTube for all video content.  

10. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time? 

To be able to connect and be lost in music to take them on a journey. I want them to feel the heartbeat of the drums, be caught by the bass rhythm and riffs that move their souls to the core. let go of everything in that moment and just be the music with us for that very moment and to have one hell of a time and remember that. 

Blues rock band IVY GOLD is a contemporary band whose time so far has brought them success and all. Releasing a few single's as well as their debut album out this spring! So much more has been said and can be expressed below.

1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.

Ivy Gold got together kind of by coincidence - OUT OF THE BLUE.  Sebastian and I had done a pre-production of a bunch of our songs. We initially just wanted to see what our songs sound like and that was it in a way. Most of the songs actually sounded pretty good and the idea came up to send the demos out to a few people and see what happens. Tal Bergman works with Joe Bonamassa and at home we listened to his band Rock Candy Funk Party quite a lot - so one evening I took all my courage I had inside of me and contacted Tal asking him if we would be willing to play drums on our songs. And guess what - he liked our music - believe me - I was thrilled! From that point on we knew we had something special going on - totally out of the blue we had a project and we decided to put a great band together, not only for the studio but also for live touring. Our friend Kevin Moore joined right after and then I asked my dear friend Sari Schorr to help me find a great keyboard player - that’s how we found the awesome Anders Olinder from the UK. And then I had put together a very special cosmopolitan band with members from the US, the UK and Germany! 

2. What’s the origin of the band’s name?

The band name kind of fits our musical path just so good. My path as an artist as well as how the band got together was never really a straight path. We experienced twists and turns, ups and downs but we always followed our hearts. So the “Ivy” part of the band name represents exactly that path in a way … and GOLD stands for my golden boys and also the golden times coming up in the future! I have always been optimistic and I have always believed in good fortune and destiny. So Ivy Gold is a combination of all of my believes and values!

3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

Ivy Gold is a multinational band with members from across the world. Sebastian and myself are based in Munich, Germany, Tal and Kevin are from the US and Anders is actually Swedish but lives in the UK. So we don’t have one place where we are based. Munich has had a very strong music scene in the early days. lets say in the 80’s. Nowadays many live venues and clubs are closed but Germany still is very popular for many artists for touring purposes. I guess the local scene is quite small - especially in the blues rock scene. 

4. How would you describe your style?

Our style can best be described as contemporary blues rock. So it’s a mix of rock with the blues roots, all in a modern sounding production and style.

5. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works?

We have released 3 singles so far, “Six Dusty Winds”, “This is My Time” and “Retribution”. Our debut album “Six Dusty Winds” will be out on March 12, 2021 and people can expect some great contemporary blues rock songs filled with tons of great energy, vibes and excellent music. 

6. Do you have any new music in the works?

Currently we are in the studio recording some great classic cover songs. And of course writing music is always something that is going on at the same time - you get ideas as you live your normal life and try to put it down as fast as possible. 

7. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out?

We have the band ready to go out on the road for some live shows and meet as many of our fans as possible! Let's hope that concerts will be allowed soon. 

8. What plans do you have for the future as a band?

After the release of our debut album we are planning on touring as much as possible. Of course as an artist you are always working on some stuff of your art and music. So right now we are recording some great new cover songs from our favorite musicians. And eventually we’ll be working on our second album… but that will take some time. :-)

9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

Here are all the links where you can get more info, hear, watch, stream and buy our music. Our merch products you can find on our homepage ivygold.net or connect with https://linktr.ee/ivygold.net.

10. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?

I am hoping to reach out to the listeners heart and soul when listening to our music. Music is the universal language and it builds bridges amongst people, cultures and all races - music spreads so much good energy and brings a strong message across - I would love the listener to sense that as well.

EILEEN GOGAN AND THE INSTRUCTIONS is a band run by Eileen herself, who has been in an array of bands for sometime. Since the formation of this band in particular though, a handful of content has already been released with more underway. Eileen herself discusses her time with this band and her other one's as well as what's ahead for the future of everything that crosses her way.

1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.

