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Producer/Engineer Matt Ross-Spang Receives 7 Grammy Nods
by Michael Major - November 13, 2023 Ross-Spang has won two Grammy Awards, for engineering Isbell’s album Something More Than Free and again for its follow-up. Other recent work in 2023 alone include producing Peter One's Come Back To Me, Lucero's Should've Learned by Now, and St. Paul & the Broken Bones' Angels In Science Fiction, in ...
Al Menne Releases New Single 'Beth' With Christian Lee Hutson & Jodi
by Michael Major - August 29, 2023 They manage to collapse a maze of gnarled emotions into clear, direct, and inviting pathways, often using humor as an access point to something more profound. Their debut solo album was produced by Christian Lee Hutson, engineered and mixed Melina Duterte (Jay Som), and features work from guitarist ...
Electric Sons Share New Single 'Take Me Over'
by Michael Major - August 29, 2023 After their last single ‘Black Lotus’, the Sons began working on their follow up. Sample inspired, this latest single is a personal track about a new relationship crossing over into something more serious. The band mixed and mastered the song themselves, with assistance from Maze Studios in Atlanta....
Tomato Flower Share Hallucinatory Art-rock Single 'Destroyer'
by Michael Major - April 04, 2023 The Baltimore quartet have developed the uncanny psychedelia of 2022’s Gold Arc and Construction EPs to give space to something more raw and immediate. The video was directed by the band's Austyn Wohlers, who was inspired by Pylon's music video for 'Beep,' and features a solitary Jamison traversing ...
Helen Money & Will Thomas Announce Collaborative Album 'Trace'
by Michael Major - March 02, 2023 Having worked together in a variety of formats over the past, Trace marks their first fully collaborative effort, synthesizing their myriad skills as songwriters, performers, and sound artists into vivid, profoundly moving music. Along with the album announcement, the duo have shared the first singl...
Slatt Zy Returns With Cathartic New Single 'Head Gone'
by Michael Major - December 16, 2022 Tennessee rapper Slatt Zy returns with the funk-inflected, diaristic flex “Head Gone.” A striking change of pace, the young MC trades in his trademark pain and reflection for something more free-flowing and occasionally even joyous. “Head Gone” follows November’s “Life Is Crazy” and August’s “Proble...
Give You Nothing Join The People Of Punk Rock Records Roster
by Michael Major - July 25, 2022 Santa Cruz melodic punk vets Give You Nothing have signed with People Of Punk Rock Records and will release a new album titled 'Songs For The Broken' in October. Give You Nothing is widely respected and deeply rooted in the scene, having played shows with the likes of like Bad Religion, Face To Face...
Lera Lynn Releases 'Illusion' From 'Something More Than Love' Album
by Michael Major - April 20, 2022 Produced and largely performed by Lynn and her partner Todd Lombardo (Kacey Musgraves, Donovan Woods, Kathleen Edwards), Something More Than Love was written following the birth of Lynn and Lombardo’s first child during the early months of the pandemic. Listen to 'Illusion' from the upcoming album n...
VIDEO: Beth Keeping Releases 'I'm not looking for a friend' Music Video
by Michael Major - March 22, 2022 “I’m not looking for a friend” is the vibey new single exploring situationships and self-confidence. With influences from electro-pop producer Zedd shining through, the liberating track is flushed with airy, uplifting melodies and playful synths, creating a dance-worthy, sing-along anthem....
Album Club to Release Debut Tracks
by Marissa Tomeo - March 20, 2022 Album Club are a band of creatives that initially gathered to discuss music in The Laurieston, an iconic Glasgow bar in 2019. The group was started by MJ McCarthy, who brought friends together to dissect albums, track by track over drinks. ...
SPICE Releases New Single 'A Better Treatment' Ahead of East Coast Tour
by Michael Major - September 22, 2021 SPICE have returned with a new E.P., featuring two songs: “A Better Treatment” and “Everyone Gets In.” These new singles further refine the group’s singular mix of weathered melody and abrasive poetics, equal parts bracing, bruised, and cryptic....
