MALUMA & ANUEL AA JOIN FORCES TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO DIABLO, QUÉ CHIMBA

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TORONTO, ON – March 24, 2023 – Global Latin music icons, Maluma and Anuel AA join forces for the first time to release their new single, Diablo, Qué Chimba; a highly anticipated collab, destined to become a party anthem with its infectious urban beat mixed with electro and the the distinctive flow of both superstars - an urban banger that proves that music has the power to bring people together. Stream or download Diablo, Qué Chimba  here.

Diablo, Qué Chimba, was produced by DJ Luian and written by Juan Luis Londoño Arias (Maluma), Emmanuel Gazmey Santiago (Anuel AA), Wander Manuel Mendez (Santo Niño), René David Cano Ríos (Bull Nene), Luian Malavé Nieves (DJ Luian), Xavier Semper, Edgar Semper, Pablo Fuentes (BF) and Kedin Maysonet.

The music video was shot in Miami, produced by Royalty Films and directed by Juan Luis Londoño Arias (Maluma) and Cesar "Tes" Pimienta. Shot in Miami, it features elements reminiscent of old school Reggaetón videos and has an edgy comedic twist alluding to past friction between the artists and underscoring new phrase, "Siempre Flow Maluma" as well as Anuel's iconic "Real Hasta La Muerte". To watch the official video, click here.

This new single, along with La Fórmula and La Reina will be part of Maluma's highly anticipated upcoming album, due out later this year.

And, as if that were not enough; last week, Maluma garnered two Latin American Music Awards nominations, including: Best Song - Pop (for Junio) and Tour of the Year (for Maluma Papi Juancho World Tour). The eighth annual Latin American Music Awards will take place on April 20th at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas and will be broadcast simultaneously on Univision, UNIMAS and Galavision networks starting at 7:00 pm ET. Fans can vote for their favourite artists until March 26 here

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Maluma on TikTok: @maluma

About MALUMA
Maluma is one of the leading voices in Latin music and a bona fide global youth idol. Born Juan Luis Londoño in Medellin, Colombia, he formulated his artistic moniker Maluma from the first two letters of the names of his mother, father and sister.

The 2018 Latin GRAMMY award winner for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album (for F.A.M.E.) is one of social media’s most popular artists with over 25 million Facebook fans, 8 million Twitter followers, and a whopping 63 million Instagram followers, making him the leading Latin male artist on Instagram and the first and only one to surpass 50 million followers. His official YouTube/VEVO channel has more than 28.1 million subscribers, having earned him a YouTube Diamond Play Button Award.

With his Maluma World Tour he has achieved unparalleled success, having sold over one million tickets in 105 worldwide concerts in 2017 alone and becoming the top concert-selling Latin artist in the world. In 2018 and 2019, he broke records achieving full houses in all of his shows throughout the United States and Europe selling out Madison Square Garden (New York), the American Airlines Arena (Miami) and two The Forums (Los Angeles), among others. With his 11:11 World Tour he also sold out Israel's largest venue, Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv (60,000+ audience); made history at the 18th annual Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco, setting an all-time attendance record with his headlining concert in front of 200,000 people; and performed for the first time ever in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in front of 25,000. He continued to take over throughout 2021 and 2022 with sold-outs in the United States, Europe, Latin American and the Middle East.

Since joining Sony Music Latin in 2015, Maluma has released seven albums, Pretty Boy Dirty Boy (2015), F.A.M.E. (2018), 11:11(2019), Papi Juancho (2020), 7DJ (2021), The Love & Sex Tape and The Love & Sex Tape Deluxe (2022). Maluma is the youngest artist to simultaneously hold both the #1 and #2 spots on Billboard's Latin Airplay chart and only the sixth act to ever achieve the feat he has now repeated three times. To date Maluma has had twenty-two #1 singles on Billboard's Latin Airplay chart.

Maluma's altruistic spirit is outstanding for the community work he leads with his foundation, El Arte de Los Sueños, based in Medellín, Colombia. Founded in 2016, the Foundation's mission is to transform at-risk youth through art and music education. In 2021, Maluma acted in his first Disney animation movie, Encanto, 2022 Oscar winner for Best Animation Feature. Earlier this year, Maluma debuted in Hollywood with his starring role as Bastian in the movie, Marry Me, alongside Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson.

About Anuel AA
Anuel has earned the title of Latin Global Superstar. Because of the success of the song, La ocasion; he entered the artistic world. The artist was arrested and sentenced to 30 months in prison in Puerto Rico at the height of his popularity.

On the same day as his release from prison in July 2018, Anuel released his album, REAL HASTA LA MUERTE, which received overwhelming support from his fans all over the world. The album reached the top of the music charts across all digital platforms. For more than 26 weeks in 2018, Anuel held the title of most viewed musician on YouTube worldwide. He was nominated for and won the Premio Lo Nuestro 2019 for Best New Artist.

Anuel's tours have been a success in the United States, Latin America, and Europe, with sold out crowds in every city. With REAL HASTA LA MUERTE, he was also named one of the 50 best Latin albums of the decade.

Premio Lo Nuestro, Premios Juventud, Premios Tu Musica Urbana, Premios Billboard, and Latin Grammy are among his accolades and nominations. With the release of his most recent studio album, EMMANUEL, he achieved the latter. Anuel was honored by the highest authority in Spanish music in seven categories, including the opportunity to realize his most cherished childhood ambition of singing on the Latin Grammys stage.  Recently, Anuel presented his new album, LAS LEYENDAS NUNCA MUEREN (Legends Never Die),  as a tribute to his idols and artistic achievements. His new 33-song studio album Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren 2 is currently being promoted along with his focus single, Si yo me muero, available on all digital platforms and YouTube.

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TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION RELEASES VIDEO FOR HELL HOUNDS SINGLE

NEW ALBUM THE NAME LIVES ON TO BE RELEASED
APRIL 21

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TOUR DATES HAPPENING NOW

TORONTO, ON – March 24, 2023 – Heavy Southern Rock band, Texas Hippie Coalition, is set to release their new album, The Name Lives On, on April 21 via MNRK Heavy. The band's seventh studio album is a hard-hitting, riff-heavy sonic assault from beginning to end. Starting today, fans can pre-save/pre-order the album here. Texas Hippie Coalition is currently on the road, with U.S. dates through mid-June (full dates below).

The band also releases the punishing video for their first single, Hell Hounds, directed by Justin H. Reich.  Watch it here.

Texas Hippie Coalition is often compared to the many great Southern Rock and Texas bands that came before them. But they are proving to the world that THC is not just following in their footsteps, they are leaving giant footprints. THC has etched out a place for themselves in the multi-genre fields of music, and have also created their own genre, "Red Dirt Metal." You have to hear it to understand it. Words are not enough to convey how powerfully big their sound is.

Texas Hippie Coalition Tour Dates:
March 29 - Arizona Bike Week- Scottsdale, AZ
March 30 - Count’s Vamp’d Rock Bar - Las Vegas, NV
March 31 - Juggernaut Music - Gallup, NM
April  1 - Lauter Haus Brewing Co. - Farmington, NM
April  2  - The Liberty -  Roswell, NM
April 13 - Southbound - Springfield, MO
April 14 - Royal 66 Mountain - Home, AR
April 15 - Kansas Crossing Casino - Pittsburg, KS
April 16 - Brooksto - Dover, AR
April 20 - Moxi Theatre - Greeley, CO
April 21 - Wild Goose Saloon - Parker, CO
April 22 - Wild Goose Saloon - Parker, CO
April 23 - Sunshine Studios Live - Colorado Springs, CO
April 28 - Yukon Czech Hall - Yukon, OK  
April 29 - Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK
May 19 - Tannahill's Tavern & Music Hall - Fort Worth, TX
May 20 - Scout Bar - Houston, TX
May 21 - Southport Hall - Jefferson, LA
May 25 - The Crafthouse Stage & Grill - Pittsburgh, PA
May 26 - Blue Note Harrison, Harrison, OH
June 8 - The Forge - Joliet, IL
June 9 - The Eclectic Room - Angola, IN
June 10 - The King of Clubs - Columbus, OH
June 11 - Mohawk Place - Buffalo, NY
June 14 - The Big House - Laconia, NH
June 15 - The L, Horseheads, NY
June 16 - The Winchester - Lakewood, OH

Texas Hippie Coalition are:
Big Dad Ritch
Cord Pool
Nevada Romo
Lorado Romo
Joey Mandigo

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MONTREAL’S GRAND PUBLIC RELEASE DREAMY DEBUT EP IDÉAL TEMPO

OUT TODAY ON LISBON LUX RECORDS

LISTEN HERE
AND WATCH THE VIDEO FOR ALBUM HIGHLIGHT

GOUTTE À GOUTTE

TORONTO, ON – March 24, 2023 – Mixing hypnotic rhythms and explosive tension, Montreal’s Grand Public offer music built of angular textures and aerial melodies; the guitars intermingle and respond to each other, while the bass and percussion insert themselves into the vocal tunes. Today, the four-piece band shares their dreamy indie-pop infused EP, Idéal tempo, via Lisbon Lux Records. Listen here.

Grand Public – made up of Gregory Paquet (The Stills, Molly Rankin of Alvvays, Peter Peter) and three childhood friends who have played together in several bands over the years – took advantage of the pandemic era to bring the project to a boil, refining their sound and writing several songs; four of them coming to fruition with producer, Dominic Vanchesteing (Bernardino Femminielli, Marie Davidson, Julia Daigle).  Recorded live off the floor over the course of only a couple of days, at Alex Crow’s studio in the heart of the Plateau in Montreal, the band poured over every detail of the songs, and played with vocal harmonies for the first time.

“Our producer put a lot of emphasis on the harmonies and it definitely adds a rich layer to the songs – very much colours the mood of the EP,” reflects the band.

In tandem with the EP’s release, the band shares the music video for standout album track, Goutte à goutte. “All of the songs on Idéal tempo were recorded live with the most standard rock instrumentation: two guitars, bass and drums,” the band adds. “But we did use a 12-string guitar on Goutte à Goutte for that extra chimey, jangly magic, and we really like the way it came out – the sinuous, swirly, hazy feeling of it.” Watch Goutte à goutte here.

With more new music on the horizon, Grand Public give the ideal taste of their captivating sound with Idéal tempo. Stay tuned for what’s to come!

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DARRELLE LONDON RELEASES DEBUT FULL-LENGTH CHILDREN’S ALBUM PRIMARY – OUT TODAY!

LISTEN TO PRIMARY HERE AND WATCH THE FUN ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO FOR ALBUM TRACK WILD PARTY

TORONTO, ON – March 24, 2023 – Celebrating with one Wild Party, Toronto singer-songwriter, Darrelle London, is overjoyed to release her brand new children’s album, Primary! Out today, the dazzling, awe-inspiring collection of “Kindie” (Kid-Indie) songs takes listeners on a journey through a colourful world of curiosity, creativity and laughter. Dive in to Primary here!

Perfectly capturing the spirit of the record is Wild Party – a catchy pop-punk styled song about some unexpected furred and feathered party crashers. "One of the joys of writing kids’ music is that no topic is too strange or too silly,” says London. “I wrote this song on ukulele but it ended up having pop/punk/rock production, and it offers instructions on what to do when wild animals crash your birthday party – because, why not?" Have a look at the colourful animated music video, which arrived alongside the album release today.

With a back-catalogue of albums that have been described as “quirky” and “whimsical” – though not necessarily aimed towards kids – it was a natural progression for London to take her musical style and turn it into her first full-length children’s album. Primary perfectly treads the line between music for kids and music for grown-ups, with enchanting lyrical storytelling set to infectious indie-pop instrumentation. Produced by Dean Drouillard, and featuring some of Canada’s best session players bringing London’s imaginative tunes to life with jubilant horns and lush strings, the album carries listeners on a journey through a colourful world of curiosity, creativity, and laughter.

“I am so thrilled to finally share these songs with the world,” exclaims London. “Families have been so supportive of the first singles, which means the world to me.  It’s such an honour to be incorporated into a family’s life through music, whether it’s a bedtime pajama dance party or a long car ride. I feel so grateful and I can’t wait to hear what the little ones think of the album!” 

A mother of two young’uns herself, Primary marks the first time that London made an album since her children were babies. While playing the role of teacher (among many other things!) during the initial COVID lockdowns, London’s children would ask questions and she felt compelled to answer them in the form of songs. The songs on Primary explore the small wonders of life, such a seeing the moon out during the day (Day Moon); simple pleasures, like going for ice cream with a friend on a hot summer day (Ice Cream); they joy found in creating art just for the sake of it (Primary and Let’s Make Something New); and even important lessons like why we should respect even the tiniest of creatures (Bugs).

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MORE ABOUT DARRELLE LONDON:
Darrelle is no stranger to following her heart to unexpected places. After turning down law school to pursue a music career, she has spent the last decade making her mark on the college and festival circuit across North America. Some highlights include performing at iconic venues such as Hollywood’s Troubadour Club and Nashville’s Bluebird Café, collaborating with her favourite artists such as Chantal Kreviazuk, being chosen by Sarah McLachlan to perform at Lilith Fair, and placing her music on TV shows and ad campaigns in the US and South Korea.­­

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RCA RECORDS / SLUMBO LABS ARTIST   ISABEL LaROSA RELEASES NEW EP  YOU FEAR THE GOD THAT LOVES YOU 

FEATURING VIRAL TRACK MORE THAN FRIENDS 
WATCH OFFICIAL VIDEO HERE DIRECTED & WRITTEN BY LaROSA 

CONFIRMED FOR LOLLAPALOOZA AUGUST 2023
DEBUT SHOWS IN THE UK & DUBLIN ANNOUNCED 

Toronto, ON – March 24, 2023 – Just as she wraps up a sold-out nationwide tour with pop sensation Nessa Barrett, critically acclaimed indie artist, Isabel LaRosa, has released her new EP, YOU FEAR THE GOD THAT LOVES YOULaRosa will conclude her tour with Nessa Barrett tomorrow night – March 25 – at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Listen to the EP here and watch the video for viral track, more than friends, here.

“This EP follows the story of a girl growing up in a religious household,” shares LaRosa. “She goes through the motions of new love and heartbreak, intertwined with grief and guilt. It’s structured so that the beginning of the EP is the most innocent and lighthearted part, and by the end, it reaches the darkest part in her story.” 

In addition to more than friends - which beautifully captures the frustration of being in a friendship that you wish were more - LaRosa’s new EP includes the songs, butterfliesi don't forgive you, and without you.  In succession, these songs take the listener through the emotional journey of a failed relationship – from the excitement that comes from first meeting to the anger that comes from breaking up.  

The EP culminates with praying, during which LaRosa encapsulates what it’s like to grow up in a strict, religious household.   

“The environment starts to feel suffocating as you want to rebel more as a young adult,” shares LaRosa. “The song describes the shame and guilt that you feel and the fear that comes with thinking you’re making the wrong decisions, and God will know.” The official music video for praying drops on March 31.  

Even with the release of YOU FEAR THE GOD THAT LOVES YOU, LaRosa is probably still buzzing from the success of her single, i’m yours, and debut EP,  i’m watching you

Since its release in late 2022, i’m yours has amassed 200+ million streams, 15+ million longform video views, and 770+ million shortform video views. The sound has been used by breakout influencers like Nessa Barrett, as well as Huddy, Emma Norton, and Kayla Nicole. Of the track, Billboard raved, “On i’m yours, Isabel LaRosa leans into the wooziness, allowing her vocals to sway back and forth between the more urgent verses and the surrendered vibe of the chorus. The result is moody yet beguiling.”  

Across all her releases, LaRosa has garnered nearly 300 million streams and 800 million shortform video views. LaRosa’s music has been featured on flagship Spotify playlists like Today’s Top Hits, Pop Sauce, Fresh Finds, Pop All Day, The Pop List, Pop Rising and Fresh Dance Pop. 

You can experience LaRosa’s captivating live show as it has just been announced that she will perform at The Road To The Great Escape in Dublin on May 9, at The Courtyard Theatre (hosted by Radio 1’s Abbie Mac) in London on May 10, at The Great Escape on May 11, and at this year’s Lollapalooza in Chicago, IL. 

About Isabel LaRosa
Born in Annapolis, MD, LaRosa was always surrounded by music. Her father, a jazz musician, regularly took her to the jazz clubs for open mic nights, where he played the saxophone and her brother played guitar. She often sang alongside them.  

LaRosa began writing songs with her brother in elementary school and from there, a creative duo was formed. The two still write and produce music together in their childhood home. At just 18 years old, LaRosa  has already made a name for herself in contemporary music, having inked a deal with  Slumbo Labs/RCA Records.

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Isabel LaRosa on TikTok: @isabellarosasofia

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DEVON GILFILLIAN DEBUTS NEW SINGLE  RIGHT KIND OF CRAZY 

NEW ALBUM LOVE YOU ANYWAY OUT APRIL 7 
VIA FANTASY RECORDS
 
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR RIGHT KIND OF CRAZY HERE

ON TOUR THIS SPRING

TORONTO, ON – March 24, 2023 – Today, rising soul artist, Devon Gilfillian, shares Right Kind of Crazy, a brand new track from his upcoming full-length studio album, Love You Anyway, which is set for release April 7 via Fantasy Records. The new single, a delectable slice of hip-hop inflected R&B, comes on the heels of Devon’s impressive week at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, where he performed stellar sets at Willie Nelson’s annual Luck Reunion, as well as showcases for Waterloo Records, Paste Magazine, Relix Magazine, Jam in the Van, and many more. Watch the Right Kind of Crazy video here and pre-order Love You Anyway here.
 
Love can be chaotic and beautiful and so often in the early stages of romance almost intoxicating,” Devon explains. “Right Kind of Crazy is a song about what comes next, the deeper understanding a couple can reach as they start to truly see each other through that chaos. There’s a beauty in that, a real power in truly knowing someone and still allowing for that intoxication to creep in, when the lights are low, and the right song is on…”
 
Last month, Devon premiered the album’s first single, the alluring Temptations infused gem, All I Really Wanna Do, that The Philadelphia Inquirer called an irresistible slinky and soulful candy-colored invitation.” This week, the track debuts Top 25 on the Mediabase Triple A Chart, hits Top 20 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Chart and was added to Sirius XM’s Spectrum Channel.  Meanwhile, the album Love You Anyway is a Top 15 entry on the Non-Comm Albums chart.
 
Next month, Devon heads out on tour for shows throughout the spring and summer including his first-ever performance at Tennessee's famed Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 17 and the recently announced Oceans Calling Festival in Maryland on September 29. To celebrate the release of Love You Anyway, Devon will headline the Mercury Lounge in NYC on April 17, and is scheduled to perform at Nashville’s legendary Ryman Auditorium supporting Emily King on May 26. 
 
Gilfillian’s Love You Anyway spans soul, hip-hop, R&B, and rock, all under the banner of Black joy. Produced by Jeremy Lutito (Joy Oladokun, NEEDTOBREATHE), the album confronts as well as comforts, chronicling Gilfillian’s journey as a Black artist living in 21st century America. The LP’s 10 original tracks (all co-written by Gilfillian), are as much about fighting for what you believe in: equity and representation, as they are about love: finding it, making it, and channeling it into every facet of our lives. 
 
Growing up in Philadelphia, Gilfillian discovered that the towering icons of his musician father’s era—Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, The Temptations—were just as formative and exciting as the new sounds of his own generation: Wu-Tang Clan, Notorious B.I.G., and Jay-Z. Bursting on the scene in 2020 with his highly regarded debut album Black Hole Rainbow, Devon received acclaim from NPR, the New York Times, PASTE and The Tennessean, among many others. Then later that year, Gilfillian re-recorded and released Marvin Gaye’s iconic album, What’s Going On, which raised funds for low-income communities of colour, and provided resources and education around the democratic process.
 
Now, with Love You Anyway, Devon Gilfillian pays it forward. Conjuring the raw, sexy emotions of his predecessors and the next-level production grooves of his R&B and hip-hop contemporaries, Gilfillian is taking soul music into an exciting and restorative new future.

Devon Gilfillian On Tour:
APRIL 12 - Nashville, TN - Grimey’s New & Preloved Music
APRIL 14 - Philadelphia, PA - Main Street Music
APRIL 17 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge (album release show)
APRIL 22 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
APRIL 23 - Charlotte, NC - Tuck Fest
May 26 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium *Supporting Emily King
JUNE 9 - Selbyville, DE - Freeman Arts Pavilion
JUNE 10 - Boston, MA - Leader Bank Pavilion
JUNE 11 - Gilford, NH - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
JUNE 17 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
SEPTEMBER 15 - Shelburne, VT - Shelbourne Museum *Supporting Grace Potter
SEPTEMBER 16 - Shelburne, VT - Shelbourne Museum
SEPTEMBER 29 - Ocean City, MD - Oceans Calling Festival

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INDIE SINGER SONGWRITER CRAIG STICKLAND RELEASES NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO COLORBLIND TODAY

NEW EP LOST IN THE REWIND TO BE RELEASED JUNE 2

TORONTO, ON – March 23, 2023 – Indie singer/songwriter, Craig Stickland, announces the release of his new six song EP, Lost in the Rewind, on June 2 via MNRK Music Group. Today, he releases the first track and accompanying video, Colorblind, a cascading meditation about a failed relationship. It digs into the idea of perspective, “essentially two people looking at the same thing but seeing something different.” Listen to Colorblind here and watch the video, directed by Luis De Peña, here

The gorgeously plaintive EP, Lost in the Rewind, "is really about finding myself again," says Craig. When pandemic restrictions lifted, and songwriting presented itself, “I really had to take a step back to find my love for myself and music again,” he says. “Lost in the Rewind is me trying to unpack why I did these things.”

Craig Stickland previously released the three song EP, While We Wait For the Sun to Rise, in 2021. His debut, the JUNO-nominated Starlit Afternoon, chronicled Stickland’s decade-long struggle to break through into music. The album garnered millions of streams on Spotify, with a pair of pristinely lovelorn tracks, the meditative title song and laid-back anthem, Break Every Rule, winning him a loyal following. 

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THE STANDSTILLS TAKE FLIGHT WITH EAGLES OF DEATH METAL

DEBUT OFFICIAL MOTHERLODE VIDEO FEATURING 
EODM’S JESSE HUGHES AND THREE DAYS GRACE’S BARRY STOCK

WATCH IT HERE
 
BAND SOARS TO UK AND GERMANY FOR SUMMER TOUR SUPPORTING EODM

TORONTO, ON – March 23, 2023 – Oshawa guitar-driven outlaw rock n’ roll band, The Standstills, released the official music video for their hit single, Motherlode, today. The track is off their 2022 smash album, Shockwave, from MNRK Music Group, and features Jesse Hughes, from legendary rock band, Eagles Of Death Metal. The video was filmed live this past fall while the band was on tour with Three Days Grace. 

Directed by Scott Baker, the clip captures the energy, vitality, and power of a live Standstills performance. Special guests Hughes and Barry Stock from Three Days Grace, and newest Standstills member, Brendan McMillan on bass, are showcased throughout the video in front of an invigorated hometown crowd. Watch it here and listen to Shockwave here.  

“Filming Motherlode live on stage with Jesse and Barry was THE most bad ass dream come true,” said Jonny Fox, lead singer and guitarist for The Standstills. “The stage was so full of genuine icon rock and roll, for us it was like suffering a tidal wave of pure energy. And we couldn't be happier with how well the film crew caught so many great moments. It is the Motherlode of Motherlodes.”

The Standstills have also been added as special guests on Eagles of Death Metal’s European summer tour, ripping through the UK and Germany. The tour follows a spring fling in Canada with Big Wreck and Theory of a Deadman.

"I’ve gotten to know Jonny and Renée over the last few years. We’ve written songs, jammed, shot a video, and partied together,” added Hughes, leader, and founder of Eagles of Death Metal. “They are good people, and The Standstills are a great band that rock’s hard. How hard you ask? Let’s see if they can survive a European tour with EODM. I am really looking forward to this summer run.”
  
The Standstills (Fox on vocals/guitar, Renée Couture on drums/vocals, McMillan on bass/vocals), have built a reputation for transcendent anthem-making with an earnestly steadfast formula: gigantic hooks, unapologetically hypnotic grooves, and infectious unabashedly cool riffs, which can be heard in force on their latest release, Shockwave. Produced by Neil Sanderson from Three Days Grace and mixed by two-time GRAMMY Award-winner Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Santana, Daughtry), the album blends immediately accessible choruses with magnetic layers of depth.
 
The Standstills on tour:
 
with Big Wreck
March 29 @ The Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts, Brantford, ON
March 30 @ The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, Oakville, ON
March 31 @ River Run Centre, Guelph, ON 
April 1 @ The Grand Theatre, Kingston, ON 
April 4 @ Rose Theatre, Brampton, ON
April 5 @ First Ontario Performing Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON
April 6 @ Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, Richmond Hill, ON
 
with Theory Of A Deadman
May 4 @ Bronson Centre, Ottawa, ON
May 6 @ Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, Thunder Bay, ON
 
with Eagles Of Death Metal
July 4 @ O2 Forum, London, UK 
July 5 @ The Leadmill, Sheffield, UK
July 9 @ Batschkapp, Frankfurt, DE
July 10 @ Täubchenthal, Leipzig, DE
July 11 @ Capitol, Hannover, DE
July 13 @ Markthalle, Hamburg, DE
July 17 @ Huxleys, Berlin, DE
July 18 @ Hirsch, Nuremburg DE

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MOURAINE SHARES PERSONAL STORIES IN NEW SINGLE TONIGHT

FROM NEW ALBUM IN SEARCH OF GOLD OUT MAY 5 VIA BIRTHDAY CAKE RECORDS 


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Toronto, ON – March 22, 2023 – Canadian hip-hop trailblazer, Mouraine, shares Tonight, the second single from his forthcoming album, In Search of Gold. In soft strums, resonant 808s and poetic verses, Mouraine tells the honest story of his humble beginnings and the roots of his mission as an artist. The track was produced by Rayannah Kroeker & deadmen and features background vocals by Begonia and a special excerpt of Mouraine's immigrant story, as told by his mother during a heartfelt call from the studio. Listen to Tonight here.

"My humble beginnings trying to adjust and fit in a new country as a refugee reaching a place where I no longer had to worry about my safety and basic survival needs, but now I had to face new struggles," Mouraine adds. "It's hard to dream big when the system is set up to limit you to a stereotype. being in a dilemma of feeling grateful but still hungry for more."

In addition, Mouraine shares an incredible visual highlighting his recent performances at JUNOFest last week soundtracked by Tonight. The piece is a showcase of 
his hustle, come up and the community that surrounds and supports him. Watch the visualizer for Tonight here.

