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"Think Madonna with a more poetic bent." Thanks to PopMatters for that welcomed insight. New single from Alex Lilly drops tomorrow and you can hear it right now at PopMatters or below. Debut album 2% Milk arrives Jan. 11th.
Jane Frank shares "Practical Jackets" single with For Folk's Sake
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Jonathan Frahm at For Folk’s Sake says about "Practical Jackets" by Jane Frank: "If Weezer wrote a smash hit called ‘Buddy Holly’, Jane Frank inhabits a space in her sound that blends the former’s knack for captivating with breezy matter-of-factness with the actual Buddy Holly’s pure sense of confounding cool. She owns the song and its message with unwavering confidence and inveterate wit." Debut album The Big Squeeze is out Dec. 14th.
Alex Lilly shares video for "Distracting Me" single with The FADER
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"Pretty freaking awesome," says The FADER of the Alex Lilly single "Distracting Me," out now. In its premiere coverage of the song's music video, Myles Tanzer writes, "It's a weird Los Angeles fantasy world where the digital realm crosses into real life and there's a lot of cats all around." Take a look, and watch out for Alex's debut album 2% Milk, arriving Jan. 11th via the Release Me Records label, recently formed by Inara George of the bird and the bee.
J Hacha De Zola takes sonic detour with Spanish language synth love song at PopMatters
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J Hacha De Zola's four-song, all-Spanish language, synth-driven EP "Syn Illusión," is out Nov. 16th. It's a diversion from the "urban junkyard" sound that J will return to on his next album. Says PopMatters of the title track: "As songs on the matter go, this is one that's bound to light the way forward and inspire a legion of imitators."
Alex Lilly shares first single from upcoming "2% Milk" album
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You may be familiar with Alex Lilly from her work with the bird and the bee and The Living Sisters, or her gigs as part of the touring bands behind Beck and Lorde. On Jan. 11th, Lilly will release her first solo album 2% Milk via Inara George's newly-formed Release Me Records. The first single "Distracting Me" arrives tomorrow and the L.A. Record has premiered it today, calling out its "punchy beat and engaging twisty-turny melodies, written about how romance re-orders priorities."
The Wheel Workers share "Desire" from upcoming "post-truth" with Glide Magazine
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"There is a post-punk sound here that brings to mind groups like The Pixies and Interpol complete with spiraling guitar solos that reach a climax with the infectious and anthemic shouted chorus at the end of the song." Thanks to Glide Magazine for posting "Desire" from post-truth, the upcoming album by Houston-based band The Wheel Workers.
Fawns of Love share "Someday" single from upcoming sophomore album
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Bakersfield-based married dreampop duo Fawns of Love will release its sophomore album Permanent on Jan. 18, 2019 via Test Pattern Records. The album’s first single “Someday” premieres today at Ghettoblaster ahead of hitting all streaming services tomorrow.
Hear "Tie One On" by The March Divide at Cowboys & Indians ahead of tomorrow's album release
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The fourth album by The March Divide drops tomorrow, which leaves today to preview another track from the "ingenious mind" of San Antonio's Mr. Jared Putnam. Check out the folk-tinged "Tie One On" over at Cowboys & Indians Magazine, and hear the rest of Anticipation Pops (Slow Start Records) mañana!
See the "Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution" trailer exclusively at Into
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Fanatic is teaming up with Altered Innocence for the upcoming US theatrical release of the "Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution" documentary. Into drops the trailer today along with a list of confirmed dates.
See the semi-NSFW video for "Hottie Tottie" by Big Fresh at Northern Transmissions
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"Is the video a modern day metaphor for Bobby Riggs vs. Billie-Jean King, or just some boys and girls having some fun, we will leave it up to you to decide," asks Northern Transmissions. Here is the music video for "Hottie Tottie" from the new Big Fresh EP "Sweeps," out now from Desperate Spirits.
Fawns of Love share cover of "Rocket Science" by The Chills with MAGNET
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Fawns of Love x The Chills! Hear the married Bakersfield-based duo covering "Rocket Science" from the forthcoming "Part Time Punks Sessions (plus 'Rocket Science')" EP, out Aug. 24th. MAGNET Magazine provides the not-so-Chilly, Fawning love.
Static Diary (Scott Danbom of Centro-matic) shares "UFO's" with PopMatters
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"It's an adventure... feeling as ethereal as its name might imply. Unassumingly infectious," says Jonathan Frahm of PopMatters. "UFO's" is taken from the upcoming debut by Static Diary, the new project of Scott Danbom of Centro-matic (out July 27th from Goliad Media Group.) Danbom's former bandmate Will Johnson makes several appearances on the album as well.
The March Divide shares first "Anticipation Pops" single
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Today, Jared Putnam of The March Divide chats with Glide Magazine and shares his two-minute gem of a single "I Don't Care" from "his best work to date," the upcoming new album Anticipation Pops, out Aug. 24th on Slow Start Records.
the black watch shares "Oh You Little Witch" with PopMatters
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Happy release day to the black watch! "The Paper Boats" EP is four songs that stand apart from a brand-new album already cooling on the rack for consumption later this year (news soon!) For now, give a listen to "Oh You Little Witch" over at PopMatters. Scribe Jedd Beaudoin says the song is "buoyed by a Manchester-style bassline, sparse but chiming, uplifting guitars and spacious drums that lift the song as much as John Andrew Fredrick's singular, charming vocal delivery."
Gregory Ackerman shares third single from upcoming debut album at PopMatters
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The third single from Gregory Ackerman's And Friends (produced by Pierre de Reeder of Rilo Kiley) drops this Friday on V2 Records / Munich Records. Hear "Don't Need Nothin'" today over at PopMatters. Writer, Jonathan Frahm says, "“Bathed in Californian moonlight, reminiscent of folk and soft rock music coming from the West Coast in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Ackerman’s gentle voice is soothing straight out of the gate.”