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Nicky Romero Kicks Off 2021 with Return To His Progressive Roots on...

January 16, 2021

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January 15, 2021

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January 15, 2021

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January 15, 2021

YAWDOESITALL brings more heat on new single ‘TEST DRIVE’, featuring TAWANDA

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Nicky Romero Kicks Off 2021 with Return To His Progressive Roots on New Single “Into The Light” with Timmo Hendriks, featuring David Shane
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Nicky Romero Kicks Off 2021 with Return To His Progressive Roots on New Single “Into The Light” with Timmo Hendriks, featuring David Shane

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Artists: Nicky Romero & Timmo Hendriks ft. David Shane
Title: Into The Light
Label: Protocol Recordings
Release date: January 15, 2021

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Nicky Romero is kicking off 2021 on a positive note with the release of his new single “Into The Light,” a true progressive house jewel for which he teamed up with Protocol talent Timmo Hendriks and Arizona-based singer/songwriter David Shane. Opening with upbeat piano melodies layered over a steadily building bassline, “Into The Light” reaches its crescendo with a goosebump-inducing drop. Shane‘s soulful vocals serve at the emotive cherry-on-top for a track that sees Nicky returning to his signature sound after 2020’s pop-oriented Universal Music debut “Nights With You.” On the other hand, “Into The Light” follows Timmo Hendriks‘s single “Memories,” featuring Jordan Grace.

After taking the world by storm with early hits such as ‘Legacy‘ (with Krewella) and #1 single ‘I Could Be The One‘ (with Avicii), Nicky Romero quickly proved that his talent is ever-evolving and here to stay. After launching his Protocol Recordings imprint in 2012, the renowned performer, producer, and label head continued his personal successes with a string of high-profile releases, ranging from collaborations with Armin van Buuren, David Guetta, Mike Williams & Amba Shepherd, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, W&W, DallasK & XYLØ, Timmy Trumpet and Steve Aoki & Kiiara to remixes for the likes of Robin Schulz, Kygo, Rita Ora, Steve Aoki, Martin Garrix, Jess Glynne and more. While showcasing his label’s roster via his weekly Protocol Radio show, Nicky Romero continues to innovate and evolve during these unprecedented times in the music industry. He debuted his ultra-modern “Another World” live stream concept last summer and launched the Monocule alter-ego. If quarantine has proved anything, it’s that the Protocol crew is never one to slack on new music.

Now celebrating over 2 years on the label, Dutch artist Timmo Hendriks first made his debut on the label with 2018’s “In My Head,” with Lennart Schroot, followed by “Thinking About You” as part of Protocol‘s “Miami 2019” EP, which has currently garnered over 3M streams on Spotify. His next releases, such as “Magical” with Lindequist, “By Your Side” with Jordan Grace, or “Be Alright” with Marc Benjamin, continued to show increased energy and a more mature production style. Hendriks‘s other notable tracks on Nicky Romero‘s label include “Keep Me Close” with Dash Berlin and “Deserve My Time” with Trilane. He is quickly becoming a household name and veteran of the Protocol team. Keep an eye out for what’s next!

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Cool Sounds share ‘Crimson Mask’ from forthcoming LP ‘Bystander’
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Cool Sounds share ‘Crimson Mask’ from forthcoming LP ‘Bystander’

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LISTEN TO ‘CRIMSON MASK’ HERE

With their fourth full length ‘Bystander’ scheduled for release on February 12th, 2021 via Spunk Records & Osborne Again (AUS/NZ) and Nice Guys Records (Rest of world), Cool Sounds share the second single ‘Crimson Mask’. Where the first single ‘Back To Me’ leant into classic 70s soft rock territory, Crimson Mask is Cool Sounds in a more buoyant and raucous mood.

Frontperson Dainis Lacey says of the track: “I wrote this song about the idea of clinging to the past a little too tightly. It’s a mildly raucous, conga banging, Velvet Underground inspired track about a depressed, alcoholic dad who dresses ‘a little Jerry Seinfeld, Chandler from Friends or Pacey from Dawson’s Creek and is scared of the kids in the neighbourhood. He loves wrestling and classic rock.”

A little about Cool Sounds and Bystander

Melbourne’s Cool Sounds make records that move deftly and playfully through indie-rock, pop, and alt-country. The band are defined by their signature guitar lines, as catchy as any chorus, as well as a beloved live show that sees six musicians crowded onstage. Lead singer and songwriter Dainis Lacey has been making music as Cool Sounds for years, but the band found a unique sound on their 2018 album Cactus Country and 2019’s More To Enjoy, which was nominated for the AIR Award for Best Independent Country Album. On Bystander, the new album out February 12, Cool Sounds are more attuned to their surroundings than ever: written during a European summer and recorded in three weeks over the following Australian one, Bystander isn’t always as laid back as the warm weather might suggest. With more of a focus on lyrics than ever before, Bystander, is at turns introspective, self-aware, irreverent and unflinchingly observant. All of the band’s essential elements are here – those guitar licks, vocal melodies that dip and spike then smooth out, and clever, understated rhythmic changes – but as lyrics are brought to the forefront, the band’s agile, elastic arrangements feel all the more essential.

January 15, 2021 0 comment
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Melbourne artist CANTRIPS return with new track ‘GOODBYE YESTERDAY’
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Melbourne artist CANTRIPS return with new track ‘GOODBYE YESTERDAY’

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Embracing a new year of music and creativity, Melbourne multi-instrumentalist Cantrips releases his latest single, ‘Goodbye Yesterday’.

Leaning further into some rich songwriting skills that bring out a gorgeous combination of surf-rock and psychedelic grooves, Cantrips (aka Patrick Ryan) has demonstrated how his sonic scope has broadened through 2020 with ‘Goodbye Yesterday’.

In a year that was unprecedented and unpredictable for many, Cantrips kept busy and continued to release music throughout 2020. His two singles – ‘Off With His Head’ and ‘Don’t Open The Bag’ – were exciting new additions to the building Cantrips body of work and with his latest, the artist is striving forward.

Elements of nostalgia and bittersweet moments of self-awareness are prominent in Cantrips’ lyricism on ‘Goodbye Yesterday’. With the majority of the track written and recorded in his Thornbury home studio, Cantrips took the opportunity to dive deep into his love for instrumentation and production here; the final result being a layered and textured piece of music marked by his individualism.

