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SIDE PROJECT Ready to Energize Pop Punk World With New Single; Sign With Engineer Records     March 24  -  Leicester, UK -  SIDE PROJECT, who just announced today they have signed with Engineer Records, is a pop punk/pop rock act from Leicester, UK with their larger-than-life choruses, unforgettable hooks, and powerful melodies that are going to resonate with their ever-growing fan base. Even more importantly though, in addition to truly enjoying the songs that they write, they believe in themselves and their sound. SIDE PROJECT even goes on to say:   “It’s important for us to write songs that we will still want to play ten...

Recap by Sarah Tijan   ARENA Honors Van Halen with Dreams Cover  (Review)   What makes any rendition of a classic a good cover of a song? Copying the artist, or taking the song and honoring the artist while making it your own? We prefer the latter. ARENA recently covered Van Halen's "Dreams", and it is perfect. You can hear the influence of Van Halen in the playing but they make it their own and create a whole new song from it. A song that could set them apart in the covers game.  ARENA takes the song and makes it fresh and new. Not...

San Antonio, Texas hard rock band Kingdom Collapse released their cover of Saliva's "Always" today to all digital outlets along with the official music video for the song.   "Jonathan and the guys in Kingdom Collapse did an incredible job with 'Always'. They're one of rock's next up and coming bands, and it's awesome to see them cover one of our biggest songs" says Paul Crosby, Drummer of Saliva. Jonathan Norris, vocalist of Kingdom Collapse adds, "'Always' was a favorite of mine since I was younger. I talked with Paul Crosby (drummer of Saliva) and the band about releasing it, and they gave us their...

  Hard rock band The Lonely Ones have premiered their reimagined version of Queen's classic song "Flash" today. Even though it was originally recorded in 2019, the band decided that this was the opportune time to release their heroic cover inspired by one of the most relevant rock bands from past and present times. "We recorded Flash in 2019 - a pretty dark year for the four of us on all fronts. Our original musical output reflected that darkness so recording a cartoonishly triumphant, heroic cover song seemed like a good counter-balance. Fast forward to spring 2020 and the impending COVID-19 Stay...

American Hi-Fi Release Cover of Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out"     American Hi-Fi Acoustic, is the first of a string of cover releases planned for the band in 2020.   Vocalist Stacy Jones shares: "We recorded these songs before the world shut down.  We chose them because this is the music that we grew up on.  The songs that came through the muffled speakers in the backseat of the family car, or in my case, blasted unremitting, through boomboxes on the streets of Brixton on my walk to piano lessons.  We chose them because these songs made us feel something deeply, they...