The Hit List: 20 Demos, Albums and EP’s You Need to Hear Right Now — August 24, 2015

Posted on August 24, 2015 by adammarx13

One of the things that I love most about the music business is the sheer number of amazing artists that populate the musical landscape. Whatever your taste, there’s always someone new ready to make an impression, and every day is like winning the lottery if your desired prize is awesome new material (which mine always is, of course). This week’s Hit List bounces all over the place, from ska punk to post-grunge, and from indie-rock to some awesome alternative rap-rock. Albums are in no particular order. These people are killin it in the best way, check it out!

1. Let’s Get Dangerous – Backyard Superheroes – 2015

2. When You Fall – Single – BrokenRail – 2013

3. The Demos – It’s Butter – 2015

4. Bootlegger – Black Ally – 2015

5. Carpe Noctem EP – tattermask – 2015

6. Kimonono I – Kimonono – 2015

7. Undefeated – Undefeated – 2015

8. This is Your Life – Long Knives – 2015

9. Darkstone Crows EP – Darkstone Crows – 2015

10. 129 – Cherry White – 2013

11. In Quicksand – Ancient Lasers – 2015

12. MUTT EP – MUTT – 2015

13. Midsummer Sensation – Paper Spook – 2015

14. Supermoon – Tessellations – 2015

15. Hot Wires – The Whoas! – 2015

16. Psillos – War of Senses – 2015

17. Going South – Broad Run – 2015

18. Safe House – Better Friend – 2015

19. I Ain’t Done – Shorty the Giant – 2015

20. 3 Styles EP – Red Sky – 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 Resurrection of The Hit List — July 6, 2015

Posted on July 6, 2015 by adammarx13

When I was running my radio show Underground Takeover, one of the best things I did was run a feature called The Hit List: 10 Demos, Albums, and EP’s You Need to Hear Right Now. Every couple of months I would compile a list of the albums, EP’s and singles that I found myself listening to ad infinitum, and that I figured everyone needed to be aware of and listening to.

When my show ended (it was a college show, after all), The Hit List ended with it. Lately though, so much amazing material has been coming out, these artists really need to be highlighted. So, we’ll resurrect The Hit List for a little while and see how it goes!

Some new details though, to reflect a new incarnation of The Hit List:

Lists will be lengthened from 10 entries to 20.
List items (demos, albums, EP’s, single) appear in no specific order; i.e.: there is no “top” or “bottom” of the list.
I will do my best to attach relevant details to each item, including title, artist, artwork, and year.
I will do my best to keep the list running, and publish a new list as often as possible.
These albums and singles are spread across a variety of platforms, and thus making a straight playlist is currently too time-consuming. However, I’ll reexamine this point over the next few months.
To help distinguish: demo, Single, Album, and EP titles occur in italics, artist names in bold, and years of release in regular font.
Artist names will be linked to either their Facebook, Twitter, home site, or other pages.
This is all for fun, so let’s keep it that way.

So with that, let’s get to it. Here’s my Hit List for July 6, 2015: