Kat Edmonson’s “Old Fashioned Gal” out April 27
Songwriter and vocalist Kat Edmonson’s fourth album, Old Fashioned Gal, is set for release April 27 on Spinnerette Records. NPR Music’s “Songs We Love” premiered the title track, noting, “Edmonson is astute with her references, and canny about the flirtation at the center of the song.” NPR goes on to describe the upcoming LP saying “The album is a handsome showcase for her songwriting, which has grown ever more confident over the last decade, nostalgic in tone but clear-eyed in the application.”
BATUSHKA: Polish Black Metal Legion To Kick Off European Pilgrimage Part III Tour
Polish black metal legion BATUSHKA will kick off a nearly three-week long European tour later this week. The European Pilgrimage Part III journey will commence January 10th in Tilburg, Netherlands and march its way through eighteen venues, coming to a close on January 27th in Rijssen, Netherlands. Support will be provided by avant black metallers Schammasch and ritualistic death industrial outfit Trepaneringsritualen.
Calligraphist – ‘Crossroads’
Calligraphist is a Bulgarian artist based in Manchester, UK. He is primarily known for his lyricism and presence in the Underground Hip-Hop scene. Winner of Kool G Rap’s emcee competition at age 20.
Urban Folk Artist Aisha Badru “Bridges (Stripped)”
Urban folk singer-songwriter Aisha Badru delivers a soul-stirring stripped-down version of her latest single “Bridges.” Premiering exclusively with Flaunt Magazine today, along with the release of an eye-catching photo diary from her recent travels to Egypt and Nigeria, the raw visual was recorded live at the same motel the original video was shot.
BLACK EYED PEAS RELEASE POWERFUL NEW SONG “STREET LIVIN” TODAY VIA INTERSCOPE RECORDS
Multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning recording artists, the Black Eyed Peas have returned with new social and political force with a song titled “Street Livin.'” The song is available for streaming and digital download via all participating digital retailers HERE.
Victim Path – release lyric video “Faceless Nameless”
Dark way of metal formation VICTIM PATH started in 2009. The lyrics of the team are based on the theme of misanthropy, pain, loneliness of a human being who is deprived of a right to be god’s creation. The denial of religious postulates, rules and dogmas of everyday life is the main idea of the hard music of the group.
Saintorment – streams “Defective Mind” full album on Youtube and Bandcamp!
“Defective Mind” will be released on December 30 via More Hate Productions, the CD will come with 12 page booklet. The pages of the booklet will take you on a trip around our hometown, where you will visit all the places we see every day and which give us inspiration, sometimes apathy and often fill us with anger + the booklet also includes the lyrics and facts about the album.
OUTSHINE – LIAR (MUSIC VIDEO)
Outshine release video for first single “LIAR”, new album “1313” in February 2018.
SCALLY (Of HALFBROTHER) Releases Follow Up To Debut EP, MRZ (Honest)
After receiving acclaim from the likes of i-D, The Independent and 1XTRA as producer and vocalist of HALFBROTHER, SCALLY is back after his solo debut BOY with a new cut produced by famed producer HNNY titled; MRZ (honest).
On the track, SCALLY reveals “the song was recorded in an old hearing loss centre test lab that was in the basement of this building. The soundproofing was dead good course, but it felt like an interrogation room. Nothing was coming in or out, so we had to make that happen ourselves I guess.”
Manic Street Preachers share new video for ‘International Blue’ & Album Tracklisting
The band’s 13th consecutive studio album for Columbia/Sony is released on 6th April 2018, their first new record in four years. The band will also be touring in April/May 2018.
Jodee Lewis Announces Americana Single, “Buzzard’s Bluff”
The new Americana single from Jodee Lewis, “Buzzard’s Bluff” is a cathartic release from deep within the Missouri Ozarks. The natural lush landscapes are home to beautiful views, but just like the numerous birds of prey, a dark secret is always circling. The swelling ache of the violin takes center stage as the melodies wander deeper into the mountains. It is the first single and title track off the upcoming album, Buzzard’s Bluff, due out April 6.
