The Hit List: 20 Demos, Albums and EP’s You Need to Hear Right Now — September 28, 2015

Posted on September 28, 2015 by adammarx13

I’m stoked to put out an amazing list today. Encapsulating the feel-good feelings of the late-summer/early-autumn transition, this week’s list is heavy on ska, reggae, psychedelic, and punk. Yet I’ve also thrown in a few indie-folk and electropop artists too for good measure, just to show how many incredible creators there are out there. Filled with a slew of new releases, if this week’s list is any indication, independent music is not only alive and well, but growing at an incredible rate. As always, albums are in no particular order, so keep killin it all the way through; you won’t be disappointed. \m/

1. The Demos – It’s Butter – 2015

2. Where Has the Music Gone? – General Tso’s Fury – 2015

3. Relentless – The Nixon Rodeo – 2015

4. The Devil Never Comes – Molly Rhythm – 2014

5. Ginger and the Snaps – Ginger and the Snaps – 2015

6. Jesus – Single – The Head – 2015

7. Freakout Hell Bus – Bumpin Uglies – 2015

8. 2 Song Demo – Diablogato – 2014

9. The Tide – Wildlight – 2015

10. Fortune’s Folly EP – Fortune’s Folly – 2015

11. Let Loose – Them Damn Dogs – 2015

12. Bring the A Game – Beneath the Reef – 2015

13. Give Give Give – Nick and the Adversaries – 2013

14. Down with the Ship – The Waxies – 2015

15. shapes in rapid – Apartment Kids – 2015

16. Double A Side – Sink Alaska – 2015

17. Speak – The Introverts – 2015

18. Dead Man Walking – Jesse Ray and the Carolina Catfish – 2015

19. Take Me Away EP – Ian Sounds – 2015

20. Ghosts – -Bakemi- – 2015

The Hit List: 20 Demos, Albums and EP’s You Need to Hear Right Now — September 21, 2015

Posted on September 21, 2015 by adammarx13

With all the stuff I have to do during the day, some might wonder when I find the time to search out all of these incredible artists. The truth is that I happen to run across a lot of them through other artists; that’s one of the things I love most about this job. The “six-degrees-of-separation” dynamic is one of the coolest aspects of being in the music business; everyone seems to know everyone. Sick new releases on here, as well as some ones I’ve been listening to all summer. As always, albums are in no particular order, so keep rockin all the way through! ;D

1. Perceptions – All Comes Down – 2015

2. The Nightingale: A Gothic Fairytale – Valentine Wolfe – 2015

3. Gloomy Tunes – Weakened Friends – 2015

4. The Art of Fading Out – Truth Laced Lie – 2015

5. Try Try Try EP – Try Try Try – 2015

6. Misunderstood People Society – The Jungles – 2015

7. Shadows – In Hours – 2015

8. March in the Dark: Chapter Two – Anyone’s Guess – 2015

9. Survive the Night – Single – 50/50 – 2015

10. Dais EP – Dais – 2015

11. Anomaly – Auditory Armory – 2012

12. Look to the Sun – Rival Island – 2015

13. Electric Symphony – Adam Singer – 2015

14. Feels – Single – Kiiara – 2015

15. MUTT – MUTT – 2015

16. Demo – Third Season – 2015

17. Lack of Hate EP – Limb to Limb – 2014

18. My Cruel Goro EP – My Cruel Goro – 2015

19. Vaati & Veselekov – Tanooki Suit – 2015

20. Rathole EP – Rathole – 2015

The Hit List: 20 Demos, Albums and EP’s You Need to Hear Right Now — September 14, 2015

Posted on September 14, 2015 by adammarx13

Back in Atlanta for the new Hit List this week, and damn I’ve got some awesome new artists for you! This time around, some great electronic EP’s, some cool acoustic tracks, and some good old-fashioned alternative hard-rock to rock out to! As always, albums are in no particular order, so make it all the way to the bottom, because every one of these artists is slammin 😉 The independent music universe continues to be the place to be, so check it out!

