Month: October 2023

LEYLA MCCALLA SHARES COVER OF HAITIAN BALLAD “ZANJ” FEAT. ALYNDA SEGARRA OF HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF

Leyla McCalla is sharing the final track in a series of singles that reflect upon the struggle for freedom in our society today. Originally recorded by Haitian political protest singer and folk musician Manno Charlemagne, “Zanj” is originally sung in Haitian Kreyol. ““Zanj” always caught my ear and brought a lump to my throat,” McCalla explains. “The poetry of …

ALLEN GINSBERG’S THE FALL OF AMERICA VOL II, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO BENEFIT PEN AMERICA, OUT NOW

MUSICALLY INTERPRETING POEMS FROM GINSBERG’S THE FALL OF AMERICA: POEMS OF THESE STATES 1965-1971 FEATURING: AI WEIWEI, PHILIP GLASS, ANNE WALDMAN, THURSTON MOORE WITH SAUL WILLIAMS, DEVENDRA BANHART, MIHO HATORI, JACK DANGERS, YONI WOLF, FENNESZ & TAYLOR DEUPREE, STEPHEN HILLAGE & MIQUETTE GIRAUDY, KAI CAMPOS & CJ MIRRA, AND DJ SPOOKY / AKA THAT SUBLIMINAL …

Counterculture History Extravaganza to Arrive in Time for Holidays: Historian Pat Thomas’ Book, Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg, Out Dec 1

From the author of Listen Whitey! The sounds of Black Power 1965-1975 and Did It! Jerry Rubin: An American Revolutionary comes the next installment in Pat Thomas’ chronicling of the counterculture.  Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg will be published by Powerhouse Books (distributed by Simon & Schuster) on December 1, 2023. The book is a visual treasure trove of previously unpublished …

Hailey Whitters’ New Single “I’m In Love” is Most-Added at Country Radio This Week with 58 First Week Stations; Lyric Video Out Today

October 10, 2023: Iowa-born, Nashville-based country star Hailey Whitters is most-added at country radio this week with “I’m In Love,” her first single to impact country radio since RIAA Platinum-certified smash hit “Everything She Ain’t.” With 58 first week stations on the board, “I’m In Love” is “an eminently charming pop-country song” where “every little corner of the arrangement shines” (Stereogum). Whitters …

KAETO RELEASES NEW SINGLE ‘NO BODY’ AND SHARES MESMERISING VIDEO DIRECTED BY GERMAN FILMMAKER PAULA ROMY-ANNOUNCES RESIDENCY AT LONDON’S LAYLOW

Photo Credit: Maisy Banks October 11th– Today KAETO announces the release her new single ‘No Body’ via Lava/Republic Records.  ‘No Body’ is Kaeto’s first release with Lava/Republic and follows last year’s astonishing debut ‘Good Morning’. It comes with production by Brendan Grieve and a stunning video directed by German filmmaker Paula Romy. Stream “No Body” HERE and watch the official music video HERE. Built around a …

Indie pop duo corner club share dreamy self-produced EP ‘in the rearview mirror’ + track “funny colors” out now

Today, San Francisco based indie pop duo corner club share their self-produced dreamy, intimate second EP in the rearview mirror out everywhere now. Alongside with the release, the nostalgic track “funny colors” is out now with an official lyric video. The single allows the duo to process the passage of time and look back on fond memories over layered vocals, synth and field recordings. The …

Austin party-punks A Giant Dog mark their territory at PDX Dante’s on 11/11

Austin, TX party-punks A Giant Dog are headed to Portland soon. Their latest record, a narrative concept album called Bite, came out earlier this year on Merge Records. Audiences love their onstage anarchy and white-knuckle recordings, but Bite is a different beast altogether — the band went to rural France (where there was plenty of room to run off-leash) at …

California Emo-Punk Nervous Kids join the Wiretap Records roster, release music video for infectious single “Anyone But You”

