Artists on the Rise

Editor’s Note: DREADHAWK will be performing in Sound The Groove SD’s event at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego’s 207 Music Club on Friday, May 24th, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other amazing artists from the area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here.

In this day and age with so many turkeys gobbling up the music industry, one band felt it was time to secure their place as the apex predator. DREADHAWK was founded in 2015 by former Stone Senses singer/songwriter/guitarist Mike O’Gara and former Shocks of Mighty bassist Anthony Russo. Their first EP “Tremont Street Sessions” was recorded in February 2016, and the band quickly and modestly took their rightful place among the most original alternative-rock bands of the 21st century.

DREADHAWK began its flight in North San Diego County, California, USA in the winter months of 2015. Singer/songwriter Mike O’Gara took what he had started in his previous bands and evolved his style into what has now become an explosive hybrid of reggae, rock, and punk, while maintaining his melodious, soulful vocal creativity which gained him notoriety as a musician in the early years of the last decade. With the help of good friends Anthony Russo on bass, and Mike Synodin on drums, the three have spent many sessions collaborating and intertwining a positive message from an otherwise unforgiving world which they knew needed healing.

Now beginning to emerge back into the live local scene, the old friends with a new project have flown the banner of truth and conscience to a new generation who desperately need guidance during these trying times in a downtrodden and disastrous world. DREADHAWK is definitely a force to be reckoned with in the years ahead and the sky is the limit.

Editor’s Note: DREADHAWK will be performing in Sound The Groove SD’s event at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego’s 207 Music Club on Friday, May 24th, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other amazing artists from the area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here.

Editor’s Note: Liam Wall will be performing in Sound The Groove OC’s event at House of Blues Anaheim’s Foundation Room on Friday, May 31st, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other incredible artists from the area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here!

Liam Wall is a solo musician/singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist based in Seal Beach, CA.

He has an acoustic/alternative style of music and he uses loop pedals when performing live which allows him to play keys, guitar, and perform vocals, simultaneously. He channels pop music vibes into his songs through his descriptive lyrics that attempt to tell stories to his audience. His vocals have been likened to those of Roy Orbison, Jeff Buckley, and Thom Yorke from Radiohead.

One year ago, Liam dropped out of junior college to move to Long Beach and begin playing shows and recording his music. Liam plays quite often around Long Beach, and has done some work in LA as well. Some venues he has played at include Bar 20 on Sunset Blvd. The Silverlake Lounge, and Trip Santa Monica. He intends to release his first single on Spotify this summer.

Liam continues to pursue music as a career and most importantly continues to fulfill his passion by bringing the gift of music to others through his songwriting and performances.

Editor’s Note: Liam Wall will be performing in Sound The Groove OC’s event at House of Blues Anaheim’s Foundation Room on Friday, May 31st, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other incredible artists from the area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here!

Editor’s Note: Sheer Lust will be performing in Sound The Groove OC’s event at House of Blues Anaheim’s Foundation Room on Friday, May 31st, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other amazing artists from the area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here.

Sheer Lust is a Glam/Punk band out of Hollywood CA. formed in 1985, the band broke up in 1990 and re-formed in 2018 and has taken off. Playing shows all over! Now out of Orange County CA. The band brings high energy original music! Catch us on Facebook: Official: Sheer Lust or Instagram: Sheer.Lust13

Editor’s Note: Sheer Lust will be performing in Sound The Groove OC’s event at House of Blues Anaheim’s Foundation Room on Friday, May 31st, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other amazing artists from the area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here.

Editor’s Note: Permanent Phase will be performing in Sound The Groove NY’s event at DROM NYC on Thursday, May 30th, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other amazing artists from the greater NY area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here.

New York’s own Permanent Phase is an indie throwback to 80s style new wave, power pop, and 90s inspired alternative rock. The group, which rose out of Newburgh, NY basements in 2013, consists of NYC born & bred brothers, singer/songwriter, guitarist J & drummer Chris Seda.

The next following years the band has been playing live at venues & Festivals that span Hudson Valley’s Chance Theater & Orange County Choppers, NYC’s bar scene in the Knitting Factory, Bowery Electric & Bitter End, The Jersey Shore’s Seaside Heights.

2018 saw the Seda brothers put together a touring band with producer/musician Josh Angehr on bass guitar, following the release of their self produced debut singles, “Wake Up” & “N-E-N-A” with plans on a full length release by the end of 2019.

Editor’s Note: Permanent Phase will be performing in Sound The Groove NY’s event at DROM NYC on Thursday, May 30th, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other amazing artists from the greater NY area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here.

Editor’s Note: Cardboard Boxer will be performing in Sound The Groove SD’s event at Hard Rock Hotel’s 207 Music Club during Memorial Day Weekend! Be sure to check them out, along with other amazing artists from the area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here. 

