Interscope/Darkroom Records artist Billie Eilish has announced two additional SXSW live shows for this week, including the The FADER FORT on Wednesday March 14 and the Paradigm/Sound Exchange showcase at Mohawk Outdoor Stage on Thursday, March 15. For a full list of SXSW appearances and tour dates see below or go to www.billieeilish.com
Today, NYC-based indie/soul artist Michael Blume has released a new music video for his single 'Blunder' - premiered via NYLON.com. The video provides a connective visual to the dynamic track, reminding us all that we can overcome negativity and self- doubt to go from being our own harshest critic to our biggest ally. The song is available now on iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon and Spotify and is from Michael's forthcoming EP due out later this year.
Hinds' highly anticipated sophomore album I Don't Run will be released next month, and today the Madrid four-piece share the album opener and second single 'The Club.' 'I wanna show you it's cool to grow up,' sings Carlotta Cosials at the start of the track. Drenched in bold guitar licks and a meaty rhythm section, 'The Club' is fuller, catchier, dirtier, and more Hinds than any song we've heard from them before. Listen to the track HERE.
Portland based band Horse Feathers have announced the their release of their forthcoming album Appreciation, out May 4 via Kill Rock Stars. Additionally, NPR has premiered the first album track “Without Applause” today. Listen and share here and pre-order Appreciation here.
Billie Eilish continues to dominate globally, with her second SOLD-OUT European, New Zealand, Australian and Singapore tours just completed and another SOLD-OUT North American tour starting next week. The 16-year-old has also just announced she will also be making a pit-stop to Austin, Texas for this year's SXSW Music Festival. For a full list of dates, see below and go to www.billieeilish.com for more details.
New York trio Sunflower Bean will release their sophomore record next month, and today they share a gorgeous new single called 'Twentytwo.' Showcasing a gentler side of Sunflower Bean that's on display on Twentytwo in Blue, 'Twentytwo' is a sweet and breezy mid-tempo track about fighting back against society's expectations and generations of abuse by men in power. 'Busted and used/ That's how you view your girl/ Now that she's 22,' sings bassist and vocalist Julia Cumming. While it's timely with the recent cultural reckoning, 'Twentytwo' shares a powerful and enduring message about resilience and fighting through the expectations put on you as a young adult, especially as a young woman. As Cumming puts it, 'You prevail.' Listen to 'Twentytwo' HERE.
Since the release of the first single, “Oom Sha La La', in late 2017 Heynderickx has been making waves and garnering best of and most anticipated lists from Uproxx, BIRP, NBHAP, Clunk Magazine, Various Small Flames and The Bluegrass Situation while also receiving a coveted spot on NPR's 'Slingshot' program. In their best tracks of 2017 OPB Music called “Oom Sha La La” “easily one of the year's most striking songs” while Uproxx predicted that “though this may not be a name that rings a bell at the end of 2017, it's going to be one of those ones that you'll hear everywhere in 2018.”
North Carolina's acclaimed indie-Americana quartet Mipso announce today an extensive Spring headline tour in support of their new album, Edges Run, out April 6th, 2018 via a freshly inked deal with AntiFragile Music. Mipso bring their distinctly unique sound - full of wistful beauty, hopeful undercurrents, and panoramic soundscapes - to 27 cities across North America, kicking off on April 6th in Jim Thorpe, PA at the Mauch-Chuck Opera House. From there, Mipso head up and down both the East and West Coasts and throughout the Midwest, to wrap on May 20th at Bell's Café in Kalamazoo, MI. Joining Mipso on select dates are Tom Brosseau, Madison Cunningham, Sera Cahoone, Anna Tivel, Courtney Hartman and The Lowest Pair. All confirmed dates are below, with tickets available beginning Friday, February 23 at www.mipsomusic.com.
Rising vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Two Feet debuts the video for his track, “I Feel Like I'm Drowning,” today—watch and share here. The video is directed by Two Feet's friend and current support act on tour, Absofacto, and the song is the first track unveiled from his forthcoming EP, set for release this spring via Republic Records.
With OUT IN THE OPEN (Ramseur Records) Steep Canyon Rangers affirm their place as one of the most versatile and idiosyncratic bands in all of contemporary American music.
Long Island's Oso Oso have just signed to Triple Crown Records! Triple Crown will be reissuing the indie punk band's critically acclaimed 2017 album The Yunahon Mixtape, which can be heard now on Spotify, Apple Music, and across all streaming platforms. The band has also just released a music video for their song 'Reindeer Games' off of that record. The video can be seen now via Triple Crown Records.
Emerging Indiana-based band Durand Jones & The Indications' deluxe version of their acclaimed self-titled debut album will be released on March 16 via Dead Oceans / Colemine Records. The album, which was originally released in 2016, received praise from The Philadelphia Inquirer, who called it, 'Smartly restrained music steeped in the Deep South' and Paste, who said, 'With a tingling rasp that screams James Brown and coos Otis Redding, Jones simply has to be heard to be believed on these vintage R&B pleas.' Detroit Metro Times furthered, 'Modern soul that pulls with as much power as Lee Fields and Charles Bradley.'
THE SHEEPDOGS--the Canadian-based five-piece guitar-driven rock band--are gearing up for the Friday, February 2 digital release of CHANGING COLOURS, their sixth full-length album, via Dine Alone Records (in the U.S.), and Warner Music (in Canada), with the physical release coming in late February
With new music on the horizon for this critically-hailed, SoCal-based alternative rock band, THE BREVET have jettisoned for their extensive North American tour supporting Magic Giant.
Steep Canyon Rangers New Record on NPR's First Listen
New Jersey DIY-punk luminaries Screaming Females will release their blistering seventh studio album All At Once, February 23 on Don Giovanni Records.
On the heels of a transformative and ultra-productive 2017 (releasing five studio albums) Melbourne's King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard will return to the U.S. and Canada this spring for a major cross country tour hitting nineteen cities. The band will play their largest venues to date such as LA's Hollywood Palladium, San Francisco's Warfield Theatre, and NYC's Brooklyn Steel.
Rostam begins his first North American tour on January 29th in Atlanta, and will continue through February with stops in Nashville, Washington DC, Chicago, Seattle and Los Angeles (full schedule below).
After a banner 2017 that marked the release of her critically-acclaimed debut album Good Woman, Nashville's Becca Mancari is announcing 2018 tour dates with Nikki Lane, The Lone Bellow, and The Weeks.
