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CashMon is a prolific Texas rapper who burst upon the scenes in 2018, releasing 7 singles that year alone. His subject matter is diverse, and it also doesn’t hurt when currying favor with one’s label to name check them in your songs – as far as we can determine, he is the first hip-hop artist in Exquisite Noise history to do so. Aside from this his rhymes are clever and fresh, commonly backed by catchy, driving beats. In May 2019, he contributed Gucci Walk (featuring guest rapper Marty Griptite) to our Chill Before Serving compilation.

Since that time, he has gone on to issue a number of successful releases. Other Side, released in January of 2023, has already become his most streamed single. He also performed in the ’23 edition of the vaunted SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, another Exquisite Noise first. Another notable appearance for him was the Coast 2 Coast show held in L.A. in August of 2022. Working with the most top notch producers on the scene, his legacy and impressive body of work continues to grow. We are extremely excited to see what the future will hold for CashMon.

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Texas band Crack! Bang! Pow! — *Crack! Bang! Pow!*

Crack! Bang! Pow! is the “New Wave Grunge” project started by Brad Peterson and Ryan Reyna in the summer of 2015. For years Brad and Ryan had been heavy hitters in the Corpus Christi, TX punk rock scene. As fate would have it, they met in music school at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. After playing some gigs with the university ska band, The Eskape Tones, Ryan invited Brad over to jam.

Coincidentally, Brad was looking for a solid “Dave Grohl-esque” style drummer to record and take his acoustic songs to the next level in a full band, grunge format. Ryan turned out to be the perfect applicant. Together they rehearsed and polished the songs and headed to the studio. Brad’s long time friend, Frank Slaby stepped in to fill out the low end on bass and the project was complete.

The group currently has new tracks in the works to be released soon, as well as other songs and creative ideas ready to be recorded and developed. The sky’s the limit with this group as they churn out killer improvised ideas every time they step into the jam room. With the new addition of their good friend Jesse Goodwin filling in on lead guitar and adding haunting vocal harmonies, Crack! Bang! Pow! remains ready to take over the world.

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