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Chemical Smile: We are Chemical Smile and welcome to our world, we hope you enjoy your stay. This is a video we made for our song BeelzeBop . We hope it doesn't make too much sense. Love to all. *** Interview // Facebook // Twitter // YouTube // Alicia Atout

Listening to Meridian is like the invigorating feeling one gets when they put a breath strip on each eye.  Our optimism is bigger than the approaching doom. Meridian consist of Yohimbe Sampson and Bradley Valentin. The heart's desires, booze, earth treats, and the love of family and friends are some of the driving forces to our musical creations. Our debut album speaks of these experiences.  So take a seat, and a relaxing beverage, and enter a world that breeds coconut tress in the city. *** Facebook // [...]

Do All Dogs Go To Heaven? by Bombskare! Our Song of the Day can be heard beneath or over on the left sidebar throughout AMBY. Enjoy! Band Links: Getting Cozy With // Facebook // Twitter // Alicia Atout

Rosie by Castlecomer Castlecomer are a pop rock band from Sydney, Australia – dubbed as Australia's next big band – and recently finished up a tour following the release of their song Rosie . What, haven't heard it yet? Pause whatever you're listening to and give Rosie  a listen now. Your feet will start "dancing by themselves", as a Soundcloud user commented on Castlecomer's Soundcloud, where you can hear the track. Catchy rhythm guitar opens the song, highlighting the beat and maintaining the foot-tapping and leg-jiggling you've probably already started doing, if you haven't [...]

Have a blast, even though there’s nothing to do. The year is 1999. The air is thick and consistently burns on the small Southeast Asian metropolis of Singapore. A group of expat high school musicians hailing from Australia and Japan, form a band under the moniker Pug Jelly . The young band’s infectious, energetic brand of pop-rock/pop-punk quickly spread through the country, pushing them up the ranks of the local music scene and establishing Pug Jelly as one of the household names in underground Singaporean pop-punk. No [...]

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May is songwriter's month at Toontrack . Toontrack designs tools for musicians, songwriters and producers including EZdrummer, Superior Drummer, and EZkeys to name a few. In this video from Toontrack, songwriter/producer Monty Powell talks about the how to get a foot in the business, curing writer's block and much, much more. About Monty Powell: Monty has written for artists like Lee Ann Womack, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw and Lady Antebellum. Some career highlights include a CMA nomination for "Song of The Year" with Keith Urban's "Tonight I [...]

A-Trak's Open Letter About Drugs In Hip-Hop I don’t know anything about drugs. Never tried them. Yet as I write this, I am trying to sign a group with a song called “Bath Salts” and an album titled “D.R.U.G.S.”. Danny Brown, my record label’s marquee artist, calls himself the Adderall Admiral, openly does interviews high on Molly and raps, “it’s a miracle I’m living.” I happen to think he is one of the most enthralling artists out. How do I reconcile my respect for Danny and the fact that so many of his wildly creative and [...]

Having been recently introduced to Salford lads The Nankeens I spoke to lead singer Adam Darby to find out a bit more about how the band got together and what they have planned following the recent release of EP Autonomy. AMBY: The Nankeens were previously two separate bands so how did you get together? AD: It was just good timing really, we knew each other from being on the same scene and had played shows together. Both bands broke up [...]

Beach Vacation formed after performing in a high school talent show and within two weeks of recording on GarageBand, were released by a label in the U.K. Their debut EP, Maritime , was launched via Bandcamp on the 29th of April. The colorful array of soothing vocals, surfy guitar riffs and rockabilly-esque drums has been received with open arms by summer loving crowds around the world. The young surf rockers mastered a well-rounded wave of four, happy-go-lucky tracks. Their sound can be compared to the likes of Beach Fossils, King Tuff, Dirty Beaches and of course, The Beach Boys [...]

Recently releasing their debut record Scorpio Leisure, Edinburgh's The Stagger Rats deliver high-energy, melodic, and lyrically clever music. The band's answers were quite humorous and show off their cheeky personalities. Have a read as we spoke to the band about falling off stage, being in an elevator with Ron Jeremy, and a film titled Jangle Your Extremities ! AMBY: How would you describe The Stagger Rats' sound to those unfamiliar with your music? The Stagger Rats: Our sound has recently undergone a fairly serious change.  I'd call [...]

