Today, Peter One, a 67 year old country-folk musician originally from Cote d’Ivoire now living in Nashville as a US citizen, announces his major label debut solo album Come Back To Me, set for release May 5, on Verve Records. His debut single “Birds Go Die Out Of Sight (Don’t Go Home)” featuring Allison Russell and telling the complex …
Actress mother, Priscilla Pointer featured on the album cover smudging makeup on a 2 ½ year old Amy (Album art by Taylor Rushing) From Broadway stages to film, Academy Award-nominated actress Amy Irving (Yentl, Crossing Delancey) grew up backstage and on-set with her director father, Jules Irving, and actress mother, Priscilla Pointer (featured on the …
The first time Ezra Veda started creating music was during high school. In prep band it became clear she had a beautiful voice. Soon proposals came from the music industry to write songs and especially to sign with them. The then-teenager let it all happen resignedly. “I’d better finish my studies first and then I’ll …
Photos by Jess Johnson Weekend Recovery are back with a new single as they prepare to head on tour. ‘No Guts, All The Glory’ is the second single to release from forthcoming long-player ‘Esoteric’, bringing with it all the charm of its chart-topping demo, plus fresh new production. Mixing equal measures of in-yer-face vox, overdriven guitars …
Coming off a hot streak of producing pop, folk, rock and indie artists out of Portland, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter James Julian Villa shares his first major release on March 3rd, 2023. Borrowing from early 2000s rock bands such as Weezer, Wheatus and All American Rejects, “My Friends are Sober” puts a modern spin on a …
Photo Credit Matt “MIGGS” Miguel Bay area rapper/entrepreneur Larry June and the legendary Grammy-nominated producer The Alchemist have announced their greatly-anticipated joint album, The Great Escape, for March 31st via EMPIRE. News of the album arrives with the next single, “89 Earthquake,” and its fittingly San Francisco-centric video seen here. More album details coming soon.
Longtime East Portland Blog favorite, Luna Keller, is thrilled to announce that her new song, “The Philosopher“ will be released on the 9th of March. She celebrated by posting these photos of herself and her cat on socials. If you want to be among the first to hear it and help support the release you …
Today, rising rapper ARDN announces his signing to Capitol Records and marks the occasion by releasing his remarkable major label debut single “Plain Jane.” With its silky smooth flow and raw, autobiographical lyrics, the track encapsulates the appeal that has made the South African-born, Canada-bred artist one of the most respected and popular new artists. “Plain Jane” is the first taste of ARDN’s forthcoming EP, The Bronze …
The Crooked Smiles are a 3-piece pop-punk/emo band from Sheffield, UK. The trio have crafted their tone over 2 EP’s, before releasing their debut album in 2022. Combining the raw garage sounds of the late-90s pop-punk scene with a more melodic and polished sound of Mid-Western Emo, The Crooked Smiles put a unique spin on …
Spooky Boys played an EP release show at Lollipop Shoppe this past Wednesday. Charts got the night started with some classic rock tunes to get everyone up and on their feet. Salo Panto hit the stage next with some really vibey psych rock to get everyone ready for the main event of Spooky Boys. Spooky Boys came …
Photo Credit: Eric Jeffery Jordan II Eminently-rising rapper Pap Chanel releases her upbeat, bossed-up new single “Left Right,” get it HERE today via 4th & Broadway/1865/Def Jam Recordings. The high-energy, tantalizing latest music release from Atlanta’s own Pap Chanel creates a ferociously-pleasant tone and fresh dose of #PAPTIVITIES for the new year. Referencing today’s highly anticipated release Pap shares, “You gotta pay the …
Sparks has shared “The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte,” the first single and title track from their hugely anticipated 26th studio album, The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte, due Friday, May 26 via Island Records. An official music video – starring Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett – premieres today on YouTube. In a feature in Variety posted earlier today, the Maels and …
One of the most dynamic and exciting new voices in Puerto Rico’s Latin trap scene, Young Miko premieres her new single “Lisa” and its accompanying video today — go HERE to stream/download the track, and check out the video HERE. “Lisa” showcases the 24-year-old singer/songwriter’sboundary-pushing artistry, razor-sharp lyrical skills, and wildly original yet expertly crafted sound.A former tattoo artist — and one of …
March 3, 2023 — (Hollywood, CA) — Today, fast-rising singer/songwriter EMELINE returns with her new single “Feelings” — a hard-hitting and hypnotically catchy anthem speaking out against destructive power imbalances. Her first new single for 2023, “Feelings” follows a successful breakthrough year that included surpassing 400 million combined global streams and headlining sold-out shows in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. …
Izo FitzRoy’s ‘A Good Woman’ is the title track from her upcoming LP, showcasing her gospel-infused vocals over rich piano chords, with expert production courtesy of Oscar de Jong (Kraak & Smaak). You can listen to the new single HERE. Izo says “The title track ‘A Good Woman’ sums up the essence of the album. A take on what it …
