Beauty in Chaos curator Michael Ciravolo gives an exclusive interview about their new album titled ‘The Storm Before The Calm’, as well as exclusive interviews with The Mystery Plan and The Orange Kyte. Also featured are video premieres from Dar.Ra, BOAT, Jamo Gang featuring DJ Premier and Slug from Atmosphere, and Wolfhounds. Song premieres by The Attic Movement and Secret Bad Boy.
About Beauty in Chaos
Beauty in Chaos curator Michael Ciravolo dropped his new album titled ‘The Storm Before the Calm‘ on May 22nd. We have an extensive, entertaining, and exclusive interview on this new album as well as previews of the tracks. If you are not yet a fan, you will see the personality in every track and the scope that the album as a whole delivers sonically. And, if you are already a fan, you will see the beautiful evolution that Beauty in Chaos gives in this latest outing. Either way, the songs command a listen.
And, in this interview, we talk with Michael about this evolution in style, creativity, and emotion as Michael and all involved write another chapter in the book of the beautiful and chaotic in ways one could never have guessed.
Check out more information and content about Beauty in Chaos on Jammerzine HERE.
Pre-order ‘The Storm Before The Calm’ as well as Beaty in Chaos’ previous albums HERE.
LINKS:
https://www.beautyinchaosmusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/beautyinchaosmusic
https://www.instagram.com/beauty.inchaos
https://twitter.com/MichaelCiravolo
https://www.beautyinchaosmusic.com/music-store
https://www.beautyinchaosmusic.com/bic-blog
https://soundcloud.com/33-3-music-collective
https://beautyinchaos.bandcamp.com
About Dar.Ra
Dar.Ra has dropped his new single and video titled ‘Stand Up For The Heroes’. Released as a response to these pandemic times, this couldn’t have been a better time for such a reminder as to recognize not only the people that throw themselves in harm’s way but live with those dangers every day that they do this. And Dar encapsulates that sentiment with reverence and respect in a moving video and brilliant song done in a way that one hopes those heroes hear this and feel loved.
Check out our other articles featuring Dar.Ra HERE.
LINKS:
https://twitter.com/kushadeep
https://facebook.com/kushadeep
https://youtube.com/kushadeep7
About Secret Bad Boy
Secret Bad Boy has dropped his new single titled ‘It Was Always Too Late’. With a unique blend of house, soul, dance, and originality, Secret Bad Boy (a.k.a. Ben Joseph) gives a diverse and creative flair to many genres while enhancing his street cred to levels rarely traveled.
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/secretbadboytheband
https://secretbadboy.com
https://twitter.com/secretbadboy
About BOAT
BOAT drops their new video for the track titled ‘Loneliness Kills’. Besides being the perfect track for the hiatus breaching band’s comeback, the song is just plain simply catchy as hell. Not having missed a step in the evolution of the music, BOAT keeps a timely pattern and relevance with a wonderfully quirky video filled with personality and that smile making certain something that makes us bright on the inside. Especially in times like these.
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/BOAT-99933840627/
https://boat.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/sloppypopstagram
https://twitter.com/boat_music
About The Mystery Plan
Jammerzine has an exclusive interview with Jason Herring of The Mystery Plan. They say that originality comes in many forms and has many influences. That is no more evident than in The Mystery Plan’s new album titled Zsa Zsa (review HERE). And today we get to talk with Jason about that new and varied album as well as the beginnings of The Mystery Plan and how that magnificent sound came to be. We also get a glimpse of the gear behind the sound and how The Mystery Plan is making plans in this current global situation and where those plans will take them. This is a wonderful conversation disguised as an interview. Enjoy!
Check out our other features featuring The Mystery Plan HERE.
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/The-Mystery-Plan-1498248636862179
https://www.facebook.com/10mmomega
https://soundcloud.com/10mmomegarecordings
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5SN1Udgyeoxvu7nEiJosx1
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoUq0Xz_tBvIeOPc6oL59HA/videos
https://www.reverbnation.com/jasonherringthemysteryplan
About The Orange Kyte
Jammerzine has an exclusive interview with Stephen White of The Orange Kyte. Having released their latest album titled ‘Carousel‘ last October, Stephen has taken this time of quarantine and utilized it to both the advantage of the band as well as the fans. That can be explained in the interview, as we get in-depth here.
