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Toronto sextet JAUNT share new BADBADNOTGOOD produced single ‘Delighted To Be Spoken To’
Toronto-based six-piece Jaunt are set to release their debut album All In One on April 16th. The band formed in 2016 as a casual recording project that, upon the release of their debut E.P Chat, became a local overnight sensation. Now, word is spreading with their last few singles gaining support from the likes of Lauren Laverne at BBC Radio 6 Music and Matt Wilkinson at Beats 1 as well as the likes of NTS, Clash, DIY Magazine and The Line Of Best Fit.
LOLA YOUNG RELEASES NEW TRACK ‘PICK ME UP’
Produced by long-time collaborator Manuka, ‘Pick Me Up’ is another slice of Lola’s wry and intelligent song writing, showing her at her soulful best; keeping the lyrics honest and insightful and ever utilising her incredible vocal range.
Italy’s Own Marco Gray Leaves Jazz Behind To Pursue Pop Career in the UK – ‘Ten More Times’
Shot in London, the video to Ten More Times shows Marco comfortable in a city he now calls ‘home’, a place he is comfortable being himself and which has always opened doors to him since his arrival!
Following the attention around his new track ‘Ten More Times’, Marco Gray recently featured as a guest on UK radio station Gaydio. There he met with presenter Andrew Edwards who had nothing but admiration for Marco’s voice – and was especially keen to get Marco back to singing some more jazz songs as this is what Marco started off doing in his music career.
Bklava drops scintillating new single ‘Through The Night’
Exciting young DJ, producer and singer Bklava has unveiled her new single ‘Through The Night’, out 6th March via Long Lost Brother.
Drawing on her trademark 2-step sound, ‘Through The Night’ is Bklava’s darkest tune yet, masterfully pairing sparse, restrained garage beats with her own scintillating vocal prowess. It comes ahead of two London shows next month, at Colours Hoxton (4th April) and EartH Hackney (18th April) in support of Conducta and Crazy Cousins.
Ambient Trio GLASS CRISTINA Share Hypnotising New Single ‘Bali’
Following the success of their previous single ‘Kings Of Nowhere’, the latest release from Glass Cristina is ‘Bali’ – a hypnotizing single, fuelled with constant ambient energy. With a typically ambiguous yet stunning video, featuring the masked characters for which they have become synonymous, it’s another opportunity for audiences to watch the on-going metamorphosis of one of the world’s most exciting, imaginative bands.
Ol’ Dirty Bastard Debut Album Certified Platinum For 25th Anniversary, Deluxe Edition Out March 27
Ol’ Dirty Bastard made his solo debut 25 years ago with the Grammy®-nominated album, Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version. An instant hip-hop classic, it peaked at #2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and crossed over to reach #7 on the Billboard 200. The album quickly earned gold-certification and would introduce fans to two of ODB’s biggest hits: “Brooklyn Zoo” and “Shimmy Shimmy Ya.”
In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the album has now been certified platinum by the RIAA and will be celebrated with two new special editions from Rhino.
Ol’ Dirty Bastard Debut Album Certified Platinum For 25th Anniversary
The Crowleys (Dilly Dally, Doomsquad) – Share New Single, ‘Simple Reflection’
The band recently performed alongside the likes of Doomsquad, Dilly Dally and Ducks Unlimited with previous singles earning tips from tastemaker blogs inc. Impose Magazine, Cereal & Sounds and Diamond Deposits. ‘Simple Reflection’, the band’s first release of 2020, comes strapped with 80s-styled synths and washed guitars that build for a lavish psych-rock sound not too dissimilar to the likes of Pond and Melody’s Echo Chamber.
Malena Zavala unveils the video for title track ‘La Yarará’ / Album due 17th April
Malena Zavala has unveiled the video for ‘La Yarará’, the stunning title track from her upcoming new album available April 17 on Yucatan Records. The stylish and colourful video was shot in Madrid and is directed by London-based photographer/film-maker Sofia Boriosi.
Watch TOP nachos As Stoned Puppets On Tour in “Donate 2 The Bands” Music Video
Ahead of their upcoming tour and SXSW debut, New York City punk duo TOP nachos have released their new single “Donate 2 The Bands” with an accompanying music video, directed by Ari Zeneli.
