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Welcome back to the second edition of Ronon's Reviews The 10 Most Promising Music Acts Right Now! In this monthly list I will try to vary as much as possible the type of artists I talk about and I think this piece is the proof, as you can find Alt-Pop, Punk, Hip Hop, Death Metal and even some Hardcore, because why the hell not, if the music is good, I think it should be promoted.
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Who Are They?
Lucky Iris is an unsigned duo from Leeds, UK, formed by Maeve Florsheim and Jasper Exley, while they both write their music, on the execution, Maeve is alone on vocals and Jasper is behind all of the instruments. Their debut EP called Turns Out We Should Have Stayed at Home was released on the 24th of April of this year and is a concept that revolves around a night out - that, as you can tell by the title, did not turn out great. Here's a taste of their music with the song 'Get Ready With Me' remixed by Jasper. Genre: Alt-Pop For Fans Of: Billie Eilish, The XX, Celeste, Shura, Alt-J Head Honcho
Who Are They?
Head Honcho is a five piece unsigned band from Seattle, US, made out of: PJ Heckinger (Vocals), Douglas Reimer (Drums), Jason Belanger (Bass), Ananda Burke (Guitar) and Matt Powell (Guitar). The boys have been around since 2013 and have three albums under their belt: On the Wings of a Brick (2013), Come Hither (2016), and Appetite For Distraction that was just released the 1st of May of this year. Head Honcho have a serious live presence and they have already shared the stage with the likes of A Wilhelm Scream, La Armada, Ten Foot Pole, Get Dead, and they also played at the Punk-Rock KNRD Fest in Germany. Genre: Hardcore Punk For Fans Of: A Wilhelm Scream, Satanic Surfers, Lagwagon, Propaghandi Be Well
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Who Are They?
Be Well is a super-group formed by vocalist Brian McTernan (record producer of Turnstile, Thrice, Hot Water Music), Mike Schleibaum (Darkest Hour) and Peter Tsouras (Fairweather) both on guitar, Aaron Dalbec (Bane) on bass, and drummer Shane Johnson (Fairweather). Their debut album is called The Weight and The Cost and will be out on the 21st of August. Mike Schleibaum said while talking about Be Well: “It’s been amazing to do a band with people who I’ve known for more than half my life - I’ve played and toured with everyone, and Brian has produced records for all of our bands. Brian is one of the most private people I know and it’s crazy to see how much of himself he revealed on this record.” Genre: Melodic Hardcore For Fans Of: 7 Seconds, Strike Anywhere, The Movielife Anima Tempo
Who Are They?
Anima Tempo is a band from Mexico City formed in 2009, their discography include the concept album Caged In Memeories (2016), and they have just unleashed the single 'Deceitful Idols' on the 22nd of May, see what the band has to say about the track and their upcoming album that is in the making: "The main inspiration behind 'Deceitful idols' were world cultures and the evolution, or lack thereof, of the human being though the years, in parallel with the development of the technology. Our next album will be a crossover between different cultures, sounds and ethnicity, and this single is just a taste. In this case, 'Deceitful Idols' is a mix of Asian music with very personal lyrics, dedicated to the arrival of the Spanish caravans and their conquest of the Americas, in particular Central America - where we write from. The overall idea is to force reflection, and meditation, about whether we are on the way to developing and evolving, or not." Genre: Experimental Progressive Death Metal For Fans Of: TesseracT, Dance Gavin Dance, Periphery Kaonashi
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Who Are They?
Kaonashi (that in Japanese means faceless, or No-Face like the character from Spirited Away) is an American band from Philadelphia, that has been around since 2012. Only one year later they released their first EP titled Native, followed by Ex-Prayers in 2016 and Why Did You Do It? in 2018 where the single 'Coffee & Conversation' we feature is from, but the official video of the song only came out on the 19th of May 2020. Kaonashi have already played live gigs with bands such as The Fall Of Troy, Between The Buried and Me, Code Orange and Knocked Loose. Kaonashi are at the moment working on their debut full length. Genre: Emo Mathcore For Fans Of: Coheed & Cambria, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Contortionist Zheani
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Who Is She?
Australian Rapper Zheani's latest effort The Zheani Sparkes EP was released on the 29th of May and has as its cover a school photo of the artist from 2008 and includes the track featured below. Here's the contents of her EP in Zheani's own words: “With The Zheani Sparkes EP, I aimed to provide context after a year of being relentlessly picked apart and judged online. I wanted to dive back into embarrassing memories that I have for the longest time suppressed and through a process like alchemy, transmute them into music. My hope is the project will help me finally resolve and leave these memories behind and also help others that have gone through similar experiences feel less alone. With The Zheani Sparkes EP I take a past that I was ashamed of and stake a claim to it knowing it made me the woman I am today. A woman that I am proud of.” Genre: Fairy Trap For Fans Of: Dana Dentata, Ashnikko, Brooke Candy MACY
Who Is She?
