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INCANTATION Shares “Fury’s Manifesto” Video Via Decibel Magazine
Death metal pioneers INCANTATION unleash their “Fury’s Manifesto” music video. Now playing at Decibel Magazine, the track comes off the band’s highly anticipated new full-length, Sect Of Vile Divinities, set for release August 21st via Relapse Records.
Comments bassist Chuck Sherwood, “We present another offering unleashed from Sect Of Vile Divinities aptly named ‘Fury’s Manifesto,’ a more crushing choice from the album to express blasphemy towards religious ethics and its failure to the very evil that the faiths themselves created.”
White Dog Signs to Rise Above Records
“From the beginning we were beating the streets of Austin. This city is fuckin’ wild. There’s always something going on and the party never ends so that good time rock ‘n’ roll thing definitely rubbed off on us as little pups…”
In a world full of fakes and clowns, nothing quite hits the spot like a band that walks it, talks it and rocks it for real. Born amid the musical and cultural whirlwind of Austin, Texas, White Dog already sound like the perfect antidote to plastic sonic bullshit and sanitized radio fodder. In fact, as guitarist Carl Amoss explains, White Dog are the bastard sons of their city’s entire underground scene /and/ the spirit of rock ’n’ roll itself. Alongside drummer brother John, bassist Rex Pape, co-guitarist Clemente De Hoyos and singer Joe Sterling, these old school troublemakers are on a clearly defined mission.
Multi-Layered Progressive Metal Act GOD Unveils Epic GOD “IV – Revelation”
Enigmatic multi-layered progressive metal act GOD will reveal its latest epic, IV – Revelation, completely free of charge, on July 14.
Boy Pablo shares new single “honey”
While his career took off in 2017 with the viral, outsider-pop anthem “Everytime”, Boy Pablo’s Nicolas Muńoz has since found himself more connected to his art than ever. While Boy Pablo initially started out as a project just for fun, Muńoz, now 21, has since honed a cohesive, creative vision, becoming a fully-fledged force to be reckoned with in the indie-pop space. The second single from his forthcoming debut LP ‘Wachito Rico’, is a testament to his development as both a songwriter and a studio recording artist. It’s a lush production with an earworm chorus over a dreamy and effortless groove that chronicles the ups and downs of a romance that is rooted in a deep love.
BLACK MAGNET: Hallucination Scene Debut LP By Industrial Metal Outfit
While birthed in the late 1980s, it was in the 1990s that the “industrial metal” genre came to full fruition with the likes of Godflesh, Ministry, Pitch Shifter, Fear Factory, Front Line Assembly, and even Nine Inch Nails carving out (or in some cases sampling) metal inspired riffing over a backbone of electronic malevolence and brutal machine driven percussion. In that tradition, BLACK MAGNET offers the haunted pummeling synthesis that is their debut album, Hallucination Scene.
The Imaginaries “Walking On A Wire” Out Aug 14
Oklahoma Americana husband / wife duo, The Imaginaries, Shane Henry (guitar, vocals) and Maggie McClure (keys, piano, vocals), are set to release their third single, “Walking On A Wire” August 14, a song written about facing obstacles head on and pushing through, no matter what, to overcome them. Pre-save/Pre-order the song HERE. “‘Walking On A Wire’ is about the balancing act that artists face daily,” says Maggie McClure. “It’s about opportunities that we’ve been given that have then been taken away due to circumstances completely out of our control. But it’s also a song about keeping the faith and staying the course, no matter what.”
Michael Aguilar Track: Attention
He is slated to release 3 new singles next week Those singles are Nothing to lose, I just didn’t know, and his debut single Attention. All 3 new singles will be available on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and several other online retailers.
