Ben Folds Photograph By Alysse Gafkjen Ben Folds will release his new album What Matters Most on June 2 via New West Records. The 10-song set was co-produced by Folds and Joe Pisapia (K.D. Lang, Guster) in East Nashville, TN and features guest appearances by dodie, Tall Heights, and Ruby Amanfu. What Matters Most is Folds’ first studio album …
Today – February 15th – Paris-based three piece Oracle Sisters share brand new single “Hot Summer,” taken from their long awaited debut album Hydranism, due April 7th via US label 22TWENTY. The band also announces an additional run of North American dates alongside their previously announced UK & EU dates. (Full list below). WATCH THE VIDEO FROM ‘HOT SUMMER’’ HERE “Hot …
Pittsburgh-based singer-songwriter LoRen is excited to announce the Friday, March 24 release of her new four-song EP, Pardon Me. In her evolution as a woman of color creating inspirational music, LoRen sang in church as a young child, studied classical and Broadway music, collaborated on international house music projects, performed in front of thousands, and earned a degree in audio production. …
[London] Wednesday 15th February 2023: The Ivors Academy has today revealed Sting as the latest songwriter to become an Academy Fellow, the highest honour the Academy bestows. He will receive the award at The Ivors on 18th May in London. The Academy also reveals Amazon Music as the new title sponsor of The Ivors in a collaboration that …
Just a week after closing out the 2023 GRAMMY Awards in historic hip-hop fashion, much buzzed about multi-hyphenate Fridayy returns with the touching visual for his song, “Momma”! In what can only be described as a heartfelt dedication to his mother, we witness Fridayy purchase his mother the ultimate gift of a new home to show his …
One of this year’s fastest rising pop stars with the best songs, Rachel Grae, is playing Holocene in Portland on 3/8 and the Funhouse in Seattle on 3/7. Tour dates are here: https://www.rachelgrae.com/tour With a powerful voice beyond her years, and vulnerable, ripped-from-her-diary songwriting, Rachel Grae has grown over 17.3M likes on TikTok, 3M monthly Spotify listeners and 55M streams and counting. Her new single “How Dare …
“Sex Like Thunder” is an amazing tune!!! Everyone is going to love this. It’s got something for everybody. This tectonic rumpshaker will triumph over everything! Not every female musician wants to be a pop star, and they don’t have to be. Babyllon is finalizing her second studio album. The album is a collection of work …
The Hold Steady have shared their latest single, “Sixers,” available now on all DSPs and streaming services. The track heralds the band’s ninth studio album, The Price of Progress, arriving on their own Positive Jams label via Thirty Tigers on Friday, March 31. A variety of formats will be available, including digital download, CD, standard black vinyl, …
SixTwoSeven is an alt rock powerhouse from Gig Harbor, WA. “Refuse” and “Days of Our Lives” are their recent releases. You’re gonna love them and the video too. They will be releasing more music in March and over the summer. Their chameleon’s name is Cooper. https://www.facebook.com/SixTwoSeven627/
After two successful album releases, Dark Alien Pop (2018) and Invisible (2020), gloryBots began their intergalactic journey toward a third, full-length album entitled Radiation Skies, which will be released on April 21 and deals with the harsh reality of our times. To this effect, much of the songwriting occurred during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Only this time terrestrial noisemaker Jalal Andre, …
NEW YORK, NY (February 22, 2023) – Rising through the ranks as an artist to watch in 2023, buzzing Chicago phenom KB Mike just uncovered a cinematic music video for his new single “Rider” via Republic Records. With a story written by KB Mike himself, the music video takes viewers on a gripping journey tailormade for the big screen. It follows KB Mike and …
DAMOYEE [Duh-Moi-Yay] – singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and TikTok creator – has released a stunning melancholic, ethereal new single ‘to the next one,’ which details her heartbreak, while choosing to remain hopelessly romantic and optimistic. This is the third single in the new era of DAMOYEE, whose stunning production skills, prolific musical talents and angelic voice set …
[Update: this fund drive has raised more than $16,400 as of 2/18/2023, far exceeding the initial goal of $5,000. Yay!] Another great week at the singalong. Please give it a listen. Mad props to Paul Fua as he was playing through deep personal grief. Almost three years into this weekly singalong series, they are still …
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Shady Blu has released her debut EP titled ‘Topic Of Discussion’ as well as music video for “BIG DEBO”. Listen to “Topic Of Discussion HERE and watch the video for “BIG DEBO” HERE. Hailing from Long Beach, CA, Shady Blu arrives with potential to be the next great artist from the West Coast. Her 7-track debut project, with production …
Tel Aviv, Israel indie folk collective Miqedem has released its stunning third studio LP ‘Eshkona’ (meaning “I will rest”), which is the band’s most collaborative and instrumentally diverse album to date and includes guest appearances from many of the band’s friends in the Israeli world-music scene. Miqedem (the ancient Hebrew word for “of old” or alternately, “from the east”) is …
