Culture Wars: Caleb Contreras, Dillon Randolph, David Grayson, Josh Stirm, Alex DuganPhoto Credit: Moyo Olyelola Thursday, August 8 – Today, Austin based alt-rock band Culture Wars release new single “Slowly” off of their upcoming debut album. Made up of lead singer Alex Dugan, Caleb Contreras, Dillon Randolph, David Grayson and Josh Stirm, Culture Wars have already begun stirring …
Photo credit: Aidan Cullen Today, Katy Perry unveiled her new single, “LIFETIMES,” a shimmering, high-octane reflection on the infinity of love. The song is from her new album, 143, which will be released on September 20 via Capitol Records. Listen to “LIFETIMES,” HERE. Complementing the summertime vibe of the song, the official video directed by Stillz (Bad Bunny, Rosalía) was shot in …
One of music’s most exciting new artists, beabadoobee has been on a stratospheric rise with her flawless output of confessional bedroom pop songs and a dedicated Gen-Z fanbase. Her critically acclaimed 2020 debut album Fake It Flowers established her as a one of music’s most buzzed-about talents, earned her a late-night TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! performing standout hit “Care,” and …
In a whirlwind of sonic serendipity, Portland psychedelic gaze-wave outfit Sun Atoms present their new 2-track single ‘Take This Love’ with B-side ‘And The Lion Saw The UFO’, released via Little Cloud Records digitally and on 7-inch vinyl. These songs offer a sonic odyssey to a realm of pure musical enchantment. The fun continues in the clever sci-fi video, created by Bradley Tuazon at Oregon’s world-famous Airplane Home. Sun …
“Hugo Largo remains one of the freshest and most contemporary groups of our time. These songs are sweet lullabies for a troubled world.” – Michael Stipe August 7, 2024 – Today, “great lost band of post-punk” (Louder Than War) Hugo Largo are releasing remastered versions of “Martha” and “Turtle Song” from their 1989 LP Mettle for the first time ever on streaming. Mettle was originally released …
Photo credit: Hwa-JeenNa Today, Grand Rapids, Michigan based indie rock band The Crane Wives share hypnotizing, healing track and lyric video “Scars” out everywhere now. The self-produced, rousing fifth studio album Beyond Beyond Beyond is due out September 6 and available for pre-order now.The band is currently on tour in the Western U.S. and will celebrate the new album on release day with a show …
Today, South African-born, NYC/Dublin-based folk-rock musician Tuelo shares promising, soothing track & official video “Bitter Weeping” out everywhere now. The sweet acoustic guitar-led tune reads like a diary entry made public–with self-encouragement, insecurities and candid thoughts and feelings on full display. The artist’s defiant second studio album Regarding My Heart is due out September 27 and available for pre-order now. With her most refined, self-assured sound …
(Photo Credit: Carlos Maidana) New York, NY (August 6, 2024) – Twanguero is Spanish-born, Los Angeles-based exploratory guitarist Diego Garcia and his band. The outfit will release their escapist and subtly nostalgic seventh album, Panamerica on September 27 via Cosmica Artists. Today Twanguero released his version of the Rubén Fuentes’ classic “La Bikina” — more inspired by …
YESSIE, a Guatemalan newcomer, is ready to establish herself as one of the emerging figures in today’s urban-pop music scene. With songs inspired by everyday life, joys, and hardships, she is capturing the attention of many at an international level. Having broken into the music industry with hits like “Ruleta,” in collaboration with salsa singer Jonathan Moly, “Donde Sea,” and “Perreo …
Aug. 2, 2024 – Today, Los Angeles-based vocalist, composer and songwriter Michael Mayo has announced his second studio album Fly, due out October 4 via Mack Avenue Records / Artistry Music. On Fly, Mayo creates from the heart without filter or pretense, allowing his voice to transmit raw emotion above an ever-evolving backdrop of jazz, neo-soul and R&B. Along with the announcement, he …
August 2, 2024 – Today, GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Joe Ely has released his new album Driven to Drive via Rack ‘Em Records / Thirty Tigers. Garnering early praise from American Songwriter, No Depression, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Stereogum and more, Driven to Drive is a collection of songs inspired by Ely’s travels from different eras of his illustrious career, which spans five decades. Along with the release, the Texas icon …
BADBADNOTGOOD (Leland Whitty, Chester Hansen and Al Sow) by Ivan Narez BADBADNOTGOOD return to share “Best Left Unsolved,” a bonus track from the Mid Spiral sessions that took place at Valentine Studios in Los Angeles during February 2024. This new, previously unreleased track accompanies the trio’s recent surprise release of the Mid Spiral suite: Chaos, Order and Growth, which features BADBADNOTGOOD members Al Sow, Chester Hansen and Leland …
July 25, 2024 – Los Angeles, CA – Emerging artist Leonelle returns with “For Me (Say My Name),” another testament to the Ohio native’s breathtaking swirl of pop, R&B, and inventive production. Playing like a broadcast from the sunken place, the new single adds to an intimate oeuvre that includes playful love songs (“F**kin’ Weird”) and personal anthems (“Human Condition”). …
British singer Jorja Smith has today returned with her gorgeous new single, “High”; a slick, house-tinged summer offering, produced by her long-term collaborators DAMEDAME*. Listen HERE. “High is a song I wrote about finding a friend within myself, even through the lows, you have to find the highs.” Jorja states the inspiration behind the single. “I’ve had …
