Los Angeles, CA – April 2026 Today’s artists are forced to juggle multiple platforms just to function. One for distribution, another for sync licensing, and another for Content ID management. Fees stack up. Data is fragmented. And the people actually making the music are left managing a system that feels designed to slow them down. OnChain Music is betting that model isn’t just outdated, it’s finished. Following its February 25, 2026 relaunch, the company is making an aggressive move to consolidate distribution, sync licensing, and Content ID management into a single platform. No other music company currently offers all three…
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Ten albums in, Chicago’s Go Time! have earned the right to make a statement. 11, their latest full-length release, is exactly that, a focused, emotionally grounded record from a band that has spent more than fifteen years honing its craft without losing its hunger. The core lineup of Scott Niekelski (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steve Grzenia (drums, backing vocals), Paul Schmidt (guitar, backing vocals), and Mark Marketti (bass) remains unchanged, and that stability pays off throughout. These are musicians who genuinely know how to listen to each other. URL: https://gotimebandchicago.com/ The band emerged from Chicago’s vibrant scene in 2009 and has remained…
There’s a particular kind of heartbreak that never fully resolves itself, not because the love wasn’t real, but because the ending never came with any explanation. San Diego area singer/songwriter Michael Gilas knows that feeling well, and on his latest single, he’s decided to stop waiting for someone else to supply the closure. “You Don’t Get To Say Goodbye” is a sharp, emotionally intelligent piece of Adult Contemporary songwriting that announces itself immediately. From the first verse, Gilas establishes an atmosphere thick with sleeplessness and unresolved thought, the kind of nights where memories arrive uninvited and refuse to leave before…
Rob Alexander’s It Just So Happens unfolds like a songwriter’s notebook brought vividly to life. Across fifteen songs, Alexander explores the strange, the painful, the romantic, and the hopeful—often within the same album. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/robalexandermusic/ Alexander, who has worked with members of Elton John’s band since 2018, clearly carries a deep appreciation for classic piano-driven pop. But It Just So Happens is not simply an exercise in nostalgia. Instead, it feels like a modern songwriter experimenting with storytelling possibilities. The album opens with “Ultimate Freak-Off Party,” an eyebrow-raising track inspired by the notorious Los Angeles parties connected to Sean “Diddy”…
Southern Rockers Hillbilly Vegas are sharing their new single & video for ”I Hope You Know”. The track is the 1st single from the Oklahoma based band’s upcoming album “A La Mode”, which is slated for release in May via Quarto Valley Records. “I Hope You Know” is a song about the chaos of a relationship that’s deteriorated to the point of no return. The song is driven by guitars with a southern style, rocking blues groove – with just the right touch of grit that the band is known for. The band’s Steve Harris says “I Hope You Know’comes from a very personal experience in…
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, by Taylor Jules, is an EP right up there with what the mainstream Pop, R&B, Soul, Rock, and Dance Music audience should expect from anyone on the airwaves. These four tracks are not only radio-friendly; they’re deep and heartfelt, well-crafted music and words by Taylor Jules, Stefan Lit, and Dylan Chambers. This is a combination of great songwriting and sonic production, delivering a fully blended mix of said genres. And the lyrics are where it all gets good, bad, and ugly, wrapped into one thread of excellent tracks, leaving you asking for more.…
There’s a quiet bravery running through The Edge of Everything. Even with Phil Ek behind the boards, Leo Sawikin’s latest EP doesn’t chase polish or grandeur. Instead, it leans into instability, treating emotional uncertainty not as a flaw to correct, but as fuel. INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/leosawikin/?hl=en The EP opens with “At the Edge,” a song that feels like a pause taken before a life-altering decision. Sawikin questions the identity he’s worked to build, admitting that self-assurance can evaporate without warning. The track refuses urgency. It lingers, suspended, letting doubt exist without resolution. Ek’s production amplifies that tension by leaving space rather than…