Seattle rapper Highway has just released “Sin City,” a hypnotic new single drenched in braggadocio and opulence. Listen HERE via Victor Worldwide/Geffen Records. Featuring a slurred melody and flamboyant flexes, Highway’s latest dose of excess is his first release since dropping 2022’s acclaimed 5-track Livin Like That EP. Sliding over an opiate synth loop, Highway unspools images of luxury and danger, a pairing befitting …
Photo credit: Stephen Lovekin Following the release of their acclaimed 2022 album How Long Will It Take Them To Die, the folk-rock band Goodnight, Texas have just released their latest digital single “To Hurry Things Along.” Singer/songwriter Avi Vinocur shares a bit more on this beautiful folk number, “I wrote a poem in 2017 called ‘To Hurry Things Along’ about this spry old man who …
LaLion – whose real name is Grant Lalaian – is about to knock you down with his brand new EP, GET UP!. The Seattle-native / Salt Lake City-based artist blends and fuses genres to create a sound all his own, proving that he’s a musical beast to be reckoned with. Written, mixed, mastered, and produced by LaLion, GET UP! officially drops on …
Photo credit: Casi Yost “Thunderstorm Artis hasn’t always been a fan of love,” said PEOPLE in the song’s premiere. “Growing up, the Hawaii native watched as the people around him entered relationships for the wrong reasons, often resulting in a whole bunch of heartbreak. And through the years, Artis had begun to consider the idea …
STREAM: “Caterpillar Hill” –YouTube / Spotify / Bandcamp / Soundcloud “I had reached a point with songwriting where I was just sick of guitar pop. Over a long winter my home demos grew more and more abstract, without much melody or structure, turning towards a land of serene experimentation. Then spring came, and with it the smell of earth and daylight. …
Hot on the heels of her cross-country tour with Virginia to Vegas & Ria Mae, noelle delivers her self-proclaimed ‘sappy’ love song, “Mars,” just in time for Valentine’s Day. It’s “about finding your soul person,” she explains. “Someone that makes you want to be a better version of yourself. I hope everyone can relate to this …
A return after three years of silence, Grant Summerland’s Unnatural History EP, the second release from the California (and Portland-ish) musician, marks a reintroduction to the Grant Summerland project. Written and performed entirely by Grant and recorded in Portland with newcomer producer Joel Lane, the 5-track project pays homage to the past 30 years of indie rock and punk …
Listen To “I Miss You Amore” HERE “I Miss You Amore” – a romantic new single from Matteo Bocelli, Sukriti Kakar, Prakriti Kakar, composer/producer Amaal Mallik and lyricist/producer Kunaal Vermaa – was released today by Capitol Records. Together, they tell an evocative, universal tale of love, loss and regret with Matteo singing in English and twin sisters Sukriti and Prakriti Kakar singing in Hindi.Matteo wrote the song with Amaal Mallik, Shridhar …
Photo Credit: Darren Cotta Bakersfield, CA – Today, J.E.S.S. announces the release of the lead single single, Siren off her upcoming eponymously named EP. A must-listen for fans of Metric, Cults and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the track, which was written and produced by Jessica Dela Cruz, showcases her signature sound and offers a fresh take on …
Interview with Today’s Esquire’s Celebrity Lawyer Aron Solomon With Britney Spears dominating the news again, just hours ago, the “Baby One More Time” hitmaker and her husband Sam Aghzari shut down rumors that she needed help and an intervention, a narrative outlets like TMZ and some “fans” on the Internet have been spreading. Britney stated, …
Tacoma, WA singer/songwriter Keys Open Doors is back with a scintillating new hit titled Standby. The lead single from upcoming Pokémon-themed EP Blue Version, Standby combines Key’s immense production talents with trademark genre-bending vocals. Keys Open Doors builds waves of emotion through the new track, with intimate vocals, earnest lyricism, and purposeful vocal layering. “Suggestions from n*ggas who ain’t never loved but tryna …
Brand new London based jazz-electronic quartet respair are pleased to announce their debut release with the arrival of ‘Colours’, lifted from the upcoming EP ”The original colour of the sun’ due later this year. A masterclass in song craftsmanship, respair draw on a myriad of influences from soul, jazz, electronics, pop and classical, carefully curated …
RIP Burt Bacharach. The 95 year old songwriter passed away Thursday. My favorite Bacharach deep cut is “I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself.” There are many fine recordings of this tune, (such as this stunning one by Marcia Hines) but Tommy Hunt’s was produced by Burt himself. Burt was one of the …
“Bed of Roses” is a joy-filled, randy trip down memory lane with the incomparable Ian Hunter, master songscribe and long time collaborator with the late, great guitarist Mick Ronson. His new album, Defiance Part I will be released on April 21. You can pre-order your copy here: https://sunrecords.lnk.to/BedOfRoses “Bed of Roses” happily describes a well-loved …