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Monmoi is the brain-child of London-based lo-fi pop singer-songwriter George David, who previously performed folk music under the moniker Lauder. Momoi is a fresh take on lo-fi pop with synthwave and folk influences, combining harmonies and dreamy vocals with 80’s pop-inspired beats to create an eclectic sound. Dig into the easy-going new single “settle down […]

New Orleans funk master and founding member of The Meters, George Porter Jr. will release his latest album with the Runnin’ Pardners — Crying for Hope — on Friday, March 26 via Controlled Substance Sounds Labs and Color Red (PRE-ORDER). The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award-recipient, named one of the 50 Greatest Bassists of All Time […]

Acclaimed singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Amy Helm is set to release What the Flood Leaves Behind (Renew Records/BMG) on June 18th. Produced by Josh Kaufman (Taylor Swift’s Folklore, Bob Weir, Bonny Light Horseman) who is also featured on piano, guitar, and mandolin, the record brings Helm’s powerful, emotive vocals to the forefront. After recording 2018’s This […]

In one of the big signs of a return to normality, we have a big festival announcement to make for 2021. Although the summer festival season might be quiet, this year’s Halloween weekend will be a bumpin’. Outside Lands will be held in Golden Gate Park for a special Halloween edition, October 29-31, 2021. Headliners include Lizzo, Tame Impala, and The […]

Guitarists Marisa Anderson and William Tyler have announced their debut collaborative album Lost Futures, out August 27th, 2021. On Lost Futures, Anderson and Tyler’s guitars dance through lush arrangements and pastoral duets serpentine and reverent. The album and debut single/title track “Lost Futures” (below) take their name from writer Mark Fisher’s cultural theory of the loss of potential futures, the hopes and […]

JUSTY’s music is not only an honest embrace but soul-nourishing therapy. Identifying as queer in her community was not an easy feat and came with some life lessons. “Self acceptance felt like something I had to earn and earning it was based on the merits of everyone else but myself,” she shares. “I figured if […]

Check out the gorgeous remake from Ghostly Kisses and Louis-Étienne Santais of “J’ai demandé à la lune,” a classic from the French-band Indochine, an iconic hit that marked the French music landscape in the early 2000s. A stripped-down piano sweeps through the track as a vocally enchanting inflection invites us in and blankets our ears […]

Laura Mvula has announced her highly anticipated new album ‘Pink Noise’, due for release on July 2nd via Atlantic Records. Along with the album announcement, Laura has shared her defiant new single ‘Church Girl’ which is out now. Check it out below…   About her new single Laura says, “I am not my story. For so long I identified as the […]

Guitar virtuoso Julian Lage has signed with Blue Note Records and announced a June 11 release for his label debut Squint, a striking new album that weds incisive, expressive songwriting with the profound interplay Lage has honed over the past few years with his deft trio featuring bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Dave King (The Bad Plus). The album’s lead single […]

Beginning March 19, 2021 and continuing weekly through to March 2022, Queen YouTube will be taking Queen fans on a unique and remarkable journey – a chance to revisit some of the band’s most iconic moments and discover some aspects of the story we didn’t know. Presented in chronological order, the series will take us […]

Sink into the enchanting new single “La Navire” from French songstress Soleil Bleu. Captivating vocal tone slinks through the track, colored with restrained and reverberated guitar as harmonic vocals blend with ease. Bleu is riveting in essence, as she transcends language and time, creating a nonlinear and blatantly stunning indie-pop jewel. “La Navire” is a sultry and expressive pop number, blending […]

The Sarandons hail from Toronto. Influences like Wilco, Kurt Vile, Dr Dog, and Cage the Elephant percolate through their brand of rock & roll, which spans Americana, neo-psychedelia, and indie rock. The Sarandons is the fully collaborative endeavor of Toronto music stalwarts Damian Coleman, Edmund Cummings, Craig Keeney, Phil Skot and Dave Suchon. Check out […]

In an exciting return to live music on the Bonnaroo Farm, Bonnaroo organizers are pleased to announce Concerts On The Farm, a brand-new concert series to begin this May. Confirmed performances include An Evening with Billy Strings on May 28, Jon Pardi with special guest Jameson Rodgers on May 29, and An Evening with The Avett […]

Self-described hooligan folk-rockers Vern Matz are back with a meaningful and deeply personal new single “Fish Tank.” With emotionally charged inflection Daniel Belgrad croons with alluringly melodic charisma. “Fish Tank” peers into a trying and exposed time in life, dealing with pain and our attempt to heal wounds while being intersected by the reality that […]

stefan is a singer-songwriter and producer based who splits his time between Los Angeles and Tokyo. Having garnered millions of streams for his own release, he has also produced for major Japanese artists including CRAZYBOY and Awich. His work on CRAZYBOY’s NEOTOKYO IV earned him his first No. 1 record in Japan. The multi-faceted stefan […]

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Guitar and Stax legend Steve Cropper has just released “Fire It Up,” the title track from his new album, out April 23rd. Calling it his first proper solo album since 1969, Cropper explains, “This album is different from everything out there now – I haven’t heard myself this way since the 60s.” “Fire It Up” […]

In what almost seemed a refreshing Grammy Awards – perhaps it was somewhat a return to live music with some nicely done live performances (Brittany Howard/Chris Martin and Haim) or just something that felt like a return to normal, things are slowly coming back. This year’s awards (postponed since January) on the televised portion paid […]

New Orleans funk powerhouse Dumpstaphunk has just unleashed a rendition of Buddy Miles’s 1973 acid-fueled blues anthem “United Nations Stomp,” the third single from Where Do We Go From Here their first full-length album in seven years. Ignited by the exploding lead guitar of special guest Marcus King, the epic jam invokes the vintage spirit […]

Danish lo-fi duo lil cat is a new band, whose unpolished musical expression is the result of the period of isolation, which the pandemic brought in the spring of 2020.  Consisting of couple Mads Vadsager & Cathrine van Leeuwen, lil cat was forged as a fun and creative space where they can relax and process all the […]