New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Gia Margaret releases her latest album, Mia Gargaret, via Orindal Records and Dalliance Recordings today, June 12th. This Margaret’s follow-up to her acclaimed 2018 album There’s Always a Glimmer.
The album’s latest single is the beautiful and haunting "Barely There" and is accompanied by the video below.
The Devonns recently released their debut full-length album via Record Kicks. The album features their latest single and powerful protest song "Blood Red Blues".
This is ’70’s soul and blues influenced sound of Mathew Ajjarapu (Keys & Vox), Khalyle Hagood (Bass), Khori Wilson (Percussion) and Ari Lindo (guitar).
The psych-surf sound of “Mind Reading,” the new single by Long Beach-based outfit THESE PEOPLE, evokes memories of strange summers of years past, wherein tall tales become so exaggerated that you can’t tell where the facts end and the fiction begins. Swelling heatstroke guitar lines in tandem with an echoed-out vocal performance add to the track’s distant and foggy nature, and its quick transitions between major and minor modes prevent the track from ever finding solid footing. These elements combined make for an engaging listening experience, one that evokes a bit of Surfer Blood, a bit of Grateful Dead circa Blues for Allah, and a whole lot of Timothy Leary. Dip out for a bit and stream it below.
STNFXCE (aka Kurt Shelby) recently released his debut EP "STX//stns". This is a raw, emotional blend on RnB and Hip Hop from Shelby who made is offical debut last year with single "What If".
Shelby is also a highly trained Jazz bassist, and that training shines through in his production style on this EP.
Soul Honey Records have released the lead single, "Ghosts in the Attic", from their forthcoming EP "Soul Honey Family Barbeque" which is due out June 19th. This is the long evolving project centered around songs written by Andrew Christopoulos. The three songs on the EP were written by Andrew while in High School, but have grown and changed as he has collaborated with over 20 local artists over the last few years.
The EP features musicians from Pivot Gang, iFight Dragons, Retirement Party, Friday Pilots Club, Late Nite Laundry, Strange Foliage, Blue Dream, Bullfights on Acid, Sir Mango, ZooFunkYou, Othersides, The Violet Suns, and more. This would make you think it is wild and huge, but the resulting sound is beautiful, intimate, and dynamic.
Digging up some tunes today, we stumbled across “The Bar Fly,” the short and sweet instrumental by New Hampshire’s Adam Reczek; the song accompanies a movie of the same name, written and directed by artists from northern New Hampshire and Vermont. The instrumental is a cool meltdown with electric guitars that languidly ring out, a bass that crawls beautifully, and snaps that add a relaxed rhythm. There is not much more you can ask of the song, nor would you want to, but it does add curiosity for the movie it is attached to; stream “The Bar Fly” below for a respite from the world. – Rene Cobar, photo by Empire Imaging
Retirement Party recently released their latest album, Runaway Dog. This is the first new music from the trio of Avery Springer, James Ringness, and Eddy Rodriguez since their highly acclaimed 2018 album, Somewhat Literate.
The album feature’s the band’s two most recent singles, "Compensation" and "Runaway Dog", and both video’s are below.
Twin Sister duo Double Identity has released their latest single "Your Anything". This is Indie Rock of Courtney and Arden Kurhayez, and this single is their second since the release of their 2018 debut EP, "Small Talk".
Drocan!, the latest offering by New York-based experimental electronic composer Dan Drohan, is billed as the B-side of the forthcoming You’re A Crusher — in this sense, it fulfills its purpose as the dark underbelly of Drohan’s explosive, percussion-driven visions. Tracks serpentine between elements synthetic and tactile in rapid fashion, executed in a Futurist fashion that leaves little space for the listener to catch their breath, yet despite this seemingly unstoppable energy, the entire record feels joyous; from the refrain of “Tokyo” to the stumbling fluorescent “Passwords,” Drohan, in collaboration with Mike Cantor, provides an experimental pop vamp that delights and surprises. Stream it below, and keep an eye out for the record’s A-side, dropping June 26th. Photo by Emile Bertherat
Instrumental Post-Metal group Pelican has released a collection of rarities, B-Sides, and live recordings. This was compiled and released with express intention of supporting Color of Change.
This is the work of Trevor Shelley de Brauw, Bryan Herweg, Larry Herweg, and Dallas Thomas.
Sun Beard has released the first single, "Little Bird", from their forthcoming EP, "Honey In Da Pine".
This is the Folk-based Psych Rock of Janis Wallin on bass (Family Groove Company), Scott Tipping on guitar (Backyard Tire Fire, Cornmeal), and Jonathan Reed on drums (Old Shoe), along with original founder Matt Robinson.
Something dreamy, something sad—that is the glow that radiates from “18,” the new indie-folk single from Providence’s Dogs on Shady Lane. The acoustic guitar strums that softly thread about during the track begin to brighten as dreamy electric guitar accents pile up, and the reverbed vocals of project leader Tori Hall gently reflect on life and its sweet and sour melodies. Refrains such as “thick as brick but stick stone, hurt/me less than silence and warn/but burning hands mend me like wool, so feel me up/I’m too old to be crying so much” hint at strength and vulnerability, at the physical and its memory. The new track by Dogs on Shady Lane has in it all the charm of the indie-folk genre: escapist sounds you can drift away to and lyrics that ground you to a reality you help to shape; if you need a moment away from your busy Monday, we have it for you streaming below. – Rene Cobar, photo by Kannetha Brown
