City and Colour doesn’t qualify as a “new” artist, but he’s certainly a new find to my ears. City and Colour is the solo project of Alexisonfire‘s Dallas Green, titled as such because his first name is the name of a city and his last name, a color. City and Colour’s acoustic folk is a […]
Occidental Brothers Dance Band Int’l Performing Tomorrow
Chicago based band Occidental Brothers Dance Band International will be performing TOMORROW with Congoloese musician Samba Mapangala. After taking a listen to this at work, you might want to head down to the venue where dancing and head-bopping are much more appropriate. Here’s the deets: What: African Guitar Music Concert Who: Occidental Brothers Dance Band […]
New Zee Avi EP: One More Time With Colors
Brooklyn-based Malaysian songstress Zee Avi released a remix EP, One More Time With Colors, yesterday on iTunes. Currently signed to Jack Johnson‘s Brushfire Records, Avi released her eponymous debut last year. The EP features remixes of “Is This The End”, “The Story” and “Just You and Me”. It also features a new song, “I Wish […]
Like a Star (cover)
When BoomBoomChik’s writers Jemex and Radio Morillo aren’t blogging, tweeting, Facebooking and working 9-5, they are somewhere reviewing, interviewing, or going through submissions. After all that’s done, they get inspired and make music. That happened to me last night post England v Germany and Argentina v Mexico. Germany and Argentina won (YAY!) all but solidifying […]
Cover: Swami Lushbeard – Breaking The Law (Judas Priest Cover)
Los Angeles based band Swami Lushbeard have recently released a new digital download entitled Who You Were? (Acoustic Sessions). The album includes an acoustic version of “Breaking The Law” by Judas Priest that is pretty Swell if you ask me. enjoY! Swami Lushbeard – Breaking The Law (Judas Priest Cover)