Posts Categorized: new music

INTERVIEW: The Fray’s Isaac Slade Admits to ‘Sophomore Slump;’ Reveals ‘Scars & Stories’ is Finished

The Fray has released three live albums, and lead singer Isaac Slade admits there is a sense of vulnerability that needs to be overlooked in order to allow the masses to hear your work live and raw. Yet, it was that same feeling of vulnerability that Slade thinks prohibited the band from meeting its expectations… Read more »

INTERVIEW: V V Brown Talks ‘Lollipops & Politics’ and Performs ‘Children’ Acoustic

It is quite ironic that V V Brown sampled “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” for her song “Children,” the first single for an album entitled, Lollipops & Politics. The irony did not get past the singer. “When we were making this song, I was outside and I heard an ice cream truck go by,” explained… Read more »

INTERVIEW: Hot Chelle Rae’s Nash Overstreet Riding the Wave of Successful Year

Sure, “it was a really, really messed up week” for Hot Chelle Rae as per the opening of “Tonight Tonight.” But since that single climbed the top of the charts, it’s also been a really, really great year for the Nashville-based quartet. “Dude, I’m absolutely loving it, every minute,” guitarist Nash Overstreet told me via… Read more »

INTERVIEW: Outasight ‘Got the Chills’ When He Heard His Song on Pepsi/X-Factor Commercial

It was a surreal moment for Yonkers, NY-emcee Outasight when he heard, “Tonight is the Night” on a Pepsi commercial that featured some of music’s biggest stars, from Michael Jackson to Britney Spears. “The first time I saw it, I definitely got the chills,” the artist, born Richard Andrew, told me via telephone on “The… Read more »