The Como Brothers Band Opening For The Wallflowers In June 2013! New EP "Still Waters" Just Released

It was just announced that The Como Brothers Band will be opening for The Wallflowers on June 20th 2013 in Stamford Connecticut's Alive@Five. Alive@Five is held in Columbus Park in Stamford Downtown. Gates open at 4:30pm, and music starts at 5pm. Long Island's Como Brothers Band has been busy on a radio tour promoting their sophomore EP Still Waters (March 14, 2013). This original 5-song EP has been garnering plenty of positive reviews and is a follow-up to their well received debut The Speed of Sound EP (January 2012). The Como Brothers, Matt and Andrew Como, are singer-songwriters that lead the band. Their music has a distinctively original sound with influences from rock and blues.



A Year of Accomplishment

The past year has been filled with many exciting accomplishments for the band. The Como Brothers music been placed on the soundtrack of E! Entertainment's Keeping up with the Kardashians, MTV's The Real World St. Thomas, The Real World Portland, and Oxygen Channel's Best Ink. Their music has also been placed on the sound track of the indie film Wingman, Inc which will be out later in 2013. In 2012, the Como Brothers played at the NY Warped Tour at Nassau Coliseum, The Highline Ballroom in Manhattan, Jones Beach Nikon Theatre, The Hard Rock Caf� Times Square and many other great venues. The Como Brothers Band brings an energy, excitement, and originality to the stage that leaves fans wanting more and more of them. The band is very personable and accessible to fans.



Future Plans

Currently The Como Brothers Band is finishing up their first full length album, Baby Steps, at VuDu Studios (NY) with their longtime producers Mike Watts and Tom Flynn (As Tall As Lions, The Dear Hunter). The album will include 11 new songs. The group will be filming two music videos in June 2013 for this upcoming album. As well as seeing them at Alive@Five on 6/20 you can see them on WTNH 8 MyTV CT Style 5/23, The Bitter End 5/31, The 16th Annual Long Island Music Festival, 6/1 and in the Make Music NY Festival 6/21. Check their website for details.



Visit The Como Brothers websites:

www.comobrothersband.com

www.Twitter.com/ComoBrosBand

www.facebook.com/comobrothersband

http://www.stamford-downtown.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=154

MusicDishTV Presents "Teeth Swallower" By Australian Metal Band KUNVUK

Unlike most artists today, Australian metal band KUNVUK goes hard and doesn't just push the boundaries. They absolutely destroy it. Once again, KUNVUK brings their own brand of insanity and chaos to the music video of "Teeth Swallower", recently released through the band's Youtube account. This one will surely be a delight for any metal fan.



Staying true to their style, KUNVUK delivers 6 minutes of pure anarchy. Reminiscent of a low-budget slasher film, the video features ominous shots of alleyways, basements, and abandoned garages. The cinematography is shaky and constantly responds to the hard-hitting bits of the song. "Teeth Swallower" is like a highlight reel of horror movies, with shots of water torture, hooded figures, and lots and lots of running interspersed with shots of the band rocking out. One of the most memorable images is a close-up of the lead singer's bearded mouth Bombarded with images, the audience cannot help but feel pulled in.



As we go deeper and deeper into the band's psychotic world, we also close in on the song's climax, a breakdown in which the lead singer's rant in an almost poetic fashion. At this pivotal moment, the chaos dies down a little and we are led to a roof where a sole figure is sitting. When the lead singer moves in, he realizes the figure is himself, and the chaos returns.



With a surprising amount of effort and passion placed into the film, "Teeth Swallower" is any metal fan's dream. Be prepared to be gunned down by six minutes of mayhem.


http://www.kunvuk.com

Mandel New Release 'PAYBACK' 2013

R&B Singer MANDEL will release his first EP "Payback" May 10 2013 on ITUNES and all other digital formats. New Album coming later late summer 2013. Mandel brings the sound of soul back to the music genre. An accomplished singer and songwriter, Mandel has sang since the age of 4 and professionally since 13years old. He has achieved 3 recording contracts the last with his boy band(VA) early 2000 on Dreamworks Records skg.



Mandel is stepping out on his own with a catchy tune "Payback" that he has written with sound association in New York. Mandel is sure to capture audiences with his natural ability as a vocalist and performer in the coming future.



