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Ahero “Kimberly”

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Vaporwave musician Ahero (aka Sam Franics) has released a new single called "Kimberly". This is the third single from Ahero this year, and it is accompanied by the video below.

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Lil Woo “Lanor”

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Lil Woo (aka Andre Allen Jr) has released a tender and hopeful new single called "Lanor". This is the latest in a series of single the talented emcee released in 2021, and it finds him enlisting the help of the award-winning vocalist Alita Moses.

"Lanor" is produced by DreProducedit and is accompanied by a video from Ninety5 Directed.

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La Armada “La Fé No Abasta”

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Hardcore punk group La Armada has released visuals for the fifth single, "La Fé No Abasta", from their forthcoming album Anti-Colonial Vol. 2 which is due out on February 11th via their own label Mal De Ojo Records.

For the video the group enlisted the expertise of Director Jamezz Hampton to bring to life the song that bluntly paints a picture of a world with out hope and faith.

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Jaewon “Magnus”

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Indie Psych Rock musician Jaewon recently released his debut album Magnus. The album’s first two singles, "Blue Lips" and "Hard Pressed", were released this fall.

Jaewon is currently planning an album release show for February 7th with details to follow.

Photo by Trevor Jay Prickett

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Lunar Statues “Meditations in an Emergency”

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Ego Mechanics frontman Seth Arp recently released his solo debut album, Meditations in an Emergency, under the moniker Lunar Statues.

This is a collection of breathtakingly beautiful instrumental ambient music. The album opens with a couplet of tracks called "Dusk" and "Skyline" that were released as a time lapse video last month.

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Josh Caterer “At Last”

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Josh Caterer (Smoking Popes) has released a live album he recorded earlier this month at The SPACE via Pravada Records. The setlist that night included an array of standards including the Bee Gee’s "I Started A Joke" and the Frank & Nancy Sinatra song “Somethin’ Stupid” which finds Josh teaming up with his daughter Phoebe. For this set Caterer performed with John San Juan (Hushdrops) on bass, drummer John Perrin (NRBQ) and Total Pro Horns, Max Crawford, Paul Von Mertens, Henry Carpender.

The album’s lead single is the fantastic arrangement of the Etta James classic "At Last". This album is the follow-up to The Hideout Sessions which was released back in March.

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Shredded Sun “SOS Phantoms”

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Shredded Sun have released a new EP called "SOS Phantoms". This is the first new music we have from the trio of Nick Ammerman, Sarah Ammerman, and Ben Bilow since the release of Land Lines back in 2016.

The three formed Fake Fictions in the mid-2000’s and released their debut album, Raw Yang, in 2006. They played their farewell show in 2009 and surprisingly reemerged as Shredded Sun in 2016.

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Squirrel Flower “Unravel”

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Squirrel Flower (aka Ella Williams) recently released the first single, "Unravel", from her forthcoming EP, "Planet", which is due out via Polyvinyl on January 28th.

"Unravel" is a cover of the classic 1997 song by Bjork, and was released along with another track from the EP called "Ruby at Dawn".

Williams is planning a tour this Spring that will be taking her across the US and around the world. You can catch her performing at Schubas on February 20th with Christelle Bofale.