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Broken Baby Debuts Disco-Punk “Manic Panic” Single

Photo: Eric Cacioppo “Cracking, punk-edged rock & roll from L.A. group Broken Baby that kicks, hisses, and snarls.” – Bandcamp  “Broken Baby’s music is sonic lightning, full of confrontational excitement that gets the listener riled up and agitated, even if they don’t know exactly by what.” – Kerrang! “It’s enough to rile up a listener and become embedded in their brain without …

SOMI (전소미) – ‘What You Waiting For’: KOREAN POP STAR, SOMI, SIGNS WITH INTERSCOPE RECORDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEBLACKLABEL

Santa Monica, California, July 22, 2020 – Canadian-Dutch-Korean singer-songwriter SOMI has signed to Interscope Recordsas part of the label’s partnership with THEBLACKLABEL. After winning first place on Korean reality singing competition Produce 101, SOMI emerged as a solo artist in June 2019 with her single “BIRTHDAY,” which has since amassed over 53M streams worldwide on Spotify and 78M views on YouTube to date. The …

Bluegrass: Mark Stoffel – Shadowbands [Official Video]

“Shadowbands,” a contemplative, atmospheric composition inspired by 2017’s solar eclipse, features Stoffel accompanied by Gina Furtado (banjo), acclaimed Irish fiddler/violinist Niall Murphy, co-producer Josh Morrison on guitar, and longtime colleague Ross Sermons (upright bass), “The musicians, whom I am honored to call very close friends of mine, all live scattered around the world, so we produced this video in an extreme socially-distanced fashion: Ross Sermons shot his …

See You Tomorrow: Innocence Mission’s latest is soundtrack for love in time of coronavirus, by Claude Iosso

Listening to the Innocence Mission’s latest album – See You Tomorrow – is like waking from a delicious dream. You feel profound joy and sorrow, but can’t explain why. The Lancaster, Pennsylvania folk trio, which has now released 12 studio albums over a 30-year career, doesn’t vary from their distinctive, low-key sound, but the songs …

Frank Sinatra – Nice ‘n’ Easy Remixed and Reissued to Please Audiophiles and Everyone Else, by Tom Fredrickson

I’ve been slipping on my Sinatra surveillance. Turns out a remixed version of Nice ‘n’ Easy came out this spring. If you are mercifully unafflicted by audiophile disease this won’t matter, but for me this is a great improvement. (The original had too much reverb, among other problems.) Hear “You go To My Head”—surely one …

George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today” Hits #1 40 Years Ago Today

Hit Song Preserved by the Library of Congress and added to the National Recording Registry in 2008 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today marks the 40th Anniversary of Country Music Hall of Fame member George Jones’ iconic song “He Stopped Loving Her Today” reaching #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Chart on July 5, 1980. This was Jones’ first solo hit in six years and paved the way to …

Brynje Wikström – No Reason

  Hi East Portland,   Well, what can I say? Been making music as long as I can remember. Mostly old school blues-rock, but I have influences in all kinds of music. And it’s all done with the guitar. “No Reason” describes the condition/state you can come across, maybe more often now, these days. Hope …

KATY PERRY RELEASES “DAISIES” (ACOUSTIC) Combined Global Streams Of “Daisies” Surpass 105 Million

Download / Stream “Daisies” (Acoustic) HERE Accompanied by guitar, Katy Perry gives a passionate, stripped-down performance of her anthemic new single on “Daisies” (Acoustic), released today by Capitol Records. Listen HERE. Since its release in May, “Daisies” has amassed more than 105 million combined global streams. Oliver Heldens and MK have remixed the song. “Daisies,” which is approaching the top 10 at Hot AC radio, is from KP5, as fans refer …

BLACKPINK’S “HOW YOU LIKE THAT” SHATTERS YOUTUBE RECORD FOR THE BIGGEST 24-HOUR MUSIC VIDEO DEBUT OF ALL TIME

BLACKPINK’S “HOW YOU LIKE THAT” SHATTERS YOUTUBE RECORD FOR THE BIGGEST 24-HOUR MUSIC VIDEO DEBUT OF ALL TIME VIDEO ALSO BREAKS YOUTUBE RECORD FOR MOST VIEWS IN 24 HOURS “HOW YOU LIKE THAT” HITS #2 ON SPOTIFY’S GLOBAL TOP 50   DEBUT PERFORMANCE LAST WEEK ON THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON June 29th, 2020 …

MARSHMELLO AND HALSEY SHARE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “BE KIND”: Combined Global Streams Of Single Surpass 175 Million

 Today, Marshmello and Halsey shared the official video for their hit single, “Be Kind.” Directed by Hannah Lux Davis, who also helmed Halsey’s “Nightmare” and “Alone” clips, the contemporary dance video takes viewers to three distinct worlds. View the video, which received a YouTube premiere earlier today, HERE. Filming a dance video during quarantine presented challenges, but Halsey learned the choreography on Facetime and did her …

The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty in Pink (Berlin 12″ Mix): What is the origin story for this excellent remix?

Most remixes are awful. Not this one. This one finds and enhances melodic parts in the original while prolonging the occasional understated dance kick. When Youtube says this is the “Berlin 12 Inch Remix” are they referring to the city or the nightclub under the EL stop on Belmont in Chicago, also called “Berlin”? If …

Semisonic Release Video for First New Song In Nearly 20 Years, “You’re Not Alone”: Title Track From Their Forthcoming EP Out September 18

Grammy-nominated, Twin Cities-based, trio Semisonic has just released a video for “You’re Not Alone,” the group’s first new song in nearly 20 years. The single is the opening track from their forthcoming five-song EP You’re Not Alone out on September 18 via Pleasuresonic Recordings/Megaforce Records. The video for “You’re Not Alone” was directed by Minneapolis-based …

Brand New: Fantastic Negrito – I’m So Happy I Cry (Official Video) ft. Tarriona “Tank” Ball

2x GRAMMY® Award-winner Fantastic Negrito has announced today’s premiere of “I’m So Happy I Cry,” the latest single from his hugely anticipated new album, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND YET? The track – which features powerhouse vocals from Tarriona “Tank” Ball of New Orleans’ Tank and the Bangas, a historic moment marking the first-ever collaborative recording by two …

Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder joins Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on stage in 2006 and sings “The Waiting”

Here’s Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder joining Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on stage in 2006 and singing “The Waiting,” to our eternal gratitude. Tom Petty died like Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Elvis and Prince– of an opioid overdose– in 2017. Heartbreaker guitarist Mike Campbell was named number 79 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 …

Pearl Jam Back With “Dance of the Clairvoyants”

Pearl Jam contribute the inaugural live performance of “Dance of the Clairvoyants” to All In WA: A Concert for COVID-19 Relief today. This marks the first time a track from the band’s new album, Gigaton, has been performed. Watch it HERE. The concert livestreamed at 7pm PT at allinwa.org and broadcast locally in Washington on stations KREM, KING 5, KONG, and KSKN. It is …