Leopard Green Records

244 Fifth Avenue k288

New York, New York 10001

212-252-3348

CONTACT INFO: INFO@LEOPARDGREEN.COM


http://www.mandelmusic.net/

DJ L-Nize ft Qwote 'Blowin My Mind'

Up-and-coming Producer/Dj L-Nize teams up with Miami's chart-topping R&B/Dance artist Qwote for the house/electro anthem "Blowin My Mind". Dedicated to all the mind-blowing ladies on the dancefloor, the energetic hook of the song invites you to sing along. The mixture of L-Nize' cutting- edge production combined with Qwote's unique vocal range makes "Blowin My Mind" one of the freshest club releases of summer 2013. Qwote is best known for his hit single "Throw your hands up" ft. Pitbull & Lucenzo (Ultra Music) which entered the UK single charts at Nr. 13.



"Blowin My Mind" is the first release on L-Nize' newly founded boutique label Veyron Entertainment, based near Frankfurt/Germany. Veyron Entertainment focuses on worldwide single releases in the dance genre, however what makes the label stand out from its peers is that only the world's best voices are featured on Veyron Entertainment releases.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9mu0TbPyOuQ

Make Your Head Nod By Jmusiz

Jmusiz's work can be heard on TV shows like Real World San Diego, Access Hollywood, VH1's 40 Most Shocking Hip Hop Moments, MTV When I Was 17 Common T Pain And Alex Meraz, 40 Winningest Winners Of 2011, What Not To Wear, Bad Girls Club, Lens On Talent, and Ogilvy & Mather (Sydney Australia) KFC - The Boss 2012, Big Easy Brides,and more. In addition to writing hot original material in the Hip Hop, Pop, Rock, RnB, Dance, Electronic, and Funk genres, he has also been producing other artists for over a decade.


http://www.jmusiz.net

http://soundcloud.com/jmusiz-production/dubstep

Lynne Taylor Donovan Releases New Single

Lynne Taylor Donovan will release her new single "Turn To Stone" to all radio/media in Canada and Australia May 12. A perfect follow-up to Lynne's hit "Sugar Lake","Turn To Stone" was originally recorded as an album track and released to a limited number of stations. It has now been re-mixed and re-mastered as a single. "Turn To Stone", in a departure from the more traditional one-instrument solo, features harmonica, percussion, and fiddle in a series of mini-solos.

The album version is already on radio across New Zealand on the New Zealand Country Music Network (TLC). "Turn To Stone" hit #8 on the EU/UK charts.



LYNNE TAYLOR DONOVAN TO RELEASE VIDEO

"Turn To Stone" video will be in general release within two weeks of the single. CMC in Australia and Channel Zero TV in Canada already have video for the song.



"Excellent material...If I could give it 12 (out of 10) I would!...Wonderful!..."

BBC Radio Newcastle, UK



"Very strong song - provocative vocals...great fiddle and guitars"

Radio Ariane, Belgium



"...atmospheric and nicely arranged...."Country Music and More Magazine � UK



"Very original and well produced" - Country Music Roundup magazine, UK



"Incredibly good record"

Radio Osttirol, Austria



"The phones are already lighting up - It sounds so much like Martina meets Faith with a European ambient sound. I can tell why it did so well in Europe."

PD - WCTO Pennsylvania, USA


http://www.lynnetaylordonovan.com

Deadline Approaching for 18th Annual USA Songwriting Competition

The deadline for the 18th Annual USA Songwriting Competition is fast approaching. Winning songs of the 17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition will receive airplay on a nationally syndicated radio program "Acoustic Caf�" as well as Sirius XM Satellite Radio. This is the first Songwriting Competition that gives airplay to the winning songs, giving deserving bands, songwriters the recognition and exposure they deserve. Entrants stand to win a grand prize of over US$50,000 in cash and music gear from sponsors, making this the largest prize in the songwriting competition. Sponsors of the 2013 Competition are: New Music Weekly, AirplayAccess.com, Loggins Promotion, Sony, Audio-Technica, D'Addario Strings, Presonus, iZotope, Propellerheads, Notion Software, Recording Magazine, Acoustica, Sonoma Wireworks, Acoustic Caf� Radio Program, LivewireMusician.com, Reverbnation, Broadjam, Sirius XM Radio and Sonicbids.



SUCCESS AFTER WINNING

USA Songwriting Competition has a long history of having winners getting recording and publishing contracts, have their songs placed on the charts as well as having their songs placed on film and television. The top two winners of 2011: Nenna Yvonne and Alexander Cardinale have been signed to Interscope Records after their win.



