It’s hard to describe what it’s like writing day in and day out about new artists – work that needs to be completed at least once every 48 hours (300 times over as of today). I have friends who wonder why I get so much out of writing – they wonder what exactly it’s doing for me. I’ve sai...

Cleveland, Ohio natives Lovedrug are doing something that some bands dream about their entire careers… but never realize the following feat: a musical genre of their own design. But Michael Shepard, Jeremy Michael Gifford, Thomas Bragg and James Childress are on a “mission to start the new and m...

It’s comes up all of the time, but yet remains a topic we here at PEV rarely touch on – the greatness that is CraigsList. Seriously, I have friends that owe half of what they own to the web site. And like other past PEV alum, Pointe Claire, a group out of West Hollywood, came together on CraigsL...

We’ve all seen it discussed at length; the fact that the current music industry is saturated with new and emerging acts, all trying to bring something new to the table. It seems harder than ever to carve out your own musical niche – every band in every city putting their sounds up on MySpace. We...

Nate Stone brings a fresh perspective to this business – having seen much of what it has to offer. While the guy certainly doesn’t look it, he’s been in the business for ten years – six of which were spent with his Atlantic Records band, Mercy Fall. You may have picked up their album from ba...

Any fan of classic rock has got to love where Paul Freeman is coming from – an artist that looks to the Beatles as true music masters, creating pop songs absolutely under their influence. Freeman is even named after Paul McCartney – a namesake he certainly isn’t letting down. It was back in hi...

Sure, half the challenge of making it big in the music industry is exposure – everyone knows that. Some of the most talented musicians I’ve ever seen are hardly heard of because they’re disconnected from the media… while more and more often I see singers making it big because they knew someb...

Holy crap. What were you dong at 16? Hell, what were you doing at age 7? Phenomenon Patrick Droney was doing what’s he’s still doing today – shredding up the guitar like only he can. And now at the ripe old age of 16, this young talent finds himself writing songs alongside guys like Benjamin B...

While we’ll need to forgive Jerry Cherry’s NFL team preference, we here at PEV also need to recognize that Cherry has done something no one else in PEV history can claim: landing a gig with the legendary Chubby Checker. What an experience: Shredding the guitar with the man behind The Twist for o...

Joe and David Stark aren’t pulling any punches. These Louisiana boys look to their father for inspiration in much of their music – sounds that include the blues and classic rock their dad, Bill, introduced them to. However, it’s the twist that the “Sons” are really proud of; it’s their o...