“This song was written around the time where I’d just left the safety of full-time employment and was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with myself. I’d been living in this sort of limbo, bereft of meaningful work and was tired of doing nothing about it. I was listening to a lot of 60s pop (Beatles, early Pink Floyd, Margo Guryan), a ton of Curtis Mayfield and other Motown grooves, and surfing a bunch. This track meets somewhere in the middle of the three. It’s a song about personal transformation – letting go of who you used to be and taking steps to finding out who you can be.” Cantrips

Hitting the coastal surrounds of Rye in regional Victoria, Cantrips and videographer William Hamilton-Coates injected humour into proceedings when it came to creating the ‘Goodbye Yesterday’ music video.

“The late lockdown and ongoing restrictions in Victoria meant that we had to get creative with both concept and execution. I’d been watching a lot of Monty Python at the time and the drummer on this track, Lachlan Clulow, suggested using something similar to the ‘endless running’ scene in The Holy Grail. If that wasn’t a sign…” Cantrips

As a performer, Ryan has had years of experience in touring behind him as he developed the Cantrips solo project. Having performed extensively with psych-rock band Sofala until 2019, his love for music in both its studio and live forms runs deep. In the creation of Cantrips, Ryan has been able to chase his own unique vision for music and writing, celebrating it in its intricacy and different forms.

Creating his own independent label too in Dune Castle Records, Cantrips is kicking off a new creative era. ‘Goodbye Yesterday’ is significant in this important formative time for the artist, laying down the foundations for an exciting year ahead.

‘Goodbye Yesterday’ is out now!
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January 15, 2021 0 comment
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Dro Carey Shares ‘Another Knot (Satl Remix)’ + Releases Instrumental Version Of Debut Album ‘Nothing Is A Solo Project’
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Dro Carey Shares ‘Another Knot (Satl Remix)’ + Releases Instrumental Version Of Debut Album ‘Nothing Is A Solo Project’

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Starting the new year with a bang, Soothsayer are excited to share sultry DNB-focussed, ‘Another Knot (Satl Remix)’, the third and final remix from Dro Carey’s debut album Nothing Is A Solo Project, which was released in September to critical acclaim, including Album of the Week on FBi Radio. Dro Carey has today also released instrumental versions of the vocal tracks from NIASP exclusively on Bandcamp and Soundcloud – thanks to a plethora of DMs from fans and industry peers – tying a neat bow around the album campaign.

Following November’s ‘Boundary (feat. Zellow) [X CLUB. Remix]’ and Sydney producer Sig Nu Gris’s remix of ‘Statue Garden’, rising Polish producer Satl (aka Adrian Rybka) has delivered a heavenly remix of fan favourite ‘Another Knot’ featuring London poet and artist RUE. The 23-year-old producer who releases on revered label The North Quarter, has taken RUE’s angelic vocals and weaved them through a melancholic drum and bass soundscape, bringing ‘Another Knot’ swiftly and firmly into 2021.

Released late last year, and a long time in the making, NIASP saw global praise from Resident Advisor, KEXP, Clash Mag, Dummy Mag and Pilerats, Acid Stag, Purple Sneakers and Form Mag locally. The singles’ diverse moods and genres led to playlisting support at various streaming platforms, including claiming the coveted cover of Spotify’s Top Shelf Electronic and seeing the album featured on Bandcamp’s New & Notable section. In addition to airplay on triple j and Triple R, Dro Carey also curated mixes for Mix Up and Midday Mix, as well as for New Zealand’s Friendly Potential Radio and Melbourne’s For Home Use Only series.

This instrumental release gives fans the opportunity to listen to the incredible album in a whole new light, honing in purely on Dro’s world-class production skills and sonic story telling.

“A record that defies genre classifications and celebrates the process of collaboration that informs Carey’s unique sound” – FBi Radio

“One of Australia’s most diverse and exciting producers” – FORM Music

“A wide-ranging mix of dancehall, electronic, techno, grime and pop” – Bandcamp

“Bound to get stuck in your head after a couple of repeat listens” – DUMMY

“Top Australian producer” – Resident Advisor

NOTHING IS A SOLO PROJECT (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION) IS OUT NOW EXCLUSIVELY ON BANDCAMP AND SOUNDCLOUD

DRO CAREY

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YAWDOESITALL brings more heat on new single ‘TEST DRIVE’, featuring TAWANDA
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YAWDOESITALL brings more heat on new single ‘TEST DRIVE’, featuring TAWANDA

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Linking up with fellow Sydney lyricist Tawanda, Yawdoesitall makes his return for 2021 with a heater of a new track in ‘Test Drive’. Following on from a busy year of plotting and releasing new music, 2021 is setting itself up to be one of Yaw’s largest yet, with ‘Test Drive’ kicking off a bright new chapter of creativity.

Between the two rappers, Yaw and Tawanda share a confidence that breathes life into their own individual music and together? They’re a match made in heaven as ‘Test Drive’ showcases their talents as performers and as a dynamic duo.

The single is built on a beat supplied by producer Miinor, a snapping arrangement that allows both artists to vibe out with ease. With the recording laid down at Sydney’s New Age Studio, Yaw and Tawanda built off early ideas they shared about the perceptions of success when it comes to a rap career, and what the realities of it can actually be.

“This is a fun song we made right before my solo show at Oxford [Art Factory] in 2020. Contrary to popular belief, we felt being a rapper came with a demand to have it all and own all the coolest stuff. With ‘Test Drive’, we say “Pull up with a Chevy/And it not mine”, as we debunk these flashy expectations by actually stating the struggle of being cool, but having to borrow or rent some of the stuff we use. A mockery, but also a fun way to go back and forth with Tawanda, verse by verse. This is such a different track for me and validates my ability to jump on every record and still keep it Yaw.” Yawdoesitall

Though 2020 meant Yaw had to postpone plans to unveil new live shows for fans, he kept busy in remaining at the forefront of our attention with the release of both ‘Get It’ and ‘ARMADILLO’, as well as being named one of the BIGSOUND 50 for the year. Promising indications that this young talented artist wasn’t being held back by restrictions outside his control, the music has continued to be refined and prepared behind the scenes; while Yaw’s first shows for 2021 are lining up to be some special hometown events this March.

