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FIRSTWORLD (Kris Alvarez) Shares “What A Drag” Video Via Northern Transmissions
Miami producer and artist, FIRSTWORLD (Kris Alvarez) has shared the video for his latest single, “What A Drag.” The latest in a group of singles that explore various themes on anxiety through love songs. The video was premiered with Northern Transmissions featuring trippy visuals, an assortment of colors pallets, metallic dinosaurs, outer space and the deep sea, FIRSTWORLD builds on the single with a captivating video.
Lanterns On The Lake Share New Track “When It All Comes True”
Of the track Lanterns On The Lake vocalist Hazel Wilde comments: “Sometimes when you write a song you are creating a world in the same way a film maker or an artist painting a scene would. This is a twisted coming-of-age love story where we’re let in on the thoughts of what seems like a deranged narrator with a premonition. They’ve been trying to warn everyone around them of what is to come but nobody takes them seriously. At the time I was writing this one there was a lot of awful stuff on the news about shootings in America and elsewhere and some of that seeped into the story. At the end our narrator promises: ‘through the empty streets in the searing heat I’ll keep my word for you, when the sirens cease and my pulse is weak I’ll keep my word for you’”.
RIVAL SONS ANNOUNCE NEW NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
2x GRAMMY-nominated group Rival Sons have announced a North American headline tour set to get underway this spring. The coast-to-coast trek will see Rival Sons joined by special guests Reignwolf, The War and Treaty, and JJ Wilde on select dates. The tour is set to kickoff April 17th at the 1,900 capacity House of Blues in Anaheim, CA, and will include stops at the legendary Ryman Theater in Nashville, TN (5/2), Huntington, NY’s Paramount (5/13), Port Chester, NY’s Capitol Theater (5/14), and more [FULL ITINERARY / ADMAT BELOW]. Presale tickets for the tour will be available Wednesday, February 12th, at 10:00AM local time with public on sales starting Friday, February 14th at 10:00AM local time.
Phantom Posse share “Changing” feat. Makonnen & Yohuna
Quote about the song:
“For ‘Changing’ – Makonnen came over to my apartment in Brooklyn..I had made some magic mushroom tea that evening and Makonnen and I have always worked really fast together.. he put down a few chords and before I could finish shaping up the groove he already had all the lyrics and song structure ready to record. We tracked everything in my bedroom. A couple weeks later I was working on the mix, adding little details here and there when Yohuna who’s bedroom was next to mine came home after a night out with friends around midnight. She poked her head into my room and was like ‘I have an idea for a counter melody!’ and we recorded her vocal then and there.” – Eric Littmann
Swiss alternative-rock/grunge power-trio Misty Bliss released brand new single “Under The Sun”
As announced a few weeks ago : about 18 months after the release of its debut S/T EP and then some line-up changings, Swiss alternative/rock/grunge power-trio Misty Bliss just released a brand new digital single called “Under The Sun”, available right now on every streaming services (Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer, Amazon…).
Americana Highways Premieres deFrance’s Music Video “Angel”
Arkansas’s rooty-blues-rock band deFrance are excited to announce the release of their last music video, “Angel”, off their full-length album Second Wind today through Americana Highways. To ring in the announcement, the band has shared two new singles. The video for “Keep The Night On It” debuted via Guitar Connoisseur. Americana UK premiered music video “Runaway Heart” who noted that the song had “shades of Tom Petty and southern rock…the Arkansas outfit absolutely nail it… definitely need more of this sort of thing.” Lastly, American Songwriter premiered the album by saying “…deFrance is a band that delivers on your first impressions with their music matching their looks: an Americana group that is ready to give you a rock show.”
Cathedral Bells (Russian Baths, Good Eye Records) | Share Single & Announce Debut Album
“As gauzy as it is ‘gazy, Matt Messore’s dream pop project sounds like the Gulf Coast response to SoCal’s Surf Curse and their bedroom pop offshoots” – FLOOD Magazine
“An exploration of the smudged reds of The Cure, hazy pinks of Chromatics and gluey browns of DIIV” – The Line Of Best Fit
“All watery guitar effects and heavenly vocals, those sighing melodies are endlessly intriguing” – CLASH
PRESCRIPTION HAPPINESS’ IMPRESSIVE LATEST RELEASE – “QUIETLY FALLING”
Prescription Happiness is clearly a formation, which strives to formulate and articulate its overall creative and artistic vision in one cohesive, comprehensible product, which has the potential and the capacity to not only impress and attract attention with its music features, but with the overall atmosphere that represents the essence of the band’s specific nature as well. Comprised of intriguing and well-composed instrumental motives and compositional structures throughout its entirety, the band’s most recent record – “Quietly Falling” (including the critically acclaimed self-titled track, as well as the dynamic and dark “You Are Not Welcome” and “Defective By Design” that were launched as singles) – is a release which impresses with its highly noticeable and distinguishable eerie, horror-esque atmosphere, created by the mixture of aggression, emotion, beauty and sincerity that is being continuously showcased through the different aspects of Prescription Happiness’ style.