MILE “The World In Focus” album teaser
Mile: Working to keep the Swedish tradition in metal. The Swedish band Mile appeared on the scene recent with a modern sound mixing heavy metal and hard rock., combining heavy riffs and melodies. Created 2012 by former members of Cabinett – Marcus “Masken” Karlsson (Vocals), Fredrik Palm (Guitar) and Marcus “Folke” Bass – The line-up was completed by drummer Dennis Kjellgren and guitarist David “Dave” Wallberg. The New Project was named Mile.
City Girls release iconic new video
Quality Control’s newest signees, Florida’s own City Girls, have just released a new video empowering women all over the globe ‘Fuck Dat N****’ which first appeared on Quality Control’s Control The Streets Vol. 1. Watch J.T. and Young Miami AKA City Girls show out on broke-boys in low-riders and on Kawasaki’s street bikes in the colorful video below. Please share.
Video: BRIAN DANIEL, “WAITIN’ ON IT”
When asked about the motivation behind his project, Brian said, “I like to think I’ve mastered trust in myself and in the Divine, knowing everything in my life is unfolding for the highest good. I’m aware now the easiest way to live a fulfilled life is to let go, live in the moment and simply be.
Superfly and A.C. Entertainment are proud to unveil the initial artist lineup for the 2018 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. This year’s edition of the world-renowned four-day multi-stage camping festival will showcase over 150 artists, Bonnaroo will take place June 7 – 10, on “The Farm” at Great Stage Park, the spectacular 700-acre event space located 60 miles southeast of Nashville in Manchester, TN. All tickets go on sale this Friday, January 12 at 10am ET, exclusively.
Her Space Holiday returns with new EP
The four song EP was written and recorded by Marc Bianchi, mixed by Grammy-nominee Damian Taylor (Björk, Arcade Fire, Unkle, The Killers) and mastered by Grammy-nominee Emily Lazar (Sia, Haim, Vampire Weekend, Arcade Fire).
Ezra Furman Shares “Suck The Blood From My Wound”
Ezra Furman has unveiled “Suck The Blood From My Wound”, the third single from his upcoming album, Transangelic Exodus due 9th February on Bella Union. According to Ezra “”It’s a song with enough situational detail and imagery that it could be adapted into a film or a novel. Not that it necessarily should be. It started me writing a whole album about me and my illegal transangelic hospital-escapee partner running from a hostile government. All of my deepest concerns as an artist whirling into a bizarre dream of perpetual narrow escape.” Ezra has also announced news of a number of US live dates this year, including an appearance at Shaky Knees Festival.
Chart-Topping Female MC T BARZ Releases Sophomore Single “DUNNO WHY”
Chart-topping Female MC, T BARZ releases her sophomore single, “DUNNO WHY” featuring vocalist Nicole Garcia. The laid-back flow-filled single is available at all digital retail outlets now, via the BSE Recordings imprint. T BARZ is coming off the heels of her successful chart-topping #1 Rap/Hip-hop single, “Flexin”. “FLEXIN” spent (4) weeks at #1 on the Amazon.com Rap/Hip-hop singles charts and #3 on the iTunes charts.
Americana duo Surrender Hill to release new album on February 2nd
Sedona, AZ-based Americana duo Surrender Hill (husband and wife team Robin Dean Salmon and Afton Seekins) is set to release its third album, Tore Down Fences, on February 2, 2018. A roots-rock album filled with guitars, harmonized vocals, organ, and the occasional burst of pedal steel, Tore Down Fences pushes Surrender Hill into harder, grittier territory. Together, the songs paint the picture not only of a band that’s reached its creative peak, but a relationship that’s built on trust, twang, and creative chemistry. All 13 songs on the album were tracked in two days, with Salmon producing the sessions in a Nashville recording studio.
