UNSIGNED ARTISTS & BANDS LIVEMusic Connection’s annual, eagerly awaited Hot 100 list spotlights those artists and bands whose live performances made a big impact on us over the past 12 months. Those involved in determining the results of our 2011 poll included not only Music Connection staff members, HOT but freelance journalists, club bookers and other industry professionals from across the nation. To enquire about a live review of your band, Compiled by Mark Nardone, Bernard100 Baur & Mira Abas be sure to check out Music Connection’s acclaimed always-free AMP Music Network; it’s for musicians only—no friends or fans.
ARTIST WEBSITE STYLE LOCATION ARTIST WEBSITE STYLE LOCATION 34 Bliss Facebook.com/ThirtyFourBliss Modern Rock Flint, MI Malea McGuinness MaleaMusic.com Pop Los Angeles, CA a.n.t. PoptronicAnt.com Pop Los Angeles, CA Marmalakes Marmalakes.com Folk/Pop Austin, TX Adam Levy AdamLevy.com Performing Songwriter Nashville, TN Mary Scholz MaryScholz.com Adult Contemporary Americana Los Angeles, CA Alexander Cardinale XanderMusic.com Singer-Songwriter Los Angeles, CA Melanie Devaney Reverbnation.com/MelanieDevaney Folk Country Los Angeles, CA Andy Clockwise AndyClockwise.net Rock Los Angeles, CA Michael Boustany MichaelBoustany.com Rock Tokyo, Japan Angel Smythe AngelSmythe.com Contemporary/Christian Orange County, CA Michelle Mangione MichelleMangione.com Singer-Songwriter Long Beach, CA Astoria Blvd. Astoria-Boulevard.com Pop/Adult/Contemporary New York, NY Mind The Gap MindTheGapSound.com Alternative Hollywood, CA Astraea Astraea-Music.com Pop San Diego, CA Mitch Savoie Myspace.com/MitchSavoie Latin Pop Rock Venice, CA Beauty Supply BeautySupplyMusic.com Synth Pop Los Angeles, CA Moon Taxi RideTheMoonTaxi.com Indie Rock Nashville, TN Brandon James BrandonJamesMusic.com Country Los Angeles, CA Mother Falcon MotherFalconMusic.com Instrumental Pop/Rock Austin, TX The Bright Light Social Hour TheBrightLightSocialHour.com Indie Rock Austin, TX Nate Jones NateJonesMusic.com Acoustic Rock Lincoln Park, MI Cab 20 Cab20Music.com Rock Los Angeles, CA New Collisions NewCollisions.com New Wave/Punk Cambridge, MA Chris Standring ChrisStandring.com Jazz Studio City, CA No Quarter Reverbnation.com/NoQuarterBand Hard Rock Detroit, MI CSJQ CSJQmusic.com Hip-Hop North Virginia, VA NuRokSol Reverbnation.com/NuRokSol Rock ‘n’ Soul Ann Arbor, MI Cubic Feet CubicFeet.com Pop/Rock Baltimore, MD One-Eyed Doll OneEyedDoll.com Goth/Metal Austin, TX Deep Sea Creatures DeepSeaHigh.com Indie Rock Los Angeles, CA Pat Campo PatCampo.com Electro-Pop Los Angeles, CA Diana Lawrence DianaLawrence.com Pop Chicago, IL Prema Yin Myspace.com/PremaYin Blues/Pop Rock Kuala Lumpur, MY Die Pretty DiePrettyMusic.com Alternative Rock New York, NY Queen Caveat QueenCaveat.com Rock Los Angeles, CA Dina Layzis LullaBallads.com Singer-Songwriter Delanco, NJ Quiet Company QuietCompanyMusic.com Indie Pop Austin, TX Disaster Prep Myspace.com/DisasterPrepAcademy Hard Pop West Hollywood, CA Rachel Sierra Xactproduction.com/artists/rachelsierra Rock/Soul/Pop Los Angeles, CA Duc’n It Easy Myspace.com/DucnItEasy Blues/Jam Band/Rock Milford, MA The Red Button TheRedButton.net Pop/Rock Los Angeles, CA Duner DunerMusic.fourfour.com Rocktronic World Los Angeles, CA Rob Michaels Myspace.com/RobMichaels Alt Rock/Americana Los Angeles, CA The Eastern Sea TheEasternSea.com Indie Folk Austin, TX Rozzi Crane RozziCrane.com Soulful Pop Los Angeles, CA Ecotonic EcotonicMusic.com Hard Rock Studio City, CA Sabastian Roberts SabastianRoberts.com Country Rock Cedar, MN Elaine Faye ElaineFaye.com Soul/Pop San Diego, CA Satellite Satellite-Music.com Rock Los Angeles, CA Eoin Harrington EoinHarrington.com Singer-Songwriter Dublin, Ireland The Scorch Sisters