Cannonboi – “In My Bag”
Muck and the Mires Unveil New “Take Me Back To Planet Earth” Single/Video
The new video by Muck and the Mires features stunning footage of their hometown of Boston, MA under lockdown. Written recorded and filmed during the pandemic, “Take Me back To Planet Earth” is joyous ode to the good old days before isolation set in. In addition to plenty of outer space hi-jinx, viewers will get to experience The Old North Church, Bunker Hill, The Schrafft’s building Fenway Park and other Boston icons as they have rarely been seen before.
Canadian psych folk artist Ora Cogan releases ‘Bells in the Ruins’ LP
Ora Cogan is a multi-disciplinary artist and singer-songwriter based in Victoria B.C. She is known for her singular voice and cinematic compositions. While migrating between several cities and towns over the past decade, she has released seven albums and toured extensively throughout Europe and North America. Cogan has collaborated with a multitude of artists, curating experimental project Les Yeux in Montreal, scoring films for Beyond Boarding and songwriting with Frazey Ford. Over the past two years she has performed at Le Guess Who Festival in the Netherlands, Pickathon Festival in Portland, Oregon and was personally invited by Mazzy Star to open for one of their rare performances in California. Today Ora Cogan releases ‘Bells in the Ruins’. You can listen here. Folk Radio UK says of the album, “Bells in the Ruins reveals myriads of dark options exist.”
CONCRETE: BrooklynVegan Debuts “Executing Vengeance” From Upstate New York Metallic Hardcore Unit
BrooklynVegan is currently streaming “Executing Vengeance” from Albany, New York-based metallic hardcore practitioners CONCRETE. The tune comes off the band’s Free Us From Existence full-length set to drop August 7th via Black Voodoo Records and Blood Blast Distribution, a new service powered by Nuclear Blast and Believe Music.
ProgStock Virtual Series in August
ProgStock Festival, the American Northeast’s Only International Progressive Rock Festival, is proud to bring you the ProgStock Presents Virtual Series.
The pandemic has closed music venues and brought in-person live music performances to a screeching halt. We don’t know how long we will have to wait before it will be truly safe to stage a festival, but we will be back! Meanwhile, we will be bringing music right to you with some great shows from artists performing live in their homes or home studios. The series will be presented every Saturday night, 5PM – 11PM US Eastern/2 pm-8 pm US Pacific Time, starting on August 1, 2020. Confirmed dates are also August 8, 15, 22, and 29.
Bob Mould shares “Forecast of Rain” from upcoming album ‘Blue Hearts’
Bob Mould has released “Forecast of Rain” off of his explosive upcoming album BLUE HEARTS, which arrives via Merge Records on Friday, September 25 –
Berlin’s Sophie Hunger shares new single & video ‘Alpha Venom’
Sophie Hunger today releases a new single, ‘Alpha Venom’, the latest to emerge ahead of the release of her new album, ‘Halluzinationen’, due out on August 28, 2020 via Caroline International. Produced by MPG UK Producer Of The Year, Speedy Wunderground’s Dan Carey (Kate Tempest, Fontaines DC) – who also plays across the record – ‘Halluzinationen’ is Berlin-based, Swiss singer, multi-instrumentalist and film composer Hunger’s seventh studio album. ‘Alpha Venom’ – which follows 6Music (Steve Lamacq’s ‘Lamacq Livener’) & Radio 1-supported supported single ‘Everything Is Good’ – is now streaming alongside a blistering live session video shot at the Studio La Fabrique in France:
LKeys – “Here” (Official Lyric Video)
Daphne Guinness (Tony Visconti) | new single + video
Daphne Guinness releases a new single, ‘Looking Glass’, the latest to be lifted from her forthcoming third album, ‘Revelations’ due out on August 14, 2020 via Agent Anonyme/Absolute. Daphne recorded the album at Les Studios Saint Germain, Paris – working once again with David Bowie producer Tony Visconti, also at the helm for Guinness’ previous two critically-acclaimed albums, ‘Optimist in Black’ and ‘Daphne & The Golden Chord’. Stream the new video for ‘Looking Glass’ here.