As In Search Of Gold nears its release on May 5 via Birthday Cake Records, Tonight follows Mouraine's shiny first single, Gold. The song evokes the inner and outer glow of realizing self-worth and pursuing potential to the highest degree.  Listen to Gold here. Produced by Western Canadian Music Award (WCMA) winning producer-engineer duo, deadmen (Begonia, Ashleigh Ball, Royal Canoe), Gold moves with a melodious beat and Mouraine's clever rhyme and verse. The video for Gold was filmed in Joshua Tree National Park, California and directed by Mat Dunlap and assisted by Kevin Manning.  Mouraine traverses the desert terrain to claim his throne - and spin gold records - beneath a warm west coast sun. This is a reminder to never settle, no matter the time or the setting. Watch Gold here

Tonight and Gold  are a telling entrance into this new era of Mouraine, and drives the energy for In Search of Gold. Mouraine worked with deadmen (Matt Peters & Matt Schellenberg) to craft new sounds, showcase Mouraine's growth as an artist, and create a sonic representation of Mouraine's life journey. The project is a collaboration with producer duo deadmen (Begonia, Royal Canoe, Ashleigh Ball, Ian Sweet), with features from his brother MOTO, Canadian R&B icon, JRDN, and more. The songs delve into Mouraine’s personal life story and deliver an intimate vulnerability complemented by captivating stories, bold lyricism and colossal beats. Audiences both familiar, or newly introduced, to Mouraine's catalogue and unparalleled stage presence will witness In Search of Gold as a byproduct of years of hard work, determination and talent, failure and loss. This album comes with as much triumph and accomplishment as it does challenge and vulnerability. 

Earlier this month, Mouraine rocked JUNOFest in his hometown of Edmonton, and is amping up for shows in the UK in May. He'll make a big debut at FOCUS Wales Festival in Wrexham, a show at Notting Hill Arts Club in London followed by The Great Escape Festival in Brighton. Learn more about Mouraine's career below, connect with him online and stay tuned for more music as he blazes his path. 


TOUR DATES
May 4 - 6 - Wrexham, UK - FOCUS Wales Festival
May 7 - London, UK - Notting Hill Arts Club
May 11 - 13 - Brighton, UK - The Great Escape Festival

DOWNLOAD - Tonight Artwork | DOWNLOAD - Mouraine Press Photo

Connect with Mouraine:  Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Music | TikTok

Apple Music | TikTok@mouraine

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NOISY RELEASE ALTERNATE VERSION OF RUDEBOY FEATURING MASTER PEACE

LISTEN HERE | WATCH VIDEO

BBC INTRODUCING TRACK OF THE WEEK

ANNOUNCED FOR READING + LEEDS, NASS AND THE GREAT ESCAPE

LISTEN BACK TO FAST FWD TO FRIDAY MIX SERIES HERE

Toronto, ON – March 21, 2023 – Electronic trio, NOISY, bring a new flavour to their banger single, RUDEBOYwith an alternative version featuring pal and rising powerhouse, Master Peace, out now via Concord Records. Listen to the single here / watch the music video here

Following the immense success of their first single of 2022, RUDEBOY, which was crowned BBC Introducing Track Of The Week, as well as receiving extensive support from Radio X, 6Music and more, NOISY have recruited friend Master Peace to bring the track up a gear. Rude by name, rude by nature, RUDEBOY is an attitude-driven anthem, sonically flirting between the likes of Justice, Basement Jaxx and Fat Boy Slim.

On the new single and collaborating with Master Peace, singer Cody said: “RUDEBOY is about feeling completely locked into music, whether you’re in a club, or in a packed tent at a festival or on a night bus with your headphones on. When it hits the music takes you and you can't think about anything else. It started with the lyric 'I put my shades on.' I was just thinking about being at a festival, with the sun shining and feeling euphoric. We were listening to a lot of Chemical Brothers and Justice at the time and so we wanted a heavy bass beat-driven song and it all flowed from there.

“We had been DMing (Master Peace) and it turned out we were fans of each other, we absolutely loved his stuff, and Peace came to hang out with us in the studio a few weeks ago. He liked RUDEBOY and hopped on a verse, we were blown away. We then performed it together at our club night Fast FWD to Friday and thought we had to put it out, it was a highlight of the night!”

2023 has already been bountiful for the exciting trio, with two sold-out club night shows, performing at the esteemed Brits Week at Lafayette London, and confirmed slots at Reading + Leeds, NASS Festival, and The Great Escape. Their debut appearance at the SXSW Music Festival was a triumph, with the band performing in front of capacity crowds at showcases presented by the British Music Embassy, Dr. Marten's, and KROX/101X as well as their own official SXSW showcase. Now, collaborating with the likes of Master Peace continues to cement this year as the year of NOISY.

The past few years have been all gas no breaks for NOISY. Collaborations have been bountiful, from High Contrast remixing 24/7 to releases with the likes of The Prototypes, 1991 and Zero. The music truly comes to life on stage, and the group enjoyed knock-out festival slots at the likes of Reading & Leeds (Radio 1s Dance Stage), Mad Cool, Kendal Calling, and Neighbourhood Weekend. The group also opened for Mike Skinner ahead of embarking on their UK headline tour which came to London for a sold-out XOYO show last year.

NOISY’s touring schedule has been eventful in more ways than one. In 2021 the group made the headlines between shows when their tour van was stolen outside their tour manager’s flat one night, along with synthesizers, FX pedals, guitars, amps; the lot. With a never say die attitude though, the trio came across some of their equipment on eBay and planned a sting operation to reclaimed all of the equipment.

This self-sufficient, DIY mindset is one of the driving forces of NOISY (comprised of singer Cody, guitarist Connor and producer Spencer), who pride themselves on owning creative control, writing, recording and producing all of their music, designing their own merch and often shooting their own music videos.

Allow us to reintroduce NOISY. Your new favourite band, that sound nothing like a band.


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DOWNLOAD - RUDEBOY featuring Master Peace Artwork

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ZIIGWAN INDIGENOUS MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL

FULL ARTIST AND VENDOR LINE-UP REVEALED

DIGGING ROOTS AND AYSANABEE TO PERFORM

ELDER DR. DUKE REDBIRD TO CLOSE FESTIVAL

TORONTO, ON – March 20, 2023 – Celebrate and honour springtime at Ziigwan (SEE-gwon), a free three-day Indigenous music and arts festival at Yonge-Dundas Square, March 24 - 26, 2023.

The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund and Downtown Yonge BIA, in collaboration with ELMNT FM Radio, Red Music Rising, and Music Tourism, are pleased to reveal the complete artist and vendor lineup for the festival, featuring some of the most prominent and emerging Indigenous artists, creators, and entrepreneurs.


BLACKIE & THE RODEO KINGS DJ SHUBNORTHERN CREE  
 
JULIAN TAYLOR ⧫ DIGGING ROOTS ⧫ AYSANABEE
 
 BOOGEY THE BEAT ⧫ TIA WOOD LOGAN STAATS
 
 STATUS/NON-STATUS ⧫ SHAWNEE KISHBULLHORN SINGERS W/ SPECIAL GUEST
 
  NOELLE ⧫ SEBASTIAN GASKIN ⧫ NIMKISH
 
📍 YONGE-DUNDAS SQUARE

📆 MARCH 24 - 26, 2023
 
downiewenjack.ca/events/ziigwan


Beginning Friday at 4:30pm and continuing all weekend, the following Indigenous vendors will be serving up food, beadwork, clothing, and more as part of the festival:

Aaniin Beadwork by Saga ⧫ Dashmaawaan Bemaadzinjin
The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund
GoodMinds Indigenous Books ⧫ Indigenous Bijoux
Little Wiggly Art Native Arts Society
Neechi by Nature ⧫ Pacha Indigenous Art Collection Riksworks Theresa Burning 

Sunday, March 26 is Family Day at Ziigwan, where GoodMinds Indigenous Books will sell a variety of books catered to children and youth, and the Strong Water Singers will facilitate learning activations so children and families can engage in meaningful conversations about Indigenous cultures.

Later that day, Elder Dr. Duke Redbird will join us to close this important gathering in a good way, sharing his thoughts on Ziigwan (springtime) and our collective journey toward reconciliation. Dr. Redbird is an Elder from the Saugeen First Nation and a celebrated Indigenous Visionary, intellectual, poet, broadcaster, and filmmaker.

Ziigwan, the Anishnaabemowin word for springtime, celebrates the healing and learning power of music and art, the rebirth of spring, and the collective awakening. The festival aims to bring people together in one of the city’s most prominent spaces, collectively reemerging from the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This project is being made possible and funded by the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario.

ABOUT THE GORD DOWNIE AND CHANIE WENJACK FUND:
Inspired by Chanie’s story and Gord’s call to build a better Canada, the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund aims to build cultural understanding and create a path toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Our goal is to improve the lives of Indigenous people by building awareness, education, and connections between all peoples in Canada. downiewenjack.ca

ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN YONGE BIA:
The Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area (DYBIA) is a catalyst for creating vibrant urban experiences and events in the heart of downtown Toronto. Representing more than 2,000 businesses and their employees, as well as the broader community of residents, students and visitors, the DYBIA champions attractive public spaces, popular events, safety and cleanliness. It plays an active role both at street level and in boardrooms, advocating for a thriving and diverse community of retailers, restaurants and services. downtownyonge.com

ABOUT ELMNT FM RADIO:
106.5 ELMNT FM is Toronto’s only Indigenous-owned radio station. Owned and operated by First Peoples Radio and launched in October 2018, 106.5 ELMNT FM plays the latest pop, hip-hop and R&B, while promoting some of the best First Nations, Inuit, and Métis artists working today. elmntfm.ca
 
ABOUT RED MUSIC RISING:
Launched in January 2020 in partnership with Dadan Sivunivut, Red Music Rising is a holistic music company. A full-service artist management company and record label owned and managed entirely by Indigenous individuals, with a mission to help develop robust, sustainable, life-long careers for Indigenous artists and industry professionals. Matt Maw (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation) is Red Music Rising’s Director & Lead Artist Manager. Matt brings over a decade of multi-faceted music industry experience to Red Music Rising, along with a passion for artist development and a mission to amplify Canada's Indigenous talent on the global stage. redmusicrising.ca

ABOUT MUSIC TOURISM:
Specializing in music city and music tourism industry consultancy and business development, Music Tourism is led by Chris Campbell, an inventive, collaborative, and self-motivated music, entertainment, and tourism industry professional with decades of experience in strategic planning, event acquisition and major event management. We specialize in the creation and implementation of music city and music tourism strategies. Working together with your industry stakeholders we will maximize economic and socio-economic potential. musictourism.ca

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ZIIGWAN FESTIVAL DE MUSIQUE ET D’ARTS AUTOCHTONES DÉVOILEMENT DE L’ENTIÈRE PROGRAMMATION LUMIÈRE SUR LES ARTISTES
ET EXPOSANTS

DIGGING ROOTS ET AYSANABEE SE PRODUIRONT

ELDER DR. DUKE REDBIRD CLORA LE FESTIVAL

TORONTO, ON - Le 20 mars 2023 – Célébrez le printemps et rendez-lui hommage à l’occasion de Ziigwan (prononcer SEE-gwon), un festival de musique et d’arts autochtones gratuit d’une durée de trois jours qui se tiendra Place Yonge-Dundas du 24 au 26 mars prochains.

Le Fonds Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack et Downtown Yonge BIA, en collaboration avec ELMNT FM Radio, Red Music Rising et Music Tourism, sont heureux de dévoiler la programmation complète du festival. Celle-ci réunit certains des artistes, créateurs et entrepreneurs autochtones les plus en vue du Canada ainsi que d’autres, en pleine émergence.


BLACKIE & THE RODEO KINGS DJ SHUBNORTHERN CREE  
 
JULIAN TAYLOR ⧫ DIGGING ROOTS ⧫ AYSANABEE
 
 BOOGEY THE BEAT ⧫ TIA WOOD LOGAN STAATS
 
 STATUS/NON-STATUS ⧫ SHAWNEE KISHBULLHORN SINGERS W/ SPECIAL GUEST
 
  NOELLE ⧫ SEBASTIAN GASKIN ⧫ NIMKISH
 
📍 PLACE YONGE-DUNDAS

📆 DU 24 AU 26 MARS 2023 
 
downiewenjack.ca/events/ziigwan-fr


À partir du vendredi, 16 h 30, et tout au long du week-end, les participants autochtones suivants vendront de la nourriture, des objets perlés, des vêtements et plusieurs autres items dans le cadre du festival :

Aaniin ⧫ Beadwork by Saga ⧫ Dashmaawaan Bemaadzinjin
The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund ⧫
GoodMinds Indigenous Books ⧫ Indigenous Bijoux 
Little Wiggly Art ⧫ Native Arts Society ⧫ Neechi by Nature ⧫ Pacha Indigenous Art Collection ⧫ Riksworks ⧫ Theresa Burning 

Le dimanche 26 mars sera le Jour de la famille au festival Ziigwan! GoodMinds Indigenous Books offrira à la vente une foule de livres destinés aux enfants et jeunes lecteurs. Les Strong Water Singers animeront des activités d’apprentissage de sorte que les enfants et leurs familles puissent prendre part à des conversations signifiantes au sujet des cultures autochtones.

Plus tard ce même jour, Elder Dr. Duke Redbird se joindra à nous pour clore bellement ce rassemblement important, partageant ses pensées au sujet de Ziigwan (le printemps) et de notre voyage collectif vers la réconciliation. Dr Redbird est un Aîné de la Première Nation Saugeen. Il est de plus un Autochtone visionnaire, un intellectuel, un poète, diffuseur et cinéaste.

Ziigwan, le mot anishnaabemowin pour « printemps », célèbre les pouvoirs de guérison et d’apprentissage que possèdent la musique et l’art; la renaissance printanière; et l’éveil collectif. Le festival vise à nous rassembler dans un des espaces publics les plus importants de la ville alors que nous émergeons collectivement de l’emprise de la COVID-19.

Ce projet a été rendu possible grâce à un financement du Gouvernement du Canada par l’entremise de l’Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l’Ontario.

À PROPOS DU FONDS GORD DOWNIE & CHANIE WENJACK :
Inspiré par l’histoire de Chanie et l’invitation de Gord à construire un meilleur Canada, le Fonds Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack vise à bâtir une compréhension culturelle entre peuples autochtones et non-autochtones et à créer un chemin vers leur réconciliation. Notre objectif est d’améliorer la qualité de vie des Autochtones en suscitant la sensibilisation et l’éducation de tous les peuples du Canada de même que leurs interrelations. downiewenjack.ca/fr

À PROPOS DE DOWNTOWN YONGE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA :
Cet organisme est le catalyseur de la création d’expériences et d’événements urbains vibrants au coeur du centre-ville de Toronto. Représentant plus de 2 000 entreprises et leurs employés, de même qu’une vaste communauté de résidents, d’étudiants et de visiteurs, il milite pour des espaces publics attrayants et des événements populaires, et promeut sécurité et propreté. Il joue également un rôle actif dans la rue comme dans les conseils d’administration en plaidant pour une communauté prospère et diversifiée de détaillants, de restaurants et de services. downtownyonge.com  

À PROPOS D’ELMNT FM :
106.5 ELMNT FM est la seule station de radio autochtone de Toronto. Détenue et exploitée par First Peoples Radio et inaugurée en octobre 2018, 106.5 ELMNT FM fait tourner les plus récents tubes pop, hip-hop et R&B tout en faisant la promotion des meilleurs artistes des Premières Nations, Inuit et Métis oeuvrant aujourd’hui. elmntfm.ca
 
À PROPOS DE RED MUSIC RISING :
Fondée en janvier 2020 en partenariat avec Dadan Sivunivut, Red Music Rising est une maison de disque holistique. Il s’agit d’une compagnie offrant un service complet de gestion d’artistes et d’enregistrement de disques, entièrement détenue et gérée par des Autochtones, dont la mission est de contribuer à développer des carrières solides durant toute la vie des artistes autochtones et des professionnels de l’industrie. Matt Maw (de la Première Nation des Chippewas de la Thames) est le directeur et gérant d’artistes principal de Red Music Rising. Il y apporte une expérience diversifiée dans l’industrie de la musique longue de plus d’une décennie, ainsi qu’une passion pour le développement de la carrière d’artistes, assortie de la mission d’amplifier la présence du talent autochtone sur la scène mondiale. www.redmusicrising.ca

À PROPOS DE MUSIC TOURISM :
Firme conseil spécialisée dans le développement commercial de villes de la musique et du tourisme musical, Music Tourism est dirigée par Chris Campbell, un professionnel de l’industrie de la musique, du divertissement et du tourisme possédant des décennies d’expérience en matière de planification stratégique, d’acquisition d’événements et de gestion de projets d’envergure. Music Tourism se concentre sur la création et la mise en œuvre de stratégies visant les villes de la musique et le tourisme. En travaillant de concert avec les parties prenantes de l’industrie, elle en maximise les potentiels économiques et socio-économiques. www.musictourism.ca

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THE REVIVALISTS RELEASE POLITICALLY CHARGED ALBUM TRACK THE LONG CON

LISTEN HERE
 
LEAD SINGLE KID RISES TO TOP 10 AT AAA
AND #13 AT ALTERNATIVE RADIO


NEW STUDIO ALBUM POUR IT OUT INTO THE NIGHT
OUT JUNE 2 ON CONCORD RECORDS

“The Revivalists focus on the positive on new single Kid [with] the feeling that in this cluttered world, we must block out all
the distractions to find our most authentic self.” -
PEOPLE

“The Revivalists' sound covers a lot of ground and harkens back to many of their diverse influences…but they are constantly moving forward.”
Grammy.com 

“A high energy, seamless blend of soulful, horn-abetted rock and roll…inching closer to pop superstardom…” - Relix  

"... a creative, compelling blend of musical ingenuity and heart..." – Billboard 

TORONTO, ON – March 17, 2023 – Chart-topping rock band, The Revivalists, have released a new politically charged album track The Long Con today from their forthcoming studio album, Pour It Out Into The Night, (out June 2 via Concord Records), as lead radio single Kid is rising fast, jumping into the Top 10 at AAA and #13 at Alternative Radio after being #1 most added at both formats in its first week, and starting to buzz at Hot AC, with more than 1.3 million streams to date.
 
Featuring a gospel-style chant and a punchy groove amped up by waves of distortion, The Long Con acknowledges the deep divisions in our country with the hope that we can hold onto the power of love. Listen to The Long Con here and pre-save/pre-order Pour It Out Into The Night here. Each pre-order includes an instant download of The Long Con and Kid.

“The Long Con is a song for the marginalized, the underrepresented and taken advantage of. It’s heartbreaking to see what’s happening in our country. I wanted to write a song that we could all sing together at our concerts, and truly feel connected and aligned. It’s a song for the people,” says vocalist/guitarist David Shaw.

The Revivalists’ lead single Kid, which sees the band featured on this week’s cover of Apple Music’s ALT CTRL playlist, is a hopeful anthem invoking the zest for life, self-belief, catharsis and “living for the spirit now” as the song declares, featuring an infectious melody and piano peeking through bright acoustic guitar as intricate layers of the band's distinctive instrumentation power a euphoric chantable chorus. Directed by Johnny Chew, the graffiti-inspired music video features artful, eye-popping stop-motion animation of the band against a backdrop that pays homage to the architectural and artistic aesthetics that define the band’s home of New Orleans. Watch the Kid video here.  
 
Kid introduces Pour It Out Into The Night, a life-affirming album about living in the moment that offers both an unburdening and an appreciation for the here and now, fueled by lessons in gratitude and life realizations. As the world came to a standstill in the years since their last album, Take Good Care, personal experiences and life challenges abounded, with band members having their first children, getting married, and navigating the mental hurdles of lockdown. The band’s process for this record was the most self-guided one yet, and was produced by GRAMMY Award-winning producer, Rich Costey [Muse, Foster the People, Death Cab for Cutie] with co-production from David, Zack, and the rest of the band.
 
The Revivalists are renowned for their live prowess, soulful alt-rock anthems, and distinct mix of many of the classic styles of American music, led by the incredible voice of front man David Shaw. They will deliver a big hometown set at New Orleans JazzFest in April and Bonnaroo in June before embarking on their North American tour, including co-headline dates with The Head and The Heart beginning June 30 followed by co-headline dates with Band Of Horses beginning July 28. After three consecutive sell-outs at the famed venue, they return to Red Rocks in Colorado for a headline show on September 14. For tickets, please visit www.therevivalists.com.
 
Eight-piece rock 'n' roll collective The Revivalists – David Shaw [lead vocals, guitar], Zack Feinberg [guitar], Andrew Campanelli [drums], George Gekas [bass], Ed Williams [pedal steel guitar], Rob Ingraham [saxophone], Michael Girardot [keyboard, trumpet], and PJ Howard [drums, percussion] – have earned multiplatinum success, more than 800 million streams, multiple Adult Alternative #1s and Alternative Radio hits, major media praise, numerous national television performances, and sold-out shows at hallowed venues such as Radio City Music Hall, The Ryman and Red Rocks. Their philanthropic umbrella fund, Rev Causes,  supports a variety of organizations dedicated to reviving and investing in our communities, our health, and our environment. By donating a portion of ticket sales, through fan donations, and a variety of other fundraising efforts, the band assists multiple national and local organizations in building a better future.
 
The Revivalists 2023 Live Dates 
March 19 - Tampa, FL @ Innings Festival 
March 31 - Jackson, WY @ Rendezvous Festival 
April 28 – 30 - New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 
April 28 - New Orleans LA @ The Fillmore 
June 9 - Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre
June 18 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo 
June 30 - Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theater #
July 1 - Waite Park, MN @ The Ledge Amphitheater #
July 3 - Cedar Rapids, IA @ McGrath Amphitheatre #
July 5 - Selbyville, DE @ Freeman Arts Pavilion #
July 6 - Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater #
July 8 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion #
July 9 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summer Stage (with The Head and The Heart only)
July 12 - Philadelphia, PA @ Skyline Stage at the Mann #
July 14 - Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater #
July 15 - Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion #
July 26 - Toronto, ON @ HISTORY (with The Heavy Heavy only)
July 28 - Chautauqua, NY @ Chautauqua Amphitheater ^
July 29 - Indianapolis, IN @ TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park ^
August 1 - Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater *
August 3 - Oshkosh, WI @ Leach Amphitheater *
August 6 - Cleveland, OH @ Jacobs Pavilion *
August 8 - Portland, ME @ Thompson's Point ^
August 10 - Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Park ^
August 11 - Boston, MA @ Leader Bank Pavilion ^
August 31 - Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre *
September 2 - Troutdale, OR @ Edgefield Amphitheater (with The Heavy Heavy only)
September 6 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas *
September 9 - San Diego, CA @ Gallagher Square at Petco Park *
September 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre ^
September 14 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre (support from Band of Horses & The Heavy Heavy)
September 17 - Telluride, CO @ Telluride Blues and Brews Festival
 
# co-headline with The Head and The Heart & support from Jaime Wyatt
^ co-headline with Band of Horses
* co-headline with Band of Horses & support from The Heavy Heavy

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REGARD AND ELLA HENDERSON GET NO SLEEP IN NEW SINGLE

STREAM HERE

TORONTO, ON - March 17, 2023 -  Today BRIT nominated DJ and producer, Regard, has shared a brand new dancefloor creeper, No Sleep, with chart topping, multi-platinum selling artist Ella Henderson. The track is out now via Ministry of Sound - listen here.
 
No Sleep is the perfect pairing of moody trance-inspired synths driven by Ella's soulful vocals, addressing moving past a lost love. The disco inflected chorus glistens, and is a testament to Regard’s penchant for crafting compelling dance tracks with infectious and nuanced melodies.
 
Speaking further about the track, Regard says I started creating the beginnings of what would become No Sleep last summer. I was so consumed by making the track, I didn’t realise that by the end of my session, it was morning. I worked my way through the entire night on this song. Ironically, it went on to become ‘No Sleep’ thanks to Ella’s incredible performance on the track.”
 
Ella adds “I’m so excited to have collaborated with Regard on No Sleep. It feels so empowering to sing such a defiant lyric over such a feel good record! I believe many people will relate to this song & I think having more upbeat records with a strong & powerful message is something we all need right now! I’m excited for this one & I can’t wait to perform it live together at some point!!”
 
About Regard
It was by accident that REGARD found his stage name. The word, “regardé,” came to the DJ during French class in high school. To see” became the core behind Regard’s music. “When I perform,” he says, “I look at the people and how they feel the music.” For REGARD, his deep house mixes consist not only of sound, but also of sight. Performance is a reciprocal and intimate relationship between the DJ and the audience. Kosovan DJ and producer REGARD garnered global attention with his debut single, Ride It, which became an international hit, taking the internet and TikTok by storm and quickly followed it up with his second hit single and BRIT nominated Secrets featuring South London singer RAYE. He has gone on to achieve over 10X top 10 single chart placements globally. In the UK, Ride It has sold over 1 million records to date (6x Platinum), while Secrets was recently certified Gold. His 2x Platinum single, YOU, with Troye Sivan and Tate McRae achieved over 320 million streams, #2 at Main AC, #20 at Hot AC, #32 at Top 40 in Canada, #1 TikTok sound in UK and is the longest running #1on the US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart in 2021, plus saw REGARD perform on Jimmy Fallon. REGARD has had four #1 US Dance Airplay hits, amassed 3.3 billion combined streams & 12 million worldwide sales. 

About Ella Henderson
Bursting onto the scene 11 years ago with a No. 1 debut single (Ghost) and album (Chapter One), Ella Henderson has since ascended to a multi-platinum selling, BRIT and Ivor Novello Award nominee, with over a billion streams to her name - all by the age of 27. A hit songwriter and powerhouse vocalist, Ella has collaborated with musical luminaries including Ryan Tedder and Babyface, as well as superstar DJs including Sigma and Kygo. To date, she has achieved seven UK Top 10s as a lead artist, the most recent including, Crazy What Love Can Do with David Guetta and Becky Hill, and 21 Reasons with Nathan Dawe. Last year, Ella released her long-awaited second album Everything I Didn’t Say. Heralded by powerful lead single Brave and a showstopping performance on The Graham Norton Show, the record debuted in the Official Charts Top 10, becoming her second to do so. She also hit the road for her first headline tour in seven years, spanning seven dates across October, the sold-out run concluded at London’s prestigious O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire.

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BELLA WHITE SHARES NEW SINGLE FLOWERS ON MY BEDSIDE

SONG OFF FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM AMONG OTHER THINGS
OUT APRIL 21 ON ROUNDER RECORDS

ANNOUNCES NEW U.S., EUROPEAN AND UK TOUR DATES

SXSW THIS WEEK + STAGECOACH, UNDER THE BIG SKY FESTIVAL, TELLURIDE, MERLEFEST AND MORE!

"Sometimes the minute you hear a voice, you know it's for the ages. That's how Canadian Bella White, the daughter of a Virginia bluegrasser, enters the picture. Making her second album now, at 22, White is poised for a major breakthrough. This is her origin story." - NPR 

“At just 22, Bella White is a songwriting prodigy and emotional alchemist.” - Grammy.com

“Sublime Appalachian heartbreak.” - Rolling Stone

“(‘Break My Heart’) is an instant classic”Folk Alley

TORONTO, ON – March 17, 2023 – Calgary-born singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, Bella White, will release her new album, Among Other Things, on April 21 via Rounder Records and today she shares another taste of the LP by way of new single, Flowers On My Bedside. The single – both raw and mournful – took shape as White tapped into the bracing lucidity that sometimes accompanies heartache.  She says, “Flowers On My Bedside is a song for empowerment. I wrote it when I was in a sad place and it was a very healing experience, to take a hard situation and turn it into something that feels creatively inspiring.” Listen to/share Flowers On My Bedside here.
 
