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Pander Sera Shares “Mascot” Via The 405 | Announces Debut LP Coming Next Year LA-based electronic and multimedia artist Pander Sera shares her new single “Mascot” and announces her debut LP, Bothy, due out early next year. The 405 premiered the single with praise, stating, “Inspired by her own “nostalgic soft spots,” including anime VHS…
Andy Jenkins Releases New Video For “Illuminated” (Richmond, VA – October 2, 2018) Andy Jenkins has today released a new video for ‘Illuminated’, taken from his Spacebomb Records recently released debut album ‘Sweet Bunch’ as well as new tour dates (below). The video directed by acclaimed photographer Shawn Brackbill (ELLE, CR Fashion Book, etc.) was…
In support of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month this October, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Lexi Todd will be rolling out tracks from her forthcoming EP Maria, Immured, which chronicles a close friend’s abusive relationship from Lexi’s perspective. The EP tells the true-to-life story of Maria’s harrowing journey as she goes from rationalizing her abuser’s actions to ultimately…
Alternative Rock Duo Travelers Announce New Single “White Rabbit” Out 10/12 “White Rabbit” is the second single off of our upcoming album called “Hideko”. Tom says, “This track is about finding your purpose, or chasing your “white rabbit” haha. Most of us are unsure of what our purpose in life is, we doubt a LOT,…
Check Out The New Video BY BLOW_FLYY ‘MY DREAMS’ Watch the Powerful Video for John Prine’s “Summer’s End” Oh Boy Records teamed up with Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon – the Academy Award-nominated husband and wife team behind the Netflix Original Documentaries “Heroin(e)” and “Recovery Boys” – to direct and produce the official music…
This year marks the birth of Liily and the resurrection of feverish chaotic hard rock. Calling back to the 90s, their sonic rush channels a raw passionate fire that feels familiar but also different, with edges uncut. They have created a positive space for their generation in a time that feels bankrupted. Their oldest member…
An earnest spirit flows through the whole of Kassie Tyers’ “Blue Skies”. Kassie is a proud Canadian from Northern Ontario. Her storytelling abilities reveal a poetic quality, as the whole of the piece unfurls with a soothing aura. The arrangement has a great balance, making sure that everything falls into place with such perfection. Guitars…
Madyx’s “Girl Boy” is an intentionally line-blurring single. Its first verse begins with the singer/songwriter stating, “I never had a boyfriend, kiss me like a girl can.” Not only does she point to Katy Perry as an artistic inspiration, but she’s also released a song that sounds like a cousin to “I Kissed A Girl.”…
Dhruv Visvanath offers a gentle form of twee pop on the intimate sound of “Wild”. Keeping things to the essentials his vocals have a tremendous kindness to them. Arrangements feel reminiscent of Fleet Foxes’ earliest releases, for the airiness of the composition works wonders. Going for a more rustic quality Radiator King’s “So Long (Charlie)”…
Expanding his empire beyond Chicago and setting his sights on urban radio stations across the nation, Lil Durk knows it’s his time to shine. Teaming up with two of the South’s hottest emcees, LIl Durk pledges his loyalty to his closest friends in “Downfall,” his latest video. Featuring appearances from Young Dolph and Lil Baby,…
Katie Garibaldi New Single “Safe and Warm (Lullaby for Jesus)” Valley Queen release extended version of “Gems and Rubies” “I wrote the song just as quickly in July 2016, after waking up to the video capture of the murder of Philando Castile, taken on a cell phone by his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, sitting in the…
JARAMI RELEASES NEW TRACK “COLD BLOODED” “Cold Blooded” is both written and produced by Jarami and follows the duo’s release of their 2017 Sketches EP, which was met with great critical praise upon release. FADER described the EP as, “four funk-laced instrumentals perfect for riding around in warm weather with the windows down” while Complex…
Folk music and activism have always come as a pair throughout American history, and Nate Smith has conjured up an exceptional collection of patriotic anthems derived from his deepest thoughts in Some Kind of Dancing, his follow up to 2015’s Around and Around. Currently there’s no disputing among the music journalism community that music consumers…
