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“Turning and turning in the widening gyre”: Alice Merton Gives You “Vertigo”

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre   The falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere   The ceremony of innocence is drowned; WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS – “The Second Coming” On a cold night, Alice Merton abruptly notices something is wrong while standing in line, …

LIZ PHAIR RELEASES “SPANISH DOORS” SINGLE IN ADVANCE OF SOBERISH, HER FIRST RECORD IN ELEVEN YEARS

Credit: Eszter+David [At approx. 00:15 in the video below, an image appears of Liz on Yamhill Street in downtown Portland standing near some streetcar tracks.] Liz Phair is pleased to announce details of, Soberish, her highly-anticipated new album, and first collection of original material in eleven years. Produced by Phair’s longtime collaborator Brad Wood – …

Senses – Drifting: “layers of atmospheric guitars, leading to arms aloft euphoria”

SENSES are: Callan, Kavvy, Finny and Ronan. They return with Drifting, the second track to be taken off their debut album, Little Pictures Without Sound (due 16th July). They combine arena ready hooks with evocative soundscapes to create their compelling sound. Equally influenced by shoegaze romanticism, alternative experimentation, and indie ambition. SENSES received support very …

Glasgow’s Texas Channel Both ABBA and the Bay City Rollers on New Single, “Mr. Haze”

Texas make a very welcome return with their exhilarating new album Hi, flexing their rock soul muscle with 14 tracks that easily rank amongst the best of their stellar career. Scotland’s finest, Texas, are a band in their prime, fuelled by the swagger of their recent acclaimed collaboration with the Wu-Tang Clan.  Along with news of the new album …

Born out of a tsunami of grief and pain, Sweetlove’s Goodnight, Lover is a portrait of an artist coming into her own

Photo by Anna Azarov Arguably the only happy song on Sweetlove’s new EP, GOODNIGHT, LOVER, opening song “Devil on Your Shoulder,” urges self-acceptance with heartwarming confidence. “It was a crazy, rainy day, and my co-writer Jay Stolar and I decided that we wanted to attempt to write something about being brave in honor of someone’s …

From The High Desert of California, Rockers ILLUMINATION ROAD Debut Searing New Single “The Modern World”

From the quiet mountains of the California high-desert, this 4-piece assembly of artists known as Illumination Road is indeed, a rock band but also a collective of successful, dynamic creatives with their very own production world on a 140 acre ranch in historic Pioneertown. Consisting of established songwriters, producers, multi-instrumentalists, filmmakers and engineers, the group is a …

Post-Riot Grrrl Trio Blood Lemon Unveils Great Truth in “Whistleblower”

Post-riot grrrl trio Blood Lemon — feat. bassist & 1st female member of Built to Spill, Melanie Radford — is back today with a headbanging love letter to ’90s alternative in a defiant new single + video “Whistleblower.” Off the band’s self-titled debut album (out April 23), Melanie says the song reflects on “the inner dialogue that occurs when a person is debating …

“Get offa my back, this star’s about to rise,” says Tucker Wetmore in new tunes: Kiss My A$$, Dear Lord, by Paul Johnson

Tucker Wetmore and “Kiss My A$$” is country porn that’ll moisten your boogie loins. He’s got a band that’s AAA and captures the reckless spirit of the redneck. “We’ve got a little bit of love, a little bit of God, a little bit of honky-tonk, and a little bit of alcohol,” Wetmore says of this …

BANDICOOT SAY: “FUZZY is a deranged attempt at seduction which draws on 70s ‘Top of the Pops’, glam rock and memories of misguided adolescence.”

Bandicoot’s description of their new single FUZZY perfectly encapsulates its timeless, joyful energy … “FUZZY is a deranged attempt at seduction which draws on 70s ‘Top of the Pops’, glam rock and memories of misguided adolescence.” Following hot on the heels of the bands successful debut single on Libertino ‘Dark Too Long’, FUZZY shares DTL …

APRIL MARCH & OLIVIA JEAN RELEASE “ALLONS-Y” MUSIC VIDEO

April March and Olivia Jean have released the music video for “Allons-y” from their split 7″ Palladium EP (out now via Third Man Records). The video was shot in Third Man Nashville’s famed Blue Room and features the duo performing the ESG-influenced tune with their band. The pair recorded three renditions each of the same tune for the EP, with April March singing “Allons-y” …

Get ready to lock horns with Romen Buffalo and the Loyal Order, the Baddest Bisons of Bluegrass

