The Big Takeover release new single, on tour now
New York seven-piece band The Big Takeover have premiered their new single, “Shy,” via Atwood Magazine. Fronted by the charismatic Jamaican-born singer/songwriter Nee Nee Rushie, The Big Takeover blend Jamaican pop traditions with the spirit of Motown and uptown sophistication of the 21st-century retro soul and R&B revival scene. The new single is the first from the band’s upcoming fourth album and was produced by David Baron (Megan Trainer, The Lumineers, and Jade Bird).
Jesse Colin Young to Release Dreamers on CD & Vinyl on May 24
One of rock’s most influential and enduring singer-songwriters, Jesse Colin Young, who first made history with the Youngbloods on their classic ‘60s peace anthem “Get Together,” and who has amassed a loyal worldwide over the past five decades, announced that his 19th solo album, Dreamers, will be available for the first time on CD and Vinyl on May 24, 2019 via BMG, and are available for pre-order .
Chris Crack shares “Iceberg Dali” via Adult Swim Singles
Adult Swim Singles have teamed with Chris Crack for the 40th installment of the current program. “Iceberg Dali” is the most recent in a slew of releases from the ultra-prolific Chicago MC, who released no less than 6 full length projects last year (including Just Gimmie a Minute, which landed on Pitchfork’s “Best Rap Albums of 2018” list). Crack’s unorthodox approach and effortless blend of humorous and dark lyrical matter has earned him critical notoriety as a singular talent. In a city whose ever-elevatting rap scene leans into self-seriousness, Crack’s sometimes frantic, sometimes breezy delivery has steered him into a lane all his own.
MEET THE MAN BEHIND WILDER WOODS IN OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “SURE AIN’T” OUT TODAY
“I’ve heard that wisdom comes from two things: love and experience,” says Wilder Woods. “But I don’t think you can understand either unless you’re willing to take the first step out of the “comfortable” and dive headfirst into the unknown.”
Pete Berwick, off his new album ‘Island’
Cowpunk / Americana / alt-country pioneer Pete Berwick has been touring and recording and hammering out hundreds of shows a year, as a solo artist and with his bands, for over four decades. Along with releasing six albums, the Chicago-based Berwick is also an author and actor, and has written and published four novels, as well as having appeared in film and television. He is also an amateur boxer. “Can’t kill a man born to hang,” is Berwick’s motto, as he fearlessly travels from town to town and roadhouse bar to roadhouse bar with a lifetime of critically acclaimed songs and his battered six string.
BLACKTOP MOJO Announce ‘2019 Can’t Sleep Tour’ Dates
After spending the first 3 months of 2019 in the studio, Texas Based Rock Band BLACKTOP MOJO has announced a summer headlining tour in support of the debut single and video, “Can’t Sleep,” off of their highly anticipated, upcoming 3rd album, Under the Sun. The video is scheduled to premiere on June 21, at which time the track will be available for download and streaming, with the album slated for a mid-September release.
Oso Oso announce new album ‘Basking In The Glow’
Jade Lilitri is used to pessimism. It’s what he’s written most of his band Oso Oso’s music about. But on their new album, he’s radically committed to letting the light in, if only because Lilitri knows the darkness like the back of his hand.
Two Door Cinema Club Drop “Dirty Air” + Album Due 6/21
The smog-clogged disco rock of ‘Dirty Air’ sees Alex lustily prowling a ruined city’s dancefloors, posing through the ecological collapse: “The sky is falling, so pull up a chair”. “I thought what if we celebrated the end of the world and just had a big party?” he grins.
Instupendo shares new single + video ‘Antidote’
His signature therapeutic/emotional/nostalgic sound design has already attracted a world-wide following as well as the admiration of fellow-artists, including notable collaborators such as Grammy-winners RAC and Rostam, and more recently Toro Y Moi, all stylistic counterpoints in his orbit.
DIAMOND HEAD: British Heavy Metal Legends Unveil Official Video For “The Coffin Train,”
New Wave Of British Heavy Metal pioneers DIAMOND HEAD will issue their anticipated new full-length, The Coffin Train worldwide on Friday, May 24th via Silver Lining Music. In celebration of the record’s release, the band is pleased to unveil the thought-provoking video for the album’s title track,
Rynx Releases “Read My Mind” ft. Mainland
Danny Starr to release intoxicating new single ‘Plastic Magic’ on 21st June
Danny’s new intoxicating single ‘Plastic Magic’ (out 21st June) sounds a bit like The Divine Comedy’s best pop moments but for a new generation, oozing style and desperation in equal measure. Ed Harcourt meets The 1975’s Matt Healy perhaps…
LA’s Wild Wing Announce New LP; Share Lead Single
Wild Wing is a Los Angeles rock band formed by four lifelong friends from the San Fernando valley. Their genre-blending and infectious music combines country, synth-punk, and garage rock punctuated with satirical political lyrics. Their musical influences range from the Dead Kennedys to DEVO to Neil Young. Over the years and after playing hundreds of shows, Wild Wing has earned their reputation as Los Angeles cult heroes.