Check Out The New Video BY BLOW_FLYY ‘MY DREAMS’ SISTERAY release new ‘Wannabes’ video and kick off UK tour this week! Following a thrilling 18 months in which they’ve lit up festival stages, sold out delirious venues, released their debut ’15 Minutes’ EP, and delighted tastemakers and fans alike, SISTERAY have just released their stellar…
Drawing comparisons to modern rock throwbacks like Greta Van Fleet and The Struts, as well as boasting inspiration from iconic bands of yore like The Velvet Underground and The Rolling Stones, Wyves are primed to make major waves with their album R U OK? The Phoenix, Arizona based four piece are rapidly building a substantial…
“Music Rescues Me” is the single trailblazer for Paul van Dyk’s ninth studio album of the same name (to be released this fall). It reunites the internationally renowned music producer with collaborators from not one, but two of his best loved recent times releases. For the track’s vocal, Paul is joined by Plumb, the singer…
From one corner of the globe to the next, the indie music media can’t seem to stop talking about Mikey See, the New York-born, Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter who lit up the American underground earlier this spring with his self-titled EP. Unlike most instances in life, where I would be the first to tell…
Hazel Bloom Releases New Single “I Loved You, Once” About the single, Hazel Bloom states: “I Loved You, Once” is the first song I wrote while experimenting with new production methods and instruments. I had never experimented with elements of electro pop or R&B before so it was like a breath of fresh air to…
Alt-Pop songwriter Eoin Glackin explores the farcical nature of modern life Dublin born and raised, Eoin Glackin writes alternative pop songs that range from the personal to the political. Drawing on the legacy of the greats such as Johnny Cash alongside more contemporary influences such as Beck. Duke Dumont returns with fresh club track ‘Runway’…
Filipino singer Jess Connelly shares new video + tour Manila-based R&B singer / songwriter Jess Connelly shares her dreamy new video for her song “On My Way Up” from her JCON mixtape out now. Half Filipino & half Australian, the classically trained vocalist has quickly amassed millions of plays online and a large following in…
Australian singer/songwriter/producer Georgia Mae, hit the ground running with her 2016 single “Time With You” quickly moving to high rotation on national radio and Spotify viral charts. Since graduating on a scholarship from the Queensland Conservatorium with a degree in Music Technology, she has released four singles, co-written with artists at home and abroad, been…
SHAWN MENDES & ZEDD RELEASE “LOST IN JAPAN” REMIX Shawn and Zedd teased the remix and artwork throughout the week, leading up to the song’s release today. “Lost In Japan” is now the official 2nd single from Shawn’s self titled 3rd album, following smash hit “In My Blood,”. The original version of the song has…
Today, buzzing new artist PARIS released his highly-anticipated music video “Po’ed Up Ft. GUNNA.” The visuals are Paris’ latest release from his debut EP, One Night In Paris. This summer Paris toured with rap superstars, POST MALONE and 21 SAVAGE. After working with celebrated hip-hop star, GUNNA the California native impressively acquired features from BLINK-182’s…
Col3trane shares “Tyler” official video; BOOT out now Today sees 19-year-old vocalist, musician and rapper Col3trane share the brand new video for “Tyler”. Directed by Felix Brady, who also directed Cole’s innovative video for “Language”, “Tyler” is the latest in a long series of visually-arresting visuals from Cole and finds the artist appear in a…
“In The Moment” is the new song and video from The Weeklings, and it’s yet another standout track in the world of Beatle-inspired power pop. Like many others, The Weeklings have immersed themselves in ‘60s magic, but the band twists the past with a unique ability to reconstruct the influences of the masters in a…
PSYRUS came up in 2016 looking to bridge the gap between rock and EDM, aiming to take the sounds of The Prodigy and Pendulum and inject them with the stuff they grew up on. Raised on The Sex Pistols, GBH, and The Exploited, today the band are pushing nearly 2 million fans. Andrew K, Tony,…
The Band Of The Hawk takes a dig at the weekly Fridays with a fresh track which is sure to allure a vast audience. Band Of the Hawk, the hip-hop band, has gained immense popularity with their innovative creations launched over the internet media platforms in the past few years. Known for the talented musical…
