Dexx! Turner – “F*ck Boi”
Single release from Alabama native, Dexx! Turner’s album “To The Moon and Black.” The record, “Fu*k Boi” is full of energy and charisma with a little bit of witty wordplay for the audience.
THE PAPER KITES To Release ‘On The Corner Where You Live’ (September 21); Listen To “Deep Burn Blue”
The Paper Kites announce On the Corner Where You Live (out September 21 via Nettwerk Records), the Australian band’s melancholic, mid-tempo companion to the recently released album, On the Train Ride Home. Give them your tired, your lonely, your lovesick, your unsure, The Paper Kites have a song for each of them on this latest album. On the Corner Where You Live wafts evocatively with noir-ish saxophones, guitars, ambient traffic, even the languid sound of rain. It’s levitating and bittersweet, heavy-hearted stories that are resoundingly universal.
Frontman Sam Bentley spoke of the moment the album’s concept clicked together. “It’s a collection of stories about these characters all living in an apartment building; I wanted to capture moments, feelings, it’s about people and their stories.”
CHECK OUT NEW MUSIC FROM LENNON STELLA
We’re so excited to announce that Lennon Stella has new music! Today, she shared a demo of her new original song “Bad.” Check it out HERE.
Feverwar Signs With Revival Recordings
North Carolina based label, Revival Recordings is excited to welcome the Ohio based rock n’ roll band, Feverwar to their roster. The label currently houses a diverse line-up of heavy-hitters, indie rock, and pop punk bands including Alesana, The Home Team, AVOID, and more. Feverwar pride themselves on their unique sound that is a melting pot of hardcore and punk with the new age of radio rock. When discussing the signing, Feverwar stated, “We are excited to have the opportunity to partner with Revival and expose our rock and roll to new listeners.”
HUDSON TAYLOR UNVEIL ‘FEEL IT AGAIN’ LIVE VIDEO / UK SUMMER FESTIVALS
Irish duo Hudson Taylor have unveiled a live video for their track ‘Feel It Again,’ recorded during the band’s headline show at the prestigious Olympia Theatre in Dublin back in March. The release of the video precedes a busy summer of UK and European festival shows for the band, who have already played the Isle Of Wight, Glasgow’s TRNSMT, Barn on the Farm, Latitude and Liverpool Feis.
Bird Peterson (Teenage Riot, Mad Decent) Releases Full-length Album ‘Infinity Molasses,’
Austin’s proclaimed “Wizard Of The Dance Scene” producer, Bird Peterson boasts a reputable resume with releases on notable labels such as Warner Bros, Atlantic, Ed Banger, Mad Decent, Sony, Teenage Riot Records, and quite a few others. His success continues in having shared the stage with great talents such as Diplo, Tiesto, Wolfgang Gartner, T.I, Death From Above 1979, Lil Wayne, MSTRKRFT, DJ AM, Craze, The Bloody Beetroots, Rusko, Chase & Status, and many more. Peterson’s previous project with Diplo’s Mad Decent label included the trunk popping alias Drankenstein, which started a worldwide phenomenon and is established as one of the key proponents in the birth of the Trap movement.
BEHOLD Florida-based Metal Collective Cosmogyral’s Debut Release
While Cosmogyral originally came together in 2014, the Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based band forwent the traditional route of playing gigs until they had a formal album to offer. Four years later, the wait has proved worthwhile in the form of BEHOLD — available now!
Years & Years Announce North American Fall Tour. ‘Palo Santo’ Out Now!
British band Years & Years announced today they will be returning to North American shores in October for an extensive headlining tour in continued support of their critically acclaimed and recently released full-length album and short film, ‘Palo Santo.’
Starting on October 5, front man Olly Alexander and his band mates Mikey Goldsworthy and Emre Turkmen will kick things off in Toronto, Ontario before making their way across the east-coast, mid-west, and south, then winding up on the west coast in Seattle on October 30. For a full list of tour dates, see below. Tickets pre-sales start Tuesday, July 17, 10AM local and general on-sale starts Friday, July 20 at 10AM local.
LIVE FROM DARYL’S HOUSE IS BACK
BMG is proud to announce a new partnership with the acclaimed television music series Live From Daryl’s House. The agreement includes worldwide rights to the complete 82-episode collection filmed from 2007-2016. The show’s production, which is slated to begin this fall, is to be executive produced by Good Cop Bad Cop Productions’ Daryl Hall and Jonathan Wolfson, and Joe Thomas and Bob Frank for BMG. Sound Off Productions’ Domenic Cotter will continue as the show’s producer.
