Ever since Hong Faux started their journey from blog to blog and finally all the way to radio and MTV, people have tried to label their music and figure out the meaning of the band's name. Still, more than a decade later, they are impossible to foresee; Teamed up with Golden Robot Records, the band is now about to release their third album.  "Desolation Years" is Hong Faux's anticipated follow up to "A Message from Dystopia". The album opens up a hole in the gut, peeks inside to try to understand what's going on in there. Heavy riffs, melodic passages and the witty musical turns...

Jesse Malin is sharing a new video for the re-recording of “Xmas, etc.” from the 20th anniversary expanded reissue of his debut, The Fine Art of Self Destruction (February 17, Icons Creating Evil Art UK).  “Xmas, etc.” was directed by Dave Stekert and filmed around New York City with actor Jeffries Thaiss.    “Xmas, etc.” is a tale of “regret and isolation,” says Malin. “Feeling alone and disconnected while everyone else seems to be loved and having a good time. When you know you messed up and can only hope for a better one next year.”  The Fine Art of Self Destruction will be out February 17 (Icons Creating Evil Art UK) and will include a re-recorded, reimagined version of...

Ten years after the release of his critically acclaimed sophomore album ‘About A Feeling’, Swedish dream-pop pioneer Summer Heart is set to release a revisited version of the quintessential ‘A Million Times’ through Icons Creating Evil Art, subduing the soundscape of the first single off his aforementioned 2012 LP yet garnishing it with a lo-fi avant-garde resulting from a cutting-edge career spanning more than a decade.‘A Million Times’ sounds more distilled this time around. This tribute is structured in a fundamentally different manner from the original, neither for better nor for worse. The carnival bounce and high-flying, distorted vocals of the 2012 release...

Fixt English (letlive. Guitarist Jeff Sahyoun’s new project), has released a remix of debut single ‘Lost It’ by UK DJ and producer Conrank, one of bass music's most innovative voices. The reimagined version of ‘Lost It’ adds further electronic elements to the track to drive it into euphoric, dancefloor-ready territory, with Conrank even adding his own biting verse. “Conrank took this track to a place I’d never thought of taking it,” says Jeff.  “Such a brilliant mind, artist and person. Not only am I thankful for the birth of this art piece, I am obsessed with it.”  Conrank adds of the process “Remixing ‘Lost It’ was so much fun, I love the track and what Jeff is...

Punklegenderna Noice släpper 2 december vinterballaden ”Vi höjer ett glas”, en låt med gammaldags julkänsla och gemytlig air av att sitta på en irländsk pub i goda vänners lag. Där finns värme och gemenskap, alla tar i från hjärtat när de sjunger med till musiken och skrålar tillsammans, minns jular från förr och gamla vänner som inte längre finns med. Under 2023 väntar sedan en massiv konserthusturné över hela landet – nu med bandets nya frontman Charlie Grönvall vid mikrofonen.Som son till Nanne och Peter Grönvall och barnbarn till Benny Andersson är det ingen överdrift att Charlie Grönvall föddes in i musiken. Med en gedigen karriär på sitt CV, i rockband (Bracelet, Little Great Things) så...

“The whole thing was a freak accident,” Sean Keel says of the unlikely set of circumstances that led to the release of the Austin-based singer-songwriter’s raw, starkly evocative record, A Dry Scary Blue, with the independent Stockholm-based  label, Icons Creating Evil Art.  “I’ve got four records on Bandcamp; basically no one has listened to any of them; and now I’m putting one out with a record company. An actual record company! From Sweden!” A Dry Scary Blue introduces a distinctive, wholly individual singer-songwriter who, despite living in a legendary roots-music mecca, has honed his craft far from the public eye.  Keel’s raw, evocative compositions...