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Bryan Ferry Releases New Retrospective Collection
by Josh Sharpe - October 25, 2024 Bryan Ferry released a comprehensive 81-track collection, RETROSPECTIVE: SELECTED RECORDINGS 1973-2023, celebrating over 50 years of his music, including a new song, marking his first in over a decade....
Mercury Rev Unveils 2025 North American Tour
by Josh Sharpe - October 22, 2024 Last month, legendary psychedelic rock band Mercury Rev released their brand new studio album Born Horses via Bella Union to critical acclaim. Currently on tour overseas, the band has announced that they will bring their riveting live show stateside in 2025....
Bryan Ferry Releases 'Retrospective: I Thought' EP Ahead of New Box Set
by Josh Sharpe - September 26, 2024 Bryan Ferry has released the I THOUGHT EP, featuring covers, original compositions, and new music, ahead of the RETROSPECTIVE: SELECTED RECORDINGS 1973-2023 box set release on October 25, celebrating his 50+ year career....
Bryan Ferry Releases New Song 'Star'
by Josh Sharpe - August 28, 2024 Bryan Ferry announced his first original music in over a decade with the release of 'Star,' a collaboration with Amelia Barratt, featured on the upcoming album RETROSPECTIVE: SELECTED RECORDINGS 1973-2023....
Mercury Rev Unveil Celestial Opus 'Ancient Love'
by Josh Sharpe - July 03, 2024 Psychedelic rock band Mercury Rev return with their brand new studio album Born Horses due out September 6. Ahead of the album, they have unveiled their new single “Ancient Love,” an enchanting celestial opus. Listen to the track here!...
Dale Crover (the Melvins) to Release Third Studio Album 'Glossolalia'
by Josh Sharpe - June 12, 2024 Dale Crover (the Melvins) releases his third full-length solo album, Glossolalia, on Sept. 13 via Joyful Noise Recordings, with the Crover and Toshi Kasai-produced effort bursting with Nuggets-y garage rock, proto-metal riffage and gorgeously hazy psych-pop. ...
Mercury Rev Shares Single 'Patterns' Ahead of New Album
by Josh Sharpe - June 04, 2024 Legendary American rock band Mercury Rev has announced their brand new studio album Born Horses due out September 6 via Bella Union. The new collection is a glistening psych-jazz-folk-baroque-ambient quest highlighting the band’s sophisticated instrumentation, met with heroic indie rock chops and of...
THE SISTERS OF MERCY to Embark on Fall N. American Tour with Blaqk Audio
by Josh Sharpe - May 06, 2024 Following their triumphant return to North America with last year’s 19-date tour that saw sold out shows in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, plus six other cities, THE SISTERS OF MERCY (TSOM) have announced a run of 26 shows this Fall that include such legendary venues a...
Chris Connelly Releases Album 'The Lives and Loves of the Serial Homesick, Vol. 1'
by Josh Sharpe - April 15, 2024 Chicago-based alternative music legend Chris Connelly is back with a new 8-track album. In four decades of making music, since his days with Fini Tribe in Edinburgh, he has consistently pushed the creative envelope, between his involvement in such projects as Ministry, The Revolting Cocks and Pigfac...
Zombi Release 'Bodies In The Flotsam' In New Preview Of 'Direct Inject'
by Michael Major - February 20, 2024 Zombi teases 'Bodies in the Flotsam' in a sneak peek of Direct Inject. Direct Inject, which was self-produced by Moore and Paterra, also features guest percussionist Jeff Gretz (Zao/From Autumn To Ashes), and guitar player Phil Manley (Trans Am). Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!...
Video: Love Power The Band Releases Music Video For #1 UK iTunes Single 'Psychedelic Halo'
by Michael Major - February 09, 2024 Love Power The Band releases their highly anticipated music video for 'Psychedelic Halo,' a mystical and ethereal song that aims to awaken higher realm consciousness. Known for their transformative and interactive music, Love Power The Band brings their high-spirited energy and love into their music...
JESUS PIECE Announce Co-Headling North American Tour With Sanguisugabogg
by Michael Major - January 16, 2024 Jesus Piece's highly acclaimed album …So Unknown dominated 2023 end of year lists via tastemakers, fans and critics. They have announced a 2024 co-headlining tour with labelmates Sanguisugabogg with Peeling Flesh and Gag supporting. This run hits both coasts, the Midwest, Texas, Florida, Canada and ...