1. Mirrors – A Light Divided – 2015

2. DEKADES – DEKADES – 2015

3. Love Songs for the Love-Impaired – Vices I Admire – 2014

4. En L’air – Dark Furs – 2014

5. Flux – Brighter Than a Thousand Suns – 2014

6. Sick Like This – Beth Blade and the Beautiful Disasters – 2015

7. The Black Swan Theory – Imber – 2015

8. The Devil Never Comes – Molly Rhythm – 2014

9. We’re All Meat and We’re Gonna Get Eat – The Tommyhawks – 2015

10. I Was Born EP – Ghost Lit Kingdom – 2015

11. The Beautiful Machine – Hailey Magee – 2015

12. EP – Octazooka – 2015

13. Fortune’s Folly EP – Fortune’s Folly – 2015

14. His Vengeful Hand – The Bad Beats – 2015

15. We Are Infinite – Paper Ocean – 2015

16. Shadowglass – Left in the Dark – 2015

17. Color Gravity – Color Gravity – 2015

18. Demo Tape – Generation Wasteland – 2015

19. The Strugglin EP – Stoop Kid – 2015

20. Moving Parts EP – King Ruhtra – 2015

The Hit List: 20 Demos, Albums and EP’s You Need to Hear Right Now — September 7, 2015

Posted on September 7, 2015 by adammarx13

This week, the Hit List coming to you from the sunny beaches of L.A. as I’m out here for a weekend! ;D Diggin hard on these artists, and damn the world map is expanding in the best way! With amazing musicians from Canada, Spain, the U.S., U.K., Poland, and New Zealand, among others, I love seeing these lists grow. Albums are in no particular order, so make it all the way to the bottom, because every one of these artists is killin it in the best way 😉 The independent music universe is slammin again this week, so check it out!

1. Red Door – Post Script – 2015

2. The Demos – It’s Butter – 2015

3. O – Mermaidens – 2014

4. Nuclear Minds EP – Nuclear Minds – 2015

5. Stories – Paris In Paint – 2015

6. Darkstone Crows EP – Darkstone Crows – 2015

7. Secrets – The Acorn People – 2014

8. Rise to Rall EP – Altermind – 2015

9. The Artist – Single – Eternal Mortality – 2014

10. Fibres – Season to Attack – 2012

11. Feast of Ashes – Inviolate – 2012

12. August – Single – Bury Me Standing – 2014

13. Chasing Skylines – Who Saves The Hero? – 2015

14. Learning How to Live – My Lonely Heart – 2015

15. Avela – Avela – 2015

16. Half Blue – Half Blue – 2015

17. Horse – Animals in Suits – 2015

18. RTP EP – Ready The Prince – 2015

19. Futurelight EP – Futurelight – 2014

20. Engram EP – Delta. Reverse – 2015

The Hit List: 20 Demos, Albums and EP’s You Need to Hear Right Now — August 17, 2015

Posted on August 17, 2015 by adammarx13

I’m super stoked to do the Hit List this week because so much of the material is new, having just come out this year! Some new EP’s, and more new singles than normal (four new ones!), and a couple of albums that I simply can’t stop listening to. As always, albums are in no particular order. Check these artists out, they’re totally sick!

1. Freakout Hell Bus – Bumpin Uglies – 2015

2. What Makes Us Real – Racing on the Sun – 2014

3. Hello Insanity – Single – Riot Tapes – 2015

4. Call Me Back – Single – Fight Night – 2015

5. Feeling Strange (Part I) – Post War Glamour Girls – 2015

6. Demo – The Last Night Orchestra – 2015

7. Change EP – Branded Bandits – 2014

8. Burning Down – Single – Fever Pitch – 2015

9. Xero EP – Xero – 2014

10. REBELLION – Gem & The Deadheads – 2015

11. Kissing Boys – Single – The Swear – 2015

12. Out Of The Earth – Out Of The Earth – 2015

13. Take Control EP – Free Sergio – 2015

14. Basement Famous – A Hero Falls – 2015

15. Remnants EP – Faded Paper Figures – 2015

16. Okilly Demos – Okilly Dokilly – 2015

17. On – MyWay – 2014

18. Things – Modern Sunlight – 2015

19. Vanilla Sex – The Wallies – 2015

20. Cardinal – Son & Thief – 2015

The Hit List: 20 Demos, Albums and EP’s You Need to Hear Right Now — August 10, 2015

Posted on August 10, 2015 by adammarx13

One of the best things about doing the Hit List is the ever expanding scope it lets me have on the music scene. This time around, some amazing, pop, blues, electronic, and acoustic artists made the list, along with some more awesome garage punk and hard rock bands. As always, albums are in no particular order. Check these artists out, they’re absolutely killin it!

