The Welcome To Sha-La Land album, featuring songs by DownTown Mystic, Bruce Engler, The Discontent and Monte Farber The 4th of December saw the release of the new single, “Test of Time” by Downtown Mystic. This is the lead track on the ‘Welcome To Sha-La Land’ album (released 18th December), featuring songs by DownTownContinue Reading
The worldwide release of the new “DownTown Mystic: Used Records History 1979-1985” album, puts US rock project DownTown Mystic helmed by Robert Allen, in that rarefied group of musicians who live and work in the present, look to the future with inspiration, and are still able to embrace an illustriousContinue Reading
One of the things Downtown Mystic notoriously excel at is masking emotional lyrics with upbeat, driving-with-the-windows-rolled-down kind of melodies. Their double-side single, ‘3-Way Heartbreak’, which also includes the track ‘Same Old Lover’, recorded in 1983, has all that and more. While for most other contemporary bands, it’s hard to recaptureContinue Reading
During a time when many of our musical titans are now well into their golden years, the business is full of bands and singer-songwriters who have aged extremely well. Times have changed and the music business has changed even more so, and through it all, Robert Allen of DownTown MysticContinue Reading
US Rocker DownTown Mystic announces new releases for the holiday season. The new digital single Think A Little Louder was released online on November 23rd via Sha-La Music/AWAL/Kobalt Music and is already receiving airplay on 150 stations in 20 countries via the iPluggers online platform. 3 DownTown Mystic digital albumsContinue Reading
Sha-La Music, Inc. announces the release of On E Street, a 4 song EP by US Rocker DownTown Mystic on UK Label Nub Music. The EP’s release date is December 1 and will be digitally distributed via ADA/Warner Music. The EP features rare studio performances by the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame rhythm section from BruceContinue Reading
On DownTown Mystic’s latest album one can find many things, but at its core this is a rock and roll record. And it’s not just any rock record; it’s a Robert Allen record. The idea behind the musical concept of “Rock‘n’Roll Romance”, says Allen, is – “More lust than loveContinue Reading
In their heyday, The Clash adopted the motto “The Only Band That Matters”. It takes an awful lot of balls to make such a claim, and you had better be able to back it up or be prepared to look pretty foolish. DownTown Mystic has yet to make such anContinue Reading
This exciting, fresh, creative, flashy, arousing, new piece of mastery from Mr. Robert Allen and his DownTown Mystic friends are awesome. If you have been waiting for that 70’s or 80’s classic music to make it into this century here it is! Honestly, I have to say I am aContinue Reading
