This week I have Dallas Texas promoter Mike Ziemer. He’s done a lot of shows for most of the projects I’ve been apart of, and his festival is the reason I met my singer Dallon. We talk about how he got his start with everything to how he’s now in charge and creator of So What Music Festival. We’ve been friends for a number of years and we finally get to learn everything about what it’s like to be him.
Blake Cordeiro joins Scott to talk about Texas, Nominee, and So What?!
By now you are either watching Netflix’s new breakout hit series Stranger Things, or you are being told by all of your friends that you NEED to watch it right now! So what’s all the fuss about?
The day has finally arrived! Scene Queen has unleashed a “bimbocore” masterpiece with the release of her METALICIOUS EP, out via Hopeless Records. And it comes with an exciting TX2 collab, “Drop Dead Gorgeous.” She says of the song collection, “I wanted an EP that was as fun to make as when I was writing the Bimbocore volumes and making music was fresh and new to me. In the spirit of Bimbocore, I experimented with the pop influences, but this time the heavy parts are the heaviest they’ve ever been. From deathcore features to me laying down some of my… Read more »
New York’s The Bobby Lees may have just released their new record New Self in June, via Epitaph…but they’re kicking off fall with a new song. The trio revealed their exciting bonus track “Hey Na” featuring Lady Boy. The new song arrives with an official music video directed by John Swab, featuring nostalgic elevator hangs. “Hey Na” is a true-to-form hype anthem with a hypnotic beat and lyrics that pull no punches: “So what you got for me now, a milli a million bucks?/I know what I got and what it is worth so anything less go get fucked/I’m a… Read more »
Afterlife is officially back with a new single, “Empty,” from their newly announced record, The Pain That Shapes Us, due out on November 6 via Mascot Records. Vocalist Tyler Levenson shares of the single, “‘Empty’ navigates the reality of a devastating heartbreak, exploring the weight of emotional emptiness and mental exhaustion. For me, it’s one of the most vulnerable songs on the album, born from a collection of unfortunate experiences woven into one tragic outcome. The emotional honesty guided not only the lyrics but also the sound of the track. During this song’s creation, we wanted the atmosphere to match the… Read more »
Ahead of her dazzling fall tour, Scene Queen has just revealed her new collaboration with Left To Suffer, “Metalicious.” The face-melting offering also serves as the title track to the artist’s upcoming EP, due out on September 11, via Hopeless Records. Scene Queen says that the song “is what happens if a Tumblr indie sleaze club song was written in metal font. The song takes you through girls’ night at a metal show. The band is heavy, the drinks are flowing, and the girls are whipping their purses in the moshpit.” She adds, that the EP “was as fun to… Read more »
The Cab is gearing up to release their first album in more than a decade with Chasing Crowns, due on April 24. Featuring singles “Back From The Dead” and “Locked And Loaded,” the group alos revealed a piece of the forthcoming 18-track LP today with the arrival of “Sweet Kerosene.” “This one has always felt like a movie. There are just some songs where the script just writes itself and the imagery just paints itself,” the band shares. “We have been dying for the world to hear this one, and we hope you love it as much as we do.… Read more »
After debuting their latest single at Reading and Leeds last month, Waterparks has officially unleashed “IF LYRICS WERE CONFIDENTIAL.” “A lot of the songs on the next Waterparks album play with big, abstract concepts, and IF LYRICS WERE CONFIDENTIAL was one of those,” frontman Awsten Knight shares. “The premise is exactly what it sounds like – things I’d get into if I didn’t think anyone would ever hear the song, which in my opinion is the best way to write. It’s how you get yourself to talk about the most personal and uncomfortable things. The lyrics brush through a lot… Read more »
The disco ball is shimmering, the lights are down low, the floor is lit up, and Gold Star Baby is officially open for business. The Aces are officially back with their fourth album, Gold Star Baby—their first independent release—is a disco-infused celebration of identity. Quartet Cristal Ramirez (vocals), Alisa Ramirez (drums), Katie Henderson (guitar),and McKenna Petty (bass) have poured their whole selves into the fourth chapter of The Aces, and their personalities shine. Featuring a heaping dose of humor, grooves for days, and unadulterated confidence, this is The Aces at their best. Frankly, the joy that permeates the tracks proves… Read more »
