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Wednesday Releases New Album 'Rat Saw God'
by Michael Major - April 07, 2023 Wednesday release their highly awaited new album, Rat Saw God, via Dead Oceans. To mark the occasion the band has shared a video for album highlight “Quarry.” Across the album’s ten tracks the band builds a shrine to minutiae. Half-funny, half-tragic dispatches from North Carolina unfurling....
Video: Brian Dunne Makes National Television Debut On CBS Saturday Morning
by Michael Major - April 03, 2023 Accompanied by Cat Popper (bass), Zoe Brecher (drums), Michael Hesslein (keys) and Ben Talmi (electric guitar), he performed three singles from the record, including “Sometime After This,” “It’s A Miracle” and “Bad Luck.” Watch videos of the performances now! Plus, check out upcoming tour dates now!...
Brian Dunne Releases New Single 'Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors'
by Michael Major - March 23, 2023 Working with producer Drew Vandenberg (Faye Webster, Of Montreal) in Athens, he fleshed the tracks out with analog synthesizers and reverb-drenched guitars, taking cues from Jonathan Richman, The Pretenders, Dire Straits, and Tunnel of Love-era Springsteen to cast a warm, cinematic haze over the who...
Wednesday Release New Single 'TV In the Gas Pump'
by Michael Major - March 22, 2023 Wednesday release a video for “TV in the Gas Pump,” the final single and closing song on their highly anticipated upcoming album Rat Saw God. Wednesday is Karly Hartzman, MJ Lenderman, Alan Miller, and Xandy Chelmis. The new music video was directed by Lewis Dahm. Plus, check out upcoming tour dates...
LA's Hooveriii to Tour the U.S. with Mudhoney
by Michael Major - March 08, 2023 Psych-rock band Hooveriii have been confirmed as the direct support for Mudhoney on their forthcoming tour of the U.S. The dates kick off October 13 in Spokane, WA and conclude with a 2-night stand in Seattle, WA on November 18 and 19. Along the way the tour hits Chicago, New York City, and Dallas,...
Can't Swim Release New Album 'Thanks But No Thanks'
by Michael Major - March 03, 2023 Thanks But No Thanks highlights the evolution of Can’t Swim as a band. What once were presented as insurmountable obstacles on previous albums are now framed as hard-but-necessary lessons that need confronting to move forward and grow, calling upon new levels of resolve and strength to dull down lif...
flipturn Releases Alternate Version of Album Standout 'Sad Disco' for Valentine's Day
by Michael Major - February 14, 2023 A more hushed and experimental take on the original, the rework was recorded and produced at Pine Studios in Jacksonville, Florida, by the band’s close friend Taylor Neal. Lyrically, the song takes the cliché of “helplessly in love” and gives it a much more literal meaning, making this the perfect l...
Can't Swim Shares Brand New Single 'Nowhere, Ohio'
by Michael Major - February 09, 2023 Can’t Swim, share a brand new single, “Nowhere, Ohio,” out now via Pure Noise Records. The track is off forthcoming fourth full length studio album, Thanks But No Thanks. “Nowhere, Ohio” offers a playful tribute to the Alkaline Trio classic “Radio” in between stabs of downtuned guitars and lyrics th...
Spotlights Release 'Alchemy For The Dead'
by Michael Major - February 07, 2023 The album, written and recorded following the band’s move to Pittsburgh, finds the trio once again balancing the tightrope of light and dark, toying with sonic texture, and as Invisible Oranges described Spotlights’ unique “magic” that’s “flickering with unnamable emotionality.”...
Brian Dunne to Drop 'Loser On The Ropes' Album
by Michael Major - January 26, 2023 Recorded in Athens, GA, with producer Drew Vandenberg (Faye Webster, Of Montreal), Loser On The Ropes explores defeat and denial, fortune and faith, shame and redemption, all set against the backdrop of a world run by blowhards and bullshitters who manage to perpetually skate by without cost or cons...
Can't Swim Announces Brand New Album 'Thanks But No Thanks'
by Michael Major - January 19, 2023 Coming up, Can’t Swim is gearing up to head out on tour supporting Free Throw. Beginning March 3rd in Buffalo, NY at The Rec Room, the band will visit over 25 cities across the country including stops in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Anaheim, San Diego, Houston and more before wrapping up on April 9th in Wor...
WEDNESDAY Announce New Album 'Rat Saw God'
by Michael Major - January 18, 2023 Across the album’s ten tracks the band builds a shrine to minutiae. Half-funny, half-tragic dispatches from North Carolina unfurling somewhere between the wailing skuzz of Nineties shoegaze and classic country twang, with distorted pedal steel and Karly Hartzman’s voice slicing through the din....
Gregory Griffin Releases New Single 'The Dollar General Song'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 15, 2022 Coming on the heels of 2021's well-received single 'Salt Flats', Griffin is settling into a more organic songwriting approach, finding a groove in his new hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. Racking up 40,000+ streams on Spotify, 'Salt Flats' was added to the Indigo, New Music Nashville and Emerging A...
