Hello friends, I'm proud to present our newest Hunnypot Artist Single compilation. Ten hot new releases for 2018, we're crossing genres while presenting some of the coolest emerging artists out there.
Vol. 25 features new signings Grace Blue and The BellRays. There are also fresh singles from favorites Barnyard Stompers, Those Who Burn and Michete. As a bonus, Vol. 25 includes three active Pop/Club singles from the Robbins Ent. label. Please support what we do here at Hunnypot by supporting the artists we represent for licensing and placement.
-John Hot Tub Anderson
Grace Blue - Our Eyes
The BellRays - Shake Your Snake
Those Who Burn - Those Who Burn
Ghost of Jericho - We Are The Saints (SMG MIX)
Siobhan Heard - Sell Your Soul (feat. Jevon Reyno)
Oceans - Deep Blue (Robbins Ent)
West Coast Massive - Waiting feat. Otis Parker (Robbins Ent)
L'Tric - Why (Robbins Ent)
Michete - Rihanna Kraft Singles
Barnyard Stompers - Bad Man
Location: Los Angeles, CA by way of Israel
Genre: Alternative- Pop
Sounds Like: Alessia Cara & Sia cruising through the alps together.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Funky Soul, "Get-Down" party anthem
Sounds Like: Aretha Franklin fronting MC5 or The Stooges
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Genre: Experimental Rock
Sounds Like: Joy Division asked to write Black Mirror theme
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Genre: Dark and dreamy Pop
Sounds Like: Nine Inch Nails meets Bleachers
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Genre: R&B/Soul/Jazz
Sounds Like: Jill Scott, Sade, Erykah Badu
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Club, Pop
Sounds Like: Uplifting/Feel Good ode to Summer
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Dance Pop
Sounds Like: Ibiza uplifting club single discovered by radio
Location: Australian
Genre: Dance/Electronic
Sounds Like: EDM meets Latin heart beat asking "Why" love hurts so bad.
Location: Spokane, WA
Genre: Rap/Dance/Party (Explicit)
Sounds like: Rupaul's Drag Race judged by Cupcakke. LGBTQ "Here I Am" take no sh*t anthem.
Location: Texas, but mostly the road.
Genre: Outlaw Country
Sounds Like: Hank III, Reverend Horton Heat, A Low-Down's theme song Johnny Cash or Waylon Jennings style.
The YeahTones fronted by Jake Pinto pours out their "angst toward the world’s injustices" on a roof top in their video, "Believe". Hunnypot Approved. The YeahTones is the tenacious rock ‘n’ roll brainchild of bandleader and frontman Jake Pinto. Plagued by the typical anger and isolation of a 20 something New Yorker, Jake set aside his pricey jazz education in search of a new more liberating form of expression, enter The YeahTones. On stage The YeahTones explode with punk energy to deliver the straightforward anguish of Jake’s unassuming songwriting. The band makes audiences thrash and scream then hands out a goody bag of catchy riffs and melodies to take home for later. The Brooklyn-based band are supporting their debut record, Eviction Notice, the first presentation of their fearless, unpretentious rock ‘n’ roll.
Hunnypot, video pick is Bob the Drag Queen's "Purse First" ft. Mitch Ferrio. To show our love and support to the LGBTQ+ we are going into the weekend "purse first". Bob the Drag Queen first caught everyone's attention as the winner of Rupaul's Drag Race Season 8. She has since recorded the hit song "Purse First" and has taken your act on tour.
Hunnypot, throw back video pick, PRIMA DONNA can be seen at Gary Calamar's "Mimosa Music Series" held upstairs at the Federal Sunday, January 21 11am-2pm. Prima Donna's video "Deathless" premiered in to 2015 which was named the "Coolest Song In The World" by Little Steven’s Underground Garage. Prima Donna has co-headlined tours and collaborated with Green Day and D Generation. The band has traded in black leather for a black background and matching shirts, arena rock guitars for a steady groove, and an outlandish style for one more subtly nonchalant.
Currently prepping for their upcoming European tour, you can check Prima Donna and their new record Nine Live and Forty Fives here
Come out and spend a Sunday afternoon with us. Let us know if you want to be on the guest list; regardless, the show is free and open to everyone.
