Andy Shauf Wilds Arts & Crafts Listening to an Andy Shauf album is similar to watching a Wes Anderson movie. Both present immaculately produced worlds, full of quirky characters and narratives that reflect reality, or at least reality [...]
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine A Beginner’s Mind Asthmatic Kitty Records Sufjan Stevens has never been one to shy away from gimmicky concept albums. After all, his discography includes two 50+ song albums dedicated to Christmas, [...]
DURAN DURAN SHARE GIORGIO MORODER-PRODUCED “TONIGHT UNITED” FROM FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM ‘FUTURE PAST’ OUT OCTOBER 22 TAPE MODERN/BMG Duran Duran share “TONIGHT UNITED”, taken from their upcoming fifteenth studio album FUTURE [...]
Mandoki Soulmates Utopia For Realists: Hungarian Pictures Century Media Records Leslie Mándoki (Mándoki László) was born in Budapest, Hungary and had to flee the country in 1975 to Munich, West Germany to avoid persecution from the Communist [...]
Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection Full Time Hobby If the last name Cullum rings a bell, to the disappointment of many, or to the delight of equally large group of listeners, this is another Englishman, [...]
Ryan James Brewer Tender Amphion Recordings How do you combine sunny, sunshine SoCal pop vibe, with something so serious as suicide and depression among musicians and artists in general? Even though something like that might sound as completely [...]
EARL HARTLEY & THRIFT STAR – DREAM CRUSHER EP A SPILL EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE Texas native Ariel Hartley has been through her share of storms. But sometimes, being in the eye of a creative storm can spark something new. While on tour [...]
TRAITRS – “MOUTH POISONS” FREAKWAVE RECORDS Not long ago, we premiered the single “Oh, Ballerina” by Toronto’s own TRAITRS and now, moving on, it’s only a logical progression that we should also dig the new single [...]
THE HAUNTS – “STOCKTON” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE “Abra kadabra/ I’m a cadaver/ Up until sunrise/ Dead shortly after…” So go the clever opening lyrics to “Stockton” – an upbeat [...]
ALT-J SHARES NEW TRACK AND VIDEO “U&ME” FROM NEWLY ANNOUNCED ALBUM THE DREAM OUT FEBRUARY 11 | NORTH AMERICAN TOUR W/ PORTUGAL. THE MAN STARTS FEBRUARY 25 CANVASBACK/INFECTIOUS MUSIC The Mercury Prize-winning, multiple GRAMMY- [...]
ELBOWS – “THE NIGHT” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Elbows AKA Max Schieble is a Bay Area-born, Los Angeles-based songwriter, producer, and vocalist, as well as visual artist. On his upcoming debut album, Tales From The Old [...]
INFORMATION SOCIETY – “WOULD YOU LIKE ME IF I PLAYED A GUITAR” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Information Society stormed the mid ’80s with their Freestyle debut classic “Running,” and enjoyed multiple Top [...]
REVOLUTION ABOVE DISORDER – “ILLUMINATE” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE It’s fascinating how some artists are chameleons in terms of genre-fluidity. Sometimes it feels a bit awkward or even forced in some instances when an [...]
OF MONSTERS AND MEN MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL (10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) REPUBLIC RECORDS Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men have released a 10th Anniversary edition of their debut album My Head Is An Animal. This edition includes four tracks not on [...]
Ronnie Wood & The Ronnie Wood Band Mr. Luck – A Tribute To Jimmy Reed: Live At The Royal Albert Hall BMG Returning with his most recent live album with a tribute album to a blues legend, Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has [...]
José González Local Valley Mute José González is back. Local Valley is the first new album by González in six years, following the 2015 release of Vestiges & Claws. This album also marks the first album featuring songs in all three of his [...]
Lizzie Loveless You Don’t Know Egghunt Records It is a long way from Halifax, NS to New York City. Whatever Lizzie Lieberson picked up on her way from her hometown beyond her nom de plume of Lizzie Loveless down seems to have worked [...]
Alex Southey My Nights On The Island Independent There are two things you need to know about Alex Southey. First, the man is remarkably prolific. My Nights On The Island follows his last album, …And The Country Stirred which was released [...]
Sweet Nobody We’re Trying Our Best Daydream Records After initially being scheduled for release in summer 2020, the indie rock/pop band Sweet Nobody has at long last released their sophomore full-length album We’re Trying Our Best. Written by [...]
ELLEVATOR SHARE THEIR FIRST SINGLE “EASY” FROM THEIR UPCOMING DEBUT ALBUM ARTS & CRAFTS Hamilton, Ontario-based trio, Ellevator share their new single, “Easy” which is out via the beloved Canadian label, Arts & [...]
Crown Lands White Buffalo Universal Music With its upcoming Canadian tour with opener Skye Wallace kicking off in October, Canada’s most in-demand duo, Crown Lands, has returned with its latest EP, White Buffalo. It is a four-track EP, [...]
DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 RELEASE AMAZON ORIGINAL COVER OF “DON’T STOP BELIEVIN'” BY JOURNEY AMAZON ORIGINAL/UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA Death from Above 1979, made up of Sebastien Grainger and Jesse F. Keeler, released a brand-new, [...]
BAHAMAS TO RELEASE SELECTIONS FROM CELEBRATED LIVE TO TAPE SERIES VIA EPS, SINGLES & VINYL SCHEDULE TO FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS FROM COLLABORATIONS WITH LEGENDARY MUSICIANS AND ACCLAIMED ARTISTS Just ahead of his Sad and Solo Tour, Afie Jurvanen, [...]
Annie Neeley Big Old Moon Independent One can never be certain when receiving advice from friends. “I’m sure that crab meat at the back of the fridge is fine to eat!” comes to mind. However, when the friend is Sarah Rudy (of West Virginia band [...]