Now Hear This

Our Inbox is filled every day with emails from artists spreading the good word of their music. Unfortunately, day jobs get in the way, and we don’t have time to give everyone a fair listen.

So this page is for those bands & artists. Post a comment here if you want Ickmusic’s readers to give a listen. Posting a link to a mp3 or a way to listen to your music is a plus.

Please note that spammers will be tracked down and beaten with hoses.

  • http://ickmusic.com Pete

    Hockey

    New track from debut album…
    Fresh, young upstarts Hockey are pleased to announce their forthcoming debut album Mind Chaos is out this June (Virgin Records). Purveyors of disco/ funk and full-throttle live shows, the Portland band are set to shake up the UK music scene this year in a big way. Debut single “Too Fake” is out on March 16th.

    Download “3am Spanish” here:

    https://rcpt.yousendit.com/646768560/aefb1e21c09085e230babb150037b07f

    http://www.myspace.com/hockey

  • Gin

    I went to their MySpace page and their songs are pretty sweet. Reminds me a little bit of Louis XIV.

  • http://novemberin.com mark lotito

    There’s a couple of new Shuggie Otis tunes on the cd Novemberin’. Check it out. Mellow vibe.

  • http://www.ascentmusiconline.com Ascent

    Ascent is a progressive, alternative, original duo, influenced by progressive, blues, and rock music. Each Ascent recording possesses its own unique character, encompassing acoustic beauty, electronic textures, melodic simplicity, and orchestral complexity.

    Ascent’s sound is truly unique transcending age, cultures, and stereotypes. Ascent does not bow to fads and refuses to conform to the pop formula obvious in much of today’s music. Instead, Ascent embraces beauty, tragedy, triumph, and sorrow through experimental and melodic music.

    Visit Ascent and listen to tracks off of our Extravagant Turmoil CD!

    http://www.myspace.com/ascentmusiconline

    Watch our “Shades of Gray” video on Yobi.tv. Ascent is a semifinalist in their online competition!

    http://www.yobi.tv/yobising/contestant/2460/Ascent/ascent-shades-of-gray

  • http://www.myspace.com/theincline The Incline

    We are The Incline from Pittsburgh, PA.

    Debut Full Length album Road To Home out May 1st, 2009.

    Download available now!!!

    Listen for free at http://www.myspace.com/theincline

  • http://www.weatherpending.net Weather Pending

    Please check out our music on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/weatherpending

    We’re a electro-indie jazz/pop group hailing from The Bay Area in California. Our debut album, And How! was released on 6/23/09. Available on CdBaby, iTunes, and Amazon.

    We’re also on Facebook, Twitter, Blip.fm & many more…

    Thanks!

    Weather Pending
    (Janie, Brian, Rob)

  • http://www.walkinguprightmusic.com Patrick Logan

    Please check out my bands new EP on myspace

    http://www.myspace.com/walkingupright

    Thank you all!

  • http://www.myspace.com/missingwhitewomen MISSING WHITE WOMEN

    MISSING WHITE WOMEN are a band formed in 2009 from North-West London. They like to make noise that isn’t quite like anything else around today, influenced by bands such as Sonic Youth, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, My Bloody Valentine and The Cooper Temple Clause, they are often described as schizophrenic, dark, moody and atmospheric, with frequent outbursts of noise, aggression and vitality.

    The band name is taken from a vernacular term for the disproportionately greater degree of coverage in television, radio, and print news reporting of a missing person case involving a young, attractive, middle or upper middle class white woman, compared with cases concerning a missing male, or missing persons of other races or classes.

    The four songs that you can listen to form our first EP that we recorded live in our rehearsal room using two Condenser mics. We then overdubbed vocals and mixed it ourselves; paying for it to be mastered once we had finished.

    Follow us here:
    http://www.myspace.com/missingwhitewomen
    http://missingwhitewomen.blogspot.com/
    http://www.youtube.com/missingwhitewomen
    http://twitter.com/missingwhite (because this new technology isn’t ready for band names as long as Missing White Women!)

  • Dee

    The Throws are an independent band from SoCal. Influenced heavily by british bands, they just dropped their first single, “Invitation”. If MGMT and The Killers had a kid…. they might wish she was kinda like The Throws.

