Skope Magazine x Nominee, New Song & Label
“Hypertension” is an ode to the band’s hometown of Austin, and the community that has been so supportive as the band has found their way. The band shares: “Austin has had our backs since the beginning, and in our travels throughout the last six years, we’ve noticed how lucky we truly are. Our scene doesn’t just support our band but almost every band and art as a whole. We’ve seen the same faces for years and years over now and that support is unwavering. Our friends show out every time.”
THE WRAITH: Kerrang! Streams Gloom Ballet LP By Los Angeles Dark Punk Act
Influenced by the likes of Killing Joke, T.S.O.L., and Samhain THE WRAITH’s post-apocalyptic Gloom Ballet delivers twelve infectious tracks. The album was recorded by Puscifer guitarist/producer Mat Mitchell, mastered at Audiosiege by Brad Boatright (From Ashes Rise, Tragedy, Alaric), completed with artwork by Rebecca Sauve.
GRISELDA ANNOUNCES SHADY RECOREDS DEBUT LP
The highly touted Buffalo New York underground rap champions Griselda have announced their long-awaited Shady Records debut LP WWCD for this Friday, November 29th. The album will feature Eminem, 50 Cent, Raekwon The Chef and more (full tracklisting below). Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine and Benny The Butcher, the core of Griselda, have been three of the most prolific artists of the latter half of the past decade, with a rap acumen and grind that brought them from the streets of Buffalo, NY to cosigns and deals with two of the biggest and most important rappers of all time; a Shady Records label deal and now involvement with Roc Nation Management.
Sophie Auster – New video captures “the sound of New York”
Premiered by V Magazine, the new music video stars Jari Jones, the trans activist, actress, and model who made a big splash at Cannes this year with a film she co-produced with Martin Scorsese. Featuring a cast of queer Black performers from NY’s underground ballroom scene, the film made Jari the first Black trans women to produce a film at the festival, and it also featured the festival’s first-ever trans star. The video follows Jari as she meets a mysterious stranger on the subway played by Basit Shittu, a non binary person who was featured on MTV’s first-ever show about sexual fluidity.
Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band Share “Nightmare Forever” LP, Out Now Via Castle Face Records
Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band have shared their latest LP, Nightmare Forever via Castle Face Records. The record is filled with robust instrumentation and a beautiful arrangement that is both captivating and unparalleled to today’s sound. Earlier this month, Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band shared the first video and second single, “Caberfae Peaks” with The Austin Chronicle. Combining their own jazz fusion sound with high medieval fantasy in a stunning 10-minute adventure.
Keith & Hollie Kenniff’s Mint Julep announce fully-crystalized ‘Stray Fantasies’ LP
Stray Fantasies marks a deepening of the discography of wife-and-husband duo Hollie and Keith Kenniff under their collaborative moniker Mint Julep, an expertly manicured electric-pop venture that stands in stark contrast to the nebulous and experimental Helios and Goldmund outputs for which the latter member is known (though both members have ambient projects under their own names). Where those projects seek to defy conventional song-form through textural, amorphous exploration, Mint Julep gels all the elements with a surprising and impressive songwriting expertise that speaks to the skill and well-roundedness of its creators.
ALABAMA’S LUH SOLDIER SCORES A TOUCHDOWN WITH NEW “PEYTON AND ELI” VISUAL
Alabama’s LUH SOLDIER has definitely asserted himself as one of the next premier hip hop talents to rise from the south and in just this past year alone Luh Soldier new EP and Title Track “NAW FR” placed him on a new pedestal of popularity. The 20-year-old rapper is definitely bringing a different flavor to modern hip-hop, with his raw, energetic, rapid-fire lyrics and cinematic sound that people are certainly paying attention to.
Tina Turner Celebrates Her 80th Birthday Today
Tina Turner is revered around the world, inspiring millions through her own personal story, her singing, her dancing and beyond. Her music legacy is a collection of some of the best-known songs of all time, just utter the phrase “You’re simply the best…” you’d be hard-pressed to find a person who doesn’t know the next line!
Country Superstar Eric Church to Headline the Pendleton® Whisky Music Fest
Pendleton® Whisky Music Fest announced today that the 5th Annual Music Fest will feature current GRAMMY nominee Eric Church and a performance by global sensation Macklemore. Tickets will go on sale in early February following the release of the full artist line-up. The two superstars are expected to bring a large crowd as fans flock to one of the most historic festival sites in the U.S., the Pendleton Round-Up Grounds.
ASH share new video for classic track “Petrol”
Following the recent announcement of their career spanning, Teenage Wildlife: 25 Years Of Ash, the Irish trio are pleased to share a brand new video montage for Petrol. The track, originally released in 1994, was part of the early triumvirate of classic singles – alongside Jack Names The Planets and Uncle Pat – all of which were included on the band’s mini-album Trailer.
On December 13, Aftermath/Interscope Records will release a triple-length edition of Eminem’s groundbreaking, Grammy Award-winning album The Slim Shady LP on vinyl, and a two-disc edition on CD. Pre-orders for The Slim Shady LP [Expanded Edition] are available now.
Swiss noise/indie/rock power-trio LØRE stream new EP ‘Nailfish’
About ‘Nailfish’, the band comments : “We are very spontaneous guys. So one day we thought it would be cool to record a new EP, the week after, we were in the studio. With this new record, we wanted to express this sense of emergency, insurrection but also fun and madness that surrounds us. “Nailfish” represents that ; a bipolar atmosphere between the seriousness of this world and the lightness with which one lives it. It’s like a fun and noisy revolution” (David Bourquenoud, LØRE)