Drum Thing announces new EP, ‘Warp Skin’
Emerging club collective Super Kitchen begin 2018 with ‘Warp Skin’ — the debut EP by East London producer Drum Thing.
Comprised of four original new tracks, as well as a remix of the title-track by Her Records’ NKC, it follows fresh off the back of the label’s debut compilation, ‘Rhythm Foundation Vol.1′ — a record that explored the abstract outer edges of drum-focused club music, with notable features from NAAFI’s OMAAR and RKS’ DJ Polo.
Ritual Productions initiates new signing, DRUG CULT
Ritual Productions expands its roster with the signing of Drug Cult, a four-piece occultist doom collective whose debut self-titled rite beckons to see light of day.
Formed at the edge of Mt. Jerusalem in the hills of Mullumbimby, Australia, Drug Cult is the alchemic workings of guitarist Vin Steele (ex. Wolfmother, Megaritual, Sun Of Man), vocalist Aasha Tozer, drummer Dale Walker (Megaritual, Sun Of Man) and bassist Maggie Schreiber.
Born Ruffians premiere “Miss You” via DIY Magazine
Frontman Luke Lalonde explains the song’s genesis, “I found this old voice memo on my phone from 2015 called ‘I miss you so much baby.’ It was just the chorus of ‘Miss You’ with vocal and piano, very early ’60s vibe. I guess I just heard it on the right night when I had a guitar at hand and the rest of the song came very quickly.” Lalonde continues, “I think the narrator is a mix of pure ego and emotional suffering. He thinks the people walking by him on the sidewalk actually care about him, or are paying attention to him. This guy is sort of full of himself but he’s proud of his pain and his longing, he feels like it elevates him somehow and he wants to show it off.”
RISE AGAINST UNVEILS OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “HOUSE ON FIRE”
The band took an unconventional route, working with director Daniel Carberry (Skylar Grey, Jon Bellion, R3HAB) to capture the steadfast love of a grandfather for his granddaughter. The video evokes the innocence of early childhood giving way to the tumultuous coming-of-age years, coupling it with a metaphor on how personal relationships can also have an impact on our world.
Ashley McBryde’s “Little Dive Bar” Bodes For A Breakout 2018
Coming into 2018, one name continues to pop up in cross-genre respected publications from NPR to The New York Times to The Los Angeles Times: Ashley McBryde.
One of only two female Country music artists to make The New York Times’ “54 Best Songs of 2017” with critic Jon Caramanica observing her current single, “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega,” is “a hearty, expertly written country song about hope after hopelessness,” McBryde was the most added new artist and most added female artist with her debut Warner Bros. / Warner Music Nashville single. The track, which hit No. 1 on SirusXM’s The Highway Top 30 earlier this year, describes finding a much-needed musical pick-me-up in an unexpected place.
JAMES TAYLOR & HIS ALL-STAR BAND ANNOUNCE 2018 US TOUR DATES WITH BONNIE RAITT
Legendary singer/songwriter James Taylor & His All-Star Band announced tour dates for 2018 today with special guest Bonnie Raitt. Taylor and Raitt’s highly acclaimed summer tour played to sold-out crowds across the US last summer and celebrated their decades-long friendship. This year’s tour kicks off at the Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, FL on May 8th and travels to major cities and venues, including the famed Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles for two back-to-back shows on May 31st and June 1st. Tickets go on-sale to the public January 19th at 10am local time.
Travis Scott jumps on Farruko x Nicki Minaj remix of ‘Krippy Kush’
Puerto Rican singer/ songwriter Farruko has unveiled the official video for the very special reworking of his own hit single ‘Krippy Kush’, with his original so far amassing a whopping 90 million Spotify streams. The track has dominated charts all over the world, peaking at the #5 spot on “Hot Latin Songs,” with the official video release of the Nicki Minaj & Travis Scott version attracting over 20 million YouTube views within a fortnight. In the Latin Region, the single reached the Top 5 on radio charts in Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Chile, Guatemala, Peru, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Costa Rica.