PRAISE FOR YAWDOESITALL

“You paint such a lyrical picture, especially Maina’s chorus. I can see the scene in my mind’s eye, the relationships and the mood. A dream-duo if ever I’ve seen one.”
Triple J Unearthed, Tommy Faith (‘ARMADILLO’, 2020)

“While Yawdoesitall has been turning heads thanks to his mesmerising compositions for a couple of years now, there’s no denying that the best is still yet to come.”
Tonedeaf

“…the new cut is a sharp image of a young artist steady proving himself more than ready to rise through the ranks of Australia’s hip hop scene.”
The AU Review

YAWDOESITALL LIVE

Tuesday, March 24th The Vanguard Sydney
with special guests
‘Test Drive’ is out now.
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Volen Sentir shares stunning LIVE @ Magic Forest
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Volen Sentir shares stunning LIVE @ Magic Forest

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The boundary pushing Volen Sentir have announced a brand new stream called LIVE @ Magic Forest. The new stream overcomes the limits of house music in a brand new live video that is an immersive watch with mystic visuals as well as a world class soundtrack.

This Moscow-based pair have recently received the Best Seller status on Beatport in the Progressive House genre for a second year in a row, and are known the world over for their unique ethnic house sounds on labels like All Day I Dream and Lost & Found. In their short history, the duo has released a number of vinyl EPs and singles, made their way into official compilations from Tomorrowland, Cafe Del Mar and Buddha-Bar and have played all over the world. They were in LA for Christmas, UK for the spring and now you can be sure many more cities are going to host Volen Sentir in future.

Ahead of that, the duo has expanded its borders to become a full-band music project, including piano, percussion, flute and vocals that all add up to a spellbinding new show that shows off all their skills complete with amazing visuals in the atmospheric location.

The band’s artistry is filled with rhythmic melodies, powerful grooves and pure, all-natural harmonies. By merging these individual elements into a unified musical vision, Volen Sentir manages to create a unique neo-authentic sound where the sense of modernity harmoniously blends in with the echoes of various times, cultures and traditions and all of this is captured in the video of the new live show.

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Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are amped for the New Year with brand new single Pukebox!
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Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are amped for the New Year with brand new single Pukebox!

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Stepping back into the spotlight for a brand new year, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets hit the ground running with the release of their latest single, ‘Pukebox’.

At just over three minutes, this new slice of Psychedelic Porn Crumpets chaos is the latest installment of the band’s forthcoming new studio record, SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound, due for release February 5th. Hectic and relentless in pure unadulterated Psychedelic Porn Crumpets fashion, ‘Pukebox’ is one ride that fans will want to be on as brighter horizons look promising for 2021.

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Recorded between songwriter Jack McEwan’s home studio and Tone City Studios in WA, ‘Pukebox’ is a delicious example of how tight the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets sound has become over their last few years of writing and touring.

Receiving its worldwide premiere on BBC Radio 1 with Annie Mac, ‘Pukebox’ captures the essence of SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound and sits as a great insight into the new era ahead.

“‘Pukebox was the first song I used as a reference while creating the flavour for the record. I’d had the idea for the track for a while but I never thought it fit the style of our previous albums. I wrote the first part in first person, talking about my time at home drinking moonshine and wondering who else was doing the same. Then I compared that in the second verse with a secondary version of myself who I wrote about as a character, a little bit lost, waking up with a hangover in random cities trying to find a meaning while it sailed right past me. Both unaware of each other’s existence while slowly going mad through repetitive consumption.”
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2020 saw Psychedelic Porn Crumpets keep the wheels turning with new music, despite being unable to tour; releasing ‘Mr. Prism’ and ‘Tally-Ho!’ to keep the appetites of fans satiated. With both singles earning acclaim across Australian and international radio stations including Triple J, Radio X and BBC Radio One, as well as right across Spotify, Apple Music and multiple music editorial titles, the hype up for the new album started off strong.

Capping off their year with a blistering spin with Triple J’s Like A Version series, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets reminded folks that although they (like everyone else) was forced to take pause from usual programming in 2020, they weren’t resting on their laurels.

PRAISE FOR PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS

“A surrealistic psych-rock anthem that showcases the band’s frenetic compositional style.”
Rolling Stone Australia

“Utterly face-melting!”
BBC Radio 1, Jack Saunders

“…The energy they pack into their live shows is incredible and it’s all backed up by soaring melodies and expert riffwork!”
Louder Than War

“Besides having one of the greatest band names in the country, PPC are one of Perth’s best live acts, building headbanging spectacles from their fuzzy psych rock nuggets.”
Triple J

“Who needs a roller-coaster when PPC are out here producing the same adrenaline? It’s always such a rush listening to ya’ll.”
Triple J, Bridget Hustwaite

“As Summer 2020 continues to crawl along a flat line of dread and uncertainty, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are back to show that an alter-ego could be the cure for all our pandemic blues.”
Vanyaland

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets will return to live shows, supporting Ocean Alley on their national tour throughout August and September.

PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS TOUR DATES

Friday 16th January Mini Fest Mandurah Tickets

Supporting Ocean Alley
Friday 6th August John Cain Arena Melbourne  Tickets
Friday 13th August Thebarton Theatre Adelaide SOLD OUT
Saturday 14th August Thebarton Theatre Adelaide Tickets
Friday 20th August Fortitude Music Hall Brisbane SOLD OUT
Saturday 21st August Fortitude Music Hall Brisbane SOLD OUT
Sunday 22nd August Fortitude Music Hall Brisbane Tickets
Friday 27th August Hordern Pavilion Sydney SOLD OUT
Saturday 28th August Hordern Pavilion Sydney Tickets
Saturday 11th September Fremantle Arts Centre Fremantle Tickets

Pukebox is released Thursday 14th January 2021
SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound is released Friday, February 5th 2021
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JESS LOCKE Releases new single & video ‘Dead and Gone’ Announces Jan/Feb tour dates  New album Don’t Ask Yourself Why out March 26
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JESS LOCKE Releases new single & video ‘Dead and Gone’ Announces Jan/Feb tour dates New album Don’t Ask Yourself Why out March 26

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Praise for Jess Locke

“Australia has a flood of amazing rock artists in the wings posted to break through on an international level – a la Courtney Barnett or Gang of Youths. Melbourne artist Jess Locke has pushed her way to the forefront of this talented pack.” – The Guardian 

“Jess Locke has again shown why she’s one of the country’s most exciting emerging indie rock stars.” – Double J

“…a songwriter capable of balancing introspective reflection with pop-skewed accessibility“
– Rolling Stone

Known for penning indie guitar-pop tracks that are at times subtle and full of melancholy, at times delivered with an acerbic tongue, but always steeped heavily in narrative, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Jess Locke today shares ‘Dead and Gone’, the third single off her forthcoming album Don’t Ask Yourself Why out Friday 26 March 2021 via Dot Dash Recordings.

To celebrate the new single, Jess Locke announces an 8-date Victorian tour, performing to audiences in Melbourne, Ballarat, Kyneton, Castlemaine, Beechworth and Warrnambool, kicking off Saturday 30 January – tickets on sale now here.

