So full disclosure I run a record label and I’ve come to an agreement with Blood Makes Noise to let me promote releases every week. The idea is every week I will present a playlist with some new Mint 400…
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pam risourié brings us incredible dream pop from paris
The “Noctessa” EP by French artist pam risourié is simply put: incredible, dark and distinctive dream pop. The 5 song EP doesn’t have a bad song on it. With song titles like “Sleep Forever” & “No King At Your Bones”…
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Karl Blau: Musical Chameleon
"Performed for an audience of zero, in an abandoned amphitheater somewhere on the East Coast."
Right off the bat get it out of your head that this is a finished produced album if you know Karl Blau’s other material. To…
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Morningside Lane: You can hear the Jersey in their veins!
Asbury Park’s Morningside Lane seem to channel everything that is New Jersey music directly into their songwriting. An amalgamation of Springsteen, Gaslight Anthem, Lumineers, and more as their songs touch on multiple genre’s and moods.
Their new album “These Are…
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BMN exclusive premier: Sonofdov Returns with new single/video "Satellites"
Back in late March, much of the world was beginning to feel the weight of these unprecedented times. In a state of anxiety and uncertainty, the music gods connected me with an artistic force. Brooklyn based producer, multi-instrumentalist and member…
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Jersey City's 50 Ft. Furies Unleash Their Political Fury
If you take a little bit of Bikini Kill and mix it with the political lyrics of NOFX, Rage Against The Machine and big helping of AOC and Ruth Bader Ginsberg, you begin to approximate 50 Ft. Furies. The band…
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LOWLIGHT, MORE LIKE A HIGHLIGHT OF THE ASBURY INDIE SCENE
Lowlight from Asbury Park, NJ describes themselves as “a synth-soaked indie-rock band from Asbury Park, NJ. They blend psychedelic rock with sweeping country twang; at once tightly written while also cinematic.” If you have ever caught them live, you know…
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BloodMakesNoise Playlist: Mint 400 Records Spotlight (The Campbell Apartment, The Components, Blue Vervain, Ultra Major) 8/28 By Neil Sabatino & Jerry Lardieri
So full disclosure I run a record label and I’ve come to an agreement with Blood Makes Noise to let me promote releases every week. The idea is every week I will present a playlist with some new Mint 400…
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INTERVIEW WITH LIVING LEGEND GENE BAKER
A few years back out of nowhere you might have gotten added to a mysterious rockers Facebook page. Gene Baker immediately touted his connections to Universal Records and Thunder Bay Ontario, his home turf. Gene Baker was launching the second…
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3dbs Down - ska punk still alive in the UK
Let's face it (pun intended [where my 3rd wave comrades at?]): ska is not for everyone. We've had an on-and-off affair since I was a teenager, although, it now seems that my love for the genre is here to stay…
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