Interview with Heart Attack Man

Interview with Heart Attack Man

Russell Cerminaro got the chance to sit down with Eric of Heart Attack Man at their NJ date of their tour with Head North. Read the interview below, and listen to a stripped down acoustic version of Heart Attack Man's song "Life Sucks" off their latest release The Mansion Family.

Make sure you check out their new album The Mansion Family out now on Triple Crown Records. You can listen to it HERE. 

 

 

The Emily Youth Project releases "Number 2"

The Emily Youth Project releases "Number 2"

The Emily Youth Project is junior music industry students Mike Grant and Jon Bass, junior business student Justin Murray, and recent music industry graduate, Andrew Jackle.

The band began their music career when Grant, Bass, and Murray auditioned as Ice House Gallery for Blue Hawk Records' (BHR) 4th compilation album with their track "Out of Hand" with junior music industry students, Owen Flanagan and Mike Hause. "Out of Hand" is a rock song with some Jack's Mannequin  vibes.

Since the compilation album in the fall of 2014, the band has experienced some big change in sound and lineup. EYP now: Grant on piano, Bass on bass, Murray on guitar, and Jackle on the drums, has been rocking the Jersey music scene for over 2 years now and have produced 2 EP's (extended play).

Their first EP, self-titled The Emily Youth Project, was released in the summer of 2015. This whole EP is very fun and dancey with some silly lyrics and sampling from movies and shows. 

New Album Alert from The Ramparts Rebel

New Album Alert from The Ramparts Rebel

Joey Affatato, senior music industry student and vice president of Blue Hawk Records, has been a part of the Monmouth University music scene since the beginning of his freshman year in the Fall of 2013. Now he has some amazing music to share with us on his album. Affatato's first band in college was The Ramparts Rebel, which included himself and his uncle's band, Crypt Keeper Five.

This album is self-titled The Ramparts Rebel, and if you have ever had a chance to see Joey Affatato play live, you will really be blown away about how some of your favorite hits are re-created on this album. As a frequent goer of Affatato's shows and a friend, I was honestly surprised and super pumped by the artistic magic that I heard in the songs that I often hear live at his shows.

Affatato explains how he composes his music, "When writing an album, I usually start off by writing songs stripped down on my acoustic then eventually, I’ll come up with a cool hook or catchy melody and I’ll go off that," Affatato states. "Then, I’ll demo the songs out until they sound good enough to bring to the studio to record."

Solange’s "A Seat at the Table" REVIEW

Solange’s "A Seat at the Table" REVIEW

At a time when violence has afflicted the lives of black citizens across the country, fewer people are standing complacent to these atrocities. Some rightfully aggressive, others cooperatively placid. Very rarely do we see a work that compromises and caters to both attitudes, while relaying the message that desperately needs to be heard.

Solange’s third studio album, A Seat at the Table, is the fruit of a labor that has been felt throughout her community. Compiling spoken anecdotes, dreamy pianos and sultry harmonies, she celebrates facets of black identity while working through her own vulnerability. She proves to us these are not mutually exclusive, in a poised fashion that commands you to listen.