As premiered on triple j’s Home & Hosed, ‘Dead and Gone’ “is a catharsis, a shedding of the old and an embrace of what’s to come.” explains Locke. “Singing it feels like vomiting up my sadness and regret and finding a moment of peace. People probably think that all singers always love singing, but that’s not true for me. Sometimes it feels like work and it takes a lot of energy. But I enjoy singing this song. I like the way it feels in my throat and my body. To me, this song isn’t just about moving on and healing, it is that in itself. I wish I could say that about more songs, but I can say it about this one. One of my favourite moments on the record is at the end of this song, when the humble little folk tune flies off into the sky in a looping, weaving, transcendent celebration of sounds. It’s a metamorphosis in real time.”

On the accompanying video Locke continues “I saw these time lapse videos online of plants moving and bending with the sunlight and I just thought that was really beautiful – those incremental changes that can so easily go unnoticed but are also so important. I suppose the song is fundamentally about growth, so it felt like a good visual metaphor to use for the video.”

‘Dead and Gone’ follows on from last year’s album tasters; first single ‘Fool’ – a simple and raw track, seeking to partner dirty grunge guitars, a fuzzy lead, gritty vocals and a punchy rhythm section – followed by the beautifully contrasting second track ‘Destroy Everything’. Both were received to wide acclaim with airplay across Australia and beyond including radio additions at Double J, FBi Radio, 2SER, RTR, & SYN, plus spins on triple j, KEXP & more.

Don’t Ask Yourself Why, Jess Locke’s third album, is twelve tracks steeped in the Melbourne songwriter’s trademark style – raw and honest storytelling, with a tendency for melancholy and at times poetic inclinations. The album traverses themes of human behaviour, our egos and self-reflection. On Don’t Ask Yourself Why, Locke invites contemplation. “I mean the phrase ironically, because really, I do want you to ask why” explains Locke.

Locke and bandmates James Morris and Chris Rawsthorne, worked with producer Rob Muinos (Saskwatch, Julia Jacklin), to record the album in a tiny studio in the back of a guitar shop in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, before it was mastered by John Davis at Metropolis in the UK (Lana Del Ray, The Killers, Gorillaz).

“For this record I was a lot more open in my writing process than in the past in terms of genre. I tried not to write any particular kind of song and instead just see what kind of style the song wanted to be. I found it to be an extremely productive way to write. I definitely came up with some pretty weird, and just bad, stuff that didn’t make it onto the record, but it’s the reason all of the songs that did make it are so stylistically diverse.” Locke says of the album.

Don’t Ask Yourself Why follows on from 2018’s 7” My Body Is An Ecosystem / Nothing At All and Locke‘s acclaimed 2017 LP Universe which debuted at #18 on the AIR Independent Label Album Chart, landed triple j Feature Album, was nominated for the Australian Music Prize and was #20 in Rolling Stone’s 50 Best Albums of 2017.

Jess Locke – Don’t Ask Yourself Why is available to pre-order / pre-save via http://jesslocke.lnk.to/dontaskyourselfwhy

UPCOMING SHOWS

Sat 30 Jan – The Palais, Melbourne VIC (Supporting Ali Barter)
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Fri 12 Feb – Volta, Ballarat VIC
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Sat 13 Feb – Major Tom’s, Kyneton VIC
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Sun 14 Feb – The Bridge, Castlemaine VIC
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Fri 19 Feb – Tanswells, Beechworth VIC
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Sat 20 Feb – Wrangler Studios, Melbourne VIC
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Sun 21 Feb – Dart & Marlin, Warrnambool VIC
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Wed 24 Feb – The Gaso, Melbourne VIC
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JULIEN BAKER Releases new single and video ‘Hardline’ Watch KEXP live performance New album Little Oblivions out February 26
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JULIEN BAKER Releases new single and video ‘Hardline’ Watch KEXP live performance New album Little Oblivions out February 26

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Praise for Julien Baker

“Little Oblivions unflinchingly reflects on the traumas that have defined Baker’s young life to date, channelled through haunting melodies and her plaintive, country-lonesome voice” – MOJO

“Her most striking album yet” – DIY

“There are traditional verse/chorus peaks here, yet every element contains its own micro- tempest – rich guitar tangles rearing like waves – as Baker stares down the conflict of what pleasure means to an addict” – The Guardian

“An immersive journey (…) a blend of electronica, soundscape and folk” – i 

“an understatedly exciting new direction for one of the best songwriters of our time” – DIY

“An anthem of vigorous hope” – Fader

“2020 needed more Julien Baker in it, and the emotive singer-songwriter came through”
– Teen Vogue 

“Stunning” – Nylon

“When Julien Baker sings, the people listen, and “Faith Healer” — the raspy-voiced indie rocker’s new single — is no exception. The soul-baring cut is as much a song about literal addiction as it is an ode to misplaced faith.” – MTV

Julien Baker has shared a new taste of her forthcoming album Little Oblivions by way of a new single ‘Hardline’, which she releases today. Listen to the song and watch the stop-motion animation video HERE.

Julien says, “A few years ago I started collecting travel ephemera again with a loose idea of making a piece of art with it. I had been touring pretty consistently since 2015 and had been traveling somuch that items like plane tickets and hotel keycards didn’t have much novelty anymore. So I saved all my travel stuff and made a little collage of a house and a van out of it. I wanted to incorporate it into the record and when we were brainstorming ideas for videos we came across Joe Baughman and really liked his work so we reached out with the idea of making a stop-motion video that had similar aesthetic qualities as the house I built did. I don’t know why I have the impulse to write songs or make tiny sculptures out of plane tickets. But here it is anyway: a bunch of things I’ve collected and carried with me that I’ve re-organized into a new shape.”   

The video for ‘Hardline’ was directed by Joe Baughman, who notes: “Man, even after having spent 600 hours immersed in ‘Hardline’ and having listened to it thousands of times, I am still moved by it. It was a fun and ambitious challenge creating something that could accompany such a compelling song.”

“The style of the set design, inspired by a sculpture that Julien created, was especially fun to work in. I loved sifting through magazines, maps, and newspapers from the 60s and 70s and finding the right colors, shapes, and quotes to cover almost every surface in the video.”

Overnight, Julien‘s session and interview with Cheryl Waters for KEXP was broadcast. She performed ‘Hardline’ as well as other tracks off Little Oblivions – watch HERE.

