LORD OF THE LOST To Release New Ensemble Album, Swan Songs III, via Napalm Records On August 7, 2020
Dark metal sensation LORD OF THE LOST returns with their newest offering in their classic ensemble album series: Swan Songs III, the long-awaited successor to Swan Songs II, will be released via Napalm Records on August 7, 2020.
Rory K – “Heat Thru Your Body”
Rory K’s Hip Hop & Pop infused “Heat Thru Your Body” shot in Los Angeles, showcases the West Coast in all it’s glory & is a perfect add to any beach or summer party playlist –
KELLY CLARKSON SHARES “I DARE YOU” REMIXES
GRAMMY-winning global superstar Kelly Clarkson has shared the dancefloor-ready Eden Prince Remix of her brand new single “I Dare You”– available now via Atlantic Records. The high energy remix marks the first of four set to arrive over the next month, including reworks by Arkadi, Gozzi and Lash.
for Skope: R3HAB releases “Feel Alive” ft. ARIZONA as part of “SCOOB!” movie’s soundtrack (Warner/Atlantic)
Today R3HAB released his brand new track “Feel Alive,” ft. ARIZONA, which is part of Warner Bros.’ “SCOOB!” movie’s official soundtrack (also released today via Atlantic Records).
Brand-New Pop Act Rory Webley Reveals New Single “Genie in a Bottle”
The new single is taken from Rory’s upcoming EP Are You Scared Yet? the release of which is expected soon. “Genie In A Bottle” illustrates Rory’s unique blend of moody, atmospheric pop and dark, subject matter and is the follow up to recent single “Friendly Neighborhood Poltergeist,” released in April. “Friendly Neighborhood Poltergeist” has been streamed more than 300,000 times to date and has been picked up by a number of prominent Tik-Tok influencers.
THE TAKE AWAY – FEATURING KEVIN THRASHER (ESCAPE THE FATE) AND MATT MCANDREW (SLAVES, THE VOICE) – LAUNCHES THRILLING FIRST SINGLE “SAD ABOUT NOTHING”
The Take Away – the brand new alternative super group, featuring the combined talents of Kevin Thrasher (Escape the Fate) and Matt McAndrew (Slaves, The Voice) – has burst onto the scene with the formation’s electric first single “Sad About Nothing”. This first track marks the beginning of a beautiful partnership for Thrasher (who is also responsible for the engineering of one of the most highly anticipated, upcoming albums in music at the moment – MGK’s “Tickets To My Downfall”, produced by Travis Barker) and McAndrew, who have a joint musical sensibility that is at once raw, emotive and inescapably catchy.
POWFU UNVEILS ANIME-INSPIRED OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “ILL COME BACK TO YOU”
“i’ll come back to you” follows Powfu’s massive hit “death bed (coffee for your head)” and the previously-released track “im used to it”. “death bed (coffee for your head)” originally took off on TikTok, where the song has now soundtracked over 5 Million videos to date, and has since exploded off the platform and into the mainstream. The song continues to sit in the Top 10 on Spotify’s Global 50 and Top 5 on Shazam’s Global 200. The beabadoobee collab has steadily climbed the Billboard Hot 100 week by week and currently sits at #31. The track is now certified Gold in seven countries, including the US, and has accumulated over half a Billion streams to date.
KID BLOOM RELEASES NEW SINGLE “WOUNDED/SURROUNDED”
Slick synths and sparse bass entwine with 808s on “Wounded/Surrounded” as Kid Bloom’s dynamic vocals echo above a glitchy beat. The track sets up a confessional ambience: “I get so lost in my devotion,” his voice rings out. “I designed some drums and made this vibe on my computer,” he recalls. “It became a very alive and moving piece of music. Out of that, I hopped on a shitty little mic and sang the whole song. It’s about how it’s never good to victimize yourself. There are times where you feel like all you can do is pull away and shut everything out. You’re having an internal conversation and separating yourself from judgment.”
Loud Forest – Entitled “Costa Rica”
Bernard and Rachel Chadwick are the husband-and-wife duo that create pop/rock music imbued with love and artisanship. Theirs is an enviable creative relationship built around making more of themselves and the world through collaboration. The band started while Bernard was earning his MFA at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California. It was a way for rock to fuse into art and art to fuse into rock. This became the exact intention of their music going forward. The band’s incorporation of pop sensibilities, ethereal vocals, insightful lyrics and rock undertones give them a sound that is unique, fun and sure to keep you grooving.
Toronto Bedroom Pop Artist Aunty Social Remixed by FaltyDL
Aunty Social (real name Daniela Gitto) shares the first of several remixes of tracks from her debut EP, The Day My Brain Broke. Out today is New York producer FaltyDL’s take on her video game inspired single, “Cortex.” Daniela explains, “I hope this gets everyone dancing as much as it got me to! It’s a true honour to have Faltys signature style bring a new sound to my song.” FaltyDL adds, “The muse behind the remix was easy to find, I heard it immediately in Aunty Social’s vocals. Normally, I’d spend most of my time rebuilding vocals in a remix. In this case, I focused on supporting the already stellar vocal performance.” The upcoming remixes will include new versions of other EP tracks from Porches, FWAR and jennylee of Warpaint. More details to be announced.
New Music This Week – Charli XCX, Perfume Genius, Jason Isbell, and More
New Releases for May 15, 2020 – Here are the AllMusic editors’ picks for the most noteworthy releases this week. Looking for more? Visit our New Releases page.
12 track release touches on the singer’s state of inebriation, the positive, negative and everything in between and the emotions of feeling connected or disconnected from people you love. Sonically the album features atmospheric synthscapes, powerful lyrics and nu-disco vibes.
