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MIIRRORS “Motion And Picture”

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MIIRRORS are preparing to released their long awaited debut album, Motion And Picture, this Friday, March 24th, via Pravda Records.

This is the Alt Rock of Brian McSweeney, Shawn Rios, Dmitri Rakhuba, Patrick Riley, and Andre Miller.

You can catch MIIRRORS at the Hideout on April 8th with Pink Frost.

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Mute Duo “Trust Lanes”

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Mute Duo have released the second single, "Trust Lanes", from their forthcoming album, Migrant Flocks, which is due out on April 14th via American Dreams.

This is the project of pedal steel guitarist Sam Wagster and drummer Skyler Rowe.

You can catch Mute Duo at Empty Bottle on April 13th with Helen Money and Ibises.

Photo Credit: Ricardo Adame

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Pinnings “Squid Kid”

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Pinnings recently released debut album, Squid Kid. This is the lo-fi, bedroom folk of local musician and actor Kieran McCabe.

The album took McCabe over two years to compile, and last August he released the album’s lead singles "Northern Whales" b/w "Southern Sharks".

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Gregory Uhlmann “Homecoming”

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Gregory Uhlmann has released the second single, "Homecoming", from his forthcoming third studio album, Again and Again, which is due out April 28th via Northern Spy Records.

This follows the album’s title track which was released last month. "Homecoming" is accompanied by the Steven Stallings directed video below.

photo credit: Alexa Viscius

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Gabacho “Parque”

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Gabacho has released his long-awaited debut album, Parque. The most recent single, "When We Go", is accompanied by the El Cursi directed video below.

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Friko “Crimson to Chrome”

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Friko have released a new single, "Crimson to Chrome", via Fire Talk Records.

This is the work of frontman Niko Kapetan, bassist Bailey Minzenberger, and drummer Luke Stamos.

The trio is out on a month long tour that kicked off back on 10th at Empty Bottle and will find them playing SxSW over the next few days.

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Em Spel “Ghost Story”

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Flutist & Multi-Instrumentalist Em Spel (aka Emma Hospelhorn) has released a new single called "Ghost Story". This is the first new music from Emma since the release of her 2022 album, The Carillon Towers.

On this new single she is joined by V.V. Lightbody (guitars), Mabel Kwan of Ensemble Dal Niente (Synthesizer), and Eric Ridder (drums).

You can catch Em Spel at Constellation on March 18th with Mesonjixx and Amanda DeBoer Bartlett.

photo credit: Evan Jenkins

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Kelly Reed “The Blue”

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Kelly Reed (F.K.A. i.e. kokoro) has released the first single, "The Blue", from her forthcoming debut album, Stupid Idiot, which is set to released on April 7th.

Reed is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist with over a decade of experience performing and creating music. This new project, her first as Kelly Reed, aims to deconstruct the experience of mental health from various real and imagined narrative perspectives.

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cinchel @ Tone Deaf Records 3.26.23

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Abstract Ambient musician cinchel recently released two new albums, Meanwhile in waiting and Already Tired. cinchel’s music has always been a masterful blend of challenging, meditative, unsettling, and serene, and these two albums do not disappoint.

You can catch cinchel at Tone Deaf Records on March 26th with DAVi MUSiC.