And, in this interview, we learn about the beginnings of The Orange Kyte as well as the evolution of ‘Carousel’ and where things are headed.
LINKS:
https://www.theorangekyte.com
https://theorangekyte.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/theorangekyte
https://twitter.com/theorangekyte
https://www.instagram.com/the_orange_kyte
https://www.youtube.com/user/stafaleko/videos
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3moUP6iTTQrnQtmLLHMul2
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-orange-kyte/1259392320
About Jamo Gang feat. DJ Premier & Slug (Atmosphere)
Jamo Gang drops their new video featuring DJ premier and Slug from Atmosphere titled ‘The 1st Time’. Catchiness within the simplicity with the percussive attributes being solidified in the rhyme, Jamo Gang delivers the boast with the most with a lyrical soliloquy that tells the tale with in-your-face verses and in your mind rhyme.
LINK:
https://soulspazm.ffm.to/walkingwithlions
About The Attic Movement
The Attic Movement has released their new single titled ‘Truth Be Told’. A beautiful slow breath with an eloquent flair and a somber, orchestral sound, The Attic Movement gives a moving and haunting performance that grabs the attention and holds the heart beautifully.
LINKS:
https://www.atticmovement.com
https://www.facebook.com/atticmovement
https://twitter.com/AtticMovement
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCouiun1Wu-ChabnvLofvStQ
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7pTcWHmTrzyNla686kexh3
https://soundcloud.com/theatticmovement
About Wolfhounds
Wolfhounds drop their new video for the track titled ‘Can’t See The Light’. Trippy and psychedelic in all the right places, ‘Can’t See The Light’ gives the guitars a chance to fight each other over a steady/strong bassline and thumpy percussion, while the vocals act as the ringleader in this psycho-circus of music. Let the video act as a Rorschach test for your musical preferences.
As of May 15, ‘Can’t See The Light’ is available everywhere, including Apple Music, Spotify, and Bandcamp.
The full ‘Electric Music’ album will be released on July 3 on vinyl, CD, and digitally.
LINKS:
https://thewolfhounds.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/TheWolfhounds
https://twitter.com/TheWolfhounds
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Fxh7lSWIVOt1oX0A10ifB
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/wolfhounds/202918429
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Jammerzine’s The Week in #Indie: The 20 4 2020 (Twenty for 2020)
The 20 4 2020 (Twenty for 2020) is a compilation of music from artists that have made the most impact on the Jammerzine website and apps.
This list is in no way organized in order of popularity or online traffic, instead, the list is in purely random order.
The criteria for selection in this list is a minimum of 1000 shares on social media and a statistical impact of at least 10,000 views on the particular webpage that the music or video was featured or reviewed on the Jammerzine website or app.
This edition features music from Auld, Beauty in Chaos, Patrick Doval, Panaviscope, K Michelle Dubois, Otis McDonald, The Awakening, Joy Cleaner, Minx, Tiny Fighter, Rise, RoQy TyRaiD & DJ Green Lantern, The Nile Deltas, Klammer, Drew Davies, Ummagma, Dar.Ra, US3R, & The Cazales.
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An Interview with We Are Scientists
Jammerzine has an exclusive interview with the musically juxtaposed juggernauts known as We Are Scientists. We talk with Keith Murray, one of the two scientists. And everyone knows that one out of two scientists recommend good music and the other scientist would add that if you don’t listen to the first one it’s because you’re a d*ck.
Having said that, we get a chance to get inside the mind of a musical mastermind and delve into the world of creative songwriting and the creative process therein, near future plans and possible touring (hmm?) as well as ‘Huffy‘, the new album by We Are Scientists.
Check out the full article on Jammerzine HERE.
About We Are Scientists
American rock band We Are Scientists debuted in the early aughts with the angular post-punk edge of With Love and Squalor, later evolving to incorporate polished synths and expanded atmospherics on efforts like Helter Seltzer and Megaplex. Although modestly popular in America, the band was a hit in the U.K., where its sound — part post-punk revival and part indie rock with a touch of ’80s synth pop — drew parallels to contemporaries like Editors, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, and The Killers.
