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2020 Year End Faves
Well, it was a crazy year and I didn't get to listen to as much new music as I normally do (around 250 new releases test played front to back as compared to my usual 500-600) but I still found plenty...
Jerome Griffin's Highly Anticipated Debut Single
To have the chance to do what you love, and travel worldwide is a dream that most artists yearn for. For Jerome Griffin there was a dash in time where his talent afforded him that very opportunity. IMG...
The Dark Tides of Black Valley Moon
Sam Williams has been a guitar hero for quite a while but never a surf guitar hero until the last couple of years. Known best for his work with punk rock legends Down By Law, the Florida six-stringer has...
Napster and Super Hi Fi Announce Partnership
Cross-platform technology and marketing alliance connects “Powered by Napster” tech service and AI audio innovations from Super Hi-Fi Napster and Super Hi-Fi are now working together to...
International Supergroup Nuclear Power Trio Release "A Clear and Present Rager"
‘A Clear and Present Rager’ is the debut EP from international supergroup, “Nuclear Power Trio”. An ambitious amalgam of progressive metal, Latin-inspired flamenco played on nylon...
Hatebreed Releases New Album Weight of the False Self
With unflinching tenacity, the impenetrable heavy metal hardcore factory that is HATEBREED has brought forth yet another iron cast, sonic weapon with Weight Of The False Self. It comes as no surprise...
The Glass House Celebrates 25th Anniversary in January, 2021
January 25th, 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of The Glass House Concert Hall in Pomona, CA. The first two shows in the room featured headlining sets by Orange County's very own No Doubt. The venue...
Backline To Provide Free Yoga And Meditation Services To Music Industry
Backline —the music industry’s mental health and wellness resource—has partnered with Meditation Studio by Muse® and Wanderlust to provide free subscriptions and curated content...
Brandy and the Butcher - Dick Circus
When those first cowbell hits merge with raging power chords at the beginning of Brandy and the Butcher's debut album, Dick Circus, a listener could be forgiven for thinking they had been transported...
Kane Brown Stacks More Plaques
RCA Nashville/Zone 4 recording artist Kane Brown was surprised with the news of new RIAA certifications and billion stream milestones by his manager Martha Earls and Sony Music Nashville Chairman...
Band Of Heathens Announce New Album - Stranger
Band of Heathens, an Austin based group, is planning to release their newest and most creative album to date, Stranger. Named after Robert Heinlein’s famous sci-fi book Stranger in a Strange Land,...
Alcatrazz - Born Innocent
Growing up a headbanger in the '80s, every one of us knew who Alcatrazz were, whether you were a hardcore thrasher, glammy pop metaller or just old an school hard rock/ AOR purist. Singer Graham Bonnet...
Dead Swells Set To Release Self-Titled Album
Dead Swells, a Charleston band, is set to release their new self-titled album on August 7th.The album is a collection of songs that have been forming over the past two years. The overarching theme of the...
Interview with Patrick Clos from Cocktails
San Francisco indie pop band, Cocktails, has released a new album 'Catastrophic Entertainment', which initially feels like a head rush of good vibes and summer lovin' on a beach somewhere....
Crown The Empire Release Mini-Documentary
Crown The Empire released a mini-documentary Out Of Focus recently that details their history thus far. Band members Andy Leo (vocals), Brandon Hoover (guitar), Hayden Tree (bass), and Brent Taddie...
Feature - Austin Ingerman
Austin Ingerman, lead guitarist for the popular band New Year’s Day, has released his first single, Everything Is Ok, as a solo artist. Ingerman worked on the track with Chris Collier (mixer/masterer)...
Comfort Monk's Musical Gratitude
Podcasts and record labels seem ubiquitous in our digital, quarantined age but not many entrepreneurs choose to combine both endeavors like Columbia, SC's Comfort Monk. Started by Eddie Newman and...
Interview with the Heavy Eyes
I first discovered the Heavy Eyes during a night of blog-surfing around 7 or 8 years ago, and since then the Memphis stoner rock band has become one my favorites. With their new release, Love Like...
The Outfit Releases New Album, Viking
"Rock and roll is dying!" "Rock and roll is dead!" "Nobody makes good rock and roll any more!" Those are the phrases I hear all the time by "peers" who think that...
Q & A with Grace Joyner
Charleston, SC dream pop singer Grace Joyner is releasing her latest album, Settle In, after an absence of 4 years and it's been well-worth the wait. We have been fans of hers for even longer than...
Something Clever Threatens to Steal the Show
North Carolina's music scene is exploding right now, with Charlotte being the epicenter for rock music. The Underground at Fillmore, one part of a multi-venue location, hosted a sold out show recently...
Chris Knight - Almost Daylight
"I rock as well as I can," says Chris Knight, one of those country singer/songwriters who enjoys legendary status among a dedicated core of both country and rock fans. On his latest album in...
Sean Knight's 2019 Favorites
Happy 2020 from IMG! We hope it will become an annual tradition here for writers to talk about their top favorite records at year's end. Johnny K sent in his best metal records of 2019 and I wrote...
Top Ten Metal of 2019
Metal fanatic Johnny K shares his favorite metal. hard rock releases of 2019: check it out! 1.) Hellripper - Black Arts and Alchemy. This was a late discovery for me, but it absolutely blew me away....
One To Watch - Jump Castle Riot
IMG is proud to announce a new series, One To Watch, that will offer exclusive details about bands on the move. The first band we are highlighting is a band from Charleston, SC - Jump Castle Riot (JCR)....