THEYRGY: Chicago Post-Punk Outfit Formed By Members Of Yakuza, I Klatus, And Others To Release Exit Strategies EP Via Dead Sage
THEYRGY was formed in February 2018 by John Doyle (I Decline,13 Flowers), John E. Bomher (Yakuza, Iklatus), Michael Fabiano, and Tony Hooper. Drawing inspiration from post-punk, industrial, and shoegaze artists, the band’s music aims to radiate light from within the dark spaces resonating inside and outside the listener. The map is not the territory. We’re done with living in the false structures that steal us from ourselves and our community, and funnels us into a bloated, mediocre, and unrealized life. By embracing and channeling the underlying chaos that is denied existence in the world, we find the nourishment we need to grow and live meaningful human lives. Our music is our contribution to the re-enchantment of the world.
Drug Couple Share Lead Single “2027,”
Today, creative duo and real life couple Drug Couple share the first single “2027” off of their upcoming EP, Choose Your Own Apocalypse, due out August 14th via PaperCup Music. Starting off with a bright, alt-folk sound, the song “suddenly grinds into higher gear near its end with a blast of jagged guitar distortion swirling like a dream-rock tempest around the pair’s coolly musing vocals,” praises The Big Takeover, who premiered the track. “2027” follows the story of a couple of ghosts hanging out in NYC seven years after the 2020 Apocalypse — oddly prescient, both the song and EP were written long before this year and all of its events occurred.
New Music From Rod Wave “Through The Wire” Out Now On Alamo/Geffen Records
In moments of extreme trauma, sometimes the only way to get closure is to revisit that cause of that pain with a new attitude of understanding. For Rod Wave (Alamo/Geffen Records), that intense emotional release comes in his new song and video for “Through The Wire,” following his car accident earlier this summer.
New TTF music out now!
“Home” is the 4th single from our new album, “Settle Your Sins,” that will be here AUGUST 7TH!
BARFBAG’S FURIOUS DEBUT SOCIO/POLITICAL HARDCORE EP OUT TODAY
Insurgent punk-hardcore protest band BARFBAG, featuring industry veteran and vocalist David Bason with Brian Viglione (THE DRESDEN DOLLS, THE VIOLENT FEMMES, NINE INCH NAILS) on drums and Kenny Carkeet (AWOLNATION), have launched a rage filled musical assault on fascism, media manipulation, oppression and the Trump administration with the release of their debut EP, The Plastic Age, today.
Family of Things (FOT) is an indie band based out of Hamilton, Ontario
The duo self-released their debut EP in the fall of 2016 with producer/friend, Peter Mol. The EP gained instant support and media coverage (CBC, Indie Shuffle, Hype Machine and more), seeing over 750,000 Spotify streams, topping playlists for New Music Friday and Indie Allstars, among others. With a few years under their belt, and a better sense of direction, Brad and Aaron moved their studio up north to a family cottage with Peter to collaborate on their first full-length record, during which time they signed a publishing deal with Seattle-based Luna Music Group. Family of Things has joined the Paquin Entertainment team, and has had the privilege of sharing stages with acts such as Tame Impala, Born Ruffians, Bad Bad Not Good and many others.
Charlie Gradon Immerses Himself in Nature for ‘Blurry Ones’ Clip
Sydney melancholic storyteller Charlie Gradon revels in nature in the video accompaniment to his latest release ‘Blurry Ones”. He’s also announced his first real life show post-Covid lockdown on August 1st at The Lansdowne Hotel.
One Step From Falling – EYEFERU Music Video
American art rock band, One Step From Falling, premiere their latest music video, “Eyeferu.” The music video comes from the band’s new album, Stuck on the Wayside, which was released back in May via Pavement Entertainment.
Steve Reith, vocalist, says, “‘Eyeferu’ is a song about staying true to yourself, believing in your fate and outcome while staying humble. Hope you all enjoy.”