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Montreal group THe LYONZ drop new ‘2nd U, Pt.1’ EP plus ‘The Jump to Jupiter’ video!
THe LYONZ are a Canadian music group and art collective largely focused upon hip-hop and electronic work. The group formed in 2013 in Montreal, Canada, consisting of Salvo (Anthony Salvo) and Norrin (Terrell McLeod Richardson). Their debut album ‘Peace Beyond The Pines’ was released in 2015, leading them to perform various shows in Canada and landing a spot in Montreal’s 2016 international Jazz Festival. Their musical style landscapes atmospheric dynamics, conveyed through heavily processed synthetic layers, shifting drum patterns, and the blending in of treated instruments frequently met with melancholic verses. Their unique sound is often unconventional, with arrangements established by high production values, involving extensive digital editing and mixing.
SamadhiSitaram – Morgoth’s curse [Проклятие Моргота]
…it’s that beautiful day to close SamadhiSitaram Chapter 3 and move on! This album differs from the conceptuality of the previous two: “Cyber Harmony” and “Kali-Yuga Babalon”. To some extent, this is a completely new step. Without much pathos and far-fetchedness, we gave him the simplest name: “III”. Let the music speak for itself …
Skope Mag: Cold Reading (Indie) – Three-part concept album ‘ZYT’ out January 31st!
Cold Reading are going off the beaten path for the realisation of their second album ‘ZYT’. In the form of a concept album, Cold Reading explore the subject of time both musically and lyrically, and try to approach this elusive concept from different perspectives. The album consists of three EPs – Past Perfect, Present Tense and Future Continuous, dealing with the past, the present and the future, respectively. The album, which will be released as double gatefold vinyl with interchangeable artworks, also contains an audio book, elaborating on the ‘Through the Woods’ song-trilogy, of which one song can be found on each EP.
Hilary Woods announces sophomore LP ‘Birthmarks’ out March 13
Hilary Woods returns with her beautiful and harrowing sophomore album Birthmarks, out March 13th on Sacred Bones Records. Today she is sharing the self-directed music video for new single ‘Tongues of Wild Boar’. She had this to say of the track:
NICOLE MILLAR REVEALS VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ” FAVOURS”// WATCH HERE
Slick, sultry and laden with sass, ‘Favours’ is the much-anticipated follow up to Millar’s 2018 debut album ‘Excuse Me’, which spawned the viral hit ‘Blindfolded’ (8 million+ combined streams) and ARIA Gold-accredited single ‘Tremble’ (11 million+ combined streams). Flanked by warped synths and Millar’s signature croons, ‘Favours’ is a slice of unapologetic pop savagery, and marks the debut of a bold new era.
Bullion announces upcoming EP and shares new song “Hula”
Today, Bullion shares new song “Hula” and announces EP We Had A Good Time, out 28th of February on his own label, DEEK Recordings.
In early 2018, Nathan Jenkins (Bullion) returned from the coast of Arrábida to his new home studio, in a cottage tucked behind the grand hotel setting of Wim Wenders’ Lisbon Story. Breaking for lunches under a Datura tree in the garden and a far cry from the Finsbury Park basement flat he rented the previous year, a set of recordings followed that galvanised into an E.P. – We Had A Good Time, music informed by out-of-town trips in a 1987 Renault 9 Super, impromptu car park hulas and solo cinema bliss.
Bullion shares new single Hula, announces We Had a Good Time EP
new Mitski track for ‘The Turning Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’
The Turning Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is out this Friday, the same day as the film’s release and here’s the final single from singer-songwriter Mitski for “Cop Car”. Her first new music since the critically acclaimed album Be The Cowboy (2018) – “Cop Car” is a dark 90’s inspired track reminiscent of Pod Era Breeders meets PJ Harvey. On working with Mitski for the soundtrack producer Lawrence Rothman explains “There is a pinnacle scene where Kate’s mind starts to unravel while in her car and we needed a cinematic but / grunge influenced song shadowing the scene. I reached out to Mitski to see if she wanted to get involved as Floria and I had a feeling she would deliver a song that was guitar-based but cinematic . “Cop Car” went beyond what we imagined and we were ecstatic when she sent it to us!”
