Nadia Nair x Skope Magazine
Being Malaysian-Indian and growing up in Sweden she has also been faced with many challenges culturally where people view her as ‘other’. She uses music to channel her emotions and frustrations, which gives a rebellious edge to what she does.
Lec ‘Coming Your Way’
After extensive touring as a session guitarist, London/Brighton songwriter Lec has gone solo with his own brand of modern folk, fused with hints of blues and soul. His debut single ‘Coming Your Way’ is out on Feb 4th on all major platforms. The song is heartfelt and warm, with evocative lyrics and gritty but refined guitar work. For fans of Jeff Buckley, Tallest Man on Earth, and Bob Dylan.
Lynyrd Skynyrd Announces 2019 Farewell Tour Dates for the U.S.
Last year Southern Rock icons, Lynyrd Skynyrd, announced that, after a career that has spanned more than 40 years and includes a catalog of more than 60 albums with more than 30 million units sold, they would embark on their Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the career-concluding farewell tour logged over 50 stops by the end of 2018.
Last year Johnny Van Zant, Gary Rossington, and Rickey Medlocke sat down with Dan Rather for a candid conversation on The Big Interview during the first leg of their farewell tour. Reflecting on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s enduring legacy and their fans around the world, Rossington told Rather, “It takes a long time to finish a farewell tour when you’re like us, ’cause we’ve played everywhere… I keep jokin’ it’d take ten years to do the farewell tour.”
Steve Earle & The Dukes Return With “GUY” March 29th – Stereogum Premieres “L.A. Freeway” Today
Steve Earle first met Guy Clark after hitchhiking from San Antonio to Nashville in 1974. A few months after his arrival, he found himself taking over for a young Rodney Crowell as bassist in Guy’s band. “No way I could get out of doing this record,” says Earle. “When I get to the other side, I didn’t want to run into Guy having made the TOWNES record and not one about him.”Nude Shoes Releasing ‘Suburban Ceremonies’ EP March 1st; Stream The New Single “Couple’s Jenga”
Nude Shoes is the Asbury Park, NJ based project of Andy Katz (formerly of Weird and Wonderful Words).
Check out “Couple’s Jenga” a track off the band’s upcoming Know Hope Records debut ‘Suburban Ceremonies,’ out March 1st:
Metric premieres fan-sourced “Love You Back” video
“‘Love You Back’ is about making a decision to stop being miserable,” notes frontwoman Emily Haines. “We get trapped in past incarnations of ourselves and decide that nothing can ever change. I’ve been held in place with wire and lace and waltzed around the drain. In the tension between a very dull standard of conventional morality and an intense desire to break out of it, our fixed ideas of ourselves and fear of any negative outside perception keep holding us back. What we desperately want is to ditch all that and be free.”
Ozay Moore releases “The Between Time EP”
Every unit of time has value. The years, months, weeks, days, seconds and minutes that we so often take for granted are an extension of divine grace and favor.
Colourmusic ‘Swimsuit’ Out Now
Swimsuit is Colourmusic’s fourth, and most personal, full-length studio album and was composed and produced by Ryan Hendrix and Nick Ley (Flaming Lips, Brothers Griiin). “In the way that a lot of people I know these days are preparing for the end of the world,” Hendrix states, “this album is a doomsday prep album in an emotional way. I know that some bad things are coming my way and I wanted to create a soundtrack I could listen to when those things do.” Before the release of Swimsuit, Colourmusic had been quietly giving their fans early access to the album since summer of 2018 through a unique invitation-only campaign. About this early access approach, Nick Ley said, “we’re having fun existing just outside the industry right now. I think bands feel pressure to do things a certain way when releasing their own records to be considered “professional” and a lot of those practices just insert more space between artist and audience.”
LANY PREMIERE VIDEO FOR ‘THICK AND THIN’
Taken from their sophomore album Malibu Nights, out now on Interscope Records, “Thick and Thin” has already racked up over 42 million streams since its release at the end of last year. The video sees a reflective frontman Paul Klein hitch a dangerous ride, cruising along the palm tree-strewn California coastline at dusk.