BMG administers a considerable portion of the legendary Daryl Hall & John Oates publishing catalogue, including hits ‘Maneater’, ‘I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)’, ‘You Make My Dreams (Come True)’, ‘Out Of Touch’, ‘Every Time You Go Away’, ‘One On One’, and ‘Say It Isn’t So’, among many others. Recently, BMG released the duo’s first new single, recorded with Train, in over a decade, ‘Philly Forget Me Not’.
She’s got that black girl magic
A whole year after Miss Eaves’ viral video for “Thunder Thighs,” was lauded by Billboard as one of the top 25 feminist anthems of all time, called “true, organic body positivity without pandering” by Jezebel, and called a “summer anthem that celebrates every woman” by NPR it’s still being written about and shared … but guess what, she’s got a lot more to offer.
On August 3rd Miss Eaves will be releasing the follow-up to last year’s super successful Feminasty in the form of a skillfully high-energy EP titled ME AF which covers themes like living a happy single life and embracing your pubic hair, as highlighted in the video for the first single off the new EP, “Bush For the Push.” The video for the second single, “Kiss Kiss I’m Fabulous,” (which you can check out upon request) celebrates “black girl magic” and is empowering in a way that only 56 of the best Beyonce GIFS, or a slow motion Buffy the Vampire Slayer fight scene could even attempt to get close to.
Hear Miss World’s “Carb Yr Enthusiasm” off her upcoming, debut album
Keeping Up With Miss World is a raw, 13 track power-pop, garage-party movie scene that plays out like a thumb numbing Instagram scroll fest. A teen-dream magazine collage, a multi-colored sonic mood board featuring torn up images of Ariel Pink, Kim Gordon, Clueless OOTDs, Madonna and Kim Kardashian smeared with gluestick goo.
Pompeya Premieres “Hot Summer July” Video via EARMILK
Russian outfit Pompeya has been hard at work on their brand new album Dreamers slated for a summer 2018 release label Mishu. It’s the first album they’ve fully produced themselves. Dreamers shares their story & love for U.S. culture, 80’s music and the dream of spreading their art in the west to the masses. Through their album, rather than keeping the production & lyrics clean-cut and “perfect,” they embrace their own process through raw story telling, funky drum and bass grooves and catchy “stuck in your head” melodies that continue their trend of listeners constantly dancing. Expect a good time.
LUCAS (Cage The Elephant, Jimmy Page, Hammock)
Produced by Cage the Elephant’s Lincoln Parish, the record delivers high energy rock while carrying a strong britpop influence. This is credited to frontman Johnny Lucas, a Manchester native that heavily toured around the UK as a one-man show replete with beatbox and looping magic. It was there that Johnny caught the attention of Jimmy Page who told him “I loved what you did with the loop pedal. There was so much going on it was like a 5-D experience.”
Latin Jazz Icon Eddie Palmieri to Release ‘Full Circle’ this Friday (7/20)
A titan of Latin Jazz and Salsa music, Eddie Palmieri, known as “El Maestro,” is still making musical history. At 81 years old, the multi-Grammy Award winning pianist and music legend will release Full Circle on July 20th. Featuring 8 classic salsa tracks recorded with stunning cast of musicians from New York and beyond, the album will be his first album released on Palmieri’s newly launched imprint Uprising Music via Ropeadope. The album release will coincide with the release of the Palmieri Salsa Jams App, the world’s first interactive Salsa music app on Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah’s Stretch Music App platform.
Today a new extended big band version of the Palmieri classic “Vamonos Pa’l Monte” premiered at AllMusic, who praised Palmieri’s “unpredictable, mesmerizing piano-playing.”
Gabe Gurnsey Shares New Track “Harder Rhythm”
Following the recent news of his debut solo album Physical that will be released August, 3rd, 2018 through Phantasy, today Gabe Gurnsey (of Factory Floor) is pleased to share brand new track “Harder Rhythm”, which debuted on Brooklyn Vegan.
Gabe comments on the track: “When writing ‘Harder Rhythm’ I was drawing from the two very connected basic primal instincts of sexual attraction and our instilled affinity with,” Gabe explains. “It’s a straight up celebration of both and the associated feelings of euphoria and tension. A love for the very first drum machine beat I ever heard on Michael Jackson’s ‘Wanna be startin’ somethin’ definitely made its way in’
First look at the brand new Gleams EPK from Robbie Gennet
Robbie’s music is super original and different from the norm…I call it “multi-dimensional, progressive, piano-driven pop/rock.” Having previously been a sideman on keyboards, vocals, guitar and bass for other artists, including Fuel, Lisa Marie Presley, Nick Lachey, Everclear and many others, he’s excited about the release of his own original musical creation.