MACY is a singer-songwriter from South Wales, UK, that has been mastering her craft since the tender age of eleven. In her young career MACY has already played at FOCUS Wales, Sŵn and Hub Festivals. Her debut single 'Cinema' was released early this year and received many positive responses. MACY's follow up single 'Smoking Gun' came out on the 17th of July and at the moment she is spending her time writing for her upcoming album that will hopefully see the light of day by the end of 2021. While gigs are not on the card for the moment, you can see MACY's House Tour on YouTube that includes venues such as her bathroom, attic and bedroom - love it! Genre: Dream Pop, Contemporary R&B For Fans Of: Dua Lipa, Mabel, Billie Eilish Yours Truly
Who Are They?
Yours Truly is an band out of Sydney, Australia, made up of Mikaila Delgado (Vocals), Teddie Winder-Haron (Guitar), Lachlan Cronin (Guitar) and Bradley Cronan (Drums) . Their debut album Self Care will be out on the 18th of September, and will follow the EP Afterglow that was released in April 2019 and reached more than 8.5 million streams to this day. Here's what Mikaila had to say about the single we feature below "'Together' is about feeling the stress and uneasiness of imposter syndrome. I had a lot of fear and anxiety coming into this album, having this expectation to exceed what we did with Afterglow. I remember telling myself 'you need to write the best songs of your life' and getting upset about the possibility of not being able to prove ourselves. One night I turned to Lachlan (Cronin, guitar) and said 'I just feel all the colour has been drained from my brain' and we both looked at each other with wide eyes, and that's how the idea of 'Together' came about." Genre: Pop Punk, Pop Rock For Fans Of: Tonight Alive, All Time Low, PVRIS, Stand Atlantic Häxan
Who Are They?
Häxan is a Rock band from South Wales formed of Sam Bolderson (Vocals, Guitar), Harriet Wadeson (Bass) and Jess Hartley (Drums). The trio has already performed at many Festivals in Europe as well as the US, such as Monsters of Rock cruise, Rock the Boat, Planet Rockstock, Hard Rock Hell, HRH AOR, Rock and Bike Fest, The Farmyard Party, Demerock, Sasem Dusem, and were also handpicked by Status Quo as main support for their performance at Lechlade Music Festival. Häxan has also supported the likes of Phil Campbell (Motörhead) and The Bastard Sons, The Subways, Electric 6, Dr and the Medics and UFO. Häxan's first album White Noise came out the 24th of July and features the track 'Nine Lives' - before checking it out, see what the band said on the making of: “Listening to the first studio mix of ‘Nine Lives’ just sparked imagination and Sam couldn't shake the idea of a fast paced post-apocalyptic demolition derby comic book style video! As always, we encouraged each others' madness and got to work at making this happen. Filming a safe, socially distanced music video was not without its challenges, and we didn't make things easy for ourselves either. We set out to find a location that matched our vision, and after a twist of fate, we ended up in an abandoned warehouse. Throw in some old tyres and oil barrels on fire, and we had our set! On filming day, we couldn't park anywhere near the location so had to make about 40 trips carrying amps, drums, lights, a generator, and a menagerie of other items! After around 7 hours of setting up, we were ready to shoot. However just as we were about to hit record, the police showed up as they had received reports of an illegal rave! Cue another couple of hours of persuading the authorities to let us film and convincing them we were most definitely not having a rave; we were given a 45 minute window to film. We smashed it out, hired a very talented artist from the USA to create some incredible artwork, and that little idea we just couldn't shake became a reality! The track is about having no fear and living on the edge, and we think the video fits that theme perfectly!” Genre: Rock For Fans Of: Suzi Quatro, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin Rebelmatic
Who Are They?
Rebelmatic is a four piece outfit from New York City formed of - get ready for some awesome aliases - Creature (Vocals), Alkatraz (Guitar), Karnage (Bass) and Ramsey Jones (Drums). Their live shows has been described as "James Brown in a Mosh Pit" and you can see why in the video for 'Blood and Gold' below, that was filmed during their residency at the legendary Manhattan skateboarder club Max Fish. Here's what Creature has to say about their latest track 'Blood and Gold': "Our song 'Blood and Gold' symbolizes how we live in a world where blood is spilled over gold. The "Blood" represents life and the "Gold" represents value. The song is about self worth and the value of life. It's a motivational song to overcome trials and tribulations. It's a fight to survive in the world, and you will get knocked down. "Blood and Gold" says no matter what, "Don't stop, Get up"". Rebelmatic new album Ghost In The Shadows, is out on the 28th of August on Red Right Recordings. Genre: Their Own For Fans Of: Bad Brains, Sly and The Family Stone, The Doors, Nirvana, Motörhead, Wu-Tang Clan, Black Sabbath, Public Enemy
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