    Free download:

    http://rockme.thethrows.net/track/invitation

  • http://www.myspace.com/primalsky2009 Timoteo

    ” A Fistful of Barrels” / Primal Sky “Rola La Ola”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAjYja53F70

  • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reverse-Dotty/61840791053 Spotty

    PEHOLD!!

    http://reversedotty.com/licoricewhips/cheato.mp3

    PRIME PORTLAND PUNKY PLEASURE-POP

  • http://www.jamesperrymusic.com/ James Perry

    James Perry is a solo artist from the San Francisco Bay Area who recently released an album called “Now You’re Gone”. It’s an autobiographical concept album about a breakup. Style-wise, it runs the gamut from neo-classical to sweet pop to angry metal. Influences include Devin Townsend, Gary Numan, Material Issue, Depeche Mode, and Ennio Morricone.

    Official site: http://www.jamesperrymusic.com

    Music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYxpEM_OvhU

  • http://josephstrider.com/ Joseph Strider

    http://josephstrider.com/

    http://www.myspace.com/josephstrideracoustic

    http://www.youtube.com/user/Striderj25

    Joseph Strider was born in Texas where he began his lifelong journey as a singer/song writer. His influences are wide-ranging, from his Lipan Apache heritage and hard rock roots to the music of such guitar masters as Bruce Cockburn, Michael Hedges and Andre Segovia. He spent six years touring Texas as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in a rock/metal band. His growing knowledge, experience and love of music led him to the acoustic guitar, the instrument that would travel with him on the next leg of his journey. He has blended his beginnings, resulting in music with a folk/alternative twist and the sound that is uniquely Joseph Strider.

    He is an experienced musician who enjoys performing his extensive repertoire of original material as well as variations of his favorite covers. In addition to his melodic vocals and rhythms, he executes a number of dazzling instrumentals played with the signature style that he continues to develop. His dream is to one day become a guitarist’s guitarist, to achieve a mastery of his art that allows him to utilize the full potential of his chosen instrument. His efforts to attain his dream are mesmerizing to experience.

    After an unfortunate absence Joseph re-emerged on the music scene in Cranford, New Jersey at the annual Peace Fair in August of 2008. From that moment to the present he has never failed to delight audiences with his multi-faceted compositions and dynamic stage presence.

    Joseph’s heritage is as much a part of who he is as his music. He is a staunch supporter of Indigenous issues, volunteering his time and musical talents to assist in the effort to educate society on the atrocities commited against the People of the First Nations throughout history and today.

    Joseph’s debut cd, “Meanings Within Meanings Within Meanings” will be available for online sale December 2009. “Little Bird” will be released summer 2010.

    Joseph is currently at work on a concept album titled “The Journey” and an as yet untitled instrumental album.

    And the journey continues………………………..

  • http://www.midnightspin.com Midnight Spin

    Hey there Ick!

    We are Midnight Spin, a rock band from the hipster haven of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC. We sound nothing like our neighborhood, being that we are a guitar driven guitar rock band and were raised on 90s alternative music. We are shooting a music video with friends from MTV for our song “In the Air (Revival)”, and are playing our next show in Manhattan at the buzz-heavy Santos Party House. Check out our MySpace, if you dig the music, buy us on iTunes! Our EP is called Through the Mojo Wire. Influences of ours are Foo Fighters, The Clash.

  • http://www.blimpmusic.com Dave

    Hello ickmusic!

    I like the eclecticness (if that’s a word?) of your blog!

    I release some fairly eclectic music myself, under the moniker of Blimp.

    The music is fairly mellow, semi-quirky, but catchy stuff that has been described as somewhere between The Beatles, Vic Chesnutt, Gram Parsons and Nino Rota.

    If you’d like, you can hear some of it online here: http://www.myspace.com/blimpmusic

    Also, you can visit me here: http://www.blimpmusic.com

    Cheers,
    Dave

  • http://myspace.com/vimcortez vim cortez

    Hello

    I thought you might be interested in my remix of American Boy, by Estelle and Kanye West.

    Here it is:

    http://www.box.net/shared/pkmiiux6m1

    Any feedback is welcome and I hope you enjoy it, I sure had fun doing it, tried to have 2008 sound 2010.