Among Other Things was produced by Jonathan Wilson and features Buck Meek of Big Thief on guitar.  White has teased the album with a handful of songs that together give the listener a sense of her remarkable writing and life-long-honed skills as a bluegrass player. “Bella White stands out as the youngest in her class of breakthrough virtuosos defined by the likes of Billy Strings and Amythyst Kiah. Her poetic poignancy conjures up the palpable devastation from a novice lover whose heart —one brimming with naïve ideas of romance—has shattered into a seemingly irreparable form,” said American Songwriter. Previous releases include last year’s  The Way I Oughta Go the gorgeous and reflective Rhododendron and last month’s Break My Heart.
 
Among Other Things is available for pre-order here digitally and on LP with specialty vinyl in Garnet and Tiger’s Eye via the artist’s website at www.bellawhitemusic.com.
 
Rolling Stone included White in their Best Things We Saw roundup of AmericanaFest and she has spent this week captivating audiences in Austin during several appearances at SXSW including a slot at the Luck Reunion. Tonight, she will be appearing at the imogene + willie party. White is excited to announce new U.S. headline dates that include a stop in New York City on May 4.  She has also added dates in Europe and the UK and has confirmed appearances at major U.S. festivals throughout the spring and summer including Stagecoach, Merlefest, Telluride, Under The Big Sky, and more. All tour dates listed below.
 
White made her mark on the scene with the release of her debut album Just Like Leaving. The LP caught the attention of Rounder Records which signed her last year. While traditional bluegrass originated in Appalachia, the genre has surely found a safe and loving Canadian home via her songwriting. The 22-year-old singer/songwriter and instrumentalist shies away from modern and fussy arrangements, and instead brings a traditional style of music into the contemporary moment by personalizing it to her own experiences. White has shown herself to be a star student of the bluegrass genre, with something new to bring to the table. Her ability to translate modern experience to an old sound is seamless and compelling, and permeates the boundaries of a regional genre with authentic singing and songwriting. Read more about Bella White here.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
SXSW
March 17 - Yeti Showcase - 220 S. Congress - Austin, TX
March 17 - The imogene + willie party - imogene + willie store - Austin, TX
 
April 28 - Stagecoach - Indio, CA
May 2 – The Loft at City Winery Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PA
May 3 – Pearl St. Warehouse – Washington, DC
May 4 – Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 2) – New York, NY
May 17- Duke’s Indy – Indianapolis, IN
May 19 - Sleeping In The Woods Songwriter Festival - Monticello, KY
May 20 - Pit House – Slade, KY
June 18 - Black Deer Festival, Tunbridge Wells, UK
June 20 - The Glad Cafe - Glasgow, SCOTLAND
June 21 – The Lexington, London, UK
June 23 – SPOT, Groningen, NETHERLANDS
June 24 - Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival - Rotterdam, ZH, NETHERLANDS
July 14 - Under the Big Sky Music & Arts Festival, White Fish, MT

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MONTREAL ARTIST ORMISTON SHARES NEW SINGLE DISTORTION OF REALITY

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Toronto, ON – March 17, 2023 – Ormiston - the solo project of Montreal-born Nicola Ormiston - is bringing a Distortion Of Reality with his new single. Out today via Lisbon Lux Records, the pristine indie emotional track draws inspiration from the songwriting of the 80s (a la Cindy Lauper) while establishing a more lo-fi contemporary sound. Listen to Distortion Of Reality here and watch the fantastic visualizer here.

Distortion Of Reality marks the beginning of a new era for Ormiston, unveiling a more dramatic and dreamlike sound after the release of his debut 2021 album, Hammer Down. Ormiston explores the identity crisis of a young adult, who lives his life unconsciously, without worrying about the harsh realities. The song is a sample of what will be heard on a new album, set to be released later this year.

Hammer Down, received over 400k streams, received incredible support from BBC, CBC, Amazing Radio and was featured on numerous playlists (Indie All Stars, it's a BOP!, Fresh Find Rock). Highlight track Time Fades appeared in Pete Davidson's latest film, Meet Cute.

About Ormiston
Singer-songwriter and producer of a sunny and laidback sound, somewhere between indie pop, chillwave and yacht rock where you can find influences from Toro Y Moi, MGMT and electro-disco. Born into a bilingual Montreal family, he was raised around female musicians and grew up with a strong sense of melody. After  mixing and producing some tracks for Milk & Bone, Heartstreets, Misage and Freida Mari, he released in 2013 the song Typically Her (under the name Beverlay) that ended up being remixed by Kaytranada, helping it reach more than 3 million streams worldwide. In 2020, he signed with Canadian label Lisbon Lux Records. On stage, his piercing voice is supported by his three outstanding musicians. He offers a lively and touching show that irresistibly invites you to dance.   

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MARGO PRICE JOINS FORCES WITH SIERRA FERRELL TO REIMAGINE CHANGE OF HEART

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NEW RENDITION OF CHART-TOPPING SINGLE FOLLOWS RECENT COLLABORATIONS WITH SHARON VAN ETTEN, LUCIUS
& MORE FEATURED ON STRAYS

 
UPCOMING APPEARANCES INCLUDE SXSW KEYNOTE AND AUSTIN CITY LIMITS TAPING PLUS HEADLINE TOUR DATES, SUMMER FESTIVALS AND CHRIS STAPLETON SHOWS

TORONTO, ON – March 16, 2023 – Today, Margo Price joins forces with Sierra Ferrell to release a brand new rendition of her Strays standout, Change of Heart, which recently reigned #1 for 14 consecutive weeks on the Americana chart. The single marks the first-ever collaboration between two of Nashville’s most shapeshifting singers and songwriters, who together transform the track from a turbulent eruption of psych rock into a stripped-back but swift arrangement of spellbinding vocals, a gently stomping acoustic guitar, and haunting lines of fiddle. In the album’s original recording and mind-bending music video, “a wiry blues guitar riff and jabs of organ hint at the Doors as Price delivers a breaking-away song that toys with paradoxes” (The New York Times), but here the focus is further given to the lyrics’ reflection on reckoning with one’s past and eradicating the fear of judgment.

Listen to Change of Heart (feat. Sierra Ferrell) via Loma Vista Recordings, available on DSPs as a three-track EP alongside Strays highlights Radio (feat. Sharon Van Etten) and Anytime You Call (feat Lucius).
 
On working with Sierra Ferrell, and celebrating friends, fellow artists and collaborators during Women’s History Month, Margo Price says, “I’m real excited to share this stripped down take on 'Change of Heart' featuring Sierra Ferrell. Sierra is one of my favorite new voices in music and I loved getting to work with her on this acoustic version of the song. I love to lift up other women in the genre when I see somebody putting out great art. In an industry that tries to drive us apart, it’s freeing to break down those barriers and say, ‘there is room for everyone.’ Thanks also to the cowriter of the song, my husband, Jeremy Ivey on acoustic guitar and the talented Billy Contreras on the fiddle.”
 
Following the release of Strays – a freedom-filled, mushroom-fueled, Jonathan Wilson-produced opus that’s been called her “strongest, most cohesive record yet” (Rolling Stone) – Margo Price has showcased songs like Change of Heart and Radio on The Late Late Show with James Corden, CBS Mornings and a national headline tour that just brought her triumphant return to the Ryman Auditorium. This week, Price heads to Texas to discuss Strays and her memoir, Maybe We’ll Make It, during a keynote conversation at SXSW on March 17, in addition to performing at Luck Reunion, and taping an episode for Season 49 of Austin City Limits on March 19.
 
This spring and summer, Margo Price’s ‘Til The Wheels Fall Off Tour rolls on with new headline shows just added today, plus amphitheater and arena dates with Chris Stapleton, festivals and more to be added soon. Find the full list below and tickets here.

Margo Price Tour Dates
3/24 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest
4/26 - El Paso, TX - Don Haskins Center*
4/27 - Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater*
4/29 - Los Angeles, CA - Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90
4/30 - Los Angeles, CA - Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90
6/22 - Pendleton, OR - Jackalope Jamboree
6/24 - Lander, WY - Lander Concert Series
6/25 - Livingston, MT - Pine Creek Lodge
6/28 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room
6/29 - Rogers, AR - Outlaw Music Festival
7/1 - Denver, CO - Dusty Boots
7/13 - Charleston, SC - Credit One Stadium*
7/14 - Virginia Beach, VA - Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater*
7/15 - Baltimore, MD - CFG Bank Arena*
8/5 - Boston, MA - Leader Bank Pavilion!
8/6 - Portland, ME - Thompson's Point!
8/7 - Portsmouth, NH - The Music Hall Historic Theater
8/9 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
8/10 - Philadelphia, PA - The Met Philadelphia!
8/19 - Bethel, NY - Catbird Music Festival
8/25 - London, UK - Lafayette
8/25-8/27 - Leicestershire, UK - The Long Road
9/8-9/10 - Bristol, TN - Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
9/24 - Franklin, TN - Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival
10/1 - Bridgeport, CT - Sound on Sound
10/5 - Charlottesville, VA - John Paul Jones Arena*
10/6 - University Park, PA - Bryce Jordan Center*
 
*w/ Chris Stapleton
!w/ Tyler Childers

Praise For Strays
"Unstoppable, Unsinkable, Uninhibited…Strays struts through big-hearted indie country, honky-tonk stomp and ’70s guitar-explosion psychedelia"
The New York Times
 
"Perhaps the most comprehensive iteration of her continually evolving palette…as a songwriter, Price has never quite sounded more in command of detail and scene setting"
Rolling Stone
 
"Strays bursts with easy confidence and kind, stoic pearls of wisdom"
Pitchfork
 
"A potent, genre-spanning opus"
NPR Music
 
"Volcanic vocal performances and sharp character studies"
Vulture
 
"Brilliantly rattles through country, psych and Patti Smith-style poetic rock’n’roll...powerful lyrical gut-punches"
The Guardian, ★★★★
 
"A winding, deeply felt, at times rollicking trip"
ELLE
 
"Billows with pop sensibility, rock guitar, and country lyricism"
Vanity Fair
 
"A Career-Best"
Variety
 
"Excellent...her strongest and most collaborative album yet"
The Daily Beast
 
"Sonically brave and lyrically obstinate, a rare delight that stands out from its counterparts"
NME, ★★★★
 
"Price remains one of the best chroniclers of our fraught political moment"
PAPER
 
"There’s proof of Price’s growth - as an artist and observer - on every track"
Jezebel
 
"A thrilling step forward in a career that’s already made Price one of the most intriguing
voices in music"
BUST
 
"It’s her weirdest and wildest record yet, but also her wisest"
UNCUT
 
"This is an album to cherish"
CLASH

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SCOTTISH COMPOSER AND PRODUCER AETHER UNVEILS ETHEREAL DOWNTEMPO-MEETS-GARAGE EP MOONSTONE ON MONSTERCAT

LISTEN TO MOONSTONE HERE

Toronto, ON – March 14, 2023 – Following Sapphire and Tourmaline, Montreal-based genre-bending artist Aether unveils his stunning four-track EP, Moonstone, out on Monstercat today. Inspired by the way gemstones evolve into new formations, he produced each track in order - transforming the previous track’s foundation into the next, reflecting the crystalline evolution process. 

Continuing to connect his music with astral elements of nature, the title track is reminiscent of moonlit walks, leading with lush ambient pads and charming piano chords. Aquamarine ushers in the preceding tracks’ percussive and bass elements while giving listeners an oceanic listening experience through waves of soothing hums and shimmering synthwork. Arriving as a celebration to Aether’s tenth year of making music, the EP also allowed him to overcome musical challenges in his pursuit of creating ambient-leaning sounds for the first time. 

Aether shares, “I hope listeners can at the very least take away a pleasant listening experience. Deeper than this, I hope that it can help people explore outside of their comfort zone. I am a strong believer that life happens outside of your comfort zone and I think this EP is a testament to what kind of unexpected beauty that can lead to.”

Moonstone highlights Aether’s lauded producing and composing capabilities that range from lofi to contemporary over the years. His records and compositions have landed in popular video games titles and have amassed millions of streams, all while overcoming his Retinitis Pigmentosa diagnosis - a rare eye disease that breaks down cells in the eye, leaving him legally blind. He shows no signs of slowing down as he continues to unfold new musical creations and explore different soundscapes that fans can look forward to hearing soon.

Moonstone EP Tracklist
1. Moonstone
2. Aquamarine
3. Sapphire
4. Tourmaline

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About Aether (pronounced A-ther – He/Him)
Jason Taylor, better known under the name Aether, is a Scottish music producer, composer, and sound designer. With a passion for sound in all forms, his work covers a diverse range of palettes including contemporary piano, ambient works, and electronic dance music.

Growing up with a music loving family, he was always exposed to new genres and sounds. This led him to an early love and appreciation for music. Entering the world with a visual impairment, Retinitis Pigmentosa, resulted in Aether spending a lot of his teenage years exploring the world of music production and composition in his bedroom. 

In 2013, the Aether project was born. Spanning a decade-long career, his ever expanding portfolio continues to grow and evolve  through new styles, new instruments, and new ideas.

"The focus is always on telling a story. Once that story presents itself to me, I do whatever I can to see it exist. Very rarely does this happen and I already have what I need." -Aether

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HARRISON  ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM  BIRDS, BEES, THE CLOUDS & THE TREES  OUT APRIL 28 VIA LAST GANG/MNRK

SHARES NEW SINGLES
BUMP (WITH M.E.D. AND GUILTY SIMPSON) 
ALONGSIDE INSTRUMENTAL INTHECOUPE 
LISTEN HERE

PRE-ORDER ALBUM HERE

“Harrison is a high-achieving polymath...
His work fuses synthetic beats with complex, jazz-like arrangements, 
and on ‘Float,’ he distills these sounds into a smooth, delicate soul rhythm.” 
– NPR Music (Now Playing – Float)
 
“…a chef's kiss of a downtempo R&B jam for a dreamy two-and-a-half minutes.” 
– CBC Music (Songs You Need To Hear – Float)
 
“Bonet's ethereal vocals are appropriate for a song titled Float.
The Los Angeles-based R&B singe…glides effortlessly 
over Harrison's bass and drums-driven production.” 
– Exclaim! (Track Feature – Float)

TORONTO, ON – March 14, 2023 – Following a strong return with two new songs last month, JUNO, UK MVA + Prism Prize nominated Toronto producer and musical polymath, Harrison, continues to share fresh sounds. A sonic intro to Spring, Harrison releases new single, Bump - a dream collab with some of his heroes, M.E.D. and Guilty Simpson - alongside Inthecoupe,  a revved-up instrumental ode to cruising in your custom whip. The tracks usher the announcement of Harrison's new album, Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees, out on April 28 via Last Gang Records/MNRK. Pre-order it here, and listen to Bump (featuring M.E.D. and Guilty Simpson) and Inthecoupe here.

Bump highlights verses from veteran emcees M.E.D. and Guilty Simpson, marking their first reunion since working on the 2006 J Dilla project, The Shining. Harrison's pivotal collab with the duo on this hip-hop heavy tune channels energies of J Dilla and Madlib, which influenced the duo's early Stones Throw careers. Opening the doors to Inthecoupe: inspired by Harrison's brief ownership of a 1991 BMW convertible with funk at the fore. Watch the visualizers, illustrated by Jeremy White, for Bump (featuring M.E.D. and Guilty Simpson) and Inthecoupe

“Bump Is a love letter to some of my favourite rappers growing up. M.E.D. and Guilty have been huge influences on me since I was 16. Understanding their beat choices on producers they worked with was a really helpful growing tool. The instrumental for Bump was actually originally different. They found the pocket I was looking for on this new joint. I’m floored that they were kind enough to join me on this album," Harrison adds. “Inthecoupe is a reminder to myself to not be so serious all the time. My love for jazz is very deep but I still love making fun dance music. A playful song revolving around a brass synth and a bounce.”

Harrison’s innovative nature shines in Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees: a 16-track collection of songs that highlights his affinity and dedication to the piano, blended with strong grooves, classic and contemporary jazz ingredients, sharp verses and prose lined with Brazilian bossa, funk, old-school hip-hop and rhythmic texture. A deep dive into Harrison’s universe, exciting guest features include rising LA-based singer-songwriters Kadhja Bonet (Float), Nanna.B (Blue Sky), fellow Toronto artist TOBi (on 2022-relesed single, Outta This World), and the previously released instrumentals, Like When We Were Kids and Around You. Pre-order the album here.
 
The album taps into themes of awakening from daydreaming, impacts of solitude, odes to younger selves, emerging from dark moments, honouring family members that have passed, carefreeness and more. The songs incorporate an array of instrumentation including Farfisa keys, breakbeats and a music box that was gifted to Harrison, as highlighted in the song of its namesake. Harrison drew inspiration from cartoons such as Looney Tunes and Gumball to Vince Guaraldi soundtracks.

Previous single, Float, is a smooth downtempo tune with a grooving R&B bassline that saw love from NPR, Exclaim!, CBC Music and Consequence, among many others. As guest Kadhja Bonet sings of struggling to find oneself in absent love, the LA songstress' graceful vocals weave throughout this buoyant track. A View From The Sky highlights Harrison’s deep study of jazz and dedication to the piano, written during a moment of personal reclamation after a dark time.

To complement Harrison's artistic vision, he enlisted acclaimed illustrator, Elijah Anderson, and the design and animation of Jeremy White to craft single artwork that recalls classic Blue Note covers and iconic Saturday morning cartoons like Schoolhouse Rock!. The album art was illustrated by Kento IIDA and designed by Jeremy White - view these pieces below. Check out Float here and A View From The Sky here

Learn more about Harrison in his bio below and stay tuned for the album drop next month! 

Harrison - Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees Tracklist
1. Daydreamin
2. Cowboys
3. Outta This World (featuring TOBi)
4. Overhead
5. Like When We Were Kids
6. Bump (featuring M.E.D. and Guilty Simpson)
7. Honey Harbor (Bill's Song)
8. Music Box
9. Around You
10. Float (featuring Kadhja Bonet)
11. 2016
12. Inthecoupe
13. 7 pm
14. Blue Sky (featuring Nanna.B)
15. A View From The Sky
16. Runthatback

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About Harrison
When Harrison (Harrison Robinson) began working on his third album in his modest Toronto sudio in 2019, the producer and composer felt a strong desire to his artistic roots. “I knew I wanted to just make what I thought was cool, regardless of it being cheesy,” he says of the piano-centred compositions that would become Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees. “Chick Corea had a quote along the lines of ‘you have to find what sounds beautiful to you’ and that really stuck a chord with me.”
 
Like his previous two albums, Apricity (2018) and his 2016 debut, Checkpoint Titanium (which earned the  attention of the prestigious Polaris Music Prize), Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees sees a handful of guests stepping into the producer’s technicoloured world, including Kadhja Bonet, TOBi, Nanna.B, M.E.D. and Guilty Simpson (their first reunion since J Dilla’s The Shining in 2006) To help complement his artistic vision, the producer enlisted the help of illustrator Elijah Anderson, whose single artwork recalls classic Blue Note covers and classic Saturday morning cartoons like Schoolhouse Rock.
 
Taken as a whole, Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees is an assured and joyful statement from a young artist evolving and finely honing his craft. Or as Robinson himself puts it, “It’s the music that I dreamed about making as a kid.” 

About Last Gang
Last Gang is a music company founded in 2003 and credited with launching the careers of Metric, Death From Above 1979, Mother Mother and MSTRKRFT. The company is also well known for its work with Arkells, Stars, Keys N Krates, Lights, and Chromeo. Last Gang is a MNRK Music Group company. www.lastgang.com

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BAILEN’S TIRED HEARTS IS LUMINOUS SEARCH FOR ACCEPTANCE

TITLE TRACK PREVIEWS RISING INDIE-POP TRIO’S UPCOMING NEW ALBUM DUE MAY 5 VIA FANTASY

TORONTO, ON – March 14, 2023 – Today, rising indie-pop trio, BAILEN, have shared Tired Hearts, the title track of their second full-length album, Tired Hearts, due May 5, via Fantasy. Building from a gentle synth-figure intro, the ethereal, reflective track soon transforms into a lustrous, probing, and powerful search for acceptance. Listen to Tired Hearts here and pre-order the album here.
 
“Tired Hearts is one of the first songs we wrote for this new album,” the band explained. “It set the tone for where we took the rest of the songs both thematically and musically. The song began as an adaptation of a 19th century poem about an Irish factory worker and examines the search for understanding and belonging while our means of survival drives us further from that goal. To be quite honest, this is a song about late-stage capitalism.”
 
In February, the New York City based siblings shared the album’s first single – the alt-pop gem, Call It Like It Is, along with its cult classic style video – listen and watch here. The sparkling track, co-written by BAILEN and X Ambassadors’ Adam Levin and Sam Harris, is “an anthem for anyone who refuses to be taken advantage of,” the band stated. “It unmasks the ugly truth behind shiny veneers.”
 
BAILEN is currently on a nation-wide, 25-date tour that is set to visit major cities across North America before finishing with a hometown performance at New York’s venerable Le Poisson Rouge on May 20. BAILEN is also set for high profile appearances this week at Austin’s famed SXSW Music Festival, March 14-16.  Find the full tour itinerary below. For tickets and more information, please visit: bailentheband.com.
 
On Tired Hearts, Daniel, David, and Julia BAILEN deliver an alluring set of songs that navigates the space between the heart’s expectation and the head’s sober reality. At times both intricate and playful, measured and elaborate, the album’s 12 original songs wrestle with an uncertain future where ethics and morality—both communal and personal—are constantly shifting.
 
Produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee) and BAILEN, and mixed by Lars Stalfors (Soccer Mommy, St. Vincent, Local Natives) Tired Hearts’ taut, synth-driven tracks are centred around BAILEN’s radiant harmonies and adventurous arrangements furthering the group’s exhilarating avant-pop evolution. Cook was instrumental in expanding the band’s ambition beyond what they initially envisioned. “We played the last record live a hundred times before recording it, so we tracked a lot of it live,” Daniel explains. “With Brad, we took a collagist’s approach. It freed us up to explore and be sonically adventurous.”
 
The album’s numerous high points include the iridescent pop of Nothing Left to Give, the tender hushed intimacy of These Bones, and the piercing, lilting title track, Tired Hearts. The moving BRCA (Nothing Takes Me Down), a title derived from the breast cancer gene Julia shares with her mother (a breast cancer survivor) is indicative of the band’s incredible range. Over a slow building rhythmic pulse, Julia sings of hospital gowns and uncertainty, untying a complex knot of familial anxiety, guilt, and acceptance, while embracing the determination to move forward: I’ll still live like I’m dying/But I won’t let it take me down. “It’s about finding ways to not be defined by these circumstances, and to move past them with resilience,” she affirms.
 
Known for their stunning vocals and sharp, literate songwriting, BAILEN have cultivated a passionate following and emerged in indie circles via word of mouth, robust playlisting and a stream of steady touring with artists such as Hozier, Amos Lee, The Lone Bellow, and Joseph, to name a few. The group’s acclaimed 2019 debut, Thrilled To Be Here, produced by John Congleton, has amassed over 25 million streams since its release.

BAILEN – Tired Hearts Tour - Spring 2023:
March 14 – High Road Touring Showcase - Austin, TX – SXSW
March 15 – All Together Now – Hotel St. Cecelia – Austin, TX – SXSW
March 15 – South By San Jose – Hotel San Jose – Austin, TX – SXSW
March 16 – The Socal Sound 88.5 Radio Show – Austin Convention Center – SXSW
March 19 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah
March 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Echo
March 22 – San Francisco, CA – Café Du Nord
March 24 – Portland, OR – Polaris Hall
March 26 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
March 30 – Minneapolis, MN – Parkway Theatre
March 31 – Milwaukee, WI – The Back Room at Colectivo
April 1 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk
April 2 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
May 12 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brendas
May 13 – Washington, D.C. – Miracle Theatre
May 14 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Café
May 16 – Toronto, ON – The Drake Hotel
May 18 – Fairfield, CT – Stageone
May 19 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
May 20 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge

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MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA RELEASE NEW ALBUM & GROUNDBREAKING 180°3D VR FILM THE VALLEY OF VISION TODAY

LISTEN TO LEAD SINGLE THE WAY

WATCH THE VALLEY OF VISION GLOBAL ALBUM PREMIERE & OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY HERE

UPCOMING EVENTS INCLUDE SXSW SCREENING
TWO SOLD-OUT LONDON SHOWS

Toronto, ON – March 10, 2023 – Following a premiere with SiriusXM’s ALT Nation, Manchester Orchestra have revealed The Way, the lead single and latest look into their reinvigorating new album and breathtaking film. Out today, with a physical release set for April 7, The Valley of Vision is a record rooted in the higher powers of resilience, rebirth and self-redemption. After a prolonged period of grief and trauma that permeated the band’s previous LP and past several years together, songs like The Way illustrate the journey of losing one’s mind and finding it again. Through a ghostly haze of reverb, fear and pathological feelings, singer Andy Hull’s voice rises into a guttural and goosebump-inducing belt, carrying the arrangement of piano and electronic drum beats to a cathartic crescendo. The lyrics tell a vivid story that Hull had struggled to present since first writing it in 2019, but he credits the track’s additional producers - Jamie Martens, Catherine Marks and Ethan Gruska - with helping him to finally shape it. Listen to The Way here.
 
Like all songs on The Valley of Vision, The Way is accompanied by a captivating cinematic experience, presented in the groundbreaking format of 180-degree, 3D virtual reality. Directed by Isaac Deitz – who shot the film over a solitary, year-long journey through snow storms in the Rocky Mountains, dark nights in the deep woods of Wyoming, creek beds in Manchester Orchestra’s native Georgia, and climates both scorching and freezing – the visual mirrors and enhances the album’s overarching themes of life and death, change and growth, forgiving oneself and letting go. “Experiencing the film in its intended 180-degree, 3D VR format feels like downloading a dream into your head,” says Deitz. “Each symbol represents a different experience nested in our internal worlds; it's up to you whether you want to just enjoy them, or try to interpret what the dream means."
 
On the heels of four sold-out screening events in Los Angeles and New York City in recent weeks, Manchester Orchestra presented The Valley of Vision’s global premiere on their YouTube channel last night (Thursday, March 9). The livestream of the full project included the first-ever After Party that YouTube Music has ever done for a film premiere, where band members and co-producers Andy Hull and Robert McDowell were joined by Isaac Deitz to discuss the making of The Valley of Vision, and answered questions from fans (VR headsets recommended for the optimal experience). The Valley of Vision will also screen during SXSW, at The Carpenter Hotel's Quonset Hut on Thursday, March 16 (12-4 pm), and two sold-out shows at London’s Union Chapel on May 13-14, following the band’s hometown return to Atlanta’s Shaky Knees on May 5. Tune in to The Valley of Vision premiere here.
 
