SENSES – Drop Your Arms

Intense, genre-hopping guitar band SENSES are: Callan, Ian, Kavvy and Ronan. They combine arena ready hooks with evocative soundscapes to create their compelling sound. Equally influenced by shoegaze romanticism, alternative experimentation, and indie ambition, they have been making music and gigging around the UK since they formed.  SENSES first met while attending school in Coventry, …

Delyn Grey wants to escape a cold, snowy, Ghost Town

Toronto-based Alternative artist Delyn Grey returns with a somber and timely message in new single/music video for “Ghost Town”, out now on digital platforms. Delyn’s voice has a sobering, mourning quality as she tackles dark themes with unflinching honesty. About the song: These are desperate times. We watch individuals, towns, cities, and countries so harshly impacted by the …

LILA IKÉ & SKILLIBENG – THY WILL: Jamaica’s Prominent Emerging Artists Rise Up & Address System Corruption

Fusing contemporary reggae with elements of soul, hip-hop and dancehall, breakthrough recording artist Lila Iké teams up with rising dancehall talent Skillibeng for a powerhouse remix of “Thy Will.” Both hailing from Jamaica, these two distinct vocalists continue to gain notoriety as the island’s new generation of promising stars. Today, they unleash the song’s brand new …

The Still is a Berlin-based instrumental quartet featuring Chris Abrahams (of The Necks), Steve Heather, Derek Shirley and Rico Lee. You should DIG THEM smartly.

Got It by The Still Their eponymous debut was selected by Mojo Magazine as one of the Top 30 albums of 2017 in their end of year round-up, calling it “a beautifully recorded future classic. Instrumental music on the axis that connects Talk Talk and Miles Davis”. Got It is the follow-up. The 16-minute hypnotic …

The Lasso – 2121 – Cosmic Funk, Ethereal Soul, Psych Beats

 Our greatest artistic conduits transmit signals through sound and words, emitting iridescent beams of light to help guide the collective drift into the unknown. On his latest opus, “2121”, Michigan composer and multi-instrumentalist, The Lasso, creates a thermonuclear rocket ship glide of astral funk: a floating house party that exists at that eternal crossroads, suspended …

Left Field Messiah (Hot Hot Heat/Fitz & The Tantrums/Wildling) – “Young Libertine”

Left Field Messiah sees Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat), Jeremy Ruzumna (Fitz & The Tantrums), and Erik Janson (formerly Wildling) coming together to create energizing, genre-crushing music. “Young Libertine” came from a guitar line Erik (Janson) was noodling that Jeremy flipped as he started playing along on the mellotron, adding some crazy chords as he …

Jamel Rocwell and John Forte (Fugee’s Producer and Affiliate) – The Absence of Time – The Chronology Collection!

Jamel Rocwell returns with Fugee’s Producer and affiliate John Forte. This song originally was meant to be a posse cut with Sean Price and Kenyattah Black but the song was never properly finished. A version of it was released only with Kenyattah and Forte’s verse. Now we are releasing this exclusive version from the vaults …

Syssi Mananga – Mopepe

Belgo-Congolese Singer-Songwriter Syssi Mananga’s new album “Mopepe Mama” will be released in April 2021. Until then, she’ll drop a single every month. The first release is a contemporary afro-folk ballad called “Mopepe”. Mopepe means “the wind” in Lingala and celebrates women whose spirit is as free and untamable as the wind. The music video above was shot …

Welsh Art-House Provocateurs, Bandicoot, Release ‘Dark Too Long’ Via the Great Libertino Records

Reclaiming for a new generation the poetry of Dylan, the stark beauty and unhinged Rock and Roll of mid-70s John Cale, and Badfinger’s melancholic timeless songcraft, this is Bandicoot. Their sound flows like post-industrial blues through Swansea’s rain-soaked concrete streets. Named for a small but charming Australian mammal, Bandicoot have earned a ferocious reputation, thanks …

Ulf Nilsson – You’re The One

Perfect for Valentine’s Day, Ulf Nilsson release his new single You’re The One which was written to his beloved wife and fellow musician Linda Varg. “This is the complete and ultimate declaration of love. I wrote it the way I felt it, head over heals in love, leaving nothing unsaid. If you’re lucky enough to love someone and to have …

Zight, Sonna Rele – Fly Away

Forming a unique bond with music from an early age, burgeoning producer Zight is ready to leave his mark on the dance music world. Experiencing difficult and testing times growing up, Zight was diagnosed with Synesthesia. Uniting his emotions with music, he discovered the melodies arising in his head could be the start of something …

CELESTE REIMAGINES “TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR” FOR SUPER BOWL AD INVITING VIEWERS TO JOIN WORLD’S FIRST ALL-CIVILIAN MISSION TO SPACE AND SUPPORT ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL

(February 5, 2021 — Santa Monica, CA) Fresh off a GOLDEN GLOBE® nomination and the release of her debut album, Not Your Muse, Celeste returns with a fresh, enchanting take on the timeless lullaby “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” She teamed up with Inspiration4, the world’s first all-civilian mission to space, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to record the …

This is Hell! 1288: The FBI’s role in the assassination of Fred Hampton / Flint Taylor + Jeff Haas, by Mark Erickson

On Saturday, I heard an interview on my favorite radio show, This Is Hell, hosted by Chuck Mertz on WNUR (89.3 FM in Chicago), with Flint Taylor and Jeffrey Haas.  These two guys founded the People’s Law Center. Go to episode 1288 to listen to the interview. https://www.thisishell.com/Haas wrote a book about the Fred Hampton murder.   The …

JOE WONG ‘NITE CREATURES’ WITH EXTRA FEATURES

JOE WONG will release the deluxe version of his debut album Nite Creatures on Friday, February 5th via Decca Records. Produced by Mary Timony (Ex Hex, Helium) and featuring performances from Timony, Mary Lattimore, Jon Natchez (War on Drugs), Craig Wedren (Shudder to Think), Anna Waronker (that dog.), Steven Drozd (Flaming Lips) and more. The Deluxe version of Nite Creatures will feature instrumental versions of …

Joe Pug – “Rebel with a gold card” is waiting on “Crescent Bridge”

Singer-songwriter Joe Pug has announced a new album, The Diving Sun, which brings together lost gems from his various studio sessions with producers Duane Lundy (Jim James, Ben Sollee) and Kenneth Pattengale (The Milk Carton Kids, Joy Williams) along with new songs recorded in quarantine. What began as a process of collecting archived session files for a B-sides album morphed into an …

HOME FREE & DON MCLEAN BRING SPECIAL RENDITION OF “AMERICAN PIE” TO LIFE

All-vocal Country entertainers Home Free and the legendary Don McLean are bringing their special rendition of “American Pie” to life with the brand-new video for their collaboration on the time-tested anthem – out now. The clip visually enhances the making of this all-vocal rendition of “American Pie” – spotlighting each Home Free member and their individual parts as they come together …