Béton Armé
Béton Armé is a montreal oi! band inspired by french punk/oi! bands from the 80’s.
THE BAND FEEL
THE BAND FEEL is a Rock band from St. Louis known for their dynamic sound that pays homage to the Classic Rock era while adding a modern twist. With influences ranging from 70’s rock to Laurel Canyon to mid-century jazz, FEEL has garnered attention for their high-energy performances and captivating songwriting. The band has quickly gained recognition within the industry, sharing stages with renowned acts such as Cheap Trick, Blackberry Smoke, 38 Special, Rival Sons, and more.
The Impulsive Debut EP Anniversary
Joe Samba
Guitar slung low, microphone turned up, and emotion overflowing, Joe Samba taps into rock ‘n’ roll spirit and reggae soul all at once. The Massachusetts-born singer, songwriter, and guitarist sonically teeters on an axis of island-inflected grooves and gritty guitar-craft balanced by his dynamic vocals. He finds the sweet spot between smoked-out Caribbean bliss and sweat-soaked punkified energy. It’s why he’s quietly emerged as a phenomenon, toppling charts at #1 and performing alongside everyone from The Dirty Heads to Pepper. However, he’s primed to unite not only genres, but people as well through a series of 2023 releases and much more to come. “No matter what walk of life you’re from, I’d love for you to hear the conviction in my music,” he notes. “I hope you think, ‘This dude meant it’.” He recognized music’s inherent power to connect as a kid. Dad played bass in a local favorite funk band, while his two older brothers followed suit by picking up the same instrument. At barely seven-years-old, pops pulled Joe up on stage and he busted out a wild rendition of “I Feel Good” by James Brown, leaving the crowd speechless and, unassumingly, deciding his fate. As a teen, he even played at the Boston date of the Warped Tour in his metal band. Post-high school, he cut his teeth by performing in countless bars and watering holes solo. 2019 saw him make a major splash with The Wrong Impression. It bowed at #1 on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart and clocked over 2 million streams. At the onset of the Pandemic, he fell in love with Key West and relocated, gigging in bars around Duval Street and writing as much as possible. On the other side of the Pandemic, he returned to New Hampshire with his fiancé and newborn son in tow, settling near his family once again. Signing to LAW Records, he continued to evolve with 2022’s Far From Forever highlighted by fan favorites such as “Create Something,” “Beef,” and “Got it All.” At the same time, he coped with depression, infusing darker experiences into his music in an effort to confront them. “Before I was engaged and my son was born, I went through a really depressing path of life,” he admits. “If you have a past trauma you can’t get over, it will hold you back. However, I want to let people know everyone feels shitty from time to time. So much reggae is happy all the time, but I wanted to get into another vibe.” That’s precisely what he does on the 2022 single “Boomer Economy.” On the track, a thrash-y guitar riff crashes right into a laidback reggae break as he alternates between galloping rapid delivery and a magnetic chantable chorus, attempting to bridge the generational gap. By building musical common ground on a foundation of honest emotion, Joe has the power to speak to any generation with more music on the horizon. “It doesn’t matter who you are I hope you feel what I’m saying,” he leaves off. “Right now, I have everything I need. The universe dumped it all into my lap: ‘Here’s the family, here’s the career, here’s the team, and here’s the vision’. I’m just jumping on the train like, ‘Let’s do it’.” www.joesamba.com
Angel Du$t
Justice Tripp lives in the future. For nearly two decades, the musician has consistently been ahead of the curve: first with Trapped Under Ice, where he led the way for a new wave of heavy hardcore, and then as the mastermind behind Angel Du$t, where he blazed the trail for the current generation of aggressive musicians to branch out into unabashedly melodic territory. Tripp’s work is marked by an ever-evolving creativity that’s made him highly influential, but which has often put him a number of steps ahead of the very trends that he’s helped to inspire. Now Angel Du$t are back with their new album, Brand New Soul: a fearless and open-hearted tribute to all things rock, offering listeners a chance to be right there with them on the cutting edge. Tripp might forever be keeping an eye on