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Video: Rose Hotel Shares 'Not Like That' Music Video
by Michael Major - March 06, 2024 The video arrives alongside news that Rose Hotel and labelmate Spencer Thomas (of Futurebirds) will embark on a tour throughout the Southeast this June following the album's release. Rose Hotel will also make three appearances at SXSW next week and play six album release shows in Nashville, Athens, ... 
Inter Arma to Drop Forthcoming LP 'New Heaven' in April
by Michael Major - February 27, 2024 Take the title track— which is out now — with its hair-raising lead riff stemming from drummer/songwriter TJ Childers' challenge to himself to write a nonsensically dissonant part that he ended up loving. Meanwhile, vocalist Mike Paparo's enraptured earsplitting bellows bludgeon above an impossibly ... 
Infant Island Streams 'Kindling' (Featuring Greet Death)
by Michael Major - January 03, 2024 Produced again by Virginia legend Matthew Michel (Majority Rule, Nø Man) and featuring guest spots from Harper Boyhtari and Logan Gaval (Greet Death) on “Kindling,”— which premieres now— Andrew Schwartz (.gif from god) on “Another Cycle”; and with contributions from members of Undeath, King Yosef, F... 
Ron Gallo Announces 'FOREGROUND MUSIC (DELUXE EDITION)'
by Michael Major - November 21, 2023 FOREGROUND MUSIC is highlighted by the screeching dance-punk of “AT LEAST I’M DANCING,” which sounds as close as one can get to shaking their ass while on fire, the broken apocalyptic serenade of “BIG TRUCK ENERGY,” and the deliriously catchy “ANYTHING BUT THIS,” whereas Gallo screams atop guitars.... 
Kevin Drew's New Solo Album 'Aging'
by Michael Major - November 03, 2023 Kevin Drew is thrilled to release his most vulnerable, minimal solo album to date - Aging. Aging's sonic profile sits in a similar place as beloved Broken Social Scene songs like “Lover's Spit,” “Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl,” and “The Sweetest Kill” – beautifully dark, richly melodic, and ... 
Vince Clarke Shares New Track 'White Rabbit' From Debut Solo Album 'Songs of Silence'
by Michael Major - October 18, 2023 The latest track follows last month’s album announcement and sharing of first track “The Lamentations of Jeremiah” and its striking video, one of the first to be directed by acclaimed Turkish-born, NY-based portrait photographer Ebru Yildiz (Laurie Anderson, Mitski, A Place to Bury Strangers, Algier... 
Kevin Drew Shares New Single 'All Your Fails'
by Michael Major - September 22, 2023 Broken Social Scene’s co-founder and front man Kevin Drew is releasing the physical version of his vulnerable, minimal solo album to date - Aging. Aging’s sonic profile sits in a similar place as beloved Broken Social Scene songs like “Lover’s Spit” and “The Sweetest Kill” – beautifully dark, richly... 
FOGHAT Set To Release Long-Awaited New Album in November
by Michael Major - August 14, 2023 FOGHAT will be releasing their long-awaited 17th studio album—their first in seven years—later this year on the band’s label, Foghat Records, which is distributed by Select-O-Hits (part of the Sun Records family). The album’s first single, “Drivin’ On” (co-written by the late Kim Simmonds from Savoy... 
Gum (Jay Watson of Tame Impala & POND) Announces New Album 'Saturnia'
by Michael Major - July 26, 2023 To celebrate the album announcement, Watson has released a new track. “Would It Pain You to See?” is out now with a video available to watch below. The accompanying mind-melting video was created by Michael Hili, who also directed Flume’s “Say Nothing.”... 
Vinny Peculiar to Release 'How I Learned to Love the Freaks' Album in September
by Michael Major - July 17, 2023 The record is inspired by Hippy culture, the summer of love and the socio-political awakenings of the late 1960s. In part it’s tribute to an emerging free-thinking youth culture, the risks they took, the values they espoused, the sacrifices they made, with the failings and ultimate implosion culmin... 
MIKI RATSULA Shares 'if i blame myself' Ahead of International Non-Binary Persons Day
by Michael Major - July 13, 2023 Miki Ratsula uses their voice and platform to make music more inclusive and recently announced details for their sophomore album i’ll be fine if i want to, out October 6. They return with “if i blame myself,” an emotional track that they note is “about cutting ties with an abuser and freeing yoursel... 
Miki Ratsula Announces New Album & Shares 'blue balloons'
by Michael Major - June 02, 2023 Miki Ratsula – the acclaimed trans, nonbinary artist using their voice and platform to make music more inclusive – has announced their sophomore album, i’ll be fine if i want to. They followed the album with their made for them EP, featuring gender-neutral covers of songs originally sung by Phoebe B... 
Roe Kapara Releases Debut EP 'I Hope Hell Isn't Real'
by A.A. Cristi - April 14, 2023 Today, St. Louis born, Los Angeles based musician, Roe Kapara shares his debut EP 'I Hope Hell Isn't Real' out now via Epitaph Records. Following his first successful string of shows spanning Chicago, NYC and Los Angeles, he's been able to bring the project alive to adoring fans across the country. ... 