Last week, Baker performed the LP’s first single, ‘Faith Healer’, on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Filmed in Nashville, Baker is backed by a full band, exemplifying the expansive sound that can be heard on the forthcoming album.  Stereogum labeled the performance “stunning” while Rolling Stone noted, “Baker and her backing band moved through the expansive track and built steadily toward its final booming chorus. ‘Oh, faith healer,’ come put your hands all over me,’ Baker sings, pushing her voice to its stunning upper limits.”

Little Oblivions will be released on February 26 via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. The New York Times included the album in their ‘11 Things To Look Forward to In 2021’, column noting  “How does a songwriter hold on to honest vulnerability as her audience grows….she scales her music up to larger spaces, backed by a full rock band with ringing guitars and forceful drums. But she doesn’t hide behind them; she’s still ruthless and unsparing, particularly about herself.” Rolling Stone said “Little Oblivions’ is not only the most richly produced, pop-aware release of Baker’s career, but also her the most unsparingly honest in its messiness” and Variety stated “While the basics of her autobiographical and cathartic songwriting style remain the same, the arrangements are far more fleshed out with multiple instruments, nearly all of which are played by Baker herself. Without pushing an obvious comparison too far, what Bridgers’ ‘Punisher’ was to 2020, ‘Little Oblivions’ is very likely to be to 2021.”

‘Faith Healer” first introduced the exhilarating, widescreen musical palette and infectious spirit of risk-taking found on Little Oblivions, a transformative sonic shift from Baker’s more spare and intimate previous work. Engineered by Calvin Lauber and mixed by Craig Silvey (The National, Florence & the Machine, Arcade Fire), both of whom worked with Baker on 2017’s Turn Out the Lights, the album was recorded in Baker’s hometown of Memphis, Tennessee between December 2019 and January 2020. Baker’s tactile guitar and piano playing are enriched with newfound textures encompassing bass, drums, synthesizers, banjo and mandolin, with nearly all of the instruments performed by Baker.  The album weaves unflinching autobiography with assimilated experience and often hard-won observations from the past few years, taking Baker’s capacity for starkly galvanising storytelling to breathtaking new heights.

Little Oblivions is the follow up to Baker’s 2017 sophomore album and first on Matador Turn Out The Lights. The New York Times said the LP is “the work of a songwriter who has resonated with an international audience (…), the rare second album that, despite new self-consciousness, stretches beyond an unspoiled debut to reach for even bigger things, with all its passion intact”. The Sunday Times said “the mix of detached vocals, lush arrangements and laid-bare post-mortems on love, loss, dysfunction and acceptance is devastating.”

In 2018, Baker formed boygenius with Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus. The resulting eponymous EP and joint North American tour made for one of the most celebrated and talked about musical communions of that year, highlighting Baker at the forefront of a burgeoning generation of era-defining artists.

Pre-order Julien Baker – Little Oblivions: https://julienbaker.ffm.to/littleoblivions

Julien Baker – Hardline (Official Video)
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Little Oblivions

If you are lucky enough to have a future where the present anxieties of distance become romantic memories, I hope there are people who turn this album over in their hands years from now and remember the world it tumbled into. A world that, in whatever future moment exists, will likely be defined by the work people undertook and the fights people continued to show up for. But it will also be a world defined by how many of us exist on the other side of distance.

In the moment, here is a new Julien Baker album that arrives as a world comes to newly understand its relationship with touch, with distance. At the time of this writing, I shouldn’t want to run into the arms of anyone I love and miss, and yet I do. In an era of hands pressed on the glass of windows, or screen doors. An era of hands reaching back. An era where touch became an illusion. If we have been unlucky enough, our own lifetimes have prepared us for the ever-growing tapestry of aches.

To wrestle with the interior of one’s self has become a side effect of the times, and will remain a side-effect of whatever times emerge from these. The first time I ever heard Julien Baker, I wanted to know how an artist could survive such relentless and rigorous self-examination. I have been lonely, I have been alone, and I have been isolated. There are musicians who know the nuances between the three. What whispers in through the cracks of a person’s time alone. Julien Baker is one of those artists. A writer who examines their own mess, not in a search for answers, but sometimes just for a way out. A lighthouse to some newer, bigger mess.

It is hard to put into words what this feels like. Little Oblivions is an album that steps into that feeling and expands it. Sonically, from the opening swells of sound on ‘Hardline’ rattling the chest, loving but persistent jabs to the way ‘Relative Fiction’ spills into ‘Crying Wolf,’ which feels like speeding down a warm highway that quickly turns into a sparse landscape, drowning in a hard rain. Lyrically, too, of course. There are writers who might attempt to bang at the doors of their listeners, shouting their particular anguish of the hour. And there are undoubtedly times when I have needed that to get from one sunrise to the next. But there are also writers who show up assuming anyone listening already knows what it is to crawl themselves back from one heartbreak, or to shout into an enduring darkness and hear only an echo. Little Oblivions is an album that details the crawling, details the shouting. An album that doesn’t offer repair, or forgiveness. Sometimes, though, a chance to revel in the life that is never guaranteed. Yes, the life that grows and grows and is never promised. How lucky to still be living, even in our own mess.

The grand project of Julien Baker, as I have always projected it onto myself, is the central question of what someone does with the many calamities of a life they didn’t ask for, but want to make the most out of. I have long been done with the idea of hope in such a brutal and unforgiving world, but I’d like to think that this music drags me closer to the old idea I once clung to. But these are songs of survival, and songs of reimagining a better self, and what is that if not hope? Hope that on the other side of our wreckage – self-fashioned or otherwise – there might be a door. And through the opening of that door, a tree spilling its shade over something we love. A bench and upon it, a jacket that once belonged to someone we’d buried. Birds who ask us to be an audience to their singing. A small and generous corner of the earth that has not yet burned down or disappeared. I can be convinced of this kind of hope, even as I fight against it. To hear someone wrestling with and still thankful for the circumstances of a life that might reveal some brilliance if any of us just stick around long enough.

Julien, how good it is to hear you again. And now, in all of our anguish and all of our glory. I miss the way the outside world reflected myself back to me. Now, I make mirrors out of the walls. I am so thankful for a better noise than the howling of my own shadows. Julien, you have done it again. You expert magician. You mirror-maker. Thank you for letting us once again watch you maneuver through all of your pleasant and unpleasant self-renderings. If there is a future, there will be people in it who might not remember how this album came at a time when so many hungered for a chance to put themselves back together. When the imagination of a person, a city, a country, was expanding. When, despite all of that, in the quiet moments, there were people who still wanted to be held by someone they maybe couldn’t touch. Thank you, Julien, for this comfort. This glass box through which a person might better be able to see a use for their own grief. This kingdom of small shards of sunlight, stumbling their way in to disrupt the darkness.

