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Talisker Skye

Buzz Track: Away

Talisker Skye fresh on the scene features Sean, the singer of the Tickle Me Pink (former Wind-Up Records) who joined forces with some of Colorado’s best musicians including Buck Dubbs and Kira Lynn Sands. Talisker went into the Blasting Room Studio with
Bill Stevenson (the Descendants, Rise Against) to record their first record. Talisker Skye’s debut album, is slated to release on June 30th of 2012.

Contact: danielrfriedman@mac.com

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Bright Matter

Buzz Track: Never Know

Bright Matter has become a Kings favorite after getting turned on to his latest track Never Know. The video for “Never Know” is currently on Fuse TV On Demand as part of their unsigned artist series in May. His latest EP was self produced and released in March.
For fans of Foster The People, etc.

Contact: brightmattermusic@gmail.com

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Vikunja

Buzz Track: Strangers

Kings favorite Vikunja, a young Swedish rock/pop band signed to BMG Chrysalis in Sweden are generating some good buzz and attention. They just completed recordings with producer Mats Valentin (Kelly Clarkson, Carpark North) and are
set to support Donkeyboy on upcoming shows later this summer. For fans of Coldplay, The Verve, Oasis, etc.

Contact: magnus@catapult-music.com

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Mikey Wax

Update/News: Mikey will be direct support Jon McLaughlin on 7 east coast dates this June, including a NYC gig at Gramercy Theatre on June 21st.

Buzz Track: Counting On You

His self released song ‘Counting On You is currently #46 on the HOT AC chart which quickly garnered 100,000 YouTube views and 30,000 Twitter followers. KSL who listed Mikey as one of the top 5 artists ready to make it big says this “Mikey has some very genuine and organic music that is a fresh take on a tired pop music genre.”

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Danielle Barbe

Update/News: Danielle Barbe was selected as the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands winner out of over 23,000 bands nationwide and will perform Vans Warped Tour this summer. She will perform June 18th at Arlene’s Grocery in NYC. She will be working on a new record with producer Matt Squire (The Used, Panic at the Disco!)

Key Track: Wango Tango

Pop/Rock artist Danielle Barbe quickly became a Kings favorite after her latest video release of her new single “Wango Tango”. Her latest release which was produced by Luke Ebbin (Bon Jovi, The All-American Rejects, Plain White T’s) has started to generate a buzz. Her previous single ‘Ghost Town’ won MTVu Freshman of the Week and entered into MTV rotation in February 2011. She has played SXSW, The Palms Casino in Las Vegas, and opened for Semi- Precious Weapons.

Contact: info@daniellebarbe.com

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The Darkness sign with Wind-Up Records

UK glam rockers The Darkness signed with Wind-Up Records.  The third album will be released on August 21st in the U.S. The band recently reunited after seven years and are currently touring in Australia with Lady Gaga. The Darkness came to prominence with the release of their debut album, Permission to Land, in 2003. Backed by the singles “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”, “Growing on Me”, “Get Your Hands Off My Woman”, and “Love is Only a Feeling”, the album was certified quadruple platinum in the United Kingdom, with sales of over 1,300,000.

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Bearcat

Update/News: Kings favorite Bearcat will perform at the Gramercy Theater in NYC this Friday (May 11th). The band who is in the vein of Florence + the Machine streamed a new song which can be heard here. The debut EP will be released on June 5th and are currently on tour with Never Shout Never. A tour with Craig Owens (Chiodos) starts next week.

Buzz Track: Crazy Fishes

Renee Yohe has a new project called Bearcat. She helped form the nonprofit organization ‘To Write Love On Her Arms’ and also published a collection of journals chronicling her struggles which is being turned into a movie, ‘Renee’, starring Chad Michael Murray and Kat Dennings.

Contact: dirk@workinggroupmgmt.com

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Blackbear

Buzz Track: Teenage Waste

Blackbear is an artist, songwriter, and producer signed to Universal Music Publishing, who most recently co-wrote Justin Bieber’s smash single “Boyfriend”. His recent collaborations have been with the likes of Machine Gun Kelly, Mike Posner, Pharrell Williams, and Relient K. He’s been promoting his self-released digital EP Foreplay, the first installation of a 4-part series, with a video coming out later this month for the single “Teenage Waste“.

Contact: Tabarif@gmail.com

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