James Blake Shares Video For “Barefoot In The Park (Feat. Rosalía)”
“Barefoot in the Park (feat. Rosalía)” is one of the many highlights on Assume Form, with The FADER calling it “a sensual number that is addictive,” SPIN pronouncing it “a speedball of minor-key melancholia and flying sparks,” and Idolator declaring the collaboration “lingers in the mind long after the song ends.” Assume Form showcases Blake’s continual evolution as an artist, and Consequence of Sound proclaims the album “a remarkable achievement by one of the most original songwriters of his generation.” HYPEBEAST observes, “the British musical mastermind has provided listeners with one of the most exciting installments yet in the young artist’s career,” and The Associated Press asserts that “listening to ‘Assume Form’ proves Blake is more than a musician’s musician – and that he could be on his way to pop star status.”
Peter Cat Recording Co. have announced their debut album, ‘Bismillah’
Taking their enigmatic name from Haruki Murakami’s jazz club in Tokyo, Peter Cat Recording Co. trade in a kaleidoscopic blend of gypsy jazz, psychedelic cabaret, space disco, bossa supernova, Bollywood and uneasy listening. It’s an unlikely but masterful balance which makes the New Delhi five piece every inch the sonic anomaly in their hometown as how they read on paper. The band beguiled and frustrated in equal measure in 2018, with the release of ‘Portrait Of A Time 2010-2016’, an anthology album which gathered together re-mastered versions of various hidden gems from the band’s ramshackle back catalogue, previously recorded in the living room of frontman Suryakant Sawhney. Whilst the title track found its way onto Tracks Of The Year lists at the Guardian & NME, it was tricky to get a firm grip on the five piece who – despite hailing from the Hindi-speaking capital of India – emerged sounding like a twenty first century big band reboot.
LICE Release New Song, “Roadkill”
Avant-garde black metal outfit LICE, which features members of SHINING and TEITANBLOOD, are have released the second single from their upcoming album, ‘Woe Betide You,’ which is set for release on May 10. “Roadkill” can be heard HERE.
Glen Hansard Shares Inventive New Album ‘This Wild Willing’ via NPR First Listen
“Freshly inspired, Hansard finds thoughtful ways to fuse multiple sides of his artistic personality,” NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson said. “It’s gorgeous: expansive without sacrificing intimacy.” He later added: “These are songs of letting go and listening, born of a wild willingness to let others in.”
JR – “BE MY MAN”
This song is about making the same mistake over and over, hoping that you learn from it. Going into a new relationship with unbridled confidence that a disaster isn’t waiting to happen. “BE MY MAN” was inspired by leaving the city and going back to my hometown.
CAPITOL MUSIC GROUP/ CAROLINE SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH GLOBAL K-POP SUPERSTARS NCT 127 THROUGH SM ENTERTAINMENT
Capitol Music Group (CMG) & Caroline, their independent distribution and label services division has signed a global agreement with K-Pop phenomenon NCT 127 through Seoul, Korea-based SM Entertainment Co., Ltd., it was announced today by CMG Chairman & CEO Steve Barnett and Caroline President Jacqueline Saturn. The agreement calls for Capitol Music Group/ Caroline to provide distribution and extensive marketing for most global territories.
NCT 127 will embark on its first North American tour on April 24 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, performing 11 shows through mid-May. The band will perform national television shows, as well as engage in additional promotion activities in New York and Los Angeles.
ALISON WONDERLAND RELEASES NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO, “PEACE”
Mushroomhead Signs Worldwide Record Deal With Napalm Records!
Napalm Records. Mushroomhead are one of the most unique and adventurous alternative metal bands working today. Known for their stunningly theatrical live show and artsy masks, this innovative band has forged new ground in the rock world and influenced many other bands to push the envelope and bring art into rock. Formed in the early-1990s in Cleveland, Ohio, the band’s combination of metal, rock and atmospheric elements has struck a chord with thousands of fans worldwide.
ANDERSON .PAAK ft. SMOKEY ROBINSON SONG + VIDEO DROP
Anderson .Paak just dropped the next single “Make It Better” from his forthcoming album Ventura. Premiered today as Zane Lowe’s Beats World Record, the soul track features Motown legend Smokey Robinson and is accompanied with a new video directed by GRAMMY-nominated director Andy Hines. The album, out April 12th via Aftermath Entertainment, exclusively distributed by 12 Tone Music also features André 3000, Jazmine Sullivan, Brandy, Nate Dogg and Lalah Hathaway.
