FEATURE
“Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution” is featured in the UK daily paper The Guardian today. Read the in-depth article by Jim Farber here.
L.A.'s Alex Lilly comes off the road with Beck, Lorde to release solo debut album
NEWS
Los Angeles-based renaissance female, Alex Lilly, has announced the upcoming release of her debut solo album 2% Milk on Jan. 11th, 2019. The album is the first release for newly formed Release Me Records, founded by musician Inara George of the bird and the bee.
In addition to the writing, arranging, producing, and playing of her own music, Lilly has established a notable career out on the road as a part of the touring bands of such esteemed musicians Beck, Lorde, Ry Cooder, and the bird and the bee.
When Lilly’s in L.A, she has stayed busy throughout the years with her own projects such as Obi Best, Touché, Zero DeZire, and The Living Sisters.
2% Milk will be preceded by the single and music video “Distracting Me”.
Hear "Tie One On" by The March Divide at Cowboys & Indians ahead of tomorrow's album release
SONG PREMIERE
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
PREMIERE
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
PREMIERE
"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
PREMIERE
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.
Fawns of Love to release limited vinyl edition of "Part Time Punks" sessions, Aug. 24th
NEWS
Married Bakersfield, California-based dreampop duo Fawns of Love will release its recently-aired session for the "Part Time Punks" radio show as a limited-edition 12-inch vinyl album on August 24th. The release will also include a cover version of "Rocket Science" by The Chills, one of Fawns of Love's favorite bands and influences.
"I Don't Care" by The March Divide is ESBM's "Song of The Day"
SONG POST
"I Don't Care" by The March Divide is the "Song of The Day" over at Eat Sleep Breathe Music. The track is from the upcoming Anticipation Pops, which is up for pre-orders now at: http://smarturl.it/TMDAP.
Static Diary (Scott Danbom of Centro-matic) shares "UFO's" with PopMatters
PREMIERE
"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's "I Don't Care" is the Song of The Day at Northern Transmissions
SONG POST
Northern Transmissions names "I Don't Care" by The March Divide as its "Song of The Day." The two-minute single is taken from the upcoming Anticipation Pops, arriving Aug. 24th from Slow Start Records.
The March Divide shares first "Anticipation Pops" single
PREMIERE
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.
Jeanne Vomit-Terror "etches MIDI labyrinths into the 4th dimension" on "Empire Waste" debut, out Aug. 3rd
NEWS
Courtesy of Desperate Spirits: In her feature length debut, Mlle. V-T etches MIDI labyrinths into the 4th dimension with alacritous disregard for contemporary electronic microgenre orthodoxies, forging sonic hybrids at once novel and grotesque, eschewing the easy pentatonic or four-banger for labyrinthine harmonic and polyrhythmic structures that run perhaps contrary to her household-name aspirations, pop naïf that she is." The debut album Empire Waste arrives on Aug. 3rd via Lexington, Kentucky's Desperate Spirits label.
the black watch to issue "Witches!" on July 27th
NEWS
“I imagined Syd Barrett joining New Order with just the kick drum and the 808 state, or whatever it’s called, for the pulse," says John Andrew Fredrick of the black watch about Witches! (July 27th, ATOM Records), his band's 16th (!) album in a prolific career spanning 30 years. Look out for lead single "Georgette, Georgette" coming soon. Hear current single "Oh You Little Witch" (from "The Paper Boats" EP) at PopMatters.
Scott Danbom of Centro-matic to release debut solo album
NEWS
Scott Danbom, formerly of popular Texas-based band Centro-matic, announces the upcoming release of his self-titled debut solo album under the name Static Diary.
Best-known for his work in Centro-matic, Danbom is a veteran performer and accompanist in his own right, having worked with Centro-matic leader Will Johnson (who also appears on Static Diary), as well as Sarah Jaffe, Drive-By Truckers, and many more throughout his long career.
Denton, Texas-based label Goliad Media Group will release Static Diary on July 27th, 2018, preceded by the lead single “Phrase From Business”.
CALAN received a standing ovation on NPR's "Mountain Stage"
SESSION
Un-traditional traditional Welsh band CALAN pulled a standing ovation at their inaugural appearance on NPR’s Mountain Stage Radio Show . Listen to the performance below.