— Hanif Abdurraqib

Julien Baker – Little Oblivions

1. Hardline
2. Heatwave
3. Faith Healer
4. Relative Fiction
5. Crying Wolf
6. Bloodshot
7. Ringside
8. Favor
9. Song in E
10. Repeat
11. Highlight Reel
12. Ziptie

Julien Baker – Little Oblivions is out February 26 2021 via Matador Records / Remote Control Records.
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BRIJEAN Share new single ‘Ocean’ New album Feelings out February 26
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BRIJEAN Share new single ‘Ocean’ New album Feelings out February 26

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Brijean – the Oakland-based duo of Brijean Murphy and Doug Stuart – shares the new single/video, “Ocean,” from their forthcoming album, Feelings, out February 26th on Ghostly International. It follows the single ‘Day Dreaming,’ “a full-on swoon, a dazed, lovestruck reverie that captures that magical feeling of giving yourself over to someone — or something — new” (Stereogum). Murphy’s vocals on
‘Ocean’ are reminiscent of Astrud Gilberto’s airy croon, floating atop a brushed drum pattern, sparkling Rhodes lines, and softly funky woodblock bops. ‘Ocean’ stands out by leaning back for momentary sways of blissful introspection.

“‘Ocean’ reflects on uncertainty while maintaining curiosity,” says Brijean. “Written as an inquiry into self-reflection, the dimensions of love for another person and humanity’s capacity for health. Around the time we wrote the song, we were listening to a lot of Jobim and wanted to channel some of the serenity his music gives us.”

For the ‘Ocean’ video, “Various methods of video feedback and modular video synthesis were utilized to manipulate the footage captured by Brijean and Doug,” remarks director flatspot ___•. “We decided on a black and white treatment of the footage, contrasting with selective coloring and unusually cropping of the clips to evoke a dreamlike sequence, bringing the ocean to the desert.”

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Murphy – one of indie’s most in-demand percussionists (Poolside, Toro Y Moi, U.S. Girls) – and Stuart, who share backgrounds in jazz, Latin and soul music and were both fixtures in Oakland’s diverse music scene, began collaborating in 2018. Following the duo’s first sessions, which resulted in the mini-album Walkie Talkie (released in 2019 on Native Cat Recordings), Brijean continued collaborating in Oakland, inviting friends Chaz Bear, Tony Peppers, and Hamir Atwal, who all would end up contributing to the album. “We improvised on different feels for hours,” says Murphy. “Nothing quite developed at first but we had seeds. We re-opened the sessions a couple months later, after returning from tours, and spent a month developing the songs in a little 400 square foot cottage.”

The leap from 2019’s Walkie Talkie to Feelings is marked by a notable expanse in range and energy. Brijean’s signature sound — a golden-hued dream pop tropicalia of dazzling beats and honeyed vocals — elevates with the addition of live drummers, strings, and synths. The album also finds Murphy fully trusting in her strengths, not just as a percussionist, but as a songwriter and collaborator. “Valuing myself as elemental instead of an ‘aux’ percussionist, and the undoubted support and talents of Doug, encouraged me to both make this project and collaborate with many different people.”

Brijean wants you to move, physically, mentally, dimensionally; this is dance music for the mind, body, and soul. With Feelings, they’ve manifested a gentle collective space for respite, for self-reflection, for self-care, for uninhibited imagination and new possibilities. The album cultivates a specific vibe, a softness Murphy has come to call “romancing the psyche.” In nebulous and verdant worlds of hazy melodies, feathery hooks, and percussive details, Feelings simply want us to feel alive. The songs radiate in wonderful abandon and with a sense of devotion to the self.

Brijean – Feelings
1. Day Dreaming
2. Softened Thoughts
3. Pepe
4. Wifi Beach
5. Feelings
6. Ocean
7. Paradise
8. Lathered In Gold
9. Chester
10. Hey Boy
11. Moody
Brijean – Feelings is out Friday 26 February
via Ghostly International

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ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER RELEASE VIDEO FOR ‘THE ONLY ONE’ TAKEN FROM ACCLAIMED 2020 ALBUM SIDEWAYS TO NEW ITALY – NOW OUT ON LTD EDITION ROSÉ VINYL + APRIL – MAY ALBUM TOUR ON SALE NOW WITH SECOND SYDNEY SHOW ADDED
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ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER RELEASE VIDEO FOR ‘THE ONLY ONE’ TAKEN FROM ACCLAIMED 2020 ALBUM SIDEWAYS TO NEW ITALY – NOW OUT ON LTD EDITION ROSÉ VINYL + APRIL – MAY ALBUM TOUR ON SALE NOW WITH SECOND SYDNEY SHOW ADDED

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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have gifted fans with the video for ‘The Only One’, lifted from their 2020 sophomore album, Sideways To New Italy – now available on limited-edition 140g rosé-coloured vinyl.

Directed by Mike Ridley, the video for fan-favourite ‘The Only One’ follows the beloved character of Pie Man as he wanders the streets of the Northern-Melbourne suburbs.

“The places are real, the people are real, the pie is made of cardboard and sticky tape.”
– Rolling Blackouts C.F.
VIDEO: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – ‘The Only One’

The Melbourne five-piece ended 2020 by announcing their biggest Australian headline performances to date, taking place in April and May this year. The band will perform to audiences at Adelaide’s The Gov on Friday 16 April, Hobart’s Altar on Saturday 17 April, Brisbane’s The Tivoli on Friday 30 April, Fremantle’s Freo Social on Saturday 1 May, Melbourne’s Forum on Friday 14 May, Sydney’s The Factory Theatre on Friday 21 May (sold out), Canberra’s Kambri ANU on Saturday 22 May and will close out the tour with a second and final Sydney show just announced for Sunday 23 May.

Whilst 2020 saw the postponement of Rolling Blackouts C.F.’s tours across the world, the year welcomed the release of their internationally acclaimed second album Sideways to New Italy. The album debuted at #4 on the ARIA Album Chart, #1 on the ARIA Australian Album Chart, #1 on the ARIA Vinyl Album Chart and #2 on the ARIA Physical Album Chart, and features fan favourites ‘Cars In Space’, ‘She’s There’, ‘Falling Thunder’ and ‘Cameo’.

