Izzy Escobar Channels Adversity Into Empowering Debut Single
Izzy Escobar’s music is about loving one another the way we want to be loved ourselves. And having FUN along the way! Rising from a “never ending circle of violence” from an abusive stepparent, where she was voiceless in protecting her own family members, she began channeling that pain into lyrics–and eventually songs–at a very young age. “I began to write words, and soon realized that I could synchronize the words in my diary with the tune in my head” says the Massachusetts native, whose latest singles show how far she’s come from that frightened girl to a strong, capable woman who wants to spread her message of hope and strength to those who may face their own struggles. “A few years later, as I read through that same songbook, I noticed that I had made a shift from finding my voice to helping those who couldn’t find their own”.
New Release from OneRepublic “Connection” on Mosley / Interscope
OneRepublic released their debut set Dreaming Out Loud in 2007. The album included the multi-platinum-selling smash single Apologize, which shattered digital sales and airplay records worldwide and received a Grammy Award nomination. The band’s sophomore album, 2009’s Waking Up, produced the hit singles: All the Right Moves, Secrets and Good Life. Following the global success of the Native album, which featured the #1 and 10 million plus selling single “Counting Stars,” and worldwide tour, OneRepublic released Oh My My, their fourth full-length album in 2016 on Mosley Music/Interscope Records. This spring the band released “Start Again ft. Logic,” a song that is featured on the soundtrack for the Netflix drama 13 Reasons Why (Season 2).
LFZ Shares “Naturalistic” Track Via L.A. Record | New LP ‘Name Plus Focus’ Out 7/20 On Castle Face
L.A. Record has shared LFZ’s new track “Naturalistic.” LFZ is an ambient, experimental act and the pseudonym of guitarist Sean Smith. The single is the latest off his upcoming record, Name Plus Focus. When speaking on the song, Sean stated, “Where most of “Name Plus Focus” deals with airy themes, “Naturalistic” is elementally the most earthy piece on the record and is more about conjuring an image or place to ones mind than the usual emotional abstractions in my work. I visualize an ancient woodland ritual or a lumbering mammal or an insect on the move in the redwoods of Northern California, but the listener should experience the freedom to perceive natural spaces familiar to them.” Earlier this month, LFZ released the first single, “Name Plus Focus Equals Purpose” with BrooklynVegan.
Indie folk single from Mountain Lions – “California”
“California” is a personal journey of self-discovery, and one piece of the culmination of songwriting and storytelling that Steven Diaz (formerly of The Lighthouse and The Whaler) has crafted over the past five years. The upbeat and glistening melody tells the story of setting your sights on the goal, but being present in the entire journey. It rejoices in the kinetic energy of the road. Diaz explains, “It has some ties to Jack Kerouac because the road is a fun place to be, especially in between landmarks. For me, it’s a reminder to enjoy the process and not wish that I was there already.”
Muggs x DOOM share new video for “Deathwish” feat. Freddie Gibbs
This coming Saturday, June 30th Muggs will also host a pop-up event at the Madlib’s ‘Rappcats’ storefront in Los Angeles on with Hit and Run screen printing the last 100 records and unique merchandise created for the event.
GOGOL BORDELLO and REGINA SPEKTOR Release “Seekers & Finders” Video
Following the release of their critically-acclaimed seventh album SEEKERS AND FINDERS, self-proclaimed gypsy-punk rockers GOGOL BORDELLO are unveiling the music video for the album’s title track! Featuring fellow Eastern European and close personal friend Regina Spektor, “Seekers & Finders” is a lilting and breezy track described by Gogol vocalist Eugene Hütz as, “The duet of the wandering Jew and the roaming gypsy by the campfire, which we represent most perfectly,”
PORN shares new single and video “Close The Window”
French Goth Metal band PORN has had a busy 2018, with the promotion of their latest full length The Ogre Inside, that was released late last year, and their cover of Aerosmith’s “Dream On”, released in May. Now again they return to the spotlight with their latest single “Close The Window”, and an EP by the same name.