With The Harlem Gospel Travelers‘ new album Rhapsody, the extraordinary vocalists Ifedayo, Dennis Bailey, and George Marage are able to fully explore the entire range of music that influenced them. The follow-up to their acclaimed 2021 release Look Up!, the record is a dive into a lesser-known but hugely important era in the evolution of gospel music. Starting in the mid-1960s, local …
July 25, 2024 – Today, Grammy-winning band The Mavericks release the lyric video for their country-soul-meets-R&B single “Look Around You” feat. Maggie Rose, a highlight from their new album Moon & Stars. Bandleader Raul Malo, who was called “the Roy Orbison of our time” on NPR’s Alt.Latino, recently spoke with NPR’s Weekend Edition about the new record and the origins of the band’s varied …
July 25, 2024 (Santa Monica, California) – Today, ascendant alt-rock/pop artist Towa Bird debuts the playful video for her latest single, “Deep Cut,” dubbed by The New York Times as “victoriously spiteful.” The visual goes a long way to capture the singer, songwriter, and guitarist’s one-of-one personality and talent, both of which are on full display in Towa’s just out debut …
July 25, 2024 – Interscope Records announces the release of ZOO TV – Live In Dublin 1993 EP, out Friday, August 30th. Pre-order it here. The EP features five tracks from one of U2’s two legendary open-air performances at the RDS Arena, Dublin in August 1993, the hometown stop on the European ‘Zooropa’ leg of their worldwide industry-defining …
WATCH HERE PRE-SAVE NEW LO-FI ALBUM DINNER AT MANCINI’S HERE (Los Angeles, CA) July 24, 2024 – The Henry Mancini family continues to celebrate what would have been the late legendary composer’s 100th birthday with the release of “Moon River/Audrey’s Letter.” Watch “Moon River/Audrey’s Letter” HERE The video, directed by Martin Guigui, includes footage from the iconic film Breakfast at Tiffany’s as well as behind-the-scenes …
Photo Credit: Anna Webber July 23, 2024: Today, GRAMMY®-nominated pianist Christian Sands announced Embracing Dawn, his new album out September 27 via Mack Avenue Records. Embracing Dawn trails 2023’s acclaimed Christmas Stories and 2020’s Be Water, of which The New York Times said “Equipped with a crisp but forceful touch, he seems always to be …
Portland, Oregon – 07/19/2024 – Miss Randall is a metal and rock artist with a penchant for pushing past genre boundaries, now taking flight with a powerful new cover of Corrosion of Conformity’s iconic track, “Albatross.” The song, originally released on C.O.C.’s landmark 1994 album “Deliverance,” has become a cornerstone of groove metal, and its riffs …
juracán is a Portland artist who has worked as an independent artist for multiple projects, including his own and as a bassist for musical theater at PCS & Portland Playhouse. He has released an EP, Niño, 2018 and an album Jarineo, 2020, where he navigated genres like ambient and wrote guitar-driven songs. His next EP, Pur’s …
Tacoma’s Jerry Miller, who made his mark in music history as one of rock’s greatest guitarists almost 60 years ago, is dead at 81. Miller was one of the guitarists in Moby Grape, a band with an incredibly vivid, unusual and brief career that began in the mid-late 1960s. A wiki read is advisable if …
Miami, Florida | July 19, 2023 | – Colombia’s newest musical sensation, Venesti, has released his latest single titled “Fanática del Reggaetón.” This song, which blends Afro-dancehall elements, was produced by Milo Beat and features lyrics and direct inspiration from Venesti himself. It is anticipated to become the summer’s hit anthem. “Fanática del Reggaetón” invites you …
July 19, 2024 – Continuing to buzz this summer, Auckland singer-songwriter Will Swinton serves up an upbeat and undeniable new single “Can’t Let Go” out now. This time around, he notably co-wrote and co-produced the track with Peter Fenn [Fred again, Miles Smith, etc.]. Listen HERE via 10K Projects/Capitol Records and watch the self-directed music video HERE. “I wrote ‘Can’t Let Go’ while traveling back and …
Photo Credit: Finn Waring Fresh off her hit “BOYS,” which SZA proclaimed “fire as hell,” flowerovlove returns with “Breaking News” – a shimmering anthem for lovestruck summer nights. Produced by Duck Blackwell (Louis Tomlinson, Icona Pop) and co-written with her close friend Ines Dunn (Maisie Peters, Astrid S), the euphoric track emerged as the singer-songwriter turned to music to express complicated feelings …
Photo Credit: 767Agency Today, Memphis-based, rising indie pop duo Isabella&Sebastian unleashed their new single + video, “Hopscotch.” Airy, saccharine vocals float over an infectious drum beat of whimsy pop wonder, weaving lyrics that detail a strained relationship marked by a desperate yearning for stability and a relentless pursuit of their partner, despite enduring continuous heartbreak. “‘Hopscotch’ describes an on-and-off partner …
Photo Credit: Sam Jones 10 years ago this week, “Weird Al” Yankovic released Mandatory Fun,the first comedy album in history to debut at #1 on the Billboard albums chart. Today, in celebration of that unprecedented feat, Yankovic released his new single and video “Polkamania!,” a medley of some of the biggest and most memorable songs of the last decade. In keeping with Yankovic’s long-standing …
Photo Credit: Rachel Deeb July 19, 2024 — Acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer and performer, Joy Oladokun, releases her new song “DRUGS” today on Amigo Records/Verve Forecast/Republic Records—listen/share HERE. “I wrote ‘DRUGS’ about feeling like my vices weren’t vice-ing hard enough” Oladokun shares of the modern-day anthem. She continues, “I think it became really easy for me to …
July 19, 2024 – Today, the Nashville-based singer/songwriter Abbey Cone releases new single “I Hate Springsteen,” a breakup bop with an electrifying guitar solo from John Osborne of Brothers Osborne. Featuring lyrics like “I love being alone, I hate Springsteen, Texas ain’t home, grass ain’t green,” Cone runs through a list of lies to convince herself that she’s over her ex – …