Roe Kapara Releases Debut EP 'I Hope Hell Isn't Real'
by Michael Major - April 14, 2023 Following his first successful string of shows spanning Chicago, NYC and Los Angeles, he’s been able to bring the project alive to adoring fans across the country. In the past year Roe has seen his fanbase grow to over 273K followers, 5.1M likes and 32.1M views on TikTok - in part due to his endeari... 
Aoife O'Donovan Shares 'Phoenix' From 'Age of Apathy Solo Sessions'
by Michael Major - March 31, 2023 Recorded through a unique residency with Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL, O’Donovan wrote and recorded 2022’s Age Of Apathy on-site at their studio with GRAMMY-nominated engineer Darren Schneider while collaborating entirely remotely with producer Joe Henry (Bonnie Raitt, Rhiannon Giddens). ... 
Ayleen Valentine Shares 'epitaph' & 'i can't stop dreaming of you' Double Singles
by Michael Major - March 22, 2023 Ayleen Valentine shares her second “a/b” single package “a/b__2.” The second of four package releases, Valentine explores the fragility and depth of solitude and loss on the new tracks. Along with the release Ayleen's announced tour dates with Ethan Bortnick after wrapping up dates supporting Riz La... 
Roe Kapara Announces Debut EP & Drops Lead Single 'Preacher'
by Michael Major - March 10, 2023 In the past year Roe has seen his fanbase grow - in part due to his endearingly unpretentious personality, but also with his irresistibly modern swirl of indie, psych, dream pop and alternative songs. Last month he announced his signing to Epitaph with the track “Better Off” and he shares the EP’s l... 
The Get Right Band Share Single 'Am I Just A Battery' Ahead of LP
by Michael Major - March 08, 2023 The forthcoming project iTopia is the electrifying, momentous concept album by The Get Right Band. The LP, which features Bo Koster (Roger Waters, My Morning Jacket) on keys, Jacob Rodriguez on saxophone (Michael Buble), and Eleanor Underhill on vocals (Underhill Rose), masterfully explores the impa... 
BLONDSHELL Shares Her Take On The Cranberries' 'Disappointment'
by Michael Major - March 07, 2023 She gives listeners a special treat by way of her take of The Cranberries’ deep cut “Disappointment” - a fan favorite that she played all last month on her sold-out tour with Suki Waterhouse. Plus, check out headline tour dates coming this summer!... 
Ron Gallo Debuts 'BIG TRUCK ENERGY'
by Michael Major - February 27, 2023 Lead by delicate strings and a post-punk attitude, this never rings more true than on latest single “BIG TRUCK ENERGY” released. Perhaps Gallo’s most direct and potentially uncomfortable song, it speaks to a variety of political, social and environmental issues we've all become pretty familiar with ... 
The Get Right Band Share Single 'Generation Happy Or Dead' Ahead of LP
by Michael Major - February 16, 2023 Asheville, NC-based psych rock trio The Get Right Band share funky, powerful track 'Generation Happy or Dead' out everywhere now. The high energy indie rock song, along with its poignant lyric video, is an anthem for generations to fight against apathy, to choose happiness. It's from the band's cine... 
ZG Smith Releases New Single 'Sure Thing' from Debut EP 'Nighttime Animal'
by Michael Major - January 19, 2023 After fronting the roots-music duo Smooth Hound Smith and exploring his own unique blend of spaced-out psychedelic folk music, the EP was co-produced by Smith and Jonathan Smalt, producer and drummer for Devon Gilfillian, and also features Gilfilian himself (“Hooks”), Taylor Thompson (Bass), Blake R... 
Billy Nomates Shares New Single 'vertigo' & Announces May North American Tour Dates
by Michael Major - January 10, 2023 Billy Nomates, the project of the Bristol-based songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Tor Maries, has shared new track, “vertigo”. The track follows the release of three BBC Radio 6 Music A-listed singles including the gentle, '80s-influenced, synth-pop bop “blue bones” which was a celebrat... 
Ron Gallo Unveils 'YUCCA VALLEY MARSHALLS' Single
by Michael Major - December 15, 2022 Ron Gallo has released 'YUCCA VALLEY MARSHALLS' the latest single off his blistering, brand new studio album, FOREGROUND MUSIC. With the new song, Gallo reflects on a solo west coast trip. After roaming around Los Angeles by himself, he found that LA can be the loneliest place on the planet if you a... 
The Velvet Hands Release 'Over It Now'
by Michael Major - December 05, 2022 Rising London-via-Cornwall four-piece THE VELVET HANDS have dropped their last track of the year, “Over It Now”. Blending hedonistic hooks reminiscent of The Strokes with a slacker kind of storytelling plucked straight from Pavement’s playbook, the band’s latest outing is an anti-capitalist anthem s... |
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