This EPK is a fun insider’s look behind the scenes of Robbie and his musical collaborators, including Ryan Brown (Dweezil Zappa), Fernando Perdomo (Gleams co-producer and bassist), and Kaitlin Wolfberg (strings).
Melii Releases Spanish Remix For Breakout Single “Icey”
20-year-old Harlem artist, Melii, releases an all Spanish remix of breakout single “Icey” today on Rule#1/Interscope Records via all digital retailers. Listen HERE.
Released in March, “Icey” is the first single from Melii’s forthcoming debut project, Phases, which is set to release this year. The AWGE-directed video for “Icey” has recently passed over one million views and additionally, the track has been in heavy rotation by New York’s biggest DJs including Ebro, Funk Flex, DJ Enuff, and both Rihanna and Kylie Jenner have played the track in various social media posts. After signing with Interscope in December of 2017 and earning cosigns from the likes of High Snobiety, HotNewHipHop, Lyrical Lemonade and The Source, Melii is showing why she “may be the most exciting young artist the city has seen this year.” (DJ Booth)
Drake Bell of “Drake & Josh” Hit TV Series Debuts New Music & Look
Known for his breakout role as the comedic teen heartthrob on Nickelodeon’s hit series “Drake & Josh,” we would love to arrange an interview with you and Drake Bell and share his new music (“Call Me When You’re Lonely (feat. Lil Mama),” and “First Thing in the Morning (feat. Mike Taylor). Drake is available to chat about his remarkable journey from the small screen to the recording studio and stage, as well as the inspiration behind his singer-songwriter pop music, working and producing as a thriving independent & touring artist, and what his millions of fans can expect from the crooner in the coming months including tours and more new music. Working without a record label, Drake discovered the freedom of having complete artistic control over everything he releases, going directly to his over huge social media following (2.5 million on Instagram & nearly 8 million on Facebook) .
6LACK PREMIERES VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “SWITCH”
Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter/rapper 6LACK, releases the video for his new single, “Switch.” In the Rohan Blair-Mangat-directed video, 6LACK offers a symbolic glimpse into the life of fame in all its layers. Cutting back-and-forth between intimate personal video footage and live performances, the video displays a unique look into 6LACK’s life beyond the spotlight. On “Switch,” 6LACK expands on the moody R&B/hip-hop hybrid previously heard on “Prblms”—a 2016 release that earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap/Sung Performance. With its hypnotic melody and smooth beats, “Switch” also shows the subtle power of 6LACK’s vocals. “Switch” is the second single from 6LACK’s forthcoming project.
ELM: Italian Noise Rock Unit Unveils “Swampland” Video
Issues the band of the clip, “‘Swampland’ is about the swamps that surround the fake serenity of the suburbs, like the ones in the American Bible Belt and in Northern Italy. It’s about the darkness hidden in uncontaminated landscapes, around villages, and suburbs where all human deceptions live. We are not judging, we just acknowledge what is happening: ‘Swampland’s all I know, Swampland’s all I own.'”
Cubicolor via AnjunaDeep release Melancholic New Single
Taking in an eclectic range of influences, including Boards Of Canada, Moderat and the Warp Records roster, Cubicolor combine electronica expertise with lyrical depth and a haunting, pervasive vocal style. Consisting of Dutch producers Ariaan Olieroock & Peter Kriek and British producer / lead vocalist Tim Digby-Bell, the electronica three piece are following the release of their debut Brainsugar in 2016 with new track ‘Counterpart’. The track was written, recorded, produced and mixed by the band in their studio on a boat in Amsterdam.
Fastball’s ‘All the Pain Money Can Buy’ album coming in 20th Anniversary edition
When the first single from Fastball’s second record was released a few months before the album dropped, it was apparent there would be no sophomore slump. “The Way” exploded at radio, eventually going Gold, and propelling All the Pain Money Can Buy to Gold status in only three months and Platinum another three months later. The release also received two Grammy® nominations, and the band won four Austin Chronicle awards for the album.
Produced by the band with Julian Raymond (Cheap Trick, Sugarland, LP), All the Pain Money Can Buy also delivered the second single, “Fire Escape,” as well as the Top 20 single “Out of My Head” (whose chorus was recently reinterpreted in “Bad Things” by Machine Gun Kelly & Camilla Cabello) while also including a track with Poe (whose Hello was certified Gold in 1996).
