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THE EFFIGY Releases Video For “Breach”
Heavy cinematic solo artist THE EFFIGY has released their stunning new single “Breach” on all streaming platforms. The song is a dreamy mix of 90s and modern sounds, with a slight dose of pop thrown into the music.
South London Newcomer Po Purple Unveils Eerie Street Heater ‘Control Alt Delete’
Housing production from Belgium producer Spxghett, ‘Control Alt & Delete’ is an eerie Drill track that boasts Po Purple’s raspy tone and skilful lyricism throughout. Filled from top to bottom with gimmicky punchlines and head-turning bars, Po Purple bares all in this unapologetic drop, “Get it out your system now / That’s control, alt and delete / But don’t ever get loud / Unless you’re smoking with me”, he raps. Proving his worth as an artist to watch, this wheel-up worthy listen will have everyone moving at the motive!
GIRLSCHOOL Announces Release Of Fourteenth Studio Album WTFortyfive? On July 28th Via Silver Lining Music; Lead Single “Are You Ready? (Feat. Joe Stump)” Out Now + Preorders Available
Forty-five years young, British hard rock royalty GIRLSCHOOL comes out swinging with their fourteenth studio album, WTFortyfive?, a deliciously dirty declaration that age is a number that shows how much real raw attitude you have when it really counts. WTFortyfive? is set for release on July 28th via Silver Lining Music.
David Kushner Stuns Charts With “Daylight”
Last week, Chicago-born, LA-based artist David Kushner shared his long-awaited song “Daylight” to an incredible response: an instant #2 spot on the midweek UK chart and tens of millions of streams on release day. With the official numbers in a week later, the track has landed at #3 in the UK and #48 on the US Billboard Hot 100, marking his first time on the US chart.
NYC Pop-Rocker Totten Bridge Returns With New Bop ‘Perfect Day’
NYC Pop-Rocker Totten Bridge shines on the vibrant new single ‘Perfect Day’. Blending his rock tendencies with elements of electronic music and pop, Totten creates a strikingly original and commercially attuned sound which has already seen him gain widespread radio play, press support and gain over 700K streams and 65,000 monthly listeners on Spotify in 135 countries.
Today, 8x GRAMMY Award winning multi-platinum selling musician, director and philanthropist, Anderson .Paak, has announced the return of his beloved .Paak House event. The Brandon Anderson Foundation has partnered with Haagen Dazs to revive the charitable music event which will take place on May 12th at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in .Paak’s own hometown of Ventura, CA. Never one to disappoint, .Paak once again promises an all-star entertainment line-up, with surprise special guests.
RACHEL CHINOURIRI DEBUTS NEW SINGLE “RIBS”
Rachel explained, “I wrote ‘Ribs’ when I had a chest infection and a crush on someone and it was annoying me. So I combined my two annoyances and described my liking of someone as a chest infection that was hurting my ribs because I actually had achy ribs. I then went to the pub and had some of the best ribs I’ve eaten from the Staplow Oak Inn and it was quite fun to make. So basically fancying someone is a sickness which you can either cure or it can make you worse – in my case I never recovered.”
VALLETTA Release New Single “Criminal”
VALLETTA the project featuring current and former members of MO’YNOQ, LORD ALMIGHTY, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME and PRAYER FOR CLEANSING have released their new single “Criminal”. The track is taken from their upcoming album Come Alive which will be released on July 14, 2023.
Of the single, the band comments: “This song is (metaphorically) about the blending of church and state regardless of who that violates. Religious people in congress who are making decisions for people who don’t believe that to be true. The inability for them to set a belief aside when deciding law. But it’s not so on the nose.”
INHERUS Release “Lie To The Angels” Lyric Video
Post-Metal/Heavy rock act INHERUS have just released a lyric video for their song “Lie To The Angels”. The song is from their album Beholden,which is out on May 26th, 2023 via Hypnotic Dirge Records.
The band comments: “‘Lie to the Angels’ is a song about betrayal in its basest form, how it affects identity. Its perception is a lifelong human struggle that we’ve amplified into larger than life lore. To “lie to the angels” means to betray not just in deed but in self. Facing that within and around ourselves is an experience no one likes to have, but it does build a kind of strength or second sight. One that drives you toward a world you inhabit somehow in your own light.”
Country Rap Duo, The Lacs, Release Music Video for New Single “Great Minds Drink Alike” feat. Craig Campbell
“Craig’s a fellow Georgia guy, and we’ve known him for some time. David Ray, Clay, and I were sitting around at the studio brainstorming potential party song titles and “Great Minds Drink” Alike was born. We immediately knew we had to get with Craig on this one and the rest was history,” said Brian King from The Lacs. “The set felt like we had really escaped to a tropical island. We love doing songs like this because it’s a little different than what we normally do but is still true to our style.”
New Video Alert (YNC Crashout) {On The Wall}
North Carolina blackened thrash trio, ALL HELL, is pleased to unveil their lyric video for “Black Leather Wings.” Now playing at Invisible Oranges, the track come off the band’s All Hail The Night EP, released earlier this month via Terminus Hate City Records.
DANCEHALL VETERANS BLING DAWG AND POPCAAN DROP VISUALS FOR “PRAYER WE USE”
Chicago’s RG Coca Releases New Single + Video “Lost It” Today
On the track, RG Coca continues to deliver the same high-energy lyricism as seen on her recent From the Block performance, currently sitting at over 10K views on Youtube. ” Lost It “ follows her last project Ms Blacka, her debut 5-track EP released in July 2019.
