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ASKING ALEXANDRIA ANNOUNCE NEW EP ‘WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? THE REMIXES’

September 20, 2024

ASKING ALEXANDRIA is gearing up to set out on the second leg of their All My Friends headlining U.S. Tour. The tour will kick off on September 24th in Souix Falls and wrap up the U.S. portion in Chico, CA on 11/2, also with a couple dates in Ireland and UK in December. ASKING ALEXANDRIA ANNOUNCE NEW EP ‘WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? THE REMIXES’ Due October 18 via Better Noise Music, the digital EP will include remixed versions of popular tracks from their recent 2023 album, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? ASKING ALEXANDRIA have shared the first listen to two new tracks from the EP today, September 20. The “modern day, hook-laden” (Kerrang!) song “Let Go”—the third highest-streaming track on WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? which has nearly 8 million overall streams and over 1.3 million video views—gets a remixed touch from up-and-coming LA-based producer kodeblooded. Watch its music video streaming below or directly via YouTube The band has also released a remixed version of fan-favorite track “Bad Blood” from viral Indonesian DJ group Weird Genius. The group broke Spotify’s record for the #1 longest charting local song for six consecutive [Read More]

FRIDAY SPOTLIGHT: GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS SHARE NEW SONG “HASHTAG”

August 9, 2024

American folk masters Gillian Welch and David Rawlings have just released a new song, Hashtag which is off their 10th studio album, Woodland, set for a August 23rd digital release on their label Acony Records. Welch shares about the song, “We wrote Hashtag for Guy Clark. Guy taught us what it was like on the road. He took us out opening for him all over the states, to our first shows in Texas, Oklahoma, California, and South Carolina. He showed us the parallel universe of the troubadour.” Check out the new song here: Woodland is their first album since 2020’s All the Good Times, a collection of covers and classic folk songs which earned the duo the 2021 GRAMMY Award for Best Folk Album, and their first album of new original music since 2017’s Poor David’s Almanack. Pre-order or pre-save Woodland here. Vinyl and CD are available to preorder today from the Acony Records Online Store, and the album will be available worldwide on all formats later this fall. TOUR NEWS Today, Welch and Rawlings announce additional tour dates in [Read More]

Grace Bowers releases her cover of Dance to the Music (Sly & the Family Stone)

July 25, 2024

Are you ready to Dance to the Music? Today Grace Bowers releases her cover of Sly & and the Family Stone’s groovy hit, Dance to the Music. The song is giving you a taste of what her new album Wine on Venus will deliver, set for an August 9th release. Bowers shares about the song, “‘Dance To The Music’ is The Hodge Podge’s take on Sly & The Family Stone. While keeping the spirit of the original, but with a modern twist. Recorded live in the room, you can hear the amount of fun we had while making this song!!” Check out the track here: About the album Produced by John Osborne (Brothers Osborne), Wine On Venus captures the electric energy of Bowers’ live performances with The Hodge Podge. The record consists of nine soul-infused tracks including a new version of Sly and the Family Stone’s “Dance to the Music” as well as previously release single, “Tell Me Why U Do That,” Of the record, Bowers shares, “I’m so excited to share my first album with the world [Read More]

Dirty Honey announces dates for the final leg of “Can’t Find the Brakes World Tour”

July 16, 2024

We were there for last October for the opening night of Dirty Honey’s headlining Can’t Find the Brakes World Tour and it was phenomenal. Now, Dirty Honey have announced dates for the final leg of the tour. The final 33 dates of the tour will launch on September 13th in East Moline, IL and finish off in Calfornia on November 2nd. On most of these dates, the band – Marc LaBelle/vocals, John Notto/guitar, Justin Smolian/bass, and drummer Jaydon Bean – will welcome Special Guests, The Band Feel. Pre-sale tickets will be on sale tomorrow. Vocalist Marc Labelle comments, “After visiting fans all over the world, we’re really excited to announce the final leg of our ‘Can’t Find the Brakes’ tour where we’ll be hitting new corners of North America along with some cities we’ve grown very familiar with. As you can tell from our live videos, audiences from Milan to Sydney and everywhere in between have been thirsty for our brand of Rock N’ Roll and we’re more excited than ever to get face to face [Read More]

Grammy nominated Casadee Pope releases her new album, Hereditary

July 12, 2024

Grammy nominated, Platinum certified singer songwriter Cassadee Pope has released her album, Hereditary. Cassadee captured America’s heart as one of The Voice’s winners. The album signifies her shift from country music and takes her back to her pop punk roots and we are all here for it! Cassadee comments about the album, “This album follows my journey of self discovery so closely that I feel a little nervous to share certain things. But I needed to let it out. Creating this album was like a 2 year therapy session that continues to be there for me even after its completion” She has released a video for her track, More To Me. The song is an empowering emotionally driven track that is all about taking your power back from someone who wronged you. The song takes you a journey of how grudges can lead to toxicity and how freeing it is to let go and move forward. Cassadee shares, “I remember feeling this weight lifted off my shoulders when I stopped letting anger consume me. The [Read More]

RAY LAMONTAGNE UNVEILS NEW SINGLE “LONG WAY HOME”

June 28, 2024

We are excited to share that award winning singer-songwriter Ray Lamontagne released new single, Long Way Home. The track, releasing via the highly independent artist’s newly created label Liula Records, is the second taken from LaMontagne’s forthcoming, highly anticipated studio album, Long Way Home, out August 16—presave/preorder here. Check out the track here: “Long Way Home”, the album’s title track, is a somber, bittersweet rumination on times past. LaMontagne sings, “Summertime, summertime / Said goodbye at the garden wall / From the house I can hear my momma callin’ / Winter come to us all my friend / Just as every childhood has an end,” as flashes of warm memories float by. The core of Long Way Home reverberates deep into LaMontagne’s youth—at 21-years-old, in a small club in Minneapolis, he recalls seeing Townes Van Zandt perform live. A line from “To Live Is To Fly” has stuck with him ever since; Van Zandt sang, “When here you been is good an gone, all you keep is the getting there.” LaMontagne reflects, “Thirty years later it occurs to me that [Read More]

Breakthrough guitarist extraordinaire Grace Bowers set to release debut album on August 9th

June 27, 2024

One of our favorite artists of BottleRock Napa 2024 was Grace Bowers. The breakthrough artist guitarist extraordinaire blew us away. We highlighted her performance HERE. Today Bowers announced information about her upcoming debut album, Wine On Venus. The album is set to release on August 9th with her band, The Hodge Podge (pre-order/pre-save here). Today you can check out the title track: About the album Produced by John Osborne (Brothers Osborne), Wine On Venus captures the electric energy of Bowers’ live performances with The Hodge Podge. The record consists of nine soul-infused tracks including a new version of Sly and the Family Stone’s “Dance to the Music” as well as previously release single, “Tell Me Why U Do That,” Of the record, Bowers shares, “I’m so excited to share my first album with the world in August! It’s been a long time coming, and I’m proud of what was created with the incredible Hodge Podge and John Osborne producing. We recorded everything live, as it should be, for this sonic journey. I hope you love it as much as I do.” Additionally, [Read More]