First Listen: Filter – For The Beaten
Filter has today released their long awaited new single titled 'For The Beaten' via Golden Robot Records. That moment in your life when you realize you miss something, or someone, more than you ever could have known is the feeling I get from listening to this new track from Filter. The memories I have with this band are chapter headers for the best parts of my life. Both as a musician and a person.
First Listen: Marlowe – Light Trip (ft. L’Orange & Solemn Brigham) + Tour Dates
Marlowe has just released his new track titled 'Light Trip' featuring L'Orange and Solemn Brigham. Cut for the masses and ripped for the stage, that sweet spot in hip hop where the track becomes memorable without having to be overpowering is usually best achieved by true music masters. That is what we have here. We have that verge of splitting your mind with revelation but we also get that future memory by listening to that signature sound of original staccato style rhythm with subtle machine gun lyrical delivery.
First Listen: Le BAHO – Next To Me (3:15am) + Q&A
Le BAHO has released his new single titled 'Next To Me (3:15am)'. That lucid mix of serenity and soul all within the span of a few minutes, done entirely with a single song. That is what an artist is supposed to do. Make something personal. That is how an artist on the real captures his/her/their heart. Soulful vocals embedded within layers of subtle instrumentation, all conveying something personal. You may not hear it, but you feel it.
First Listen: Keana – In My Head (Ah Ah)
Keana has today released her new single titled 'In My Head (Ah Ah)'. Soft on the ears and tough on the soul, 'In My Head (Ah Ah)' gives us an escape from the changing...
First Listen: Kitchen – River Song
Kitchen has today released his new single titled 'River Song' from his upcoming EP 'Four Songs 2022', dropping November 4th.
Lofi to a fault and definitive by signature, Kitchen (James M. Keegan) gives us a...
First Listen: Gemïny – Creep
Gemïny has today released his new single titled 'Creep' from his upcoming electronic pop-funk album 'Victoria's Secret', which is set to release next year.
First Listen: Rutherford Royal – Back Burner
Rutherford Royal has today premiered his new song titled 'Back Burner'. Immediately welcoming from that first original guitar lick and giving you that dark yet encompassing grip that the music gives you. You feel...
First Listen: DJ MATVEÏ – SUEÑO
DJ MATVEÏ has today released his new single titled 'SUEÑO' , from his forthcoming EP TALES_FOR_NIGHTCLUBS_III. Repetitive to the beat and married to the rhythm, 'SUEÑO' takes Latin funktastic to the extreme with a chant-level opus that can enchant as much as it inspires.
First Listen: The Bloodstreams – The Knife
The Bloodstreams are set to release their new single titled 'The Knife' on October 14th. Cutting exactly like a knife, the music cuts through the white noise that is modern music with a shot...
First Listen: Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers – What I Want
Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers have today released their new single titled 'What I Want'. Not to sound cliché, but this is exactly what I wanted today. Needed, more like it. Funk to f*ck to, if you will. Not that that was what I was doing when I heard this, but there is that sensual swagger running all about. That feeling of slight bravado to start the day off with a smile and end with a bang. Jam band with a purpose. Music as memorization.
First Listen: Cade Hoppe – Faded Love
Cade Hoppe has today released his new single titled 'Faded Love'. A song to slightly extend that summer vibe and lucid feeling of past love, Cade delivers as much with a signature sound and cinematic flair that few artists can achieve in earnest.
First Listen: The Damed – Pirralha
The Damed has today premiered their new single titled 'Pirralha'. That sweet and blissful sound from when the underground was still underground matched up with lyrics meant for the 20's and beyond, The Damed have produced a hook for the cool kids with the relevance of rebellion.
First Listen: French Horn Rebellion – Ya Llegué (ft. Stalking Gia & Cimafunk)
French Horn Rebellion have today released their new single titled 'Ya Llegué', featuring Stalking Gia and Cimafunk.
First Listen: Stella Wembley – Loving The Alien + Remix
Stella Wembley has released her new single and remix for the classic David Bowie track 'Loving The Alien'. Stella has always had an original way about her. Not just musically but as a complete brand in the independent music scene. Forever conscious of what she does creatively, she gives an aura of confidence and risk within her music that is a rare thing nowadays. Going left when others would go right. And, for her, it works.
First Listen: La Femme – Y tu Te Vas + Tour Info
La Femme has today released their new single titled 'Y tu Te Vas', from their upcoming album 'Teatro Lucido', dropping November 4th.
First Listen: Ali Comerford – Cool Girl
Ali Comerford has today released her new single titled 'Cool Girl'. that frigid life lesson we all learn when we continue to cross the line between what's tight and what's right, Ali shows us with a brilliantly encapsulating song that fuses old school acoustic instrumentation with modern pop flair in a subtle yet memorable way.
First Listen: Selbor – Lava In The Sky
Selbor has today released his new single titled 'Lava In The Sky'. Welcoming in that "just entered the club" kind of way, the song seeps into your hips and demands a wiggle.
Part retro and...
First Listen: daddi ru – Dissociating
daddi ru has released their new single titled 'Dissociating'. daddi ru is a visual artist in the fact that they have that type of music that presents in colors. Beautifully crafted and meant for the heart through the ears, daddi ru present themselves as a feeling as much as sonic art.
First Listen: Mae Krell – tooth fairy
Mae Krell has today released her new single titled 'tooth fairy'. Mae shows an intricate and subtly detailed way about her music. Wise beyond her years and introverted with a penchant for poetic clarity,...
First Listen: GOOF – Undercover + Q&A
An interesting part of life is having feelings for someone else, but unsure how to properly communicate it. As much as we want to express it, fear of rejection and ridicule unfortunately comes to mind. However, this feeling is properly expressed in the latest track by Chicago’s GOOF.
First Listen: The A.M.s – Smoke
The A.M.s have today released their new single titled 'Smoke'. Beautifully intimate or intimidatingly beautiful. You take your pic. It's in there somewhere. But what we can all agree on is that The A.M.s quietly take the reigns and give you a portrait of originality with 'Smoke'.
First Listen: Believers – Endless Choice
Believers is the brainchild of both Wesley and Tyler Powell, a collab brother duo that have combined their love for 90s indie shoegaze with great success. With two albums under their belt already they...
First Listen: Alexis Castrogiovanni – Ex Girl
Alexis Castrogiovanni has today released her new track titled 'Ex Girl' from her upcoming EP 'Someday My Thoughts Will Be Like a Range of Mountains', dropping September 21st.
First Listen: Wonderkind – Heartbreak Dance/Hindsight’s 2020 + Q&A
If there’s one good thing about living through a cultural decline, it’s that humans seem to be significantly less concerned with adhering to strict structures. Louisville, KY artist Wonderkind is making the kind of music that defies any sort of categorization. On two new singles, “Heartbreak Dance” and “Hindsight’s 2020,” the artist pulls out all kind of card tricks to make songs that would feel at home in any of the past four decades.
First Listen: Yuni Wa – Digital Love
Yuni Wa has today premiered his new single titled 'Digital Love'. Yuni is an artist that explores those parts of the mind and music that few artists dare to tread. This is no more evident than in 'Digital Love'.