2009 First Prize winner (country) was signed to Universal Records. 2005 First Prize winner (Pop) Kate Voegele was signed to Interscope Records the year after she won and had her winning song hit top 40 on the Billboard Charts, her latest album hit Top 10 on the Billboard 200 Album charts this summer. 2007 Overall Grand Prize Winner Ari Gold had his winning song "Where The Music Takes You" hit #10 on the Billboard Dance Charts. Darrell Scott, winner of the country category of the 2005 USA Song writing Competition had his winning song cut by award winning country singer Faith Hill. The 2010 winner in the instrumental category, Christopher Tinn won two Grammy awards in 2011. Mike Schmid (Pictured) is a professional keyboard player and he has performed on hit TV show "American idol" as a backing keyboard player. He has also toured with hit artists Miley Cyrus and Jessica Simpson.



Nenna Yvonne (Overall Grand Prize Winner, 16th Annual USA Songwriting Competition) has been signed with Thump/Universal Music Group. Sally Nyolo (2012 USA Songwriting Competition First Prize Winner, World category) is signed to RCA Victor/Sony Music. Alexander Cardinale (2011 USA Songwriting Competition First Prize winner & Overall 2nd Prize) won Hollywood Music in Media Award for "Best Song in a TV Show" on "90210" with the same song he won for USA Songwriting Competition "Traffic Lights". Judges include A&R managers from record labels such as Warner, Capitol Records, Universal, BMG/SONY Music.



Songs may be entered in 15 different categories including Pop, Rock/Alternative, R&B and Country. Entries are accepted from now through May 31, 2013. For more information, visit: http://www.songwriting.net

The Luna Park Going 'Acoustique'

Right at the heart of one of Vienna's oldest amusement parks ('Boehmischer Prater', established in 1883), 29 and 30 June 2013 will see 6 folk and blues acts take the stage at Tivoli in what Wickerl Hapta, spokesperson of promoter 'Kulturverband Boehmischer Prater', tagged '1. Acoustique Festival'. Says Wickerl Hapta, 'It was high time to finally have current developments in music - a re-discovery of singer-songwriter and acoustic blues styles - reflected in Tivoli's programming. Given that we can do open air events, we will be able to put on a well-deserved showcase of the acoustic music scene of Vienna and beyond.'



Which takes us right to the festival bill of '1. Acoustique Festival': Saturday, 29 June 2013 will have Vienna's 'Die Blues Buam' (translates to 'The Blues Boys') churn out their swamp blues-flavoured blend of Afro-American and Viennese tradition, adding to a unique luna park experience.



Talking of the 'beyond': singer-songwriter Stefan van de Sande from The Netherlands will be next to hit the stage, in for another stint of accomplishing his mission of what Scottish newspaper 'Aberdeen Monday' recently called 'sharing his songs with people'.



Headlining a truly inspiring Saturday's bill will see us go even further beyond, experiencing the soulful vocals and guitar playing of one of the godfathers of Austrian blues, Rudi Biber from Vienna and Ft. Myers, USA, with his congenial musical mate Tonci 'Mr Nylon' Marincic from Split, Croatia, fretting away on his acoustic axe at breathtaking speed.



A - hopefully - sunny - Sunday summer afternoon, and time for two strong women - Martina Baumann & Claudia Fenzl, musicians and actresses from Vienna - to take us closer to the meaning of power and how to give works by Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Kate Wolf and Tom Russell an entirely new face.



Next to hit the stage are 'sparse and powerful' (says Mike Lidskin of Twirl Radio in Sacramento, California) acoustic blues duo Runway 27, Left from Vienna sporting their deep connection with roots music and original material from their first album 'Weekend Warriors' (2011), having already gathered radio airplay in the UK, the USA, Spain, The Netherlands, Australia, Germany, Austria and Macedonia.



Back to the bedrock of Austrian blues and folks: Johann 'Zappa' Cermak (having been the frontman of the legendary 'Bluespumpm' for 36 years) and Judith (having been the voice of the 'Wild Irish Lasses' for 22 years) will be headlining the second day of '1. Acoustique Festival' with their eclectic mix of blues, Irish folk and country, providing the final highlight of two days of acoustic music delight.



