Meet Athens, GA rock band Walden. With intricate melodies and complex songwriting, this young group is wise beyond its years. This week they’re proud to announce their debut EP, The Static, and share lead single, “Axioms.” We’ve teamed up with Jammerzine to bring you the first look inside this new band with a bright future. They’re also proud to announce a headlining tour that will see a performance at Shaky Knees Festival right in the middle. More »
Rising alt-rock band Liily, a crew of teenagers hailing from deep in the San Fernando Valley, are premiering the lo-fi music video for their latest single “Sepulveda Basin” today. The band shares, “this video is about a place we all spent a lot of time in when we were kids and bored out of our minds and looking for friends and something / anything to do.”
Mothers have announced dates for their upcoming tour commencing on the 21st of February in Brighton . Their new album “Render Another Ugly Method” is also out now via Anti- .
The cleaning robots return with their first album in ten years. Cleaning Women, with their DIY instruments, release a new album on Svart Records on February 15th. Titled Intersubjectivity, the album has been mixed by Einstürzende Neubauten’s Alexander Hacke, which has resulted in the band’s curiously original approach to music sounding more organic than ever.
Los Angeles singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Rachel Mazer, previewed another heartfelt track from her upcoming debut, How Do We Get By. “Home” was written in a moment of tragedy and vulnerability after Mazer lost her brother three years ago. It’s a song in his memory and we partnered with American Songwriter to bring you the first listen.
French krautrock-inspired electro-psych band La Femme is pleased to announce that they’ll be cruising to Hawaii in the middle of the European winter. “L’hawaïenne” is the first track taken from an upcoming thematic EP dedicated to Polynesian music genre and good vibes.
Today, Hajk are streaming their second album ‘Drama’ in full at Earmilk ahead of the UK release on February 15th via Jansen Records.
Today, elusive North London art rock quintet Sistertalk have announced their highly-anticipated debut single, ‘Vitriol’.
The long-awaited debut album from Oslo trio Spielbergs is released worldwide now .Having first caught the attention of tastemakers with the unrelenting first single We Are All Going To Die, their music spread through the blogosphere like wildfire, making their ascent to becoming one of Norway’s most talked-about new artists particularly swift.
Over the last year, Fontaines D.C. have released four critically acclaimed AA side singles, all of which garnered considerable support both from radio, with the band A-listed at BBC Radio 6 Music for their last single ‘Too Real’, and from a vast range of international press, with the band featuring in a number of end of year lists and receiving high praise from the likes of: NPR, Rolling Stone, Q, NME, The FADER, Time Out, DIY, The Line of Best Fit, Dork, Clash, Gigwise, So Young, Stereogum, Paste and more.
Following the festival’s massive 10th anniversary celebration last year, Rewind Scotland returns with a legendary line-up celebrating music icons of the 80s and beyond. Foreigner and Bryan Ferry will be headlining the weekend, playing the festival for first time.
Today, Mozes and the Firstborn have released a new music video for their latest single ‘Blow Up’ after it premiered earlier in the week via TIDAL. The psychedelic glitch-y inspired visuals were co-created by bassist Corto Blommaert and the band were described by The Guardian this weekend as creating a “sweaty mix of grunge and power-pop”.
Following the release and significant interest, including playlisting at 6 Music, for “Angel Eyes” at the tail end of 2018, FUR continue their impressive rise with the near perfect pop of their latest single “Him & Her”.
Tomberlin has announced that, for the first time, she will be touring Europe and the UK this May and through to June. The dates include shows in Brighton, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, and a highly anticipated performance at The Lexington in London on May 24th. Tomberlin’s debut album ‘At Weddings’ was released in 2018 to critical acclaim on Saddle Creek.
Deer Tick have shared two new songs off their upcoming compilation album, ‘Mayonnaise’ due out Friday Feb 1 via Partisan.
Rochester psych pop quartet Maybird are back with a new single via 30th Century Records.
Field Medic, the moniker of Los Angeles-based folk artist Kevin Patrick, has announced his new album ‘fade into the dawn’ will be released on April 19 via Run For Cover Records. He has just released the album’s first single ‘henna tattoo,’ a driving acoustic track recorded straight to a 4-track tape recorder backed by his boom box drum machine. The album is now available for pre-order and includes an instant download of ‘henna tattoo.’
Brooklyn, NY-based trio DADDY LONG LEGS Brian Hurd (vocals, harmonica, guitar), Murat Akturk (slide guitar), Josh Styles (drums, maraca) will make their Yep Roc Records debut May 10 with Lowdown Ways, their third studio album.
Crows announced details of a UK headlining tour and reveal the dark, subversive video for “Chain Of Being”
Los Angeles-based rock band ØZWALD premiered the next single from their debut full-length titled, “Dream Child.” With shimmering acoustic guitars and vibrant hand claps, PopMatters called the track, “an infectiously motivational morsel that sparks sing-along exhilaration.” Stemming from the minds’ of guitarist Steve Stout (ex-Blondfire, Lost Beach) and Jason Wade (Lifehouse), ØZWALD was born out of a mutual love of ’60s & ’70s rock and roll. Together they bring their own unique spin on a classic sound. Their debut full-length, Sweet Delirium due out April 5, 2019, via Allswells Records. More »
On their 2015 debut, Pilot, LAGS made their case for being a band capable of both the anthemic and the feral. Tracks such as “War Was Over” were driven by the raw emotion of punk, put to a more ambitious sound of cacophonous guitars and drums. Whereas the first single from Soon, “Knives And Wounds”, is full of confrontation and aggression, there’s no doubt that “Echoes” is aiming for a slightly grander aesthetic.
Saxon, over the decades have gone from being pioneers of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, to becoming one of the most successful UK rock acts of all time. The truth, though, is that Saxon have always transcended trends and eras. From 1979’s ‘Saxon’ album to new album Thunderbolt, the band have enjoyed considerable success. Five Top 40 albums in the UK, with four Top 20 singles. And they were similarly successful in other parts of the world as well. It’s no wonder their influence spread across the globe, and played a crucial role in the way we look at hard rock and heavy metal today.
Celebrating their 50th Anniversary as a band in 2018, Nazareth is marking the occasion with a hard rocking new album, Tattooed On My Brain. Scheduled for release on Frontiers Music srl on October 12, 2018, the album will be available on CD, LP, and digital formats. “Tattooed On My Brain” is their 24th full length album and the first to feature new vocalist Carl Sentance (ex-Persian Risk, Don Airey). More »
With the release of recent single Silver Rabbit – the first to be taken from forthcoming album Diagrams – we find Smith conjuring a story of self-doubt and regret, setting it against the low-budget romance of the seaside, and channelling all of that through overdriven guitars. On an album which seeks to bind the obscure and the everyday, Silver Rabbit’s palpable tension is married to echoes of the grunge era, making the video’s bustling visuals and hazy, vintage hue a welcome accompaniment. More »
