Scarlet Grey, a pop rock quartet from Los Angeles just completed their second record titled “Fancy Blood”.  Has upcoming tour dates with AFI as well as guest appearances by AFI’s Davey Havok
and Jade Puget.  Our favorite track is Mr. Sinister.
Contact: tim@theborisgroup.com

Los Angeles pop act  Hot Streets has quickly become a KOAR favorite after listening to radio and soundtrack ready songs like Complicated, SNL, and Just A Little Bit.  Frontman David Amezcua stumbled his way across the nation with singer song writer Ryan Cabrera, and performed with the likes of Caitlin Crosby, Tim Myers,The Knuxs,  and Brandon Jenner.  Contact: hotstreetsmusic@yahoo.com

Hollywood, CA based alternative rock band Abused Romance signed a distribution deal with Bungalo/Universal, debut album coming soon mixed by Randy Staub (Metallica, U2).  Legal rep: Ben McLane

Check out the the track Write Me Off and the Lady Gaga cover track Dancing in Dark by Meghan Elliott.  I like it better than the original. Meghan is a singer songwriter who hails from Alabama.
Contact: kevin@meghanelliottmusic.com

2. The Gallery – (Will be opening for Jason Derulo, We the Kings, and The Maine at the University of Southern Florida on April 9th)

3. Colorsound - Licensing songs to various television series)

4. Nenna Yvonne – (Buzzing on the net, google”Nenna Yvonne”)

5. Superficial Saints – (new songs coming)

6. Drake Murphy – Radio  story continues to build.

7. Stars Go Dim - Signs with Union Entertainment Group (Nickelback), “Come Around” is featured on the original motion picture soundtrack for “Letters to God.

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Check out Arielle Paige, a singer from Northern California, who is starting to turn heads bringing smashing good looks, a strong voice and songs that you could  hear on the radio.  She just finished her first video with DJay Brawner (Jesse McCartney, Ginger Sling, Switchfoot) Contact:  luke.mcfarland@artistint.com

This is Sade’s second week with the #1 record on the Billboard Album Charts. Her new album “Soldier Of Love sold 126,629 copies. Country act Lady Antebellum is sitting at #2 selling 118,041 copies of
Need You Know.

Lady Gaga sold 48,000 copies records of FAME with a tally of 2,900,000.

Even though I really like Gaga, let’s see if she has staying power. She  nailed it on these two albums, great tracks and great lyrics! Regardless, Madonna sold 26,500,000 million albums (probably many millions more because most of the bigger albums pre-date soundscan) and almost 12,000,000 singles and over a million videos….

Madonna created a generational clothing / hair / dance / sexual movement that was massive . She had every female teenager dressing and acting like her once Lucky Star hit the clubs/airwaves, all they way through to Like A Virgin and Like a Prayer, well past the Erotica release…

I back Lady Gaga, but is she the new Madonna? Or is she just Lady Gaga pushing similar buttons with her own little twist, let’s see if she can keep it up for 2 decades, or at least a decade….

The Dirty Pearls, an unsigned NYC dirty rock act apparently
‘gets the word out’ with 2 sold out performances at the Gramercy and The Bowery Ballroom in NYC. They will be performing **TONIGHT** (March 3rd) at Santos Party House in NYC – jumping on stage with the Pearls are Andrew WK and Steve Conte “NY Dolls”. The band just wrapped up an appearance on WRXP/NYC morning show. Our favorite tracks are NYC Is A Drug and LuvSikLuv.  For guest list contact: s.t.a.management@hotmail.com

Check out the songs Left To Lose and Gone Without A Trace by the Burbank pop rock act Superficial Saints. This band is ready for rock radio while challenging their rock peers with refreshing songwriting. The second track on myspace is perfect for a breakup scene.
Kings of A&R will feature more of their songs in the coming weeks. Contact: Dave@newworldmgmt.com

Kidnap Kings, previously Dropping Daylight (Octone Records), will be performing tonight at the Studio at Webster Hall. Labels are expecting to attend this NYC performance. Our favorite tracks are
Anything She Wants and Something New - the majority of the songs are solid. Contact: DTaylor@BloodCompany.net