Wild, unpredictable, Danny Bacher’s “Still Happy” represents the very best intersection of jazz, pop, delivered with the utmost of joy. Positively bursting at the seams, everything about the album passes by in a glorious blur of color. A kaleidoscopic range touches upon every aspect of the album, from the intense saxophone work to Danny Bacher’s…
Rick Monroe goes for an acid-fried country flavor on the rollicking rock n’ roll of “Smoke Out The Window”. Sung with fire and fury, the whole of the album barrels forward with an intense energy. Throughout the whole of the album Rick Monroe draws from soul, the blues, garage rock, and country in a fantastic…
Lindsay Clark’s new full-length Crystalline is a compendium of quiet moments. And “quiet moments,” perhaps, is also the phrase that most accurately exemplifies the album’s milieu – not just for its stillness and subtlety, a singularly rare folk endeavor that employs rhythmic elements, acoustic guitars in open tunings, and soft-but-potent harmonies that rise in and…
Buck-N-Nice have shattered the mold embodied by many artists, and that’s how it’s going to stay. The pair — wordsmith rapper SawBuck and deft beatmaster DJ So Nice — have released a new video for “EMAG”, the taster title track off the pair’s sophomore release — available now. Their recipe is working and the pair’s…
‘Light Up The Sky’ is the explosive new single from The Prodigy, the second track to be lifted from the band’s much-anticipated seventh studio album, ‘No Tourists’ (out November 2nd). The band has also confirmed details of a twenty-date winter tour, which includes two dates at London’s Alexandra Palace on November 14th and 15th. ‘Light…
The blood of ancient Appalachia and all of the incredible music it has yielded runs through the veins of Cindy G’s new album Moonshiner’s Daughter like a furious river fighting to reach the ocean. I’ve always said that it’s harder to make a stylized bluegrass record in the modern age that encompasses the wide ranging color that…
Jeff Cramer Releases “Forgive” via PopMatters, Announces Debut Album Colorado singer-songwriter Jeff Cramer is pleased to announce the upcoming release of his debut solo album, Northern 45, releasing January 25th, 2019. The songs on Northern 45 were a decade in the making, with each of them heralding back to Cramer’s Midwestern roots and sense of…
Multi-platinum selling J-pop girl group Perfume recently released their highly anticipated 7th album, Future Pop. Available now to stream, the album features hit singles “Tokyo Girl,” “If You Wanna,” “Mugenmirai,” and “Let Me Know.” The follow up to their critically acclaimed album Cosmic Explorer, Future Pop was an instant success, reaching #1 on the iTunes…
Quality Control presents PREACHERMAN, an original documentary starring Lil Baby. It is directed by Mandon Lovett and executive-produced by Pierre “Pee” Thomas and Kevin “Coach K” Lee. PREACHERMAN – is more than a music documentary, it’s also a narrative of the streets of Oakland City in SW Atlanta. Told through candid interviews about Lil Baby’s…
Stephen Kellogg shares Will Hoge-produced single “Symphony Of Joy” Stephen Kellogg has shared a new single, “Symphony Of Joy,” from his forthcoming Will Hoge-produced full-length Objects in the Mirror due out November 23, 2018. The song is a buoyant Americana-rocker that harkens back to Tom Petty and Bob Seger, in a style that brings to…
To celebrate his reissues on Heavy Psych Sounds, BRANT BJORK has just released a wonderfully intimate new music video for the track ‘Too Many Chiefs…’, taken from the reissue of 8-track acoustic album ‘Tres Dias’. Lay back and hang with the desert rock icon below. “Some days I just like to sit outside under the…
You need to stream ESP EVOLUTION New Single ‘RASTA MOVEMENT’ Mantell – ‘Lulu’ Single Left to their own devices, the boys were able to showcase their flair for all things music as they wrote, recorded and produced thirty-two single-handedly. The process spanned over a year in their home studio/garage and the final product features five…
Cursive today shared their new song “It’s Gonna Hurt,” the third and final early single from their forthcoming new album, Vitriola. Of the moody, foreboding track — a heady mix of angular guitars, haunting cello and synths, pulsating bass, and forceful drums — singer/guitarist Tim Kasher says, “This song is about watching those closest to…