It was a packed night at sunset strip's Viper Room and rock n roll was in the air as we headed in the vacant venue. We made sure to get there early to catch Hot Tub Johnnie's DJ set as the crowd filled in slowly but surely, eventually packing the place by the time the artists were ready to take the stage. Female fronted opening act The Bombpops played a short but sweet set that was reminiscent of the third wave of 90's punk bands such as Rancid and NOFX. The songs seemed to be a nice hybrid of the fiery, fast paced tempos of hardcore punk matched with relatively clean vocals found in the poppier side of punk, imitating bands like Green Day. All in all, a decent opening act and a good fit for the night.
It was a full house for The BellRays and frontwoman Lisa Kekaula had a commanding , classic rock n' roll voice that demanded everyone get out of their seats and get moving. Simply put, her voice is an excellent fit for the band. The groups live show has a genuine, convincing and soulful prescense that follows a timeless traddition of rock n roll. The BellRays have been compared to groups out of Detorit's late 60's protopunk wave like the Stooges, The MC5 and The Sonics, and instrumentally this is a very accurate comarison. The vocals however speak for themselves. Reminiscent of Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, and even James Brown at times, Kekaula is simply the right woman for the job. The passion in her voice could not be a more perfect fit for the driving rythm section and screaming, overdriven guitar. Raw and Gritty, the way rock n roll is meant to be, controlled chaos. The band featured songs off of their new EP and upcoming album: "PunkFunkRockSoul" Volumes 1 and 2 respectively. As the vibrations from Robert Vennum's guitar hit you, her voice cuts straight through the mix and takes you back in time to an era when music was more than an art form, but a form of protest and radical self expression that was in your face and left the unprepared ducking for cover. There are truly not very many bands like the BellRays around anymore. Unapolagetic, like a drill to someones eardrum in the best way possible.
Headlining texas outlaw country rockers Supersuckers took the stage near midnight and destroyed the stage, with a lengthy, energetic and well earned set. The self proclaimed "greatest rock n roll band in the world" had nothing to hide and performed each song as if it were their last, both literally and metaphorically. There was no shortage of energy on stage as the band blazed through an impressive and versatile collection of rock n roll, some straight up country tunes and some high tempo punk rock. With shreddy lead guitar work by "Metal" Marty chandler, drummer Christopher "Chango" Von Streicher holding down the grooves and vocals with a country accent that blended all of these elements together effortlessly, the Supersuckers have clearly earned their place. A relentlessly travelling band with a small, yet loyal enough fanbase to sell out the Viper, frontman Eddie Spaghetti addressed the crowd and commended them for their loyalty and "good taste" towards the end of the set. Their sense of humor and humility was refreshing for a rock n roll band with rings under their eyes from so much touring. After ending their set with their trademark fake encore, the crowd filtered out of the venue and the bands packed up only to repeat the process 22 hours later in Costa Mesa. It was a memorable night of rock n' roll and all 3 bands have earned themselves a new fan!
The Artist known as cupcakKe has a unique style different than most artists, she exudes confidence, positivity, carefree attitude, with a some cocky and brash thrown in her personality which you can see in her music video/single Cartoons.
In the song Cartoons she's flows on the beat with rapid machine gun punch lines and lyrics with attitude and she gets her point across off where shes coming from as an M.C. She also shows off an array of bright colors which brings great flavor to the music video with some pretty great visuals. Hunnypot Approved!
Hunnypot Live! always has more action and simian behaviour than any gorilla channel. Last night's party was a zoo! Hot Tub Johnnie opened up the party without monkeying with the party format. Oliver Hild brought a strong playlist of party music and spoke to us about his past, present and future in music. Jeshua brought the R&Boy music, Hayek & Young did that duo pop, Wehri & Young did the duo pop with fiddle, Blue Midnight shook the rafters with their hard rock music, Calamity The Kid funked the place up, Spicy Gringo was white hot electro pop and we finished the night with a truly world famous all inclusive dance party. 01/08/2018
Somewhere in the early nineties Oliver picked up a sax. He blew on it for a while. It was fine. But then he picked up a bass. Oliver’s head exploded. He learned how to play all the grunge songs he was hearing at the time and then his mom played him James Brown. More head explosions. He studied the instrument privately and played in pit orchestras for the musicals at his uptight private school that didn’t really have much other outlet for those “raucous electric” instruments and, clamoring for a release of true low end freedom, realized, “if I’m going learn how to be funky as f#@k on this thing, I’m gonna need to learn that on my own.” So he did. He played in lots of bands throughout high school and then later in college at USC, where he obtained a degree in their Music Industry program. Jam bands. Rock bands. Nu-metal bands. Then, college ended. Being broke was real. His bands thought he was lame for “getting a job,” but he did it anyway. Having a job AND being funky as f#@k on bass is very punk rock.
