Courtney Phenicie's Profile

Download "Pyramid Lake" for Free HERE! Tell us about the inspiration for the new album…It was half inspiration half experimentation. We sort of rushed to the studio to record what was originally going to be a set of demos, to see how the 6 man band sounded in a studio setting. After laying down a...

Billy Talent is one of the many acts rolling in with Warped Tour on Tuesday. The Canadian rock/punk quartet has spent the better part of the year touring arenas in Canada and Europe, the Warped Tour run marks Billy Talent’s first official U.S. tour in over three years. The show is in support of...

Nick Jaina is a musician and writer from Portland, Oregon. He has released five albums, composed 3 ballets, as well as film and play soundtracks. Nick writes an occasional column for Portland’s local music website Willamette Week, and has had portions of his essays published in literary...

The Front Bottoms have been kicking it since 2006. I’m sad to say that I just discovered the band last year. Their fourth album Talon of the Hawk, was released in May 2013 and they have exploded since then. Honest, snarky lyrics mixed with strong bass lines and much opportunity for sing-alongs....

Download "Lions in the Parking Lot" by Mangrenade for FREE HERE!  Give us some background on Mangrenade...we got started a little over a year ago. I (Nick Thieme) play guitar and sing, Ben Morgan plays bass and also sings, and Erik Olsen is out drummer. Ben and I have been friends for years and...

Terminal Union is a Cincinnati based alt-country band showcasing true roots, folk and Americana songwriting and musicianship. They formed in early 2011 as a duo with David Faul and Ian Mathieu. The two quickly won over audiences with their intelligent writing and quality musicianship. In 2012, they...

Named one of the top unsigned artists by Billboard magazine in 2012, alternative rock band Saints of Valory signed with F Stop/Atlantic Records in 2013 and went on to record their debut album with Joe Chicarelli (The Strokes, My Morning Jacket, Young The Giant). An impassioned rock quartet,...

Come meet rising star Angela Perley of Angela Perley & The Howlin' Moons!  At 27-years-old, Angela Perley’s nostalgic and high energy music tells stories of love, death, railroads, and everything in-between. Her songs are rooted in small town Ohio where she spent much of her childhood...

You can download "Carolina" by Jim Casto for free HERE! Give us some background on Jim Casto...I grew up locally here in Cincinnati and have been playing guitar and singing since I was 15.  I attended Kent State University, which has a solid original music scene.  It wasn’t till my last few...

Beat Club is a Los Angeles based band consisting of Jeff Kite (keyboards/vocals), Jon Pancoast (bass), and Anthony Polcino (guitars/vocals). The music draws from an eclectic palette of influences ranging from hip-hop to punk rock to world-dance. Armed with an arsenal of songs often driven by...

The Bears of Blue River are pop, do wop, bluegrass, and folk. At least at first glance, but different influences and different era's begin to shine through from track to track. Some soft and innocent, others sharp and anxious. Gavin Wilkinson and Maggie Gard swap fronting duties, sometimes as...

The Lost River Cavemen, the Bowling Green, Ky.-based Americana/Roots rockers, are preparing for a July tour. The band will make its way from its native Kentucky through Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C., North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Formed in 2005, The Lost River...