Derek Nelson has released the first two songs, “Water Runs Through” and “Number One”, from his forthcoming debut full-length album, Richer Soil, which is due out on October 10th.

Nelson walks the line between Country, Americana, and rock, but always manages to tell a compelling story.

You can help Nelson celebrate the release of the new album on October 10th at Schubas.

Club Malos is wild garage rock of Jim Sanders and Ryne Holmquist. The duo is set to officially release their sophomore EP, “EP2”, on August 31st. This will be the first first new music from the band since their 2014 debut.

Novatore has released a new and very personal single called “Say Goodnight”. This is the first single from the rapper’s forthcoming album called Louie II the follow-up to Louie which was released back in February.

Novatore will be touring the West Coast through out the month of September with Apathy & Celph Titled.

Tenci has released the first single, “Serpent”, from their forthcoming album, My Heart is and Open Field. What began as outlet for the bedroom folk of Jess Shoman has blossomed into a full band utilizing the talents of Spencer Radcliffe and several of the “Everyone Else” musicians.

This is new album, due out August 25th, Shoman has enlisted Spencer Radcliffe (lead guitar), Tina Scarpello (bass), Jack Schemenauer (drums), Madison Chessare (cello), and several other talented local musicians.

You can help Tenci celebrate the release of their album on September 3rd at The Hideout with Izzy True and Joey Nebulous.

photo by Rachel Lessing

Mock Nine released their debut EP, Stories From That Night You Can’t Remember, last week. The EP the band’s previous singles, “Mach 9”, “Wasted!”, and “Pick Up”, along with a timely opening track called “Summer Time”.

Mock Nine it the work of Tommy Langford (Lead Vocals), Franklin Brady (Rhythm Guitar-Harmonies), Mac Campbell (Bass), James Bruce (Lead guitar) and Sam Grosman (Drums).

You can catch them at an All Ages show at Martyrs on August 11th with The Powers Project and Vision in the Rhythm.

Born Days (aka Melissa Harris) has released the lead single, “Where We Live”, from her forthcoming sophomore EP which is due out October 4th via Rain Heart Records.

You can catch Born Days at Sleeping Village on Sept. 18th with Boyscott, 8-bit crEEps, and Den-Mate.

Post-Punk trio Yeesh disbanded back in 2017, but this week released the first single, “Victory Lap”, from their final album, Saw You Up There. The album was recorded at Electrical Audio back in late 2017and will finally be released on August 16th.

Yeesh formed in 2008 and was the trio of Alex Doyle (guitar/vocals), Greg Obis (bass/vocals), and Peter Reale (drums). This is the first new music we have received from them since 2016’s LP, Confirmation Bias.

Prog Metal band Tanzen has released a new single called “Bottle Kids”. We love how Teddy effortlessly shifts from a guttural growl to a soaring, clear, clean vocal.

This is the work of Armin Maksumic (Guitar), Demostanis Diakoumakos (Bass), Teddy TanZen (Vocals), and Macklin Suhre (Drums).

You can catch Tanzen at Beat Kitchen on August 10th with Danville, Fools’ Brew, and Contra. (Final Show!).

We are proud to be able to premiere the new single, “Benediction”, from The Phantom Broadcast. The single, which will be officially released tomorrow, August 9th, is taken from the band’s forthcoming EP Antiquities Vol. II.

You can help The Phantom Broadcast celebrate the release of this single on August 12th at Schubas with Snooze and Faintlife.

The Juvensscent have had an exciting month so far and it is only August 8th. Last week, they week they released the video for their debut single, “27 Club”, and this week they performed their first live show at Schuba’s.

This is the slightly dark Rock of John Perrin and frontman Gray, and don’t be fooled by this sudden explosion, they have been working on this project since 2017.

“27 Club”, which is backed by “Sunday Mourning”, take a somewhat depressing theme of dying young and famous and makes it so listenable and memorable. It is a take on the rockstar lifestyle that just may make Gray just that.

Hospital Bracelet released a split EP with fourthbase called “Silver Cactus” last week. This is the solo acoustic bedroom pop of Alex Bracelet aka Wrestler Arc Williams at the moment, but these songs will also sound amazing with a the full band she is currently constructing. The opening track begins with an audio clip from The Office and is called “Chocolate Milk (like in Spiderman)", and that should really be all you need to give it a listen. 

You can catch Hospital Bracelet at Uptown Cafe & Gallery (5010 N Sheridan) on August 15th opening for Tacoma Washington Weekday Club, 23/19, and Sleep In.

Black Sandwich released a new EP called "The P.E. EP" last week. This is the groups second EP of 2019 and finds them continuing to explore the edges of rock, funk, and more.

This is the work of Meo Beenaux (Vox), John Briggs (Guitar), Luke Blanco (Bass), and Charlie Watt (Drums).