From being the first musicians to work with filmmaking duo Daniels (Everything Everywhere All At Once, Swiss Army Man), to continually embracing emerging technologies over the course of their career, Manchester Orchestra have further pushed themselves into fascinating realms with every new release. While they recorded The Valley of Vision at a converted manor in Muscle Shoals, AL, none of the songs were written with the band being in the same room all together - something they have never done before. The process began in the summer of 2021, when Hull was looking through his suitcase for his lyric notebook, but instead found a 1975 book of Puritan prayers called The Valley of Vision, which his mom had gifted to him the previous Christmas. The title became a mantra that helped inspire the music, as the band almost completely abandoned the instruments it is used to, and treated each track like a science experiment that started from the bottom and was added to gradually over time. 

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ALEX EXISTS IS DANCING WITH CHAOS IN NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO

FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM
EVERYBODY'S FAMOUS (EXCEPT ME) 
OUT MAY 26 VIA THE CONFIDENCE EMPERORS

WATCH & LISTEN TO DANCING WITH CHAOS

Toronto, ON – March 10, 2023 – Today, Toronto artist, Alex Exists, shares a heavy new single, Dancing With Chaos. Crawling with riffs, Alex's sharp vocals and deep lyrics, the tune goes out to anyone that feels overwhelmed by the state of the media, politics, and the unreal societal expectations they face. It marks the first single from Alex's debut album, Everybody's Famous (Except Me), out May 26 via The Confidence Emperors and arrives with an equally vibrant video that speaks truth to the song's themes. Watch Dancing With Chaos here and listen to the song here
 
Alex expands: "It's an ode to confronting chaos head on, and having fun with it, instead of running for the hills. It's a mesmerizing mellotron-driven dirge that paints a vivid pastiche of urban life, and the otherworldliness that lies underneath the facade. Much like the tone and humour in that John Carpenter classic movie, They Live."

Anecdotally, the production on Dancing With Chaos embodies a distinctive distorted bass guitar riff as created by using an effect, custom-built and engineered by Scott Fleming and Alex Exists. Based on the iconic discontinued Japanese fuzz pedal, the Shin-Ei Companion FY-2. A guitar effect that was known for its raw, distinctive, gated fuzz. FY-2 pedals are now quite rare.
 
The video was produced by Moon Reel Media, which Alex co-runs and co-founded, Directed by Agata Waclawska and edited by Alex himself. 
 
Everybody's Famous (Except Me) is a sonic exploration of expressing optimistic nihilism and radical authenticity as we tread into a brave new world. Alex quips the album resembling "a wrestling match with one’s ego." It represents a story about finding one’s true self amidst the chaos, continuing to create through the chaos while learning how to wield the energy of the changing tides instead of swimming against it - and letting it destroy you. Alex will use art as a weapon for peaceful rebellion inspired by his interactions with the world, channelled through song. Audiences can expect melodic hard rock tunes ready for both solo listening and the dance floor, filled with ironic humour to highlight social issues, with a satirical dimension. 
 
A founding member of both The Ruby Spirit and The Nursery, Alex Exists started his foray into music at the tender age of eight when he wrote and recorded his first songs (and noisy experiments) using the family’s home karaoke machine. Its two tape decks and record functions were used to overdub and build songs with Alex recording every instrument he could get his hands on.   

On the heels of The Ruby Spirit breaking up, Alex started writing and performing his songs with the Nursery. Their debut album, Life After Wartime, was awarded Best Independent Rock/Pop Band in Canada by Indie 88 in 2018. The station described the album as “a complex record that explores numerous themes such as our society’s obsession with technology, fame and nostalgia." That same year, the band was awarded Best Music Video for Digital Ashes by the Toronto Independent Music Awards.  

Alex’s music is inspired by absurdism, hyper surrealism and optimistic nihilism with an acid tongue firmly planted in his cheek. He is fascinated by pop culture and ego. The signature of Alex’s creative work is his unique sonic touches, drum-heavy rhythms and classic “pop through a blender” melodies. His new project, Alex Exists, launched with a neo-glam pop version of David Essex’s Rock On for The Confidence Emperors’ multi-artist album, Coverama, followed by his T. Rex-meets-John Lennon seasonal original, Never Christmas Without You. Alex played all of the instruments on both tracks except the drums. 

Stay tuned for more as Alex continues to dive into his big debut this year. 

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LEX LEOSIS USHERS IN AN EARLY SPRING WITH FUNKY NEW SINGLE DANGEROUS  

LISTEN TO DANGEROUS

TORONTO, ON – March 10, 2023 – Trailblazing Toronto artist and emcee, Lex Leosis, warms us up for spring by taking a walk on the wild side. Kicking off a new season - be it her own and that of the elements  - is a new single, Dangerous. The girlie funk anthem is all about feeling yourself, shaking off the winter blues and basking in the sunlight, and a sample of what will be heard on Lex's forthcoming album set to drop this summer. Listen to Dangerous here.

"The song is about stepping into your power as a woman. For so long I felt like I had to constantly be humble and not take up too much space, but this is the complete opposite," Lex says. "This is knowing that you are a threat to the patriarchy and being loud, confident and DANGEROUS in the open. I want women and non-binary folk to FEEL themselves when they hear this. I wrote this to be a 'scream-the-lyrics-in-your-face' type jam."


Known for her dynamic flow & aggressive stage presence, Lex Leosis is a name you don’t forget. With a unique gravely vocal delivery, acrobatic flows, and a mastery of her instrumentation, Lex breathes life into contemporary Hip-Hop and mesmerizes with her rapping abilities. She sets herself uniquely apart by holding space for various causes and using her platform to support other women and non-binary artists and creatives.

Following the disbanding of her rap group, The Sorority, Lex turned heads with her jazz/funk-influenced debut 2021 EP, Terracotta, which caught attention from CBC, Exclaim, Conversations with Dwyer, Earmilk, and Broadway World. Standout track, Wanted, landed in CBC Networks, Run the Burbs and Pretty Hard Cases. She rounded out 2021, by touring Terracotta in the US, opening for Snotty Nose Rez Kids and again, joining them for their 30+ date North American Tour in 2022. Lex finished the year releasing a string of collabs with Keysha Freshh, Lex Bratcher, and producers Alexander Lewis and Oh Gosh Leotus, most of whom she met through her budding success on TikTok. Lex spent the pandemic building an impressive following on the platform performing rap duets with other users. 

Stay tuned for more from Lex Leosis as she prepares to release new music this year.

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MALUMA RELEASES NEW SONG & VIDEO LA REINA DEDICATED TO ALL WOMEN

WATCH HERE | LISTEN HERE

TORONTO, ON – March 10, 2023 – Global Latin music idol, Maluma, has just released his new single and video, La Reina, an empowering track dedicated to women, that transmits an inspiring message about the beauty and worth that all women carry naturally, no matter their age, sexuality, culture or physical condition in appreciation of their true value, their essence and the magnificence of being a woman by honouring and crowning them in every way possible. Stream or download La Reina here.

"I wrote this beautiful song in a music camp and it came to me as a gift from above, because I have always wanted to make a tribute to women. For me, the most important thing about this song is that the main characters are all these spectacular women and all the women around the world who are going to identify with it," Maluma expressed at the video production for La Reina.

The track was written by Maluma, Kevin Cruz Moreno, Edgar Barrera, Lenin Yorney Palacios and Luis Miguel Gómez Castaño. The music video was filmed in Medellin, Colombia; directed by Juan Luis Londoño Arias (Maluma), Juan Felipe Zuleta and Cesar "Tes" Pimienta; and produced by his very own Royalty Films.

The video highlights the beauty of 17 Colombian women. Each one reflects a different personality and essence, and also her own story: Yaneth Rodríguez Jiménez, Carmen Emilia Pulgarin, Angie Marquinez Montaño, Ana María Ramírez, Maritza Siagama Certiga, Diana Rodríguez Álvarez, Valentina López Rodríguez, Susana García Restrepo, Alice Barrada Castro, Alejandra Blanco Sánchez, Lina Loaiza Bran, Erika Medina Mesa, Silvia Rosa Julio, Martha Álvarez Ossa, Sara Llanos García, Marcela Vargas Osorio and Leidy Ocampo Quintero. Each woman models, sings, dances and shines to the rhythm of this endearing and empowering song. Watch the official video for La Reina here.

La Reina is the most recent single from Maluma's highly anticipated upcoming album due out later this year. The previous single being smash hit, La Fórmula, the artist's collab with Marc Anthony.

Maluma recently won two Premio Lo Nuestro awards for Banda Song Of The Year and The Perfect Mix Of The Year forCada Quien, his collab with Grupo Firme, underscoring his musical excellence and versatility.

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About MALUMA
Maluma is one of the leading voices in Latin music and a bona fide global youth idol. Born Juan Luis Londoño in Medellin, Colombia, he formulated his artistic moniker Maluma from the first two letters of the names of his mother, father and sister.

The 2018 Latin GRAMMY award winner for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album (for F.A.M.E.) is one of social media’s most popular artists with over 25 million Facebook fans, 8 million Twitter followers, and a whopping 63 million Instagram followers, making him the leading Latin male artist on Instagram and the first and only one to surpass 50 million followers. His official YouTube/VEVO channel has more than 28.1 million subscribers, having earned him a YouTube Diamond Play Button Award.

With his Maluma World Tour he has achieved unparalleled success, having sold over one million tickets in 105 worldwide concerts in 2017 alone and becoming the top concert-selling Latin artist in the world. In 2018 and 2019, he broke records achieving full houses in all of his shows throughout the United States and Europe selling out Madison Square Garden (New York), the American Airlines Arena (Miami) and two The Forums (Los Angeles), among others. With his 11:11 World Tour he also sold out Israel's largest venue, Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv (60,000+ audience); made history at the 18th annual Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco, setting an all-time attendance record with his headlining concert in front of 200,000 people; and performed for the first time ever in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in front of 25,000. He continued to take over throughout 2021 and 2022 with sold-outs in the United States, Europe, Latin American and the Middle East.

Since joining Sony Music Latin in 2015, Maluma has released seven albums Pretty Boy Dirty Boy (2015), F.A.M.E. (2018), 11:11 (2019), Papi Juancho (2020), 7DJ (2021), The Love & Sex Tape and The Love & Sex Tape Deluxe (2022). Maluma is the youngest artist to simultaneously hold both the #1 and #2 spots on Billboard's Latin Airplay chart and only the sixth act to ever achieve the feat he has now repeated three times. To date Maluma has had twenty-two #1 singles on Billboard's Latin Airplay chart.

Maluma's altruistic spirit is outstanding for the community work he leads with his foundation, El Arte de Los Sueños, based in Medellín, Colombia. Founded in 2016, the Foundation's mission is to transform at-risk youth through art and music education. In 2021, Maluma acted in his first Disney animation movie, Encanto, 2022 Oscar winner for Best Animation Feature. Earlier this year, Maluma debuted in Hollywood with his starring role as Bastian in the movie, Marry Me, alongside Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson.

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LONDON BREW SHARE NEW SINGLE RAVEN FLIES LOW

LISTEN HERE

A NEW ALBUM INSPIRED BY MILES DAVIS' BITCHES BREW OUT MARCH 3 VIA CONCORD JAZZ

FEATURING BENJI B, THEON CROSS, NUBYA GARCIA, SHABAKA HUTCHINGS, DAVE OKUMU
TOM SKINNER, MARTIN TEREFE & MORE

WATCH A TRAILER HERE

"Brilliant though many of these musicians have been in numerous other contexts, this might be some of their finest work:
a thrilling voyage into the outer regions of electric jazz."
 - Uncut, 9/10

Toronto, ON – March 9, 2023 – Concord Jazz recently announced London Brew, a new album inspired by Miles Davis' Bitches Brew from a crème de la crème collection of UK jazz luminaries, due for release as a 2LP set, 2CD and digitally on March 31. Pre-order London Brew here.

Comprised of a veritable who's who of some of the most important and innovative musicians of the 21st century, London Brew features contributions from Benji B, Theon Cross, Nubya Garcia, Shabaka Hutchings, Dave Okumu, Tom Skinner and more, brought together by Producer and guitarist Martin Terefe and Executive Producer Bruce Lampcov.

Today, a second single is shared from the project in the guise of Raven Flies Low, the album's closer named for violinist, Raven Bush, who was fundamental to the track's gorgeous textures as he played his violin through electric pedals to stunning effect - seemingly a nod to how Davis ran his trumpet through tape delay on the original album.

Of the London Brew sessions, Bush offers: "Being able to play in a beautiful studio with this amazing group of musicians was an honour. With this type of record-making process, the music is just constantly unfolding in the room, so many brilliant moments are passing you by. I’m always somewhere else during improvisations….It was great to be reminded of this vibe we had going, I’m into it.”

“When a recording session like this happens, the amount of ideas that gets generated is considerable," he continues. "I don’t know how Martin [Terefe] and Bruce [Lampcov] managed to choose what made the album, there were so many dope moments!”

Terefe further explains: “When I started mixing the section that became Raven Flies Low, I fell into focusing on the continuous flow Raven’s violin melodies and electronic pedal orchestrations. His mini compositions moved so brilliantly under the radar and this one blew my mind. I chose the title inspired by the track, John McLaughlin, on Bitches Brew. Simply a hats off to a maestro at work.”

Listen to Raven Flies Low (Single Edit) here

Raven Flies Low was preceded by the album's lead single, Miles Chases New Voodoo in the Church (Single Edit), of which Nubya Garcia explains, “this single is our interpretation of Miles Davis’ ode to Jimi Hendrix (Miles Runs the Voodoo Down). I’ve always been very inspired by the creative minds of both Miles and Jimi…. Both were innovators who carved their own lanes, which is something I’ve aspired to in my own career.  For a while now I’ve been experimenting and using pedals and effects with my instrument, so to be able to do that on this track, while paying tribute to their legacies, was a joy both creatively and personally.”

The track has received support from publications as diverse as Pitchfork, Clash, The Line of Best Fit, Jazzwise, The Fader, MOJO, Crack, Stereogum and Uncut. Meanwhile at UK radio it's been championed by the likes of Craig Charles, Jamz Supernova and Mary Anne Hobbs on 6Music, John Kennedy on Radio X and Gilles Peterson on Worldwide FM.

Revisit Miles Chases New Voodoo in the Church (Single Edit) here

London Brew reflects an emotional journey through the period in which it was conceived, having been recorded during the pandemic and after many months of isolation and the inability to collaborate in person. Recorded in December 2020 at Paul Epworth's Church Studios in London, Terefe explains how the resulting music is "sometimes uncomfortable, other times it's familiar and joyous and other times it's like deep meditation."

What began as a plan for a live performance at the Barbican in honour of the 50th anniversary of Bitches Brew in early 2020 - an event that was sadly to be scuppered by the pandemic - would eventually blossom into so much more. London Brew is a collection of original recordings rooted in inspiration and celebration - not just a rapturous, moving tribute to one of the most totemic figures in modern music but equally a one-off moment in London's musical history captured forever on four sides of vinyl. As Lampcov writes in the album's liner notes, "London Brew is also inspired by... London. The city, the people, her creativity and her struggles. London Brew is primordial, born out of a year of trying to get to grips with what being human is about. The sounds and melodies cover the gamut of human emotion from delicate and caring to coarse and angry. Nothing is left unsaid."

An intelligent, dexterous assault on the senses from a group of artists united in their freewheeling vision, London Brew's eight tracks are unified by an experimental, improvisatory fire. "In all my years of recording, I'd never been involved in an improvisatory process on this scale," offers The Invisible's Dave Okumu. "It's ease and sense of endlessness is surely a testament to the calibre of each musician and the unique manner in which they've taken on the lessons Miles set before us through his recording and performances."

Theon Cross highlights how "the possibility of playing with a larger group of people [at the end of a year marked by the pandemic] with such an open and free approach was an incredibly powerful and moving experience," while Shabaka Hutchings comments: "For me, that's what Bitches Brew is. It's a bunch of musicians making music because of the love of making music, as a social force and as a social construct. They are creating something that expresses unity and motion. That's what it is to be alive… you know, you have unity, you have motion, and you have vibration. You don't get any more alive than that. That's Bitches Brew." That's London Brew, too, and you won't have ever heard anything quite like it.

London Brew is:

Benji B: Decks, Sonic Re-cycling 
Raven Bush: Violin, Electronics 
Theon Cross: Tuba 
Nubya Garcia: Saxophone, Flute 
Tom Herbert: Electric Bass, Double Bass 
Shabaka Hutchings: Saxophone, Woodwinds
Nikolaj Torp Larsen: Synthesizers, Melodica 
Dave Okumu: Guitar 
Nick Ramm: Piano, Synthesizers 
Dan See: Drums, Percussion 
Tom Skinner: Drums, Percussion 
Martin Terefe: Guitar, Electronics 

Samplism artwork by Toby Laurent Belson

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WHIPPED CREAM UNVEILS NEW EP SOMEONE YOU CAN COUNT ON OUT TODAY ON MONSTERCAT – LISTEN HERE

SHARES NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR ALBUM TRACK
REWIND… (BUT I LOVE YOU)

THE DARK VR – A HIGHLY INNOVATIVE MIXED REALITY PROJECT CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CANADIAN TECH COMPANY DEPARTURE LOUNGE – SET TO DEBUT AT SXSW XR EXPERIENCE IN AUSTIN MARCH 11-14

"Caroline Cecil, best known behind the decks as WHIPPED CREAM, is renowned for her authentic, bassy and limitless sound that transcends stylistic borders. This can be seen in numerous tracks by the artist such as ‘Be Here (LA LA LA), ’All Eyes On Me,’ ‘Light of Mine’ and ‘Angels.’ Most notably, her genre-bending style is showcased in her latest single, 'The Dark.'" – Forbes

"Ever since a sudden and unexpected change in career t
rajectory, Caroline Cecil's full focus has been on music.  That focus has paid off: Working as WHIPPED CREAM, she's managed to climb to electronic music's top rungs in just a few short years.  with the release of the new Someone You Can Count On, along with a journey toward self-discovery, she's entered what feels like a new phase in her life." –
DJ Mag, February 2023 Cover Story

WHIPPED CREAM offers no shortage of beauty for everyone”
 – The Georgia Straight

TORONTO, ON – March 8, 2023 – Today, acclaimed music producer, singer/songwriter and artist, WHIPPED CREAM, unveils her new EP, Someone You Can Count On, on Monstercat. Listen here.

Boasting a portfolio of work with a diversity of greats such as Latto, UNIIQU3, Moore Kismet, and Lil Keed, there is no limit to WHIPPED CREAM’s creative ingenuity.  Accumulating over 8.4 million streams already across featured tracks like CRY,  Angels, and The Dark, the seven-song EP sees WHIPPED CREAM step out of her comfort zone and into her higher power, to unleash a boundless and raw representation of her artistry. Recently, she has added ‘singer-songwriter’ to her title, flexing her own vocals for the first time on this EP, as heard on Angels, Be Here and the today’s focus track, Rewind…(But I Love You) – which arrives alongside a visually stunning and evocative music video. Watch here.

Someone You Can Count On – a body of work that chronicles WHIPPED CREAM’s journey of self-discovery (someone you can count on is always you) – also features the single, The Dark, which sees her teaming up with rapper and songwriter, Jasiah, and producer, Crimson Child, for a genre-bending masterpiece. Unraveling a story about toxic love and loss, the single puts Jasiah’s operatic talents on full display, heightening the drama in the haunting keys and textured synthwork. 

The Dark’s ground-breaking music video will be available as a unique virtual reality experience, set to debut at SXSW this month as an official selection in the XR Experience Competition. Produced by the Vancouver-based studio, Departure Lounge, directed by Will Selviz, and co-produced by WHIPPED CREAM, the music video is a highly innovative mixed-reality project developed in Canada’s first volumetric capture facility. Visitors will be able to experience the VR video at the The Dark VR exhibition booth between March 11 and 14, with WHIPPED CREAM in attendance March 13 and 14.  Read more about The Dark VR at SXSW here.

Whether on the ice or on the decks, WHIPPED CREAM’s talents for expressing herself through music are undeniable. Born in Toronto as Caroline Cecil, she spent her formative years as a competitive figure skater before a fateful accident brought a new passion for production into focus. Now, she is living proof that everything happens for a reason and becoming one of the fastest rising stars in electronic music.  Look for WHIPPED CREAM to embark on a national tour in support of Someone You Can Count On with dates to be announced very soon.

SOMEONE YOU CAN COUNT ON TRACK LIST
1. The Dark (WHIPPED CREAM, Jasiah & Crimson Child)
2. Angels
3. Be Here (La La La) (WHIPPED CREAM & The Dutchess)
4. CRY
5. Rewind… (But I Love You)
6. Friends
7. Someone You Can Count On

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BLUES POWERHOUSE SAMANTHA FISH AND GUITARIST EXTRAORDINAIRE JESSE DAYTON PUSH THE LIMITS ON DEATH WISH BLUES

ALBUM PRODUCED BY JON SPENCER OUT MAY 19
ON ROUNDER RECORDS

 
GRITTY SINGLE DEATH WISH OUT TODAY
 
WATCH PROVOCATIVE VIDEO HERE

TORONTO, ON – March 3, 2023 – Blues powerhouse, Samantha Fish, and guitarist extraordinaire, Jesse Dayton, unveil the thundering single, Death Wish, from their upcoming collaboration, the album Death Wish Blues out May 19 on Rounder Records. With gritty, dirty hooks alongside fierce vocals from Fish, Death Wish is the perfect kick-off to the album, itself a bold collision of blues, soul, punk, funk, and fantastically greasy rock-and-roll. The Death Wish video captures that dark, raw power as Fish and Dayton take down a predator in retro Hollywood. Watch here. Listen to Death Wish and pre-save Death Wish Blues here.
 
Death Wish Blues evolved from the duo’s 2022 EP, Stardust Sessions, which featured imaginative covers of Brand New Cadillac, I’ll Be Here in the Morning, and Feelin’ Good. Their undeniable musical chemistry led to a recording session at Applehead Recording & Production in Woodstock, produced by the inimitable Jon Spencer. Spencer’s expertise aligned perfectly with Fish and Dayton’s vision for the release, centred on the blues while constantly augmenting, expanding, and pushing the limits.  Dayton said, “For this album we wanted to keep everything blues-based, with a lot of inspiration from people like Albert King and Magic Sam on the lead-guitar parts, but we also wanted to have fun with that and take it somewhere new and different and way outside our wheelhouse.” With the addition of Kendall Wind (bass), Mickey Finn (keyboards) and Aaron Johnston (drums), Death Wish Blues was recorded in an intense 10 days, mostly live.
 
The commanding chords and words of Death Wish move right into the hypnotic, heavy Down In the Mud. Fish and Dayton trade textured back-and-forth vocals on the groove-heavy Riders, while Trauma surges with momentum while lamenting heartbreak. The album offers lighthearted moments as well, as Supadupabad shines with upbeat carefree lyrics amid blues-funk fun. No Apology finds Fish’s elegant vocals a bit softer but just as crushing and impactful as she longs to push through and make love work. The album closes with the tender love song You Know My Heart, displaying the mesmerizing synergy of Fish & Dayton.

Hailing from Kansas City, MO, Samantha Fish is one of the most dynamic blues forces in the world today, headlining festivals and captivating audiences with her guitar prowess and power vocals. An award-winner and road warrior, she performs 200 shows yearly, both domestically and abroad. Death Wish Blues is her 7th album. Jesse Dayton boasts an exceptional resume as an acclaimed solo recording artist, collaborator with artists such as Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Duff McKagan, a touring guitarist for seminal punk band X, teammate with Rob Zombie on the soundtracks for his iconic horror films, and as a radio show host on Gimme Country.

Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton
Death Wish Blues Bio

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UNDEROATH RELEASES LET GO VIA MNRK HEAVY

STREAM AND ENJOY ON DSPS HERE

THE BLIND OBEDIENCE TOUR BEGINS TODAY
WITH PERIPHERY AND LOATHE

TORONTO, ON – March 3, 2023 – Today, Underoath released their new single, Let Go, via MNRK Heavy – stream/enjoy via DSPs. In discussing the song, the band said, “This is actually the first song we completed after recording ‘Voyeurist.’ It took a few different forms but we got it to a place where we knew this is what it should be. It’s about letting go of whatever trauma or demons that might be holding you back. As hard as it is to make those decisions sometimes, I feel like we can never grow without stepping out of those toxic environments.”
 
In February, the band announced their new label signing to MNRK Heavy for a worldwide deal. “Rarely does the opportunity present itself to partner with a band as amazing as Underoath,” said, Scott Givens, SVP of MNRK Music Group. “When that opportunity was presented, we seized it immediately, and speaking for the entire company; we are truly honored they gave us a chance to work with them on their upcoming recordings.  The band has had a remarkable career, and all of us at the MRNK Music Group can’t wait to accompany them on their next phase of it.”
 
Underoath added, “Choosing who we partner with in releasing our music is always a huge decision. The team at MNRK simply rules, understands our vision, and is passionate about the music. We couldn’t be more excited and ready to work with the MNRK team to release some of our favorite work to date.”
 
The Blind Obedience Tour with Periphery and Loathe starts today, March 3 in Silver Spring and concludes on April 2 in Nashville, plus festivals at the Slam Dunk Festival and Inkcarceration Festival.
 
Tour Dates:
03/03/23 - Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore* (SOLD OUT)
03/04/23 - Stroudsburg, PA @ The Sherman Theater*
03/05/23 - Huntington, NY @ The Paramount*
03/07/23 - Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room*
03/08/23 - Pittsburgh, PA @ The Roxian*
03/10/23 - East Moline, IL @ The Rust Belt*
03/11/23 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Club*
03/13/23 - Grand Rapids, MI @ 20 Monroe*
03/14/23 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant*
03/15/23 - Kansas City, MO @ The Uptown Theater*
03/17/23 - Wichita, KS @ The Cotilion*
03/18/23 - Denver, CO @ The Ogden Theater* (SOLD OUT)
03/20/23 - Boise, ID @ Revolution*
03/21/23 - Portland, OR @ The Roseland Ballroom*
03/23/23 - Wheatland, CA @ The Hard Rock Casino*
03/24/23 - Anaheim, CA @ The House of Blues* (SOLD OUT)
03/25/23 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl*
03/26/23 - San Diego, CA @ Soma*
03/27/23 - Tucson, AZ @ The Rialto Theater*
03/29/23 - Albuquerque, NM @ The El Rey Theatre*
03/31/23 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Diamond Ballroom*
04/01/23 - Little Rock, AR @ The Hall*
04/02/23 - Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works*
05/27/23 - Hatfield, EN @ Slam Dunk Festival
05/28/23 - Leeds, UK @ Slam Dunk Festival
07/15/23 - Mansfield, OH @ Inkcarceration Festival
 
*Blind Obedience Tour with Periphery and Loathe

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UNDEROATH reinvents the balance between chaos and harmony with each successive release. Their compositions, conjured from creative tension, become iconoclastic anthems. Even when the band almost combusts, the crackling energy coalesces into something deeply resonant for millions.
 
