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Martial Simon, previously known as DJ Martial, has released his second single “Let’s Hear It For The Boy” cementing his emerging role as producer and GET SET Records label owner.

The infectious cover debuted on Hollywood Hamilton’s RT30 show on 4.17.21, which is syndicated on iHeart Radio over 150+ stations across North America.

Martial Simon spent quarantine pivoting from working as both a DJ and booking agent, to focusing on his production career and launching his own label. The New York-based artist spent the last two decades performing across the country under his DJ Martial moniker, and has been profiled in outlets like Page 6, Daily News, US Weekly, and Wall Street Journal. “Let’s Hear It For The Boy” is out now via his newly-minted label GET SET Records, which Simon founded as a new avenue to showcase music he believes in. Instead of securing bookings for DJs as their agent, Simon will continue championing talented artists by signing them under the wing of his own brand. Check out a quote from Simon below.

My music taste really drove the purpose of this song. I love old records; but also, I’m a huge fan of today’s music scene, and that was the vision for “Let’s Hear It for the Boy.” What developed is an energetic dance cover of the #1 billboard hit from 1984 (in the movie “Footloose”) that’s infused with 2021-style sound. By focusing on strong vocals and a catchy beat, I aimed to stay true to the original while making it blend into today’s music culture.” – Martial Simon

“He has a real honest, likeable feel to his songs and it feels fresh and familiar at first listen. Can you call Australian artists, Americana? I suppose you can, Dan Lynch is leading the charge for great well-crafted roots rock songs” Brad Savage Program Director/On Air Host The Summit WAPS 91.3 FM Akron/Canton OH, WKTL 90.7 FM Youngstown/Warren OH.

Dan Lynch is a singer-songwriter from Sydney, Australia whose earthy sound and grounded lyrics are gaining attention.
His new release “Stereo Is God” is a super catchy singalong rock anthem.

McCARTNEY III REINTERPRETED BY ALL-STAR LINEUP INCLUDING ANDERSON .PAAK, BECK, BLOOD ORANGE, DAMON ALBARN, EOB, JOSH HOMME, KHRUANGBIN, 3D RDN FROM MASSIVE ATTACK, PHOEBE BRIDGERS, ST. VINCENT & MORE

“The songwriting icon revisits that record in III Imagined by collaborating with some of the brightest lights in the current music world, including St. Vincent, Phoebe Bridgers, Blood Orange, and Damon Albarn… ‘Find My Way”s groovy mashup with Beck… (Dominic Fike) offering an illuminating look at ‘The Kiss Of Venus,’ firing up the lovelorn lament with a spirited passion.”-AV CLUB

“an impressive list of friends, fans and new pals providing their spin on the songs from the album McCartney recorded entirely by himself in quarantine”-BILLBOARD

“Paul McCartney Remains Cool and Relevant… remains cool as ever and still has his finger on the pulse of today’s music scene.”-INSIDE HOOK

Hailed upon its release last year as “vital and comfortable taking new chances” (ROLLING STONE) and “cheery, resilient, forever looking forward” (THE NEW YORKER), Paul McCartney’s McCartney III is now literally moving into the future in the form of McCartney III Imagined, released digitally from April 16, physical formats to come later this year.

Personally curated by Paul, McCartney III Imagined features an A-List assortment of friends, fans and brand new acquaintances, each covering and/or reimagining their favorite McCartney III moments in their own signature styles. The result is a kaleidoscopic reinterpretation – one that serves as an extension of the instantly beloved McCartney III while standing on its own as a brilliant and adventurous milestone in the McCartney discography.

Advance offerings from McCartney III Imagined have included “Slidin'” by Ed O’Brien (EOB) who described the experience as “a moment of light in the darkness of the winter that’s just been,” Beck’s “Find My Way” that saw him “take the song completely somewhere unexpected,” and Dominic Fike’s cover of “The Kiss of Venus” which “switches up the acoustic ballad into a futuristic R&B jam” (BILLBOARD).

Originally released December 18, 2020, McCartney III is the third in a trilogy of home-made and self-titled albums that began with Paul’s 1970 solo debut McCartney, and continued in 1980 with McCartney II. All three albums were written, performed and produced by Paul in varying states of isolation, all showcasing his unique creativity and inspired spontaneity. Recorded in “Rockdown,” McCartney III topped album charts across the world, scoring Paul his first UK#1 album in 31 years – increasing his lead as the UK’s most successful chart act of all time.

