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Track Released Today from Dream Tonic
Kristin Allen-Farmer, aka Dream Tonic, is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, singer, arranger and producer. As a classically trained pianist with an appetite for dance music, Dream Tonic’s style of approaching composition is an eclectic blend of two seemingly diverse worlds. Dream Tonic’s musical work is both dreamy and gritty. With breathy, ethereal vocals riding over the top of lush, warm pads and heavy subs, her music embraces you in a cocoon of sound. She is excited to release her first ever single with a lot more music just around the corner.
RAIBARD stream new single “Angel of the Clockwork” via The Ripple Effect
RAIBARD are streaming their new single “Angel of the Clockwork” now on The Ripple Effect.
RAIBARD Comments: “This song was written about and is dedicated to Neil Ellwood Peart 1952 – 2020. Rarely does the world get to encounter such a multi-faceted, and supremely talented soul. We are all left the lesser for his parting; yet his journey through the world leaves behind a significant mark in the worlds of family and friendship, music, poetry, and scholarship.”
SHAKE THE TEMPLE Release Official Video From Their Forthcoming Self-Titled Album
Australian hard rock group Shake The Temple have put out the first official video from their forthcoming self-titled album released via Sliptrick Records worldwide on November 16th. The track is called Driven and here’s the band’s statement on the track; “Welcome to the super charged music video by Melbourne’s Shake The Temple for their single Driven. Watch as the Australian 3 piece showcase their live energy in front of a backdrop of stained Marshall amplifiers whilst spinning the wheels in some or the world’s hottest cars and motorbikes including a Mad Max Ford coupe and Harley Davidson! Driven is the first single off the groups anticipated self-titled album due out in November 2021.”
Wild Giants Put Their Tinfoil Hats on in New Single “Why Aren’t We Freaking Out?”
Arizona indie-rock band Wild Giants have just dropped their new single, “Why Aren’t We Freaking Out?” a thought-provoking anthem that makes listeners stop and think about the acknowledgment of aliens. With constantly changing news cycles, some major news events do not get the attention they may deserve. “The day the Pentagon opened the lid on UFOs by publicly confirming their existence and alien origins, I assumed the world as we knew it would forever be changed. Overnight, us ‘tin foil hat wearing conspiracy theorists’ were proven right. The revelation was seemingly swept under the rug by the general public, but I couldn’t keep my mind off of it. I kept asking myself, ‘Why aren’t we freaking out?’,” explains lead singer and guitarist Austin. Produced by Dan Parker, “Why Aren’t We Freaking Out?” is the third single off of the group’s forthcoming EP, Hey There, Slow Down, Help Me. Visit WildGiantsMusic.com.
New introspective pop from James Gillespie
Accompanied by an artful video directed by Eva Pentel (photographer for Dizzee Rascal, Little Simz, Nick Jonas, Ne-Yo), “Money Money” marks the second offering from James’ anticipated second album out early next year.
Start ‘Bedding In’ with Martin Callingham’s wintery melancholy
Martin Callingham is a writer and musician from Bristol, UK. He has been melting audiences into a puddle with his intimate delivery and beautifully crafted songs since 2016’s ‘Tonight We All Swim Free’. The album found admirers around the world and gained acclaim from major press and radio like BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, Clash Magazine, Louder Than War & Folk Radio and now Callingham is back with a gorgeous sophomore album ‘Patterns’ due for release this December.
Lucas Laufen returns with melancholic single “Cabin Fever”
Lucas Laufen shares his highly-anticipated forthcoming single “Cabin Fever”, out 22nd October via Berlin’s Embassy of Music.
Although neither planned and nor wanted, “Cabin Fever” is the Australian singer-songwriter’s lockdown-song. Having written the track in the middle of 2020, the beautiful song is an observation of his own feelings while watching the world through his window. “I lost perspective and generally felt really weird,” he says. “It was a really rainy May and I’d just sit in my room watching people with umbrellas and wonder about the broadest topics.”
DURAN DURAN RELEASE BRAND NEW ALBUM ‘FUTURE PAST’
Enrolling the help of some of the most exciting names of the last 50 years, with ‘FUTURE PAST’ Duran Duran has delivered another incredible genre-spanning piece of work that once again sets them apart from the pack. Working alongside DJ / producer Erol Alkan and pioneering Italian composer / producer Giorgio Moroder, the band has enlisted the help of some of the most unexpected and inspiring names in pop – including ‘Queen of Drill’ Ivorian Doll on ‘HAMMERHEAD’ and Japan’s CHAI on ‘MORE JOY!’. In addition, Blur’s Graham Coxon co-wrote and lends his guitar to several tracks on the record and David Bowie’s former pianist Mike Garsonadds an exquisite sonic layer to album closer ‘FALLING’. The record, which was recorded across studios in London and LA over lockdown, also features long-time collaborator Mark Ronson who co-wrote and played on ‘WING’, with mixing coming from Mark ‘Spike’ Stent.
Alex Clare makes his long-awaited return with the soaring new single ‘Why Don’t Ya’
After storming onto the scene more than ten years ago and unleashing the enormous singles ‘Too Close’, ‘Crazy To Love You’, ‘Treading Water’ and his Don Diablo collaboration ‘Heaven To Me’, songs that would all go on to garner tens of millions of streams each, Alex Clare has now returned after a five-year hiatus to deliver his enormous comeback single ‘Why Don’t Ya’.