Their pair of gold albums and three GRAMMY nominations stand in stark defiance of the idea of commercial compromise. The Underoath catalog weaponizes noise, aggression, and ambiance as skillfully as melody. The combination of heaviness and headiness found on Define the Great Line makes it the only record of its kind to debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
 
The heart of their sound, which delivers naked vulnerability with thrilling force and cinematic lushness, can be heard in generations of bands who’ve pursued their trail.
 
Walking an artistic tightrope between immersive access and isolationist otherness, Underoath owns the space between huge choruses and forward-thinking heaviness, both on record and onstage.

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LE COULEUR SHARE NEW SINGLE SENTIMENTS NOUVEAUX

LISTEN HERE

PERFORMING AT SXSW IN AUSTIN, TEXAS THIS MONTH

JUNE 2023 SHOWCASES AT CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK
IN TORONTO TO BE ANNOUNCED

Toronto, ON – March 3, 2023 – Today, Montreal trio, Le Couleur, share a fresh languid disco-pop track, Sentiments Nouveaux. Flirting with '80s nostalgia, the song reflects the search for a sensation, an exaltation, and desire to be on the edge. A new air, an exploration of the senses, Le Couleur hits the deepest of desires, intrinsic drives, and the naivety of first times. Listen to Sentiments Nouveaux here.

"We will constantly seek out those new feelings that put us on edge," Le Couleur adds regarding the new track.

The single arrives ahead of Le Couleur's big return to South By Southwest Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas this month. The trio will perform three shows, including: March 13 for the M4MTL x Investissement Québec showcase at Swan Dive (patio), March 15 at Icenhauer's, and March 17 at Hotel Vegas. In June, they will hit Toronto for performances at Canadian Music Week from June 8 to 10 - showcase info to be announced. See all details below and don't miss their performances if you're in town - Le Couleur delivers an unparalleled live set that is rich and sensual.

Sentiments Nouveaux is a preview to the group's forthcoming album set to release this fall. It follows their 2020 album, Concorde, which emanates a vintage atmosphere, recalling the faded charm of 70s erotica, warm tones also rooted in psychedelia, disco, yéyé, and French chanson. The group has had the opportunity to share the stage with mentor and influence, Giorgio Moroder, which greatly inspired elements of their conceptual and applauded release.

Le Couleur, formed by Laurence Giroux-Do (vocals), Patrick Gosselin (bass), and Steeven Chouinard (drums), delivers rich and irresistibly danceable performances. Le Couleur first propelled themselves towards an electro-pop sound as bright as the lights of the now-defunct Studio 54, with the EPs Voyage Love (2013) and Dolce Désir (2015), followed by P.O.P. (2016), a critically acclaimed debut album. 

Connect with Le Couleur online as more music will be unveiled in the months ahead.

Le Couleur at SXSW 2023 - Austin, Texas
March 13 - M4MTL x Investissement Québec - Swan Dive (Patio)
March 15 - Sound Dessert - Icenhauer's
March 17 - Spage Agency Booking Showcase - Hotel Vegas

Le Couleur at Canadian Music Week - Toronto, Ontario
June 8-10 - Dates and Venues TBA

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TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM THE NAME LIVES ON  TO BE RELEASED APRIL 21

FIRST TRACK HELL HOUNDS OUT TODAY

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TORONTO, ON – March 3, 2023 – Heavy Southern Rock band, Texas Hippie Coalition, announces the release of their seventh studio album, The Name Lives On, on April 21 via MNRK Heavy. The hard-hitting, 10-track collection is another riff-heavy, sonic assault from beginning to end.

The first single, Hell Hounds, was released today and proves this dog hunts right out of the gate. With a punishing riff, Big Dad Ritch growls, "And I know that you think you're so strong/And I've been sent to prove you wrong."

THC frontman Big Dad Ritch says, “Where there once was an appetite for this style of music, I witnessed a hunger grow and now I see the lovers of real music starving for it. The Name Lives On is an album that is a dinner bell ringer… I was sent to ring that bell!!!” 
 
Texas Hippie Coalition is often compared to the many great Southern Rock and Texas bands that came before them.  But they are proving to the world that THC is not just following in their footsteps, they are leaving giant footprints. Not only is the band etching out a place for themselves in the multi-genre fields of music, but they have also created their own genre in "Red Dirt Metal."  You have to hear it to understand it.  Words are not enough to convey how powerfully big their sound is.

Texas Hippie Coalition are:
Big Dad Ritch
Cord Pool
Nevada Romo
Lorado Romo
Joey Mandigo

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SIGALA TEAMS UP WITH MAE MULLER AND CAITY BASER FOR FEELS THIS GOOD  FEATURING STEFFLON DON

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8 UK Top 10 Singles
7 global Platinum Singles
10 global Gold Singles
7 Million UK sales
22 Million worldwide sales
4 Billion streams
Over 1 Billion video views

Toronto, ON – March 3, 2023 – Not one but three powerhouses join Sigala for his brand-new single ‘Feel This Good’, which is released globally today. Feels this Good is a buoyant future anthem with an earworm of a chorus and features the incredible Mae Muller and the hotly tipped Caity Baser, with a brief break in the action from rapper Stefflon Don. It's a matrix of collaborative artistry that highlights something Sigala values: sticking by, returning to and/or championing stars with whom he has a close bond – or of whom he's purely and simply a fan.

The song is accompanied by the release of the first part of Sigala’s new record, Every Cloud – Silver Liningsfeaturing the first available 11-tracks from the album, with the full album coming on September 1, 2023.

After eight UK Top 10 singles, a BRIT Nomination for Best Single for Lullaby, seven global Platinum singles, nine global Gold singles, seven million UK sales, 22 million worldwide sales, 4 billion audio streams and over one billion video views, Sigala is showing no sign of slowing down.
 
Every Cloud is the album Sigala has been working on from pretty much the minute he finished making his first, September 2018’s blockbuster, Brighter Days. The impressive debut album featured a stellar line-up of collaborators that included Kylie Minogue, Paloma Faith, Becky Hill and more!
 
Sigala has had another incredible year, playing to fans across the globe and consistently releasing smash single. Every Cloud – Silver Linings will also include Lasting Lover, with James Arthur, MelodyStay The Night featuring Talia Mar, Rely On Me, the David Guetta and Sam Ryder collaboration, Living Without You and recent release, Radio, with MNEK. 
 
As well as new music. Sigala also announced a UK headline tour which kicks off in Dublin on March 5. This year is set to be another standout for Sigala, who is looking forward to reengaging with his fans and bringing the Sigala experience to more live electrifying shows.
 
Sigala UK Tour 2023
March 5– 3Olympia, Dublin
March 7 – NX, Newcastle
March 8 – O2 Academy, Glasgow – SOLD OUT
March 9 – O2 Academy, Glasgow (*Extra Show Added)
March 10 – The Engine Shed, Lincoln
March 11 – HMV Empire Coventry, Coventry
March 15 – Albert Hall, Manchester
March 17 – Electric Brixton, London
March 18 – Tramshed, Cardiff

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ABOUT SIGALA

Does Sigala ever sleep? Does the well ever run dry? Is he the best connected man in electronic music? And is 2023 set to be his biggest year yet?
 
In the first nine months of last year the artist-producer released four singles. At the top of 2022 came Melody. Written in his studio HQ near London’s Kings Cross, the uplifting trance epic was vocalled by Norwegian singer-songwriterand co-writer Ida Martinsen Botten, and was a spiritual sister of Wish You Well, Sigala’s 2019 hit with Becky Hill.
 
It was followed by Stay the Night, a hook-up with fast-rising British singer Talia Mar that was a certifiable summer smash. Then, with that song still filling dancefloors all over, came punchy piano-house monster Living Without You. His wingmen this time? Only the other biggest dance music producer in Europe and ’22’s most explosive new voice in pop. That is, respectively, David Guetta and Sam Ryder. You knew that.
 
A disco-minute later, Sigala was releasing again, and it was another all-star collab: All By Myself was the inspired result of a mash-up with Ellie Goulding, cult Brazilian DJ/producer Alok and a deft sample of Depeche Mode’s Enjoy The Silence.
 
Four bangers, streams numbering 300 million all before winter kicked in, and all centred on the force of musical gravity that is Sigala.
 
The answer to those opening four questions? Barely, never, probably, definitely.
 
Because as '23 gets underway, Sigala's work-rate shows no signs of slowing down. Prime your ears for anotherhuge soulful dance track in the shape of new single, Rely On Me. Again, Sigala flexes his unerring ability to open up to, and dig deep with, a diverse and international range of co-writing/producing talents spanning the horizon of electronic music – in this case Italian DJ Gabry Ponte and his countryman Alex Guadino, the legendary label-runner, sampling wizard and hitmaker.
 
“It's another one that's based on a cheeky sample, a song called 2 Times, which is quite a niche tune,” explains this electronic music obsessive of the 1999 hit for British-born Italian Eurodance phenom Ann Lee. “Alex came up with it – he's famous for sampling songs before it was really a thing, going back to Destination Unknown and some of his other huge tunes.”
 
Rely On Me also serves as the curtain-raiser for the rollercoaster next chapter in Sigala’s rise and rise: the release,in spring this year, of his long-awaited second album. Currently running to 20 (and counting) tracks, it’s the albumthe Englishman born Bruce Fielder has been working on from pretty much the minute he finished making his first,September 2018’s blockbuster, Brighter Days.

 

After eight UK Top 10 singles, a BRIT Nomination for Best Single for Lullaby, seven global Platinum singles, nineglobal Gold singles, seven million UK sales, 22 million worldwide sales,

4.2 billion audio streams and over one billion video views, here comes Every Cloud. It’s a second album that’s already stuffed with hits, including as it does all Sigala’s singles from the past couple ofyears, including James Arthur collab Lasting Lover and You For Me with Rita Ora.
 
“Basically it's like a best-of – with extras,” grins Sigala.
 
And what extras. Stay tuned for another new track, Radio, co-created with, and sung by, one of Sigala’s all-time heroes.
 
“MNEK, what a legend!” he beams. “I've followed his career since day one, when I was at uni. He's somebody that I've always dreamed of working with.”
 
In the writing, too, MNEK didn’t disappoint, even for a man well-used to using the studio as a creative playground.
 
“I spent about two hours making a beat, getting some nice chords, whilst he was just chilling. And then he was like,'OK, just play it through.' He's on his phone, typing down lyrics, then he jumps on the microphone. And literally 20minutes later, he had written pretty much the whole song – and the vocal is the one that he sang in two takes!” Sigala marvels. “Just incredible. I was honestly blown away. It was like being in the presence of true genius.”
 
There is, accordingly, a freshness to the French disco feel of the track. That's something that I really wanted to keeptrue to: not overproduce it. It's such a simple production, but it's unique as well, with that offbeat bass going all theway through. It throws back to early 2000s and late '90s stuff, and even disco.”
 
The positive, upbeat vibes continue in another new track, one that already feels like the feelgood sound of 2023. Feels This Good is a further massive writing hook-up with old friend– Well, their identity will have to remain secret for a little longer. In fact: such is the calibre of the not one, not two, but three massive vocal collaborators on the track that they all need to stay anonymous for now. Suffice it to say that in its creation and execution, Feels ThisGood features four towering British female talents. It's a matrix of collaborative artistry that highlights something else Sigala values: sticking by, returning to and/or championing stars with whom he has a close bond – or of whom he's purely and simply a fan.
 
For Sigala, those ties, ones that go far beyond tactical and fleeting professional connections, make for music with character and meaning.
 
“You can see by the people that are going to be on the album,” he begins, holding back on revealing some other keycollaborators, “and who are on my previous one – a lot of it is people who are local to me, people that I've bumped into. It is quite a small circle of writers and artists in the UK, really, when you get down to it.”
 
A key member of that small circle is Bryn Christopher, his co-writer and the gospel-voiced singer on Mood For You, another deep new cut.
 
“Bryn was one of the first people I ever worked with as Sigala. We wrote Sweet Lovin' together, which was mysecond ever single, and we've been working on stuff since. He wrote Came Here for Love with Ella Eyre and a fewother people. He's going to be quite heavily involved in album number three, which I'm already working on. So I was like, we have to have you on the album.” It is he, adds, another nice full circle moment for an artist for whom human connection matters more than anything. Even if the spark of a tune originates somewhere else, as with Rely On Me and Living Without You (which began with songwriter JinJin, another old creative partner), Sigala will only jump on if that spark resonates personally – and if can get in the studio with his would-be collaborators.
 
“I absolutely prefer making music with people in person,” he affirms. “Unless I'm travelling, organising sessions and flying to places, which does happen, but not that frequently, I can call up Ella. She lives five minutes down the roadfrom where my studio is. She'll just come by, and we can work on some stuff.”
 
That travelling, though, is also important. Playing out as a DJ last year – he again took his Sigalaland experience to Ibiza, with a residency at Eden – he had first-hand experience of audiences' hunger and enthusiasm for properclubbing and proper dancing in what was the first fully free summer since 2019.
 
“Over lockdown, dance music became stronger than ever,” he reflects of a time where he himself spent long months “honing and honing” the songs for Every Cloud. “People were missing that side of their lives. So they were havingtheir own parties at home or listening to dance music in their kitchen. That was a beautiful thing.
 
“And that's continued,” points out this assiduous chart-watcher, scene observer and true-born fan. “This year even some of the more underground dance tunes have risen up the charts, and gone massive and viral on social media.That shows that people have more of an appetite than ever for dance music and having a party. So performing thisyear, with all that energy, has been just awesome.”
 
All that energy also ripples through Every Cloud. It’s there in the multitude of recent hits and future hits, in thegalaxy of stars who feature, and also in the line-up of fresher talent. The latter is a crucially important element for a musician intent on further stepping out from behind his decks or his desk and encouraging the writers, singers and producers of tomorrow. Hence Sigala’s founding of Lighthouse, a publishing, management and mentorship company for new artists.


“Lighthouse is a real big passion of mine,” Sigala says, the enthusiasm spilling out of him. “It's great to do something that's focused on other people, helping them, passing on things that I've learned and done wrong in the past, so that they don't have to make the same mistakes. And then giving them the facilities they need to do whatthey need to do. Basically, just all things that I wish I had when I was starting out!” he adds, laughing.
 
Shout out, then, to Shaun Ferrugia, the first signing to Lighthouse. “This dude from Malta had DM'd me onInstagram and said: ‘Hey man, can you listen to my songs?' I checked him out, and was like: ‘Oh, my God, this guy has the most incredible voice, he's a great songwriter, but he has no connections in the industry and doesn't know what to do.’ “So I invited him to London and we helped him out, got him in sessions and stuff like that. Since then, he's just done two songs with Martin Garrix, where he's written and singing on them, and he's about to start his own artist career.”
 
It all speaks to where Sigala finds himself at this crucial crossover phase in his career: paying back the experience, and doubling down on the energy and the excitement. He’s just announced a tour for spring, an underplay run after previous arena-sized outings with a live band. Going back to dancefloor basics, DJing while accompanied by guestsingers, he’ll be both tapping into and ramping up the excitement of the club environment, while also foregrounding the songcraft and production passion he holds dear.
 
“I feel like I’ve got a really good ear. And I feel like, with all the people who've had long careers in music, you haveto be at your own A&R as well. I have great A&R guys at Ministry of Sound and Sony,” he says of his label partners. “But if the artist can be a decent A&R as well, you're just on to a winner. People like Calvin and Guetta, people who are having constant success, they have a really good ear.
 

“That's something I’ve really honed in on over the years. If I feel strongly about a song, I want to get involved. I try and listen to my gut instinct. And it's done me well so far.” That could be the understatement of, well, any year. If you thought Sigala was brilliantly all over 2022, wait till you hear what he has planned for 2023.

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SAMPA THE GREAT ANNOUNCES AS ABOVE, SO BELOW NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

SHOWS IN VANCOUVER MAY 19 AND TORONTO JUNE 9

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM AS ABOVE, SO BELOW OUT NOW

“A hard-hitting, feel-good album that empowers the audience
to be their most authentic selves.”
 - TEEN VOGUE

“As Above, So Below is a potent emotional journey.” - FLOOD

“A triumphant and supremely catchy celebration of her home country's enduring cultural influence, the song features fellow Zambian artists Chef 187, Tio Nason, and Mwanjé. Watch the vibrant video from Rhara Nembhard, Imraan Christian, and Furmaan Ahmed.” - THE FADER

“There isn’t an emcee from the continent of Africa with the level of creative respect within the streaming era as Sampa The Great.” - BET

"the  album both showcases Sampa's growth as an artist and delivers on fan expectation, taking them on a journey beyond bars into Africa's rich musical heritage" - Exclaim!

She sounds renewed on these homegrown songs,
the anxiety of her past music replaced with relief.” -
 PITCHFORK

“One of today’s most unique creators…The album’s ethos is boldly presented on the latest single, “Never Forget,” an explosion of hip-hop, Zamrock, afrobeats, and traditional African drums.” - UPROXX

“Her poised demeanor emits the confidence of someone
who has done some effective soul-searching.”
 - W MAGAZINE

Toronto, ON – February 28, 2023 – Award-winning Zambian-born Botswana-raised poet and rapper, Sampa The Great,kicks off her As Above, So Below North American tour this spring with a slew of upcoming shows spread across 15 cities throughout the US and Canada - dates and cities listed below. 

Sampa The Great’s North American tour is set to delight fans with an eclectic medley of her highly acclaimed 11-track 2022 album As Above, So Below—a career-eclipsing record spanning hip-hop, neo-soul, Zamrock, Amapiano, and Southern African rap, and anchored by Sampa The Great’s spoken word in the Zambian-rooted language of Bemba. Receiving praise in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, The FADER, Teen Vogue, W Magazine,  and more, As Above, So Below traverses Sampa’s memories of Africa through a self-exposed lens of authenticity and womanhood, while looking to the future of Africa’s relationship to the world and its global communities. A reflection of Sampa’s transitory upbringing, the record’s sonic hybridity throws recognition to the music coming out of the African diaspora today, while honouring the stories of those who tread previously. The album’s final track and single, Let Me Be Great featuring Angélique Kidjo was notably highlighted in a Song Exploder episode and featured in an Okayplayer feature, while single, Never Forget, ushered respect to the golden era of Zambia’s socially prolific genre, Zamrock, and appeared in the trailer for the widely beloved Marvel blockbuster Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Sampa The Great makes her first tour stop in Seattle, WA with stops in Vancouver on May 19 and Toronto on June 9, rounding out the tour in Chicago, IL with additional dates at Lighting in a Bottle Festival as well as the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 3 at 10 a.m. local and are available for purchase here.

NORTH AMERICAN DATES
May 17 Seattle, WA - Neptune
May 18 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
May 19 - Vancouver, BC - Hollywood Theatre
May 22 - San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
May 23 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst Club
May 25 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent
May 31 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
June 2 - Richmond, VA Brown's Island
June 4 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
June 6 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
June 7 - Boston, MA - Royale
June 9 - Toronto, ON - Axis Club
June 14 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall

US FESTIVAL DATES
May 24 - 29, 2023 Buena Vista Lake, CA @ Lightning In A Bottle 
June 16, 2023 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo

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DAS MÖRTAL SHARES NEW SINGLE WASTED TODAY VIA LISBON LUX RECORDS

LISTEN HERE AND WATCH THE VISUALIZER HERE

NEW ALBUM ARRIVING LATER THIS YEAR

TORONTO, ON – February 24, 2023 – Today, Chilean born, Montreal based producer, Das Mörtal, returns to the scene with his new synthwave-techno single, WASTED, via Lisbon Lux Records. The track is the first release from Das Mörtal’s third and upcoming full-length, due out later this year. WASTED marks new territory for the producer, with more of an urban emo, dark and slow atmosphere and less of his signature dancefloor feel. Listen to WASTED here and watch its accompanying visualizer from artist Guillaume Vallée, here.
 
WASTED is a song that relates to the fear and mental block of Das Mörtal during the pandemic, when the impression of doing nothing was omnipresent. As heard in the track: "I've been wasting my time, doing nothing at all, I lost my day.”
 
Das Mörtal expands on the single: “WASTED is the first single taken form my forthcoming album, which unlike the two previously released ones, will be more personal thematically. This track came about when I was trying to produce more music during the pandemic but, mentally being unable to sit in front of my workstation, thus feeling remorse for wasting valuable time.”
 
Das Mörtal's previous music was based on imaginary narratives that acted as soundtracks to non-existent films whereas his new album is more personal and about the struggle of actually making it. 

"That it just exists... I’ve never been the kind of person that constantly produces and ends up with 50 demos per year,” Das Mörtal says. “I’ve always worked at home because it’s the only environment I really enjoy. I’ve recorded more vocals than ever on this album though. Nothing too deep, because I like when vocals are more of a layer or an instrument rather than a narrative for the listener to pay attention to.”

Stay tuned as Das Mörtal’s sound expands this year and his new album unfolds. 

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About Das Mörtal:
Das Mörtal began his career in Berlin, inspired by artists such as Steve Moore and Aphex Twin. The producer creates an obscure and nostalgic sound, mixing influences from German techno to horror and science fiction film soundtracks. 2014 was an exciting year for Das Mörtal. In addition to composing the music for the film Naissance d’un Zombie, he launched Hotline Miami II on Lisbon Lux Records. That year he also participated in Osheaga (CA), the MEG Festival (CA) and the FME (CA), Les Transmusicales (FR) all while taking part in two European tours supporting Perturbator. In June 2017, Das Mörtal released his first album, Always Loved, which sold vinyl in more than 20 countries. The album features a furious, passionate and melancholic story, with a nod to Depeche Mode, Jean-Michel Jarre and Boards of Canada. Always Loved is a contemporary romance with lots of intensity that is underscored by a panoply of synthesizers crisscrossing the paths of synthwave, new wave and techno. With performances that include duets with Canadians Ghost Twin and French Fox, the album received international acclaim that allowed Das Mörtal to headline his first US tour. In April 2019, he released a deluxe edition of his EP Hotline Miami II, which now has more than 8 million plays on streaming platforms. Released in October 2020, Miami Beach Witches (Das Mörtal’s second full length) showed the artist’s new vision, where the neon lights, beaches and uplifting beats of classic acts such as  Miami Sound Machine met the sensibilities of the goth/emo music of Depeche Mode. 

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quinnie MAKES A SPLASH WITH DEBUT ALBUM flounder

LISTEN TO flounder HERE
 
WATCH THE LIVE PERFORMANCE OF promised HERE

Toronto, ON – February 24, 2023 – Today, songwriter and indie artist, quinnie, shares her highly awaited debut album, flounder – listen here. Alongside the album comes a stunning live performance from quinnie of promised – watch here.
 
flounder consists of eleven tracks laced with quinnie’s unapologetic lyrical candor, expressive instrumentation, and dreamy beat-craft. Among many highlights, her breathy intonation echoes listlessly on security question as she confesses, “Wish I could make a friend today.” The vocals sink into distant guitar on the nostalgic popcorn and juice, while jake’s car caps off the LP with a weirdly wonderful send-off, “Cuz I borrow Jake’s car, cuz I’d drive but I can’t afford it, YET.” Plus, it boasts her breakout touch tank, the fan favourites, man and itch, and the previously shared title, track flounder.
 
quinnie will embark on her first-ever run of live shows in celebration of flounder. The run of three intimate shows sold out in less than one day and finds quinnie in Los Angeles, CA on March 6, New York, NY on March 13 and London, UK on March 17.
 
So far, quinnie has incited the applause of The New York Times, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, MTV, Ones To Watch, and more. Now, she jumps into the deep end with flounder…
  
As a self-described “very sensitive 21-year-old,” quinnie went from writing songs as a kid to releasing independent projects such as a gold star in 2019. She is bitingly funny, she is brutally honest, she loves the underwater world and sea creatures, and she will help you escape if you let her. 
 
flounder Track List:
1. man
2. security question
3. itch
4. touch tank
5. popcorn and juice
6. get what u want
7. emblem
8. better
9. promised
10. flounder
11. jake’s car
 
quinnie 2023 Live Shows:
MONDAY, 3/6 – LOS ANGELES @ EL CID *SOLD OUT*
MONDAY, 3/13 – NEW YORK @ MERCURY LOUNGE *SOLD OUT*
FRIDAY, 3/17 – LONDON, UK @ FOLKLORE *SOLD OUT*

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ERIC KRASNO & STANTON MOORE ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM KRASNO MOORE PROJECT: BOOK OF QUEENS 

SET FOR RELEASE MARCH 17 VIA CONCORD JAZZ

STAY HIGH FEATURING CORY HENRY OUT TODAY

PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE BOOK OF QUEENS HERE

Toronto, ON – February 24, 2023 –Coinciding with the launch of their North American spring tour (full list of dates below), GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist, Eric Krasno, and GRAMMY Award-winning drummer, Stanton Moore, will release Krasno Moore Project: Book of Queens, digitally on March 17 via Concord Jazz. CD and Vinyl packages drop on October 6 and are available for pre-order now
 
Recorded at the magical Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, New York, and mixed by Jim Scott (Tedeschi Trucks Band, Wilco), Krasno Moore Project: Book of Queens is a lively tribute to women in music. Across nine soulful covers, the longtime friends reimagine the work of female musical icons Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, Billie Eilish, Sharon Jones, H.E.R, Kacey Musgraves, Brittany Howard, Peggy Lee, and Aretha Franklin. Krasno and Moore are joined by accomplished organist Eric Finland throughout the record and the album features special guest appearances by Branford Marsalis, Cory Henry, and Robert Randolph. Today the group shares their cover of Brittany Howard’s Stay High featuring Cory Henry.
 
“When Stanton and I got together and decided to make a record we knew we wanted to focus on a concept that we both believed in,” explains Eric Krasno. “With the help of our wives (Lauren and Lauren), we started discussing a few ideas and agreed that a tribute to our favorite female singers and songwriters would be perfect. There are so many amazing songs to choose from spanning every genre and every era. Stanton and I zoned in on songs that had the right melodies and moods for an organ trio format. As soon as we started adapting the songs, adding grooves, and making demos with Eric Finland (organ/keys) we knew we had something special.” 
 
Stanton Moore continues, “With this record, we wanted to create an album that we would be proud to play for our wives…something that we could listen to while making dinner or hanging on the beach. Our goal was to assemble a collection of songs that created an instant vibe from beginning to end, and could be enjoyed with family and friends time and time again.” 
 
Eric Krasno and Stanton Moore first met in the mid-90s, when Eric was attending college in Northampton, MA. Stanton frequently passed through the area on tour and Eric became a fan of his drumming. Eager to make an impression on Stanton, Eric would always give Stanton demos of his latest guitar work. Stanton listened to these CDs and soon realized that kid Krasno was on to something. Krasno went on to found Lettuce and Soulive, while Moore founded Galactic and Garage-a-Trois. Through their various projects, the pair have crossed paths and shared stages together countless times over the past 25 years, forging a friendship along the way. 
 
During the 2022 New Orleans Jazz Fest, Krasno and Moore discussed the possibility of working together on a more regular basis with a consolidated project in mind. Together, they came up with the concept of making an organ trio record of covers that would focus on female artists and honour the endless amount of incredible music they have gifted the world. They brought on their friend Eric Finland to round out the sound. The result is a stunning collection of covers that sound vaguely familiar, yet quite unlike anything you’ve ever heard before. 
 