McCartney III Imagined continues the tradition of the biggest and most diverse names in music covering Paul’s songs – an ever-expanding lineup that ranges from more recent versions by Billie Eilish, Harry Styles, Dave Grohl, Coldplay and The Cure, to interpretations over the years from the likes of U2, Guns N’ Roses, Earth Wind & Fire, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Joe Cocker, Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and so many more. McCartney III Imagined is a testament of Paul’s enduring and unmatched influence, a legacy that stretches from “Yesterday” being the most covered song in contemporary musical history to the inspiration his current work continues to hold for generations of artists and fans.

McCartney III Imagined physical formats are also available for pre-order, with their release following this summer, including exclusive color vinyl editions available at Target, Barnes & Noble, Indie record stores, Newbury Comics, and PaulMcCartney.com. Physical configurations will feature the exclusive bonus track “Long Tailed Winter Bird (Idris Elba Remix).”

After being twisted and turned by Tame Impala, today sees the release of ‘To The Island’ Unknown Mortal Orchestra Remix.

“Another artist we in Crowded House greatly admire is fellow NZer Ruban Neilson ( Unknown Mortal Orchestra ) . Ruban was willing and able when asked to dismantle our single To The Island . His remix has reimagined our song with swagger and grit and some glam overtones …we think it’s transformed in a beautiful way.” – Neil Finn

“It’s a really lovely song and there is this cool slightly menacing glam stomp to it so I ended up drawing more and more of that out until I was playing it really loud and distorting everything and it was really fun to do a variant like that. I think it goes without saying that it’s an honour but I’d feel like I missed the opportunity if I didn’t add that too.” – Ruban Neilson (Unknown Mortal Orchestra)

The To The Island Tame Impala / Unknown Mortal Orchestra Remix will also be released on 7″ vinyl via the band’s D2C store – pre-order HERE.

To The Island is the second single to be lifted from the band’s forthcoming seventh studio album, Dreamers Are Waiting, set for release on June 4 via EMI Music Australia. Pre-order HERE.

Crowded House is Neil Finn, Nick Seymour, Mitchell Froom, Liam Finn and Elroy Finn.

Rubber Soul Child, an American Rock Band, releases their first single “Time”. This song is filled with soaring vocals and guitar playing that harkens back to the heady days of the British Rock invasion ala Cream, Bad Company and Zeppelin. This is a versatile group of young musicians, who’s gritty rock edge works in the airwaves, stadiums and everywhere in between. The song Time, propels the message of holding on to life with every breath and never wasting a minute. Rubber Soul Child is, Dyer, lead vocals/guitar, Brandon Pugh, drums and Aaron Grove, bass. This project comes from the new indie label ToonsFarm and platinum producers of Shinedown, Puddle of Mudd, and Sister Hazel.

What they are saying;

Eric Gruff

“Powerful, riff-fueled and passionate rock anthem – powerful vocals soar above meaty guitars and surging riffs and pounding drums for an emphatic rock jam filled with anthemic fervour. It is a huge epic tune.”

Cloudy

“The energy and intensity of the melody here provided by the guitar is amazing. Also, the vocals are really dynamic and controlled and the song has generally an awesome vibe to it. Amazing work!”

Velvety

“Appealing vocals over a powerful instrumentation full of killer guitar riffs and Black Crowes reminiscences, with tons

of personality and anthemic chorus”

The new single from The Whitlams forthcoming album is a delicious three minutes of pastoral pop “Man About a Dog”.

The Whitlams’ catalogue is full of iconic urban tales, but their new song takes the boy out of the city and places him firmly in the country – driving through the hills to see a “Man About a Dog”, just as the drought breaks.

“On the roof the heavy drops / …break the Silence of the Frogs”. Who else would name drop Neil Young and Arvo Pärt in a song about farmers limping after their escaped cattle?

Skipping dreamily over a propulsive drum track by Terepai Richmond, and with a fluid melody as viral as the best of their long career, this return to the band’s folk / pop origins and is produced by Daniel Denholm who was responsible for the band’s commercial breakthrough “Blow Up the Pokies”.

Tim Freedman will undertake his first regional solo tour during April, May and June to launch The Whitlams’ new single. Of the upcoming tour Freedman says, “The Whitlams have stuck to the cities lately, but with this song being a little bit country it seemed like the perfect time for me to return to the towns we loved playing when we were young and full of the devil.”

Tim will settle in with his piano to tell some stories, reinvent favourites like “Blow Up the Pokies” and “No Aphrodisiac” and play some tracks from The Whitlams’ forthcoming album “Gaffage and Clink” due for release later this year.

