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Warrior Tribes

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Hardcore Trio Warrior Tribes kicked off 2020 by releasing three track from their long lost album The Con. The album was recorded by 2017, and is now beginning to hit the ears of fans with force. Having listened to the three tracks, under 5 minutes total, we definitely want more.

This is the punk rock of Bill Molloy (Bass/Vocals), Dave Fortunato (Drums), and John Duggan (Guitar/Vocals).

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Zelienople “Hold You Up”

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Zelienople recently released the lead single and title track from their forthcoming album, Hold You Up, which is set to be released on March 13th via Miamah Records.

This is the trio of Matt Christensen, Brian Harding, and Mike Weis, and this marks their first album together in five years.

You can catch Zelienople at The Hideout on April 22nd.

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Arcadia Suites “Frozen Peak”

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The local tape label Celldeath has released the second album, Frozen Peak, from Arcadia Suites. This video game inspired collaboration between St. Nebula (Zach Groth) & W3aveworld (D.A. Stevens) who just happen to also be the co-owners of Celldeath.

The album merges nostalgia for classic video games with modern approaches to electronic music and production.

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Ester “John’s Car”

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Ester has has released a second single, "John’s Car", from their forthcoming album, Turn Around, which is due out March 27th. This is project fronted by Anna Holmquist and featuring Katelyn Cohen, Chris Colson, Raul Cotaquispe, Chris Harris, and Tim Newsum.

Ester is performing a sold out show on March 15th at Schubas with Bad Bad Hats, and the album release event will take place on April 9th at The Hideout with Half Gringa. You can catch Anna performing a solo on April 3rd at Cafe Mustache with Rami Atassi, Diagonal, and Sex No Babies.

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TALsounds “No Rise”

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TALsounds released the first single, "No Rise", from her forthcoming fifth album, Acquiesce. This is beautiful electronic music of Natalie Chami, and this project will be released by Brooklyn’s NNA Tapes on May 22nd.

You can catch TALsounds on April 2nd at Metro with Dan Deacon and Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, and you can help her celebrate the release of her album on May 22nd at Constellation with Sam Prekop.

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Side Hug “Conversations”

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Side Hug has released a new single called "Conversations". This is the first new music from the Dream Pop group since their 2019 EP "Wasted Summer".

This is the work of Allan Cardenas (Guitar/Backing Vocals), Christian Ovalle (Drums /Percussion), Lyd Landor (Vocals/Guitar), and Yuda Goldbloom (Bass).

The Hive released their live session with Side Hug recently and the group closed their session with this new single.

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California Widow

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California Widow recently rereleased several tracks from their self-titled debut EP. The most recent is called "Howl" which was originally released three years, and is centered around a couple named Ike & Jean. Jean was diagnosed with ALS and past away only to be followed shortly thereafter by Ike.

This is the somber Desert Rock of Darja Vaarsi (vocalist/lyricist/songwriter/producer) and Brendan Blewett (vocalist/guitarist/producer).

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Mending “When He Met Prem”

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Mending has released the second single, "When He Met Prem", of Book 02 of the Wakerobin Archive, To Yellowknife ~ Chapter 01: New Green Bay to Bismarck. This is is long form storytelling through song of  Kate Adams and Joshua Dumas

The full album is set to be released on March 19th.