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The debut album of Parks will be released via Pledge Music and can be preordered NOW! It will be mixed by Grammy award-winning engineer, Ducky Carlisle . Parks are Brian E. King (Songs/Vocals/Guitar), Stu Dietz (Guitar), Matt Girard (Bass/Vocals), Brian Fitch (Drums),  Liz McBride (Vocals/Keys/Percussion). Described as " a crisp & precise take on garage pop " (Boston Globe), Parks distinguishes itself with dynamic live performances, lush instrumentation, rich three-part harmonies and sonics somewhere between fizzy Shins twists and fiery Strokes-esque turns. Here are the news from Parks: " As you see in our video, we will be releasing our long-awaited debut album via PledgeMusic and YOU! Over the past year of working tirelessly, we have a ton of bonus materials, unreleased outtakes, alternate versions, behind-the-scenes footage, and MORE! We’re extremely proud of it and we need your help to bring it to a wider audience. We’re excited to say the ...

A friend of mine - Maik Antrack - just released his first EP - it's called Musicmaik - Emeral . Back in 2010, equipped with a guitar, pen and paper, Maik Antrack sat on Mt. Taranaki and wrote an idea, which later came to life as a piece on his first album „ Ooceeyaan “. Weeks later, after traveling to some of New Zealands’ lonely places and exploring Australias’ East coast, he came back to Europe with a bunch of ideas. 12 pieces went on his first recording „ Ooceeyaan “. When he finished this album, a mysterious and rough travel diary, there was more to say, more to explore, more to play. There was an open door, leading to his undeniable love for straight-forward stuff, melodies, grooves. 3-4-GO! There’s rooms for vast improvisation and explorations in sound. And worlds in between. Paths yet to find! So Musicmaik, that’s Maik playing his own Music. The latest EP release „ Emeral “ features five new explorations. Emeral is a place, everyone of us owns...

Jenny Lewis (former singer of Rilo Kiley ) has her new solo record - The Voyager - out on July 29, 2014. It's the first record since six years. It was produced by Ryan Adams & Mike Viola , Beck , Jenny & Johnathan Rice . The Voyager can be preordered (digital, CD, LP, T-Shirt, Tote bag) at www.jennylewis.com .

Now something from a new band : Identical Suns . Identical Suns are:  Todd Stanton , Rene Rodriguez, Andrew Stanton (Producer, Guitar) and Brian Jones (Guitar). Identical Suns began as a conversation. One afternoon in September, 2013, founding members Todd Stanton and Rene Rodriguez starting talking about writing songs. Todd and Rene had become online friends as part of a Mike Viola group on Facebook in mid-2012. The group was started up around Mike Viola’s performances on a online website called StageIt.com . It was soon discovered that this group had a lot of musicians as members and it was decided that those who were interested would start hosting their own online shows, as a warm-up for the Mike Viola shows. With encouragement from Mike, the shows included covers of Viola songs and, toward the middle of 2013, Mike devised a series of shows for the various musicians to play one side of a Beatles album. Todd and his family began to play shows (as the Stantone...