Dear Tommy is the name of the latest LP from Portland’s Chromatics and will be available in March via Italians Do It Better. We’ve heard the gorgeous “Just Like You”, now listen to another one from it, “I Can Never Be Myself When You’re Around”. The song is another great track from an album that we all knew was going to be great as well, right? Listen below.
We are going to go on record and say that Deep In The Iris, the third LP from Montreal trio Braids will be one the best albums this year. If the first song from the LP, “Miniskirt”, doesn’t lead you to that conclusion, then the second reveal from it “Taste” should. The song has an effortless romanticism permeating from Raphaelle Standell’s rapturous vocals and complimenting instrumentation. Find the stream below and pre-order the LP due out April 28th here.
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London’s et aliae was a name many became acquainted with last year through her numerous original songs or remixes and appearance on Ryan Hemsworth’s Secret Songs label light pink compilation. Recently, she signed with a perfect aesthetic match in the label Cascine and has just streamed her first song for them “Only You”. It plays like the most serene, comfortable setting imaginable elevating the listener’s mind to almost a heavenly state. For those masseuses out there, you should probably at this song to your relaxing music mix immediately. Listen below.
Wild Onion, the second LP from Chicago’s Twin Peaks was one of those albums that made you want get fucked up carefree with your friends while getting up to no good. As a present to their fans, the band has just put out a collection of the album’s demos they are dubbing Mind Frames. The describe the release as “A glimpse into the bedroom feels of each songwriter and hopefully a treat for everyone.” While adding on their facebook, “We hope it provides something new for you in each track, but mainly just want you to have some free TP to jam to!” Grab it below.
It is frightening to say that we are two weeks away until the world collapses onto Austin, TX for this year’s edition of SXSW. Ryan Hemsworth and his boutique label Secret Songs will be throwing a day party on Friday, March 20th and it is sure to have one of the better lineups (full details here). Between Noon and 6pm that day, Hemsworth along with Skylar Spence (RIP Saint Pepsi), MAXO, Lindsay Lowend + Jonah Baseball, Et Aliae, Chandamo, Mitski, and promised secret guests will be performing. To lead up to the party, today, Hemsworth is has put up for streaming and downloading his take on Mitski’s “Francis Forever” from her fantastic bury me at makeout creek LP from last year (do yourself a favor and grab that here).
Having just announced a physical re-issue of her fantastic mixtape, Cut 4 You, and teasing her debut LP due out later this year, rising artist Kelela has will be dropping a six-song EP titled Hallucinogen on May 5th via Fade to Mind. The songs that make up the EP were created over the last couple of years in recording sessions and take you through the stages of relationship: rejection and amputation, domination and empowerment, feral lust and longing, rebirth and recovery, delirium and ectasy, and the payoff. The first song revealed through the animated video below, “A Message”, represents the rejection and amputation stage previously mentioned and was co-written with collaborator extraordinaire Arca. Watch below.
Collective Your 33 Black Angels (Y33BA) have been hovering around the Brooklyn scene for a bit making a name for themselves with an ever-changing cast of members and guest musicians creating a live presence both memorable and entertaining. On May 12th, the band will be unloading their latest and possibly most accessible release, Glamour.
Going along with the announcement, they are streaming the first single from the album, “Remote Viewing”. The songs offers nod to both past and more modern elements of rock resulting in tight composition that borders in psych. Find the stream below along with a trailer for the LP. Also, for those in the NYC area, you can catch them live at Shea Stadium on March 6th and Palisades on the 9th.
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