Kicking off March 10 at Ardmore Music Hall in Philadelphia, the group will embark on a North American tour. The headline tour includes shows at New York City’s Blue Note, LA’s Knitting Factory, City Winery in DC, Boston and Chicago, Denver’s Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, and more. Tickets are on sale now at linktr.ee/krasno.moore
 
Krasno Moore Project: Book of Queens – Track Listing
1. You Know I’m No Good (Amy Winehouse cover)
2. Nobody’s Baby (Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings cover)
3. Slow Burn (Kacey Musgrave cover)
4. Lost Cause (Billie Eilish cover)
5. Stay High feat. Cory Henry (Brittany Howard cover)
6. Fever feat. Branford Marsalis (Peggy Lee cover)
7. Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin cover)
8. Carried Away (H.E.R. cover)
9. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free feat. Robert Randolph (Nina Simone cover)
 
KRASNO MOORE PROJECT – 2023 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
March 10 - Philadelphia, PA - Ardmore Music Hall
March 12 - Annapolis, MD - Rams Head On Stage
March 14 - Boston, MA - City Winery
March 15 - Ridgefield, CT - Ridgefield Playhouse
March 16-19 - New York, NY - Blue Note
March 21-22 - Portsmouth, NH - Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club
March 23 - Minneapolis, MN - Dakota
March 24 - Chicago, IL - City Winery
March 25 - Denver, CO - Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
April 4-5 - Seattle, WA - Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
April 6 - Portland, OR - Star Theatre
April 7 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
April 8 - Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory
 
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About Eric Krasno
Krasno has released twelve Soulive albums, four Lettuce albums, three solo albums, and has production and/or songwriting credit with Norah Jones, Robert Randolph, Pretty Lights, Talib Kweli, 50 Cent, Aaron Neville, Allen Stone, and Ledisi. As a dynamic performer, he’s shared stages with The Rolling Stones, The Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, and The Roots. Out of seven nominations, he picked up two GRAMMY® Awards for his role as a songwriter and guitarist on The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Revelator and guitarist on The Derek Trucks Band’s Already Free. Krasno also recently accepted the Grammy for Best American Roots Performance on behalf of Aaron Neville who was not in attendance. Eric produced, wrote, and played on Stomping Ground, Aaron's recent song from the soundtrack to Take Me to the River New Orleans.
 
About Stanton Moore
Throughout his 30-year career, Moore has released eight records under his own name, eleven records with Galactic, and four records with Garage-a-Trois. He has performed or recorded with a diverse group of artists including Maceo Parker, Joss Stone, Macy Gray, Corey Glover (Living Colour), Cyril Neville, Irma Thomas, Leo Nocentelli, and George Porter (of the Meters), Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Corrosion of Conformity, Donald Harrison Jr., Nicholas Payton, Trombone Shorty, Skerik, Charlie Hunter, Robert Walter, Will Bernard, Anders Osborne, Ivan Neville, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
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BELLA WHITE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM AMONG OTHER THINGS OUT APRIL 21 ON ROUNDER RECORDS

NEW SINGLE BREAK MY HEART OUT TODAY
LISTEN HERE & WATCH HERE

ON TOUR NOW AND APPEARING AT SXSW, STAGECOACH, UNDER THE BIG SKY FESTIVAL, MERLEFEST AND MORE

UK, EU AND CANADIAN TOURS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON

"Sometimes the minute you hear a voice, you know it's for the ages. That's how Canadian Bella White, the daughter of a Virginia bluegrasser, enters the picture. Making her second album now, at 22, White is poised for a major breakthrough. This is her origin story." NPR

“At just 22, Bella White is a songwriting prodigy and emotional alchemist.” – Grammy.com

“Sublime Appalachian heartbreak.”Rolling Stone

“We can feel White’s exquisite pain, her brimful sorrow, her tenacious joy in her lonesome, affecting vocals—White’s ingenious and playful lyrics fold into musical settings that capture the ragged ways we fall in and out of love.”Folk Alley

TORONTO, ON – February 24, 2023 – Today, Calgary-born singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, Bella White, has announced her new album, Among Other Things, out on April 21 via Rounder Records. The album was produced by Jonathan Wilson and features Buck Meek of Big Thief on guitar. To mark the occasion, White has released a new single, Break My Heart, and its companion music video. Listen here and watch here. Among Other Things is available for pre-order here, digitally and on LP, with specialty vinyl in Garnet and Tiger’s Eye via www.bellawhitemusic.com.

 “Out of all of the songs I’ve written, Break My Heart is probably the most explicitly about getting dumped,” says White. “I wrote it with no intention of ever sharing it. I didn’t even feel any particular emotional attachment to it like I do with my other songs, because it was such an isolated experience, zooming in on one specific moment in time. That said, bringing it to life by turning a valley into a peak felt deeply cathartic. It’s a heartbreaker that I hope will at least get you moving.”

Today’s single is the follow up to two additional album tracks released late last year – The Way I Oughta Go, and the gorgeous and reflective, Rhododendron. The three songs together give the listener a sense of White’s remarkable writing and life-long-honed skills as a bluegrass player. “Bella White stands out as the youngest in her class of breakthrough virtuoso’s defined by the likes of Billy Strings and Amythyst Kiah. Her poetic poignancy conjures up the palpable devastation from a novice lover whose heart —one brimming with naïve ideas of romance—has shattered into a seemingly irreparable form,” said American Songwriter.

White’s live performances are as captivating as her music – Rolling Stone recently took notice and included her in their Best Things We Saw roundup of AmericanaFest. White will appear at this year’s SXSW, including appearances at The Luck Reunion, the imogene + willie party, Yeti’s showcase and more to be announced soon. She will also make appearances at major U.S. festivals throughout the spring and summer including Stagecoach, Merlefest, Under The Big Sky and more. 

White made her mark on the scene with the release of her debut album Just Like Leaving. The LP caught the attention of Rounder Records which signed her last year. While traditional bluegrass originated in Appalachia, the genre has surely found a safe and loving Canadian home via her songwriting. The 22-year-old singer/songwriter and instrumentalist shies away from modern and fussy arrangements, and instead brings a traditional style of music into the contemporary moment by personalizing it to her own experiences. White has shown herself to be a star student of the bluegrass genre, with something new to bring to the table. Her ability to translate modern experience to an old sound is seamless and compelling, and permeates the boundaries of a regional genre with authentic singing and songwriting. Read more about Bella White here.

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UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
SXSW

March 16 - Luck Reunion - Willie Nelson’s Ranch - Austin, TX
March 16 - Official SXSW Showcase - Coopers BBQ - Austin, TX
March 17 - Yeti Showcase - 220 S. Congress - Austin, TX
March 17 - The imogene + willie party - imogene + willie store - Austin, TX

April 28 - Stagecoach - Indio, CA
May 19 - Sleeping In The Woods Songwriter Festival - Monticello, KY
June 18 - Black Deer Festival, Tunbridge Wells, UK
June 20 - The Glad Cafe - Glasgow, SCOTLAND
June 24 - Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival - Rotterdam, ZH, NETHERLANDS
July 14 - Under the Big Sky Music & Arts Festival, White Fish, MT

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RUSTON KELLY SHARES NEW TRACK MENDING SONG

NEW ALBUM THE WEAKNESS OUT APRIL 7
ON ROUNDER RECORDS

THE WEAKNESS TOUR ON SALE NOW

TORONTO, ON – February 23, 2023 – On the heels of announcing a North American spring tour in support of his highly-anticipated upcoming album, The Weakness, Ruston Kelly has unveiled the second preview from the project: Mending Song. The first track that Kelly completed for The Weakness, Mending Song helped to spark the free-flowing creativity that ultimately fueled all his songwriting for the album, which will be released on April 7 by Rounder Records. Buy/stream Mending Song here, and pre-order The Weakness here.

Although he penned most of the new LP at home in Portland, Tennessee, Mending Song took shape during a solo trip to California's Joshua Tree. “I rented this little cabin out on 22 acres, just me and the coyotes, and ended up checking out a shop nearby and buying a baritone ukulele,” Kelly says. “I remember thinking, ‘This is so stupid — I’m trying to be that guy, going out to some cabin and writing my opus. Why don’t I just have some fun?’” Once he’d loosened up, Kelly came up with a jangly ukulele riff and opening lyric that soon gave way to the autobiographical storytelling of Mending Song: “Something grew up twisted in me / Ripping all the seams / But I was mended by the love of my momma / To fight the devils down in me.”

Threaded with sweetly ethereal tones sculpted through producer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, Nate Mercereau’s, use of guitar-based synth, Mending Song was built from a voice-note demo recorded in Kelly’s L.A. hotel room, amplifying its unfettered emotion to sublime effect. “You can hear the dryer running in the background, but there’s something really special about the feel of that recording,” Kelly adds.

Mending Song is the follow-up to Kelly’s first single from the record, The Weakness, which was released last month. Writing in Rolling Stone, Jon Freeman proclaimed it a “massive rock anthem,” while WFUV’s Kara Manning praised the “shimmering, slow burn of a song,” with its “ghostly, lushly-conceived rock arrangements.”
 
Watch the Mending Song video here, which was directed, produced and edited by Bella Mazzola, and filmed by Andy Hawkes and Bella Mazzola.

The Weakness tour begins April 12 at Louisville’s Mercury Ballroom and will find Kelly playing NYC’s Webster Hall (April 21), Chicago’s House of Blues (April 29) and Los Angeles’s The Fonda Theater (May 14), and ending with a hometown show at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater (June 2) with Jenny Lewis opening. Kelly will later head to Toronto on September 17. Information about tickets and VIP packages, which include an intimate soundcheck performance and Q&A, can be found at https://www.rustonkelly.com.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
June 17 – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park, Atlanta, GA – SOLD OUT
June 18 – Firefly Distillery, Charleston, SC – SOLD OUT
August 31 – Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY – SOLD OUT
September 12 – KEMBA Live!, Columbus, OH
September 13 – St. Louis Music Park – Maryland Heights, MO – SOLD OUT
September 15 – TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park, Indianapolis, IN – SOLD OUT
September 16 – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill, Sterling Heights, MI – SOLD OUT
September 17 – Budweiser Stage, Toronto, ON

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MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCE THE VALLEY OF VISION NEW ALBUM AND VIRTUAL REALITY FILM OUT DIGITALLY ON MARCH 10 PHYSICALLY ON APRIL 7

LISTEN TO OPENING TRACK CAPITAL KARMA
VIA LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS

EARLY SCREENING EVENTS SOLD OUT IN LA AND NY
UPCOMING WATCH PARTY SCHEDULED FOR YOUTUBE ON MARCH 9

TORONTO, ON – February 23, 2023 – Today, Manchester Orchestra invite you to join them in The Valley of Vision. Accompanied by an awe-inspiring film that immerses viewers in 180 degrees of virtual reality, the brand new album finds the band reinvigorated once again, delivering a serene salvo of songs that defy the heavy weight of adulthood, faith and self-redemption through sounds unlike anything they have made before. Following their previous 2021 LP, The Million Masks of God - an acclaimed collection that cried for help as it explored a man’s encounter with the angel of death - The Valley of Vision puts forth a collective, cathartic expression of gratitude that is brought to life in both the songwriting of frontman, Andy Hull, and the cinematic story directed by Isaac Deitz.

On the heels of sold-out screening events in Los Angeles tonight and New York City on March 1, The Valley of Vision will debut in a worldwide watch party on Manchester Orchestra's YouTube channel on March 9, before the album’s digital release on March 10. 

Listen to the album’s opening track, Capital Karma, out now via Loma Vista Recordings, and pre-order The Valley of Vision’s physical edition, arriving April 7.

From continuously appearing on Billboard charts and major festival lineups, to frequently collaborating with visionaries like the filmmaking duo, Daniels (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Swiss Army Man), Manchester Orchestra have further pushed themselves into fascinating realms with every new release. In the days leading up to today's announcement, the band’s website previewed The Valley of Vision's artwork through experimental 3D animation. Using state-of-the-art, real-time, physically-based rendering graphics technology, a high-fidelity digital human with photoreal facial animation came to life as it unveiled the record, and can now be viewed in its full form here.

On The Valley of Vision - which he co-produced alongside Manchester Orchestra guitarist, Robert McDowell, with contributions from Catherine Marks, Dan Hannon, Jamie Martens, Kyle Metcalfe and Ethan Gruska, who also plays piano on Capital Karma - Andy Hull says, “Making The Valley of Vision was an exciting idea of what the future could be for us in terms of how we create. None of these songs were written with the band being in the same room in a live setting. They were really like science experiments that started from the bottom and were added to gradually over time. We’re intrigued by doing things the wrong way, or attempting things we haven’t done before and getting inspired by them.”

Writing for the record began with a chance occurrence in the summer of 2021. Hull was looking through his suitcase for his lyric notebook, but instead found a 1975 book of Puritan prayers called The Valley of Vision, which his mom had gifted to him the previous Christmas. The title became a mantra that helped inspire the idyllic yet otherworldly energy that permeates throughout the album and film. An evolution from its predominantly guitar-driven past, the band almost completely abandons the instruments it is used to, and instead plays with primitive yet powerful piano leads and shimmering atmospheres, backed by sub-synth frequencies of bassist Andy Prince and shapeshifting sounds of drummer Tim Very.

Through cutting edge, 3D-computed radiography technology, Isaac Deitz envelops listeners in a visual experience of The Valley of Vision, and he adds: “Andy and I had talked about doing a film and album collaboration since 2021, after I directed the video for their song Telepath. A year later he sent me The Valley of Vision, and I realized we had the potential to really do something special. Experiencing the film in its intended 180-degree, 3D VR format feels like downloading a dream into your head, and listening to the album feels like receiving an abstract map of different lessons regarding the human experience - forgiving yourself, listening to yourself, letting go, and saying goodbye to the old. Trees seemed to me the perfect symbol to convey a lot of those themes of life, death, rebirth and growth, but I wanted the 3DVR film to be a way for people to listen to the music in a variety of compelling environments, while also having those stories woven in for anyone paying attention. Each symbol represents a different experience nested in our internal worlds; it’s up to you whether you want to just enjoy them, or try to interpret what the dream means.”

Later this spring, Manchester Orchestra will bring music from The Valley of Vision to a hometown set at the 10th Anniversary of Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival. Find tickets here, and stay tuned for more tour dates coming soon.

THE VALLEY OF VISION TRACKLIST:

  1. Capital Karma
  2. The Way
  3. Quietly
  4. Letting Go
  5. Lose You Again
  6. Rear View

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DARRELLE LONDON SHARES ANTHEM OF RESILIENCE AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE WITH NEW SONG PLUTO

ARRIVES ALONGSIDE HEARTWARMING
ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO – WATCH HERE

SINGLE APPEARS ON LONDON’S FIRST FULL-LENGTH
CHILDREN’S ALBUM PRIMARY SET FOR RELEASE ON MARCH 24

TORONTO, ON – February 22, 2023 – This past Saturday (February 18) the stars and planets aligned and Toronto singer-songwriter, Darrelle London, launched her new single, Pluto. Arriving in conjunction with the anniversary of the 1930 discovery of Pluto, the sweet and plucky indie-pop tune centres around themes of resilience and self-acceptance, written from the perspective of our favourite dwarf planet. Today (which is aptly Anti-Bullying Day), London releases the song’s heartwarming animated music video. Watch here and listen to Pluto here.

"I wrote Pluto to convey the power of acceptance, anti-bullying, and self-love,” says London. “But it's just as much for us millennial parents who grew up learning that Pluto was a planet, and can't quite accept its demoted status. It's one of those many examples of how human knowledge can evolve and change, and our kids are learning something different than we did. It was a really fun topic to explore, and I've since learned that scientists and astronomers still debate Pluto's status to this day!"

Pluto marks the second release from London’s forthcoming new children’s album, Primary, which is set for release on March 24, and follows the record’s lead single, Chugga Choo Choo. With a back-catalogue of albums that have been described as “quirky” and “whimsical” – though not necessarily aimed towards kids – it was a natural progression for London to take her musical style and turn it into her first full-length children’s album. Primary perfectly treads the line between music for kids and music for grown-ups, with enchanting lyrical storytelling set to infectious indie-pop instrumentation.

A mother of two young’uns herself, Primary marks the first time that London made an album since her children were babies. While playing the role of teacher (among many other things!) during the initial COVID lockdowns, London’s children would ask questions and she felt compelled to answer them in the form of songs. The songs on Primary explore the small wonders of life, such a seeing the moon out during the day (Day Moon); simple pleasures, like going for ice cream with a friend on a hot summer day (Ice Cream); they joy found in creating art just for the sake of it (Primary and Let’s Make Something New); and even important lessons like why we should respect even the tiniest of creatures (Bugs).

Stay tuned for more to come from Darrelle London as she gears up to release Primary!

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MORE ABOUT DARRELLE LONDON:
Darrelle is no stranger to following her heart to unexpected places. After turning down law school to pursue a music career, she has spent the last decade making her mark on the college and festival circuit across North America. Some highlights include performing at iconic venues such as Hollywood’s Troubadour Club and Nashville’s Bluebird Café, collaborating with her favourite artists such as Chantal Kreviazuk, being chosen by Sarah McLachlan to perform at Lilith Fair, and placing her music on TV shows and ad campaigns in the US and South Korea.­­ 

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MILITARIE GUN SHARES NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO DO IT FASTER

LISTEN HERE | WATCH HERE

SUPPORTING WHITE REAPER ON NORTH AMERICAN TOUR NEXT MONTH AND PERFORMING AT SXSW

SHOW IN TORONTO ON MARCH 14

Toronto, ON – February 21, 2023 – Los Angeles' Militarie Gun share new single, Do It Faster, which serves as the first taste of the band's as-yet-unannounced forthcoming debut album. Packed with punchy guitars and catchy vocal melodies from vocalist Ian Shelton, Do It Faster is accompanied by a video directed by Shelton and edited by band member Will Acuña. In the video, the band dons matching sweatsuits and performs on a spinning stage as their coach, played by Acuña, fittingly yells at the band to do it faster.

Speaking about the song, Shelton states: "It is about my overall impatience with life. The agonizing wait for things to materialize... so before resigning to do it myself, I’m imploring the world to just move faster.”

Next month, Militarie Gun will bring their live show across North America as they support White Reaper on tour for 14 shows beginning in Denver on March 2 and wrapping up in Louisville on March 25th. During that run, Militarie Gun will hit SXSW from March 15 to 18, as well as an assortment of recently announced headline dates, with a show in Toronto on March 14. Tickets are available here.

Do It Faster follows last year's All Roads Lead to the Gun (Deluxe), which Pitchfork described as "melodic post-hardcore done right" while Stereogum calledtheir debut EP My Life Is Over “ferocious, hugely impressive." Formed in 2020, Militarie Gun is defined by the musical restlessness of vocalist Shelton. The band–whose lineup includes guitarists Nick Cogan and Acuña, drummer Vince Nguyen, and Waylon Trim –drawon a wide range of influences to make something that sounds combative yet accessible, and undeniably their own. Militarie Gun’s songs are instantly memorable and uncategorizable. With echoes of the unhinged guitarwork of Born Against, the propulsive cadences of hip hop, the up-front bass of Fugazi – and most importantly, the hooks, Militarie Gun employs a melodic sensibility that is just as informed by the work of Robert Pollard and Paul McCartney as it is by Black Flag. Check out Do It Faster above, see full Militarie Gun tour routing below, and stay tuned for more music from Militarie Gun coming very soon.

Upcoming Live Dates
* = supporting White Reaper and Mamalarky
^ = headline shows
+ = w/ Dazy
 
3/2 - Denver, CO @ Summit Theater*
3/3 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room*
3/4 - Kansas City, MO @ Madrid Theater*
3/6 - Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s*
3/7 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre*
3/8 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall*
3/10 - Chicago, IL @ Metro* 
3/11 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom*
3/12 - Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small’s Theatre*
3/13 - Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room^
3/14 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House*
3/15 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
3/16 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
3/17- Austin, TX @ SXSW
3/18- Austin, TX @ SXSW
3/20 - Washington, DC @ Runaway^+
3/21 - Richmond, VA @ Bandito’s^+
3/22 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle+
3/23 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade - Hell*
3/24 - Nashville, TN @ The Basement East*
3/25 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner’s Music Hall*
3/26 - Birmingham, AL @ LCY Media^
3/28 - Oklahoma City, OK @ 89st - OKC^
3/29 - Albuquerque, NM @ Moonlight Lounge^
3/30 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress^
3/31 - Tempe, AZ @ The Beast^

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ANDREW BIRD RELEASES UNHEARD VERSION AND STIRRING MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEVER FALL APART

WATRCH HERE AND LISTEN HERE

SOARING NEW SINGLE ARRIVES AHEAD OF UK, AUSTRALIAN AND NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES THIS WINTER/SPRING WITH SUPPORT FROM CHARLES WATSON, TIFT MERRITT, TED POOR, JOAN SHELLEY & MADISON CUNNINGHAM

TORONTO CONCERT ON APRIL 9

TORONTO, ON – February 17, 2023 – Today, Andrew Bird begins another abounding year of music and touring with the release of his new single and music video, Never Fall Apart. Written, directed, edited and animated by the song’s co-writer Jeremy Ylvisaker, the moving visual stars prominent Anishinaabe musician, Keith Secola, and Geezis Humphrey, connected to each other by a seemingly endless string of yarn. As they sit alone in their own dark abyss, the track erupts into soaring, shouting harmonies – Bird reaching out for love and connection with lyrics that illustrate the attempt to piece yourself back together again. Available now via Loma Vista Recordings, the resounding closer to his latest album, Inside Problems, is accompanied by an extended, alternate arrangement called Never Fall Apart: Epilogue. Listen to Never Fall Apart b/w, Never Fall Apart: Epilogue, and watch the music video here.

 

“Back from the brink we may have pulled ourselves back together (though tenuously) for the moment,” says Bird. “I recorded Epilogue outside in Ojai, CA in January of 2021 for a documentary about news deserts in rural America. I felt I captured something that’s hard to nail because I was playing only for myself. I just happened to be recording. So I sang the lyrics to never fall apart over it, giving the song a different dimension.”

On the heels of a headline tour that brought him to sold-out shows at the Greek Theatre, Red Rocks, NYC's Pier 17, eight different Chicago performances and beyond in 2022, Bird has returned to the road for both international and North American runs this winter and spring. Following a trek through the UK and Australia, he and his band will return to the U.S. and Toronto (April 9) for a dozen dates including Big Ears Festival and other stops across the East Coast and Midwest, with support from Joan Shelley, Madison Cunningham and Ted Poor. In support of Inside Problems, the shows will continue to "transport listeners to a lush musical world" (NPR Music), as the batch of songs bring the GRAMMY-nominated musician, songwriter and composer into "previously uncharted territory" (Pitchfork). Watch Bird perform Never Fall Apart in his debut appearance on CBS Saturday Morning, find the list of upcoming dates below and tickets at andrewbird.net/#tour

In recent months, Andrew Bird has also collaborated with Phoebe Bridgers on a reimagining of Emily Dickinson’s, I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, in addition to appearing on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me, Guy Raz’s Great Creators, NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concerts, the cover of Strings magazine and more. Pre-order I felt a Funeral, in my Brain featuring Phoebe Bridgers on limited edition 7" vinyl, available at retail on March 31 here.

Andrew Bird Tour Dates
2/19 - London, UK - O2 Shepherd's Bush #
3/9 - Melbourne, AU - Forum Theatre &
3/10 - Sydney, AU - Enmore Theatre &
3/11 - Brisbane, AU - The Tivoli &
3/30 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel*
3/31 - Knoxville, TN - Big Ears Festival
4/1 - Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall*
4/3 - Richmond, VA - The National*
4/4 - Louisville, KY - Paristown Hall* %
4/5 - Madison, WI - The Sylvee*
4/7 - Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater*
4/8 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre*
4/9 - Toronto, CA - History* !
4/11 - Portland, ME - State Theatre* !
4/12 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Hall* !
4/13 - Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall* !

# w/ Charles Watson
& w/ Tift Merritt
*w/ Ted Poor
% w/ Joan Shelley
! w/ Madison Cunningham

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CHRISTIAN FRENCH SHARES NEW SINGLE THANK GOD

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TORONTO, ON – February 17, 2023 – Following a run of hit singles last year, singer-songwriter, Christian French, shares thank god, his first new track of 2023 out now via Disruptor Records/RCA Records. The up-tempo, guitar-driven indie pop track finds Christian reflecting on his past and how things could have been – whether it be toxic relationships or significant life changes – expressing gratitude for the lessons he learned along the way. Listen to thank god here.
 
“‘thank god’ is the full circle moment after a relationship where you finally make it to the other side and realize that not staying with them was the best thing to ever happen to you,” says Christian French of the inspiration behind the song. “You finally have the perspective to see that they weren’t good for you, and when they eventually come back, you don’t even want them back anymore because life is much sweeter without them.”
 
Late last year, Christian returned to the road with his sold-out golden years fall tour, where he made stops across Salt Lake City, Denver, Chicago, and more, including a performance in his home state of Indiana at the Hoosier Dome. 
 
About Christian French
With over 400 million global streams and praise from TIME Magazine, Billboard, UPROXX, Ones To Watch, American Songwriter, and more under his belt, 25-year-old Christian French is one of today’s fastest-rising indie-pop stars. The Indiana native learned to play piano by watching YouTube and posting covers online, eventually going on to write music in college before chasing his dreams to Los Angeles. It was there in 2017, while sleeping on friends’ couches, that he penned his first single, love ride, which amassed over 33 million streams worldwide and set the tone for his bright future. 
 
Touring nationwide with Chelsea Cutler and Quinn XCII, followed by his own headlining tour, Christian released a series of EPs including natural colors, bright side of the moon, and good things take time, followed by the singles avalanche and OH WELL in 2021, embodying a more confident sound that straddled pop and rock without losing the clarity of its predecessor. Over the past year, Christian has continued to further hone his sound and identity, learning how to play guitar and produce, in addition to expanding his fanbase through social media. With more music set for release this year, Christian French is poised to usher in a bright new sound and sense of self.

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DAWES RELEASE DELUXE EDITION OF MISADVENTURES OF DOOMSCROLLER

EXPANDED DIGITAL LP INCLUDES COMPLETE LIVE PERFORMANCE OF CRITICALLY LAUDED ALBUM CAPTURED AT EASTWEST STUDIOS
 
AN EVENING WITH DAWES US HEADLINE TOUR
KICKS OFF MARCH 2, 2023

“Dawes have never sounded more musically sophisticated.” – Uncut
 
“Also not kidding around, as a whole, is Dawes, on the album where all the members finally get to let their freak-flag fly a little more, or as much on record as they have live. And an album that’s kinda about dystopianism kinda becomes a nice 46-minute tonic for it.” – Variety
 
“…Dawes are at their most accomplished yet; Taylor Goldsmith’s vocals are the most nuanced they have ever sounded…” – Louder Than War
 
"It's a whole new Dawes - listeners had better brace for impact." – Paste
 
“This is easily Dawes’ most musically adventurous album to date.” – Glide
 
"Dawes expand their horizons and deliver a complex and brilliant album for our times...repeated listens will reward you handsomely." – Americana UK
 
"The tracks on the new album are muscular, strong, and supported by their own artistry." - American Songwriter

TORONTO, ON – February 17, 2023 – Today, acclaimed LA-based rockers, Dawes, have released a deluxe edition of their critically heralded eighth studio album, Misadventures of Doomscroller. The expanded edition of the album, available now via all digital service providers, includes a complete live performance of the album, captured at EastWest Studios by producer Jonathan Wilson (Billy Strings, Angel Olsen, Father John Misty). Listen here.
 