The Men announce new LP “Drift”
Drift is the seventh full-length by NYC rock polymaths The Men, and it marks their tenth year as a band. The band’s last album, the self-released Devil Music, was the sound of a band who had been through hell hitting reset and looking to their roots to rediscover themselves. On Drift, The Men return to their longtime label Sacred Bones Records and explore the openness that Devil Music helped them find.
Royal Blood Return To No. 1
Award-winning British rock band Royal Blood have returned to the top of the Rock Airplay chart with their single “I Only Lie When I Love You”, making it the first chart-topper of 2018 at the format. It marks the band’s third No. 1 on the chart and 5th trip to the Top 5, solidifying Royal Blood’s reign at rock radio.
Royal Blood’s latest album How Did We Get So Dark? was released last June on Warner Bros. Records and debuted at No. 1 in the U.K. The album has accumulated more than 30 million streams to date across Apple Music and Spotify and sold more than 250,000 copies globally.
Mike Mangione & The Kin’s release music video for “Riding Down”
Orchestral folk/rock group Mike Mangione & The Kin released their new album But I’ve Seen The Stars last October and today the group has released a new music video for the single “Riding Down.” The video premiered with Country Fancast, telling a spellbinding story that looks more like a trailer for a new Netflix series than a music video.
Mike Mangione & The Kin Premiere Riveting “Riding Down” Music Video
GIRLI Reveals Video For ‘Mr 10pm Bedtime’
London’s most unapologetic, compelling popstar GIRLI today shares the video for ‘Mr 10pm Bedtime’ – http://po.st/Mr10pmYT. This is the latest track taken from the ‘Hot Mess’ EP – available to buy and stream now across all platforms.
The new video sees GIRLI take on her next door neighbour – the complete antithesis of the care free, vibrant, confident, pink popstar. Speaking about the new video GIRLI explains “This video is FUN VS LAME, PINK VS GREY, GIRLI VS MR 10PM BEDTIME. The conclusion is that light and colour and positivity and fun conquer darkness and dullness and negativity every time. I loved the idea of the split screen and being able to see both characters interacting and clashing with each other from either side of the wall, like in the video for Walk This Way by Run DMC & Aerosmith. Look out for me in a grey wig, flying tutus and some dodgy dance moves.”
‘Call Me By Your Name’ Music Video for Sufjan Stevens’ Mystery of Love
On behalf of Sony Pictures Classics, we’re thrilled to share the music video for “Mystery of Love” by Sufjan Stevens from the CALL ME BY YOUR NAME soundtrack featuring footage from the film as well as footage filmed at the M.A.N. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale of Naples). The sensual and transcendant tale of first love starring Armie Hammer & Timothée Chalamet, and Michael Stuhlbarg is Now Playing in Select Theaters and expanding nationwide on Friday, January 19th!
Josh Ritter debuts new single “Miles Away”
Of the track, Ritter says, “I wrote ‘Miles Away’ a few years ago after flipping through a book of photos of the Earth from space. Zack Hickman produced it and plays most of the instruments on the song. I didn’t quite know what to do with song, so I held on to it. Still, I really wanted it to see the light of day, so I’m putting it out there and I’m really grateful to you for listening to it.”
The Low Anthem Announce New LP ‘The Salt Doll Went To Measure The Depth Of The Sea’
The Low Anthem have announced their new LP ‘The Salt Doll Went To Measure The Depth Of The Sea’.
“One second you’re dozing off in the passenger seat on the way to a gig, and the next, there’s fire and hell flames and black smoke and your face is bleeding and you can’t see, and you can’t process information, and you think it’s all over.” Jeff Prystowsky is describing one of the scariest moments in his life, as The Low Anthem’s tour van crashed and subsequently wiped out Prystowsky for several weeks, as well as wrecking loads of their gear and instruments in the process.
