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Bay Area artist Josh Lambert is best known for his trap beats and quick rhymes     such as his recent release “Saturday Girl.” Today, he’s exclusively premiering his new rock-rap fusion track “On And On” with AltPress.  Lambert has ventured further into the alternative genre than ever before, drawing inspiration from some of the […]

Piano rockers the Fray have returned to the studio to begin working on what will be their fifth full-length album. You can check out an Instagram post from the band below. Most recently, the Fray released their fourth LP, Helios, in 2014 via Epic Records. Stuart Price (The Killers, Madonna) served as the effort’s producer. […]

Because sometimes editors sit in a room, look through each others’ music libraries and exclaim, “Wow! That’s a lot of Nelly.” Because I heard our editor in chief singing “Brown Eyes” by Lady Gaga last week, and because sometimes we need taken down about five notches on the arrogance scale, last week, we scoured each […]

We Shot The Moon Love And Fear Piano-driven modern pop hasn’t been an anomaly since the Fray wrote the ridiculously catchy “Cable Car (Over My Head).” If a band are going to write this kind of music, they’ve got to be either extremely radio-friendly (the Fray, Owl City) or a little kooky (fun.). We Shot […]

Various Artists Muppets: The Green Album Paying tribute to the Muppets is a trickier gig than Kermit & Co.’s warm and fuzzy reputation might lead you to believe. There’s the immediate hazard: the possibility of trampling tunes that have been favorites for four decades, in some cases. Which leads us to the second, often unspoken, […]

Sept. 6 will see the release of Listen To Me: Buddy Holly, a tribute album in honor of the late singer/songwriter. While the tracklisting is stacked with classic-rock giants such as Brian Wilson, Stevie Nicks, Jeff Lynne and Ringo Starr, a handful of modern-rock and pop acts have snuck onto the comp as well, including […]