ABRAHMA: The Obelisk Streams In Time For The Last Rays Of Light Full-Length
The Obelisk is currently streaming In Time For The Last Rays Of Light, the newest full-length from French atmospheric heavy rock/doom collective ABRAHMA. The stream comes in advance of the record’s official release Friday May 24th via Small Stone.
Review & Full Album Stream: Abrahma, In Time for the Last Rays of Light
CARRY THE CROWN “Caught in the Middle” Official Music Video
NYC’s The Ritualists Announce Debut Album PAINTED PEOPLE Out August 2nd
“I’m hearing you say, ‘not enough is OK.’ Well, it’s not…I’m with the Painted People,” quips lead vocalist, Christian Dryden of NYC-based, THE RITUALISTS about standing with the free thinkers of the world. Frontman and songwriter Dryden is something of an anachronism – a multi-instrumentalist who relishes the performance aspects of a live show while also penning lyrics that call upon 19th Century Romance poetry and musical arrangements that exude cinematic, art-rock sensibilities.
Billboard streams ‘Pure Sounds of Michigan’ in full
Today, Pure Sounds of Michigan, the highly anticipated, ambient music album released by Pure Michigan is available in its entirety on michigan.org/puresounds and all major streaming platforms. Utilizing sounds from 10 iconic Michigan state parks, Pure Sounds of Michigan takes listeners on a sunrise-to-sunset tour of the state to both inspire travel to the state of Michigan and transport listeners to fond memories. The album is streaming in full via Billboard, and NTS Radio is highlighting it from front-to-back in a special episode today as well.
Lowly Share Video For “12:36” || New Album ‘Hifalutin’ Out Now On Bella Union
Directed by Martin Masai Andersen and shot over four weekends in London, the video documents Stefani and David, a homeless couple struggling with addiction. Speaking of the video the band elaborate: “Martin has created a documentary about two people finding comfort in each other. He has shown a stark and very honest look into a “day-in-the-life” of a drug addict with all the issues surrounding it, including sleeping rough and also being in a relationship. He does it in a poetic and empathic way, not to manipulate or be sentimental about it, but just to show a real story. The meeting between our music and his visuals is pretty remarkable. To us the song embodies the collision between conflict and peace and identity, between the female and masculine, the fragile and soft against the hard. It’s a song about existing and being hyper sensitive about that very fact. Through Martin’s lens we get a view of Stefani and David’s life, but also their emotions and thoughts as well. We feel honored to be invited into all their worlds.”
SPY # ROW – Blood Brothers
More than a dozen years spent together as a band clearly prove that these are not amateurs despite their youth. SPY # ROW are a really unique band by all means: they have known each other from birth and have performed as SPY # ROW for 14 years – even though their youngest band member just turned 21 in 2018. Sam and Tim Jäger as well as drummer Arian Gerhardt are an experienced team which is obvious the more one listens to them or watches them play.
Thee Oh Sees Share ‘Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion’ LP Video
Thee Oh Sees have shared previously unavailable HD video of the entire Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion Film. The reissue of Thee Hounds of Foggy Notion will be out 5/24 on Castle Face Records. John Dwyer also did an exclusive interview with All Music and the band have recently announced a run of Fall North American tour dates. You can check out where they are playing below and also check out their forthcoming Spring/Summer shows that includes a stop in Solana Beach.
PALE MISERY: Decibel Premieres New Track From Louisiana Blackened Crust Trio
Decibel Magazine is currently streaming “No Choice” from Louisiana blackened crust trio PALE MISERY. The crushing psalm comes courtesy of the band’s Black Candles And Gutter Scum debut, slated to set the world ablaze May 31st.
Shutups // “Cement Hands” single (oakland punk)
Wound deep within the anthemically angular indie-punk of Oakland-based two-piece band Shutups is a story of resilience and deep friendship. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Hadley and drummer Mia were college buddies pulled apart due to simple geography, but reunited after Hadley suffered a medical emergency that left him walking with a cane and hiding from the sun for two years. Three years later, Shutups seed the path to its debut, Every Day I’m Less Zen.
