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Premiere: MIDNIGHTCHOIR heralds new album release with emotive closing track ‘Rising Tide’
Back in May, New York’s MIDNIGHTCHOIR (the solo project of Brooklyn’s Patrick Bobilin, sometimes assisted by Sarah Simon) announced his first new record in 7 years, and those were indeed a pretty eventful 7 years, such that we wondered if he’d return to making music at all. Inspired by his time running for office in …
Premiere: Brooklyn band FORAGER are fed up with city life on expressive new single ‘Hello to the Kiddies’
Well, doing each other’s hair in a press photo is definitely different, but that’s just FORAGER‘s thing. The Brooklyn trio put themselves on our radar back in May with the absolutely essential ‘Fuji or a Trek’, the lead single from their debut album, and we were starting to think we wouldn’t get another pre-release single, …
Premiere: The Mortal Prophets rework ‘Down On Me’ into electro-blues banger; new album out next month
Continuing his tradition of putting his stamp on standards and classics from across decades of the blues, John Beckmann’s forthcoming second album as leader of New York’s The Mortal Prophets is a staggering 70% covers. Not that you’d know it, for the most part – these songs have been gutted and reformed to the point …
Premiere: Eldridge Rodriguez share new song ‘A Feeling That Won’t Go Away’ and announce new album
Like so many other bands, 2020 should have been a big year for Eldridge Rodriguez. Bostonian Cameron Keiber had previously used this outlet as a pseudonym for solo work outside of The Beatings, who broke up the previous year, but his fourth album under the Eldridge Rodriguez banner – and second with a full band; …
Premiere: Malick Koly lines up debut solo EP with the energetic new single ‘Eaux Rouges’
He may be primarily known as a drummer, not to mention come from a jazz background, but New Yorker Malick Koly isn’t especially interested in defining himself by his limits. His forthcoming debut solo EP is full of surprises – his most recent single ‘Heaven For Now’ pared things back for an acoustic song that …
Premiere: Camp Bedford mark the end of Pride month with a call for solidarity in ‘Our America’
Back in March, Brooklyn trio Camp Bedford released their fantastic debut EP So Often & So Sweet, a short but impactful collection that put them on the map as a folk-pop band to watch. We didn’t expect to be hearing from them again so soon – they’re releasing a new single to mark the end …
Premiere: Eric Lindley returns as Careful with first new music in almost a decade, ‘Promise’
Here’s a welcome surprise for a Thursday evening – you may have thought Eric Lindley had hung it up as Careful, but life events simply got in the way for a while. He’s a father now, and such seismic changes often make it difficult to find a way back into making music. Throw in the …
Premiere: Alex Frenkel announces new album as Caicos and shares lead single ‘A Spade A Spade’
Formerly the vocalist for New York band Gospels, Alex Frenkel has since moved on to making music as Caicos. Last we heard from him, Frenkel released the Past Perfect EP in autumn of 2020, but he’s been at work on a new project, the first fruits of which we’re delighted to share with you today. …
Premiere: Paul Murphy announces new album as POSTDATA, shares ‘Mine the Sea’
Also known as the voice of excellent Canadian outfit Wintersleep, it would be fair to say Paul Murphy likes to keep busy. His main band last released In the Land Of in 2019, a year after his second album as POSTDATA, Let’s Be Wilderness. Twin Flames arrived in early 2021, and today he’s announcing his …
Premiere: Kid Francescoli announces new album ‘Sunset Blue’ and shares ‘Run, Run’
Back in March, Marseille’s Mathieu Hocine kicked off his 2023 with the release of ‘You Are Everywhere’, which trailed his then-unannounced new record, the proper follow-up to 2020’s Lovers. We said there was more to come but couldn’t tell you what, but thankfully we can lift the lid on Hocine’s new album today with a …