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Check out Denver-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Derek Dames Ohl’s swinging new single “If Love Stinks.” Riding high on a steady country groove, colored with warm piano and quick picking acoustic guitar, Dames Ohl struts across the track with warm infection and a kind disposition. “If Love Stinks” is a lighthearted and sturdy Americana song for fans of Steve Earl and John […]

John Andrews is picking flowers from each corner of his life and presenting you with an unusual bouquet. His imaginary band “The Yawns” are back! Third time’s a charm. In hockey terms, they call it a “hat trick” and you know who’s always wearing a ratty old hat? John Andrews. Three years in the making […]

Sharon Van Etten has announces epic Ten, a double LP of the original epic album from 2010 and a new album of epic covers, out digitally on April 16th and physically on June 11th via Ba Da Bing, plus a documentary and concert stream. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of epic’s release, and to acknowledge the convergence of Van Etten’s present and past work, she asked fellow […]

On May 14th, The Steel Woods will release their highly anticipated album, All Of Your Stones (Woods Music/Thirty Tigers). The Steel Woods’ third release is their strongest and most substantive work to date, and the group has been proud and excited to put it out into the world. However, their triumph was immediately followed by tragedy […]

Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions)—the latest offering of Tom Petty music, curated with help from his loving family, bandmates and collaborators—will be released on April 16 via Warner Records. The tracks, which were previously released on the limited-edition Super Deluxe 9-LP version of 2020’s Wildflowers & All The Rest, will now be available on limited edition gold vinyl for TomPetty.com and indie retail, CDs […]

Innov Gnawa, a Grammy-nominated musical group of Moroccan expats, have announced their debut album with Daptone Records, LILA, coming out April 30th (PRE-ORDER). The NYC-based group makes Gnawa music, a spiritual tradition rooted in Morocco’s ancient history. Not unlike the blues in the American south, Gnawa music is revered throughout Morocco as treasured indigenous soul […]

MAH KEE OH is the solo recording project of multi-instrumentalist Grahm Robinson from Dallas, TX. Robinson is also a contributing member of the bands Teethe, and Crisman (Topshelf Records) and is known for his unique analog recording and production techniques in which he predominantly uses only three microphones and a four-track cassette recorder. The project […]

Jaws The Shark is the Lo-Fi brainchild of London-based Olly Bailey. Check out the grungy and rocking new single “Demon Dream” from Jaws the Shark. Behind a crushing tone and a steady groove, Bailey swings big Brit Pop guitar riffs. Fueled by distorted vocal musing and a gut-punching rhythm section, “Demon Dream” is a robust […]

Ska-punk pioneers The Mighty Mighty BossToneS will release their 11th studio record When God Was Great on May 7 via Hellcat Records. Co-produced by longtime collaborator Ted Hutt (The Gaslight Anthem, Dropkick Murphys) and Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong (Transplants, Jimmy Cliff), When God Was Great is the culmination of their extensive and all-embracing career and sees the band bringing back […]

John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band will release Leftover Feelings on May 21st via New West Records. The 11-song set was produced by Jerry Douglas and recorded at Historic RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tenn. A meeting of two American music giants in a legendary setting, Leftover Feelings is neither a bluegrass album nor a return to Hiatt’s […]

Hammond -B3 organ master Dr. Lonnie Smith has teamed up with rock icon Iggy Pop on the new single “Sunshine Superman,” a funky soul jazz version of the 1966 Donovan hit that is one of two studio collaborations by the two legends that bookend Smith’s forthcoming album Breathe, which will be released March 26th on Blue Note Records. Check out […]

On May 21, Matador Records will release Afrique Victime, the long-awaited new album by Mdou Moctar. With Afrique Victime the prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter rips a new hole in the sky ­– boldly reforging contemporary Saharan music and “rock music” by melding guitar pyrotechnics, full-blast noise, and field recordings with poetic meditations on love, […]

Out today, Reigning Sound’s “A Little More Time” marks the first new music from the group in nearly seven years. As expected, it’s another welcome dose of garage rock and Memphis soul from Reigning Sound frontman Greg Cartwright. The track serves double duty as the lead single from the band’s forthcoming full-length A Little More […]

Today, ATO Records released “Stay High again..” – an inspired collaboration between four-time GRAMMY winner Brittany Howard, acclaimed producer Fred again.. and Joy Anonymous. Fresh off his recent collaborations with FKA twigs, Jamie XX, Julia Michaels and Jessie Reyez, Fred again.. reimagines Howard’s No. 1 AAA hit as an effervescent, dancefloor-ready gem with guest vocals by Joy Anonymous and Fred again.. Listen to “Stay High Again..” below.. “When I was approached about […]

Chloe Ponder, also known as Butch Wifey, is an indie artist from Boise, Idaho. Ponder started writing songs at the age of 15 and released her first single in the summer of 2019. Her lyrics aim to dredge up the uncomfortable feelings associated with queer relationships. Take a listen to “Soap,” (below) the fierce new single from […]

In the last eighteen months Boston artist and BMA nominee Adi Sun fell in love, suffered heartbreak, fell ill with shingles, quit her own band, came out as transgender, and still managed to write and record new music for her emerging solo career. Check out “My Fault,” the new single from Adi Sun. Cut from […]

Damien Jurado is returning today with the announcement of his third album in the past 12 months, The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania (out 5/14). Along with the news of a new album Jurado is sharing his first foray into label running with the aptly named Maraqopa Records. The first single from Jurado’s new album, “Helena”, is a […]

Billy Strings will perform four socially distanced shows at Columbia, SC’s Columbia Speedway Entertainment Center April 1-4. Tickets for the special concert series—which will be sold in “coves”—go on-sale this Friday, March 5 at 11:00am ET/10:00am CT. Full ticket details can be found HERE. These new performances are just the latest in-person events confirmed for Strings, who will return to the […]

Lena Minder left her hometown of Zurich, Switzerland in 2017 and moved to Berlin. Under the artist name of Liv Summer the singer–songwriter released two EP’s, Liv Summer and Over Land and Sea. Minder toured extensively in Germany and Switzerland, as her audiences have always been fascinated by her warm voice and captivating stage presence. Here we go with the gorgeous new […]

Tel-Aviv based RGB is back with “Losing Patience,” (below) a bright-colored and expressive new single. Set to a syncopated backbeat, charismatic vocals swirls across a disco groove. Highlighted with sensitive harmonies and captivating cadence, “Losing Patience” is another striking number from RGB reminiscent of the electronic outputs of Morcheeba and Saint Etienne. “We wrote Losing Patience the […]