Park City Song Summit To Bring Music Lovers Back To The Wasatch Mountains In 2023
“Last year’s Park City Song Summit was the stuff dreams are made of,” says the event’s founder and ringmaster, Ben Anderson. “Our artists, speakers, and attendees all walked away with lasting stories and songs to remember our inaugural event.” This year, PCSS is building on what was a stellar inaugural gathering—check out SPIN’s recap here—by not only growing entertainment offerings but moving to a new venue capable of sharing the Song Summit experience with a bigger audience.
Jasmine Thakral: British-Indian musician’s horror-inspired indie pop single “Vampire” warns of energy vampires
Of the song, British-Indian Jasmine Thakral says:
“‘Vampire’ is a song about when you meet someone who’s an ‘energy vampire’ and drains you of all your energy. It’s an indie pop tune with horror movie lyrics. It’s set during my year abroad in Canada. Sonically I was inspired by indie pop songs by artists like BENEE, Remi Wolf and Still Woozy. I think it’s fun to have an upbeat production that contrasts with more downbeat lyrics. I had a great time collaborating on the song with Natti and Jack – who are both from a band I love called Fickle Friends.”
ICYMI: Baltimore alt rockers Bloomr shares plaintive new single “Landlocked”
American alt-rock band Bloomr have released another single, “Landlocked,” to streaming. The track was produced by J. Robbins and mixed by The Animal Farm UK. The release follows the premiere of the video for the track at IDIOTEQ. Watch it here and stream the track here:
JONO MANSON keeps it “On the Downlow” with his new video (shot on location in Italy)
“The melancholy of isolation can be both sad and beautiful, all at the same time,” Manson says of the inspiration behind the song. “At the very start of the pandemic, I flew home from Italy, which was then the global epicenter, after my tour there was cut short, and found myself in quarantine for 14 days, cut off from my loved ones. This song was born during that time and of that experience, though I did not record it until quite some time later. As the chord changes and melody initially took shape, the song began to remind me a lot of some of the records that came out of the Southern California scene, back when I was in my early teens. So, when it came time to assemble the musicians to create an arrangement and cut this track, I made a conscious effort to maintain that vibe.”
VIDEO PREMIERE: Jono Manson Takes Warm and Simple Approach with Easygoing Folk Tune “On The Downlow”
GENE NOBLE OPENS UP ABOUT “THE COST” OF LOYALTY & KICKS OFF HIS 2023 ‘FEEL A WAY’ TOUR
“I don’t trust like I used to/love like I used to/trip like I used to/they just wanna use you, and that’s what I’m used to,” Noble croons over a smooth synth-laden instrumental. He shows himself in a vulnerable position with hopes of finding relief from the cycle brought by unreciprocated feelings.
RAVEN BLACK Announces THE SCREAM TOUR Summer 2023 Dates with Special Guests LIVING DEAD GIRL and OWLS & ALIENS!!
RAVEN BLACK has announced her headlining tour, THE SCREAM TOUR, with special guests LIVING DEAD GIRL and OWLS & ALIENS! Launching August 12 at Leatherheads in Salt Lake City, UT the tour winds though the South and Central United States, wrapping up August 25 at the BFE Rock Club.
Swiss proto heavy-rock x dirty blues power-trio Dead Shaman stream new album ‘Under The Influence’
As announced a couple of weeks ago with the single “Grounded” : about 3 years after giving birth to their debut full-length record ‘Out Of Phase’ (2020), proto heavy-rock x dirty blues power-trio Dead Shaman gave birth to its sophomore album called ‘Under The Influence’.
Ottawa Born-Toronto Based Psychedelic Folk Rocker Gary Edward Allen Muses On Life In “Final Surprise”
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.
BE:FIRST Releases Highly Anticipated Love Song, ‘Smile Again’ As part of Shiseido’s ANESSA Global Campaign Song
The accompanying music video for ‘Smile Again’ has been released via BE:FIRST’s Youtube channel. Set in an airport, the music video features members of BE:FIRST in a drama-like scene of unspoken stories, and relentless yearning in search for something that is close to their hearts. In addition, the group will be holding a livestream event via Youtube on 26 April 2023, 7PM (Japan time).
Homeschool Shares “My Only Enemy” Single
It has been a tumultuous year for Homeschool, the solo project of NYC singer-songwriter Tom D’Agustino (he/they). As a newcomer to life as an independent artist with unfettered control of the creative process, Homeschool has spent the past year experimenting with music and masculinity, inching closer to what they feel is an “authentic” way of being in the world. As a newcomer to acting, D’Agustino is reveling in the opportunity to explore the worlds of different characters, to “experiment with who I’m able to become,” he says
The Boo Radleys release ‘How Was I To Know?’
An up-tempo gallop into the brighter months of the year comes via The Boo Radleys who release their ode to beer-sodden romantic misadventure, How Was I To Know? ahead of the summer release of their eighth studio album, Eight. Setting lead singer, Simon ‘Sice’ Rowbottom at the heart of the story of infatuation gone wrong amidst the foam and fumes of a heavy session, the legendary British genre-hoppers aim for the indie-pop bullseye and don’t miss.
THE XCERTS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM OUT AUGUST 18th
‘Learning How To Live and Let Go’ is the band’s 5th studio album to date and marks their long awaited return. The band, who have released two tracks this year so far – ‘GIMME’ and ‘Ache’ featuring Sam Carter – are entering a new era, evolving to a more production heavy output, adding a wider range of influences to their arsenal and gaining the confidence to move on from the sound they’ve cultivated over the previous four albums.
GUEST SINGER releases ‘Divine Psychic Hotline’ EP via MNRK
Guest Singer is the brainchild of Doncaster based Jake Cope and co-writer France Lahmar. Live, the duo are joined by electro cohorts Max Hodkingson (keys & sampler) and Paul Burdett (Guitar), and will be making their return to the stage in Brighton as part of the Alt-Escape on May 11th ahead of some soon to be announced local dates…