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Kareeta – Buttons
Today the newly-formed band Kareeta premieres the first single, “Buttons” from their upcoming self-titled debut album. Buttons by Kareeta Kareeta rose from the swamps and southern delta heat during the uncertain spring of 2020. Emerging as a fully formed amalgamation of the music that shaped its core, the band settled out west in California and recorded its debut LP with producer and musician Greg Loiacono at the controls. The music…
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Ryan Pollie – The Shore House
Ryan Pollie just released his first song in two years! Produced at his home in Eagle Rock and featuring a rippin’ guitar solo by Michael Rault, the song is instantly relatable and while sounding sweet and radio-friendly, makes the heart hurt just a touch with its sentimental, wistful message. Inspired by my father, The Shore House is a story about a man raising children in suburbia. Thecharacter grew up at…
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George is Lord – Behind That Locked Door
Today, California’s premiere George Harrison tribute band George is Lord shares the first single from their upcoming self-titled collection of George songs, from both his solo and Beatles catalog. The band consists of Anna Pomerantz, who did not consider herself a Beatles fan until she re-listened while learning to play drums, Anna’s drum teacher Lindsay Glover on guitar, Cody Porter playing bass and Sam Blasucci (of Mapache and Grateful Shred)…
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Hayden Pedigo – “Carthage”
Check out the latest single from Hayden Pedigo’s upcoming album, Letting Go here. Gotta be honest with you, I haven’t listened to it because I am waiting to listen to the album in full this weekend on a road trip through the desert, where an album I know will be this special will sound best, rather than while typing on a laptop or washing dishes. I suggest you listen to…
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Dori Freeman – Ten Thousand Roses
Ten Thousand Roses by Dori Freeman Dori Freeman continues a prolific streak of album releases with Ten Thousand Roses, out tomorrow on her own boutique label Blue Hens Music. Her past albums have proved her abilities as a songwriter and singer to convey raw emotion and conjure evocative and lush imagery in perfectly polished, succinct songs that never overstay their welcome and sound somehow classic yet completely fresh. Ten Thousand…
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Nala Sinephro – Space 1.8
Space 1.8 by Nala Sinephro Need an instant out-of-this-world astral projection assist? Nala Sinephro’s debut LP Space 1.8, a suite of cosmic synth-jazz-spiraling-celestial jams is here to help. The London-based Sinephro composed the pieces based around the concept of sound’s ability to move matter. In addition to composing the record and playing pedal harp and modular synth, the 220-year old also produced, performed, engineered, recorded, and mixed the album. London…
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Maria Taylor – “It’s Coming For You”
My azure bae has shared a new song today, hot on the heels of a very recent Azure Ray album release. “It’s Coming For You” induces waves of nostalgia for those who came of age listening to Maria’s charming vocals and reverb-laden guitar solos from the likes of the Breeders. “It hasn’t been the easiest couple of years for kids and parents. I spent the last year and a half…
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Lou Turner: In conversation with poetry & music
Lou Turner is a native Texan and current Nashville resident. She plays with the band Styrofoam Winos and she released a solo album entitled Songs for John Venn last year on Spinster Sounds. She also published a book, Shape Note Singing, on Vegetarian Alcoholic Press. Songs for John Venn is truly a glowing masterwork, reflecting on themes of transformation and finding the good parts of non-secularism while leaving others behind.…
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Maurice Louca – Higamah (Hirudinea)
Saet El Hazz (The Luck Hour) by Maurice Louca Maurice Louca has shared the second single from upcoming album Saet El-Hazz (The Luck Hour) The droning, hypnotic single is a stunning endcap on a collection of songs drawing heavily on Arabic music, psychedelic folk, and freeform jazz. Saet el Hazz is a coded saying in Egypt to refer to a good time and usually implies a great deal of debauchery. “When…
