Emo rockers Meadowers have the second single out from their upcoming album. It’s a song about putting in immense effort to make something work with someone else. You’re thinking about the long run (“building statues”) but there’s heavy weight to carry along the way. After the heartful lyrics, the final minute of the song instrumentally soars like rushing waters, captivating
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Punk rockers Man Alive are out with their debut release – a two-piece. “Alleviate” is a jam about taking a leap of faith through the demons, which “Ride it Out” builds up from into fierce riffage about keeping your head down as you battle. With robust honesty and teetering composure, Man Alive spill their anxious dread into both the preparation
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Emo indie rockers Sterling are out with their debut full-length album. Angst-filled vocals and post-hardcore riffage engulf the room over eight tracks. It’s sharp, focused, and intensely devoted to weathering the storm. While Rob DeAngelis dominates vocally, Paul Meitz jumps in at times, radiantly echoing sentiments of fiery dejection. If you’re feeling hung up about things you could’ve done better
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Jump blues/swinging R&B band The Hungry Williams have a new single out about being in New Orleans during the Carnival celebration. It’s irresistible to party to, carrying a spirit of freedom and warm joy. The Hungry Williams feel like one hell of a band to see live so keep them on your radar.
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Hip hop artists Lil Jul and DaylinXL teamed up for a new song and visual. Directed by RunAlongForever, the scene finds the two in the studio feeling like rockstars, dropping bars about flying around the sun over the ethereal Evil Girl beat. You can tell from the way they build off each other’s energy that the creative lifestyle has them
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It’s so haaard to say where to begin when attempting to deconstruct, or perhaps reconstruct, the work of art known as Spencer Elliott’s SE3.
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Indie folk artist Next Paperback Hero released today the first music video from his wonderful recent album “Morning Skies & Heavy Eyes.” Directed by Joe Ludwig, the scenes find the Hero exploring Milwaukee at night as well as strumming his guitar alone in a theater. “Don’t Take My Energy” is a song about putting your best foot forward and not
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Singer-songwriter ANDII dropped a new song this week. This one’s about navigating seasonal depression and faking it till you make it. Many struggle with an unkind brain this time of year but if you keep your head up, things eventually will warm up and you’ll break out of the funk. The song has a tropical touch to make things feel
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Kenny Dubman’s album cover for his latest release, Conflicted, tells a lot about the music on this project that’ll be released April 29, 2022 (on a date that is the 30 year anniversary of an occurrence that has infamously gone down in American history).
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Venus Blake’s The Other Side of Midnight makes for quite the listening experience, and may take some getting used to before one’s fully comfortable with it.
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The things Ad Vanderveen does with the guitar—predominantly acoustic, but not always—on his new album “Candle To You” simply aren’t to be duplicated, or even attempted, without extreme caution.
Read more“Running Away”, the second of four songs assembled on Lochness Monster’s most recently released EP, Working for a Future, has all the makings of a hit song.
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Sometimes, it’s the little things in life that have the most meaning.
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Hip hop artist Ace Parker dropped an album this past week. With an intro skit and fourteen songs, Parker pours his heart into a cathartic exhibition. He touches on broken hearts, mistrust, vices, mental health, and late nights while delivering consistent flows against a diverse production palette. Tyso $prme, Sean Sison, Camb, Dreamteam Santana, and Lou Buzzins all make features
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Art rockers Sun Silo are out with their first single from upcoming album “Trillium.” It’s a first taste of something in a new space with a new drummer and also comes with this music video. The track is liminal and interpretive while the video features various looped clips of people and animals carrying out activities under the sun. It all
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The use of space in music is perhaps one of the least appreciated, most effectual elements in composition, songwriting and, to a certain extent, even song structure.
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Hip hop artist Kid Vibe teamed up with TheRealTaco for a joint to close out 2021. This one’s about another day in the life of collecting money, hanging out with attractive women, keeping your friends close, and smoking good weed. Not a bad way to live, perhaps, but only if you know who to trust and how to get shit
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Alternative rockers The Keystones are back with a new single and video. It’s a slick jam about falling down the rabbit hole and wanting your life back. The boys rock out as Matt Sherman grabs a red phone to speak his truth into. Directed by their own Eddie Curran, this video is an exciting punch to start the year off
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It was a chilly night the night that Courtney Barnett took to Pabst Theater. That didn’t stop the crowd from selling the place out. Since the pandemic I don’t think I’ve been a show that packed and let me tell you, it felt great to have that again. The indie rocker darling clearly has amassed a following that was so
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The Lucky 13s bring the soul and funk to the vanguard with their latest single, ‘Ain’t Got No Money’. The band, which Jamie Johnson of The Voice UK fronts, impress here, offering an early year gift to their loyal fanbase while also gratifying a new line of admirers. ‘Ain’t Got No Money’ bursts at the seams with ardency! Furthermore, the
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The “long awaited firecracker man”, AKA Jeff Thorslund, front man for the duo Thorslund, which is rounded out by his brother Tom, has come to set things off with the group’s latest single, the appropriately titled “Firecracker Man”.
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Rahn Harper dropped one last single a few months ago before it started getting cold. It’s definitely got a warm weather vibe with elements of pop, melodic hip hop, and R&B culminated into a love song. Harper sings about someone stumbling into his life that he’s willing to give his all for; they’ve both been hurt in the past but
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Alternative rockers Sacred are back with a new single and video. Shot by Jon Taylor and Dave Miller, the production here was inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” The band is found playing in the dunes of a desert, rocking on about haunting someone’s memory. It’s a heavy, bewitched jam from Sacred and their first
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Melodic hardcore outfit Erase//Evolve are out with a new EP. These three tracks encompass themes of tough growth, trying to look ahead rather than back, self-toxicity, and forgiveness. It’s a cathartic record that attempts to reconcile the past with the present in spite of one’s flaws, sins, and mistakes. If you’re looking for something that takes a wrecking ball to
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Electronic producer Annalxg has a new single out on GOONS Music. It’s a spicy house tune of seductive swagger that gets your blood flowing. A Midnight Club-esque racing video game comes to mind with just the right tempo for high speeds. We look forward to what else is in store for Annalxg in the year to come.
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