Manuel the Band – Casual Love

Great song. Real horns and pedal steel beat synthesizers every day. The handsome bearded Man(uel) has the perfect voice for the tune. Great video as well. LA production values through and through: So real I worried the parting tinder users would be sideswiped during their midstreet farewell. Can’t have everything I guess… Frontman Manuel Grajeda …

Charodey Jeddy – Nice 2 Beat You

This one really brings the drip. And it’s good to the last drop. Maxwell House be trippin’. There are Asian motifs and sonic easter eggs everywhere. Dig it. This DJ was born in the Ukraine, Hefe! “The album is obligatory for listening and training on the dance floor!”    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vobr.blaze    Bandcamp: https://vobr.bandcamp.com    Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/charodeyjeddy

Kamiszka – Mam Cię za Mało

Google translate interprets the Polish phrase, “Mam Cię za Mało,” this song’s title, to have the quizzical English meaning, “I’m not enough.” Hi East Portland Blog, This is [popular, voluptuous, Polish Instagram model] Kamiszka, through singing I express myself, I show my true interior authenticity. This track is called “Mam Cię za Mało.” Would love …

Hey Violet – Close My Eyes

Fresh off a headline mini tour of the U.S., Hey Violet premiere the video for their new track — “Close My Eyes.” Shot in Los Angeles, the video was directed by Marcella Cytrynowicz who also lensed the video for the bands recent single “Better By Myself.” “Close My Eyes,” which was written by Hey Violet with …

Rhonda Vincent – Like I Could

Rhonda Vincent, affectionately known as the Queen of Bluegrass, premiered her brand new single “Like I Could” onstage at the Grand Ole Opry on Wednesday, June 19. Co-written by Grand Ole Opry country music star Jeannie Seely, along with Erin Enderlin and Bobby Tomberlin, Vincent’s bluegrass interpretation of the country song is a beautifully composed, string-driven …

Blanco – Lazy

This is the Japanese indie pop band BLANCO, who have just released a brand new EP, “Slice of Life.” The video for the song “Lazy” (above) was directed by Minasamaz-Paradise, a Japanese film director and music gourmet. Minasamaz-Paradise decided to direct the video because he was particularly taken with the song, “To say the least,” …

The Ocean – Permian: The Great Dying

The Ocean Collective are back with a beautifully executed noir video.  The video captures breathtaking visuals that bring to life the story off their single, “Permian: The Great Dying” from their latest album Phanerozoic I: Palaezoic. The story being told visually, shot in India, Indonesia, and Thailand by filmmaker Craig Murray, shows us parallels of the Great Dying …

SATICA – Check$

This is lovely, Satica’s tribute to her Mom with lots of home movies of growing up in Long Beach. The artist’s parents left Cambodia to escape the Khmer Rouge and make a better life in the Los Angeles area. https://www.facebook.com/saticamusic/ Satica’s bio at Allmusic.com

Luna Shadows – god.drugs.u

Luna Shadows is thrilled to unveil her new single, “god.drugs.u” and the accompanying video, directed, produced, styled, edited, & starring a nearly exclusively female-identifying cast & crew and members of the LGBTQ+ community. As an artist, producer, songwriter, & multi-instrumentalist creating alternative pop with a dark melancholy and a California twist, she is firmly routed …

strange by Nora Rothman

If this is your first introduction to Nora Rothman, she is seeking to raise marginalized voices in the music industry by creating art with womxn all around the world. The Seattle based artist—a Brown graduate with honors in poetry—creates an ethereal world with a folk-soul sound that is both classic and contemporary.  She has made appearances on The Future is Female …

DYLYN – Secret

Hey East Portland Blog, This one is personal. My life was turned upside down and, as a result, this song emerged. “Secret” became therapeutic. It gave me a chance to connect with people, with my fans whose parents also split up due to infidelity. It became a way of reaffirming for myself and others – “You are …

T.S.O.L. – Is This A Wonderful World? – Reboot of Louis Armstrong Classic “What A Wonderful World”

Famed LA-punk band T.S.O.L. has dropped a new single. Entitled “Is This A Wonderful World?” the track serves as their take on the Louis Armstrong classic “What A Wonderful World” complete with string section and amended lyrics. A video (directed by Trevor Ward) premiered on Alternative Press who said “The new TSOL single and its unconventional release are either the least …

Catholic Guilt – The Awful Truth

“The Awful Truth” touches on dark content in the way that the track uncovers the sexual abuse and the subsequent cover up of that abuse by the Catholic Church. Brenton Harris, vocalist or Melbourne band Catholic Guilt highlights that “…abuse of power in this way is truly heinous and unfortunately has been all too common …