Lucifer Star Machine – ‘Baby, When You Cry’ with Music Video
Today, Hamburg based rockers Lucifer Star Machine releases “Baby, When You Cry”, the second single taken from their fourth album “The Devil’s Breath”, set for release April the 3rd on The Sign Records. The single is released with a music video that was premiered by Ghost Cult Magazine.
HELLIGATORS New Single ‘Snake Oil Jesus’ – Out Today
Snake Oil Jesus was a song Helligators originally published in 2012 as a single. It was the re-recorded and included in the band’s second album, Road Roller Machine. Since then, it has become the song with which their fans and crowds in general have become most fond of and it has been the closing song of Helligators live shows for years. In the last two years, the band has done many acoustic shows called ‘The Road Roller Unplugged Machine’, playing songs from their three albums in a re-arranged acoustic version, along with cover songs from their favourite artists.
Saturday’s Heroes – ‘Dead of Night’
During 2019, Saturday’s Heroes wrote and recorded seven very different songs, each one telling a different story and standing completely on its own legs. The songs handle growing up, love, friendship, hardship, politics and just being alive. With energized classic rock and punk rock as a ground base, these new songs ventures into new worlds when it comes to the band’s songwriting and sound in general. Beautifully recorded and refined by the talented Joona Hassinen at Studio Underjord.
SOSA releases single ‘Won’t Give Up’
Up-and-coming DJ and producer SOSA has unleashed his new single ‘Won’t Give Up’, out NOW on Ministry of Sound.
With feelgood piano house chords, stitched together by an irresistible female vocal, ‘Won’t Give Up’ possesses all the attributes to affirm it as an early frontrunner for track of the summer.
New > AMA > Releases ‘PIXELHEART’ EP Out Today
AMA follows up her acclaimed debut EP ‘SCREENLUV’ with new project ‘PIXELHEART’ released 5th March, on Dirty Hit. Enlisting production from both sides of the Atlantic, the lead single ‘Hour We On’ was produced by Brooklyn based Jim E-Stack (Haim, Anna Of The North, Dillon Francis), the EP opens up with the crescendo of ‘Bright’ produced by rising London producer and previous collaborator Daniel Hylton Nuamah, whilst the 2-Step groove of ‘Rush’ was produced by West Coast Major Lazer, Diplo and Madonna collaborator Santell. The EP creative was driven by Places + Faces founder Ciesay.
Pavey Ark share title track from debut album “Close Your Eyes and Think of Nothing”
Pavey Ark are a fast-rising alternative folk band from Hull, fronted by singer and songwriter Neil Thomas. Formed in 2016, their debut album “Close Your Eyes and Think of Nothing” is out March 20th. Today, the band have shared the title track from it. The phrase is taken from the song “Private Hell” by The Jam, songwriter Neil Thomas explains the meaning behind it a little more:
New Music This Week – Stephen Malkmus, Mandy Moore, Brandy Clark, and More
New Releases for March 6, 2020 – Here are the AllMusic editors’ picks for the most noteworthy releases this week. Looking for more? Visit our New Releases page.
FRENCH-CAMEROONIAN RAPPER MIKANO DROPS DEBUT MIXTAPE ‘MELTING BALLOONS’
Emerging French-Cameroonian hip hop artist MIKANO, releases his first mixtape ‘Melting Balloons’ today alongside the cinematic visuals for ‘When It Rains Glitter’ Part One.
Imagination and emotions are at the centre of ‘Melting Balloons’, a body of work which reflects the artist’s creative mind and aesthetic. The nine-track mixtape features ‘Silhouette’, which also serves as its first single, a track Mikano wrote like the rest of the mixtape, with the help of his friend and wonderkid Parisian producer Svtvs, mixing a pop-driven afrobeat melody with trap-tinged beats, while his introspective lyrics celebrate the female beauty in all its diversity.
New > Belgian Modern Funk Producer John Parm Releases Debut EP > Out Today > listen here
Having honed his skills over the past two decades as an in-demand beatmaker amongst the Belgian and French modern funk and hip hop scenes, John Parm is entering the new decade with an interstellar debut EP. The Brussels based modern funk producer steps out on his self-titled project released today, taking you on an intergalactic journey through four electrifying tracks.