Eli Fantasy presenta su nuevo sencillo “Si toca toca”
La cantante, modelo y bailarina Eli Fantasy está lista para impactar la industria musical con su nuevo sencillo promocional “Si toca toca”, de la mano de Interscope Records, el sello discográfico que de ahora en adelante guiará los pasos de esta nueva “amenaza” femenina del género urbano.
La intérprete boricua se había dado a conocer con gran aceptación en Puerto Rico con temas como “No soy como tú” y “Noche inolvidable”, sencillos que dejaron en claro su talento y pasión por la música, ya que como ella misma afirma “la música me hace sentir libre”.
CHARLIE CRUZ, MAS FUERTE QUE NUNCA CON EL TEMA “PA QUE ENAMORARSE”
El Salsero Boricua Charlie Cruz lanza su mas reciente sencillo musical titulado “Pa Que Enamorarse” que desprende de su próxima producción discográfica “Tentaciones Vol. 1”, disponible en mayo. El tema ya esta en Top 20 de las carteleras de Billboard en los Estados Unidos y están trabajando fuertemente en las radio emisoras de la Republica Dominicana, Colombia, Peru, entre otras regiones.
Crisman share the hypnotic “Cya”
The melancholic and sinuous lead single “Surprise” pulls from childhood memories of wanting to be included and feeling misunderstood in order to lend its start-stop riffs an emotional touchstone. On “Cya,” the band employs acerbic distortion and twinkling arpeggios to explore the immaturity and inevitability of trying to forget a person or feeling that lingers far too long, where final single “Icee Blue” is about experiencing the infectiousness of a romance, a thematic reproduction of the song’s infectious composition.
Witch’s Wall Share Eponymous Single “Witch’s Wall”
“A contagious track containing the whimsical surf influenced indie of Mac DeMarco and jazzy overtones of King Krule. Witch’s Wall has made mellow the new edgy with this inspiring composition that crafts alluring harmonies with an emotive mix of lush keyboards and ethereal guitars.” – Glide
SONG PREMIERE: Witch’s Wall Takes Mac DeMarco Styled Chill Indie To Creative Peak Via “Witch’s Wall”
Indie Pop Bilingual Songstress Tatiana Hazel Releases “Hasta Que”
Mexican-American bilingual indie Pop songstress, producer, musician and fashion designer, Tatiana Hazel, releases new single “Hasta Que” (As Long As) which premiered yesterday on Ones to Watch. The song is about her momentous decision to leave Chicago to pursue her artistic career in Los Angeles. “Hasta Que” showcases her bilingual lyrical prowess and talent as a producer with buttery vocals matched by a dream-like production she co-produced with Drew Polovick.
COUNTRY MUSIC ICON CLINT BLACK SELLS OUT UPCOMING PERFORMANCE AT THE FAMED RYMAN AUDITORIUM IN NASHVILLE
One of Country music’s most celebrated artists, Clint Black, has sold out his upcoming show at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, on Sunday, May 17th. Known as the “Mother Church of Country Music,” Black’s last appearance at the famed venue was back in 1999.
“The Ryman holds such a special place in our history, I’m especially thrilled to be playing there. And knowing the fans are going to fill it up for us has us all really excited for May 17th! We’re planning for a very special evening here in Music City!” says Black.
Clint Black Sells Out Upcoming Performance At The Famed Ryman Auditorium in Nashville
LAURAN HIBBERD shares visuals for pulsating new single ‘Bang Bang Bang’
Positioning herself at the forefront of the emerging indie landscape, slacker pop queen Lauran Hibberd kicks off 2020 with pulsating new single ‘Bang Bang Bang’, and has today revealed its accompanying visuals.
Steve Miller announces “Americana” summer tour with Marty Stuart and Gary Mule Deer
The AMERICANA TOUR is a 40-city summer tour that will start in Austin, TX, on June 13th, immediately after Miller is inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in New York on June 11th.
There will be two special festival dates featuring Brian Wilson and Taj Mahal, as well as four Canadian concerts featuring a young, bright new songwriter and guitarist, Matthew Curry. The full itinerary is below. For ticket on sales, fans can check local listings.
