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Nick Byrne – Houses

“Houses” is the tender and poignant new single from singer-songwriter Nick Byrne. it features fingerpicked guitar with hushed, emotive vocals – and just a dash of electric guitar. The song explores themes of nostalgia and seizing the moment, and considers the sentimental significance of a house beyond its four literal walls. To Nick, a house …

Lilly Hiatt – Some Kind of Drug

Lilly Hiatt is set to release Walking Proof this Friday, March 27th via New West Records. The 11-song set was produced by former Cage The Elephant member Lincoln Parish (Lucinda Williams, Lissie) and features guest appearances by Amanda Shires, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Luke Schneider, and Lilly’s father, the legendary singer-songwriter John Hiatt. John’s appearance on “Some Kind …

Koloto – IOA EP

IOA carries Koloto’s signature sound as she manipulates and processes sound in increasingly intricate ways. Opening with bold and cheerful percussive rhythms, the EP radiates organic electronica. While a high energy is maintained during the first two tracks, part 3 brings a groundedness to IOA, providing a balance that is sorely needed. Carrying a wealth …

Kari Rueslåtten – Sørgekåpe, The Harbour

Sørgekåpe is Kari Rueslåtten’s first album in Norwegian since her debut-solo album Spindelsinn in 1997, a work which reached across borders despite delivery in a language spoken by only 5 million people worldwide. Listeners from all linguistic backgrounds embraced the album, finding beauty in carefully crafted songs and deftly delivered vocals which expressed emotions beyond …

OBu – ‘Coastal Blur’

Taking his own classical training in percussionism and putting it to work, OBu  provides techno rhythms, house grooves and soaring melodies all brought together in an organic composition. Removing the soulless associations that can be found within electronic music, ‘Coastal Blur’ sets a warm and comfortable tone, folding the listener into its “pilllowy” embrace. All …

Alice Bag – Sister Dynamite

Prolific punk icon, singer/songwriter, musician, author and feminist, Alice Bag will release her new album Sister Dynamite, May 8 on In The Red Records. Throughout the album, Bag reveals her incredible ability to turn nuanced political statement into impossibly catchy punk songs. Sister Dynamite takes its title from a sublimely epic tribute to women fighting for equality everywhere. Released today alongside a supercharged music video starring Kristine Nevrose in …

Ghetto Kumbé – Vamo a Dale Duro

Ghetto Kumbé have shared the video for the first single “Vamo a Dale Duro” off of their upcoming self-tilted debut album. The video directed by Guillermo Camacho was shared with Vice LatAm. Ghetto Kumbé will be released later this year via ZZK Records. In the midst of political uprisings all over the world, Ghetto Kumbé released their first single “Vamo a Dale Duro” as a sonic protest …

HMS Morris – Babanod

The impetus for writing ‘Babanod’ was the awkward moment in your friend’s wedding when someone feels compelled to reassure you that “you’ll be next”. In that situation, surrounded by married couples and young children, how do you assert your right to a slightly alternative lifestyle, something other than just moving directly from graduation to marriage …

ROCH – T-Rose

London based singer, songwriter, and producer ROCH is today sharing a self-directed video for ‘T-Rose’ – lifted from her recently released debut album ‘Via Media’. Bringing together ROCH’s hushed vocals with a moving piano motif, on ‘T-Rose’ Miller contemplates childbirth and motherhood: “What happens if I have a child, or lose a child?” Speaking a …