SoCal’s Nervous Kids have announced their signing to LA based punk rock powerhouse indie Wiretap Records, which will release their new EP in Spring of 2024. Today, the band is sharing their new music video for the song “Anyone But You.” Watch the “Anyone But You” video HERE. Stream on DSPs HERE. Of the new clip, Idobi Radio writes, “The video itself …

Today Nu-R&B artist Micah Willis teams with blues rock mainstay Bruce Marshall on “If Dreams Were Money”

Credit Tessa Espinoza Micah Willis son of Kenny Neal, winner of four Downbeat Music awards and past actor of The Disney Channel has recently signed to Verdict Music records.   Micah has teamed with roster mate Bruce Marshall (former Toy Caldwell Band) to reinvigorate a timeless work of Bruce’s “If Dreams Were Money”.  Their recording work together …

Here’s the new single “Everything Adds Up To Nothing” from Victory Through Sound which we hope you like

Charged with a desire to make epic and melody driven songs Andy Vaughan (Boy Girl Soup) formed Victory Through Sound with Spencer Parker during the winter of 2015 in Brighton. With a vision to craft wide-open and expansive, heroic sounding songs, Vaughan and Parker spent 2016 writing and recording demos and piecing together the remainder of …

Sonic Beast – It’s a Trap

“It’s a Trap” is an impressive display of Sonic Beast’s ability to fuse the intensity of punk-rock melodies with blunt lyrics that embolden us to look for the solution to our problems by ourselves. The band -composed by Alfred (Illinoise), Chris (Bad Mongos), Roger (No More Lies) and Xavi (Bullitt)- with reminiscences of Hot Snakes, Leatherface or Hot Water …

Enjoy Moe Joe – Live in 2002 & 2009: They were the first ever electric blues band in Turkey

Moe Joe, now respectfully referred to as “the first ever electric blues band in Turkey” was founded by Feramerz Ayadi, İzi Ergil and Vefa Karatay in Istanbul in 1994. Instead of mimicking other contemporary blues-rock bands which were then keen to cover the more familiar, perhaps more hackneyed, repertoire of 60’s and 70’s bands, Moe …

COI LERAY RELEASES OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR GLOBAL SMASH “PLAYERS”

NEW YORK, NY (October 6, 2023) – Following massive global success as one of the year’s hottest hits, multi-platinum recording artist Coi Leray unveils the anxiously awaited Official Music Video for her platinum mega-smash “Players” today. Watch HERE. The visual gives complete girl boss vibes at the highest level possible. Coi cruises at night in the back of a stretch and in various sports cars as she …

Today Filipino/Canadian pop singer HAIDEE shares her honest experience as a person of colour on “Typical”

Hailing from a small town in the Philippines, HAIDEE‘s passion for music started in karaoke, singing contests, and Sunday worship services. At 16, she moved across the world to reunite with her mom, who had immigrated seven years before. Now based in Edmonton, music remained the only thing familiar to her. The first three years of HAIDEE’s …

STEVE ANGELLO & WH0 SHARE AMEDEO ZANCANELLA-DIRECTED VIDEO FOR RECENT SINGLE “WHAT YOU NEED”

Steve Angello, co-founder of Swedish House Mafia, and the mysterious music duo Wh0 have linked with director Amedeo Zancanella for a surprisingly emotional and bittersweet video for their recent house anthem “What You Need,” initially released this past July via Angello’s SIZE Records / Wh0 Plays / Astralwerks. Zancanella was given complete artistic freedom, with Angello simply prompting that he wanted …

THE Josh Radnor from TV’s “How I Met Your Mother” shares wistful love song to “NYC” from solo singing debut

Forthcoming Solo Album Debut Eulogy: Volume I Out November 17 Credit: Eli Greiss Oct. 6, 2023 – Today, singer-songwriter, actor, writer and director Josh Radnor shares his new single “NYC,” a wistful, deconstructed love song backed by dreamy harmonies. The new single will appear on Eulogy: Volume I, which is due out November 17 as the first installment in his double-album solo …