Tag: First Listen
First Listen: Ask Carol – Quiet One
Ask Carol has released their new single titled 'Quiet One'. Angst mixed with harmony and topped with originality, Ask Carol shine their brightest whenever given the chance. A small band with a big sound. That sound comes from the music itself.
First Listen: Fransis – Honeymoon
Fransis have released their new single titled 'Honeymoon', from their upcoming EP. A majestic swath to the #indie music scene, 'Honeymoon' is a powerful track of rebellion and the invincibility found in youth. That moment in life when we feel immortal and nothing can touch us.
First Listen: Elyse Jewel – TBH IDK
Elyse Jewel has today released her new single titled 'TBH IDK', from her upcoming visual album dropping later this summer.
First Listen: Yuni Wa – The Silence Of The Night
Yuni Wa has today released his new single titled 'The Silence Of The Night' as a taster for his upcoming concept album 'Hyperdrive'.
Think 'space-soul' meets 'galactic-groove' with a touch of abstract and a mountain...
First Listen: Alpha Venturi – Radiate + Tour Dates
Alpha Venturi have today released their new single titled 'Radiate', from their latest self titled album, also released today. Known for their hard rock roots, Alpha Venturi delve into slight genre-splitting with an introspective...
First Listen: Maddie Glass – Kiss Your Best Friend
Maddie Glass has today released her new single titled 'Kiss Your Best Friend'. Maddie give a performance within the song that both showcases her unique vocal style and sends the message of the song...
First Listen: Tessa Kaye – Sunshine & Rainbows
Tessa Kaye has today released her new single titled 'Sunshine & Rainbows'. A song about that toxic positivity that we all have to or maybe shouldn't show from time to time to give the aura of happiness, or to just try to stave off a 'butthurt' pandemic around you, Tessa shows us it's ok to be ourselves with a sweet and musically durable track that feels as much as it emits. A flash of light in a world of darkness with the strength of experience and the knowledge of a realist. This is what music was made for.
First Listen: Pan Amsterdam – Rigatoni (ft. Damu The Fudgemunk)
Pan Amsterdam has dropped a little taster from his new album 'EAT' titled 'Rigatoni'. The album releases in June via Def Pressé.
First Listen: Search & Seizure – Lazar
Search & Seizure has today released their new single titled 'Lazar', from their upcoming album 'Nothing Natural', dropping on May 20th.
First Listen: Howard Kaye – Shadows in the Dark
Howard Kaye has released his new single titled 'Shadows in the Dark'. That part of ourself that we don't want anyone to know about yet partially defines us now has a dark and telling soundtrack. That feeling of what we fear about ourself bubbling to the surface while knowing we are better than that lends to the music and lyrics from someone who has been there himself and came through the other side a better person.
First Listen: Ike Rhein – Messed It Up (Acoustic)
Ike Rhein has released the acoustic version of his new song titled 'Messed It Up'. When you strip enough of the layers you eventually come to the heart. With the original (below) you have...
First Listen: The Q-Tip Bandits – Daisy
The Q-Tip Bandits have today released their new single titled 'Daisy', the lead single off of their upcoming album 'Melancholy Flowers', dropping on June 10th.
First Listen: Storeys – Destination Unknown / Lucky Man
Storeys has today premiered two new tracks in the form of their new original 'Destination Unknown' and their cover of The Verve's 'Lucky Man' via their new EP, dropping today from New State Music.
First Listen: indifferentMonKeY – Space Race
indifferentMonKeY have today released their new single titled 'Space Race'. indifferentMonKeY is a project that has long found it's sound and everything they release at this point in their careers is a continuous and...
First Listen: Floated – Sizzle
Floated (a.k.a. David Maine) is set to drop his new single titled 'Sizzle' tomorrow, from his upcoming EP. A perfect gateway drug for the EP, 'Sizzle' brings lo-fi through you 'hi-fi' with a smooth taste of suave and a short yet sweet sense of calm in the form of a slow burn of a single that adds that time for release in the span of 2 minutes to give the listener a pause from the world and get away from the crazy.
First Listen: Kailaya – Lately
Kailaya has today released her new single titled 'Lately'. A bit of soul mixed with a stellar guitar, done as a duo, gives this song that personality and certain 'something' that always ends up...
First Listen: The Now – Shoot Them Down
The Now has today released their new single titled 'Shoot Them Down', from their debut EP 'The Truth Always Comes Out In The End', dropping May 13th via Golden Robot Records.
Anthemic from the start...
First Listen: J Nicolás – Lost + Found
J. Nicolás has released his new song and video titled 'Lost + Found'. A suave 'road trip' style of a song with a smooth demeanor and subtle way about it's approach to your ears, 'Lost + Found' provides introverted solace and an Americana fused aura as it goes from your ears to your soul.
First Listen: Jamie Beale – Borderline
Jamie Beale has today released his new single titled 'Borderline'. The song got me from that bassline on. It's got that infectious quality about it that says 'underground' but whispers 'timeless'. I kind of...
First Listen: Matilda Duncan – Psycho + Upcoming Shows
Matilda Duncan has today released her new single titled 'Psycho' from across the pond to the world. Building slow like a slow burn and to a memorable crescendo, 'Psycho' mixes the guitar in with...
First Listen: Lydia’s Castle – Search For You
Lydia's Castle has today released their new single titled 'Search For You'. This song grabs you in the feels from that first glorious note announcing 'guitar rock is back, baby!'.
First Listen: Millie Manders and The Shut Up – Not OK
Millie Manders and The Shut Up has today released their new single titled 'Not OK'. Part anthemic and part anxious, 'Not OK' delves into the mind of anxiety with a fervent fist and a...
First Listen: Forgetmyname – Complex
Forgetmyname has today released her new song titled 'Complex'. Electro-pop harmony in all the right ways, 'Complex' utilizes the harmony to cut through the thickest of hearts and give you a case of the feels with a signature sound and contemplative lyrics that, hopefully, shed a little light on any similar situations you may have. What I get from this song is not 'What did I do to make it this way', but 'What can I do to feel right again.' Bravo.
First Listen: Drop Top Alibi – Dylsong
Drop Top Alibi has released their new single titled 'Dylsong'. Rock as a guilty pleasure and kicking in the audio overdrive with dirty guitars and weathered vocal harmonies, Drop Top Alibi gives the Gen-X...
First Listen: Bennett Walker Wales – Far Away Love + Q&A
Bennett Walker Wales is an artist with a limitless potential. Growing up playing in bands and rock ‘n’ roll line ups from a young age, he has already grasped the meaning behind performing, writing and passionately pursuing music as a full time career.