Party Nails has been profiled by the likes of Billboard and NYLON, among others.
THE NIXONS Release New EP SONIC BOOM May 22, 2020 Through Intercept Music
Alternative rock band The Nixons are back! Sonic Boom, the band’s first collection of new music in almost 20 years, will release on all platforms via InterceptMusic.com on May 22nd. The band will also be releasing their single “Ghost of an Angel.”
Dre Island Announces Debut Album + Unveils New Video “Still Remain” (COMPLEX Premiere)
Dre Island is one of Jamaica’s most powerful messengers. The multi-faceted artist – who sings, songwrites, produces and plays piano – will release his debut album Now I Rise on May 29th, 2020 through a joint-venture partnership with DubShot Records and Kingston Hills Entertainment. The 13-track release will feature the hit single “We Pray” feat Popcaan, “My City” and the recently released “Be Okay” feat Jesse Royal, as well as 9 previously unreleased songs. Other collaborations on the album include “Days of Stone” feat Chronixx and “Run to Me” feat Alandon. Today, along with the pre-order of the album, he unveils the last song on the album “Still Remain” accompanied by a brand new video directed by Fernando Hevetia.
COLTON DIXON’S “COMPLETELY ADDICTIVE” SELF-TITLED EP OUT TODAY
Atlantic Records/Hear it Loud artist, American Idol alum Colton Dixon is debuting his first self-titled EP today (listen here). ‘COLTON DIXON’ is already being called “completely addictive,” and “the sign of an artist that’s comfortable moving into a bolder direction as he evolves as both an artist and a human being.” The EP boasts five brand new tracks all co-written by Colton and some of pop music’s biggest names including the late busbee and ROBOPOP.
Premiere: Colton Dixon’s Intimate “Can’t Quit You” Proves a Sweetly Seductive Love Song
Melodic Death Metal Band CURSE OF EIBON Unleashes New Single & Lyric Video, “Seek To Destroy”
Swedish melodic death metal band CURSE OF EIBON have revealed their new lyric video and single, “Seek To Destroy.”
Black Orchid Empire share new single “Natural Selection”
Black Orchid Empire guitarist and singer Paul Visser about the new single: “This song tells the story of an alien sent to a doomed earth to try and ‘correct’ the mistakes humans have made. Finding not only hubris and greed but also beauty and wonder, the alien falls in love with the planet and its flawed people, and decides to go down with the ship.
johan lenox connects with KEY! & Young Nudy on ‘reckless’
Fresh from the release of his well-received cancel the party EP, johan lenox today reveals his latest single reckless, a stellar collaboration with buzzing artists KEY! and Young Nudy released today via Island Records.
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down’s “Temple” out today on Ribbon Music to critical acclaim
In celebration of the record, the band has debuted videos for the album tracks “Pure Cinema,” “Temple” and “Phenom.” The “Phenom” video has been hailed by The Washington Post as “the first great Zoom music video,” and Fast Company adds that it is “a fantastic video all on its own, but it’s even better as a harbinger of what’s to come. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down have thrown down the gauntlet to all comers.” The video was also recently honored with a “Sunny Award” on CBS “Sunday Morning.”
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down’s ‘Temple’ Serves As Bold ‘Experimental Alchemy’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Watch Libby Rodenbough’s (of Mipso) Official Video for “Colors”
Of “Colors,” Rodenbough says,” “I wrote this song so many years ago I can’t remember what I was thinking when it came out. But I still identify with the notion of fraudulence—who doesn’t? I guess I have always been big on clothes and shoes and broaches and bolo ties, and like any proclivity it has made me wonder what I’m compensating for. When I was younger and more awkward I felt I was going to have to develop some sleights of hand because I wasn’t exactly high-school hot and it seemed at the time like that was the pinnacle of achievement. I took note of the way people dressed themselves up, not just literally but with tics and quirks and music taste and all the rest, and I absorbed a lot of them into a kind of hodgepodge personality. Since then I’ve been working on relaxing but that comes with a kneejerk fear that, if you peel away those accumulated layers, you end up with not much.”
Playya 1000 & The Deeksta “Corona Laid Me Off”
Skope | Drugs new video – ‘Try Me’
Avant-garde pop-rock band Drugs has just announced their debut album — Episodic, out August 7 on Park The Van — alongside lead single/video “Try Me”. The track propels listeners into the sky and drops them on their ass with manic fast rhythms and vengeful lyrics.
TRIPPIE REDD AND PARTYNEXTDOOR RELEASE NEW SINGLE “EXCITEMENT”
Following the release of A Love Letter To You 4 – his first album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart – 20-year-old rap phenom, Trippie Redd, teams up with PARTYNEXTDOOR for his latest single “Excitement,” via 10K Projects/ Caroline. Dramatic and sensual, “Excitement” features PARTYNEXTDOOR’s irresistible, dark R&B vocals and finds Trippie Redd pushing the limits of our expectations.
PSYCLO RELEASES “WATCH ME.”
“’Watch Me.’ is about possessiveness,” explains Psyclo. “I hate to hear stories about ‘I’m-yours-you’re-mine’ relationships.” On the surface, it sounds lovely but it’s actually scary. A relationship will grow dark once possessiveness seeps in. It’s a trap when you start thinking about if you’re equal in a relationship, then you start to judge what you do and what the other person does.”
For Skope: Protocol’s 200th release – Nicky Romero’s tech-trance edit of Teamworx’s “Techno” (out now)
Nicky Romero just dropped his edit of Teamworx’s “Techno” via Protocol Recordings. It’s a special version of the song prepared by Mr. Romero to celebrate the label’s another milestone – 200th release since its inception in 2012.