THE FOURTH COMING RELEASES DEBUT EP IV TODAY
Label group The Fourth Coming releases today their highly-anticipated debut EP IV. The 8-track project is produced by member Don Knock and includes features from King K.C., DJ Buka, Kae Hock, Haile Supreme, Ovyuki, D-Tweez, See.Francis and Blokk Gang. The EP is available across digital service providers today.
Sara Kendall Shares “Fantasies” Video Via Blackbook, ‘Comply’ EP + “Daydream” Single Out Now
NYC-based dark pop artist Sara Kendall shares her official music video for “Fantasies,” a track off her 2018 EP, Comply. Blackbook premiered the video with praise, stating, “The lyrics tell a story of pushing on through a poisonous relationship, something which probably hasn’t changed all that much since the 13th Century. And indeed, Kendall complement’s the song’s sultry, sensual trip-hop aesthetics with a chorus of rather medieval-sounding harmonies.” Sara Kendall’s Comply EP is out on streaming platforms, along with her latest single released last month, “Daydream.”
BLACKBOOK PREMIERE: Sara Kendall’s Alluringly Medieval Video For New Single ‘Fantasies’
888 Returns With Dramatic New Visuals
Resting confidently within layers of synthesizers and demonstrative drums, Denver, Colorado based 888’s Critical Mistakes EP and “Everybody Can’t Complain” their latest full length album, rests a poignant and recurring message- “Don’t give up.” Throughout the course of the infectious Alternative-Electro sounding songs, road-tested frontman Danny Stillman repeatedly reaffirmed the significance and impact of staying the course. Regardless of life’s accomplishments and catastrophes, the band, rounded out by (drummer) Danny Cooper, definitely accentuate the importance of continuing on. Critical Mistakes EP opening track and lead single “Critical Mistakes” professes “Come wake me up before I die and never get to live,” before adding “let the tide wash away my critical mistakes”. Unwilling to rest easy, 888 is consistently pushing forward and actively reaching for more.
Nolan The Ninja – Bloom (New Video)
“I wrote “BLOOM” after I wrapped up the first master of ‘SPORTEE’ last year. I was in a whole new space. It’s more of a ‘new chapter’ energy. At least, that’s what I aimed to channel. Something very relaxed but celebratory at the same time.” -Nolan The Ninja
eerie visions from Historian [RIYL Brian Eno & Leonard Cohen]
He’s got a real ‘out there’ vibe that could be attributed to his love for Leonard Cohen’s pensive songwriting and Brian Eno’s ethereal soundscapes. I find his music to be incredibly poignant…
MARTIN GARRIX RELEASES MUSIC VIDEO FOR “SUMMER DAYS” FT. MACKLEMORE AND PATRICK STUMP
Jimmie Allen Debuts Magical New Video for Single “Make Me Want To”
“I’m a huge fan of Disney, Harry Potter and ‘The Notebook.’ I wanted to create a video that showcased my love for all three,” Allen shared with CMT. “I feel like authenticity is celebrated today more than ever so with this video I really wanted highlight my quirky side.”
New Release from LOUIS TOMLINSON “TWO OF US” On Sony Music Australia
Reaching 30 million worldwide streams in just over a month, Louis Tomlinson’s brand new single, ‘Two Of Us’ continues to build momentum internationally with the release of the official video which has already hit 3 million views in less than a week!
Hoozbah – ‘Be My Queen’ Single Release
Fans of the old-school Rock n’ Roll and Psychedelic sound that used to play on your dad’s turntable have been yearning for a band like Hoozbah to reinvigorate the style.
Bret Michaels Creates, Produces & Now Presents CCCrockerfest
Music icon and creative entrepreneur Bret Michaels creates, produces & now presents CCCrockerfest: a unique, mobile, city to city day of festival experience combining Celebrity & local chefs with Country, Pop & Classic Rock artists who will interact on-stage together to perform their biggest hits, making this the ultimate tailgate block party concert series, engaging all of your senses… sight, sound, feel and taste buds.
New Release from ILLY “THEN WHAT” On Sony Music Australia
ARIA Award winning Australian Artist Illy has today released his brand new single ‘Then What’, out now on Sony Music Entertainment Australia.
Theo Bard returns from self-imposed exile with his latest soaring single, ‘The Gift’
Brand new brooding electro-pop from London native Theo Bard. Originally known for his singer-songwriter sensibility, Theo Bard has reinvented himself and returned with a sonic aesthetic that’s distinctly developed. New single ‘The Gift’ features soaring synths and atmospheric samples which oscillate and tremor with the lyrical themes of familial alienation and dis-unity. In a manner reminiscent of Massive Attack or Sylvan Esso, Theo Bard effortlessly fuses live and synthetic elements to craft a lane of experimental pop which is entirely his own.
