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Sultans of String and Dr. Duke Redbird Release New Single “Our Mother the Earth”
‘Our Mother the Earth’ is a collaboration between legendary Chippewa/Anishinaabe Elder Dr. Duke Redbird and Sultans of String. It is the third single of the upcoming album entitled ‘Walking Through the Fire’ (Sept 22, 2023 release), a CD and concert of collaborations with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists across Turtle Island.
“Built For Greatness,” the new single from Senegalese-American artist Marieme is not only out and available via Venice Music on all digital outlets, but the soon to be anthem is now featured on the Michelle Obama & Oprah Winfrey|The Light We Carry Netflix special on April 25th.
Endless Forms is a a dreamy marriage of Deep Atmosphere and layered Rhythms
Endless Forms was started by writer and producer Justin Allen in 2015 with the release of his debut Lazarus — a thoughtful album reaching out for a cathartic answer to life’s looming existential questions. Endless Forms’ subsequent releases — 2017’s ‘If There Were Water’, 2020’s ‘More Than Candy’ and 2022’s ‘Electric Heat Hypnotized’ each dive progressively further into the fractal, sonically evolving with each release into a dreamy marriage of deep atmosphere, layered rhythms, and earnest lyrics.
joan: highly anticipated debut album superglue out now
New video: King Size – It’s A Game Over (FFO The Hives, The Vines, The Fratellis)
Iconic Japanese guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei features on ‘Sensei’ by Freddie & The Scenarios!
If you’re not already familiar, Freddie & The Scenarios is nothing short of a supergroup. On record and future live plans, the line-up is a musician’s dream, and the record vibes seamlessly across genres, creating its own form of indie, dream pop, world soul sounds that’s parts Beck, and Bach. Not totally, but you get the idea, all the songs were written by Freddie, and he conducts the band as though a full orchestra!
Cinematic Post Rockers SIDUS Reveal “Seismos” EP Details and Share New Single
The single’s captivating sound is just a taste of what’s in store on the EP, which features three tracks that promise to deliver a sonic journey for listeners. The EP’s cover art is also being unveiled, showcasing the band’s unique style and musical vision.
Miles Kanes returns with new album ‘One Man Band’ & reveals video for ‘Troubled Son’…
Miles Kane returns with a blistering new album One Man Band, out August 4th on Modern Sky Records. The album’s first offering is the exuberant indie banger ‘Troubled Son’.
Jacana People & Antony Szmierek join forces on ‘Twist Forever’
UK production duo Jacana People return with their latest offering ‘Twist Forever’, a stunning single and video, with much lauded Mancunian artist Antony Szmierek, out 19th April via Hide The Moth. The single is taken from their forthcoming EP, ‘Sunblind’.
Easy Star All-Star’s Draft The Iconic Macy Gray For ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide’ Visuals
After a run of sonically mesmerizing singles, this Friday (April 21), acclaimed reggae group Easy Star All-Stars will release their highly anticipated album ‘Ziggy Stardub’ via Easy Star Records. The project is a reggae reimagining of David Bowie’s ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’, and features guest performances by Maxi Priest, Steel Pulse, Fishbone, Alex Lifeson (Rush), Vernon Reid (Living Colour), The Skints, Mortimer, The Expanders, Samory I, and many others.
Irish duo Perlee share new single ‘Lived Out Moons’ ahead of debut album this Frida
Speaking from Other Rooms, the debut album from Berlin-based Irish band Perlee, is an album about unconditional love, the banality of a capitalist society, destiny and self-realisation. Mostly though it is about love; long-distance love, love that strives to exist across a physical distance, across generations, between lovers and across time.
Spanish Melodic Death Metal Discovery Worth Signs With Wormholedeath
Worth, the rising star of melodic death metal from Spain, is pleased to announce their signing with Wormholedeath Records for the release of their second studio album, self-titled “WORTH”. The album is set to be released worldwide on May 12th, 2023.
Following Friday’s album release, Josienne Clarke shares new video ‘Done’
On Friday, Josienne Clarke released her new album Onliness (songs of solitude and singularity) via Corduroy Punk Records. Onliness is both a wholesome project and a spellbinding work in its own right. Opening with one of her earliest compositions – ‘The Tangled Tree’ – and closed by a brand-new song, it presents a career retrospective viewed through a new lens. The album is comprised of reworked versions of fan favourites and hidden gems from a back catalogue that always glimmered, but this time they’re entirely hers, carrying everything from booming drums to intimate acoustic guitars, with Josienne’s powerful yet, at times, fragile voice whispering and screaming straight into the listeners ear.
Sedately Powerful New Single // Neo-Soul, R&B
GRAYtheband is an Edmonton-based alternative, neo-soul, R&B project fronted by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Gray Ford and a cast of rotating artists. GRAYtheband results from traditional instrumentation mingling with modern production forming an unfiltered yet refined take on the genre.
Brasstracks & Mandy Lee (MisterWives) New Bombastic Single
Brasstracks is the Grammy award winning project of New York based musician and producer Ivan Jackson. Over the years, Brasstracks has evolved from a hip-hop-jazz-big-band to an ever-morphing landscape where Jackson sets the framework.
Leonie Mac – Have you heard Radiate?