Brooklyn electronic avant-pop duo TMBOY share stunning new song “Seed” // dual single out this Friday
TMBOY is Sarah Aument and Will Shore. Together they create shadowy electronic avant-pop. It has an unusually organic feel for music that leans heavily into house and techno. Following lead-single “Focus”, “Seed” is the second track taken from their double-single Focus / Seed – out everywhere this Friday June 29.
Israel Nash Releases Video For “Lucky Ones”
Israel Nash, Texas’ Hill Country troubadour, today premieres the video for “Lucky Ones,” the second single from his upcoming new album, Lifted, out July 27th, 2018 via Desert Folklore Music/Thirty Tigers. Premiering with Culture Collide, the video is a look into Nash’s life on his ranch in the Texas Hill Country, illustrating the inspiration he finds in the landscape, from his family, his home studio Plum Creek Sound, and found sounds he recorded and used throughout the album.
Video Premiere: Israel Nash Gathers the Sounds of His Home on “Lucky Ones”
B-Sides and Pixel Terror Bring Futuristic Sounds To New Noise Via “Starlight”
Brendan Long, better known by his stage name B-Sides, is a Grammy-nominated producer/DJ who got his start creating hit records for the likes of Dr. Dre, Lupe Fiasco, and The Lonely Island. He has since transitioned his talent for creating hip hop records into producing innovative trap and bass music with a hip hop flare. Up until 2016, he was a teacher at the famed Icon Collective Production School in Los Angeles, where he mentored some of EDM’s brightest young DJs including NGHTMRE, Slander, Kayzo, and Jauz. In addition to releasing original works on Dim Mak, Spinnin’, Ultra, Mad Decent, and Buygore, his remix of DJ Snake’s “Let Me Love You” with SLANDER has earned over 11 million Soundcloud plays. He recently collaborated with Jayceeoh on a festival trap remix of Lil Pump’s “Esskeetit” and performed at Beyond Wonderland this spring.
Silk City unveils “Only Can Get Better” video
Silk City—the new collaborative project from Diplo and Mark Ronson—unveil the video for their first single “Only Can Get Better” featuring Daniel Merriweather today. Watch the video, directed by Dan Streit and Lindsey Nico Mann.
The duo made their first official appeareance at this month’s Governors Ball in New York and will headline the U.K.’s Bestival in August.
The project is the first official collaboration from the longtime friends and is named for the Philly institution where the now Grammy-winning, multi-platinum producers first met.
Ava Luna announce new album, Moon 2
Ava Luna has always been a conversation between its members—sometimes inward-facing, but always uniquely worth eavesdropping on. Soul and funk, krautrock, post-punk, R&B, gospel and even reggae influences all bounce off each other in sync with each participant’s idiosyncratic background and interests. With Moon 2, that specificity has only tightened but, as in any relationship that has existed for the better part of a decade, the conversation has evolved.
For feature: LA Girlfriend shares “Wild” video + ‘REGINA’ EP
Today, LA-based, fuzz pop artist L.A. Girlfriend shares the video for “Wild” off her REGINA EP, out now. EARMILK premiered the video writing, “The video for ‘Wild’ is more of that self-aware, social media age cool. Sporting ripped denim, mini-skirts, a little 90’s velcro and vampire fangs, the girl gang bounce around the streets, constantly sizing one another up at the same time as they are performing synchronized movement. It’s very Urban Outfitters, but only on the surface. Underneath the glam and is a complex group of women who feel and think.”
Silverbacks premiere video for ‘Dunkirk’ at The 405 | Girl Band produced single out via PK Miami
Dublin art-punks Silverbacks stomped back into action in 2018 with the premiere at Paste of their new single produced by Girl Band’s Daniel Fox ‘Dunkirk’ through their own PK Miami Records. Today, the band have premiered the video for it at The 405 where they explained their inspirations further: “The band are keen to cite classic bands like Television and Sonic Youth, which are certainly present, but the modernity of the sound of ‘Dunkirk’ and its ideas brings to mind current genre titans like Protomartyr” say The 405.