VIDEO: The Late Ones Drop Visual for 'Feeling Myself'
by Michael Major - September 10, 2021 The video has a surreal feel, turning a typical party video into something more spiritual and meditative, while retaining all the fun. The Late Ones are known for using their music as a tool to speak out against oppression and injustice....
Fats'e Releases New Album 'Staring At The Ceiling'
by TV News Desk - August 17, 2021 Those two years in the studio were time well spent. Staring At The Ceiling takes the sound that fans have come to know and expands on it with more complex instrumentation, multiple guitars, and an infusion of punk aesthetics that help to emphasize the angst running throughout the album....
Playing Dead Release New Single 'Get It Right'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 07, 2021 On the newest single, vocalist/guitarist Sam Hoyas shares, “’Get It Right' is a song about the ghosts and memories we hold so dearly and try to learn from. It's a very catchy song with a sing-along chorus.” ...
Jeremy Earl of Woods & Glenn Donaldson of Skygreen Leopards Collaborate on 'Painted Shrines'
by Stephi Wild - January 12, 2021 In 2018, longtime friends and collaborators Jeremy Earl of Woods and Glenn Donaldson of Skygreen Leopards met in Northern California to record an album under the name Painted Shrines. The album, titled Heaven and Holy, will finally see release this year, coming out on March 5 on Woodsist Records. ...
VIDEO: Maggie Lindemann Releases New Video For 'Knife Under My Pillow'
by Sarah Leiber - January 06, 2021 With just over two weeks to go before the release of her long-awaited debut EP, PARANOIA, alt/rock/pop singer Maggie Lindemann has unleashed a video for what was the project’s first single, “Knife Under My Pillow.”...
Damani Rhodes' R.E.A.C.H Is Available Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 06, 2020 Pianist and Composer Damani Rhodes has announced the release of his recording debut, R.E.A.C.H. Available today on Bandcamp, this genre-bending recording represents the impassioned, spontaneous, sonic exploration of a musical outing of masterful musicians. ...
Paper Idol Shares Single 'Clouds'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 30, 2020 Today, LA-based pop project Paper Idol shares 'Clouds', the latest installment in a series of singles released this year. ...
KRANE and Boombox Cartel Release Swoon-Worthy 'All Again'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 25, 2020 Studio auteurs KRANE & Boombox Cartel pack a swoon-worthy punch of flavor on their Dim Mak collaboration “All Again.”...
Divide & Dissolve to Release New Single Next Week
by A.A. Cristi - July 02, 2020 From the early protest songs that came from the violent occupation of Turtle Island (so-called United States), through punk music's fight against the system, art has always been at the forefront of societal change. Whether that be through pointed attacks or something more existential - sung quietly...
Wolverhampton, UK's DEARIST Release 'Live From Cadman Studios' This Friday
by A.A. Cristi - May 18, 2020 Wolverhampton, UK rockers Dearist will release their new EP 'Live From Cadman Studios' on Friday, May 22 ....
Icelandic Emotional Post-Rock Collective VAR Debut Hauntingly Beautiful New Video 'Moments'
by A.A. Cristi - May 07, 2020 VAR began as a solo project of Júlíus Óttar (vocals, guitar, piano) in 2013, but soon after, he realized that his vision for VAR could not be fully realized without additional collaborators — so he called upon those who were close....
JOSHUA HYSLOP Shares New EP 'Embers'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 11, 2020 Canadian singer-songwriter Joshua Hyslop shares his new EP Embers. Premiering on Exclaim!, the EP includes tracks “Something More,” “Embers,” and “Behind the Light,” as well as new single “Ash & Stone.” Reflecting on the song, here's what Joshua had to say. 'I do a lot of solo touring and, for someo...
Sadler Vaden Shares New Single 'Golden Child'
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 23, 2020 Sadler Vaden is set to return with Anybody Out There? on March 6, 2020 via Dirty Mag Records / Thirty Tigers. The highly anticipated follow-up to his 2016 self-titled debut, Anybody Out There? was self-produced by Vaden, engineered by multi-platinum producer Paul Ebersold, and mastered by Grammy Awa...
Indie-Rock Outfit Evon Rose Share New Single 'Something More'
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 22, 2019 ... |