New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Fran has released a third single, “In My Own Time”, from their formthcoming album, A Private Picture, which is set to be released on November 15th via Fire Talk.
Fran is kicking off a tour this week that will finding them coming home on November 23rd for a show at the Hideout with Tobacco City and Mia Joy.
The Daisy Heaves have released a new single called “If I Could Tell You”. This is the first new music from the duo since their latest EP, Gramophone Ghost, which was released back in January.
This is Dream Pop of Ryan Dahl (Vocals, Guitars, and Bass) and John D’alessandro (Drums).
Pop Punk trio Four Stars have released a new single called “Alacrity”. This is the first new music from the trio since their 2018 debut Ep, “Check, Please!”.
The single is accompanied by the Alex Zarek directed video below.
Mel Senese has release a video for her latest single “Goodbye”. The single, which was released back in August, is her second of 2019 following up “Prey”.
Senese has a modern approach to Pop and Dance Music, with an ear for catchy melodies and compelling choruses.
More indie than folk, more folk than indie, or maybe just perfectly both is the music of Arlington, Massachusetts group Cold Expectations. The band’s latest EP, No Panic In My Veins, opens up with resonant drums and crisp electric guitars. The lead song “Can You Feel The Distance?” displays rich harmonies and lead vocals that are rugged against the clean instrumentation. That same contrast follows in the Growlers-like psych-tinged track “Aliza Don’t Care” which lets its guitar leads linger and its choruses pop. The band keeps things cool and collected and offers music to kick your shoes off to; each tune releases tension. Cold Expectations are what New England cooks up best: comfort indie-folk music. Stream the hopeful track “You Are The Ocean” below and relish in its atmospheric guitar solos. Happy Monday, folks! – Rene Cobar
Post Animal has released a new single called “Safe or Not” to kick off of their tour with Twin Peaks. This is the first new song from the Psych Rock band since the release of their 2018 album, When I Think Of You In A Castle.
This is the work Dalton Allison (bass), Jake Hirshland (guitar/keyboard), Javi Reyes (guitar), Wesley Toledo (drums), and Matt Williams (guitar).
Earlier this month Jakob Battick, the Berkeley-based musician (originally hailing from the great state of Maine) released Tour Tape 2019, digitally and as a limited edition cassette. For fans of quiet psych folk who appreciate a touch of drone and drifting off into spacey realms. A personal favorite off the collection, “Lilac Bloom” showcases more melodic moments and a lovely female vocal accompaniment. Props to Liam Herb for the crystal wine glass work on these tunes and just the right amount of mystical synth. Feels like just the right kind of tunes to stargaze to. –Michelle Kicherer, Associate Editor
Mark Nelson (aka Pan•American) is preparing to release a new album called “A Son” on November 7th via Kranky.
The album’s first single and closing track is beautiful acoustic take on a classic track called “Shenandoah”. Nelson begin playing this song in the days following the death of Heather Heyer, and including the track on this album as a tribute and to draw attention to her foundation.
This album finds Nelson putting aside the electronics in favor of the hammered dulcimer, but holding true to the ambient and atmospheric he has become known for over the last decade.
Shazmatic (aka Shane Prewitt) recently a new EP called “W.I.P.s”. This is Prewitt’s second album of 2019 and is filled beautifully lo-fi melodies and autotuned vocals.
On "Lené," Club Oro’s latest single, you’re never entirely sure where their taut, misty bedroom pop will take you. Led by singer Cassandra Cronin’s gentle lilt, the track’s clipped metronomic rhythm weaves in and out like a trance. Her clever imagery is just an uncanny, following a soulful, improvised groove that reveals itself the more you engage with it: "Most of art must be explained/Most of secrets end in flames." What once was a duo between Cassandra and her sibling Connor is now a full-fledged five-piece, though even in broadening their musical palette, they remain true to their DIY sensibilities.
"Lené" is featured on Club Oro’s forthcoming debut EP Where’s the Hook?, due out later this fall. Juan Rodríguez
House Music producer Change Request (aka Andrew Emil) is back with a new maxi-single called “Shatter Proof”. The single is set to be released on November 29th on the local label Fresh Meat, and features the vocals of Lailah Reich.
Creating their own quirky blend of noisy dual-guitar dreampop, Russian Baths share their latest single “Wrong” (streaming below) in advance of their debut full-length album Deepfake. A crisp, odd-tempo drum pattern and bassline set up momentary jolting guitars, introducing soft-spoken lyrics “what’s that effect you hear? Keep it in control.” Elongated vocals emphasize the song’s title with the refrain “I – was – wrong,” as atmospheric textures rise in the background, at times exploding, at times chiming like town square bells. A sonic ascention begins midway through this nearly 5 minute track, creating a wall of hammered guitar chords against the single word songtitle “wrong.” One more quite plateau is reached, as clean dual guitar interplay engages over a simple, basic drum beat. Deepfake is out on 11/8 and the band play their release show that night with like-minded noise rockers Bambara at St. Vitus. – Dave Cromwell