Max Styler Heats Up The New Year With “All Your Love”
If you’re looking for a funky, seductive tune to stir up memories about summer nights spent grooving on dance floors, look no further than Max Styler’s vivid future house production “All Your Love.” After easing the listener in with a melodic keyboard intro, Styler shocks and awes with bright synths and thumping electro beats, transforming the single into a full-blown club anthem. “All Your Love” is Styler’s first musical composition of the new year, following a successful 2017 featuring singles such as “Secrets” featuring CXLOE and “Heroes” with Nevve. The San Luis Obispo native once again proves his prowess as a dynamic producer who continues to experiment and evolve with each new release. “All Your Love” is out now on Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records.
XENIA RUBINOS PENS THEME FOR NPR’S LATINO USA
Talented singer and multi- instrumentalist Xenia Rubinos has composed and produced the first ever theme song for NPR’s Latino USA. The show is the longest running Latino-focused program on U.S. public media. Xenia’s theme song debuted on the show January 5th.
Holiday Oscar Shares Video For “I Can’t Keep Checking My Phone”
During the demise of previous outfit Big Sixes, guitarist Charlie started writing his own tracks all the while adopting the Holiday Oscar nom de plume. Picking up plenty of love from blogs and Spotify for last year’s self-produced and self-released tracks “Carousel”, “Nicholas” and “Teething Powder”, he highlighted an uncanny ability to draw on his own experiences, creating an intriguing catalogue of songs.
Chris Robinson Announces ‘As The Crow Flies’
Chris Robinson has songs he wants to sing. As frontman for The Black Crowes—one of the most prolific and celebrated rock ‘n’ roll bands of its generation—he co-wrote classics like “Jealous Again,” “Remedy,” “She Talks To Angels,” “Twice As Hard” and “Sometimes Salvation.” With a desire to breathe new life into this storied repertoire, Robinson has gathered five musicians whose musical journeys intertwine with his own, including guitarists Marcus King and Audley Freed, keyboardist Adam MacDougall, bassist Andy Hess and drummer Tony Leone. Appropriately calling the band, As The Crow Flies, they’ll perform shows consisting of music from throughout Robinson’s history at a handful of select U.S. dates in Spring 2018, while in-between tours with his primary outfit, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood.
IAMX Announces Intense New Electronic Rock LP ‘Alive In New Light’
Emerging from an intense depression that fuelled his last two albums, Chris Corner AKA IAMX releases his newest LP Alive In New Light (AINL) on February 02, 2018. A cinematic celebration of breaking free from demons that have long plagued him, AINL captures the giddy phase of metamorphosis, when you are no longer what you were but not yet fully what you are becoming. The album is both a ‘thank you’ to fans and an invitation to the next phase in IAMX’s intoxicating journey of self-discovery. Appearing on four tracks and along for the experience is postmodern tattoo and makeup powerhouse, kindred spirit, and superfan, Kat Von D. The AINL celebration also features a line of erotic merchandise inspired by the album artwork designed by Ryan Clark for Invisible Creature. Among its searing track list, AINL features “Mile Deep Hollow,” which was previewed on How To Get Away With Murder, the fifteenth IAMX track to be synced on ABC TV’s blockbuster.
PISSED REGARDLESS: Decibel Magazine Debuts “Lipstick On A Pig”
As San Diego-based crossover/thrash outfit PISSED REGARDLESS prepares for the Creator-Destructor Records release of their Feed The Birds 7″ in early February, Decibel Magazine has debuted the raging new single, “Lipstick On A Pig.”
Sur Back Shares Single “Valentino” via EARMILK
NYC-based, orchestral pop artist, Sur Back, shares her lead single “Valentino” and announces her follow up EP, Kitsch II, due out February 23rd, 2018. EARMILK exclusively premiered the track, calling it, “haunting, yet light, whimsical, but domineering.” The EP was written, recorded and produced by Sur Back, and mixed and mastered by Patrick Brown of Different Fur Studios (Toro y Moi, Grimes, Zola Jesus, K. Flay, The Morning Benders).
