Like a more self-deprecating, decidedly morose John Prine, or perhaps a more jovial Guy Clark, New Jersey native Darrin Bradbury’s songs are riddled with hilarious, obvious-once-you-hear-them observations on mundane everyday life.
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Philadelphia oddball trio GREAT TIME premiered they’re groovy new single,”Rushin”, with a stutter-step video “Rushin’ bridges the sonic gap between Thundercat and Men I Trust.” Writer Sean Kayden wrote. The triad infuses an assortment of sonic accents ranging from funk, soul, and dance-pop, with the airy, eclectic endeavour offering up jazzy arrangements, groovy bass lines, and Prince-style weeping melodies.”
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Following the breadth of 2015’s live and post-processed electro-acoustic release Paradigm Shift, bassist Michael Janisch launches new project Worlds Collide with a band featuring saxophonist John O’Gallagher, trumpeter Jason Palmer, guitarist Rez Abbasi and drummer Clarence Penn. Recorded in Abbey Road’s legendary Studio 3, and engineered/mastered by Tyler McDiarmid, it also includes guest saxophonist George Crowley, keyboardist John Escreet and drummer/percussionist Andrew Bain.
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Los Angeles-via-Denver guitarist Jamey Arent releases his debut EP The Back Burner produced by modern-legend guitarist Josh Smith and features Nigel Hall (Lettuce, Soulive), Charles Jones (Raphael Saadiq, Vulfpeck), Amber Navaran (Moonchild) and more!
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Mariama was born in Sierra Leone but raised in Germany. ‘Love, Sweat And Tears’ is her second album and is inspired by her travels throughout Europe and Africa as well as various recent professional and personal encounters. Part of an ongoing search for artistic freedom and independence, the record’s fourteen songs create one of the most beautiful sonic excursions into the Soul of global Folk and the electronic energy of modern R&B.
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New Zealand rock act Written by Wolves have announced their upcoming debut record, SECRETS, and premiered its lead-off single, “Tell Me What You’re Running From?”, with a parkour-packed, high energy video.
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Canadian quartet Hammerhands have been grinding since 2013, having performed with the likes of Sons of Otis, Telekinetic Yeti, King Buffalo, and the Great Sabatini, the band have built a solid following by fluidly integrating elements of doom, stoner rock, and noise with a penchant for technical and thematic constructs that yield relentless heaviness. Now, three years on from their critically acclaimed album ‘Largo Forte’, they are ready to release their third full-length album ‘Model Citizen’.
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After the success of their debut EP released earlier this year, and standout performances at The Great Escape, Brighton’s FUR return with their first new material since in the form of “Nothing (Until Something Else Comes Along)”, 3 minutes of perfect, hook-filled pop music.
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Montreal based producer Matveï debuts “Distance (feat. Alyss)” from his forthcoming EP via Kitsuné Musique. Brought up on Rap and EDM, Matveï mixes an exciting cocktail of house and urban club, imprinting on the sounds of KAYTRANADA, Disclosure, Sam Gellaitry and other artists of the like.
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Foxing are playing a run of European and UK live dates this month, including a London show where they will be supported by Norway’s Spielbergs. The show has been upgraded from The Lexington to The Dome due to overwhelming demand for tickets.
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London’s Dry Cleaning have announced their much-anticipated debut EP “Sweet Princess”, set for release August 16th on the It’s OK imprint.
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Los Angeles songwriter/musician Tracy Bryant debuts “Nightmare” from his forthcoming full-length Hush due out August 30th, 2019 via First and Foremost Records. Known for his rollicking, zoned out garage-rock, Bryant returns to form on “The Nightmare.” IMPOSE Magazine praised the “duelling guitars, pulsating percussion, and hypnotic choruses,” saying, “Bryant crafts a searing garage-pop anthem”
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Jade Jackson is thrilled to release her sophomore album Wilderness today, her most personal album yet. Produced by Social Distortion’s Mike Ness,
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Philadelphia’s Slaughter Beach, Dog which began as the solo project of Jake Ewald but has grown into a band with the addition of bassist Ian Farmer, Nick Harris and Zack Robbins – recently announced a new record, entitled Safe And Also No Fear. Out August 2nd, 2019 on Big Scary Monsters.
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The W Lovers are thrilled to share their new album “This Little Town”. The Seattle duo is comprised of Fleur and Wesley Wood, who’s earnest Americana has earned them plenty of local praise.
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Swedish producer Leo Drougge, under the moniker of LD Donovan, has released his infectious and bittersweet debut electro-pop track “Say Oh La La” on Kitsuné Musique
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The Hold Steady are releasing their new album, Thrashing Thru The Passion, via Frenchkiss Records on Friday, August 16. The Hold Steady’s seventh studio album is available now for pre-order.
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Following a packed-out EU tour with Mineral and a hotly received 20-date North American tour with Gleemer, Hikes and Bogues, Delta Sleep have now announced a series of new UK tour dates with CHON for September 2019.
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WHY?, the creative moniker for consummate wordsmith and beloved songwriter Yoni Wolf, is excited to announces AOKOHIO, a visual album to be released on August 9, 2019 via Joyful Noise Recordings.
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First generation punk act Penetration are set to play a number of UK tour dates during 2019, starting with a London show at the Royal Albert Hall on 21st June with Buzzcocks and Skids that is being treated as a celebration of the life of Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley, who died in December 2018. Penetration singer Pauline Murray will also be one of several guest vocalists performing with Buzzcocks on the evening.
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Wasuremono will release their new album “Are You OK?” Friday, June 14th, on The Wilderness Records. As a final taster of the release, the band have shared “Never Felt This Way Before” with a video to accompany it. The track was written by the brainchild of Wasuremono, William Southward, around the birth of his first child and his experience of fatherhood.
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Following the release of their recent single ‘Moral Fibre’, which was B-listed on BBC 6 Music, rotated heavily on international radio and earned plaudits from the likes of BBC Radio 1, Radio X, NME Radio, DIY, Dork, CLASH, Louder than War, Gigwise and more, Hull outfit LIFE have now announced details of their highly anticipated second album ‘A Picture Of Good Health’. Alongside the announcement the band have also shared a new single taken from the record called ‘Hollow Thing’.
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Black Belt Eagle Scout, the project led by multi-instrumentalist Katherine Paul, announces her sophomore album, At the Party With My Brown Friends, out August 30th via Saddle Creek. At The Party With My Brown Friends is the follow up to Mother Of My Children – “a compact reflection on loss, queer desire, and the endurance of sacred native traditions” (Pitchfork, Best Rock Albums of 2018). The album was inspired by the reciprocal love Paul has experienced in the last few years. Throughout, she conveys a sense of community and connection, dealing with love, desire, and friendship.
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Brooklyn instrumental rock trio Concrete Concrete have shared their emotive and intricate new single ‘Hues’. The single is taken from their highly anticipated debut album ‘Drifter’, which is due out 2nd August 2019.
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Automatic is Izzy Glaudini (synths, vocals), Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon (bass, vocals). The band first met while immersed in L.A.’s DIY music scene and started jamming together in 2017. Once they started playing out, word quickly spread about their explosive live shows. Over the past year they have become a mainstay on the L.A. club circuit.
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