A day ahead of its official release, San Francisco-based duo Beatific have premiered “Smile Dangerous,” the second single from upcoming debut EP Sunshine and first foray into synth-pop anthems after the sun-dappled folk-pop of lead single “She Loves Him.”
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Young Guv is dedicated and prolific songwriter Ben Cook. He’s announced the second part of his double LP series, GUV II, coming via Run For Cover on October 25. Just off the heels of GUV I released earlier in the summer.
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Andy Shauf will release The Neon Skyline, his most direct and emotionally-rich work yet, on January 24th via ANTI- with a European tour following in March and April.
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Just two weeks ahead of their debut LP, SECRETS, New Zealand hard rockers Written by Wolves have premiered the final advance single from the album, “As Long As It Takes,” over on Kerrang!
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Founded in Athens, Georgia by twin brothers Reid and Blaze Bateh, and bassist William Brookshire, Bambara are now based in Brooklyn, NYC and have been steadily attracting attention since the release of their 2013 debut.
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New York’s premier brass funk band Lucky Chops have just released their self-titled debut album. It follows a series of inventive cover songs that have amassed millions of plays via Spotify and other digital platforms.
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We are excited to share the new single from Los Angeles psych icon Joel Jerome. He made a name for himself as the frontman and mastermind behind indie outfit Dios (Malos), who Pitchfork described as making California’s pop less predictable.
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UK cult-favourites Spearmint have released their new single ‘St. Thomas In The Darkness’. The band previously revealed a video for the track directed by Martin Gordon and filmed in the Observer Building, Hastings that has been left derelict for over 30 years.
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Los Angeles singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Mazer follows-up her debut DIY-success, How Do We Get By with the fun and flirtatious new video for “Is It So Wrong” premiering now on PopMatters.
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Having just wrapped up their biggest headline tour of the UK and Europe, Press Club are releasing Separate Houses, the latest single to come from their second album Wasted Energy.
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Son Little is pleased to share his new EP, invisible, out now on ANTI-. Recorded at Paris’s iconic Studios Ferber, the EP sees Little putting his songs in the hands of an outside producer Renaud Letang (Feist, Manu Chao) for the first time, offering up a tantalizing preview of Little’s third full-length album, set for release early next year.
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Australian musician and songwriter Tim Ayre is the latest artist to come out of Melbourne’s vibrant scene of creatives. Recently, he announced a new EP via Kitsuné Musique out on November 15, 2019.
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Junius Paul has announced his debut album ‘Ism’. Known to followers of International Anthem Record’s catalogue as a right-hand rhythmist for Makaya McCraven, known to followers of creative music as a next-generation torch-bearer for The Art Ensemble of Chicago, and known to many musicians as a multi-functional first chair bassist of the Chicago scene… Junius’s debut ‘Ism’ comes fairly deep into a prolific career of being a stone-cold backbone for countless others’ ensembles.
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Swedish band Pale Honey release their new single ‘Set me Free’, the first new music from the band since 2017 album ‘Devotion’. The single is accompanied with news of their third album, to be released in February 2020 on Bolero Recordings.
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Welsh-born folk songwriter James McArthur and his band the Head Gardeners have released new single ‘Tourist Town’.
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Young Knives today announce their first new music in four years, following the 2015 EP Something Awful and highly acclaimed 2013 album Sick Octave. New track Red Cherries emerges as quite possibly their most experimental work to date, accompanied with an intense video that puts bassist and vocalist Tom Bonsu-Dartnall front and centre of a brooding and unsettling scene.
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Genre-bending multidisciplinary electronic duo, Shanghai Restoration Project, return with their new single ‘Beeswax Chamber’. The track is taken from their new album due out 8th November entitled ‘Flashbacks In A Crystal Ball’, which will be released via Undercover Culture Music.
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The SAY Award-nominated Glasgow quartet Catholic Action will return with their sophomore album Celebrated by Strangers in March 2020. Lead single One Of Us was given its debut last night on John Kennedy’s X-Posure show on Radio X, marking the first new music from the band in almost two years.
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New Jersey-based emo pop project The Victory Drive has released a video for “Pop The Champagne (Remix)” amidst a rare, career-spanning interview with frontman Jamie McClanahan via Talk Nerdy With Us.
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Los Angeles-via-Indiana songwriter/musician Stone Irr has released his sophomore album Performance via Darling Recordings. On his latest effort, Stone grapples with his place in the world after live-changing events that range from an uprooted home-life to love and loss. Through it all, Stone reflects on the identity he holds versus the identity he displays. The outcome is a beautiful array of cerebral West Coast pop full of tension and harmony, much like the juxtapositions and contradictions of life and one’s own emotions.
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Dearly Beloved will release new album Times Square Discount on October 25 via Future Shock Records. The Toronto outfit is the creative brain trust of vocalist/bassist Rob Higgins and vocalist/percussionist/Theremin player Niva Chow and the new album features Dimitri Coats of OFF! on guitar, James Di Salvio of Bran Van 3000 and M83 conscript Jordan Lawlor.
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Madfish proudly present the ultimate box set of Gentle Giant music. Highly regarded in the prog-rock world for the 12 albums they released between 1970 and 1980, this comprehensive set sees the band’s catalogue augmented by 15 new concert albums: seven never previously released, seven never previously officially released and one never previously released on CD. The 30-disc total also includes two posthumous live/outtake albums and a Blu-ray bonus disc. Also included are books, posters, replica promotional items and much more.
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Diffracting through a greenwood canopy, the poetic words and music of vocalist/violinist/pianist Alice Zawadzki illuminate her unique artistry and the concept behind new album Within You is a World of Spring – the follow-up to acclaimed Whirlwind debut release China Lane. Zawadzki leads an inspiring band of musicians and improvisers in realising her extraordinary, often moving, occasionally droll, original songs
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St Francis Hotel are an Irish duo based in London. Their new single ‘Liar, Liar, Liar’ is being released on Danger Mouse’s 30th Century Records and is the first in a series of high-profile collaborations featured on the duo’s upcoming debut album.
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Atlanta Rock ‘n’ roller Rollingchild premieres “My Money (Grows On Trees)”, the first single from his debut LP, Post Party Depression, out everywhere October 25th via InCrowd Recordings. We’ve partnered with GroundSounds to premiere the music video for this fiery track.
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