TheScorchSisters.com Blues Rock/R&B Los Angeles, CA Evolove EvoloveTheBand.com Alternative Pop Rock Los Angeles, CA Scott Hoying Myspace.com/ScottHoying Pop/Soul Los Angeles, CA Fools For Rowan FoolsForRowan.com Rock Nashville, TN Selena Garcia SelenaGarcia.com Soul Rock Los Angeles, CA The Grownup Noise TheGrownupNoise.com Indie Rock Boston, MA Shadows Entwined Reverbnation.com/ShadowsEntwined Dark Power Metal Los Angeles, CA Hammer Of The Broads HammerOfTheBroads.com All Fem. Led Zeppelin Tribute Los Angeles, CA Sister Speak SisterSpeakMusic.com Alternative/Folk-Rock/World San Diego, CA Invago Invago.com Euro Rock Tokyo, Japan Skip Jaymes/Space Station Reverbnation.com/SkipJaymesAndTheSpaceStation Rock/Pop Topanga Canyon, CA Jackson Cook Reverbnation.com/JacksonCook Rock Palm Desert, CA Sound Cannon SoundCannonBand.com Rock Los Angeles, CA Jayla JaylaMusic.com Acoustic Pop Rock Los Angeles, CA The Sour Notes TheSourNotes.com Minimal Indie Rock Austin, TX Jes Hudak JesHudak.com Singer-Songwriter Los Angeles, CA Starving for Gravity Reverbnation.com/StarvingForGravity Indie Rock L.A./Orange Cty., CA Jesse Passage Facebook.com/JessePassage Acoustic Rock Detroit, MI Steelgrave Fb.com/people/Allen-Steelgrave/750340801 Metal Los Angeles, CA Jessie Sparks JessieSparks.com Blues/Soul Melbourne, Australia Stephie Coplan/Pedestrians StephieCoplan.com Pop/Rock Boston, MA/New York, NY Jim Hanft JimHanft.com Singer-Songwriter/Folk Los Angeles, CA Suite 709 UnlockSuite709.com Funk/Soul Rock Austin, TX John Enghauser JohnEnghauser.com Pop San Francisco, CA Summer Rona SummerRona.com Pop Los Angeles, CA John Pointer Patronism.com/JohnPointer Acoustic Rock Austin, TX Sunday Lane SundayLane.com Singer-Songwriter Los Angeles, CA Jory Glick JoryGlick.com Pop/Rock West Hills, CA Sunset Drive SunsetDrive.jp Pub Rock Tokyo, Japan Julie Kathryn JulieKathryn.com Singer-Songwriter New York, NY Taya Rayden TayaRayden.com Pop Los Angeles, CA Karling & The Kats KarlingMusic.com Rockabilly Los Angeles, CA The Towels TheTowelsBand.com Eccentric Rock Los Angeles, CA Kat McGivern KatMcGivern.com Pop Boston, MA Tim Permanent TimPermanent.com Electro-Pop Los Angeles, CA Kawehi Kawehi.com Singer-Songwriter Los Angeles, CA Tommy Dalton TommyDalton.com Country Nashville, TN Kelly’s Lot KellysLot.com Blues Rock Van Nuys, CA Tonia Tecce ToniaTecce.com Popera/Classical Philadelphia, PA Kim Divine KimDivine.com Indie Pop Los Angeles, CA Twenty7 BandTwenty7.com Rock Los Angeles, CA Kingsley Flood KingsleyFlood.com Americana/Folk Boston, MA Vital OfficialVital.com Pop San Francisco, CA Le Reverie LeReverie.com Gothic Progressive/Hard Rock Los Angeles, CA Wardog Reverbnation.com/WardogMusic Rock/Metal Sherman Oaks, CA Lizzy Williams LizzyWilliams.com Alternative Pop Rock Los Angeles, CA Wasabi Myspace.com/Wa-Sa-Bi Folk Rock Osaka, Japan Madison Rose MadisonRoseRocks.com Pop/Rock Los Angeles, CA Will Stoltz WillStoltz.com Country Nashville, TN
40 AMP NETWORK • WEEKLY BULLETIN • DAILY WEBSITE • DIGITAL EDITION • MAGAZINE • DECEMBER 2011 DECEMBER 2011 • MAGAZINE • DIGITAL EDITION • DAILY WEBSITE • WEEKLY BULLETIN • AMP NETWORK 41 UNSIGNED ARTISTS & BANDS LIVEMusic Connection’s annual, eagerly awaited Hot 100 list spotlights those artists and bands whose live performances made a big impact on us over the past 12 months. Those involved in determining the results of our 2011 poll included not only Music Connection staff members, HOT but freelance journalists, club bookers and other industry professionals from across the nation. To enquire about a live review of your band, Compiled by Mark Nardone, Bernard100 Baur & Mira Abas be sure to check out Music Connection’s acclaimed always-free AMP Music Network; it’s for musicians only—no friends or fans.