Raul Torres was a Puerto Rican musician working as a cane cutter in the Everglades of Florida in the late 1960s. In the early to mid-1970s he recorded two albums as an homage to the rural music of his homeland. An accomplished singer and guitarist, Torres had a wonderful feel for the traditional “jibaros,” the …
Photographer Credit: Niki Pretti March 2, 2023 – Today, Mya Byrne shares the fuzzed-out new single “Come On” from her forthcoming album Rhinestone Tomboy, which releases April 28 via Kill Rock Stars Nashville. Featuring electric guitar from Grammy-nominated songwriter and album producer Aaron Lee Tasjan, “Come On” is a psychedelic ball of rolling thunder accompanied …
Org Music is once again thrilled to be celebrating with participating record stores for the next Record Store Day on April 22. But this year the beloved label that cares as much about music as you do is bringing out a long-underground mystery in subversive Soviet punk history: In 1989, the Ukrainian band Vopli Vidopliassova, …
Helena Li is a Toronto-based singer and songwriter whose musical journey started in Beijing in the 90s, years before she moved to Canada in her late teens. After spending some time in the music industry as a professional, Helena made the bold decision to embark on her dream path as a recording artist, and break …
New York, NY (March 1, 2023) – Today, multiplatinum chart-topping rapper Joey Bada$$, who appeared in the Academy® Award-winning film Distant Strangers, presents an arresting and captivating new short film to accompany his rapidly rising single “Show Me.” The track appears on his unanimously acclaimed third full-length album, 2000, out now. Watch “Show Me”—HERE. Listen to 2000—HERE. Directed by Levi Turner and Mccray Sutherlin, the film centers …
Baaba Maal’s [BA-ba Marl] daring and dazzling new album, Being, will be released on March 31st, 2023. Today sees the release of his energized new song “Freak Out feat. The Very Best,” the second track on Being. It is a mesmerizing example of Baaba alchemy, blending the traditional and the future, with producer Johan Hugo’s visceral electronic …
FEBRUARY 28, 2023 (ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN) – The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban on August 15, 2021, continues to resonate and claim new victims. At the end of 2022, the group banned women from working in local and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs). No one can say how much worse the oppression against women and girls in …
Session filmed as part Of Vevo’s Original Content Series, Ctrl Macklemore’s forthcoming album BEN to be released March 3rd Vevo announces Macklemore as the next artist in their Ctrl. series with a performance of his latest single, “HEROES,” taken from his forthcoming studio album BEN, set for worldwide release on March 3rd. Vevo’s Ctrl series highlights the …
Ari Lennox stars as a sultry vocalist at a club where Babyface is the bartender in the official video for “Liquor,” which was directed by Jean Estene (Blu DeTiger). View HERE. The track is found on Babyface’s Girls Night Out (Extended), which was released last Friday. The deluxe edition of his new project includes the original 13 tracks plus two additional songs: “Sometimes” (with Jenevieve) and “If …
When Madonna tweeted half jokingly about the swelling on her face subsiding, one could acutely feel the sting she felt to even have to respond back in that way. Of course, such viral and widespread criticism has an effect on a person’s psyche and she’s still at the end of the day, a human. But …
California has received a late-season load of snow in recent days, including blizzards in unlikely places such as Los Angeles County. This has meant ideal conditions for snowshoeing, an activity that I and my partner took up a couple of years ago as a low-risk release from pandemic-induced cabin fever. During a break in the …
New York, NY, February 27, 2023—Iconic Events will release THE LOST WEEKEND: A LOVE STORY on April 13th as a Special Event, leading into limited theatrical engagements starting on Friday, April 14th. The revealing and compelling documentary, with never-before-seen footage, moved audiences at its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last June, garnering both …
New York alternative rock outfit SUSU are pleased to announce a brand new release with the arrival of ‘MINE’, lifted from the upcoming debut album ‘Call Susie’ due later this year. Drawing on a myriad of influences from blues, soul, punk, rock and grunge, it is a fiery buoyant approach peppered with wry introspective lyricism …
Buzzing Melbourne-based Filipino pop/R&B singer and songwriter Reyanna Maria has returned with a dreamy new single and vide entitled “Imagine.” Get it HERE via Victor Victor Worldwide/Republic Records. The song showcases her skyscraper-size vocal range over sparse production. Doubling heavenly harmonies, her voice echoes on quotable lines such as “Used to sit out on the park bench just vibing, now we show up to …
Photo by: Danielle Neu Good Riddance, the debut album from acclaimed singer-songwriter Gracie Abram is out now. Produced by Aaron Dessner of The National, Good Riddance finds Abrams opening up about a recent period of intense transformation, bringing even more honesty and depth to her lyrical storytelling. Good Riddance is available now HERE. To celebrate the arrival of Good Riddance, the 23-year-old artist is also sharing her …