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Premiere: Charlie & Margot goes for a ‘Joyride’ on debut album, out tomorrow

Matteo DeBenedetti looks like he’s just realised his album’s out tomorrow, but there’s no need for him to be nervous because we’ve heard it and it’s very good indeed. So…

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Premiere: Matteo DeBenedetti has trust issues on ‘sleeping’; debut album as Charlie & Margot out next month

Here’s another album for you to keep an ear out for next month: the debut album from New Jersey’s Charlie & Margot. The project is not made up of two…

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PREMIERE: Jewels Gold shares live performance of ‘Royalty/Life is Meant to Be Lived’ to celebrate debut EP release

Sometimes, the true test of an artist’s abilities is when they have to prove themselves as a performer, and we’re of the opinion that New Jersey’s Jewels Gold has got…

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PREMIERE: New Jersey’s Rubber Band Gun wrestles with self-doubt on propulsive new single ‘Like That’

Self-doubt can be a real struggle sometimes; prolific New Jersey artist Rubber Band Gun knows that more than most – you don’t release 25 albums in a single year on…

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PREMIERE: New Jersey’s Cold Weather Company share the snappy ‘Movement’ from forthcoming new record ‘Coalescence’

We premiered the lead single from New Jersey trio Cold Weather Company‘s new record toward the end of June, to head up the release of their Coalescence, Pt. 1 primer…

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PREMIERE: Rubber Band Gun puts it all on black in video for freewheeling new track ‘My Time’, announces new album for November

If you know New Jersey workhorse Kevin Basko, then you know he doesn’t do things by halves. He’s spent much of the previous decade as the main creative force behind…

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Premiere: Cold Weather Company announce new album ‘Coalescence’ and unveil ‘Golden Hour’ video

Last heard from in 2019 with the release of their third album Find Light, New Jersey indie trio Cold Weather Company return today with ‘Golden Hour’. We’re premiering the video…

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Album Review: Screaming Females – All At Once

Screaming Females are back. For those unaware of the band, they are a three-piece independent rock/punk band from New Jersey. Made up of Marissa Paternoster (vocals + guitar), Mike Abbate…

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See: Bitter’s Kiss reveal new video for My God

“My God is my reaction to the irony in religious conflict” says New Jersey singer-songwriter Bitter’s Kiss, aka Chloe Baker of her new single, “Religious beliefs are most often promoted…

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See: Nadus reveals new video for NXWXRK

Nadus, the Newark, New Jersey producer has announced an expanded Deluxe Edition of his Broke City EP, out on October 16th via Plican Fly / Thread / Moodswing / RPM…

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