Rod Hamdallah/Miranda and The Beat(NYC/NOLA)/Designer(Asheville/NOLA)/Selvedge

Rod Hamdallah Hailing from Atlanta, GA, garage rocker Rod Hamdallah has been tearing up the Southeast’s vibrant music scene since before he was old enough to order his first drink. At 16, Rod began soaking up the southern delta blues and garage rock sounds at a relentless pace; influenced by early soul, blues and garage rock, Rod took his sound to another level. At 17, he started sharing the stage with influences such as Sean Costello, Dexter Romweber and more. Rod’s original musical elements are rooted in blues, garage and early soul. Low-fidelity, dark storytelling and American roots music play a big part in the songwriting. He creates a sound that can be linked to artists such as The Flat Duo Hets, Captain Beefheart and The Black Keys. His debut EP, Think About It (May 2014), is a wailing garage rock stomper with lo-fi bluesy vocals throughout all 5 tracks. The single “Think About It” keeps your head shaking with dirty guitar and a punk attitude, while the soulful vocals keep their place. “Carry You Home,” featuring Colonel JD Wilkes of The Legendary Shack Shakers, adds a banjo and dreamy Wurlitzer piano to the bluesy western tune. Hamdallah is crafting a sound from all influences and personal experience with dynamic variation and melodic vocals. Miranda and The Beat: Miranda and the Beat are back with a brand new slab of audio splendor. “Can’t Take It” was recorded in King Khan’s Moon Studios Rock n Roll Vortex in a remote village on the German countryside. Written and recorded in just five days, the album blends all the best flavors from pure punk anthems played at a chair smashing intensity, to grinding R n B, to hypnotic edgy sci-fi alchemy and even some heart smashing balladry to boot. Miranda Zipse (Lead Vocals and Guitar), Dylan Fernandez (Farfisa and guitar), and Alvin Jackson (bass) have created a rock and roll storm so prepare your ears for a hurricane of blasphemy and tears. After extensively touring since their debut ‘Self-Titled’ LP release in May 2023, the band is back full force with their classic gut wrenching guitar, tear jerking vocals, and taste for blood. The band finally ‘Couldn't Take It’ and left the hustle bustle of New York City’s anxiety-ridden trust fund swamp and found a new home in the real Swampland (aka New Orleans). “If you need a soundtrack to an evening of Germs burns and mind altering mayhem followed by warm heart felt embraces and skid marks this is the band for you. The soundtrack to the real apocalypse has arrived and is waiting for you at your favorite record store. Real Rock n’ Roll is alive and well, the torches have been passed and the Molotov cocktails are being lit and thrown. Miranda and the Beat are the wild fire you have been waiting for to light under the collective asses to destroy patriarchies, topple kingdoms, smash colonies with a bold middle stink finger in place. Be forewarned…. And come find out what “Earthquake Water” is, it may one day save your life.” - King Khan (Emperor of RnB

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