Symphonic Distribution Expands to Columbia and Nashville
A music distribution and marketing powerhouse built by independent artists for independent artists, Symphonic Distribution distinguishes itself by having no corporate entities dictating its direction or decisions. Over the years, Symphonic has worked with new and established artists and record labels from Deadmau5, Bassnectar, and Ozuna to Waka Flocka Flame, Tito El Bambino, Alok, and more.
The company has grown exponentially since its inception in 2006, when it was founded in the CEO’s parents’ home. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida and with offices in Brooklyn, New York, and Denver, Colorado, Symphonic has recently announced the expansion of its LATAM footprint into Bogota, Colombia. The company also announced its expansion into Nashville, Tennessee.
Avicii’s Team Announces New Music
When Tim Bergling passed away on April 20, 2018, he was close to completing a new album. He left behind a collection of nearly finished songs, along with notes, email conversations and text messages about the music.
The songwriters that Tim was collaborating with on this album have continued the process to get as close to his vision as possible.
Since Tim’s passing, the family decided not to keep the music locked away – instead they wanted to share it with his fans all around the world.
The single ”SOS” will be released on April 10 and the album, titled ”TIM”, on June 6.
Miranda Lambert Embarks on “Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour 2019”
Two-time GRAMMY Award-winner and reigning ACM Female Vocalist of the Year Miranda Lambert returns to the road this fall on the Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour 2019 – and she’s bringing a heavyweight roster of female powerhouses along for the ride.
The tour, which launches Friday, September 13 in Uncasville, Conn. and runs through Saturday, November 23 in Greensboro, N.C., will feature very special guests Maren Morris and Elle King as well as Pistol Annies, Tenille Townes, Ashley McBryde and Caylee Hammack on various dates.
ALESSIA CARA RELEASES BEAUTIFUL NEW VISUAL FOR HER HEARTBREAK ANTHEM “OUT OF LOVE”
BAZZI RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE “PARADISE”;
On the heels of his 2019 Billboard Music Award nomination for “Top New Artist,” announced this morning, twenty-one-year-old Lebanese/American r&b/pop phenomenon Bazzi has released the official follow-up to his back-to-back top 10 singles, “Mine” and “Beautiful.”
“Jan3” is a track released this past week from Improvement Movement
Per the band: “This song is an instruction manual on how to not get mugged, written and recorded the night I got mugged. It’s a 3AM walk down Mitchell Street, scored by Oscar Peterson, dunked in a bucket of Fuzzy Fun Machines and chilled to 11 degrees Fahrenheit. We hope this helps you not get mugged.”
Ceschi & Factor Chandelier’s ‘Sad, Fat Luck’ LP out now
Ceschi’s music lives in some liminal space between left-field hip hop, folk punk and indie rock. It’s hard to explain, so on planes he generally tells people that he sounds “something like like Ed Sheeran,” and they nod. He has worked with Saskatchewan, Canadian producer Factor Chandelier for over a decade as they formed the backbone of their Fake Four Inc. record label. Their 2015 record, “Broken Bone Ballads” built a cult following within the indie rap and DIY punk communities. 2019’s ‘Sad, Fat Luck’ is part eulogy to many lost friends, part breakup album, part US-born-Latino analysis of Trump’s America, and part ode to aging, featuring guest vocals from Sammus & Astronautalis. Today Ceschi & Factor Chandelier release their innovative ‘Sad, Fat Luck’ LP. You can listen here.
Naytronix (Nate Brenner of Tune-Yards) announces new LP & shares “Come Back” via The AV Club
Whenever the opportunity arises, between globe-spanning tours and marathon writing sessions, Tune-Yards’ co-producer and bassist Nate Brenner makes a point of holing up in the duo’s Oakland studio and churning out countless musical ideas for his psych pop project, Naytronix. These sessions, as irregular as they are fruitful, have long formed the backbone of Naytronix’s releases. Combining his knack for taut and melodic bass lines with swirling, dreamy soundscapes, Naytronix’s first two albums (2012’s Dirty Glow and 2015’s Mister Divine), as well as his work scoring Boots Riley’s 2018 film Sorry to Bother You, established Brenner as a dynamic songwriter and composer in his own right.
RINGWORM: Share “Acquiesce” Music Video
“The ‘Acquiesce’ video is a sequel to the ‘Shades of Blue’ video, and actually a third act of an ongoing story, that started with our very first video for 2005’s Justice Replaced by Revenge.”
TOGETHER PANGEA Announce North American Tour With Vundabar, Share New Track
Together Pangea begin a North American tour alongside Vundabar on June 7th with a hometown launch at the Regent Theater in Los Angeles (all dates are below). With this news comes a new track, “Never Said I Wanna,” from their upcoming Dispassionate EP, out May 31st. The track premiered via Substream, who said “The new single is a mix of the best parts of 90’s alternative rock, while bringing in a new wave of beach-y pop sensibilities that make you want to immediately hear more.”
