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1 week ago | 
euphoriazine.com | Noah Wade
There is very little information to go off of on Portsmouth, UK-born singer-songwriter Jack Dean on the internet, just a handful of songs and an unmistakable voice that laid dormant until just a few years ago. He’s young, new to the scene, and relatively green; therefore, seemingly unburdened by the unpredictability and cutthroat nature of the industry, but a 35-minute chat over Zoom was enough to uncover an artist more than willing to put in the work.
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2 weeks ago | 
tmrwmagazine.com | Noah Wade
There are well over a dozen remnants of interviews, concert reviews, and coverage of singles, albums, and live streams with my name on them in relation to Nashville-based alt-pop trio Nightly floating around the internet.
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1 month ago | 
euphoriazine.com | Noah Wade
The morning of February 11th was a hectic one for Bend, Oregon-born singer-songwriter Max McNown. Hours before his first of two shows at New York City’s Irving Plaza, news broke of a pop-up Paul McCartney show scheduled for later that evening to occur just a 20-minute walk down the street at the iconic Bowery Ballroom. As expected, tickets for the show sold out in mere minutes.
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2 months ago | 
euphoriazine.com | Noah Wade
Kicking off the year with a run as opening act for Twenty One Pilots’ Clancy World Tour dates in South America and Mexico, their second stint with the contemporary icons, New Zealand-born brother duo Balu Brigada have unveiled their latest single, “The Question.”Made up of Henry and Pierre Beasley (along with additional friends on the road), Balu Brigada aim to rival acts such as joan, Vacation Manor, and even The Vamps in the indie and alternative spheres.
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2 months ago | 
euphoriazine.com | Noah Wade
There are few contemporary artists, even amongst A-listers, with the reputation Sam Fender has created for himself since the release of Hypersonic Missiles, his staggering debut record in 2019. RAYE comes to mind, as do Phoebe Bridgers and Mk.gee. Artists who emit feelings of nostalgia in updated, intoxicating ways, though they excel at concentrating and distributing their exemplary art to the masses.
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2 months ago | 
atwoodmagazine.com | Noah Wade
Atwood Magazine’s Noah Wade offers some in-depth thoughts on the ‘Big Four’ categories of the 2025 Grammy Awards, and some more concise thoughts of additional categories in Pop, Country, Rap, and Rock. The 67th annual Grammy Awards air this Sunday night on CBS, Paramount+, and live on live.GRAMMY.com at 8 p.m. EST.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
atwoodmagazine.com | Noah Wade
Rebecca Haviland is a multi-functional music industry professional, continuously shifting gears from frontwoman to background musical support to educator, among other ventures. A Rebecca Haviland & Whiskey Heart performance at NYC’s Rockwood Music Hall in the fall of 2017 was, in the life of an aspiring young journalism student, one of many formative examples of how the phrase, ‘Those that can’t do, teach,’ is trivial and an elementary grasp of the definition of success.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
theaquarian.com | Noah Wade
The latest and third installment of Sam MacPherson’s annual holiday hometown showcase took place at the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park on Thursday, December 19. The gig was marketed as the first live showcase of songs from his debut album, set for release in 2025, with MacPherson and his band unveiling eight new tunes. Last year’s holiday show took place at The Vogel in Red Bank and was likely too formal a space for what is, essentially, the most casual of casual crowds.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
theaquarian.com | Noah Wade
For their second annual hometown holiday show, NYC-based band Quarters of Change brought the heat to Brooklyn Steel on Friday, December 13. Across the river at Madison Square Garden was Z100’s annual Jingle Ball show, featuring heavy hitters such as Katy Perry, Tate McRae, and Twenty One Pilots, but QoC would be damned to be shown up on their home turf. They intentionally said as much a week before the show, posting a photo to Instagram alongside the caption, ‘F*CK YOU DJ ASS MFERS.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
euphoriazine.com | Noah Wade
Jake Bugg’s recent tour stop at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom was a rousing affair. Just five days following the release of his new record A Modern Day Distraction, the New York crowd saluted the new material, but it was Bugg’s classic catalog that stirred up the most visceral reactions.
