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COMPLETIONS is the songwriting project of Shawn Alpay who is primarily known for his work as a session and touring cellist performing alongside FATHER JOHN MISTY, WHITNEY, LAURA STEVENSON, MATT POND PA, HOW TO DRESS WELL and many others. Watch the new music video now! Plus, check out upcoming tour dates.

Gloomer is the new, warpspeed shoegaze project from Los Angeles-based producer / mastermind Elliott Kozel. Mostly known for his production work for the likes of Jean Dawson, Corbin (FKA Spooky Black), Velvet Negroni (4AD) and the upcoming Yves Tumor album, Kozel recently stepped out on his own as a full on lo-fi, experimental rock artist.

Berry enlisted live band members Danny Paul (drums), Emma Danner (backing vocals), and Lance Umble (bass) during the recording of High Flying Man, as well as the mixing talents of Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck, Guided by Voices), breaking from the self-produced home recording ethos of the previous Berries LPs.

Sacramento’s Best Move will release their debut album, Relational Memory. The have shared another taste of the LP via the ethereal and enchanting new single “Lullaby” alongside an equally captivating animated video for the song. The video was directed and animated by Lauren Haug. Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!

Pigeons & Planes’ Artist To Watch shares new single “Sepsis,” once again exemplifying her incredible songcraft through tension-building soft-to-loud transitions. Raw and anthemic, its brutally honest lyrics cover therapy, toxic men, and ‘getting saved by validation.' Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!

Brooklyn-based Hello Mary share new song “Rabbit” ahead of summer tour dates. Featuring their trademark harmonies and one rock-star-esque guitar solo, the earworm of a song is out via Frenchkiss Records who signed the the trio this spring. Hello Mary is Helena Straight (guitar, vox), Mikaela Oppenheimer (bass), and Stella Wave (drums, vox).

The Rock of Ages star will perform hits by Foreigner and Journey at the Axelrod PAC on Aug. 18.

Building around solid community and great songs, siblings Sara and Sean Watkins began their Watkins Family Hour shows at L.A.'s beloved Largo nightclub two decades ago. Twenty years later, the pair are still pushing the limits of their original vision, consistently inviting new members to the fold to tackle devastatingly good tunes.

Cinematic folk-rock band Best Move have announced the September 16 release of their debut album, Relational Memory via Park The Van.

Produced by Drew Brown (Radiohead, Beck, Charlotte Gainsbourg) and featuring an all-star backing combo, “Fire Escape” is joined by an equally star-studded official music video, directed by filmmaker Lester Lyons-Hookham and co-starring actors Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul) and Allison Wright (The Americans, Snowpiercer).

L.A.-based musician Sabrina Teitelbaum has a knack for crafting intimate lyrics that evoke visceral emotions, atop adventurous songwriting and addicting melodies. After last month’s release of “Olympus,” her debut single as Blondshell, she garnered critical praise from many publications. Listen to the single and check out the tour dates now!

Pulling from their childhood influences of 90s adult contemporary and Elliott Smith, Brooklyn-based Dan Álvarez de Toledo, and Jordan Dunn-Pilz’ music, which is full of seamless harmonies throughout, skirts the softer edges of indie rock and the darker fringes of pop with each song imbuing a big dose of vulnerability. Plus, check out tour dates!

High Flying Man follows The Berries’ previous releases, 2018’s Start All Over Again and 2019’s Berryland. While longtime listeners will undoubtedly recognize Berry’s disaffected drawl and melodic sensibility, High Flying Man’s complex arrangements and expansive sonic landscape place it well apart from its predecessors.

Jerome shares a live performance of “When You Land,” shot at the label’s HQ. He recently appeared on KCSN’s 88FIVE live session, as well, performing songs from the record and opening up about its creation process. “I really enjoyed playing a few songs from the album at our dear Dangerbird Records headquarters, our home away from home,” he shares.

The resulting set sprawls across a double LP release; it's a considered beast of a debut and he's proud of it, living with it, finally. Through its thirteen songs, Happening is timeless, grappling with something bigger than just melody, the cathartic and the tender, indebted to indie rock greats while informed by modern and prudent self-reflection.

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It's the third album for Matt Berry’s pseudo-eponymous project. Loss and desire take center stage as Berry delves deep into 21st century malaise, crafting densely layered songs which project an unshakable yearning for deliverance from the world’s shortcomings.

Pulling from their earliest influences of 90s adult contemporary and Elliott Smith, Brooklyn-based Dan Álvarez de Toledo and Jordan Dunn-Pilz distill a moment of feeling lost in their milieu, and their process of trying to find a way home, into their purely beautiful new track. Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!

SoCal pop-punk trio Joyce Manor announces North American headline tour dates that begin August 3rd in Denver, Colorado and conclude on August 27th in Phoenix, Arizona. Joyce Manor also reveals details for a headlining arena concert at The Long Beach Arena on January 7th, 2023 with PUP and Jeff Rosenstock as support.

French artist Soko takes lead vocal duties on Launder’s latest single, 'Become'. Her mesmeric vocals move listeners into a trance between interwoven basslines and gauzy guitars, both shimmering and shattered. The song came to life out of a casual session with friends Jackson Phillips (Day Wave), Zachary Cole Smith (DIIV), and of course, Soko.