Mötley Crüe’s The Dirt Returns To New York Times Best Seller List! After Nearly Two Decades!
After nearly two decades since its release in 2001, Mötley Crüe’s, New York Times bestselling autobiography, The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band written by Neil Strauss and published by HarperCollins returns as a New York Times Best Seller for the week ending April 14. It landed at #6 in Nonfiction Print Paperback Best Seller and #8 in Nonfiction Combined Print and E-Book Best Sellers list.
“The Dirt by Neil Strauss and Mötley Crüe is a rock masterpiece. It’s been so great to see how both the book and the movie have worked together to inspire so much interest in the band’s music and their singular and remarkable story. And once again, the fans have spoken—this a great moment for Neil Strauss and Mötley Crüe and everyone involved in the movie!” – Lynn Grady, SVP, Publisher, Dey Street Books, HarperCollins
Junodream strike a balance between fury and guilt on new single ‘Odd Behaviour’
Bristol born, and now London based band Junodream are today releasing their new single ‘Odd Behaviour’. The “wry sequel to [previous single] Terrible Things” as they put it themselves, the track examines exactly how bad people can get when communication between two people breaks down. “It’s not easy realising you’re in the middle of something rotten, especially when you don’t know what the problem is. Eventually you find yourself drifting away from someone you care about and the behaviour that comes to the surface can be kind of messed up,” they went on to say.
Monsieur Job Set to Release New Music, Videos, and Short Film in Coming Weeks
As Holguin, he lives music and gives music life. It was Toby’s vision to create Monsieur Job, a band that will rock you make you move your feet. A band that will make you cry with passion. Formed by Toby Holguin from Cali, Colombia, a beautiful place high in the mountains above the clouds. Toby then asked Stan Kolev from Sofia, Bulgaria, Charlie Illera from Barranquilla, Colombia, and Leo Jaramillo from Bogota, Colombia to become one musically as Monsieur Job. All of them live and breathe their own style of music combined they are Monsieur Job. Toby, Stan, and Charlie spin records as DJs constantly for different pools and venues around the world. Moreover, Toby had the idea to start doing Urban Music besides Chill Out and Electronic Music, which is the vision that created the album “Bass Passi”. They started dropping broken beats with a more festive, shaky, groovy Caribbean Latin flavor turning it into an international exclusive mash up of world talents and a unique blend of genres.
Listen to Necro’s new album “The Notorious Goriest” now
Ozzy Osbourne Postpones All 2019 Shows, Including Rocklahoma
Regrettably, Ozzy Osbourne has postponed all of his 2019 tour dates as he recovers from an injury sustained while dealing with a recent bout of pneumonia. Osbourne fell at his Los Angeles home, aggravating years-old injuries (from his 2003 ATV accident) that required surgery last month. Due to the postponement of Ozzy’s tour, Ozzy Osbourne will no longer be performing at this year’s Rocklahoma. Details about the festival’s Saturday, May 25th lineup will be announced as soon as they are finalized.
Ozzy Osbourne released the following statement earlier this morning: “I can’t believe I have to reschedule more tour dates. Words cannot express how frustrated, angry and depressed I am not to be able to tour right now. I’m grateful for the love and support I’m getting from my family, my band, friends and fans, it’s really what’s keeping me going. Just know that I am getting better every day…I will fully recover…I will finish my tour…I will be back!”
The Vamps Release New Track, ‘Right Now,’
The four track EP features Right Now a collaboration with their friends, Krept & Konan, and this song is available on Spotify and to download now as an instant grat when the EP is preordered on iTunes. The other tracks featured are title track Missing You written by front-man Brad Simpson, Waves, which was written by bassist Connor Ball, and a special acoustic version of All The Lies (their recent release with Alok and Felix Jaehn). The EP marks the band, who are now all in their mid-20s, taking charge of the music and creative direction, and showing off their individual talents in songwriting and production.
Antony Carle Shares “Save Face” Track/Video
Antony Carle has shared the new single “Save Face” and has also shared the single’s video. When talking about the video Antony says, “The title gets repeated multiple times at the end of the song, almost like a mantra, so the listeners know that, regardless of the challenges they face, better days are coming,” – Photo Credit: JF Sauvè
Oh My My returns with shimmering new banger and enlists Sam Phay for ‘Leave You at the Bottom’
Dark, unsettling and emotive. This is how Sydney producer and musician Oh My My describes his particular brand of sultry electronica. With a year of the entity under his belt, 2019 is set to see him take things to a whole other level starting with new single ‘Leave You at the Bottom’.