Premiere: Pony Girl announce new album ‘Laff It Off’ and share title track
Well, this is a welcome surprise – not even a year since their last album, Ottawa’s Pony Girl are already back with news of a follow-up. Following October’s Enny One Wil Love You, you’d have expected the duo to take some time off, but it’s two albums on the trot for Pascol Huot and Yolande …
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 …
Premiere: Ashton Nyte shares ‘Something Beautiful’ and announces new solo album for August
It’s always good to hear from prolific South African songwriter Ashton Nyte, who’s released an impressive 18 albums between his work as leader of The Awakening and his eponymous solo venture. Based in the U.S., he’s focused on the full-band project over the last few years, in addition to being temporarily sidelined by the pandemic, …
Premiere: KAZIMI is aflame with desire on ‘Fever Dream’
In a world where the typical route for an artist includes introductory singles and EPs en route to a debut album, it’s much less common for someone to make an album before stepping into the spotlight, but that’s exactly what New Yorker KAZIMI has done, in spite of herself. “I never sat down to make …
Premiere: Alaskan duo maeve & quinn announce debut album for September, share ‘Jeweler’s Row’
It’s been a little bit since we’ve heard from twin sisters Maris and Bryce O’Tierney, otherwise known as maeve & quinn, but they’ve been busy. It’s coming up on two years since the Anchorage-based pair last released something, namely the Star-Crossed EP, but until now we’ve only been offered glimpses of what they were capable …
Premiere: hunter & wolfe toast their ‘Famous Friends’ as they prep first album in almost a decade
It’s been quite a while since we’ve last heard from Brooklyn duo hunter & wolfe; longer still since they’ve put out a full-length album. With the impact of the pandemic on artists in general, it’s a relief to see they’re still kicking. Almost six whole years ago they released the Late Then Never EP, itself …
Premiere: Michael Ian Cummings of SKATERS returns with ‘Contemporary Me’
If you were a fan of New Yorkers SKATERS, you’ll probably remember that they went from a major label deal to disappearing after the release of their second album within 5 years, chewed up and spat out during a transitional period for the wider music industry. Band leader Michael Ian Cummings has been off radar …
Premiere: Homeschool celebrates new EP release with video for ‘Hanger-on’
The new EP from New Yorker Tom D’Agustino is all hits, if you haven’t been keeping up. Out today, the 6-track collection follows up last year’s Homeschool: Book II and is a great starting point for anyone new to their sound, which combines slick synth-pop and sky-scraping hooks with lyrics that tackle self-worth and the …