Miles Kane releases video for soaring, horns driven new track ‘See Ya When I See Ya’…
Following the release of the soulful ‘Caroline’, Miles Kane today reveals the carefree video for his new track ‘See Ya When I See Ya’, the third advance from his highly-anticipated new album Change The Show, out 21st January 2022 on BMG. The release comes as Miles features on ‘The Dealer’, a track he co-wrote with Lana Del Rey for her new album Blue Banisters.
VALERAS share new video for “Let Me Go” | New EP “Tell Me Now” out now digitally / 19th Nov physically
The Cadillac Three share brand new video for ‘Devil’s Lettuce’
The track was written by band-members Jaren Johnston and Neil Mason. Speaking on the new video, Neil comments, “After seeing Nashville based animator, Shane Pielock’s work in a video by local indie artist, Tomorro Tomorro, we loved how he was able to create something visually compelling and narratively complete with simple line drawings. Even if it’s just a drawing of a question mark by itself in the middle of the screen, there’s something cool about it.
carolesdaughter DROPS ANTHEMIC NEW SINGLE “MY MOTHER WANTS ME DEAD”
Rising rocker and multi-instrumentalist, carolesdaughter, who PAPER Magazine calls a “beacon to the misfits and alt kids” is back with a killer new single, “My Mother Wants Me Dead.”
A distinctly short track that’ll make you feel alive, “My Mother Wants Me Dead” and its accompanying lyric video officially drop today.
Deceptively catchy new single from salsapunks Contento shows their relaxed side
When Paulo and Sano, Contento’s two expatriate Colombian compadres, met a decade ago at an Eddie Palmieri concert in Berlin, they discovered a mutual passion for salsa. During a three-year period between 2016 and 2019, they got together whenever possible between Paulo’s base in Geneva and Sano’s in Barcelona to explore their musical passion and lay down a debut album. Lo Bueno Está Aquí crystallised what Paulo describes as “a new salsa sound that may also make [listeners] want to discover some of the older sounds, too,” and in the process garnered such artistic and critical success that the UK’s The Guardian chose it as their Global Album of the Month in November 2020, with Bandcamp also giving it Album of the Day honours.
CHARLOTTE JANE SHARES THE NEW SINGLE ‘ALONE IN A CROWDED ROOM’ – LISTEN HERE
Tipped by Sir Elton John and Lewis Capaldi, Charlotte Jane’s growing reputation has cemented her position as one of the UK’s hottest rising prospects – something which has been underlined by airplay at Radio 1 and Radio 2. Now the 22-year-old releases her latest single ‘Alone In A Crowded Room’, which is part of ‘Playlist’, an innovative book/album project by Germany’s best-selling psychological thriller author Sebastian Fitzek.
Political popstar PYRA explores destructive human nature with CGI model in “hole heart”
Taken from Pyra’s forthcoming EP fkn bad pt. 2, Pyra delivers a powerful yet bleak message about the destructive nature of humanity; the song is further explored in a provocative video, featuring unsettling shots of a menacing CGI cyborg model of the pop-activist with her chest removed to reveal an insight into the hollow and broken nature of humanity – ending with a terminal emulator glitching and fading out to black as the song’s closing electric guitars similarly malfunction into an abyss of nothing.
French For Rabbits share new single ‘Walk The Desert’
New Zealand’s French for Rabbits are in a constant state of creation with their warm and nuanced music. Their songs and accompanying videos are the result of the masterful storytelling that we’ve come to expect from the group, and the dynamic they’ve built together over nearly a decade. Today, the band have shared “Walk the Desert,” the fourth and final taste of their stellar new record, The Overflow, out November 12th via AAARecords (NZ/AUS), Reckless Yes (UK) and A Modest Proposal (Italy). The album will be released digitally, on CD and limited edition vinyl (with two unique colour variants out of New Zealand and the UK).
WOLVES AMONG US present catchy new single ‘We Are’
The Danish metalcore quintet WOLVES AMONG US is gearing up for the release of their sophomore album ‘Hollow Gloom’, with a third and final single. Today they present ‘We Are’, a catchy single that smoothly combines the heavy with the pop-ish – check out the accompanying music video above.
MAZEY HAZE releases enchanting dream-pop single “Don’t Care”, debut EP ‘Always Dancing’ released today via LUSTRE
Amsterdam-based indie-pop artist Mazey Haze today releases new single “Don’t Care”, along with a new video directed by Pasqual Amade. “Don’t Care” is the final single to be lifted from Mazey Haze’s new EP ‘Always Dancing’ which is out now, released October 22nd.
Dreamy guitar-driven indie-pop reminiscent of contemporaries such as Jay Som, Snail Mail, Camera Obscura and Alvvays, Mazey Haze is the moniker of 21 year old Amsterdam-based artist Nadine Appeldoorn.
JULES BUCKLEY SHARES THE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘X BREAKS’ FEATURING SOUL MAVERICKS – WATCH IT HERE
Skanners – “Greatest Hits” And New Video Released Today!
Today, the Greatest Hits of the legendary Skanners is out for Music For The Masses Records, the band which for the occasion, also launch the official video for the song “Under the Grave”, the only unreleased track included in the new upcoming Album.
Watch & Listen: Sola returns with powerful and emotional new single and video ‘The Score’
Truly in a lane of her own creating experimental and authentic sounds, vocalist and producer Sola returns with her powerful new track and video for ‘The Score’.