“We spent a day in EastWest Studios in LA playing our record Misadventures Of Doomscroller in its entirety in front of a bunch of cameras,” recalls Taylor Goldsmith. “You might’ve seen the film on YouTube. Now we’re proud to announce that we’re finally releasing it as an album on DSPs. It was a marathon to get through all this material and committing to completely live takes all in one day.” He notes, with a laugh, “But it lent the performances a sense of urgency bordering on desperation. These live recordings feel like how these songs were meant to live. I hope you enjoy!”
 
The Misadventures of Doomscroller Tour will launch on March 2 at Birmingham, AL’s Iron City. From there, the tour will make its way across the country, including stops at storied venues such as Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, New York City’s Beacon Theatre, Chicago’s Thalia Hall, and San Francisco’s The Fillmore before wrapping up with a hometown show at Los Angeles’ The Theatre at Ace Hotel on May 5. A full list of shows is below.
 
As the band explains, each show comprises “2 sets. Just us. Long nights. Full hearts. Come early. We’ll all have to break out the catalogue master lists and bingo cards as we try to get to every song we’ve got.” For complete details and ticket availability, please visit www.dawestheband.com/tour.

AN EVENING WITH DAWES US TOUR 2023 

MARCH 2023
2 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City
3 - Atlanta, GA - The Eastern
4 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
5 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
7 - Bloomington, IN - Bluebird
8 - Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theatre
10 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
11 - Harrisburg, PA - XL Live
12 - Washington, DC - Warner Theatre
14 - Ridgefield, CT - Ridgefield Playhouse
16 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore Philadelphia
17 - Boston, MA - Roadrunner
18 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
 
APRIL 2023
6 - Dallas, TX - The Factory in Deep Ellum
7 - Houston, TX - The Heights
8 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater
10 - Little Rock, AR – Revolution Music Room
11 - Fayetteville, AR - JJ’s Live
12 - St Louis, MO - The Pageant
14 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre-WI
15 - St. Paul, MN - Palace Theatre
16 - Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
18 - Wichita, KS - Wave
19 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
20 - South Salt Lake, UT - The Commonwealth Room
22 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre
23 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
26 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
27 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
28 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
 
MAY 2023
5 - Los Angeles, CA - The Theatre at Ace Hotel
 
AUGUST 2023
26 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap w/Mary Chapin Carpenter

 

 

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WOMEN IN MUSIC CANADA SHARE LONG LIST OF NOMINEES FOR THE INAUGURAL WIMC HONOURS

EVENT TAKING PLACE MARCH 8 IN TORONTO AS PART OF WIMC’S SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY PROGRAMMING

 

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TORONTO, ON – February 16, 2023 – As International Women’s Day 2023 draws closer, Women In Music Canada excitedly shares the long list of nominees for the Women In Music Canada Honours. The Honours event will take place on March 8 at the Opera House in Toronto, where the recipients will be recognized and celebrated, alongside a reception style dinner and showcase of incredible performances. Tickets are available here, with discounted early bird pricing ending today. See below for the full long list of nominees. 

 

“I have been told often over that last few months that this recognition program has been needed for a long time,” says WIMC Executive Director, Robyn Stewart. “On behalf of the WIM Canada board, we couldn’t be more excited to recognize the long list today, and to bring the Canadian music community together to celebrate March 8th, on International Women’s Day. Thank you to all jury, all applicants, sponsors and funders for helping us bring this dream to reality. And above all, congratulations today to all of our long list.”

 

After receiving an overwhelming number of submissions for the inaugural program, the long list was selected by a jury of 22 professional Canadian music industry leaders and creators, appointed by Women in Music Canada, and represents the top submissions (not separated by category). The final honourees will be curated from the long list by a finalist jury.

 

Remarks one of the jury members who helped define the long list: It was amazing to read about the incredible work of such a wide range of women — we rarely get opportunities to hand the women in our industry their flowers. This truly was an honour.”

 

The WIMC Honours program was designed to celebrate and support Canadian innovators and creators who have had outstanding success in their field in the eligibility year (December 2021 through December 2022 for annual based categories). Categories include: Artist of the Year (presented by Amazon Music), Distinguished Leader (presented by TuneCore), Entrepreneur of the Year (presented by Bandzoogle), Excellence in Live Music, International Leader of the Year, Organization of the Year, the Trailblazer Award, and the Women in Music Canada Honour Roll (presented by Spotify), which will honour up to 10 women and gender diverse industry members or artists who are on the rise. 2023 honourees will receive wonderful packages from gifting partners and woman-owned Canadian companies, Tiber River Naturals, Paris Jewellers, and Fielding Wines. 

 

“WIM Canada thanks everyone who submitted themselves, their colleagues and their inspirations,” adds Stewart. “Our intention is to celebrate as many leaders as possible each year and we encourage all to watch for submissions for the 2024 edition coming this summer.” 

 

The Honours reception dinner and awards presentation will be hosted by CBC’s Saroja Coelho, and will showcase an incredible group of artists performing throughout the evening. Supported by SiriusXM, performances will include rising country star, Sacha, producer, DJ and performer, Liliane Chlela; JUNO-nominated recording artist, songwriter and producer, Desiree Dawson; Cree and Salish singer and TikTok creator, Tia Wood; breakthrough singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Sofia Camara; and decorated, multi-platinum recording artist, Fefe Dobson. 

 

A special induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame will also be presented to multi-award winning, GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Loreena McKennitt, during the event.

 

2023 WOMEN IN MUSIC CANADA HONOURS:

Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Venue: The Opera House (735 Queen St E, Toronto)

Time: 6:00pm doors | 7:00pm Honours presentation begins

Tickets: $60 (early bird rate, until February 16) | $75 (after February 16)

Purchase here

 

LONG LIST NOMINEES:

Amanda Power – The Unison Fund

Amber Moyle – Polaris Music Prize

Anna Ruddick – The Unison Fund

Anne Stirk – Spotify Canada

Ashley Bieniarz – Songsmiths

Béatrice Martin – Bravo musique and Coeur de pirate

Carey Riley – Sony Music Canada

Charlotte Cardin

DeeDee Austin

Domanique Grant

Elise Roller – Misfit Music MGMT

Faryal Khan-Thompson – TuneCore

Fefe Dobson – 21 Entertainment Group Inc.

Fredericka Petit-Homme

Heather Gibson – National Arts Centre

Irish Mythen – Irish Mythen

Janna Sailor – Janna Sailor (Allegra Chamber Orchestra)

Jenn Ivanovs – Jives Management

Jessica Holtby – Seeka Sings

Jessica Lemmon – Lemmon Entertainment

Jessika Harling – JESSIA

Karen Kosowski

Katrina Kernaghan – TikTok

Lana Winterhalt – Good + Plenty Producer's Club

Marilyne Lacombe – Mothland

Mary Beth Waldram – Laughing Heart Music

Monika Ouellet – Lazermortis

Nico Paulo

Nicole Auger – Indigenous Music Alliance

Nicole Alosinac – Nicole Alosinac Luthiery

Ryhna Thompson – Envision Management & Production

Samantha Pickard – Strut Entertainment

Sandy Graham – EMG

Shantel Noel – Spotify

Sharine Taylor – Independent / Bashy

Shauna de Cartier – Six Shooter Records

ShoShona Kish – Ishkode Records / Indigenous Music Alliance

Shumaila Hemani – Shumaila Hemani

Stacey Bedford – Bandzoogle

STONE AGE UG – STONE AGE ENTERTAINMENT

STORRY

Sunny Chen – Sad China

Tanika Charles

Tyler Tasson – Endemic Marketing

Yolanda Sargeant – Sargeant X Comrade

 

Thank you to the generous support of FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters, Ontario Creates, and the City of Toronto for their support of all WIM Canada International Women’s Day events. We also want to recognize our incredible Honours partners – Amazon Music, TuneCore, Bandzoogle, Spotify, Tiber River Naturals, Paris Jewellers, Fielding Winery, and Bacardi – all of whom are making it possible for us to launch this inaugural program recognizing and celebrating women identified artists and innovators across Canada. 

 

As well as our federal, provincial and municipal partners, we want to thank workshop partners Universal Music Canada, Bandzoogle, CMRRA, ACTRA:RACS and the Canadian Independent Music Association for their support of the workshop series. You are leaders in developing talent in Canada and we thank you for your important role in the pathway to an equitable industry that we are committed to building.

 

If you are interested in supporting Women In Music Canada and the inaugural WIMC event, please contact Robyn Stewart at robyn@womeninmusic.ca.

 

About Women in Music Canada

Women in Music Canada (WIMC) is a registered non-profit organization and one of the largest music industry associations in Canada. The organization is dedicated to fostering gender equality in the music industry through the support and advancement of professionals and creatives at every stage of their career. The goal is to strengthen the social-economic balance of the music industry by providing professional development, support and resources for our community. Women in Music Canada hosts educational, career development and networking events alongside broader programming initiatives, industry engagement, research and advocacy to serve the needs of our diverse community. Our panels, seminars, webinars, workshops and performance serve to educate, empower, and celebrate women contributions to the music world, and strengthen community ties.

 

Women in Music Canada acknowledges that we are on the traditional territory of many nations throughout Canada, specifically our headquarters in the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands. We respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration. www.womeninmusic.ca

 

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LOCAL NATIVES SHARE DANNY L HARLE REMIX OF NEW SINGLE JUST BEFORE THE MORNING

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OUT NOW ON LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS

Toronto, ON – February 16, 2023 – Today, Local Natives share a Danny L Harle remix of their recent single, Just Before The Morning, out now via Loma Vista Recordings. The single, which reached the B-list at BBC 6Music as well as being #1 most added at AAA radio in the US, marked a striking return from the cherished LA quintet. They've since celebrated its release with three sold-out nights at the Masonic Lodge in LA in Dec 2022 accompanied by special guests including Best Coast, Darkside, Miya Folick and Raul Campos.

In its original guise a swaggering and psychedelic track, hyperpop pioneer Harle - who's worked with everyone from Caroline Polachek to Hudson Mohawke, Carly Rae Jepsen to Charli XCX - stretches Just Before The Morning out into a bonafide floorfiller, creating futurepop gold from an ostensibly unlikely source. Listen to Just Before The Morning(Danny L Harle remix) here.

Just Before The Morning was recorded across Valentine Recording Studio, 64Sound and Sargent Recorders, a strong sense of Los Angeles pervades the track. It sees Local Natives venture into exciting new sonic territory, and is a dialogue between LA’s most iconic studios and their most emblematic band. As well as the strong support at BBC 6Music, the track has seen support at press from the likes of Stereogum, Clash, Dork, Consequence, The Line of Best Fit, The New Cue, Our Culture and more.

The band says of the song: “Just Before The Morning came from a burst of creativity after we finally reconnected in the studio. The song explores the cyclical nature of life and the many ways in which we begin again.

Revisit the video for Just Before The Morning here.

Last year, the band released double A-side singles, Desert Snow and Hourglass and embarked on a sold-out North American tour that included stops at Osheaga, Lollapalooza, Outsidelands, Ogden Twilight and Outlandia festival this past summer. Stay tuned for more tour dates to be announced soon.

In the span of one year, the band performed twice on Jimmy Kimmel Live! For their first performance, they were accompanied by Sharon Van Etten playing Lemon off the Sour Lemon EP. They closed out the year with a performance of Roxy Music’s More Than This from the Music From The Pen Gala 1983, an EP coinciding with their appearance in the Apple Original Series The Shrink Next Door starring Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell. 

Based in Los Angeles, the group progressed their sound over the course of four full-length albums, Gorilla Manor [2009], Hummingbird [2013], Sunlit Youth [2016] and Violet Street [2019].

Local Natives have received praise from Pitchfork, Consequence of Sound, The Guardian and many more. In between countless sold-out shows and festival appearances - including a standout Coachella 2017 set - they’ve graced the stages of Austin City Limits, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Late Show With James Corden, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and more. 

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MOURAINE SETS HIS INTENTIONS ON GOLD

SONG INTRODUCES NEW ALBUM IN SEARCH OF GOLD
OUT MAY 5 VIA BIRTHDAY CAKE RECORDS 

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PERFORMING HOMETOWN SHOW IN EDMONTON
AT JUNOFEST ON MARCH 12

Toronto, ON – February 15, 2023 – Canadian hip-hop trailblazer, Mouraine, prepares to shine in 2023 with his first single of the year, Gold. The song evokes the inner and outer glow of realizing self-worth and pursuing potential to the highest degree. Gold gleams with the announcement of Mouraine's forthcoming album, In Search of Gold, set for release May 5 via Birthday Cake Records, setting the foundation of what's ahead for the innovative Sudan-born, Edmonton-raised artist. Listen to Goldhere.

Produced by Western Canadian Music Award (WCMA) winning producer-engineer duo, deadmen (Begonia, Ashleigh Ball, Royal Canoe), Gold moves with a melodious beat and Mouraine's clever rhyme and verse. Sharp, metaphorical and resonant with uplifting messages, Gold is a soundtrack for recognizing your value and using your gifts to personify your dreams. 

"Gold is the perfect post-reaction once you discover your true worth as an artist and a human being," Mouraine says. "Once you know your capabilities and have reached an unexplainable state of belief in yourself, there is no such thing as settling for anything less than gold."

The video for Gold was filmed in Joshua Tree National Park, California and directed by Mat Dunlap and assisted by Kevin Manning.  Mouraine traverses the desert terrain to claim his throne - and spin gold records - beneath a warm west coast sun. This is a reminder to never settle, no matter the time or the setting. Watch Gold here

 

“Making this video with Mouraine was a rad project for me. Mouraine is such a cool guy that I knew my job would be to keep it simple and let his vibes do the heavy lifting. He said he wanted a gold throne in the desert, and I could instantly picture it with the song," adds Mat Dunlap. "We hiked the throne way out to the middle of nowhere and had a great day just letting loose to the song and enjoying our surroundings. I think the finished video does a great job of capturing Mouraine’s natural swagger that you hear on the track." 

 
Gold marks a grand entrance into a new era of Mouraine, and drives the energy for In Search of Gold. For the album, Mouraine worked with deadmen (Matt Peters & Matt Schellenberg) to craft new sounds, showcase Mouraine's growth as an artist, and create a sonic representation of Mouraine's life journey.

"I’ve always thought that chasing possessions were going to fulfill me. But I realized that to find gold is to find your purpose, peace, and happiness, and that’s what this album means to me," he adds. 

Audiences both familiar, or newly introduced, to Mouraine's catalogue and unparalleled stage presence will witness In Search of Gold as a byproduct of years of hard work, determination and talent, failure and loss. This album comes with as much triumph and accomplishment as it does challenge and vulnerability. 

Mouraine will be rocking JUNOFest in his hometown of Edmonton next month on March 12 at 99Ten, followed by a debut at FOCUS Wales Festival in Wrexham, UK in May. Find all details below. Learn more about Mouraine's career below, connect with him online and stay tuned for more music as he blazes his path. 

TOUR DATES
May 4-6: FOCUS Wales Festival - Wrexham, UK 

March 12: JUNOFest @ 99Ten - Edmonton, AB - Tickets

About Mouraine:
Born in Sudan, bred in Edmonton Canada, destined for stages around the world; Mouraine is a name to pay attention to. His debut EP, Bigger Dreams, released via Birthday Cake Records in 2021, received props from Complex, The Source, CBC, Earmilk, Exclaim!, RANGE, If It’s Too Loud, Hip Hop Canada and more. After hustling in the underground for the past few years, Mouraine is quickly making moves to emerge into the limelight on the brink of his breakthrough full-length album, In Search of Gold. Slated for release in the spring of 2023, the project is a collaboration with producer duo deadmen (Begonia, Royal Canoe, Ashleigh Ball, Ian Sweet), with features from his brother MOTO, Canadian R&B icon JRDN, and more. The songs delve into Mouraine’s personal life story and deliver an intimate vulnerability complemented by captivating stories, bold lyricism and colossal beats.

As a young, first-generation immigrant to Canada, Mouraine first learned to speak English through his insatiable appetite for music. Hip Hop, Rap and R&B lyrics became his teacher, his solace, and his inspiration to use this language as a tool for self expression and survival. By the age of 11 he began writing, recording and performing original music that would lead to sharing stages with the likes of Mac Miller, J.Cole, T-Pain, Big Sean, Pusha T, Classified, and Shad. Mouraine’s music has been placed in Footlocker ads, played live at Toronto Raptors NBA games, awarded him accolades from his community and peers, and continues to infect audiences around the world. A seemingly endless source of energy, there’s no denying that Mouraine has a magnetic ability to pull people in and make them feel a part of his music and message.
 
DOWNLOAD - Gold Artwork | DOWNLOAD - Mouraine Press Photo
 
Connect with Mouraine Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Music | TikTok
 
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UNDEROATH ANNOUNCES NEW LABEL SIGNING TO MNRK MUSIC GROUP FOR A WORLDWIDE DEAL

SHARES TEASER FOR LET GO OUT MARCH 3
 
CATCH THEM ON THE FIRST SHOW OF 2023
HEARTSUPPORT FESTIVAL ON FEBRUARY 18 IN ORLANDO

 
PLUS THE BLIND OBEDIENCE TOUR BEGINS IN MARCH
WITH PERIPHERY AND LOATHE

TORONTO, ON – February 15, 2023 – Underoath announces label signing to MNRK Heavy for a worldwide deal and shares teaser for new single, Let Go, today - listen here.
 
In discussing the excitement of the label signing, Scott Givens, SVP of MNRK Music Group, said: “Rarely does the opportunity present itself to partner with a band as amazing as Underoath. When that opportunity was presented, we seized it immediately, and speaking for the entire company; we are truly honored they gave us a chance to work with them on their upcoming recordings.  The band has had a remarkable career, and all of us at the MRNK Music Group can’t wait to accompany them on their next phase of it.”
 
Underoath added, “Choosing who we partner with in releasing our music is always a huge decision. The team at MNRK simply rules, understands our vision, and is passionate about the music. We couldn’t be more excited and ready to work with the MNRK team to release some of our favorite work to date.”
 
The band will perform the first show of 2023 on February 18 in Orlando at the Heartsupport Festivial following the Blind Obedience Tour starting on March 3 in Silver Spring with Periphery and Loathe concluding April 2 in Nashville plus festivals at the Slam Dunk Festival and Inkcarceration Festival.
 
Tour Dates:
02/18/23 - Orlando, FL @ Heartsupport Fest
03/03/23 - Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore*
03/04/23 - Stroudsburg, PA @ The Sherman Theater*
03/05/23 - Huntington, NY @ The Paramount*
03/07/23 - Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room*
03/08/23 - Pittsburgh, PA @ The Roxian*
03/10/23 - East Moline, IL @ The Rust Belt*
03/11/23 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Club*
03/13/23 - Grand Rapids, MI @ 20 Monroe*
03/14/23 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant*
03/15/23 - Kansas City, MO @ The Uptown Theater*
03/17/23 - Wichita, KS @ The Cotilion*
03/18/23 - Denver, CO @ The Ogden Theater*
03/20/23 - Boise, ID @ Revolution*
03/21/23 - Portland, OR @ The Roseland Ballroom*
03/23/23 - Wheatland, CA @ The Hard Rock Casino*
03/24/23 - Anaheim, CA @ The House of Blues*
03/25/23 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl*
03/26/23 - San Diego, CA @ Soma*
03/27/23 - Tucson, AZ @ The Rialto Theater*
03/29/23 - Albuquerque, NM @ The El Rey Theatre*
03/31/23 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Diamond Ballroom*
04/01/23 - Little Rock, AR @ The Hall*
04/02/23 - Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works*
05/27/23 - Hatfield, EN @ Slam Dunk Festival
05/28/23 - Leeds, UK @ Slam Dunk Festival
07/15/23 - Mansfield, OH @ Inkcarceration Festival
 
*Blind Obedience Tour with Periphery and Loathe

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About Underoath:
UNDEROATH reinvents the balance between chaos and harmony with each successive release. Their compositions, conjured from creative tension, become iconoclastic anthems. Even when the band almost combusts, the crackling energy coalesces into something deeply resonant for millions.
 
Their pair of gold albums and three GRAMMY nominations stand in stark defiance of the idea of commercial compromise. The Underoath catalog weaponizes noise, aggression, and ambiance as skillfully as melody. The combination of heaviness and headiness found on Define the Great Line makes it the only record of its kind to debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
 
The heart of their sound, which delivers naked vulnerability with thrilling force and cinematic lushness, can be heard in generations of bands who’ve pursued their trail.
 
Walking an artistic tightrope between immersive access and isolationist otherness, Underoath owns the space between huge choruses and forward-thinking heaviness, both on record and onstage.

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SCOTTISH COMPOSER AND PRODUCER AETHER UNVEILS SECOND DOWNTEMPO SINGLE TOURMALINE

FROM UPCOMING EP MOONSTONE ON MONSTERCAT

LISTEN TO TOURMALINE

Toronto, ON – February 15, 2023 – Montreal-based producer and composer, Aether, today unveiled the second single from his forthcoming EP, Moonstone, with the chill, downtempo track, Tourmaline, on Monstercat. Inspired by the way raw minerals form into polished gemstones, the new record sees Aether sample work from an original ambient composition and rework its structure through a refined soundscape of dreamy keys and atmospheric textures. While awakening a fresh perspective in his production process, the new record is cohesive to the upcoming EP’s gemstone theme and evolution of his sound. Listen here. 

Aether shares, “Originally built around an ambient foundation, Tourmaline was given its name through its prismatic nature and how its ambient roots glimmer through in new light.”

With over 22 million streams across all platforms, the Scottish-born artist continues to defy all odds being visually impaired with Retinitis Pigmentosa. He strives to challenge himself by stepping into new production techniques, producing video game soundtracks, and being multi-dimensional with his genres, all while using his specialized keyboard and audible tools. Aether will celebrate ten years of making music this year with ‘Moonstone,’ introducing a newfound ambient soundscape to his discography. 

Aether Bio 
My name is Jason Taylor, I’m a visually impaired music producer and composer hailing from Scotland. I’ve been writing music under the moniker Aether since 2013. After graduating college with a higher national diploma in sound engineering, I started pursuing my career as a freelancer in the music industry.

Since then, I’ve worked on various successful musical projects ranging from popular electronic music to video game scores.

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THE REVIVALISTS ARE LIVING FOR THE SPIRIT WITH NEW KID SINGLE & MUSIC VIDEO OUT NOW

NEW STUDIO ALBUM POUR IT OUT INTO THE NIGHT
OUT JUNE 2 ON CONCORD RECORDS

LISTEN TO KID HERE

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WHICH HAD ITS BROADCAST PREMIERE VIA MTV

“The Revivalists' sound covers a lot of ground and harkens back to many of their diverse influences…but they are constantly moving forward.”Grammy.com 

“A high energy, seamless blend of soulful, horn-abetted rock and roll…inching closer to pop superstardom…” - Relix  

"... a creative, compelling blend of musical ingenuity and heart..." – Billboard 

TORONTO, ON – February 15, 2023 – Chart-topping rock band, The Revivalists, have released their new lead single, Kid, with an accompanying music video, and have announced their fifth studio album, Pour It Out Into The Night, set for release on June 2 via Concord Records. Kid is a hopeful anthem invoking the zest for life, self-belief, catharsis and “living for the spirit now” as the song’s post-chorus declares.  Listen to Kid here and pre-save/pre-order Pour It Out Into The Night. Each pre-order includes an instant download of Kid.

Directed by Johnny Chew, the music video features artful, eye-popping stop-motion animation of the band against a backdrop that pays homage to the architectural and artistic aesthetics that define the band’s home of New Orleans. Watch the video here, which made its broadcast premiere on MTV Live, MTVU, and MTV Biggest Pop.

With an infectious melody and piano peeking through bright acoustic guitar, intricate layers of the band's distinctive instrumentation power a euphoric chantable chorus: “Hey kid / Just sing the songs that wake the dead then / You keep them ringing in your head, yeah / You gotta get it off your chest / Don’t worry about the mess.”

"Kid is about capturing the essence of life," says vocalist/guitarist David Shaw. "We all go through ups and downs. Sometimes, we don't believe in ourselves. We've got skeletons in the closet trying to drag us down. But you've got to believe in yourself. You've just got to live for the spirit. Nothing good ever comes easy. If you don't have hope, what do you have?"

"David and I wrote the bulk of Kid on January 6, 2021. My wife was one month pregnant with our twins and also we were getting real-time updates on the insurrection at the Capitol,” shares guitarist Zack Feinberg. "There was a lot of intense energy swirling around us that day as we were trying to stay focused on this exciting, beautiful thing we were channeling.”

Kid introduces Pour It Out Into The Night, a life-affirming album about living in the moment that offers both an unburdening and an appreciation for the here and now, fueled by lessons in gratitude and life realizations. As the world came to a standstill in the years since their last album, Take Good Care, personal experiences and life challenges abounded, with band members having their first children, getting married, and navigating the mental hurdles of lockdown. 

Throughout 2020, the band wrote, recorded, and shared ideas with each other while David created many of the demos that would begin to lay the foundation for the album. The band’s process for this record was the most self-guided one yet. David and Zack began writing together at David’s home studio as well, resulting in the lead single, Kid, as the band spent countless hours crafting the music between themselves before bringing it to a producer. They laid down demos in their practice space in New Orleans at Fountainbleau and at Marigny Studios. After this period of creative explosion, The Revivalists stole away to the magical backdrop of Vermont in 2022 to record for two weeks in the dead of winter with GRAMMY Award-winning producer, Rich Costey (Muse, Foster the People, Death Cab for Cutie), who produced Pour It Out Into The Night with co-production from David, Zack, and the rest of the band. Full tracklist below.

The Revivalists are renowned for their live prowess, soulful alt-rock anthems, and distinct mix of many of the classic styles of American music, led by the incredible voice of front man David Shaw. The band will bring their epic live show to several upcoming festivals including a big hometown set at New Orleans JazzFest in April and Bonnaroo in June. They will play their Jazz Fest headline show at The Fillmore in New Orleans on April 28, and will return to Red Rocks in Colorado on September 14. With three consecutive sell-outs at the storied venue, it’s sure to be another epic night under the stars. For tickets, please visit www.therevivalists.com.

