First Listen (Single Premieres)

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    First Listen: Lost Chocolate Lab – Squall

    Drenched in decadent noise and bathed in originality, the new track from Lost Chocolate Lab titled 'Squall' is an ambient interpretation of that lucid state of mind when you are trapped between consciousness and...

    First Listen: Monad – Turning Wheels

    With a lot of time to himself Nachmany started to build a studio from scratch. Initially, he set out to make music with little to no knowledge of recording and producing techniques and knowing...

    First Listen: Tombstones In Their Eyes – Silhouette

    Los Angeles’ indie psych-rock outfit Tombstones in Their Eyes have dropped their new single titled 'Silhouette'. The track is an absolute audio bomb being submerged in glorious noise and distortion while graciously chugging along...

    First Listen: STFU – Infection

    Industrial being encapsulated within the electronic madness and post-punk future noise is the best description for the melodic mayhem that is 'Infection', the new track from Dean Garcia and Preston Maddox, aka STFU. The track...

    First Listen: Dentist – Corked

    Taking off like an explosive burst of beautiful yet dirty surf rock, Dentist explodes with their new single titled 'Corked'. Capped with the sweetly decadent vocals of Emily Bornemann and reinforced by the instrumental drive...

    First Listen: Winters End – Ivy

    This Jammerzine Exclusive premiere is a real treat. Why do you ask? Because some dynamic duos were meant to be together. This is clearly a musical marriage of the creative minds because 'Ivy', the brand new single...

    First Listen: Mellor – Safe Word

    Mellor is back, baby! Well, they never actually left but, when you hear their new track titled 'Safe Word', you will get the sense of a triumphant return. The song is that good. Jam-packed with...

    First Listen: VOILÀ – Anyway

    Powerful from the start and energetic in a soulful kind of smexy vibe, VOILÀ delivers a 'rhyme-tasticically' catchy song in the form of 'Anyway'. I have to admit that I am not a fan of...

    First Listen: Nulberry – Vegan Chicken

    Sultry with dirty guitars and smooth like an aged whiskey, the new track from Florida's own Nulberry titled 'Vegan Chicken' tops it all off with a quirky title and dreamy guitar to encapsulate the idea...

    First Listen: Chris Baluyut – Different Days

    Tokyo's own Chris Baluyut is one of those rare artists who are comfortable with making the paradigm shift. He has done it multiple times from moving to Tokyo and becoming firmly implanted in the burgeoning and diverse...

    First Listen: Jübl – Thinking About You

    Beginning as poetry and crescending into chaos, the new single from Jübl titled 'Thinking About You' gives a peek into the mind of genius ala Maggie Tambala, Andy Taylor, and Rudy Tambala with a positive mashup...

    First Listen: Partisan – Oxygen

    Partisan, to me, are a true chameleon within the #indie music scene. They are a band of many colors and talents, almost changing styles from song to song while retaining that certain something that...

    First Listen: At Pavillon – Stop This War

    "Time to stop this war, I'm too tired" Mwita Matar sings, underlined by the cool sound of Austria’s most talented current English speaking Indie Pop band. At Pavillon, the four romantic rebels, with their smooth...

    First Listen: Rotten Hill Gang – Partys Ova

    With old-school groove with new-school cool, Rotten Hill Gang achieve a sonic F-Bomb with the censored (yes censored) version of 'Partys Ova'. It takes a special kind of artist to pull that off, and, in...

    First Listen: ToBy – Show U Off

    The first thing that really gripped me about 'Show U Off', the new song by ToBy, was the buildup at the beginning. A true crescendo in a rap song is something that you never...

    First Listen: A Shoreline Dream – Waitout

    Whenever I hear a new song from A Shoreline Dream, one word always pops into my head. That word is cinematic. A Shoreline Dream, simply put, have that magical way of entrancing the listener...

    First Listen: Occlusions – City Love

    Occlusions give a sweet combination of dreamy soul, rhythmic R & B, dissonant Electronica and captivating originality in the form of their new single titled 'City Love'. The song gives cinematic breaks where appropriate,...

    First Listen: Nicholas Merz – Bulled Rose

    Nicholas Merz has already made a name for himself with Darto, but now he stretches the proverbial wings of soloness with his new upcoming album titled 'The Limits of Men' on Aago Records. The...

    First Listen: Zurich – My Protocol

    Zurich is an Alt-Rock band from Oxford who plays Widescreen Post Punk Rock with a nod to the darker side of 80s Electronic Pop. Earning an impressive live reputation with comparisons to bands such as...

    First Listen: Autopilot – Weightless

    Starting off with a lush crescendo brought to you courtesy of a single guitar and a sparse beat, the new track by Autopilot titled 'Weightless' quickly turns into a new summer anthem by the...

    First Listen: Kristin Hersh – Lax (Rough Version)

    Kristin Hersh's latest single titled 'Lax (Rough Version) gets right to the punch musically, kicking off with a raucous guitar/drum 1-2 into the grindness of the rhythm and into a solid musical hook in...

    First Listen: CO SONN – Why

    CO SONN is a one-man project carried by an intense sound, hailing from Vänersborg, Sweden. After eight self-released EP:s/albums on Bandcamp and a couple of singles, it’s time for the second release with a...

    First Listen: Philippe Petit & Friends – The Hammer + The Compliant Man

    Ubiquitous with dissonance and straight to the point with guttural nuance, the new single from Philippe Petit titled 'The Hammer + The Compliant Man' gives credence to musical disjointed. Almost tribal in rhythm and digitally decedent, the...

    First Listen: The Winachi Tribe – Transition

    Captivated by the groove and entranced by the beat, The Winachi Tribe dish out another round of rhythm with their latest single titled "Transition". Electro-beats with a fusion of funk see the tribe spill...

    First Listen: Paul Littlewood – Today/Television

    Paul Littlewood delivers a soothing pop sense of an aesthetic with a retrospective sounding single in the form of "Today", which includes his bonus single "Television". "Today", chugs along beautifully like a luxury car...