the future, but Angel Du$t’s time is now. Tripp’s rock and roll circus is brought to life by an impressive cast of characters. Angel Du$t’s membership has always been made up of incredibly talented musicians, and Brand New Soul solidifies the key players with the live lineup of Daniel Star (guitar), Steve Marino (guitar), Zechariah Ghostribe (bass), and Thomas Cantwell (drums/percussion), as well as contributions from longtime collaborators like Daniel Fang (drums/percussion) and Pat McCrory (guitar), and vocal appearances from Mary Jane Dunphe and Citizen’s Mat Kerekes. “The band has always centered around me, but I’ve never written the music just for me,” explains Tripp. “It always felt like it was meant to be played by a band, I love the team effort. Angel Du$t isn’t about me–it’s about the spirit of rock music and the energy that that gives off. It’s like we’re committed to a cause.” The record feels like the sum of its eclectic parts, all united by Tripp’s daring and unshakeable creativity in the producer’s chair. “I wanted to just be able to try anything with no fear,” he says. “I can’t operate with fear. This record is about zero compromise, it’s about giving yourself over completely to what you’re doing. It’s not about ego, it’s about submitting yourself to this feeling–it’s rock and roll music, period. That’s it.” It’s this combination of heart and inventiveness that makes Brand New Soul such an endearing listen, and the record almost feels like a proof-of-concept for the daring spirit that’s led Tripp his entire life. His story is far from fully written, but ten years into Angel Du$t, it’s finally starting to seem clear that the songwriter’s many creative risks have paid off. The band’s influence is palpable, and Brand New Soul is poised with open arms to bring even more people into the unique world Tripp has created–one where stage dives and sweetness fit perfectly together, and everyone is welcome to get in on the fun. “The music bringing people together is the most important thing,” he says. “I would hope that the biggest impact we’ve had is just encouraging people to express themselves.”
The Road to Symmetry
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JIVEBOMB
JIVEBOMB is Kat, Ethan, Harper, David, and Nick. Rising out of Baltimore’s groundbreaking hardcore scene in 2021, JIVEBOMB’S ruthless blend of hardcore punk and intense live show quickly made them a band to watch. Dropping a demo that year, the band grabbed the attention of Flatspot Records and released their first proper EP, Primitive Desires, in 2022. The EP received praise from Stereogum, The Fader, and BrooklynVegan, and the band went on a whirlwind of touring alongside acts including Angel Du$t, Soul Glo, Fleshwater, Spy, and Candy. JIVEBOMB’S brazen and gut-wrenching style continues to grow, and takes on a more extreme form on the band’s upcoming debut album, ETHEREAL, out March 28th, 2025 on Flatspot Records. ETHEREAL is defined as “extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.” A pure contradiction to JIVEBOMB’S sound, yet a perfect match to the band’s lyrics that drive from a dissociative dreamlike state. Entering the studio in summer 2024 with Ben Greenberg (Uniform) at Circular Ruin in Brooklyn, NY, JIVEBOMB knew they wanted to keep their raw, blitzed out energy while diving into heavier territory. Spanning ten tracks, ETHEREAL clocks in at thirteen minutes of destructive chaos pulling from hardcore, grindcore, and the extremities of music. Opener “THE IMPACT” greets you with distorted samples before vocalist Kat snarls “Don’t get it twisted, get it right” setting the tone for what’s to come. The sonic ricochet of “ESTRELA” moves through heaven-like lyrics that allude back to the album’s title. Lead single “SURVIVAL AIN’T TAUGHT” is pure hardcore intensity pushed through thick, vibrating guitars. 2021 demo tracks “WISE CHOICE” and “Cidade Charme”, now “CHARM”, get transformed into more feverish versions translating how they’re performed in a live setting. “SERAPHIM (MARINA’S SONG)” bodes yearning for something intangible, while delivering with winding metal riffs. ETHEREAL ends with the damaging “DISFIGURED IDENTITY” sending off with a unique spin. As Kat shares, “The sound design at the end of this song is made up almost entirely of audio recordings I took ofrandom sounds while Jivebomb was in Europe, chopped and screwed style.” With the release of ETHEREAL, JIVEBOMB have delivered a unique and rapid debut that urges repeat listens while building anticipation for what the band will create next.