Linda Smith Shares Cover Of Young Marble Giants' 'Salad Days'
by Michael Major - January 10, 2024 A pioneer of the home recording movement, Linda Smith released several collections of delicate, bewitching solo music on cassette in the 1980s and ‘90s. The 2021 release of Till Another Time: 1988-1996, Captured Tracks' compilation of Smith's work, has helped bestow rightful critical acclaim to the ...
Love Power The Band Celebrates Winter Solstice With New Single 'Psychedelic Halo'
by Michael Major - December 21, 2023 Love Power the Band will release their highly anticipated new single, 'Psychedelic Halo.' The track, written by lead vocalist Ananda Xenia Shakti, is a vibrant sound bath for Awakening Higher Realm Consciousness. It features a vibrant mix of angelic vocals, pulsating guitars, and mesmerizing percuss...
Metric Releases New Album 'Formentera II'
by Michael Major - October 16, 2023 OUT NOW! Check out Metric's new album 'Formentera II' featuring their latest single. Get the latest updates on the band's music and tour dates. The tour (already sold out) will continue this coming week with stops in Toronto, London, Paris and Berlin before they head on a Central and South American ...
Kanii Drops New Single 'Marry Me'
by Michael Major - September 01, 2023 Viral phenomenon Kanii (pronounced Ka-Nee) returns with the dizzying new single “marry me.” Atmospheric and alluring, the funky track finds the 18-year-old blending his many influences into a pop daydream, which will undoubtedly be a highlight of his set when he hits the road this fall with Riovaz. ...
GENESIS OWUSU Shares 'Stay Blessed' From New Album 'STRUGGLER'
by Michael Major - August 16, 2023 Owusu also shares the album’s third single, “Stay Blessed,” and the Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore-directed video featuring Owusu and his Roaches – fans from across Australia that showed up to the video shoot in Melbourne ready to shave their heads and dawn the album’s iconic red stripe on their heads. ...
GENESIS OWUSU Shares New Single 'Tied Up!'
by Michael Major - July 12, 2023 Produced by Sol Was (Beyoncé’s Renaissance) and Henry Was (Justin Jay, Thumpasaurus), the track lends nods to fan favorites like “Good Times” and “Wit Da Team” rounded out by a pounding, yet meditative, outro. He is also set to bring his live show to North America, following his arena tour this spri...
Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog Announces New Album & Releases First Song
by Michael Major - May 22, 2023 Connection sees Ceramic Dog fully entrenched in their signature approach to improvised music, augmented by contributions by such special guests as singer-songwriter Syd Straw, keyboardist Anthony Coleman, saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, organist Greg Lewis, clarinetist Oscar Noriega, and cellist Pe...
GENESIS OWUSU Returns with New Album 'STRUGGLER'
by Michael Major - May 18, 2023 Recorded between the US and Australia, the album’s producers traverse musical genres; from Jason Evigan (RUFUS DU SOL, SZA), to Mikey Freedom Hart (Jon Batiste’s 2021 Grammy of the Year Album, We Are), Sol Was (Beyoncé’s Renaissance), and original producers, Andrew Klippel and Dave Hammer....
Heart Attack Man Takes A Shot In 'Like A Kennedy'
by Michael Major - May 04, 2023 Punk rock band Heart Attack Man have shared their new single “Like A Kennedy”, an emotional track structured around anxious guitars. Tickets across the country are selling fast, with Chicago already upgrading to a bigger room due to demand....
HARRIETTE Releases Debut EP 'i heart the internet'
by Michael Major - April 27, 2023 Together the set of songs is fueled by personal experience and completely natural in their disposition. Across the 8 tracks Harriette’s best lines feel simultaneously whip-smart in their writing and as though you’re listening to a friend explain their latest personal drama. Plus, check out new tour ...
joan Share Highly Anticipated Debut Album
by Michael Major - April 19, 2023 joan have released their highly anticipated debut album superglue, which is over three years in the making. The full length album is shared with accompanying visuals for the title track. The album follows their beloved EPs portra, cloudy, hi and bye. superglue is an existential journey influenced by...
Heart Attack Man Unleashes 'Stick Up'
by Michael Major - April 13, 2023 Starting on May 25th, Heart Attack Man will be bringing their new music on the road for the Freak Of Na-Tour. The six week run features Arm’s Length, Super American, and Photocopy. It includes stops in Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Nashville, LA, and more, before wrapping up with two sol...
Jo Bartlett Goes Solo With 'I Waited A Year'
by Michael Major - March 22, 2023 New single “I Waited A Year” found its form during the intense heatwave of 2022. Restless from a bout of insomnia amidst those hot summer nights, Jo found solace from the sleeplessness in the sanctuary of her home studio and began laying down ideas that had been swimming around her mind.... |