Yeehaw! Gimmie synth! All the synth! And also gimmie ballsy and badass female fronted bands with an attitude! That is what Bitter Kisses are giving me and I am 100% in. This Bristol based four piece is Gemma Tracey (vocals), Thomas Adams (bass and vocals), Josh Butches (guitar and vocals), and Scarlett Cawley (drums) and their debut single āPr*yā is out now! The band says … Continue reading DEBUT SINGLE: “Pr*y” by Bitter Kisses
I canāt with Sleep Token. And by canāt, I mean I canāt keep up. In the month of January, the collective group of artists released 4 singles. FOUR! āAqua Regiaā on January 20āGraniteā on January 19āThe Summoningā on January 6āChokeholdā on January 5 Sleep Token first popped onto my radar through an Instagram ad for their song āThe Summoningā. The visuals in the ad caught … Continue reading SLEEP TOKEN
Following up their 2021 self-titled album, The Lucid are back with their 5 song EP, Saddle Up and Ride and within the 5 songs, the band manages to cross all genres of music from country to rap to rock. Kicking off the EP, is the country blues feel tune, āDeep Countryā. If you follow vocalist Vinnie Dombroski, this feels in alignment with his Diamond Buck … Continue reading The Lucid: Saddle Up and Ride
Infused with social commentary on the desolate and dark fates of asylum seekers in the UK, Junior Bill has channeled a bit of punk rock icons, The Clash, to create a sound that is pure punk with their latest track, āBoys From Jungleā. The punk icons would be proud of Junior Bill. While the band has been around since 2013, they have only released EPs, … Continue reading Junior Bill: Boys From Jungle
Iāve seen the name Kamelot a lot, but never once sat down and listened to their music. So when I say, I am new to the Kamelot fandom, I mean I am brand new. āOne More Flag in the Groundā is the first song Iāve ever listened to by the band and Iād like to aplogise for being late to the Kamelot party. Because good … Continue reading KAMELOT: One More Flag in the Ground
Oooooooohhhhhh, lawd chile. (Thatās Southern for āoh lord childā.) As someone who grew up in the South (both Carolinas) and has been called āsugar pieā once or twice, the brand new single from Brooklynās Dakota Jones, āSugar Pieā, takes me back home. āSugar Pieā is a delicious return to soul with a helluva lot of funk added in for sexy saucy flavour! Dakota Jones is … Continue reading Dakota Jones: Sugar Pie
I discovered Ren when Chantal Kreviazuk shared his song āHi Renā on her Instagram stories. And, wow. Wow. Oh. Wow. Ren is Ren Gill, an English artist, who has been transparent and chronicled his years of chronic health problems which he lists on his website as Lyme disease, Mast Cell Activation Disorder, M.E./CFS, ADHD, chronic depression, intermittent episodes of psychosis. His song, āHi Renā, had … Continue reading Ren: Hi Ren and Sick Boi
Two part review for Story of the Year. First, letās talk about āWarā as a song. It is the latest track from the forthcoming album, Tear Me to Pieces, and good god almighty, what a banger! The opening guitar riff IS. TO. DIE. FOR. Itās deep, low, guttural, and my favourite riff that Iāve heard in a long time. I could listen to it on … Continue reading Story of the Year: War
Music guru, Eric Alper, recently tweeted, āTry listening to different music genres to expand not only your creativity, but you might find your next favorite artist, too.ā We take Ericās words to heart and while we here at Amplify the Noise do listen to everything that crosses our paths, we donāt necessarily dig everything that crosses our paths. For the music that we donāt like, … Continue reading Visions of Atlantis: Clocks
Some say as you grow older, your tastes and attitude will become more conservative but that is clearly not the case with Anti-Flag and we are all better for it. The punk icons have put in over 30+ years of hard work and have zero signs of slowing down as their latest album Lies They Tell Our Children is an onslaught of rock and punk … Continue reading Anti-Flag: Lies They Tell Our Children
As one of my favourite Australian saying goes, Dierks Bentley is not here to fuck spiders.Ā The country favourite is back with his latest single from his forthcoming 10th album, Gravel and Gold (February 24). āSame Olā Meā is a natural progression from his previously released singles āHigh Noteā featuring Billy Strings and āGoldā. With a swamp thumping bass and drum, āSame Olā Meā is … Continue reading Dierks Bentley: Same Ol’ Me
Hailing from Virgina but based in the City of Angels, 93FEETOFSMOKE recently released āFeel Something at Allā from their forthcoming album Sucker. Co-written with Aaron Gillespie of Underoath, āFeel Something at Allā is a pop-punk banger with an infectious chorus that plants itself in oneās aural canal and doesnāt let go.Ā While the music and vocals are fun and bright, the lyrics dive into treacherous … Continue reading 93FEETOFSMOKE: Feel Something At All
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