COCOROSIE RELEASE “ALOHA FRIDAY”
Bianca Casady introduces the new song: “Dear ones, we are excited to announce the release of another song from our upcoming album. Aloha Friday was written in my birthplace, the Big Island of Hawaii. It’s a melancholic special something for you all to enjoy.”
Ben Seretan Releases First New Single in 3 Years: “Power Zone”
Today, Ben Seretan–acclaimed New York City based guitarist and singer-songwriter–has announced the follow-up to 2016’s Bowl of Plums with a new single, “Power Zone,” out everywhere now.
The album, Youth Pastoral, explores the mythic California Seretan experienced as a Christian teenager, as well as his departure from God’s shadow and the path of fire he later walked down in the midst of a tumultuous codependent relationship. It is a deeply personal record, one in which he explicitly sets the simple triumph of living through it to music.
TYPECASTE SHARE NEW SINGLE “TRAVERSE”
Emerging from the prominent hardcore scenes of Boston and Long Island, TYPECASTE have announced their signing to Flatspot Records with the release of their upcoming EP, Between Life, due out February 7th. To celebrate the momentous occasion, the band has shared the pummeling lead single, “Traverse” via a premiere with Kerrang who stated, “The Long Island, New York/Boston, Massachusetts-based quintet don’t sound like they’re attempting to mimic the attitude of one generation of hardcore or another, but rather combine the most effective parts of the genre’s many phases into something heavy-handed and deadly.”
Porches Announces New Album ‘Ricky Music’
Porches, a.k.a. Aaron Maine, is back with a new album, titled Ricky Music and due out March 13 via Domino.
Featuring contributions from Mitski, Zsela, and Dev Hynes, and with co-production by Jacob Portrait, Ricky Music expands on the Porches discography (The House, 2018; Pool, 2016; Slow Dance In The Cosmos, 2013) by delivering 11 emotionally open, cracked-glass pop songs.
Lala Lala Shares Video for New Single “Legs, Run”
Fresh off a sold-out performance at the Tomorrow Never Knows festival in her native Chicago, Lala Lala aka Lillie West has shared a new digital single, “Legs, Run,” available to stream or download worldwide today. The song was written and performed by West, with production by Yoni Wolf of WHY?. Additionally, Lala Lala has debuted an accompanying music video from production house Weird Life that homages a familiar late ’90s favorite.
Matt Megrue (Charleston, SC singer-songwriter) Debuts New Lyric Video for “Here’s To The World”
Continuous evolution is the name of the game for Charleston, SC songwriter, Matt Megrue. From fronting the Atlanta pop-punk outfit, The Unusual Suspects, to the indie rock stylings of Loners Society, to now releasing music eponymously blending punk, emo, Americana and 80’s pop-nostalgia, no two records ever sound the same.
The Frogs Announce Unreleased New LP
More than a vast departure from The Frogs previous works, it’s an arrival at the beginning. It’s the “1st” original debut album. Recorded within the realms of time stamped January 1986, presents 12 songs & 8 unreleased bonus tracks. Understanding correctly, “1st” aka “Pat’s Session” was intended to be the initial release by brothers Dennis & Jimmy Flemion prior to “The Frogs” 1988 self-titled debut. Minneapolis based Twin/Tone Records (Soul Asylum, The Replacements label at the time) approached The Frogs & expressed fawning interest, extending an invitation to record the band after their 1985, 7th Street Entry live performance (First Avenue’s sister club).
Ryan Black Releases New Emotional Single ‘Wake Me Up’
Born with music in his veins, with a country singer and songwriter as mother, Ryan Black picked up the guitar when he was just 10 years old and started writing and singing at only 12. With over 60 original songs already under his belt, this phenomenal musician aims to deliver an authentic and passionate sound to the public.
With illustrious and at the same time interesting inspirations such as Fuel, Rob Thomas, 30 Seconds to Mars, just to name a few, he is creating melodies that are made not just to be listened to but also to be felt, as music is the language that can speak loud about universal matters and passions. Therefore, Ryan Black manifests himself as a modern storyteller, an artist who knows through his music, how to ‘play’ the deepest strings of our emotions.
