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OK Cool “Time And A Half”

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Ok Cool have released the video for “Time And A Half” the first of two songs they are releasing as an EP called "Songs From The Spare Room". The video is artistic gem from Joe Baughman and the song is top notch bedroom pop.

The duo of Bridget Stiebris and Haley Blomquist are planning to release their next single, “Self-Sow”, on February 4th.

Photo by Tracy Conoboy

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Single Premiere: Cosmic Bull “Joe Namath Moment”

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We are proud to be able to premiere the first single, "Joe Namath Moment", from the upcoming EP "27X2" from Cosmic Bull.

This is the latest project from long time local musician Mark Vickery who has performed with bands including Word Bongo, Zo, and Liquid Soul.

This new single features Mark on vocals, cigar box guitar, bass and a keyboard patch. He is joined by Kevin O’Donnell on drums, Newtron Cole on percussion and Scott Tallarida on all other keys, patches, and guitars.

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Colleen Dow “Bumbum”

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Colleen Dow of Thank You, I’m Sorry has released their third single, "Bumbum", as a solo artist via the label Count Your Lucky Stars.

This new single is catchy, slightly twee, dream pop with a healthy dose of atmospheric guitars.

Dow was schedule to perform with Thank You, I’m Sorry at Subt on January 29th but that show has been canceled with out a rescheduled date as of now.

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No Star “Palm Reader”

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No Star recently released a new EP called "Palm Reader". This is the duo of childhood friends Ryan Thomas and Robert Donile. For this EP they enlisted the help of Henry Stoehr and Teddy Matthews of Slow Pulp along with Adam Thein.

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Running “Asked You Nicely”

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The Noise Punk group Running has released a new Cassette Single via the local label Physical Medium.

The single features two new tracks, "WUYFOWTIA" b/w "Asked You Nicely", along with a Physical Medium remix of "Asked You Nicely".

This is the first new music from the trio of Alejandro Morales, Jeff Tucholski and Matt Hord since the release of 2018’s "For Us By Us".

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Desks “EP”

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Desks is an ongoing transatlantic project that brings together the UK based music Mark Whiteside of Evil Blizzard with two local guitarists Patrick M. Files and Perry Pelonero of Star Control.

Their new EP was released last week via the Darlington, UK label Butterfly Effect.

Below is the video for the album’s opening track "A Different View Than Before".

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Death of Self “again.”

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Hardcore trio Death of Self recently released a new EP called "Again.". This is the first new music from the trio of Nick, Wade, and Danny since 2019’s Look Elsewhere.

However of the day that the EP was released, January 9th, the group announced on Facebook that after 6 years as a group that they would be ending their run as Death of Self.

The group was supposed to play a show at Cobra Lounge on January 8th with Cobra Lounge with Thieves, Uglybones, and Slutbomb(OH). As of now that show has been rescheduled for July 2nd.

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The Poison Arrows “Shallow Grave”

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The Poison Arrows have released a second single, "Shallow Grave", from their long awaited 4th studio album, War Regards, which is due out via File 13 Records on February 25th.

This is veteran trio of Patrick Morris (bassist), Adam Reach (drummer), and Justin Sinkovich (guitarist/vocalist).

You can catch The Poison Arrows at Metro on February 5th with FACS and Girls Against Boys.