Harker Reveal Video For New Single ‘Plague Your Heart’ Debut Album
Brighton, UK punk rock powerhouse HARKER have unveiled the music video for latest single ‘Plague Your Heart’ released today in anticipation of their forthcoming debut album and sold-out release show.
HARRY HUDSON RELEASES NEW SINGLE “YELLOW LIGHTS”
Los Angeles singer/songwriter Harry Hudson releases his new song “Yellow Lights.” The vulnerable piano-led ballad was written by Hudson, and co-produced by fellow MSFTSmusic artist ¿Téo? and platinum recording artist gnash. “Yellow Lights” is a raw and sincere confession of unrequited love. “Yellow Lights” follows “Cry For Love” as Hudson’s second official release on the MSFTSmusic/Roc Nation label through their Interscope Records partnership.
Will Stewart Shares Hiss Golden Messenger inspired “Sipsey”
Will Stewart’s County Seat, coming out on Cornelius Chapel Records April 6th, explores the modern South through an interpersonal lens while reaching into it’s complicated past, and present. As American Songwriter’s Brittney McKenna says “[County Seat] explores the complicated tangle of Stewart’s Southern roots, blending nostalgia and reverence with a stark awareness of the region’s dark, flawed past.”
Son Lux Premieres “Slowly” Video via NPR Music
NPR Music premiered the track’s accompanying music video, directed by Alex Cook and “shot beautifully in black and white.” The video follows two caretakers as they sacrificially tend to a small group of patients. Cook says, “The idea for the video was born from the track’s unnerving beat and deceptive undertones. The story takes place in an alternate, dystopian time in which people transfer their negative memories to one another through a mysterious machine.”
Berry Share ‘Everything Compromised’ LP Via Brooklyn Vegan
Brooklyn Vegan have shared Berry’s ‘Everything Compromised’ LP. Prior to the LP stream All Things Go premiered “Fragments” and The 405 premiered the single “Civil Disobedience”. ‘Everything Compromised’ will be getting a physical release on 1/12 via Joyful Noise Recordings.
The music of Berry is a strange animal. But writing and recording over 100 songs in their 15 years together has resulted in some dense, delicate, graceful pop songs with a certain Searching for Bobby Fischer mentality.
Snails & Space Laces drop high-octane “Break It Down” video
Snails and Space Laces have released the action-packed music video for their collaborative track “Break It Down”, out now via OWSLA. This video concludes the action movie storyline conceived by Spanish filmmaker Ernest Desumbila, first revealed in Snails and Botnek’s video for “Waffle House”. The story picks up where “Waffle House” left off, with the unnamed hero charging towards a giant food monster on his motorcycle with sword in hand. Watch the final installment below.
Bad Decisions “Slide Thru” The New Year With New Noise Debut
Overlaying a laidback vocal duet across melancholic future bass synths, Australian duo Bad Decisions make a soulful New Noise debut on the stirring single “Slide Thru.”
Quavo & Nicki Minaj go back in time in “For Keeps” video
In the new video for their standout cut on the Quality Control: Control The Streets Vol 1 compilation, Quavo and Nicki Minaj take us back in the new video for “For Keeps.” A fanny pack, flip cellular and touch tone phones complete with diner cheeseburgers for two all on the menu. Check it out now and share.
New remix EP feat. Kastle, B.Bravo, Yung Bae, SMBD of Lafa Taylor & Aabo’s “Think of You”
For the last holiday release I’d like to pass along in case you missed it, Aabo & Lafa Taylor’s “Think Of You,” a cut off their virally successful FEEL album, has received its own remix package featuring a handpicked team of revered young producers including Kastle, Yung Bae, B.Bravo, and SMBD. Ranging from experimental to R&B, the remix pack features a little bit of everything for an eclectic listener base.