There’s a bit of the Irish traditional sound to the bluegrass song above, “Committed No Sins.” This band and this ditty provide the heretofore undiscovered missing link between the Louvin Brothers and the Pogues. Romen Buffalo and the Loyal Order are purveyors of Badass Bluegrass. They are the incorrigible bad boys of the Southwest US …

Bluegrass Gospel Sideline-d Just in Time for Easter: “When the Son Rose Up That Morning” and “I’ll Live Again”

The bluegrass gospel tradition is as old as the music itself, and if you needed a reminder, the solemn Appalachian ring of the banjo on the latest single from Mountain Home Music Company’s award-winning Sideline furnishes one from the very first note. “When The Son Rose Up That Morning,” from the pen of acclaimed songwriters Rick Lang and Josh Shilling, brings the same devotion …

MUNI LONG RELEASES CONTROVERSIAL, CONFRONTATIONAL AND CONVERSATIONAL NEW SINGLE + VIDEO “BODIES”

MUNI LONG returns today with a steamy new single, “Bodies” – certain to be the rising star’s next talked about release. The new single, helmed by Grammy Award-Winning producer Tricky Stewart and Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman and video directed by Amalie Gassmann, find MUNI LONG transitioning through various whimsical scenes boasting a whispering of her inner consciousness as she sings about the …

IMAGINE DRAGONS UNVEIL FIRST NEW MUSIC SINCE 2018: “FOLLOW YOU” AND “CUTTHROAT”

Imagine Dragons return with two new songs – “Follow You” and “Cutthroat” – and lyric videos to accompany each. Released today via KIDinaKORNER/Interscope, the tracks mark the first new music from the GRAMMY®-winning, multi-Platinum band since Origins, their 2018 album. Imagine Dragons are featured on New Music Daily on Apple Music. “Follow You,” which was produced by Joel Little, is a love …

MIGHTY MEG MYERS CONQUERS THE UNDERWORLD IN HYPERREALISTIC ANIMATED VIDEO

“Our light and dark aspects fight for control of our decisions, and lead us to positive or negative realities.” – Meg Myers (Artist portrait above is by Haig Boyd) Acclaimed, supercool, multi-talented, singer-songwriter Meg Myers is inviting you to watch her darksome, energetic, awe-inspiring, animated music video for “The Underground.” Hailed by American Songwriter as a “tar-black confessional,” …

Nick Waterhouse Debuts California Anthem “B. Santa Ana, 1986”

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic work The Great Gatsby came to represent the Roaring Twenties, an era of decadence and spiritual vacuousness, using the green light (“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.”) to represent longing and hope for the future. Nick Waterhouse (who was perhaps named for Gatsby narrator, …

JONAS BLUE & AWA DROP SCINTILLATING MUSIC VIDEO FOR HOUSE BANGER “SOMETHING STUPID”

Bringing the club directly to the audience, the video for “Something Stupid” is a visceral assault on the senses. Set to the backdrop of four LED-lit cube rooms, both Jonas and AWA put on spectacular performances, flanked by backing dancers and taking viewers on an emotional journey—from Desert Dreams to Jade Jealousy—making for a video of sheer out-of-the-box magic! Loaded with …

Joe Sparrow – Tremble

Bursting back onto the scene in 2021 with his captivating new single “Tremble”, Joe Sparrow transports audiences to a world in a dark and distant future and embodies the deep duality of human motive: arousal and fear. The track showcases Joe’s powerful voice and infectious melodies that will no doubt enthral listeners following last year’s debut EP Behind …

New Video From The Psychedelic Furs – Wrong Train

The Psychedelic Furs are delighted to reveal the new video for “Wrong Train” directed by award-winning artist, photographer, and filmmaker Hans Neleman. “Wrong Train” is taken from the band’s new album Made Of Rain which became the band’s second highest-charting UK Album and No.2 in the Independent Album Charts. The album also featured in the end-of-year Best Albums roundup in Mojo, …

Inspired by Billie Holiday and Billie Eilish: Ella Ray – Blood

Ella Ray is a singer-songwriter, producer, and designer currently based in Kiel, Germany. Here is “BLOOD” the first single from her upcoming album ASHES. This song was inspired by the death of George Floyd and others, the riots in America, Billie Holiday´s song “Strange Fruit,” the pandemic and Billie Eilish´s song “No time to die”. Ella Ray makes soul/pop music …

Mexico City’s Renee Mooi & Todd Clouser – Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride

Mexico City’s Renee Mooi is one of the country’s most gifted singers and tireless creators. As an independent artist she has released acclaimed records and collaborations, performed in festivals and clubs throughout the world and created Mooi Collective, a platform, alt-venue, and community of creatives across artistic mediums. Todd Clouser is an internationally celebrated creative …

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, …

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 …