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UMI Unveils 'Wherever U R' With V of BTS
by Michael Major - January 02, 2024 Visionary R&B singer-songwriter UMI releases “wherever u r” – a special new track before the end of the year featuring V of 21st century icons BTS. Comforting and vibrant, “wherever u r” is a heartfelt song where the two trade verses about loving someone from a distance....
UMI Unveils “Wherever U R” Featuring V of BTS
by Blair Ingenthron - December 30, 2023 Visionary R&B singer-songwriter UMI has released “wherever u r” – a special new track before the end of the year featuring V of 21st century icons BTS....
SPEEDY ORTIZ Announces 'Major Arcana' 10th Anniversary Edition
by Michael Major - September 28, 2023 Ten years ago, Speedy Ortiz released their debut full-length album Major Arcana. The breakthrough album launched the band from its lo-fi origins as Sadie Dupuis’ home recording project. Along with tracks remastered by The Lodge’s Emily Lazar and Chris Allgood, showcasing album engineer Justin Pizzof...
Video: SPEEDY ORTIZ Releases NPR Tiny Desk Concert Ahead of New Album Out Tomorrow!
by Michael Major - August 31, 2023 Ten years ago, Speedy Ortiz released their debut full-length album Major Arcana. The breakthrough album earned them critical acclaim, festival slots at Pitchfork, Primavera and Bonnaroo, tours with The Breeders and Stephen Malkmus, and an invite to perform at NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert. Watch the video...
Diplo Partnering With Secular Sabbath on Seven-Day Luxury Expedition to Antarctica
by Michael Major - August 14, 2023 The expedition will take place aboard The World Voyager, a 100-cabin luxury yacht equipped with state-of-the-art technology. After flying from Punta Arenas, Chile to the continent via private charter, guests will be treated to multiple DJ sets and live performances, a live Q&A with Diplo, gourmet me...
SPEEDY ORTIZ Shares New Single & Alex Ross Perry-Directed Video ft. Josh Gondelman, Ted Leo & More
by Michael Major - August 01, 2023 The video features Josh Gondelman and Emily Panic; to musicians Ted Leo, Spencer Peppet (the Ophelias), Nicola Leel (Doe/Customer), Kate Meizner (Jobber), Zoë Brecher (Sad13/Bruce Springsteen); authors Rax King, Amy Rose Spiegel and merritt k; New Yorker cartoonist Jason Adam Katzenstein; fellow Uni...
Electro-Pop Artist BUZZ Shares New Single 'Statues'
by Michael Major - April 13, 2023 BUZZ shares haunting, avant-pop track and video 'Statues' out everywhere now, that finds the songstress lamenting a love bound to this dimension. It's the latest taste of the forthcoming otherworldly, self-produced debut EP On Matters Of Searching. 'Statues' makes dulcimer, pizzicato strings, clavic...
Tame Impala, Iggy Pop & More Join Desert Daze Lineup
by Michael Major - August 02, 2022 The 2022 lineup will be headlined by Tame Impala who will perform their groundbreaking second album, Lonerism, in its entirety on the weekend of the album’s 10th anniversary; music icon Iggy Pop performing his only U.S. show this year; and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard returning for an exclusiv...
LAPÊCHE Shares New Single 'Mermaid Blues'
by Michael Major - July 27, 2022 'Mermaid Blues' follows the band's recent release Spirit Bunnies in which LAPêCHE’s 2019 EP, Spirit Bunnies was remixed by some of the band favorite and most talented friends including Samuel Fogarino of Interpol, Dave LeBleu of The Album Leaf, Mercury Program and Textual and Mark Rodriguez of Palat...
Desert Daze Announces 2022 Lineup ft Tame Impala, Sky Ferreira & More
by Michael Major - June 13, 2022 Artists joining the headliners include Chicano Batman, The Marías, Sky Ferreira, Cortex, BADBADNOTGOOD, Boy Pablo, Perfume Genius, Reggie Watts, Aldous Harding, Men I Trust, Mild High Club, Viagra Boys, Cymande, Shannon and the Clams, Nation Of Language, Duster, Nilüfer Yanya, Show Me The Body, Dan...