1. Intentions – A Life Set Apart – 2015

2. Beaux Zone Session – Hot Sauce Sandwich – 2015

3. HAAL – HAAL – 2015

4. Chasing Skylines – Who Saves The Hero? – 2015

5. En L’air – Dark Furs – 2014

6. Legs – Legs – 2015

7. The Groovebox Messiah Sessions – The Stir Fry Pop Star – 2015

8. Sleeping/Dreaming EP – The Abstract – 2015

9. Synemotion – OH. – 2015

10. Ghosts – Single – Paintbox Fires – 2015

11. In My Head – Hillary Hand – 2015

12. Big Road Blues – The Paul Garner Band – 2015

13. To be Called Happy – Lisa Rono – 2015

14. Wildfire EP – Hunter & The Bear – 2015

15. Vacant Youth – The Path Less Traveled – 2015

16. Spirit of Freedom – Perseids – 2014

17. Daze Inn EP – The Ultrasounds – 2015

18. Means of Pleasure – Allergic – 2015

19. Bareknuckle Love – Freya Wilcox & The Howl – 2015

20. Embellish EP – The Jellyrox – 2013

The Hit List: 20 Demos, Albums and EP’s You Need to Hear Right Now — August 3, 2015

Posted on August 3, 2015 by adammarx13

I think the best part about doing the Hit List every week is showing just how many amazing artists are out there. Check out these 20, a few featured again, and a bunch featured for the first time. As always, albums are in no particular order. These artists are absolutely sick!

1. Legs – Legs – 2015

2. The Artist – Single – Eternal Mortality – 2014

3. I Was Born EP – Ghost Lit Kingdom – 2015

4. My Cruel Goro EP – My Cruel Goro – 2015

5. Feast of Ashes – Inviolate – 2012

6. Horse – Animals in Suits – 2015

7. On the Rebound EP – Set It Right – 2015

8. March in the Dark: Chapter Two – Anyone’s Guess – 2015

9. Nine Scythes – Single – OtherWorld – 2015

10. Detours – Damn Mondays – 2015

11. Jellyfish EP – Blaine the Mono – 2015

12. Whole Other Kind – Dear Stalker – 2012

13. Forgotten Realms of Wonders – Shaylon – 2015

14. Avanté – Avanté – 2015

15. Sara – Single – Altessa – 2015

16. Tide of Mind – Tide of Mind – 2015

17. Do It Yourself – Count Me Out – 2015

18. Francis Duffy & The Kingpins EP – Francis Duffy & The Kingpins – 2015

19. Back to You – Dimitri’s Rail – 2013

20. Ghosts Have My Number – Our Way Out – 2015

The Hit List: 20 Demos, Albums and EP’s You Need to Hear Right Now — July 27, 2015

Posted on July 27, 2015 by adammarx13

One month down and still killing it with some amazing artists here on the Hit List. This week, a sick new bunch of artists tearing is up. You gotta check these people out, you won’t be able to stop hitting repeat, ha! As always, albums are in the no particular order. Check these people out, they’re brilliant!