Following in the footsteps of their breakthrough debut album Hope Downs in 2018, Sideways To New Italy garnered praise by critics across the world, locally receiving a 4.5 star review from Sydney Morning Herald and 4 star reviews from The Guardian, Rolling Stone Australia, Q Magazine, The Music and NME Australia who declared that ‘…lyrically, Rolling Blackouts C.F have gone high-concept.’ Internationally, the album was crowned Rough Trade’s Album of the Month, a 5 star review from Upset, 9/10 in Uncut and 4 star reviews across The Guardian, NME, Q, Dork & more. The band rounded out the year with multiple ‘best of 2020’ entries and were nominated for awards including the AMP (Australian Music Prize), Music Victoria Awards (Best Album & Best Group) & Double J Artist of the Year.

Tickets for the new show at The Factory Theatre go on sale at 12pm AEDT today here.

SIDEWAYS TO NEW ITALY AUSTRALIAN TOUR
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

Fri 16 Apr – The Gov (Adelaide)
Sat 17 Apr – Altar (Hobart)
Fri 30 Apr – The Tivoli (Brisbane)
Sat 1 May – Freo Social (Fremantle)
Fri 14 May – Forum (Melbourne)
Fri 21 May – The Factory Theatre (Sydney) | SOLD OUT
Sat 22 May – Kambri @ ANU (Canberra)
Sun 23 May – The Factory Theatre (Sydney)

Sideways To New Italy
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album out now through Ivy League Records
Available to buy/stream here

Sideways To New Italy tracklisting:
1. The Second Of The First
2. Falling Thunder
3. She’s There
4. Beautiful Steven
5. The Only One
6. Cars In Space
7. Cameo
8. Not Tonight
9. Sunglasses At The Wedding
10. The Cool Change

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MITCH KING SIGNS TO RECLUSIVE RECORDS RELEASES NEW SINGLE ‘OIL & WATER’
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MITCH KING SIGNS TO RECLUSIVE RECORDS RELEASES NEW SINGLE ‘OIL & WATER’

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  • Mitch King signs to Michael Gudinski’s new label, Reclusive Records
  • New single ‘Oil & Water’ out now – listen here
  • Touring throughout February and March – tickets available here
  • Mitch has over 36 million streams across his independently released singles and EPs
  • Mitch becomes the second artist signed to Reclusive, joining label mate Scott Darlow
Gold Coast singer-songwriter Mitch King becomes the second act signed to Michael Gudinski’s newest label, Reclusive Records. Today, Mitch releases his new single, ‘Oil & Water’, which was co-written with Mark Lizotte (aka Diesel).
LISTEN TO ‘OIL & WATER’
Mitch King is ecstatic to sign to Reclusive. “To be selected by Michael Gudinski and have him believe in my music is a great honour. I’m really looking forward to releasing lots of new music this year. Thank you to Michael, Andrew Mackie, and the whole Mushroom team – I can’t wait to see what the future holds for our new partnership.” 

Michael Gudinski is thrilled to have Mitch join the Reclusive family. “I have always been fascinated with the one-man band concept. After seeing Mitch perform live, I knew there was something unique and special about him. The fact that Mitch’s song ‘Coming Back’ was used and embraced by the NFL team The Green Bay Packers was a true testament to his song writing and I was surprised that he wasn’t already signed after that! The reaction we had after Mitch performed 5 Seconds Of Summer’s track ‘Youngblood’ on The State Of Music was incredible and it made it clear that we had to have him on Reclusive.”

A&R Manager Andrew Mackie says, “due to the honesty in his songwriting and openness in his live performances, Mitch has built an incredibly loyal fanbase. I can’t wait for more people to discover Mitch’s talents and integrity.” 

‘Oil & Water’ was born when Mitch and Mark Lizotte met for a writing session in Sydney. Mitch funnelled his personal experience into the track – “as much as you like to be with someone, sometimes the differences between two people are so vast, you realise you are like oil and water”. 

Born and raised on the Gold Coast, Mitch King spends his days travelling around Australia in his campervan, playing his music at the shows and festivals across the country. He first started playing guitar at the age of 14, spending hours in his bedroom playing music. His single ‘Coming Back’ reached new heights when it was picked by the US NFL team Green Bay Packers to promote their season opener. Mitch has graced festival stages at the likes of the Tamworth Country Music Festival and St Kilda Festival, and supported artists such as Tones And I, America The Band, and Supertramp’s Roger Hodgson.

Mitch has spent 2020 focused on writing new music and is looking forward to releasing an EP this year.

Mitch King 2021 tour dates
Tickets available now from mitchkingmusic.com

Saturday 13 February
Miami Marketta | Gold Coast, QLD
Tickets

Friday 19 February
The Bunker, Imperial Hotel | Eumundi, QLD
Tickets

Saturday 27 February
Friends and Relatives Festival | Wootton, NSW
Tickets

Sunday 14 March
Bellingen Brewery | Bellingen, NSW
Tickets

Friday 26 March
Stanthorpe Little Theatre | Stanthorpe, QLD
Tickets

‘Oil & Water’
Mitch King 

Single out now through Reclusive Records

Available to buy/stream here

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Silverstein Announce ‘Out Of This World’ Virtual Concert Series   3-Part Immersive Performances Streaming In February  New Album ‘A Beautiful Place To Drown’ Out Now
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Silverstein Announce ‘Out Of This World’ Virtual Concert Series 3-Part Immersive Performances Streaming In February New Album ‘A Beautiful Place To Drown’ Out Now

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After a whirlwind 2020 celebrating two decades together and the release of their ninth studio album, Silverstein are announcing plans to kick off 2021 with an immersive livestream event series in February.

Across three weekends the band will perform unique sets spanning their extensive catalogue. Virtual VIP “meet and greets” and photo opps will be available with the full band, meanwhile fans can grab extremely limited merch items including silk screen posters, an official Guitar Pick tin with Silverstein Picks, plus the ‘Out of this World’ soundtrack (scored by Silverstein’s honorary 6th member, producer Mike Tompa) on cassette.

Tickets, 3-Show & VIP passes and limited merch are on sale now via www.SilversteinStore.com

On the shows, Silverstein vocalist Shane Told says:

“After our ‘Next Level Livestream’ we thought about how we could step up our game even more! ‘Out Of This World’ will offer three different sets featuring our greatest hits, acoustic jams and ‘Discovering The Waterfront’ in its entirety. But of course, it will be more than just music, more than just bangers… We have enlisted some of the best people in the country to help us pull this off, so expect the finest in production quality, video and sound.

“Fans will get to hear a variety of tunes spanning our entire career and a few songs we haven’t played live in a long time… or ever. Make sure you swing by our merch “table” and pick something up too!”