Doe Paoro Reveals 'All My Life is a Ceremony'
by Michael Major - June 08, 2022 This Friday, acclaimed musician Doe Paoro (born Sonia Kreitzer) will release Divine Surrendering. A healing ceremony in EP form, the project takes Paoro and the listener to restorative worlds beyond, after having spent much of the last year exploring ways that music could activate deeper consciousne...
Doe Paoro Shares 'Phases' From 'Divine Surrendering' EP
by Michael Major - May 19, 2022 Having spent much of the last year deep in the Costa Rican jungle, both exploring ways that music could activate deeper consciousness and seeking an escape from the paradoxically congested and isolated existence of life in a big city, Divine Surrendering allows Paoro and the listener to explore heal...
Doe Paoro Announces Divine Surrendering EP Out June 10th
by Marissa Tomeo - April 30, 2022 Nothing stays still forever, the spirit of nature growing upward towards something greater. Fueled by that understanding, Doe Paoro has spent much of the last year deep in the Costa Rican jungle, exploring ways that music could activate deeper consciousness. Today, the musician, born Sonia Kreitzer,...
Brooklyn-Based Band LAPÊCHE Debuts Spirit Bunnies (Remixes) EP
by Marissa Tomeo - April 01, 2022 Brooklyn-based band LAPÊCHE and New Granada Records are excited to announced the digital release of Spirit Bunnies (Remixes) EP out today (stream / order). Spirit Bunnies sees LAPêCHE’s 2019 EP, Spirit Bunnies remixed by some of the band favorite and most talented friends. Each artist offers differe...
Hrishikesh Hirway Releases New EP 'Rooms I Used To Call My Own'
by Michael Major - March 30, 2022 The album features collaborations with a long list of acclaimed artists, songwriters and producers including Yo-Yo Ma, Jay Som, Baths, Jenny Owen Youngs, Jimmy Tamborello (The Postal Service, Dntel), Jonathan Snipes (Clipping), John Mark Nelson and Grammy-winners John Congleton (St. Vincent, Sharon ...
Elements Music Festival Announces 2022 Lineup With Kaskade (Redux), Rezz, FISHER, Sofi Tukker & More
by Michael Major - March 16, 2022 Elements Festival is proud to announce phase one for the biggest lineup they have ever booked to celebrate their fifth anniversary, with amplified stage production to meet the moment. Spanning every genre in electronic music, The final lineup will feature the over 100+ roster of artists. Check out t...
VIDEO: LAPÊCHE Share New Single & Video 'Bottom Feeder - V1'
by Michael Major - February 02, 2022 LAPÊCHE is singer and guitarist Krista Diem, her husband and bassist David Diem (12 Hour Turn), guitarist Drew DeMaio (Floor, Strikeforce Diablo) and Richard Salino (drums). The band have fused folk-inspired melodies with sonic backdrops inspired by indie-alternative aesthetics, DIY ethics, and unde...
VIDEO: Dropper Releases 'Ok Ok Ok' Music Video
by Michael Major - January 21, 2022 Dropper is the brainchild of Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist Andrea Scanniello, a lifelong musician and veteran of the NYC indie rock scene. Having played in local favorites like High Waisted, Stuyedeyed, TVOD and Russian Baths, Dropper shows Scanniello stepping into the spotlight as a songwriter and...
Sound City Ipswich Festival Will Return in Expanded Format
by Michael Major - September 27, 2021 Performers will include BC Camplight and his band, Porridge Radio, Working Men's Club, Billy Nomates, Monster Florence, Grove, TrueMendous, Falle Nioke, Big Joanie, Harris Robbo, and more....
WATCH: Dinner Shares Video For New Single 'Anima'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 15, 2021 Today Dinner has shared a collaborative video for the buoyant, motorik new single 'Anima' which appears on the new album titled Dream Work, a lush collection of synth and guitar-laden indie pop that expertly channels Ryuichi Sakamoto, early British indie, and the sound of water, due for release Octo... |