He got a job working within UMe, Universal Music Group’s special markets division, learning basic HTML, web graphics stuff, and music marketing 101. As part of a small team, he worked to drive net traffic to what was, at the time, an upstart concept manning the online Universal Music Store. There you could buy physical product direct from the label instead of through brick & mortar record stores or through Amazon, or this newish thing called iTunes. Oliver had a fro at the time and was mostly just trying to make ends meet, still playing in bands. Then UMG canned that whole division about a year later.
Oliver cut his hair and finagled his way into working with the NBCUniversal TV music department. He still couldn't shake the bands thing and also discovered record production and became obsessed with that. Behold. The world now had yet another bass-playing, producing, music supervisor on its hands. Great. At NBCUniversal, Oliver currently music supervises projects such as The Sinner, Suits, Damnation, & Imposters. He toured with and played bass for the band, Races, and co-produced their record, Year Of The Witch (Frenchkiss). After leaving the band, he focused mostly on producing recordings, some recent examples of which are for artist, Kaely, and co-writing/producing with fellow musician and writer, Rie Sinclair.
Jeshua is a native southern Californian boy with a soulful voice. Training as a dancer, and singing in his church choir, led Jeshua to begin performing professionally at the age of 16. After years of singing in church and dancing on tours, Jeshua soon felt the desire to create music of his own. His musical stylings are influenced by his afro-latino heritage and his time spent singing in the gospel choir at church as well as sounds picked up from his travels. With a mix of soul, pop, folk, funk and dance music Jeshua blends together the influences to create an eclectic musical experience. With his debut EP on the way (slate for early February 2018) Jeshua is a force on the verge.
HAYEK & YOUNGHAYEK & YOUNG bring their midwestern roots to the pacific ocean, blending multiple genres to create a unique California sound. Formed in Los Angeles in 2016, the group consists of Rabia Hayek handling lead vocals and flutes; & Kevin Young playing guitar and singing backup vocals. They have a self produced, Live EP titled “California Music Live at The Lemp House”, available on Band Camp.
WEHRI & YOUNG are an indie music duo with a fresh California sound. Featuring Alex Wehri on viola and vocals and Kevin Young on guitar and vocals -- join these two on there are many adventures…
Blue Midnight (Justine Glaser) is a singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and fashion designer from Los Angeles, CA. She began performing music at the age of 8. She knew from a young age that she would deviate from the typical path taken by her family of doctors and lawyers in order to purse her passion for the arts. Her powerful music is a blend of alternative rock, symphonic metal, and grunge. Her influences include Nirvana, Bjork, Evanescence, Muse, The Cure, Kate Bush, Linkin Park, Led Zeppelin, Mozart, and Alanis Morissette.
Blue Midnight has the rare gift of synesthesia, the ability to blend sound and colors in her mind, resulting in her vivid musical imagination. She is lead vocalist and also plays piano, guitar, and harp. She plays acoustic shows solo as well as concerts with her full band, which includes noted musicians in the Los Angeles metal scene.
She is in the process of recording her debut album, Eternal Wish, with producer/composer and cousin, Sam Glaser. The album is slated to be released February 2018.
Los Angeles based Calamity The Kid are...
Sam (Guitar and Vocals): 5'11" / eye color: Green with a hint of Mojito.
fun fact: Sam once got in a car accident every month for four consecutive months.
Jack (Bass): 5'2" (but with the heart of a lion) / eye color: Emerald
fun fact colon Jack can name every fighter plane that fought in World War II.
Ben (Drums) 6'5" / eye color: Hazel Chestnut
fun fact Ben's grandpa invented AOL Instant Messenger.
When we're not writing songs about our feelings or the end of the world or probably watching television with Sam's mother.
Born and raised in NYC, then dragged to Vegas, where he discovered rock and roll. He toured the world, struggled with mental health and addiction, but he conquered it all. Spicy Gringo will conquer your ear drums with the sweet sounds and grooves he emits.
Hunnypot Live alumni Jaime Wyatt releases the single "Wasco" from her fantastic Felony Blues album. Jaime delivers a California Country classic, proving she'll be a force to reckon with for years to come. Hunnypot Approved!
