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Premiere: Kappekoff readies new album and taps Pasha for ‘Late Night’
Oslo-based producer and bassist Magnus Falkenberg is preparing a new record, out two weeks tomorrow and serving as a companion piece to last year’s excellent New Spring; before then, he’s releasing one more single from the record, one of five collaborations that form the backbone of the album, and it could very well be the …
Premiere: Kappekoff’s new single ‘Warmth’ is a (Jimmy) Smash in waiting
Not familiar with Oslo’s Kappekoff? You should be; you’ve got about a month to get your stuff together before his new album arrives, and we’re premiering the new single to give you a hand with that. The new record’s a counterpart to last year’s Old Spring, and was trailed by ‘Right Back to Where We …
Premiere: Burr Oak stun with emotionally poignant and surprisingly heavy ‘Annabelle’
There’s a moment, about two-and-a-half minutes into the title track from Burr Oak‘s new EP, where everything drops out except a nervous, agitated guitar line—then, chaos and an almighty musical roar, coupled with a lurch into half-time for added effect. It’s a most unexpected twist, the entire song hinging around this extreme dynamic shift, and …
Premiere: Aaron Lewis reckons with the allure of self-destruction on ‘Staircase Stomp’
New York’s The Clamor have kept busy since releasing their debut album Love & Criminals early last year. The Aaron Lewis-fronted project have followed that up with a further two singles this year and show no signs of slowing down, with more coming down the tracks in 2024. Before we get to that, though, there’s …
Premiere: Scrimmage toss and turn on sweetly sad new song ‘Little Foot’
Since the late 2022 release of debut EP Superego, Brooklyn band Scrimmage have downsized to a duo, now consisting of Connor Lewis and Carr Bonner – bassist David Carter departed the band last year. Their forthcoming second EP doesn’t have a release date quite yet, but it does have a title—Velour—and a lead single, which …
Premiere: JD Pinkus can’t help himself on ‘I Would Like to Pet It’, new solo album due next month
We last covered JD Pinkus here in the run-up to his collaborative album with Mike Savino/Tall Tall Trees, released in late June of last year. The former Butthole Surfers and (the) Melvins man has been busy since then, and he’s got an entire new record ready to go sooner than you think. The proper follow-up …
Premiere: PARRIS MITCHELL examines himself on self-reflective banger ‘Problem Child’
He styles himself in all-caps, and the new song from New Yorker PARRIS MITCHELL is definitely worth shouting about. Since the release of his 2022 EP, I Don’t Love You, and Other Lies, Mitchell’s been hard at work on his debut album and shrugging his shoulders at genre boundaries in the process. ‘Problem Child’, his …
Premiere: Phil Galloni goes too far on title track from forthcoming new EP ‘Push My Luck’
A few weeks back, the Los Angeles-based Chicagoan Phil Galloni announced his third EP as Waverly Drive, and he’s sharing the collection’s second single today. The title track from Push My Luck is a great example of the sort of scuzzy indie pop Galloni excels at; the foundations of his sound were laid on previous …
Premiere: Phil Galloni is pushing his luck on ‘After the Show’; new EP arrives in May
Chicago’s Phil Galloni has been making music as Waverly Drive for a couple of years, and has been building quite the head of steam, making the kind of blown-out indie-pop that sems simple and direct on the surface with much more going on underneath. He runs the Los Angeles studio Voltiv Sound, and it’s there …
Premiere: Ashlynn Malia prepares for lift-off with eponymous debut album, shares ‘Villain’
Tomorrow’s been a long time coming for the LA-based Ashlynn Malia. We’ve been backing her since the release of her debut EP back in June of 2021 – it’s been a long road, but her short-and-sweet debut album is just hours away. Before then, she has one more pre-release single to share—it might be the …