Honey Harper Release New Single 'Hard To Make A Living' from 'Honey Harper & The Infinite Sky'
by Michael Major - October 05, 2022 The band also released an official performance video filmed at EastWest Studios in Los Angeles, CA. The song was written by frontman William Fussell and Honey Harper co-founder and keyboardist Alana Pagnutti, who took a far greater role in songwriting following their 2020 debut album Starmaker....
Liturgy Share New EP & Announce New Album '93696'
by Michael Major - October 05, 2022 The mini-album is all new material featuring '93', '36' and '696.' Both '93696' and 'संसार' tease the group's new direction, as well as remind us of the power of this acclaimed band of guitarist and vocalist Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, guitarist Mario Miron, bassist Tia Vincent-Clark and drummer Leo Didko...
Sunset Rollercoaster Share 'Infinity Sunset' Compilation
by Michael Major - August 25, 2022 Taiwanese soul-psych outfit Sunset Rollercoaster have shared their Infinity Sunset compilation, a 10-track body of work comprised of five digital mini EPs (which will also be available individually on 7-inch vinyl this fall), featuring acts from all over the world including Phum Viphurit, O3ohn, Pau...
Chloe Moriondo Announces New Album 'Suckerpunch'
by Michael Major - August 17, 2022 Working with producers/co-writers including Oscar Scheller (Rina Sawayama, PinkPantheress, Charli XCX), David Pramik (Machine Gun Kelly, Oliver Tree), and Teddy Geiger (Caroline Polachek, Olivia O’Brien), SUCKERPUNCH signals a new era for Moriondo and marks a bold leap forward from her 2021 offering...
Honey Harper Announces New Album 'Honey Harper & The Infinite Sky'
by Michael Major - August 16, 2022 The Infinite Sky features their longtime bassist and contributing writer Mick Mayer, pianist John Carroll Kirby (Solange, Steve Lacy), Spoon keyboardist Alex Fischel, guitarist Jackson MacIntosh (Drugdealer, Jessica Pratt), pedal-steel player Connor Gallaher (Black Lips, Calexico), and TOPS drummer ...
Rolo Tomassi Announces U.S. Tour Dates & Shares Remixes EP Featuring Daniel Avery & More
by Michael Major - August 08, 2022 Rolo Tomassi shared their new EP, Closer (The Edits), via MNRK Heavy. The EP contains edits of the bands recent single “Closer” from Daniel Avery, ATTLAS and Ki Oni & Luke Elliott. The original track is taken from their critically acclaimed album Where Myth Becomes Memory, which also features the st...
We Were Promised Jetpacks Announce U.S. Fall Tour Dates
by Michael Major - August 02, 2022 We Were Promised Jetpacks will embark on a U.S. Fall tour dates in support of their critically-acclaimed album Enjoy the View, out now. The tour will kick off on October 7 at Skully's in Columbus, OH and will hit markets such as Austin on October 13, New Orleans on October 15, Orlando on October 18,...
Pelican Announces Deluxe Reissue of 'Australasia'
by Michael Major - July 27, 2022 The deluxe reissue will feature remastered audio by Josh Bonati and bonus material, including a never-before shared track, a live recording of the album's title track from the era of the album's release, a remix by James Plotkin, and artwork by ISIS/SUMAC/Hydra Head founder Aaron Turner....
Toledo Announce Debut LP 'How It Ends' With New Singles 'Climber' & 'Leopard Skin'
by Michael Major - July 19, 2022 Pulling from their childhood influences of 90s adult contemporary and Elliott Smith, Brooklyn-based Dan Álvarez de Toledo, and Jordan Dunn-Pilz’ music, which is full of seamless harmonies throughout, skirts the softer edges of indie rock and the darker fringes of pop with each song imbuing a big dos...
The Dip Confirm Fall Headline Tour
by Michael Major - July 19, 2022 The Dip will embark on an extensive headline tour this fall with newly confirmed shows at Los Angeles’ The Belasco, Charlottesville’s Jefferson Theater, Louisville’s Headliners Music Hall, among many others. The band will also join Lake Street Dive and The California Honeydrops for select dates this...
Josh Johnson Announces 'The Josh Johnson Show' Podcast Album
by Michael Major - July 07, 2022 Whether it’s stories about watching someone pitching a pyramid scheme at a funeral or a little lunch thief that evaded an entire school, the album promises laughs and plenty of shock. Shock at how a sweet little grandma can quickly turn into a full weed fiend and shock at how Josh managed to navigat...
Chloe Moriondo Debuts Long-Awaited Single 'Hell Hounds'
by Michael Major - June 10, 2022 In addition to “Hell Hounds,” Blood Bunny Deluxe features alternate and acoustic versions of album tracks – including a rendition of “I Eat Boys” featuring dodie – original voice memos, and a studio version of Chloe’s early pandemic ballad, “Living Virtually.”... |