Sublime With Rome Announces Summer Headline Tour
Sublime With Rome announces U.S. Summer headline tour today. The ska-punk trio will hit the road with support from Soja starting June 2nd in Cedar Rapids, IA and ending on August 4th in Dallas, TX. Sublime With Rome will also be performing at major festivals like Bunbury Music Festival, Summerfest, Levitate Festival, One Love Cali Reggae Fest, and more.
The Y Axes unveil sparking new single “How We Begin”
Existential Frontiers – New White Owl Red LP – Full Download
White Owl Red is the San Francisco based music of singer/songwriter Josef McManus. It features drums by Kyle Caprista (Chuck Prophet, Megan Slankard) and Guitars by Gawain Mathews (Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, and Ben Lee). Americana Ash, White Owl Red’s first album debuted on the Americana Music Association Charts (AMA) and remained there for 14 weeks in 2014. Naked and Falling, the second studio album by White Owl Red received international acclaim and airplay in 2017 and 2018. It charted on the AMA top 100 Chart, the FAR Chart top 10, and the Root 64 airplay chart top 20. Naked and Falling was ranked in the top 100 albums of 2017 by Alternate Root Magazine.
THIS WILL DESTROY YOU: “The Mighty Rio Grande” Heard In Verizon Wireless Super Bowl
The track “The Mighty Rio Grande” from THIS WILL DESTROY YOU’s self-titled full-length was used during the 2019 Super Bowl this weekend as the soundtrack for a Verizon Wireless commercial featuring Los Angeles Chargers coach Anthony Lynn visiting first responders who saved his life after an auto accident. The commercial serves as part of Verizon’s “The Team That Wouldn’t Be Here” campaign.
Christina Castle (Aussie X-Factor/Three 6 Mafia/Max Frost Tour) ‘Chapter 1’ EP
Christina has already received praise for her songs. Big Takeover said, “The EP is a collection of three powerful songs that not only marks the arrival of an impressive, exhilarating singer and songwriter but also mines Christina’s own incredible story to offer an honest, intimate portrait of herself. ”
Slash Ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators: Annouce Summer U.S. Headlining Tour
As Slash ft. Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators–Slash (guitars), Myles Kennedy (lead vocals), Todd Kerns (bass), Brent Fitz (drums) and Frank Sidoris (rhythm guitar) are currently on their worldwide tour through Asia, New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the U.K., the group has announced they’ll kick off a headlining U.S. tour this summer. The U.S. trek will launch on July 15 in San Francisco and wrap-up August 13 in Orlando. Tickets will go on-sale this Friday, February 8 at 10AM local time and are available at http://www.slashonline.com.
Collie Buddz Releases New Single Bounce It
“Bounce It” is the latest single from Bermudan reggae artist Collie Buddz’s upcoming album Hybrid. Like the rest of the songs on the album, the single was completely produced, written, and recorded by Buddz at his home away from home, his studio in Oakland, California. The afropop influenced track features Ghanian grammy nominee Stonebwoy and is a sure shot party starter. The buzz for Buddz’s upcoming album Hybrid has been building for months with the FADER calling his most recent single “Love & Reggae” a “quintessential reggae jam.”
Kevin Tiah – ‘Set This Place On Fire’ Single & Video
Kevin Tiah’s creative drive manifests in a myriad of forms. As well as being an extravagant cook, the Sydney based artist composes within multiple styles and has demonstrated his ability to branch out into a great variety of music spanning Pop Ballads, R&B, Rock, Country and Metalcore. As his whims turn to the cheekier side of life his latest single Set This Place On Fire has found vitality in the form of pop punk.
70-year old Larry “Ratso” Sloman shares duet with Nick Cave and announces debut album
NYC author/writer/actor Larry “Ratso” Sloman has collaborated with some of the most dynamic figures in pop culture from Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, John Cale and Leonard Cohen. Ratso also wrote the best-selling memoirs for Howard Stern, Anthony Kiedis and more. Now at 70, Ratso announces debut LP ‘Stubborn Heart’ out 5th April on Lucky Number. Hear the first single “Our Lady of Light” featuring Nick Cave HERE.