Mick Jagger today unveils an exciting surprise for his fans worldwide in the form of the instant release of a track titled ‘Eazy Sleazy.’ The hard-rocking tune written by Mick in lockdown features Jagger on vocals & guitar in collaboration with Foo Fighters main man Dave Grohl providing his signature powerhouse drums, guitar and bass too.

The infectious ‘Eazy Sleazy’ is every inch a song of our times, full of caged energy, a rock ‘n’ roll attitude and tongue in cheek, satirical messaging. MJ muses about the life we’ve all been living with deliciously dark sardonic humour. He reflects on a world of ‘zoom calls’, ‘home in these prison walls’, poncey books, fake applause and too much TV. With optimism and change in sight he looks forward to the world beyond lockdown and the “garden of earthly delights” that lies beyond.

A performance video clip for ‘Eazy Sleazy’ will be unveiled simultaneously on April 13 featuring Jagger at home & Grohl in the Foo Fighters studio.

Mick commented – “It’s a song that I wrote about coming out of lockdown, with some much needed optimism. Thanks to Dave Grohl for jumping on drums, bass and guitar, it was a lot of fun working with him. – hope you all enjoy Eazy Sleazy”

Dave commented – “It’s hard to put into words what recording this song with Sir Mick means to me. It’s beyond a dream come true. Just when I thought life couldn’t get any crazier……and it’s the song of the summer, without a doubt!!”

The song INTO THE VOID (Long Version) with the lyrical theme of “What’s so bad about feeling good?” was the most played track off the EP ‘Robin & Eddy and The Secrets’ during the winter of 2021. With regular spins across the nation, from WFIT Florida, to KSYM Texas, to KEBF in California, more stations started asking for a shorter version. So here it is… INTO THE VOID (Radio Edit)!

Robin & Eddy come from the Folk/Rock tradition pioneered by the Mamas & Papas, The Civil Wars, and Shovels and Rope. Offering music listeners a message they want to hear: INTO THE VOID “What’s so bad about feeling good?”

Sometimes you bring two things together and the result is bigger than the sum of the parts. Eric Collier and Janine Garvey, both accomplished singers and musicians in their own right, have demonstrated their abilities individually. Now bringing their voices together on ‘Drive’, we sense alchemy. Gold made from constituent parts. A connection that provides something that is bigger than their combined abilities.

A drought of live performances in South Gippsland during the COVID-19 period of 2020, saw the birth of No Promises. Janine and Eric discovered a strong artistic connection during a number of writing and rehearsal sessions in the middle of the year. The result was the decision to create their own collaborative project, forming No Promises.

Are they country, pop or rock? Most artists relish the opportunity to be defined by a genre in which they feel comfortable. Eric and Janine refuse to do that – they write, create and record music that transcends a single, easy-to-label and definable genre box. Take their debut album ‘Acoustic Sessions Volume One’ for example. Released in December 2020, the album has spawned two very different singles. Compare these two tracks – ‘Liar’ that would sit comfortably on a Melissa Etheridge album, and their first single off the album, the emotional ballad ‘Break The Fall’ – with notes of Stevie Nicks and the clear influence of Fleetwood Mac. Then line up their very first standalone release, the country heartbreaker ‘Love Me Or Leave Me’, that you could just as easily find on a Kasey Chambers album, or second release, the very rocking ‘Private Wasteland’ that could belong on a Powderfinger album.

This is genre-busting music at its best. Janine is a prolific songwriter having already written over 150 songs in just 10 months, crossing those genre boundaries, and combined with Eric’s songs and musical arrangements, the catalogue of studio-ready material ensures that the second No Promises album, due later this year, will deliver another stunning collection of great tracks. Most bands and artists strive to create music that will be well received by a particular demographic. The demographic that will enjoy Janine and Eric’s work can only be defined as “most music lovers”.

Today, Cuco returns to share a new song and video. “Paradise” marks a fully-realized return to form: the song taps into the infectious, lovesick psychedelia that turned him into one of his generation’s brightest musicians. The song is his first official single since his 2019 debut album Para Mi, which The New Yorker described as “effortless and abundant.”

Rejuvenated after a 2019 that saw him release a critically-acclaimed debut album on Interscope, headline a North American tour, and get the keys to his hometown of Hawthorne, California, Cuco is set to push boundaries in 2021 as he comes back emboldened with new music that tightens his signature sound and showcases his growth as a songwriter.