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PREMIERE: Strawberry Fuzz kick off 2023 with ‘Dropout’, releasing new album Strongs Dr. tomorrow
Well, that’s one way to start the year. If you’ve been keeping an eye on Los Angeles band Strawberry Fuzz, you’re about to have a very good week. In November, they released the Wasting My Time EP, a sampler from their forthcoming second album. Or rather, imminent second album, because it’s done – and it’s …
PREMIERE: Rodolphe Coster shares the muscular ‘Dolls Their Maps’, preps new album
Brussels man Rodolphe Coster has been on the go for a while; first as part of Flexa Lyndo, then as a multidisciplinary artist. Music remains his first love, however – as someone who’s supported everyone from Liars to Italia 90 and Thee Oh Sees/OCS/Oh Sees etc. He’s in it for the long haul. Speaking of …
PREMIERE: Paper Idol releases title track from eagerly-awaited debut album The Playground
We’ve been looking forward to this one for a hot minute. Reintroducing Matan KG – last year he released the Mania Days EP as Paper Idol, and threw out a couple of loosies at the start of 2022, but if you haven’t been keeping up, he’s spent the rest of the year in album mode. …
PREMIERE: Berlin-based Nigerian Isis Salam is ‘Westcoast Chillin’ on swaggering new track
Isis Salam is going places. She’s been plenty, too – born in Nigeria, she was raised in Toronto, had stints in school on both sides of the Atlantic (New York and London), and is now based in Berlin. She’s got previous in THUNDERHEIST, and has been quiet for a little bit since late 2019’s Last …
PREMIERE: Matthew & the Mainstream lament the one that got away on ‘Can’t Believe (You’re Living With Him)’
He probably had to sit on that car for a bit to get the right shot (see above), but the LA-based Matthew Lurie has been sitting on his second album as Matthew & the Mainstream for far longer. For context: the initial seeds that bloomed into the 10-track record were planted back in 2017 at …
PREMIERE: Ontario’s Graham Caldwell starts a new chapter as Tearing Up, shares EP highlight ‘Highway Bandits’
Billy is Dead. RIP. ‘Wait, who’s Billy?’ we hear you ask. Well, Billy Moon was the stage name and alter ego of sorts for Ontario-based Graham Caldwell. What happened? In Caldwell’s words: “I don’t have the energy to dress up as anyone besides myself anymore.” Hence the beginning of a new chapter as Tearing Up. …
PREMIERE: Gemma Laurence recounts the anxiety of a blossoming relationship on ‘Watchdog’
With the release of her second album approaching at an alarming rate, the Brooklyn-based Gemma Laurence appears to be going from strength to strength as she prepares to release the third single from Lavender. The record’s been a while in the making, following on from 2019 debut Crooked Heart, but while it’s still five weeks …
PREMIERE: Cosmo Gold invite you to the world of Krong with brilliant album taster ‘Wildflowers’
If you’re new to Los Angeles trio Cosmo Gold, then now is the perfect time to get on board with their diverse sound, because not only have the band shared a new single from their debut album (which we’re premiering below, no less), but they’ve also revealed all the juicy details about said debut album …
PREMIERE: Vermont’s Tom Weir readies new EP as Old Moon, shares jangle-pop smash ‘All It Takes’
It would be fair to say Tom Weir’s been putting in work. In the past year alone, the Vermont-based artist has released two albums, a rarities compilation, an EP and a single, and he shows no signs of slowing down with his output of winsome, jangly, melodic post-punk. In recent years, the subgenre has been …
PREMIERE: Up Is The Down Is The offer a ‘Memento’ as they prep new album for next month
It’s been a couple of years since we last heard from Idaho’s Up Is The Down Is The – their most recent album, The Mind Strays, arrived in June of 2020, and they’ve been quiet since then, until recently. No news did however turn out to be good news in this case, as the quartet …