Mason Maynard drops ‘Lookin’ At Me’ EP…
Manchester DJ and producer Mason Maynard is hitting 2020 with purpose and imagination as he announces his new record imprint “Fantazia”. Working alongside USA heavyweight electronic music leaders Insomniac, the first release will be titled “Lookin’ At Me” out February 14th and sets the tone for Mason’s new musical direction.
THE HIRSCH EFFEKT ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM “KOLLAPS” AND SHARE SINGLE “NOJA”
The Hirsch Effekt return with their new single NOJA. It’s the first track from the bands 5th studio album KOLLAPS coming May 8th, 2020 via Long Branch Records. KOLLAPS encounters everyday madness with elaborate counterpoints and ludicrous lyric lines. In a heavier manner, the band slips into the roles of other, social actors to reflect the aspects of their agenda: a dispute with the systematic collapse is thematized from the perspective of the “Fridays For Future“-movement, depicted in a musical dainty or a bizarre way, then again also to corrode opposers in a strobe-like manner.
Mason Maynard kicks off 2020 with new EP – ‘Lookin’ At Me’
Manchester DJ and producer Mason Maynard is hitting 2020 with purpose and imagination as he announces his new record imprint “Fantazia”. Working alongside USA heavyweight electronic music leaders Insomniac, the first release will be titled “Lookin’ At Me” out February 14th and sets the tone for Mason’s new musical direction.
The four-track EP kicks off with ‘Lookin’ At Me’, a rhythmic vocal-led electro track that showcases Mason’s ever-growing musical palette. Next up, ‘Out Of Line’ gets things started with an uncompromising kick drum before dropping into an acid line that crunches the ears of the listener. The hypnotic vocal ensnares you with low frequencies and submerges the listener under the bass-weight of this pure club weapon. ‘Jack Work’ is a further nod to Mason’s NYC & Chicago house influences utilising delicate piano chords to masterful effect. Seeing the EP home is ‘Fantazia’. The EP’s finale leans to early Warp Records electronica and Detroit style electro and further re-affirms the young Mancunion producers musical direction.
Swedish producer Donnie Castle reveals intoxicating addiction in blurry new record ‘Alprazolamia’
Gothenberg based producer Donnie Castle unveils hallucinogenic new single ‘Alprazolamia’, taken from his upcoming record Donnie II. This follows 2018’s mixtape, and trilogy of singles Oooh which received critical praise, a top 10 on Hype Machine, and inclusion of Spotify’s Fresh Finds and Flume’s Essentials playlist.
New > Jarreau Vandal Drops New Single > ‘Bad Shit’ > Out Today > listen here
Honing in on a more serious side of a sociable lifestyle, Jarreau explains ‘Bad Shit’ is “..an ode to my love hate relationship with alcohol. I’ve been working hard on changing my bad habits and on taking care of myself. The beauty about music and lyrics is that it’s open for your own interpretation, it could easily be seen as a song about a bad relationship”
STAKE’S NEW VIDEO – ‘CRITICAL METHOD’
STAKE have released a brand new video for ‘Critical Method’, the song is taken from the bands album of the same nam which was released last year on Hassle Records.
FRENCH-CAMEROONIAN RAPPER MIKANO DROPS DEBUT MIXTAPE ‘MELTING BALLOONS’
Emerging French-Cameroonian hip hop artist MIKANO, releases his first mixtape ‘Melting Balloons’ today alongside the cinematic visuals for ‘When It Rains Glitter’ Part One.
Imagination and emotions are at the centre of ‘Melting Balloons’, a body of work which reflects the artist’s creative mind and aesthetic. The nine-track mixtape features ‘Silhouette’, which also serves as its first single, a track Mikano wrote like the rest of the mixtape, with the help of his friend and wonderkid Parisian producer Svtvs, mixing a pop-driven afrobeat melody with trap-tinged beats, while his introspective lyrics celebrate the female beauty in all its diversity.