Formed on the West Coast by three California-based college students, We Are Scientists officially took flight after front-man Keith Murray, bass player Chris Cain, and drummer Michael Tapper (who replaced founding drummer/vocalist Scott Lamb) relocated to Brooklyn and began building a small but devoted following. After releasing three EPs and one independent album — Safety, Fun, and Learning (In That Order) — the group signed with Virgin Records and released its major-label debut, With Love and Squalor, in early 2006. The effort peaked at ten on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and eventually was certified gold in the U.K.
In 2008, We Are Scientists — reduced to a duo comprising Cain and Murray after Tapper parted ways with the group — put out its second full-length album, Brain Thrust Mastery. Produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, the set included the singles “After Hours” and “Chick Lit.” As before, the record found popularity in the U.K., where it debuted at number 11 on the albums chart. The band toured heavily in support, playing a number of European festivals and opening shows in America for Kings Of Leon. As We Are Scientists prepared to record a third album, former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows joined the lineup, and the revised band unveiled itself with the release of 2010’s Barbara. That year, founding members Cain and Murray also appeared in their own series of comedy shorts, Steve Wants His Money, which aired on the Internet and ran in segments on MTV.
In late 2012, the band entered the studio in New York with producer Chris Coady (Beach House,Gang Gang Kids, Blonde Redhead) to record sessions for its fourth record. relocated to the city from England while he worked with Murray and Cain to write and record tracks for the album. Titled TV en Français, it arrived in early 2014 on 100%/Dine Alone Records and featured appearances by Rose Elinor Dougall (Mark Ronson) and Tim Wheeler (Ash).
In 2016, We Are Scientists returned with their fifth studio album, Helter Seltzer, produced by Max Hart (of Katy Perry’s band). The effort charted in the Top 50 of the U.K. and Scottish charts. They returned in 2018 with their sixth effort, the polished Megaplex, also produced by Hart. Megaplex featured the singles “Heart Is a Weapon,” “Not Another Word,” and “Your Light Has Changed.”
James Christopher Monger & Andrew Leahey.
LINKS:
http://wearescientists.com
https://100percent.it/GetHuffy
https://www.facebook.com/wearescientists
https://www.instagram.com/wearescientists
https://twitter.com/wearescientists
https://open.spotify.com/artist/35YNL4wwv11ZkmeWWL51y7
https://soundcloud.com/we-are-scientists
https://www.youtube.com/user/wearescientists -
An Interview with Miles Francis
Miles Francis has today released they/their new album titled ‘Good Man’. And today we have the double treat of showing you that album as well as getting an insight from the one they/them in the form of an exclusive interview with Miles Frances via Zoom as well as feature they/their upcoming and original performances in support of ‘Good Man’.
One thing you have to know about Miles, from the start, is that this is an artist that you can’t simply peg into a specific genre, gender, style, or art. You simply can’t. And, after you get to know Miles, you realize why should you. Isn’t classification something that can hinder, or even hurt, and artist? Or a person, for that matter? We are slowly learning that lesson with the monumental shifts in society that we are experiencing at this point in history, and it is people like Miles, and many, many more, that light the way in distinguishing the socially and creatively relevant from the white noise of society. Helping us go from ‘You can’t’ to ‘Why not?’.
And, in this interview, we get a glimpse of the mind behind the music and the heart behind the soul in this conversation style interview on originality and beyond.
Check out our other features with Miles Francis HERE.
Get your copy of ‘Good Man’ HERE.
About Miles Francis
Polymathic artist Miles Francis is already known amongst musicians as one of the best kept secrets of the NYC music scene. Since they started playing – first the drums at 6, then guitar, bass, keyboards, other percussion – they have been an audiophile of the highest order. As a working musician, Miles has collaborated and performed with Sharon Jones, Amber Mark, Angelique Kidjo, Allen Toussaint, Tunde Adebimpe (TV on the Radio) and many others; toured the world with Will Butler (Arcade Fire), Antibalas, and EMEFE; and appeared on shows like Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and The Late Show with David Letterman.
LINKS:
https://www.milesfrancis.com
https://www.facebook.com/instamiles
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngQ9Zv0-UjEQrVZ8azA8Ng
https://instagram.com/instamiles
https://twitter.com/instamiles
https://soundcloud.com/instamiles
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4dpiWnUskWeie5Psmc2HG3
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/miles-francis/400088007