ARTIST WEBSITE STYLE LOCATION ARTIST WEBSITE STYLE LOCATION 34 Bliss Facebook.com/ThirtyFourBliss Modern Rock Flint, MI Malea McGuinness MaleaMusic.com Pop Los Angeles, CA a.n.t. PoptronicAnt.com Pop Los Angeles, CA Marmalakes Marmalakes.com Folk/Pop Austin, TX Adam Levy AdamLevy.com Performing Songwriter Nashville, TN Mary Scholz MaryScholz.com Adult Contemporary Americana Los Angeles, CA Alexander Cardinale XanderMusic.com Singer-Songwriter Los Angeles, CA Melanie Devaney Reverbnation.com/MelanieDevaney Folk Country Los Angeles, CA Andy Clockwise AndyClockwise.net Rock Los Angeles, CA Michael Boustany MichaelBoustany.com Rock Tokyo, Japan Angel Smythe AngelSmythe.com Contemporary/Christian Orange County, CA Michelle Mangione MichelleMangione.com Singer-Songwriter Long Beach, CA Astoria Blvd. Astoria-Boulevard.com Pop/Adult/Contemporary New York, NY Mind The Gap MindTheGapSound.com Alternative Hollywood, CA Astraea Astraea-Music.com Pop San Diego, CA Mitch Savoie Myspace.com/MitchSavoie Latin Pop Rock Venice, CA Beauty Supply BeautySupplyMusic.com Synth Pop Los Angeles, CA Moon Taxi RideTheMoonTaxi.com Indie Rock Nashville, TN Brandon James BrandonJamesMusic.com Country Los Angeles, CA Mother Falcon MotherFalconMusic.com Instrumental Pop/Rock Austin, TX The Bright Light Social Hour TheBrightLightSocialHour.com Indie Rock Austin, TX Nate Jones NateJonesMusic.com Acoustic Rock Lincoln Park, MI Cab 20 Cab20Music.com Rock Los Angeles, CA New Collisions NewCollisions.com New Wave/Punk Cambridge, MA Chris Standring ChrisStandring.com Jazz Studio City, CA No Quarter Reverbnation.com/NoQuarterBand Hard Rock Detroit, MI CSJQ CSJQmusic.com Hip-Hop North Virginia, VA NuRokSol Reverbnation.com/NuRokSol Rock ‘n’ Soul Ann Arbor, MI Cubic Feet CubicFeet.com Pop/Rock Baltimore, MD One-Eyed Doll OneEyedDoll.com Goth/Metal Austin, TX Deep Sea Creatures DeepSeaHigh.com Indie Rock Los Angeles, CA Pat Campo PatCampo.com Electro-Pop Los Angeles, CA Diana Lawrence DianaLawrence.com Pop Chicago, IL Prema Yin Myspace.com/PremaYin Blues/Pop Rock Kuala Lumpur, MY Die Pretty DiePrettyMusic.com Alternative Rock New York, NY Queen Caveat QueenCaveat.com Rock Los Angeles, CA Dina Layzis LullaBallads.com Singer-Songwriter Delanco, NJ Quiet Company QuietCompanyMusic.com Indie Pop Austin, TX Disaster Prep Myspace.com/DisasterPrepAcademy Hard Pop West Hollywood, CA Rachel Sierra Xactproduction.com/artists/rachelsierra Rock/Soul/Pop Los Angeles, CA Duc’n It Easy Myspace.com/DucnItEasy Blues/Jam Band/Rock Milford, MA The Red Button TheRedButton.net Pop/Rock Los Angeles, CA Duner DunerMusic.fourfour.com Rocktronic World Los Angeles, CA Rob Michaels Myspace.com/RobMichaels Alt Rock/Americana Los Angeles, CA The Eastern Sea TheEasternSea.com Indie Folk Austin, TX Rozzi Crane RozziCrane.com Soulful Pop Los Angeles, CA Ecotonic EcotonicMusic.com Hard Rock Studio City, CA Sabastian Roberts SabastianRoberts.com Country Rock Cedar, MN Elaine Faye ElaineFaye.com Soul/Pop San Diego, CA Satellite Satellite-Music.com Rock Los Angeles, CA Eoin Harrington EoinHarrington.com