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Grammy nominee Hiss Golden Messenger has released “Hardlytown,” a new song and video (directed by KidEthnic) from the highly anticipated album Quietly Blowing It (Merge Records), out on June 25th. Watch “Hardlytown,” below where the artist once again drops his hummable hooks and thought-provoking lyrics that have come to define Hiss Golden Messenger as one of […]

LA’s Chicano Batman has announced their return to the stage this fall with a 22-date tour across the U.S. The tour kicks off on October 20 at Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, NM and wraps on December 18 at Minneapolis’ First Avenue and includes dates at New York’s Webster Hall and a hometown concert at […]

Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi announce Fireside LIVE – a special series of socially distanced, limited-capacity performances this summer.  They will be joined by varying members of Tedeschi Trucks Band each night with the total band configuration ranging between four and seven musiciansdepending on the show.  The modified lineup will perform under the name ‘Tedeschi Trucks’ for the first time as a nod to their […]

Something special has arisen out of the burgeoning indie electronica scene of LA and her name is SHIMA. The Japanese-American singer and producer who was formerly a software engineer invite us into her bi-lingual and transcendent new indie-pop banger, “Don’t Wanna Die Young.” Featuring collaboration from producer and singer CALICA – an all-female production- “Don’t […]

Born from of love for sample-hip-hop and neo-soul’ is the foundation of the Dutch, Rotterdam-based alt-R&B-band Dragonfruit. The sound of Dragonfruit is characterized by a mix of soundscapes, old-school samples, and electronics that, together with the mesmerizing vocals from lead singer Danique van der Vlugt, create a chilled but very danceable atmosphere. Step into the […]

The Mountain Goats are back with a new album recorded titled Dark In Here (out 6/25) recorded at FAME Studios, the Muscle Shoals institution that’s captured Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Gregg Allman, Bobby “Blue” Bland, and hundreds more. Frontman John Darnielle announced the record last night (describing it as the “weathered, gnarlier cousin to Getting Into […]

Holy Wars is vocalist and songwriter Kat Leon and guitarist and producer Nicolas Perez. Their story begins with the loss of Kat Leon’s late parents inspiring their debut EP Mother Father. Following this, Holy Wars would erupt with explosive music dripping with gritty guitar tones, Leon’s incredible vocal range laced with a fusion of dark pop, indie rock, punk and […]

Joseph of Mercury holds the rare ability to reach and explore, both forward and back through time. Sharing an honest musical anthology of tragic loss, haunting love, crushed dreams, and broken bodies. A forever love drunk crooner, addicted to the process of forming sound from silence, feeling & a passing vision. Joseph of Mercury continues […]

Electric Palace is comprised of singer and guitar player, TJ Rosenthal and Joe Zdaa on drums and vocals. The bi-coastal duo grew out of a happy accident after Rosenthal realized he’d been writing songs for a band that didn’t exist, so he shared the material to his long-time friend Zdaa, and soon after, Electric Palace […]

The Colorist Orchestra is an avant classical music collective led by Aarich Jespers and Kobe Proesmans that uses traditional and bespoke instruments in unorthodox ways to remix the repertoire of an invited artist. Their new single “More Exes” is a stunning preview of Not On The Map, their latest collaboration with maverick songwriter Howe Gelb, coming […]

Rusty Young, the founder of the legendary country-rock band Poco passed away today at the age of 75. 2021 marked Young’s 53rd year in the music biz,  most of them with Poco, whose biggest hit, “Crazy Love,” was one of his earliest attempts at writing a song with lyrics. He was already a renowned pedal […]

Free Radio, the Asheville-based hip-hop collective featuring forever friends Austn Haynes and Johnny Reynolds, returns with “Outer Limits” featuring new band members including Grammy-winning singer Debrissa McKinney and rising powerhouse soul vocalist Datrian Johnson. Check out the hard-hitting single and video from “Outer Limits (below) that flaunts an effortless freestyle flow with poignant harmonic vocals […]

Valley Boy’s James Alan Ghaleb and Ian Meltzer, met in their middle school P.E. class when Ian was taken aback by James’ wild locks and a friendship immediately followed. The two became best friends after connecting over classic rock, guitar solos, and divorced parents and spent the rest of their school years playing music together […]

Netflix has found their Joey Ramone. Twenty years to the day after the legendary punk’s death, the streaming service has announced that comedian Pete Davidson will bring Ramone back to life in the upcoming biopic, I Slept with Joey Ramone. Based on the memoir of the same name by Ramone’s brother, Mike Leigh, I Slept […]

On May 14, The Black Keys release their tenth studio album, Delta Kream, via Nonesuch Records. The record celebrates the band’s roots, featuring eleven Mississippi hill country blues standards that they have loved since they were teenagers, before they were a band, including songs by R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, among others.  Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney recorded Delta […]

Low Cut Connie has shares a glorious cover of Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games” from his upcoming record Tough Cookies: The Best of The Quarantine Broadcasts, an album of cover songs pulled from Adam Weiner and guitarist Will Donnelly’s twice-weekly “Tough Cookies” livestream show recorded out of Weiner’s South Philadelphia home. The 23-track album includes songs by Prince, […]

Winnipeg-born, Tyler Pal is a Canadian recording artist, songwriter, and producer with a multifaceted catalog of original and stimulating music. Pal is showing that greater titles are lingering in the near future, transcending his career into new worlds. From the heart, Pal envelops his audience in a sonic wave of his passionate views of the world. Check […]

Niia Bertino, better known by her stage name Niia, is an American singer, pianist, and songwriter. Born in Massachusetts, Bertino was trained by her mother in classical piano and began singing and performing at the age of 13. These days shes a smokin’ songstress who is building a vivacious pop & soul platform Sink into the swagger […]

Visionary singer-songwriter-guitarist José González has announced the release of his eagerly awaited fourth solo studio album. Local Valley will arrive via Mute on September 17, 2021. González’s first new studio recording in more than five years will be available via both black and colored vinyl, CD, and digital platforms. Loca Valley is preceded by today’s premiere of the album’s first single, “Visions,” […]

Liz Phair has announced details of, Soberish, her highly-anticipated new album, and first collection of original material in eleven years. Produced by Phair’s longtime collaborator Brad Wood – known for helming Phair’s seminal albums Exile In Guyville, Whip-Smart, and whitechocolatespaceegg – Soberish will be released on June 4th, 2021 via Chrysalis Records. “Spanish Doors”, the album’s opening track, is available to hear below. Phair describes the […]