    Vim Cortez

    http://myspace.com/vimcortez

  • http://whatsleftphx.com Garth

    Hey all -

    We are “What’s Left” from Tempe, Arizona and we just played the Creamy Radio stage at the McDowell Mountain Music Festival. Hopefully you can give us a listen! You can listen/download our new album ‘Let It Go’ from http://whatsleft.bandcamp.com

    Thanks!

    -Garth (the drummer)

  • http://kafkaontheshore.bandcamp.com/ Biu

    Hallo

    I just wrote some songs that I think that you’ll like.
    They’re not very long and they won’t change your life
    But maybe, just maybe you’ll listen and smile.

    http://kafkaontheshore.bandcamp.com/

    Biu x

  • http://insidetheblack.com Inside The Black

    Hard rock band Inside The Black — influenced by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, CCR and even Motown!

    Listen and download the entire album for free at http://insidetheblack.bandcamp.com

    Follow us through the entire writing and demo process for our next album at http://insidetheblack.com/wordpress

    - Inside The Black

  • http://www.traceydey.com Tracey Dey

    Hello ick music folks,
    Check out Tracey Dey as she sings soul-pop, jazz, blues and a folk-rock-soul ballady.

    http://www.myspace.com/traceydey
    or
    http://www.traceydey.com

    have a fine day!

    Tracey

  • Donjuanpeligroso

    Don Juan! Peligroso!

    http://www.soundcloud.com/don-juan-peligroso

    donjuanpeligroso.bandcamp.com

    BLUES CAMP: I WANNA KISS YOUR DAD ON THE MOUTH!!!

  • http://twitter.com/oneredmartian One Red Martian

    These are a couple links to an upcoming release from the band One Red Martian. Our new album, “Spit My Brain,” is out Jan 11th but you can listen to some tracks here! http://sonicbids.com/oneredmartian. We also have a video for our single “Sly Dreamer.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTYfDWcSVAI

    oneredmartian.com (coming soon)
    Facebook.com/oneredmartian

  • http://www.marcblackwell.bandcamp.com Marc Blackwell

    Hi Everyone,

    Ickmusic is a cool blog. I just read some. Liked the Chris Rea piece.
    My vocal style often gets compared to his. Your readers can listen to my new CD here:

    *Bring Me Trouble CD*
    Indie rock with growl
    http://www.marcblackwell.bandcamp.com

    Peace,
    Marc Blackwell

  • Thomas D. Mooney

    Sea Graves is a rising Americana-folk band based in the Lubbock, TX. They’ve recently recorded a four-track demo of songs, which they posted this past week. Aaron Smith, chief songwriter and lead vocalist, and company plan to record their first full-length debut sometime this winter. Overall, Sea Graves falls some where among the likes of Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers, Phosphorescent, and Wilco. 

    Check out their Facebook page here:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sea-Graves/171347332936587
    Cheers!

  • Ancient River

    Neil Young & Crazy Horse-ish style album from Florida psych-rockers Ancient River.  Listen on SoundCloud for free!

    Ancient River “Songs From North America”: http://soundcloud.com/ancient-river/sets/songs-from-north-america/

    Buy it at bancamp or http://www.ancientrivermusic.com

  • Jason Garrison

    Hey guys, 

    You should check out This Old Earthquake, the new album from The Fear and Trembling (Recorded and Mixed by Kurt Ballou of Converge).  You can stream the whole thing at http://www.thefearandtrembling.com 

    This Old Earthquake is the second full-length album recorded by The Fear and Trembling since 2007.  Additionally, 3 EP’s have been released.Here are some things that have recently been said about it:A Brooklyn-by-way-of-Nashville quartet that marries strains of heavy and melodic rock music in such a way as to extract the best parts of both without compromising the end result. … [This Old Earthquake] takes its cues from space rock and metal to pop and soul, though in a way that never feels contrived or confused … as if Mastodon were being led by Stephen Brodsky and Matt Talbott in a medley of songs written by Greg Dulli. - Magnet MagazineThe group’s rock incorporates things like death metal drumming and walls of heavily distorted guitars into a pop song structure. … Musicianship is definitely on point… - CMJ.com

  • http://rossandthewrongens.com/ mark

    hello,

    i thought i’d introduce Ross and the Wrongens.
    playlists here:

    http://www.facebook.com/TheWrongens

    http://soundcloud.com/rossandthewrongens

    Thank You x