Singer-Songwriter Dublin, Ireland The Scorch Sisters TheScorchSisters.com Blues Rock/R&B Los Angeles, CA Evolove EvoloveTheBand.com Alternative Pop Rock Los Angeles, CA Scott Hoying Myspace.com/ScottHoying Pop/Soul Los Angeles, CA Fools For Rowan FoolsForRowan.com Rock Nashville, TN Selena Garcia SelenaGarcia.com Soul Rock Los Angeles, CA The Grownup Noise TheGrownupNoise.com Indie Rock Boston, MA Shadows Entwined Reverbnation.com/ShadowsEntwined Dark Power Metal Los Angeles, CA Hammer Of The Broads HammerOfTheBroads.com All Fem. Led Zeppelin Tribute Los Angeles, CA Sister Speak SisterSpeakMusic.com Alternative/Folk-Rock/World San Diego, CA Invago Invago.com Euro Rock Tokyo, Japan Skip Jaymes/Space Station Reverbnation.com/SkipJaymesAndTheSpaceStation Rock/Pop Topanga Canyon, CA Jackson Cook Reverbnation.com/JacksonCook Rock Palm Desert, CA Sound Cannon SoundCannonBand.com Rock Los Angeles, CA Jayla JaylaMusic.com Acoustic Pop Rock Los Angeles, CA The Sour Notes TheSourNotes.com Minimal Indie Rock Austin, TX Jes Hudak JesHudak.com Singer-Songwriter Los Angeles, CA Starving for Gravity Reverbnation.com/StarvingForGravity Indie Rock L.A./Orange Cty., CA Jesse Passage Facebook.com/JessePassage Acoustic Rock Detroit, MI Steelgrave Fb.com/people/Allen-Steelgrave/750340801 Metal Los Angeles, CA Jessie Sparks JessieSparks.com Blues/Soul Melbourne, Australia Stephie Coplan/Pedestrians StephieCoplan.com Pop/Rock Boston, MA/New York, NY Jim Hanft JimHanft.com Singer-Songwriter/Folk Los Angeles, CA Suite 709 UnlockSuite709.com Funk/Soul Rock Austin, TX John Enghauser JohnEnghauser.com Pop San Francisco, CA Summer Rona SummerRona.com Pop Los Angeles, CA John Pointer Patronism.com/JohnPointer Acoustic Rock Austin, TX Sunday Lane SundayLane.com Singer-Songwriter Los Angeles, CA Jory Glick JoryGlick.com Pop/Rock West Hills, CA Sunset Drive SunsetDrive.jp Pub Rock Tokyo, Japan Julie Kathryn JulieKathrynMusic.com Singer-Songwriter New York, NY Taya Rayden TayaRayden.com Pop Los Angeles, CA Karling & The Kats KarlingMusic.com Rockabilly Los Angeles, CA The Towels TheTowelsBand.com Eccentric Rock Los Angeles, CA Kat McGivern KatMcGivern.com Pop Boston, MA Tim Permanent TimPermanent.com Electro-Pop Los Angeles, CA Kawehi Kawehi.com Singer-Songwriter Los Angeles, CA Tommy Dalton TommyDalton.com Country Nashville, TN Kelly’s Lot KellysLot.com Blues Rock Van Nuys, CA Tonia Tecce ToniaTecce.com Popera/Classical Philadelphia, PA Kim Divine KimDivine.com Indie Pop Los Angeles, CA Twenty7 BandTwenty7.com Rock Los Angeles, CA Kingsley Flood KingsleyFlood.com Americana/Folk Boston, MA Vital OfficialVital.com Pop San Francisco, CA Le Reverie LeReverie.com Gothic Progressive/Hard Rock Los Angeles, CA Wardog Reverbnation.com/WardogMusic Rock/Metal Sherman Oaks, CA Lizzy Williams LizzyWilliams.com Alternative Pop Rock Los Angeles, CA Wasabi Myspace.com/Wa-Sa-Bi Folk Rock Osaka, Japan Madison Rose MadisonRoseRocks.com Pop/Rock Los Angeles, CA Will Stoltz WillStoltz.com Country Nashville, TN
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