Long Beach, CA Punk/Metal band CARSEX have released their ferocious new EP “Human Interest”, which is a deep dive into timely themes about the current state of our chaotic world. They channel their anger and angst into 7 pummeling tracks. The EP was produced by Steve Evetts (Sepultura, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Butcher Babies) at Maple Studios in Santa Ana, CA, and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music in New Windsor, NY. The EP’s focus track “Landmine” is a heavy, chugging anthem that’s forges ahead like a sonic M1 Abrams Tank. CARSEX singer Nigel Burk says “Landmine’ is a follow-up to our song “Your Lesson”, which delved into…
The Cold Stares releases The Southern Part II, their follow up to The Southern, released last year with the intention of showing their southern rock side, for what normally defines blues-rock from where they’re standing. Now recording and going out as a trio, they not only add the southern rock genre to the mix, but new blood as well. Other than that, The Cold Stares have been around the block and down the pike, so they should be a force to reckon with in the music scene, and if you haven’t heard them by now, it’s worth anyone’s time to…
Guitar Multiverse is the work of none other than LA resident and Argentina transplant, Guillermo Marigliano, a guitar virtuoso wonder with the skills to back it. You can’t put your finger on what it is the virtuoso has, you just know they have it, and this is one who possesses buckets full of purity in his playing, which often feels like you’re at a belly dancing event or a Spanish guitar laden serenade. And you either like this kind of thing or you loathe it, and I like any acoustic guitar piece I can get my hands on, so this…
God help us all, there’s still a band out there writing rock songs like they mean it. Skyfactor’s Master Plan is not revolutionary. It’s not breaking genre. It doesn’t lean into glitchcore or whatever sonic Frankenstein the internet’s churning out this week. And thank the gods for that. What it is—what it does—is resurrect a kind of earnest, melody-driven, soul-tied rock and roll that hasn’t been cool in years and doesn’t care. It’s a record that lives in its lyrics and breathes in its choruses. It doesn’t want to go viral—it wants to matter. URL: https://www.skyfactormusic.com/ “Help You Believe” opens…
EJ isn’t just chasing ghosts — he’s resurrecting them. With “Fancy Car”, the Orlando-based singer-songwriter delivers a full-throttle pop-rock burner that sounds like it drove straight out of 1986, caught a ride through the 2000s emo revival, and rolled up at your door asking if love was still real. INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/p/DKK9-1MxWtA/ Let’s cut to the chase: the guitar solo rips. It’s not subtle. It’s not ironic. It’s loud, proud, and melodically dialed in — a rare thing in a pop-rock single in 2025. It recalls a time when solos told stories, and when a well-bent note could say more than…
There’s nothing quite like a scathing breakup anthem to shake you out of your emotional fog—and Rachel DeeLynn’s “Egomaniac!” delivers that emotional jolt in the best way possible. From the first listen, I was completely hooked. Not just because of its blistering guitars or punchy chorus, but because it’s real. It’s the kind of song that captures the aftermath of a toxic relationship with such clarity and fire, you feel like you’re living it right alongside her. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/RachelDeeLynn/ “Egomaniac!” is a two-and-a-half-minute adrenaline shot to the heart—furious, fast, and cathartic. DeeLynn takes aim at an ex so self-absorbed he’s…
Taylor Jules’ latest single, “Don’t Give a Funk”, is an unapologetic declaration of independence that marks a refreshing departure from the usual pop formula. In this track, Jules masterfully combines the raw energy of funk with the catchiness of pop and the rebellious spirit of rock, creating an anthem that dares to challenge the status quo. From the very first beat, the song bursts into life with a driving rhythm that refuses to be ignored. The groove is infectious, carrying an undercurrent of funk that is both playful and defiant. Taylor Jules’ vocals are a force in themselves—bold, confident, and…
The story of Chris Bullinger’s life is just as interesting as the stories of his songs on ‘Waiting To Be Seen Part 2,’ with equal mention of Part 1, but that’s because they go together, and all the songs meet up as a two part 23 song concept album. You can’t mention one without the other, or it’s like trying to guess where something is coming from. And this is a seasoned artist with a story of his own to tell, among other folk artists living the same dream. Both alums contain highlights, and Part 2 gets its due here,…