My band is basically just me, I write all the songs, arrangements and produce. On this album Under moving skies I had some musician friends play on it and we did rehearse and play live for a time. Niall McCormack who plays keyboards and did the artwork used to play in Jubilee All Stars, Niall O’ Sullivan a long time friend and great guitarist, Eamonn Davis on bass who used to play with Hey Paulette, Ed McGinley on guitar, Eamonn Ryan on drums who used to play with Something Happens.

2. What’s the origin of the band’s name?

My friend stayed up late drinking one night and tried to come up with good band names, she suggested The Instructions, I liked it!

3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

I am based in Dublin and so are the people who play with me. Pre-Covid there were a lot of gigs going on and some nice places to play. As far as local bands are concerned I like;

Dinah B rand https://dinahbrand.bandcamp.com/album/thank-you-driver.

I like Thread Pulls https://www.breakingtunes.com/threadpulls.

The Saturday Captains are fab

https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=zOfNbQV_2xQ.

And Twin Kranes

https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=-MDyq49pjnk.

4. How would you describe your style?

Fledgling homespun.

5. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works?

I released an album in 2015 The Spirit of Oberlin, and another album Under Moving Skies in 2020. Someone can expect the result of my best effort and imagination.

6. Do you have any new music in the works?

Yes I am currently working on an album again in my tiny studio in my house.

7. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out?

I have not booked any gigs because of the current pandemic I have seen other musicians book and having to reschedule, so I am waiting for a green light!

8. What plans do you have for the future as a band?

To try and not repeat myself and to push further out of my comfort zone as a writer and performer.

9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

https://eileengoganandtheinstructions.bandcamp.com/.

10. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?

That was interesting.

Modernized metal band DIZORDER have a handful of content out, an EP, an album, cover track as well. Even an acoustic track has been made with much more in-store too. They want to get out and play the world, spreading their music far and wide too. The band says much about all of this and more.

1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.

DIZORDER started in October 2018 with Kevin, Max, Chloé and Baptiste, first of all aims to offer a metal with dense atmosphere, shaken up with our French touch.

Driven by the brutal screams of our singer Chloé, we try to leave the traditional comfort zones by giving a touch of trip-hop, deep-house and dark electronic music.

After a first EP “MOON PHASES”, a European Tour in 2019, we have welcomed our new bassist Alex in 2020 and unveil the LP Album “SKY//KIGHT” in December 2020. Dizorder is:

    • Kevin, guitar

    • Chloé, sing

    • Max, drum

    • Baptiste, guitar

    • Alex, bass

2. What’s the origin of the band’s name?

Dizorder comes from “DISORDER” which means a confusion or an illness that disrupts normal physical or mental functions. This help us to bond our metal with abrupt changes and seductive enfolds.

3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

We come from the beautiful Paris in France. The music scene is not doing well now with Covid-19 but hopefully we can expect a renewed interest for local bands such as Nora Lake, Despite The End, Beyond Thy Sight or Out Of My Eyes !

4. How would you describe your style?

We can call it “Modern Metal” because of the multiple influences and the atmosphere that emerges. We provide an alternative metal at the crossroads between Flyleaf, Deftones, Northlane and free ourselves from more lyrical spheres.

5. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works?

We have released:

    • 1 EP called “Moon Phases” (2018)

    • 1 Metal Cover taken from ‘La Casa De Papel’ original Netflix series, originally interpreted by Cecilia Krull (2020)

    • 1 LP “SKY//LIGHT” (December, 2020)

You can expect an uncompromising Metal with a female voice!

6. Do you have any new music in the works?

For sure! We are working on an acoustic version of “NIGHT//OWL”. 

7. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out?

We are currently working on a European tour with labels and partners. It’s kinda difficult because of the Covid nightmare.

8. What plans do you have for the future as a band?

We need to widely export our music across the world. SKY//LIGHT has just released but we are already thinking about new materials in order to get our music heard by the largest people !

9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

You can listen our album SKY//LIGHT on all legal streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube etc. Here is the link : https://dizorder.fanlink.to/skylight 

You can support us and buy our CD’s, merchandising on BigCartel : https://dizorder.bigcartel.com.

10. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?

Maybe the versatility and the diversity of our songs, our atmospheres. We try to depict our own pains in painting landscapes and untamed world.