We are a band out of San Diego called Cardboard Boxer and we just released a new album called “Something As It Is.” We’ve been playing all around the west coast and surrounding states. We are comprised of three emt’s and a plumber from San Diego and we be bought an ambulance (aka. “The Jambulance) for touring! We love playing music, it’s all of our passions, and we’ve been playing together since the 7th grade. We make something along the lines of alternative punk music.

Editor’s Note: Cardboard Boxer will be performing in Sound The Groove SD’s event at Hard Rock Hotel’s 207 Music Club during Memorial Day Weekend! Be sure to check them out, along with other amazing artists from the area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here. 

Editor’s Note: Motorsickle is performing in Sound The Groove SD’s event at House of Blues San Diego’s Voodoo Room on Saturday, June 1st, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other incredible artists from the area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here.

Motorsickle is an American hard rock/stoner/doom metal band best known for bringing their own brand of sleazy, heavy, gritty music with hints of Black Sabbath and Motorhead to the LA music scene. With only a handful of shows under their belt Motorsickle has gained over 4k followers on IG and Fb in the short year since the bands inception. They have opened for bands such as Dokken, Dio disciples and nwobhm thrash band Satan.

Motorsickle is currently working on their self titled debut EP. in Pico Rivera,Ca at Industry Ave sound studios with engineer Allen Falcon. As of now the group is slated to play the HOB in San Diego,Ca june 1 where they will be debuting their newest single “crystal wizard “. Once finished in the studio early summer 2019, the guys in Motorsickle plan to play a handful of shows in the so cal area promoting the EP, and ending the year with a NYE show at the world famous Whisky a gogo in Hollywood Ca.

The current lineup consists of
“Big” Jim Mccloskey-guitar
John Poblick – percussion
Chris Lowbridge-bass
Matt Wiggins-vocals

Editor’s Note: Motorsickle is performing in Sound The Groove SD’s event at House of Blues San Diego’s Voodoo Room on Saturday, June 1st, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other incredible artists from the area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here.

Editor’s Note: FŪRI will be headlining Sound The Groove NY’s Sunday Funday Bash at Knitting Factory Brooklyn on Sunday, June 9th, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with the other amazing performers on the event! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here.

Furi (Foo-Ree) is a hardcore alternative band created in Late 2017 through early 2018. Born in Washington Heights, NYC. Deriving musical influences from bands such as Zebrahead, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance, Rise Against, and Avenged Sevenfold, to name a few!

The adventure began with Brooklyns very own “The Gutter” bar, then The Well, The Knitting Factory, and the most recent adventure led them to Muchmores(another Brooklyn bar).

Its founding member Astro, with his melodic, explosive way of playing bass. Grew tired of following footsteps and joining bands. He sought out to create his own powerhouse of musicians with like minded influences!

Enter Joshua Bartholomew. Having a similar plan, Josh brought to the table fresh, hard-rock/melodic guitar licks. Together, they began their search for the key components to add to their group.

Shortly after the union of Astro and Josh, Roselio Mendoza and Brendan Castro joined in.

Roselio, with his groovy and hypnotic drums, will have your feet moving before you even have a chance to stop them! Don’t let him catch you off guard with his masterful word play. The man has bars!!

Brendan, with his enticing, emotionally fueled, poetic vocals and punk styled guitars, will have you singing along and asking for more!

Furi’s sound is best described as “In your face” and “out of control”, with hardcore riffs, melodic licks, and punk progressions fusing with heavy, muddy basslines and drums that’ll have you losing yourself to the rhythm of the music!!

Posted by, BanksRadio Australia(VALLEY FM 89.5) (Regarding Furi’s single, Oddlife)
“One of Banks Radio Australia’s favourite bands and this track doesn’t disappoint, packed with huge riffs and soaring vocals make this an absolute winner.”

Music video for Oddlife:
https://youtu.be/XCyt16QAolE

Contact information for the band:

FuriTheBand@Gmail.com
Facebook.com/FuriBand
Instagram: @FuriTheBand

Editor’s Note: FŪRI will be headlining Sound The Groove NY’s Sunday Funday Bash at Knitting Factory Brooklyn on Sunday, June 9th, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with the other amazing performers on the event! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here.

Editor’s Note: Cassette Tape Massacre will be performing in Sound The Groove LA’s Sunday Funday Bash during Memorial Day Weekend at The Ivar Hollywood on Sunday, May 26th, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other amazing acts on the event! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here!