CHAZ CARDIGAN’S NEW EP, VULNERABILIA, IS OUT TODAY VIA CAPITOL RECORDS/LOUD ROBOT
“A girl told me one time after a show that my set made her want to call everyone she knew and tell them she loved them, and I think that’s what I want people to get from my music in general,” Chaz says. “I’d love for my songs to make them feel more secure in whatever emotions they’re feeling, even when those emotions are a little scary. I want everyone to feel confident in their vulnerability.”
Ana Popovic Announces First Sixty Shows Of Her 20th Anniversary Tour
Ana Popovic has announced the initial sixty confirmed appearances she’ll make this year across The United States and Europe as she celebrates her 20th anniversary. There will be dozens of additional performances announced as they are confirmed in the coming weeks. Popovic begins the run on February 19 in Atlanta, GA and wraps the leg on March 28 in Everett, WA. She’ll then make European appearances from April 23 in to Early May.
Arno Cost & Norman Doray kick off 2020 with feelgood house anthem ‘Darlin’
French artists Arno Cost & Norman Doray have linked up on new single ‘Darlin’, out on 14th February via Positiva Records.
Another vibrant, feelgood house track, ‘Darlin’ is a disco-enthused banger that sees Arno Cost and Norman Doray deliver that sumptuous ‘French Touch’. It follows 2019’s ‘Together’, a similarly anthemic single that has since accumulated 5 million streams. Building on the track’s success, the duo went on to release further music on well known electronic music labels, including their latest single on Club Sweat in 2019 – establishing themselves as artists to be reckoned with in the process.
Winnipeg-Based Electro-Pop Artist RIOTRON Premiering Lyric Video for Latest Single “There For You”
“The Lyric video for ‘There For You’ was inspired by the art of James R. Eads. He uses these huge cosmic metaphors to explore the idea of basic human connection,” Fettes says. “I wanted to try and explore those same ideas but through a kind of 1980’s sci-fi aesthetic.”
“There For You is about how thinking of the people we love can bring them to us any time we need them. It doesn’t have to be spiritual or metaphysical it’s just the power of our memories,” says Fettes. “When you can’t be with them physically, they can still be there for you across time and space. It sounds cosmic but it’s really kind of simple and comforting.”
NECROWRETCH Release Full Stream of New Album, ‘The Ones From Hell’
NECROWRETCH comment on the stream: “The time has come to unleash our new creature to the face of the earth… Behold to The Ones From Hell! Come thee, Come forth, embrace the Beast and join us… in Pure Hellfire!”
SWEDEN’S WINONA OAK RELEASES “LONELY HEARTS CLUB” VIDEO
Winona Oak has shared a transfixing video for “Lonely Hearts Club” from her just released debut EP, CLOSURE (Neon Gold / Atlantic Records). The video juxtaposes the highs and lows of a night out and the morning after as Winona sings amidst a sea of lookalikes, flashing back and forth between rushes of euphoria and anxious splendor.
Stitched Up Heart Premieres New Track “Straitjacket” Today with Hollywood Life
“‘Straitjacket’ is an anti-love story about a messy love life and a masochistic heart,” states Stitched Up Heart frontwoman Alecia ‘Mixi’ Demner about the track.
Stitched Up Heart Gives You The Hard Rock Anti-Valentine’s Day Anthem You Need With ‘Straitjacket’
Gary Lucas unveils ‘The Essential Gary Lucas’
Legendary guitarist Gary Lucas has announced THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS, an extraordinary new compendium spanning 40 years of groundbreaking and provocative music. The 36-track, two-CD anthology arrives April 15 via Rare Lumiere/Knitting Factory Records.
THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS offers ample evidence of this maverick artist’s trailblazing and unique career, from his early work on stage and record with Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, to his landmark work with Jeff Buckley and his one-of-a-kind psychedelic jazz-rock band Gods and Monsters, though his extraordinary and extensive multi-genre solo catalogue – a truly epic body of work that spans psychedelic rock, film music, classical, electronica, jazz, blues, avant-garde, and world music excursions through 1930s Chinese pop, Hungarian folk, raga, and more, all unified by Lucas’s virtuosic guitar and ceaselessly questing spirit.
“MOONZz’s talent is out of this world—literally.” – V Magazine
“[MOONZz is] blessed with a fierce set of pipes that execute R&B runs with effortless aplomb…” – Noisey
“MOONZz’ voice is the light illuminating the sky, and her lyrics the fuel that create a visual representation of the story she sings about.” – Ones to Watch
