Lido Pimienta Sings “Nada” For COLORS
According to its Youtube page, “COLORSXSTUDIOS is a unique aesthetic music platform showcasing exceptional talent from around the globe. COLORS focuses on the most distinctive new artists and original sounds in an increasingly fragmented and saturated scene. All COLORS shows seek to provide clear, minimalistic stage that shines a spotlight on the artists, giving them […]
The Casual Geekery Gives Song Of The Week Honors To Braids
The Casual Geekery recently bestowed “Song Of The Week” honors upon “Young Buck,” the advance single from Braids‘ upcoming Shadow Offering LP. Writes the site, “The band embraces the anxious, heady joys of desire. Among Braids’ many talents is their ability to take deep issues of the heart and sing about them in wonderfully catchy, […]
Leif Vollebekk is Interviewed by SYN Radio
SYN Radio, a community-run station in Australia, recently interviewed Leif Vollebekk. Broadcast in Melbourne on 90.7 FM back on March 6, the feature is now available to stream worldwide. Learn all about Vollebekk's new album New Ways right here.
New Music From Nick Leng
Nick Leng’s debut LP, LEMONS, is set for release via SOTA Recordings on April 24. The full-length follows two EPs, Tunnels and Planes and Drivers, which have racked up millions of streams online and found widespread support from the likes of Consequence of Sound, Vogue, and Christian Dior. LEMONS represents the next stage in the […]
Folk Radio Premieres “Sukhe Phool” From Yorkston/Thorne/Khan
Folk Radio celebrated Yorkston/Thorne/Khan‘s “Sukhe Phool,” from their new release Navarasa: Nine Emotions, as yesterday’s Song of the Day. The site also premiered the video for the song, along with some background from director Jack Barraclough: “James, Suhail and Jon’s collaboration is already so distinctive, and with the beautiful choreography added by Kali and Parbati, there […]
The Independent Applauds Leif Vollebekk’s New Ways
“Where before he was perhaps trying too hard to leave an impression of authenticity,” writes The Independent about Leif Vollebekk‘s New Ways LP, “here his piano playing is less hermetically sealed, with shivery notes of violin and deft percussion from Homer Steinweiss (The Dap-Kings, Amy Winehouse) adding ballast. The lyrics are heavy with poetic detail, […]
Billboard Premieres Alex Lilly’s “2% Milk” Video
“I’m not totally sure exactly what it all means,” Alex Lilly recently told Billboard about the new video for her song “2% Milk,” taken from the album of the same name. As the magazine describes it, “The clip, directed by Sherry Romito, combines both black-and-white and color images of the bathing-capped swimmers in full routine — […]
Bandcamp Features The Good Ones
Bandcamp recently did a scene report exploring “Six Artists Bridging Past and Present in Rwanda,” and – unsurprisingly – The Good Ones earned first mention. Writes Bandcamp, “Lifelong farmers living in a remote area with no electricity or running water, the trio sings emotionally uplifting folk songs about love and tragedy, using only acoustic guitar […]
New Music From Pluralone
Pluralone (pronounced “plural one”) is the new project from multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Josh Klinghoffer. While Klinghoffer is best known for his stint as guitarist in Red Hot Chili Peppers from 2009 until 2019, he has played and recorded with a variety of acts – including PJ Harvey, Beck, and Gnarls Barkley – and has fronted […]
New Sounds Highlights Yorkston/Thorne/Khan
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan‘s “Westlin Winds” was featured on a recent episode of New Sounds entitled “West Meets India, Again.” John Shaefer, the host, calls the project “a kind of hybrid Indian-Scottish-English folk music from collaborative trio of James Yorkston, Jon Thorne, and Suhail Yusuf Khan. Each contributes vocals to material both original and reimagined as Khan, on […]
Dyking Out Dykes Out With Samantha Sidley
The Dyking Out podcast recently had a long chat with Samantha Sidley. The theme of the episode is trauma, and it contains a trigger warning for sexual assault, car accidents, and eating disorders. Writes the site, “Samantha is an incredible jazz singer and interpreter whose album Interior Person is out now. We talk all about […]
New Music From Lido Pimienta
Lido Pimienta is a Colombian-born, Toronto-based interdisciplinary musician and global beats trailblazer who has been praised by NPR Music, Pitchfork, Fader, Noisey, Remezcla, Stereogum, Rolling Stone and featured on the cover of Toronto’s NOW Magazine. She has been a speaker at Red Bull Music Academy, creates visual art and is working on a graphic novel, […]
The Current Gives Song Of The Day Honors To Braids
Minnesota Public Radio – The Current – made Braids‘ “Young Buck” Song of The Day yesterday, Tuesday, March 3. Check out the song, taken from their upcoming LP Shadow Offering, right here. The track, which has an intense video, has been getting lots of airplay. According to Stereogum, “a playful electronic jaunt that toys around […]
Mix247EDM Shares Elohim’s “Group Therapy”
Mix247EDM has the new single from Elohim, "Group Therapy," which was just released in conjunction with her Group Therapy Tour featuring Bahari and Mehro. According to the site, "The song is a reflection of Elohim's devotion to mental health awareness. Whereas many of her previous song involve her own personal battle with depression and anxiety, 'Group […]
Billboard Praises Combo Chimbita, Who Are Currently On Tour
Billboard writes, “Combo Chimbita… dances among a cosmos of greatness in ‘Revelación (Candela),’ a song featured in the group’s sophomore album Ahomale. Its visceral drive is wrought through the flexible high-pitched voice of Carolina Oliveros, the bouncy percussion by Dilemastonauta, Niño Lento’s deftly guitar chords and the galvanized bass strokes by Prince of Queens. The […]
All Music Compares Up On High To Vetiver’s Best Work
AllMusic says the new Vetiver album, Up On High, is “a clear and focused return to the peaks the band found in the mid-2000s, and as enjoyable a listen as the best of their work.” The site compares the band’s sound to everyone from The Grateful Dead to Tom Petty to R.E.M., praising the “space in […]
New Music From The Dream Syndicate
LA indie rock forbearers The Dream Syndicate have announced their third ANTI- Records release, The Universe Inside, available April 10. When audiences think of The Dream Syndicate, they don’t just imagine the wild abandon with which singer/guitarist Steve Wynn, drummer Dennis Duck, bassist Mark Walton, keyboardist Chris Cacavas and lead guitarist Jason Victor perform; the carefully-constructed […]
Leif Vollebekk Takes FLOOD Fans On A “Transatlantic Flight”
Last year, FLOOD premiered Leif Vollebekk‘s “Transatlantic Flight” video in advance of his new LP New Ways. Vollebekk told the site about his inspiration. “The video is just one long take with the exception of one cut,” Vollebekk says. “I asked to have it like that because I always liked how in Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise the […]
Alfitude Shares “Perfume” By Group Therapy Tour Participant Mehro
Alfitude has the video for Mehro‘s “Perfume,” which the site describes as having a “beautifully simple, yet heartwarming sound.” See the debut video, which looks like it was taken from a TV show in the late Sixties or Seventies, right here. Mehro is currently accompanying Elohim and Bahari on The Group Therapy Tour. The tour […]
Rutland Herald Says Fruit Bats’ Gold Past Life Is “Another Winning Album”
“Gold Past Life finds [Fruit Bats‘ Eric D.] Johnson hitting his stride as one of the best and most under-appreciated songwriters around. Quite possibly his most assured release to date, the album shines on the strength of Johnson’s simple yet pretty compositions and his uncanny knack for marrying breezy and infectious pop with poignant melancholia. […]