A bourgeois bohemian with a creative streak that runs deep, Leonie Mac is an eclectic brew of dark wave, electronic and alternative rock and pop. In the past, she had a recording deal with Alberts, Australia’s oldest and most successful independent recording company, but now she writes and records as an independent artist. She has received funding from The Australia Council for the Arts, won accolades for lyric writing, and appeared on several Australian variety TV shows. I hope you like Radiate and are willing and able to help it shine.
ICYMI: Holy Reptile release hypnotic new single ‘The Land’ produced by The Wytches’ Kristian Bell
Bristol dark-fuzz trio Holy Reptile are pleased to reveal ‘The Land’, their latest single released March 24th, taken from their upcoming second EP due later this year.
Formed in 2019, Holy Reptile quickly established themselves in the growing Bristol psyche scene, playing gigs alongside the likes of bdrmm, The Third Sound, Flat Worms and The Vacant Lots as well as slots at Dot to Dot and Outer Town festivals. Their debut six track EP ‘Yawner’ was released in July of 2022, fittingly recorded in a renovated chapel by producer André Dack, which saw them truly announce themselves as a band to watch.
FOO FIGHTERS: BUT HERE WE ARE, New Album Out June 2
Following a year of staggering losses, personal introspection and bittersweet remembrances, Foo Fighters return with But Here We Are, out June 2 on Roswell Records/RCA Records.
A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters endured over the last year, But Here We Are is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family. Courageous, damaged and unflinchingly authentic, But Here We Are opens with newly released lead single “Rescued,” the first of 10 songs that run the emotional gamut from rage and sorrow to serenity and acceptance, and myriad points in between.
EXNUN: Turkish extreme metallers to release new album “Nutshell Studies Of Unexplained Death” in June
Istanbul, Türkiye’s extreme metal stalwarts EXNUN will return with new album “Nutshell Studies Of Unexplained Death” on June 9th 2023 via Time To Kill Records.
“Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death” mixes hardcore punk’s ferocity with extreme metal’s dark, poetic complexity.
Foo Fighters return with new album ‘But Here We Are’ & release 1st single ‘Rescued’…
Following a year of staggering losses, personal introspection and bittersweet remembrances, Foo Fighters return with But Here We Are, out June 2 on Roswell Records/Columbia Records.
A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters endured over the last year, But Here We Are is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family. Courageous, damaged and unflinchingly authentic, But Here We Are opens with newly released lead single “Rescued,” the first of 10 songs that run the emotional gamut from rage and sorrow to serenity and acceptance, and myriad points in between.
Outer Limit Lotus borrow from Nick Cave in new Gothic-heavy single ‘Persona’
Outer Limit Lotus’s newest single ‘Persona’ is out on 14th April 2023 via Sheep Chase Records. The full length album is scheduled to drop 12th May 2023.
Maïa Barouh ignites Asian revolution with satirical video for album banger ‘ChinXoise’
Franco-Japanese singer, rapper, producer, and musician Maïa Barouh is igniting Asian revolution with her new satirical video for ‘ChinXoise’ which drops today, ahead of her London shows this week!
‘ChinXoise’ is an ambitious short film, full of energy, humour, and her signature integral sincerity. Directed by two young French directors, Jeanne Sigwalt and Oscarito Castro, in this clip, Maia finds herself the main actress in a cliché Japanese film that is drenched in sushi and samurai stereotypes.
Sivu shares new single “Choral Light”
Sivu, aka British songwriter James Page today releases new single “Choral Light” – the latest taster of his highly anticipated new album Wild Horse Running, out 9th June via Square Leg Records. “Choral Light” follows recent single “Apollo”, and the album’s title track released back in February.
Erin Zindle & The Ragbirds Unveil New Video for “New Story”
aja monet shares new single “for sonia”
Surrealist blues poet and cultural worker aja monet has released another moving single from her forthcoming album when the poems do what they do, slated for release June 9 drink sum wtr, a new imprint of Secretly Canadian. “for sonia” is a love poem for the legendary poet Sonia Sanchez and the inspiration behind the project’s title. Touching on the intimacy of the struggles behind the freedom movements and the elitism of poetry, the track pays homage to Black radical traditions of the poets who came before us, layered over a full-band avant-jazz instrumental including trumpet from Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (fka Christian Scott) and keys from Samora Pinderhughes
Puma Blue Shares New Single “Pretty” / Announces New Album Out Sep 1 via Blue Flowers
South-London born, Atlanta-based multi-hyphenate Puma Blue – the alias of Jacob Allen – announces today that his second album, Holy Waters will be released on September 1 via Blue Flowers. The news is accompanied by new single, “Pretty” and a video inspired by film-noir which comes just ahead of an intimate U.S. headline run.
Cloudland Canyon announces new S/T LP, shares “Future Perfect (Bad Decision)” feat. Sonic Boom
Cloudland Canyon is an American experimental music project led by Kip Uhlhorn (ex-The Red Scare / ex-Panthers), known for blending ambient, drone, krautrock, psychedelic, house music elements into a unique sonic universe. With the release of their new self-titled LP, the band continues to explore the boundaries of sound and space, taking the listener on a journey through lush soundscapes and immersive textures.