Post Sex Nachos
Hailing from the middle of the middle of the Midwest comes a band that bends genres and produces tunes that’ll make you want to roller-skate and two-step to your heaviest feelings: Post Sex Nachos. Charging into battle for the love of the music, these roller-coaster rockers are here to redefine the term “boy band” forever. This 5-piece with a fantastically unique Venn diagram of influences and musical backgrounds continues to constantly reimagine the scope of what they can do with their art. Comprised of Mitch Broddon (lead guitar, support Vox), Sammy Elfanbaum (rhythm guitar, lead Vox), Kevin Jerez (keyboards, support Vox), Chase Mueller (bass, support Vox), and Hunter Pendleton (drums), Post Sex Nachos doesn’t just record music for virtual consumption – they bring it to the fans who matter most. Performing to sold-out rooms from coast to coast, Post Sex Nachos delivers a raw, once-in a-generation live show, replete with pop-hook singalongs that sweep you up, solos to make you quake, and grooves worth diving head first into. Veritable road dogs, Post Sex Nachos recently announced their next venture, dubbed “The Minor League”. Fitting, eh?
Early James
“It’s a house with a lot of character,” Auerbach says. “I’ve always loved it. I always felt inspired when I was there. I knew it would be a fun place to do something. It’s over a hundred years old. It’s got the old plaster on the walls, plaster ceilings, old wallpaper. There are big oak floors and an oak stairwell. The first floor has twelve-and-a-half-foot ceilings. It’s pretty awesome. But it’s not a recording studio by any means.” “We had to drag all the gear in there. We set the little mixing console upstairs — this crazy, wild old ’50s Universal Audio tube console that I’d just gotten and fixed up, which was built by FAME Studios’ Rick Hall for his studio in Memphis — in a spare bedroom, and we ran the wires down the stairs. We set up James and everyone in separate little rooms downstairs. James’ little Princeton amp was right behind him, there were no baffles or anything, and so when he was Early James recorded his first two Easy Eye Sound albums, Singing For My Supper (2020) and Strange Time To Be Alive(2022), at the studio inside the vaunted label’s Nashville headquarters. But for James’ third release, Medium Raw, producer and Easy Eye Sound label head Dan Auerbach envisioned something quite different for the Alabama-bred singer-songwriter-guitarist’s rawboned, sometimes scarifying music. “Day of the first session, I had my GPS routed to Easy Eye,” James recalls. “We ran into some traffic, and I texted [engineer M.] Allen [Parker] — ‘Hey man, sorry, we’re gonna be about 15 minutes late.’ And he said, ‘It’s OK, we’re still getting set up at the house.’ And I was like, ‘What house?’ ‘We’re recording at this house, it’s really cool.’ It was news to me! It felt unusual in the moment, which I think makes you play the songs differently. But I’m really happy with and proud of the results.” “I wanted to try to find that power of when I first saw him, when it was just him and his guitar,” Auerbach explains. “After working with him a couple of times in the studio, I felt like I wasn’t going to be able to do it in the same kind of way. The comforts and luxuries of the studio, where you’re able to hear everything and make adjustments and changes, wasn’t right for this project.” The house in question, known as “Honky Chateau,” was an old Nashville property owned by photographer and artist Buddy Jackson. The writing continues to display the hallmarks of James’ distinctive, one-of-a-kind style: whip-smart wordplay, upended clichés, humor both light and dark, and a deep intelligence that frequently reflects a literary sensibility. His musical sensibility has leaned toward the hard stuff from an early age: “I remember getting obsessed with the blues and getting obsessed with old country. My first favorite musician was Hank Williams. There was something about how dark that music was. I could listen to Hank Williams on repeat and never get tired of it. Hank Williams, Jr., lives in my hometown of Troy, Alabama, and he and my dad were hunting buddies. They still run into each other at Julia’s Restaurant in Troy. I listened to a lot of Howlin’ Wolf, and his guitarist Hubert Sumlin — I thought that was Howlin’ Wolf playing the guitar.” Like the rambling bluesmen of old, whose repertoires would mutate from night to night, James says audiences should expect him to work some new wrinkles into his songs on stage: “I’m trying to play dress-up with this record on the road. You never know what it’s going to be wearing. It depends on what thrift store we get to.”