The artist Mod Sun sure is an interesting character who we've had the pleasure of following for quiet some time. Haling from Minnesota the Rock musician, rapper, and poet embodies a style that is very different. The best way I can describe it is a mixture of two generations of music , one being early 2000's Rock and Today's "Hippy Rap". With songs like "poundzzzzzz" and "noshirton", There is no doubt that he is up next!
--Adrian Augustine
There may not be a more soulful musician on the planet today than guitar phenom JONNY LANG. Since he picked up a guitar at age 12, he has released 8 studio albums, sold millions of records, and won a Grammy in 2009 for Best Gospel Performance, “I Believe”. His signature brand of blues infused rock is fueled by the hollow sound of his Fender Telecaster Thinline powered by a set of incredible Fender 65’ Delux Reverb amps. With over 20 years of incredible music under his belt, JONNY LANG has withstood the test of time and captivated the masses with a unique sound that transcends time and space.
Opening Wednesday’s show at the Belly-Up Tavern in Solana Beach, CA was world-class guitarist, singer, and songwriter ZANE CARNEY. This guy killed his set with a passion seemingly unmatched in live performance today. Not only were Zane’s guitar skills off the charts (It’s easy to see why JONNY LANG chose him as his rhythm guitarist), his vocals were simply amazing. His bluesy tone reminded me of early NEIL YOUNG fused with guitar work that took me back 40 years in time to legends like DJANGO REINHARDT and WES MONTGOMERY. ZANE CARNEY’S star IS on the rise and someone to keep an eye on in the upcoming years. Truly amazing talent.
Now on to the evenings headliner, JONNY LANG. It was now standing room only as he hit the stage, opening his set with “Don’t Stop for Anything” off of 2006 release, Turn Around. Lang’s guitar mastery was immediately showcased as he took center stage, his body silhouetted against bright lights and a simple stage setup. The power radiating from his voice sent chills throughout the audience and brought the sold-out crowd to their feet. Coupled with his signature guitar work, there was no doubt in my mind that this was going to be an incredible night of blues, gospel, and rock’n’roll at North County’s premier concert venue, The Belly-Up Tavern.
Over the next hour and a half, fans of all ages rocked out to 12 of JONNY LANG’s classic tracks including “Signs”, “Rack Em’ Up”, and one of my favorite songs off the 1998’s Wander This World, “Angel of Mercy”. Jonny’s guitar solo in this song so reminds me early Buddy Guy (one of Jonny’s of core influences). He wrapped up the night with a 3-song encore including “Bring Me Back Home”, “40 Days and 40 Nights (A Muddy Waters cover), and the song that started Jonny on his way to stardom at age 15, “Lie to Me”. Not a better song to wrap-up a truly incredible live music in my opinion (and believe many in attendance would second). I would be remiss not to mention that JONNY LANG’S supporting band, including James Anton on Bass, Barry Alexander on Drums, Tyrus Sass on Keyboards, and Zane Carney on Rhythm Guitar, were simply in a league of their own. You could tell they really enjoyed performing with Jonny on stage, and they had a genuine chemistry that elevated everyone’s game that evening. Well done.
Walking into this show, I was one of what seemed like a handful of people who had never saw JONNY LANG perform live. Having listened to nearly every song he has ever released, my question going in was whether he would be able to translate these amazing studio tracks into a killer live performance (a skill that many artists just can’t pull off). Fast-forward 2 hours later, and I can honestly say that JONNY LANG is in-fact the real-deal. At 36 years of age, this guy plays with a reckless abandon that most musicians in simply cannot pull off. His passion for his fans and love of music infects everyone he encounters, and this makes for a truly magical evening of live music with one of the best guitarists on the planet today. If you love amazing vocals, mind-blowing guitar work, and songs that speak to one’s soul, spend a few bucks and check out one of Jonny’s shows. It will probably be the best show you see all year.
Stay Frosty and Rock On!
Setlist:
Don't Stop (For Anything)
Signs
A Quitter Never Wins (Tinsley Ellis cover)
Snakes
Rack 'Em Up
Red Light
Last Man Standing
Living for the City (Stevie Wonder cover)
Angel of Mercy
Encore:
Bring Me Back Home
40 Days and 40 Nights (Muddy Waters cover)
Lie to Me