Hello readers of AMBY. My name is Steven and I play the drums, loop noises and (sort of) sing in the band Hands Out. My two good friends, Adam and Stephen, help me make a racket by forcing lovely sounding guitars through disgusting sounding pedals. We will be playing our first gigs this month (May 2013) to a bunch of sweaty people from the towns we grew up in. Here's a quick history of the band, I shall try to keep things brief. Adam and I have played in bands together since we were about 15, that's half [...]

Hello, we are SUN GIANT. We are a 3 piece blues/psychedelic/alternative rock trio from Lancaster, England. Our band consists of three 18 year olds: Liam Fairclough, Tomas Eddie Walmsley and Niall Ingham. We have only been playing together since October of 2012 and the start of 2013 as been increasingly more exciting and busy for us. This year we hope to reach more people and give them the satisfaction of our music. We are recording our new songs very soon in a studio. We are recording with analogue equipment; recording onto tape gives the recordings a live, solid sound that [...]

I Think I Like Your Girlfriend More Than You by bentcousin! Our Song of the Day can be heard beneath or over on the left sidebar throughout AMBY. Enjoy! Band Links: Interview // Facebook // Twitter // SoundCloud // Alicia Atout

On their Facebook, London's Lovelife describe themselves as a "pop band". But after meeting the band and watching them play live, it's safe to say that Lovelife are a passionate and infectious pop band. The last time AMBY spoke with Lovelife was back in October. The band were set to release their very first EP El Regreso , and now they are soon releasing their third EP Stateless . It's kind of crazy how fast time flies! Back in October, I mentioned to Lovelife's Lee Newell how we really hope they play a gig in Toronto [...]

Photo by Chris Clough Photography Hey, we're 'HeavyHeads' from Hood Town (Nottingham, UK). We just love playing music and experiencing things that help us write it really... Me and Joe have been best friends for the last 5 or 6 years, and he's like a brother to me. We recently went busking our way around Europe which was incredible. We got to experience so much and met so many cool people along the way whilst living free on the road. Our travels helped influence some of our tracks such as "Thrones" and "Lights", and [...]

Hello! We're Light Parades, a four piece indie/alternative band from London, UK. We have Daniel Hopkinson - vocals/piano/guitar: Jakub Tucholski - piano/guitar: Stephen Hopkinson - bass/vocals: Ollie Pearce - drums, vocals.  We've been together for around 18 months now and recently released our debut album 'Through All Times'. 2013 is looking like a busy year for us, we'll be touring a lot, releasing an EP and a live acoustic session, and starting work on our second record. Enjoy the music and make sure to keep up to date on what we're doing over at our sites. Love x [...]

Vonelle is a Toronto-based, indie rock band who released a self-titled EP last spring. The five song long EP pairs experimental song structures with Julia Crawford’s ethereal voice, creating a whole lot of wonder in just under twenty minutes. The opening track (“Over&Over”) starts with a catchy beat and a poetic first line, “Pretty once parading all over your bed.” Crawford continues to deliver vivid lines about dreams with a “ruby red gleam,” while also subtly balancing the surreal with the real through rhyme—like, “radios trying to pretend” with “be your own best friend.” The EP [...]

Fires by Mat Hunsley! Our Song of the Day can be heard beneath or over on the left sidebar throughout AMBY. Enjoy! Artist Links: Facebook // Twitter // SoundCloud // Alicia Atout

I challenge you to name a band that seems to have more fun than Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr . The Detroit duo has a knack for crafting pop songs that are as genuine as they are catchy. Like any band with their salt, DEJJ absolutely brings it in their live show. In a music world that tends to take itself a bit seriously, it is incredibly refreshing to see a band throw all expectations out the window and do whatever they damn well please. Whether they are rocking glow-in-the-dark suits, dancing in the crowd on just their [...]

Village Green are a 5 piece rock n roll band hailing from Middlesbrough in the North East of England, their blistering live shows and memorable melodies have already seen them slot themselves firmly in as one of the best live bands of the region, writing songs that not only are catchy, but writing songs that make you feel something, that make you want to make music yourself, songs that make you want to put your arm around your best friend and have the time of your life. In the end this is a band you simply must see, and here [...]