With traditional touring and promo plans stunted due to COVID restrictions, Silverstein doubled down to celebrate their 2020 album A Beautiful Place To Drown in creative ways, including recording alternate versions of ‘Infinite’ & ‘Where Are You‘ during lockdown, and releasing their ‘Quaranstein‘ documentary.

After capping a monumental – though unconventional – 20th anniversary year with the release of Redux II and their debut livestream event, Silverstein will come together to bring their ‘Out Of This World’ streaming experience to fans in February. Full details below.

‘A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO DROWN’ OUT NOW VIA UNFD
CLICK TO STREAM/PURCHASE:
unfd.lnk.to/ABPTD

A Beautiful Place To Drown debuted on seven Billboard charts (including #122 Top 200, #5 Rock Albums, and #3 Current Alternative) and garnered global media praise. Encapsulating the best of Silverstein while pushing their sound into daring new territory, the record finds the five-piece straddling their emo and post-hardcore roots on top of pop and rock sensibilities.

With huge appearances from the likes of rap goddess Princess Nokia to Underoath’s Aaron Gillespie, Beartooth’s Caleb Shomo, Simple Plan’s Pierre Bouvier, and more peppered throughout, ABPTD is indicative of Silverstein’s fluidity and wide-reaching impact to listeners in all worlds of music. A Beautiful Place To Drown is streaming everywhere now. More details and tickets to Silverstein’s ‘Out Of This World’ livestream series below.

SILVERSTEIN
2021 ‘OUT OF THIS WORLD’
LIVESTREAM SERIES

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW VIA:
www.SilversteinStore.com

Saturday February 6
Episode 1: Performing their GREATEST HITS set

Saturday February 13
Episode 2: Performing their ‘DISCOVERING THE WATERFRONT’ album in full

Saturday February 20
Episode 3: Performing their ACOUSTIC & UNPLUGGED set

Each show live at:
2pm PST / 5pm EST / 10pm GMT / 11pm CET / 9am AEDT (following day)

*Each set available on-demand until March 1 after airing*

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EMMIT FENN EMBRACES THE DARKNESS ON NEW SINGLE “EDGE OF THE DARK”  LEAD RECORD FOLLOWS ANNOUNCEMENT OF DEBUT ALBUM FAR FROM HERE
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EMMIT FENN EMBRACES THE DARKNESS ON NEW SINGLE “EDGE OF THE DARK” LEAD RECORD FOLLOWS ANNOUNCEMENT OF DEBUT ALBUM FAR FROM HERE

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Following a world-changing year, Emmit Fenn offers some much needed light to 2021 with his powerful new single, “Edge Of The Dark” – listen HERE. The heart-melting record is the first single fresh off of the announcement of his debut album Far From Here set for release this April.

“You only get one debut album and this is mine. I’ve had the incredible opportunity over the years to try lots of different genres and styles and when you listen to this body of work it’s pretty clear that this is the result of that,” express Emmit.

“I think a lot of artists find themselves in a certain lane early on and feel like they need to stick with it their whole career, but constantly creating different things is something that has always excited me and something I will always do. Each song on the album brings something new, something different, and ‘Edge Of The Dark’ is no different.”

“Edge Of The Dark” explores the discovery of new perspectives and the idea of embracing the darkness. It has been said that we cannot know the light without experiencing the darkness, but at the same time, both dark and light experiences may be considered great teachers. Growth and transformation, in fact, are born out of darkness.

With his lead single setting the tone for his debut album, Far From Here is undoubtedly setting up to be the soundtrack to your escapism. At times during 2020, we’ve all wanted to travel “Far From Here”. Emmit Fenn’s long-awaited, debut album is for those looking to escape in search of hope.

The independent artist is one of the few collaborators to have worked alongside pop phenomenon Billie Eilish, co-writing and co-producing her “bitches broken hearts” in 2017. Emmit has also produced for the likes of Lolo Zouai, Yuna, Ry X, Shallou and Vic Mensa and scored the TV show Five Points for Mary Ramos (Quentin Tarantino’s music supervisor).

Emmit Fenn‘s “Edge Of The Dark” is out now.

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BEN HARPER SHARES INSPIRING NEW SONG “BLACK BEAUTY” FEATURED IN THE FILM ‘BLACK BOYS’
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BEN HARPER SHARES INSPIRING NEW SONG “BLACK BEAUTY” FEATURED IN THE FILM ‘BLACK BOYS’

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Ben Harper has released “Black Beauty”, an original song for the 2020 film ‘Black Boys’.

Listen to it HERE.

“It was an honour to have been asked to write a song for this culturally vital documentary,” Harper said. “After watching ‘Black Boys’ and discussing it in depth with [director] Sonia Lowman, I went immediately to work on composing ‘Black Beauty.’ I am old-school and still love getting players in a room together, so a production of this scale during a pandemic was challenging, with quarantine. I was fortunate that the incredible musicians in my circle have taken it upon themselves to become circumstantial recording engineers, and thanks to modern recording technology and some FaceTime sessions, I was able to work by sending tracks back and forth over the Internet.”

A film for this historic moment in a nation still struggling to rectify its racist legacy, ‘Black Boys’ illuminates and celebrates the full humanity of Black men and boys in America. It is a love story exploring the body, mind, voice, and heart through intimate, intergenerational conversations and stories.

At the intersection of education, criminal justice and sports, ‘Black Boys’ reveals the emotional landscape of racism—of how it feels to walk through the world seen as something to be feared. Deeply moving and profoundly beautiful, ‘Black Boys’ serves as a rare glimpse into the emotional landscape of Black men and boys, illuminating their full humanity, vulnerability and resilience.

More info on the film can be found via Variety HERE.

In October of last year Harper released the new album Winter Is For Lovers, a record that is in many ways a culmination of Harper’s entire musical life. The intimate and ambitious solo recording is his first-ever entirely instrumental project, comprised of 15 original compositions that seamlessly flow together, imagined as a symphony for guitar.

Watch just Ben and his Monteleone lap steel guitar perform Winter Is For Lovers in its entirety at The Folk Music Centre, the famous music shop that his grandparents opened in the late 1950s in Claremont, CA, HERE.

The music heard on Winter Is For Lovers is deeply ingrained in Harper’s DNA and leads directly back to aforementioned Folk Music Centre. The shop and community centre has hosted music legends of all stripes, many of which Ben met while working there. Some of the album’s many musical inspirations were visitors, including John Fahey, the godfather of the American Primitive movement, slide guitar master Taj Mahal, who Ben would later study with, plus the likes of Leonard Cohen, Jackson Browne and more.

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