October 13th 2023

London based three-piece, BAR ITALIA share new 'Jelsy' |Watch/Listen HERE

bar italia have released new single and video ‘Jelsy’, taken from their forthcoming second full length of 2023, ‘The Twits’, out November 3rd. Led by the group’s three-way vocal dynamic, ‘Jelsy’ plays out like a conversation between friends over wistful, buzzing country blues, the alternating voices at points comforting, wry and hopelessly yearning. ‘Jelsy’ follows first single ‘my little tony’ which announced ‘The Twits’ in September. The Guardian said, “A killer opening line – “Your pretentious ways make me die a little” – plus edge-of-chaos sound, like Automatic-era Jesus and Mary Chain playing in a lock-up garage. Splendid.”

XL Recordings' CASISDEAD releases new single 'Venom' | THE LABEL

London rapper, producer & director, CASISDEAD releases “Venom”, the latest single to be taken from his highly anticipated debut album Famous Last Words. Following the success of recent single “Matte Grey Wrap”, “Venom” ups the tempo and the stakes, packing a film’s worth of plot into under four minutes and set to join a long line of CASISDEAD cult classics. It’s a track unlike anything CASISDEAD has done before and comes accompanied by a video directed by CAS himself.

Introducing: GGLUM, UK artist releases new single 'SPLAT!' | WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

At 21 years of age, Ella Smoker has gotten pretty good at decoding her dreams. Raised on everything from rockabilly and soul to MTV-era emo, she was drawn to music that offered a sense of safety, a feeling of being held within the layers of detailed instrumentation. But when she tried to write herself, she wasn’t quite sure how to conjure this sense of comfort, to make music that could adequately deal with the issues bothering her subconscious at night.  gglum, the moniker of London-born songwriter Ella Smoker, releases ‘SPLAT!,’ her first single for Secretly Canadian. The charming and immediately memorable song arrives with a video directed by Finnegan Travers. And yes... we took a double take too - this is NOT a Vera Ellen photo! Do you believe in Doppelgangers?

JAMILA WOODS drops song ft. Saba with incredible video! | WATCH HERE

You may have heard Jamila on 95bFM this morning - see what they're talking about as Chicago musician and poet Jamila Woods shares ‘Practice,’ the fourth and final single from her upcoming third album, Water Made Us, out today;Friday, October 13, via Jagjaguwar. Funky and catchy, ‘Practice,’ produced by MCclenney, features fellow Chicago native Saba and arrives with a video that playfully constructs faces using an array of body parts.  

Joshua Roberts - "I Don't Feel Like Myself" - Listen on YouTube

"I Don't Feel Like Myself" by Joshua Roberts (of Magnolia Park fame)!

15 15 (fka QUINZEQUINZE) share new single 'That Boom' | LISTEN HERE

Tahitian/Parisian 5-piece outfit 15 15 (FKA Quinze Quinze) are making music like no one else, conjuring up epic soundscapes coated in Moombahton and club-ready jaunts of the underground that’s been lauded by Crack, Dazed, Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, NPR, and received a personal invitation by Benji Bto his prestigious Maida Vale‘ End Of Year Special’, alongside George Riley, Liv.e and Ojerime.

“an intoxicating journey that doesn’t conform to any rules” – Crack Magazine

LEYLA MCCALLA shares cover of Haitian ballad 'Zanj' | THE LABEL

Leyla McCalla is sharing the final track in a series of singles that reflect upon the struggle for freedom in our society today. Originally recorded by Haitian political protest singer and folk musician Manno Charlemagne, ‘Zanj’ is originally sung in Haitian Kreyol. “’Zanj’ always caught my ear and brought a lump to my throat,” McCalla explains. “The poetry of the Kreyol didn’t carry into English, and so we ended up rewriting the verses while trying our best to capture the spirit of the song.” Featuring fellow New Orleans artist Alynda Segarra of Hurray For The Riff Raff

MADI DIAZ announces new album, 'Weird Faith' | WATCH VIDEO HERE

Hooray!! She's baaaack! Nashville singer-songwriter Madi Diaz announces Weird Faith, her new album out February 9th, 2024 on ANTI-, and presents its lead single/video, “Same Risk.” With Weird Faith, Diaz , who “makes even the most immovable feelings open up with just a little time and space” (Pitchfork), comes up against a problem that has dogged songwriters since time immemorial: how do you write about romance, or love, without making it sentimental or fake? For Diaz, the answer was to explore how anxiety-inducing — if not downright humiliating — falling in love can be. Weird Faith answers these questions bluntly, and Diaz says the record “chronicles a new relationship, but also a new relationship to myself.”

L.A. Based trio, BAD SUNS, share glossy pop punk new single 'Astral Plans'| WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

Masters of tuneful indie-rock melded with shimmery pop production, Los Angeles natives Bad Suns have shared their glossy new single ‘Astral Plans’. The latest addition to their expansive discography that has amassed over 865 million streams, ‘Astral Plans’ features earworm melodies and layered harmonies that weave throughout a cascade of psychedelic guitars and a grooving bassline. The LA-based trio has toured with the likes of the 1975 and Halsey, played festivals like Coachella and have graced the homepages of Alternative Press and NYLON – with the latter hailing Bad Suns as “the sort of rock that we just never get enough of.”