New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Jackie Hayes has released the third single, "Focus", from her forthcoming album, Over & Over, which is due out on October 28th via Pack Records.
The single is accompanied by the Sarah Ritter directed video below.
Hayes will be celebrating the release of her album on October 28th at Schubas with Interlay and Godly The Ruler.
Azieb recently released a new single called "Glimmer In The Dark" via the Austin-based label Harmonious Discord.
For this project the local producer and DJ teamed up with the head of Harmonious Discord KiloWatts and several other producers on three outstanding remixes.
Close Kept have emerged with their sophomore album, Spun, after spending the last four years writing and recording.
This is the Indie Rock trio of Charlie Wynne, Loc Tran and Scott Hartge.
You can help Close Kept celebrate the release of Spun at Cobra Lounge with Lettering, You Folk, and Griefeater on October 8th.
Triangle Rain Club have released the latest single, "Red Light", from their forthcoming self-titled debut full-length album which is due out on October 19th.
Case Oats recently released a new single called "Bungalow". This is the Alt Folk group lead by singer/songwriter Casey Gomez Walker.
Joining Casey on this new single is Max Subar (acoustic guitar and pedal steel), Jason Gordon Ashworth (bass guitar), Scott Daniel (fiddle), and Spencer Tweedy (drums, electric guitar, and organ).
Dan Vapid and the Cheats recently released their latest album, Welcome To Dystopia. This album is a reaction of sorts to the various shades of reality that came to light during 2020. When asked Dan Vapid had this to say about this album, "“I try my best to see the good when I can, but as a society we have reached a turning point and it isn’t good. Many of the songs on Welcome to Dystopia reflect that.” Dan Vapid continues, “2020 was the most surreal year I’ve seen in my lifetime".
You can catch Dan Vapid and the Cheats at Cobra Lounge on November 18th with Methadones, The Copyrights, and Mikey Erg.
One could easily see Dune Blue’s gentle psychedelic odes to groovy laidback-itude finding favor with tie-dyed-slash-Hawaiian-shirt types ranging from Deadheads to Parrotheads to Sublime stans (RIP Bradley) meaning that card-carrying punk purists may be disinclined to check them out…
…but let’s face it, you probably got that dubious punk ID from a ad on on the back of a box of Cocoa Puffs cuz I’m guessing you weren’t hanging out outside CBGBs in 1976 or even in 1996 (more likely you were hanging out in your delinquent brother’s bedroom ripping bong hits while listening to his cassingle of “Santeria” on repeat if you were around in ’96 at all) not to mention Sonny the Cuckoo Bird is clearly a beatnik/burner type more inclined to Country Joe and the Fish than to Crass or Chaos UK but I digress…
…the point being that every generation needs and deserves its own Edie Brickell and New Bohemians in other words a band that bring some needed edge and eccentricity to genres too often sanded down to a dull edge by lazy imitators and Dune Blue (led by one Roland Mounier) fits the bill perfectly seeing as how they infuse legit grit into their otherwise medium roast blend of pastoral psych, easy skanking reggae and no-static-at-all Steely-Dan-esque smooth jazziness…
…which first became apparent after catching Dune Blue live a little while back and now it’s become even more apparent with the release of their latest single “Breaks My Brain” with it’s dub-inflected, reverb-laden, hazy-shade-of-late-summer vibe that perfectly puts across the song’s title phrase with woozy, wah-wah-pedal assisted atmospherics where all the sounds appear to melt together into one eternal sound…
…not to mention the little saxophone squiggles lurking around the edges and the little pools of shimmering, reverberating runoff hovering around every sonic surface which I’m thinking may relate to the song’s lyrical content and its fixation on flimsy permeable surfaces (using my way through a cellophane scene / losing my touch / recognize no reflection / cracks in the surface of a membrane dream)…
…surfaces prone to breakage when they’re placed under too much pressure (keep it up in a rush / I’ll end up in pieces) but here’s the thing about “Break’s My Brain” it makes this breakage sound like not entirely a bad thing and maybe even a good thing if you believe that nothing ever gets fixed properly until it gets broken properly (what breaks my brain / fills the space) just like Marxists who subscribe to implosion theory…
…and it’s a lesson I’ve taken to heart lately in the midst of muddling through a major life transition plus the notion of “no cure, no blame” is an oddly comforting one so if you’re inclined give the good vibrations of Dune Blue’s “Breaks My Brain” a try not only because of intriguing nuances under the surface but also cuz the surface itself provides a measurable measure of solace in these turbulent times–just be forewarned you may take to wearing bucket hats and making statements along the lines of “excuse me while I light this spliff” if you listen for too long on repeat. (Jason Lee)
Bret Koontz & Truancy Club have released a new single, "Gloaming, Nightshade", from their forthcoming album, A Sparkle Road Cult, which is due out on November 18th via Earth Libraries.
You can catch Bret Koontz & Truancy Club at the California Clipper with Kwaician on October 27th. They will be celebrating the release of their album on November 18th at Constellation with Tasha and Moontype.
Singer/Songwriter Walker Landgraf (aka Walker) recently released a new single called "I’ll Be Right Here".
This is the multi-instrumentalists third single of 2022, and third since the release of his 2021 EP "My Love".
You can catch Walker tonight, September 30th, at Epiphany Center For The Arts (201 S Ashland Ave) with Elisa Latrice.
Sick Day recently released their debut full-length album, Love is a State of Mind.
This is the group lead by Singer/Songwriter Olive Wallace, and the album include’s the band’s two 2022 single, "Stars Shining Over Me" and "Meet Me In The Park".
Way To Go Radio recently released a new track called "Magic". This is his second single of 2022 following "Teenage Summer" which was released back in June.
On a recent trip to Los Angeles, Klevah and TRUTH (aka Mother Nature), were able to team up with José Ríos and Kelsey González of The Free Nationals to create their latest single "Crystal Cadillac".
This is the duo’s first single since the release of the EP "Nature’s World" via Closed Sessions back in June.