1. Ghost – Between California and Summer – 2014

2. Don’t Care – Belly Up – 2015

3. Run and Gun – Single – Fake Planes – 2015

4. Survive the Night – Single – 50/50 – 2015

5. Last Known Surroundings – Carousel Scene – 2015

6. Inside – Evenstate – 2015

7. Generation Dreams – Teenage Buzz – 2015

8. Own Your Ocean – Direct Divide – 2015

9. Saturday Night Loud – The Forty Whacks – 2014

10. Sweet Disillusion – Single – Elie & the Engine – 2015

11. Spirit of Freedom – Perseids – 2014

12. The Lost [EP] – The Beautiful Monument – 2015

13. Turkana Boy – Thousand Days – 2015

14. the Ocean – Of the Sonic Sea – 2015

15. Unify – Isometric – 2015

16. In My Head – Hillary Hand – 2015

17. Lov/ners – The Nories – 2015

18. For Machines EP – Limb to Limb – 2015

19. Stranger Just the Same – Heel – 2014

20. Fourstory EP – A Black Eye Affair – 2015

The Hit List: 20 Demos, Albums and EP’s You Need to Hear Right Now — July 20, 2015

Posted on July 20, 2015 by adammarx13

Week three into the resurrected Hit List and there’s no sign of slowing down. A new slew of amazing artists you need to hear, as well as new releases from some of my favorite independent artists from around the world! Albums are in the no particular order. Check these people out, they’re sick!

1. For Machines EP – Limb to Limb – 2015

2. The Black Swan Theory – Imber – 2015

3. Worth the Weight – Guidelines – 2015

4. Take Control EP – Free Sergio – 2015

5. Kissing Boys – Single – The Swear – 2013

6. Skin and Bones – Single – Bloody Diamonds – 2015

7. In My Head – Hillary Hand – 2015

8. Paint the Sky – Tigerface – 2015

9. One Step At a Time – Hour 24 – 2013

10. Change EP – Derange – 2014

11. 1974 & the Death of the Herald – 1974 – 2013

12. Rise to Fall EP – Altermind – 2015

13. Bareknuckle Love – Freya Wilcox & The Howl – 2015

14. My Heroin – Single – Nussy – 2015

15. Foxhollow – Foxhollow – 2015

16. Invisible Tonight – The Nearly Deads – 2014

17. For the Dearly Departed – The Funeral Portrait – 2014

18. SUBSPACE – GASH – 2013

19. HOME – On Call Heroes – 2015

20. Demo – Third Season – 2015

The Birth of the Tech Investor Portmanteau

Posted on July 15, 2015 by adammarx13

A couple months ago, I examined a few tech investors through an artistic lens. This time I thought I’d let the word nerd in me out to play. Instead of deconstructing an investor’s creative Twitter, I thought a more literal approach would be appropriate here. And then it hit me: tech investor portmanteau mashups!

A portmanteau is a combination of words and phonetic sounds to form something new, like smoke + fog = smog. This being the case, I naturally wondered if the same dynamic could be applied to the tech investors we all know and love (and indeed it can be!). Thus the tech investor portmanteau is born. Because every badass tech investor needs a single-name moniker ;D

Investors:

1. Jason + Calacanis = Jalacanis (seed investor)

2. Hunter + Walk = Wunter (Homebrew)

3. Marc + Andreessen = Mandreessen (Andreessen Horowitz)

4. Ben + Horowitz = Borowitz (Andreessen Horowitz)

5. Fred + Wilson = Frilson (Union Square Ventures)

6. Chris + Sacca = Chracca (Lowercase Capital)

7. Aileen + Lee = Laileen (Cowboy Ventures)

8. Steve + Sinofsky = Stinofsky (Andreessen Horowitz)

9. Peter + Thiel = Teter (Founders Fund)

10. Sam + Altman = Saltman (Y Combinator)

11. Beth + Seidenberg = Beidenberg (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Buyers)

12. Josh + Felser = Jelser (Freestyle Capital)

13. Ron + Conway = Ronway (SV Angel)

14. Dave + McClure = DacClure (500 Startups)

15. Jessica + Livingston = Jivingston (Y Combinator)

16. Sarah + Guo = Guarah (Greylock Partners)

17. Marissa + Campise = Camprissa (Greycroft Partners, SoftBank Capital)

18. Brad + Feld = Frad (Foundry Group)

19. Morgan + Beller = Borgan (Andreessen Horowitz)

20. Chris + Dixon = Chrixon (Andreessen Horowitz)

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