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Purchase Daughter of Swords’ latest record Dawnbreaker out now via Nonesuch Records. Find Daughter of Swords’ upcoming tour dates here.
Purchase Erin Durant’s latest record Islands out now via Keeled Scales. Find Erin Durant’s upcoming tour dates here.
Papa Bear & His Cubs was the deep-groove funk band from the 1960s headed by Eddie Disnute Sr. In 1975, accompanied by his wife and children, the group recorded their timeless singles “You’re So Fine” and “Sweetest Thing On This Side of Heaven” in “one night, and one take.” Thankfully the fine folks at the Athens of The North label have reissued the ultra-rare tracks although the wax version has already disappeared from the shelves.
Purchase the Athens of the North reissue of Papa Bear & His Cubs’ You’re So Fine.
BLUES is the eleventh entry in Kevin Basko’s attempt to topple Jonathan Rado’s challenge of recording and releasing 25 albums in 2019. For this album, the enigmatic songwriter enlisted the D’Addario family band to back up his fuzzy, tape-hissing blues rock opus.
Purchase Rubber Band Gun’s latest release BLUES out now self-released.
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Purchase Sam Evian’s latest record You, Forever out now via Saddle Creek. Find Sam Evian’s upcoming tour dates here.
Purchase Hannah Cohen’s latest record Welcome Home out now via Bella Union. Find Hannah Cohen’s upcoming tour dates here.
“Occhi Di Serpente” is the new single from WOW’s upcoming record Come La Notte out August 30th on Maple Death Records. The Italian duo’s slinky, shadowy pop adopts the psychotropic intimacy of 60s Italian beat film with their tightly-stitched patchwork of hypnotic drum and bass rhythms and seductively swirling surf-rock riffs.
Preorder WOW’s upcoming record Come La Notte out 8/30 via Maple Death Records and My Own Private Records.
On their fifteenth studio album in less than a decade, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard double down on the elements of thrash and metal in their repertoire. The pair of thunderous double-kick drums, gritty chugs of guitar, and seam-splitting solos tenaciously fuel the Aussie group’s most fiery release yet.
Purchase King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizards’s latest record Infest The Rats’ Nest out now via Flightless Records/ATO Records. Find King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s upcoming tour dates here.
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Purchase The Mystery Lights’ latest record Too Much Tension! out now via Wick Records. Find The Mystery Lights’ upcoming tour dates here.
Much of the promotion for the singles from Kevin Morby’s latest record Oh My God has been accompanied by powerful cinematic components. Today, Morby premieres the visual entrée for the record, a short film directed by Christopher Good and co-created by Good and Morby. The film exemplifies the dynamic Kansas City songwriter’s abilities to create bold and iconic work across many artistic disciplines.
Purchase Kevin Morby’s latest record Oh My God out now via Dead Oceans. Find Kevin Morby’s upcoming tour dates here.
“Polar Onion” is the newest single from the upcoming Allah-Las record LAHS out October 11 via Mexican Summer. The band collaborated with talented visual artist Bailey Elder to illustrate a psychedelic animated video fused with clips of Super 8 film footage shot by the band. Elder provided animation on the newly released Mexican Summer surf film Self Discovery For Social Survival scored by Allah-Las and other label artists.
Preorder Allah-Las’ fourth full-length record LAHS out 10/11 via Mexican Summer. Find Allah-Las’ upcoming tour dates here.
Omni return with a new volume of their tightly grooved rock and roll presenting a new video and single for “Sincerely Yours” from their Sub Pop debut Networker out November 1st. The Atlanta based outfit will also embark on a massive world tour this fall including a hometown date at The Earl on November 4th before heading overseas.
Preorder Omni’s upcoming record Networker out 11/1 via Sub Pop. Find Omni’s upcoming tour dates here.
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Purchase Steve Gunn’s latest record The Unseen In Between out now via Matador Records. Find Steve Gunn’s upcoming tour dates here.
Purchase Hand Habits’ latest record placeholder out now via Saddle Creek. Find Hand Habits’ upcoming tour dates here.
“Educated Guesses” is the latest single and video from Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster’s upcoming full-length record Take Heart, Take Care out August 30th on Fat Possum’s imprint label Big Legal Mess Records. A rough coating of the songwriter’s country-roots patina is feathered onto the new track with Kinkel-Schuster’s commanding vocals and beat-up heart tackling the burdens of a love gone cold.
Preorder Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster’s new record Take Heart, Take Care out 8/30 via Big Legal Mess Records. Find Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster’s upcoming tour dates here.
Sean Thompson has collaborated for years with some of Nashville’s most promising acts like Skyway Man, Teddy and The Roughriders, and Ornament, but on his latest endeavor, he brings his twangy neo-psychedelia to the center of the stage. Time Has Grown A Raspberry is the newest EP from Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears that herds in the whimsical sounds of the pedal steel and fried-out guitar with Thompson’s leisurely singsong.
Purchase Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears’ latest release Time Has Grown A Raspberry with $4 from each sale going to support The Nashville Food Project.
Coqueta is the music and art collaboration by Julien Passajou, Jezenia Romero, Jazmin Romero, and Yoma Ru Smith born from the Latin street scene of NYC. Their first single “Los Mirlos” arrives with a video shot and edited by Yoma Ru Smith following the group around the city as the worn-in bass track shuffles behind the weightless pirouette of the gritty guitar noodlings. Take a deeper dive into the collective’s other work with Heads Magazine, Bunny Jr. Tapes, and Jazzy Romero.
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Scroll through the galleries of photos captured during Pitchfork Music Festival 2019 including Cate Le Bon, Mavis Staples, Whitney, Haim, and more.
“All Mirrors” is the title track from Angel Olsen’s upcoming full-length record out October 4th via Jagjaguwar. The track is accompanied by a majestically beautiful music video directed by Ashley Connor.
Preorder Angel Olsen’s new album All Mirrors out 10/4 via Jagjaguwar. Find Angel Olsen’s upcoming tour dates here.
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Purchase Fruit Bats’ latest record Gold Past Life out now via Merge Records. Find Fruit Bats’ upcoming tour dates here.
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Purchase Hailu Mergia’s latest record Lala Belu out now via Awesome Tapes From Africa. Find Hailu Mergia’s upcoming tour dates here.
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Purchase Yellow Days’ latest single “Just When” out now via Sony. Find Yellow Days’ upcoming tour dates.
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Purchase Julia Holter’s latest record Aviary out now via Domino. Find Julia Holter’s upcoming tour dates here.