Cassette Tape Massacre is a band with humble beginnings. Josh Keane and Jonathan Rolin two friends get together to try and play covers for fun, and what starts as a hobby begins a slow burn of what if questions. What if we play something original, what if people like it, what if we take this seriously, what if we start a band? Questions turn to answers which turns that slow burn up a notch. Grabbing the bull by the horns the friends begin to practice tirelessly. After much practice and the addition of one more band mate William Cantrell, Cassette Tape Massacre was born.

This birth of one more garage punk band to the world is one that has a road paved with trial after humbling trial. Starting a band is not something one takes lightly, it’s an uphill struggle not for the faint of heart. People asked us maybe just play covers, they asked how seriously you plan on taking it, questions aimed at deterring us and getting us back to a “normal” life. “Normal” isn’t good enough not anymore, something is driving us towards playing music for people now. That small ember that took us on this journey of no’s, why’s, and can’ts is now a full blaze of our own yes’s, why nots, and I will’s.

Deciding to move forward going through practice after practice putting together songs it was time for C.T.M to walk the walk. Many of our first shows like anyone else came wherever someone would let us play. Parks and bars were our bread and butter letting us hone in our energy learning from each show. Now we are part of the local flavor in our hometown playing bars, events, and even still putting up our own shows. Wanting to share our music with even more people and expand where others can see us live we are coming out of our comfort zone to play. Coming soon to an event near you Cassette Tape Massacre will always bring our brand of rock n’ roll to make those ears bleed. Remember it’s never just a show with us it’s a damn Massacre.

Editor’s Note: Cassette Tape Massacre will be performing in Sound The Groove LA’s Sunday Funday Bash during Memorial Day Weekend at The Ivar Hollywood on Sunday, May 26th, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other amazing acts on the event! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here!

Editor’s Note: Ben Grace will be performing in Sound The Groove SD’s event at Hard Rock Hotel’s 207 Music Club on Friday, May 24th, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other amazing artists from the area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here.

At the center of Australian singer-songwriter Ben Grace’s impeccably crafted songs is a story of undoing. Drawn by the roots-driven tradition of Americana to sing the stories that need to be told, Ben’s music hovers in the space between lightness and the depths, wrestling its way through humor and melody to peel back the layers and reveal the naked truth of us. Through the specificity of his own deconstruction, Ben writes into our universal search for belonging, spiritual homecoming, and desire to live seen and unashamed.

Born and raised in an inner city suburb of Sydney, Ben’s exodus from the beliefs and structures of his working class Christian childhood weaves poignantly through his lyrics, revealing itself in his deep commitment to justice and willingness to call forward the darker themes in American politics. With the lens of an outsider and the bold voice of a witness, Ben writes to challenge and disrupt our comfort with the status quo. Songs like “Mama” and “An Eye for an Eye” take on the realities of systemic racism while holding space for collective mourning, and his latest single, “Preacher’s Daughter,” confronts the silencing of patriarchal religious culture through the artfully captured memory of one woman’s intercepted words.

His solo work is the culmination of a 25 year trajectory through the industry that includes the release of over 50 songs and collaborations, each a twist in the gradual unraveling that would lead him to produce under his own name. In the past two years, Ben has joined fellow artists to tour across 20 states and through Europe, playing everything from house shows to historic venues, singing into the truth of our stories and holding them up to the light.

Editor’s Note: Ben Grace will be performing in Sound The Groove SD’s event at Hard Rock Hotel’s 207 Music Club on Friday, May 24th, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other amazing artists from the area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here.

Editor’s Note: Kat Gaffney will be performing in Sound The Groove NY’s event at DROM NYC on Thursday, May 30th, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other incredible artists from the area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here.

Kat Gaffney, a native of Greensboro, North Carolina is an up and coming singer/songwriter based out of New York City. She writes both Country and Christian music, with her debut Christian EP releasing May 3 and an upcoming Country EP with a release date to be announced.

A storyteller by nature, Kat grew up creating stories and songs that she would perform for her stuffed animals. This led her parents to enroll her in acting classes, which eventually led to her studying musical theatre at Coastal Carolina University. However, after graduation and moving to New York City, she quickly realized that her passion was not to share stories already written, but her own story.

Kat grew up listening to Country, Christian worship, Southern Soul, and musical theatre and her musical style is a unique fusion of all of those styles. According to Kat, what really excites her about writing and performing her own music is that ‘’there’s no boundary to where this can go. I get to tell my own story and every song that I write is another chapter. I love being able to take stories from my life and create songs that people can relate to and enjoy singing along to. I hear music in everything and firmly believe that songs are everywhere, you just have to ‘catch’ the right one at the right time and when you do it’s magic.

Editor’s Note: Kat Gaffney will be performing in Sound The Groove NY’s event at DROM NYC on Thursday, May 30th, 2019! Be sure to check them out, along with other incredible artists from the area! If you’d like to perform with Groove, contact us here.