Born and raised in Sydney, Australia – the now London/Amsterdam based duo Two Another made up of Angus Campbell and Eliot Porter are making a grand return this year. Having previously worked under a veil of darkness, 2020 sees Two Another step out of the darkness in rare fashion, tackling head on issues around sexuality, mental health and fatherhood; subjects which have shaped the journey the band have taken so far. One Night served as a bristling statement of intent from a duo you’ll hear a lot from, and who have a lot to say, this year
The Four Owls return with long-awaited album and drop new single Sound The Alarm
Since their inception in ’11, The Four Owls have become best known for their thought-provoking, emotive and undiluted lyricism. They’ve never shied away from delving deep within and in doing so have carved a unique space for themselves within the Hip-Hop landscape. With the collective comprising of Leaf Dog, Fliptrix, Verb T & BVA the foursome perfectly demonstrate the age-old idea that you can’t choose your family but you can choose your friends, The Four Owls have fabricated an honest bond of brotherhood that spills out into their music which can only be described as Hip-Hop in its purest form. At the production helm, Leaf Dog is responsible for creating not only the entire album but The Owls signature sound which they have become so infamous for.
Benjamin Gordon releases new single ‘Take Me Home’
Multi-talented Brighton based music producer and photographer Benjamin Gordon has revealed his brand new single ‘Take Me Home’, taken from his upcoming debut album Where Did We Get Lost set for release on April 3rd via Blurred Recordings.
Blending luscious soul and sleek gospel tones together within a tranquil atmospheric haven, ‘Take Me Home’ sees Gordon flexing his ability to effortlessly paint evocative pictures. The song acts as a beautiful and soothing journey through stunning surroundings entwined with tales of heartache and loneliness, traversing expansive and emotionally abundant soundscapes in harmonious isolation. The track features stunning guest vocals from Ade Omotayo, who has previously worked alongside Gorillaz and the late Amy Winehouse.
BEACHTAPE release scratchy surf-rock single ‘Somewhere Better’
Channelling the shifting perspectives we encounter over periods of change, ‘Somewhere Better’ is the latest scratchy, sunny indie-rock gem from Brighton quartet Beachtape. It’s being used to announce a new EP, ‘Bigger Picture’, out via CRC Records on April 10th, ahead of which they’ll be heading out to Austin to perform at SXSW.
Stevie Wonder is considered by many to be one of the most successful musicians and songwriters in history. On Friday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m., members of the public can experience Wonder’s inspiring and innovative contributions to pop, rhythm and blues, rock and more at Husson University’s Gracie Theatre.
Natural Wonder, the Ultimate Stevie Wonder Experience, features a full-band, complete with a crack rhythm section, a full-fledged horn ensemble, and celebrated artist Gabriel Bello. Bello is a #1 Billboard-ranked vocalist, producer and multi-instrumentalist who channels the energy and artistry that made Stevie Wonder an icon across decades and genres.
DEMI LOVATO RETURNS WITH EMPOWERING NEW ANTHEM “I LOVE ME”
Written by Lovato, Sean Douglas, Keith Sorrells, Alex Niceforo, Jennifer Devilveo, Rose Nicholson, and Warren Felder, “I Love Me” sends a message of self-love and being confident in your skin, regardless of the past and present. After the chorus ponders, “I wonder when I love me is enough,” the lyrics come to the matter-of-fact realization, “But I’m a ten out of ten, even when I forget.”
Para Fiction kick off 2020 with snarling new single ‘Project 47’
No-holds-barred Brighton duo Para Fiction kick off the new decade with latest single ‘Project 47’, out today via their imprint Parasitic.
A typically unruly barrage of snarling vocals, scuzzy guitars and prophetic lyrics, ‘Project 47’ sees Para Fiction at their bold and uncompromising best. The track’s official video sees the pair performing in an abandoned trainyard, with the bleak, industrial aesthetic proving a perfect match for the music.
New Release – Amille ‘Detox (FI:VO Remix)’
“Detox” is a song about a relationship that has devoured you, and gradually wears you down. Like an unhealthy diet, you’ve been seduced by the sugary quick fixes, and you’re now crashing down, whilst barely recognizing yourself anymore. You need to distance yourself – or detox – in order to start loving or liking each other again. If the relationship is to have any chance of survival or repair, some time out is sometimes the only choice left to make.
JAMES GILLESPIE SHARES NEW VERSION OF SOMEDAY SUNDAY FEATURING NATTI SHINER
2019 saw James Gillespie raise his profile in style. Not only did he release his debut album ‘Safe.’, but he also earned airplay from Beats 1 (via Elton John!) and Radio 1, and completed a debut European headline tour that included a sold-out London show at Dingwalls. In the process, Gillespie accumulated 72 million streams in the last twelve months alone – a tally that continues to grow by another 3 million each month.