1. Acoustique Festival - festival bill:



Saturday, 29 June 2013

Rudi Biber (AT, USA) & Tonci Marincic (HR)

Stefan van de Sande (NL)

Die Blues Buam (AT)



Sunday, 30 June 2013

Zappa & Judith (AT)

Runway 27, Left (AT)

Martina Baumann & Claudia Fenzl (AT)



To get your ticket and festival passes for '1. Acoustique Festival', call 0043-650-7178204 or go to http://www.tivoliwien.at/. Advance ticket sales: Fridays through Sundays.

New Orlean's Rapper Crix Green Is "Keepin It Ben Franklin" With New Mixtape Release

New Orleans - Like a leaf on a barren branch, Crix Green emerges and has defiantly thrown his crown in the hip hop ring of champion spitters. Virgin Island born, but dirty south bred in New Orleans, this contender plans to not only knock out the competition, but stomp all over them. His newly released mixtape, "Keepin It Ben Franklin," hosted by DJ Scream, from his Clear Vision Entertainment label, has already put naysayers on alert, because like the title of his single release, "I'm On It," Crix Green is all over it, under it and through it.



His bravado didn't come cheap though. A real hustla who has been in the streets since early childhood, Green had to actually lay low before he could get behind a mike. "Waiting on a statute of limitations to run its course is real talk when you rapping real game and not fake believe like the 'boss rosses' in the game," he will tell you.



"Keepin It Ben Franklin" is 12 tracks that roll deep through the dirty dirty and emerge unscathed, much like his own personal trials and tribulations in life. "My mixtape is uncensored pages out of my life. I love hip hop but hate what it has turned into. Anyone can drop a release about 'da life and get a hit now, whether its their story or the story of someone next to them. My lyrics were born from not only my blood but the blood of my brothers. I represent for the underworld that's still unda because though I have survived, it is not about my sole success. It's about sprouting more green and blazing a path for others."



"Keepin It Ben Franklin" puts the listener on immediate blast with the "Intro" track that bangs beats like bullets firing past the haters. Green keeps it 'G'd' up with "Get It" but softens his blows with "Playa Ways" rappin over a R&B rhythm with a smooth flowing chorus laced by a honey flavored female vocalist. The artists takes it a step further when he mixes up his swag on the jazz tinged, saxophone trimmed "Real Talk." The current single however, "I'm On It" makes is plain though, Crix's last name is "Green" for a reason.



The sheer personification of his unyielding confidence, relentless determination and focused vision will propel Crix Green to the head of the rap game. From his perspective, when you have survived bullets, the Feds and snitches, everything else is a pretty easy.



Roll with Crix Green at www.CrixGreen.com

MEOW Con Seeks 100 Female Artists To Perform

May 1 is the final deadline for the opportunity for female musicians in all styles of music to apply for an official showcase at MEOW Con � the inaugural international three-day music conference on the state of women in music.



Produced by Musicians for Equal Opportunities for Women (aka MEOW), the conference will be held October 24-26, 2013 at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin, Texas. There is a total of 100 available performance slots and artists in all genres of music are encouraged to apply. Selected artists will receive complimentary registration for the conference.



Keynote speaker for MEOW Con is legendary "rock chick" Suzi Quatro (pictured left). Since beginning her career as a bass player 50 years ago, Quatro has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. She will also receive the prestigious Woman of Valor Award at a dinner in her honor on October 24th. Past Woman of Valor Award recipients are Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart (2000), Patti Smith (2005) and Fanny (2007).



MEOW Con is the only conference of its kind. Not only will it feature panel discussions, workshops, performances, a trade show and networking opportunities, but it will also examine the cultural impact of how women in music are perceived through the lens of film, literature, blogs and traditional music journalism.



Showcase applications will be taken in three ways, through Sonicbids, PayPal and through the mail. All entries must be postmarked or completed by midnight on May 1 to be considered. Applications will be selected by a team of industry experts.



"Our goal is to elevate the state of women in music in every way," explains MEOW Director Carla DeSantis Black. "We want to ensure that women have opportunities to achieve success on their own terms, and that artists at every level of their career have a voice. MEOW Con is the place for everyone to strategize ways to end sexism in this industry."



The cost to attend MEOW Con is $200 through June 30th. Women of Valor Dinner tickets are $125 and sold separately through www.meowcon.eventbrite.com.



To apply to perform or for more information, visit the official MEOW Con web site at www.meowcon.com.