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POUR IT OUT INTO THE NIGHT TRACKLIST:
1.  Kid
2.  Don't Look Back
3.  Good Old Days
4.  Down In The Dirt
5.  The Long Con
6.  Only You
7.  Alive
8.  Wait For The Sun
9.  When I Got You
10.  How We Move
11.  Say Goodbye
12.  Pour It Out Into The Night

THE REVIVALISTS 2023 TOUR DATES:
February 26 - Tempe, AZ @ Innings Festival 
March 19 - Tampa, FL @ Innings Festival 
March 31 - Jackson, WY @ Rendezvous Festival 
April 28 – 30 - New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
Festival 
April 28 - New Orleans LA @ The Fillmore 
June 18 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo 
September 14 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre 

ABOUT THE REVIVALISTS
Eight-piece rock 'n' roll collective, The Revivalists – David Shaw [lead vocals, guitar], Zack Feinberg [guitar], Andrew Campanelli [drums], George Gekas [bass], Ed Williams [pedal steel guitar], Rob Ingraham [saxophone], Michael Girardot [keyboard, trumpet], and PJ Howard [drums, percussion] – have made the journey from hole-in-the-wall gigs to sold-out shows at hallowed venues such as Radio City Music Hall, The Ryman and Red Rocks, multiplatinum success, more than 800 million streams, major media praise, and numerous national television performances including Austin City Limits, Colbert, Kimmel, Ellen, and TODAY. In addition to multiple back-to-back sold-out tours, they have opened for The Rolling Stones, and graced the bills of Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Governor’s Ball, and New Orleans Jazz Fest, among others.

The Revivalists broke through with 2015's Men Amongst Mountains, which featured the double-platinum smash single and Billboard Hot 100 hit Wish I Knew You. Following 2018’s Take Good Care, which featured two #1 Adult Alternative hits, Change and All My Friends (also a Top 5 Alternative hit), they unveiled Made In Muscle Shoals Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, accompanied by a mini-doc (recorded and filmed at the iconic FAME Studios in Alabama). 

The Revivalists also recently established their philanthropic umbrella fund, Rev Causes, that supports a variety of organizations dedicated to reviving and investing in our communities, our health, and our environment. By donating a portion of ticket sales, through fan donations, and a variety of other fundraising efforts, the band assists multiple national and local organizations in building a better future.

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BAILEN’S TIRED HEARTS IS AN INDIE-POP REVELATION

NEW LP PRODUCED BY BRAD COOK AND BAILEN
SET FOR RELEASE MAY 5 VIA FANTASY

 
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CALL IT LIKE IT IS


25-DATE TIRED HEARTS TOUR BEGINS MARCH 2
WITH TORONTO STOP MAY 16

TORONTO, ON – February 14, 2023 – Today, rising indie-pop trio, BAILEN, have announced the release of their second full-length album, Tired Hearts, due May 5, via Fantasy Records. The New York City based siblings have also shared the album’s first single – the alt-pop anthem Call It Like It Is, along with its cult classic thriller style video – listen and watch here. Pre-order Tired Hearts here.
 
The sparkling Call It Like It Is, co-written by BAILEN and X Ambassadors’ Adam Levin and Sam Harris, is “an anthem for anyone who refuses to be taken advantage of,” the band stated. “It unmasks the ugly truth behind shiny veneers.”
 
The track’s beautifully rendered, cinematic video, directed and edited by David Bailen, is a fictionalized account of a scary ‘catfishing’ episode BAILEN recently experienced while on tour. “To save money on the road, we often stay with friends, family and fans instead of staying in hotels,” the group explained. “It goes to show what it takes to be in a touring band these days just to break even.”
 
On Tired Hearts, Daniel, David, and Julia BAILEN deliver a dazzling set of songs that navigates the space between the heart’s expectation and the head’s sober reality. At times both intricate and playful, measured and elaborate, the album’s 12 original songs wrestle with an uncertain future where ethics and morality—both communal and personal—are constantly shifting.
 
Produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee) and BAILEN, and mixed by Lars Stalfors (Soccer Mommy, St. Vincent, Local Natives) Tired Hearts’ taut, synth-driven tracks are centered around BAILEN’s radiant harmonies and adventurous arrangements furthering the group’s exhilarating avant-pop evolution. Cook was instrumental in expanding the band’s ambition beyond what they initially envisioned. “We played the last record live a hundred times before recording it, so we tracked a lot of it live,” Daniel explains. “With Brad, we took a collagist’s approach. It freed us up to explore and be sonically adventurous.”
 
The album’s numerous high points include the iridescent pop of Nothing Left to Give, the tender hushed intimacy of These Bones, and the piercing, lilting title track. Tired Hearts. The moving BRCA (Nothing Takes Me Down), a title derived from the breast cancer gene Julia shares with her mother (a breast cancer survivor) is indicative of the band’s incredible range. Over a slow building rhythmic pulse, Julia sings of hospital gowns and uncertainty, untying a complex knot of familial anxiety, guilt, and acceptance, while embracing the determination to move forward: I’ll still live like I’m dying/But I won’t let it take me down. “It’s about finding ways to not be defined by these circumstances, and to move past them with resilience,” she affirms.
 
Known for their stunning vocals and sharp, literate songwriting, BAILEN have cultivated a passionate following and emerged in indie circles via word of mouth, robust playlisting and a stream of steady touring with artists such as Hozier, Amos Lee, The Lone Bellow, and Joseph, to name a few. The group’s acclaimed 2019 debut, Thrilled To Be Here, produced by John Congleton, has amassed over 25 million streams since its release.
 
BAILEN recently announced a nation-wide, 25-date tour beginning March 2 at The Southern Café & Music Hall in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Tired Hearts Tour will visit major cities across North America before finishing with a hometown performance at New York’s venerable Le Poisson Rouge on May 20. BAILEN is also set for high profile appearances at Austin’s famed SXSW Music Festival, March 14 -16.  Showcase details will be announced soon.
 
Find the full tour itinerary below. For tickets and more information, please visit: bailentheband.com

BAILEN – Tired Hearts Tour - Spring 2023:
March 2 - Charlottesville, VA – The Southern Café & Music Hall
March 3 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle Back Room
March 4 – Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle
March 5 – Charleston, WV – Mountain Stage
March 7 – Nashville, TN – 3rd & Lindsley
March 8 – Atlanta, GA – Smith’s Olde Bar
March 10 – Bentonville, AR – City Sessions
March 11 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada
March 12 – Houston, TX – White Oak Upstairs
March 14–16 – Austin, TX - SXSW
March 19 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah
March 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Echo
March 22 – San Francisco, CA – Café Du Nord
March 24 – Portland, OR – Polaris Hall
March 26 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
March 30 – Minneapolis, MN – Parkway Theatre
March 31 – Milwaukee, WI – The Back Room at Colectivo
April 1 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk
April 2 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
May 12 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brendas
May 13 – Washington, D.C. – Miracle Theatre
May 14 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Café
May 16 – Toronto, ON – The Drake Hotel
May 18 – Fairfield, CT – Stageone
May 19 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
May 20 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge

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JACK KAYS RELEASES THE VOICE IN MY HEAD

WATCH THE ACCOMPANYING VIDEO HERE

TTORONTO, ON – February 10, 2023 – Today, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, Jack Kays, has shared his new track, The Voice In My Head – listen here. The song comes alongside a live performance video shot by Jack’s frequent creative collaborator Cagla Akcadag – watch here. Originally teased a few weeks ago on TikTok to a positive reaction, The Voice In My Head is a treat to fans from Jack as he finishes up more music to come this year.
 
Speaking about the new track, Kays says: "The Voice In My Head is a song that is exactly how the title describes it. I have this little voice in my head that tries to tell me all this stuff. It's so loud sometimes that I can't tell if it's true or not."
 
The Voice In My Head is the follow up to Jack Kays’ latest acoustic EP, CESSATION. Released at the end of last year, the 5-track project is an extremely vulnerable collection of songs that chronicle the lifespan of a man and his journey to sobriety starting at ages 10-17 with Wish You Well and concluding with a reflection of an entire life with The Walk.
 
In support of the CESSATION EP, Jack hit the road on on his first-ever headline tour titled The Man with a Guitar. Kays brought his captivating live show to cities across North America with sold out shows in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta and more.

Stay tuned for much more music to come this year from Jack Kays!
 

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zensei ゼンセー SHARES destination heartbreak pt. 2 EP VIA MONSTERCAT

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THE ANTICIPATED destination heartbreak LP ARRIVES THIS SPRING

TORONTO, ON – February 10, 2023 – Today, Vancouver-based record producer and multi-instrumentalist, zensei ゼンセー (ZEN-say), releases his beautiful, lo-fi-leaning EP, destination heartbreak pt. 2, out today via Monstercat. A follow up to destination heartbreak pt. 1 EP, which was shared in November, this new three-song collection is an instrumental trip down memory lane that explores the artist’s past memories of heartbreak, as well as being put back together. Putting his multifaceted talents on full display, he fuses old and personal audio and video clips throughout the package. Listen to destination heartbreak pt. 2 EP here.

zensei ゼンセー shares, “destination heartbreak pt.2 is the ‘heartbreak’ part of the series. It slowly morphs into a sad tone, which really describes a moment in my life. It is inspired by when I was going into my younger years, going into relationships prematurely, knowing those decisions would tear me apart.”
 
The full-length destination heartbreak LP is due this spring. For the recording, zensei ゼンセー buried himself in old files and hunted passionately for samples to use, finding himself going through old computer files and photos to draw inspiration. “I did this all in my own home while sulking in my old memories,” zensei ゼンセー adds. “Every track has a meaning to me that warps me back in time to an exact moment. The memories feel so real to me, that I can still see it vividly in my head and smell the air around me.”
 
Stay tuned as the destination heartbreak adventure unfolds this spring.

destination heartbreak pt. 2 Tracklist:
1. dreaming of you too
2. just friends
3. destination heartbreak

About zensei ゼンセー:

zensei (better known as Vancouver-based artist, Dillon Wong, a.k.a. Eminence) is a talented Asian Canadian music producer who specializes in creating lo-fi hip hop beats. He is a multi-instrumentalist, proficient in playing the piano, bass, and guitar. He began his musical journey at a young age, taking guitar lessons from his father and developing a love for music production. As he grew older, zensei began experimenting with different music genres, eventually finding his passion in lo-fi hip hop. He began creating beats in his home studio, using samples and live instrumentation to create a unique sound. His music quickly gained popularity online, with many praising his ability to blend traditional Asian influences with modern hip hop beats.

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HAVIAH MIGHTY INVITES EVERYONE TO HER INCLUSIVE PARTY IN DOUBLE VIDEO FOR HONEY BUN / ROOM SERVICE

LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE ROOM SERVICE

LISTEN TO 2022 JUNO AWARD-WINNING 
STOCK EXCHANGE MIXTAPE

TORONTO, ON – February 10, 2023 – Haviah Mighty is kicking off the New Year with two sweet surprises. On January 27, the multi award-winning Toronto-born, Brampton-based artist, DJ and producer, released a new song, Room Service. The track evokes tenderness in its R&B-infused keys, tropical ambiance, Afrobeat elements and a sultry groove in contrast to Haviah's signature bars for which she is known, as highlighted on her previous single, Honey Bun. Today, Room Service arrives as double-feature visual that blends both of the tunes with cinematic zeal, capturing sonic chapters of a relationship, with reflections that range from self-worth to proclamations of desire. Listen to Room Service here and watch the video for Honey Bun/Room Service here

Haviah expands on another aspect of the love story within Room Service, written from a position of bargaining in a relationship: 

"This song reflects on the many phases of denial that I experienced going through a recent breakup. My self-worth was shattered, I convinced myself that things weren’t as bad as they seemed, and that it wasn’t my fault. I was fully aware that this person had already let me go, by their mannerisms, the shifts in attitude, and the conversations we had. I knew their heart wasn't in it anymore.

But it wasn't official. Because of that, I had this glimmer of hope - as if the energy wasn't loud enough, and as if I didn't know what the outcome would be. For me, this song grew into an anthem of lust, wonderment, desire and delusion. The 
sultry lead melodies pull you in as I plead for my lover to wait for me. Just hold on. The bouncy synths playfully suck you into a vortex of heavy-hitting 808s and afro-style grooves that remind you that I’m not just a rapper - but also a singer, Jamaican, and Toronto-born."


For the Honey Bun/Room Service video, Haviah re-connected with Directors Kit Weyman and Chrris Lowe of acclaimed production company, Fela (Drake, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Rosalia), who worked on her Prism Prize-nominated video, Protest (featuring Yizzy)Haviah's fervent creative approach shows representation of herself, both culturally and personally, within the piece as it intersects her Caribbean roots with her journey as a queer woman. Commencing with Honey Bun, Haviah begins to tell the story of the relationship at a stage where she has not quite hit the level of negotiation in Room Service. The narrative unfolds into something fresh and unique; an authentic portrait of the pure energy exchange that evolves in a classic jam set in an inclusive, queer-friendly space that you'll want to party in, too.

"In Honey Bun, we see me disassociating with a past love, let down, and looking for distractions as a form of medicine. I began to rely heavily on having multiple beautiful partners, money, designer clothes, drugs and any other way to escape the hurt. Still, this person from the past plagues my mind, as we start to sonically and visually shift into Room Service. We see reflections of the past love spliced with moments of us together, before we’re sucked into a new setting, with a new energy. It’s gritty and grungy. It’s sweaty and sultry," Haviah expands.

"You see Mighty Gang in the cut, representing - and you see me spotting a new love interest, while caught between the two as the old love interest enters the frame. We see a love triangle that manifested between an old and new love – and while it was a good time, it ultimately wasn’t real, and didn’t last. Together, these two videos/songs depict the difficult stages in a breakup that we all inevitably go through -and the reality that, if it’s not to be, no matter what occurs - it will not be."

Haviah's latest are a sample of what will be featured on her forthcoming project. Last year, Haviah's music resonated with global audiences as the sole Canadian artist nominated for a 2022 BET Award in the category of Best International Flow. History was made as Haviah's 2021 mixtape, Stock Exchange, won a 2022 Juno Award for Rap Album/EP of the Year. She rocked an extensive schedule of headline shows across Canada, The United States and Europe, with festival spots at SXSW, Dinah Music Festival and Toronto's inaugural Rolling Loud, to massive stadium shows supporting The Arkells, and more.

In addition, Haviah launched her successful initiative, Black Entrepreneur Giveaway. Haviah awarded 10 rising business owners $1,000 each to help them further expand and thrive. The initiative arrives in alignment with Stock Exchange and its messaging to value systems of both economic and creative forms. Following Haviah's 2019 Polaris Music Prize-winning album, 13th Floor, Stock Exchange features an array of highly acclaimed singles and guests. This year, Haviah celebrated her ever-evolving and progressive career with numerous accolades and a monumental return to live shows - defying all odds around a time of change worldwide. Listen to Stock Exchange everywhere you enjoy music.   

Stay tuned for more from Haviah Mighty this year.

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Haviah Mighty on TikTok: @haviahmighty

About Haviah Mighty
Haviah Mighty didn’t need to change her birth name when she decided to dedicate her career to music. Mighty could not better describe Haviah’s craft of provocative challenges and uncompromising truths.

Based out of Brampton via Toronto, Haviah has spent a lifetime developing her skills as a songwriter, vocalist, producer, and performer, culminating in a style of profound introspection and incisive socio-political critique. Her dynamic combinations of rap, song, and instrumental transition seamlessly from hip-hop to soul to afrobeats with a meticulous flow and cadence that transcends any traditional expectation of genre.

2019 saw Haviah earn break-out success with her album, 13th Floor, making her the first hip-hop artist and the first Black woman to win the Polaris Music Prize, celebrating the “Best Canadian Album of the Year” - but Mighty didn’t stop there. 

With her JUNO Award-winning mixtape, Stock Exchange (Nov. 2021), Haviah made history once again as the first woman to ever win within the Rap Album of the Year category. Recognition has spread internationally, garnering praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, GRM Daily, FADER, Hot New Hip Hop, and many more. 

From performance invitations by massive European tastemaker, COLORSxSTUDIOS, to BBC 1’s Jack Saunders proclaiming “I just cannot find anything as good as Haviah Mighty," to crushing the 5 Fingers of Death on the legendary show, Sway in the Morning - Haviah Mighty is unstoppable. Mighty pushes forward continuing to carve out spaces that boldly defy gendered expectations for women in hip- hop. Unyielding and irresistible – Haviah Mighty will be heard

 

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DEVON GILFILLIAN’S NEW ALBUM LOVE YOU ANYWAY DUE APRIL 7 VIA FANTASY

LISTEN TO FIRST SINGLE ALL I REALLY WANNA DO HERE

WATCH THE TRACK’S SPACE-TRIPPING ANIMATED
MUSIC VIDEO HERE

TORONTO, ON – February 10, 2023 – Today, rising singer-songwriter and multi- instrumentalist, Devon Gilfillian, announced his second full-length studio album, Love You Anyway, available on April 7, 2023, via Fantasy Records. An intoxicating, genre-crossing game changer, Love You Anyway spans soul, hip-hop, R&B, and rock, all under the banner of Black joy. The Philadelphia-born, Nashville-based soul artist also debuted a sinuous and seductive new single, All I Really Wanna Do, along with the track’s accompanying interstellar-inspired animated video that finds Devon traveling through a love-induced galaxy of his own making. Pre-order Love You Anyway and listen to All I Really Wanna Do here. Watch the All I Really Wanna Do official video here.
 
Produced by Jeremy Lutito (Joy Oladokun, NEEDTOBREATHE), Love You Anyway, confronts as well as comforts. Chronicling Gilfillian’s journey as a Black artist living in 21st century America, the album’s 10 original tracks, (all co-written by Gilfillian) are as much about fighting for what you believe in: equity and representation, as it is about love, finding it, making it, and channeling it into every facet of our lives. 
 
Devon Gilfillian on the new album and single: “I wanted to share my story on this album and pour a whole lot of love into the gap that’s grown between people in our country. All I Really Wanna Do is an anthem for living in the moment. It’s a song about taking a chance on love, on life, and on exploring yourself. It’s about being weird with the one you love and knowing that being yourself is enough. I want people to listen to this song and forget - even for a second - the sad things going on around the world. I want them to be reminded of the beauty and joy we have around us, as long as we’re looking and open to receive."
 
The recording of Love You Anyway began during the pandemic, as the nation’s political chasm widened, leading Gilfillian to rely on a few simple resources: the music of Marvin Gaye, new love, therapy, and his beloved cats, Barry White and Felicia. 
 
Summoning an array of musical touchstones amid a rush of unexpected ear-catching twists and turns, Love You Anyway is as listenable as it is thought-provoking. The elegant, All I Really Wanna Do, is the LP’s alluring Temps-infused opening invitation. In quick succession, soulful provocateurs, The Recipe, and Right Kind of Crazy, wrap around Brown Sugar Queen, a Prince x Anderson Paak super-sized jam that features rising Swedish pop star Janice. Elsewhere, Better Broken evokes Bill Withers’ slinky gift for melody, the spiritual Let The Water Flow, reaffirms Georgia’s political awakening, and Righteous, (featuring new labelmate Nathaniel Rateliff) takes an unblinking look at racial injustice in America. Lastly, on Love You Anyway, the open-hearted and transcendent end-title track, Gilfillian captures the raw power and beauty of acceptance.
 
Growing up in Philadelphia, Gilfillian discovered that the towering icons of his musician father’s era—Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, The Temptations—were just as formative and exciting as discovering the new sounds of his own generation: Wu-Tang Clan, Notorious B.I.G., and Jay-Z, who all inspired him in different ways. Bursting on the scene in 2020 with his highly regarded debut album Black Hole Rainbow, he received glowing acclaim from NPR, the New York Times, PASTE and The Tennessean, among many others. Then later that year, Gilfillian re-recorded and released Marvin Gaye’s iconic album, What’s Going On, which raised funds for low-income communities of colour, and provided resources and education around the democratic process.
 
Now, with Love You Anyway, Devon Gilfillian pays it forward. Conjuring the raw, sexy emotions of his predecessors and the next-level production grooves of his R&B and hip-hop contemporaries, Gilfillian is taking soul music into an exciting and restorative new future.
 
Devon Gilfillian - Love You Anyway TRACK LIST:
1. All I Really Wanna Do  
2. The Recipe 
3. Brown Sugar Queen (feat. Janice) 
4. Right Kind Of Crazy
5. Let The Water Flow
6. Imma Let My Body Move 
7. Better Broken
8. Follow The Leader 
9. Righteous (feat. Nathaniel Rateliff)
10. Piano (Interlude) 
11. Love You Anyway
 
Devon Gilfillian On Tour:
February 10 -17 - Miami, FL - Cayamo Cruise
March 13 -19 - Austin, TX - SXSW 
April 17 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge (album release show)
June 17 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
 
More dates to be announced soon! 

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HARRISON PREVIEWS NEW ALBUM WITH FLOAT (FEATURING KADHJA BONET) AND A VIEW FROM THE SKY

FORTHCOMING ALBUM DUE THIS SPRING VIA LAST GANG RECORDS/MNRK

TORONTO, ON – February 8, 2023 – Today,  JUNO, Polaris, UK MVA + Prism Prize nominated Toronto producer and musical polymath, Harrison, shares two fresh tracks to warm up the season. He delivers Float, a shimmering song featuring Los Angeles-based artist, Kadhja Bonet, alongside a complimentary instrumental, A View From The Sky. The singles are a preview of Harrison's new album set to launch this Spring via Last Gang Records/MNRK. Both demonstrate the evolution of Harrison's sound since his 2016 JUNO-nominated album, Checkpoint Titanium, and his introspective 2018 sophomore, Apricity, with intention and inspired energy for what's ahead. Listen to Float (featuring Kadhja Bonet) and A View From The Sky here
 
The singles are paired with incredible visualizers by illustrator Elijah Anderson - check out Float here and A View From The Sky here. To complement Harrison's artistic vision, he enlisted Elijah, and the design and animation of Jeremy White to craft single artwork that recalls classic Blue Note covers and iconic Saturday morning cartoons like Schoolhouse Rock!.  

Float is a smooth downtempo tune with a grooving R&B bassline perfect for a reflective drive. As Kadhja sings of struggling to find oneself in another's absent love through metaphors, her graceful vocals weave throughout this buoyant collaboration: "Do you wanna fill me up/ Like a cheap balloon/ That deflates when you leave the room/ I don’t wanna force it but/ When it gets a haze/ I might float myself away." 

A View From The Sky highlights Harrison’s deep study of jazz and dedication to the piano, written during a moment of personal reclamation after a dark time. "This piece means a lot to me," Harrison affirms. "I just started taking Zoloft after a pretty bad stint of depression and it just started to kick in that day. I wanted to convey that feeling of carefreeness even if it was just for a moment. I’ll be proud of this joint forever." 

Float and A View From The Sky follow a string of standout songs Harrison released between 2021 and  2022. Last year, Outta This World,  marked another collaborative effort with JUNO Award-winning and fellow Toronto artist, TOBi. Listen to Outta This World here, and watch the video here.  In addition, Harrison released captivating instrumental singles, Around You and Like When We Were Kids, which saw over 3 million combined global streams.

At only 27, Harrison has accomplished more than many artists twice his age, all while not being afraid to take himself too seriously. He got his start making beat tapes and putting sample-heavy songs on SoundCloud, where he quickly found a following, and a global community of likeminded producers and collaborators including Ryan Hemsworth, Star Slinger, and more. With two critically acclaimed albums to his name, 2016’s JUNO Award-nominated Checkpoint Titanium and 2018’s Apricity, his versatility has lead to him producing for some of Canada’s most boundary-pushing artists including al l i e, Daniela Andrade, DijahSB, Sean Leon, and TOBi. On top of this, he’s also composed music for video games (LOUD on Planet X) and more recently, commercials for NERF, Play-Doh, and more.

Stay tuned for more from Harrison as he continues to share his craft this year.
 
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About Last Gang
Last Gang is a music company founded in 2003 and credited with launching the careers of Metric, Death From Above 1979, Mother Mother and MSTRKRFT. The company is also well known for its work with Arkells, Stars, Keys N Krates, Lights, and Chromeo. Last Gang is a MNRK Music Group company. www.lastgang.com
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ROBERT GLASPER WINS 5th GRAMMY FOR BEST R&B ALBUM

LISTEN TO BLACK RADIO III FEATURING KILLER MIKE,
TY DOLLA $IGN, H.E.R., Q-TIP, ESPERANZA SPALDING,
JENNIFER HUDSON, COMMON AND MORE

TORONTO, ON – February 6, 2023 – Multi-Grammy-winning pianist and producer, Robert Glapser, has received his 5th Grammy Award for Best R&B Album for Black Radio III. Glasper’s contribution to music and culture spans over two decades with Grammy nominations and wins for a multitude of his projects including the history changing 2013 win for Best R&B Album for Black Radio, 2015 win for Best Traditional R&B Performance for Jesus Children, 2017 win for Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media for Miles Ahead, and 2021 taking home a win for his hit-single, Better Than I Imagined, in the Best R&B Song category. Glasper has formed an exceptional legacy that permeates throughout contemporary art and advocacy. 
 
Black Radio III features both new and old Black Radio family such as H.E.R, Ty Dolla $ign, Common, Yebba, Meshell Ndgeocello, Killer Mike, BJ The Chicago Kid, Big K.R.I.T., and more. Glasper’s body of work is a masterclass in hip-hop, R&B and jazz fusion that sonically has influenced the next decade to come. This further proves Glasper to be one of the most respected collaborators of his generation, now with 12 nominations in total and five wins. 
 
The Grammy Award winning Black Radio III celebrates Black joy, love and resilience and features the Grammy-winning single, Better Than I Imagined, with H.E.R and Meshell Ndgeocello. Killer Mike, BJ The Chicago Kid and Big K.R.I.T. unify in Black Superhero, a track that lifts up real-life Black heroes, while Lalah Hathaway and Common put a fresh spin on Everybody Wants To Rule The World, a nod to the Tears For Fears classic. Glasper also creates space on this album for songs like Q-Tip and Esperanza Spalding’s versatile and driving While We Speak, and Over, Yebba’s sweet-winded plea to a fleeting love. Black Radio III’s guests also include Jennifer Hudson, Ty Dolla $ign, Ant Clemons, India.Arie, Musiq Soulchild, PJ Morton and more. Since announcing the album in early 2022, Glasper has joined Trevor Noah for an interview and performance of Heaven’s Here with Ant Clemons on The Daily Show and was backed by The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for a special MLK Day performance of In Tune and Black Superhero featuring Rapsody, DJ Jazzy Jeff, BJ The Chicago Kid, and Amir Sulaiman. 
 
The 5x Grammy and Emmy winning artist, composer and producer made history over a decade ago with the release of Black Radio as the first album to debut in the top 10 of four different genre charts simultaneously: Hip Hop, R&B, Urban Contemporary, Jazz and Contemporary Jazz, as did the follow-up album Black Radio 2. The ongoing Black Radio brand has become synonymous with Black music culture and has placed Glasper alongside some of music’s most legendary- from early days with J Dilla, Bilal and Yasiin Bey to playing alongside Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Herbie Hancock, Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, Jill Scott, Brandy and more.
 
​​Commended as one of the most respected and talented artists of his time, everything leading up to this win has cemented Glasper’s lasting legacy in music history and beyond. Congratulations to Robert Glasper on his Grammy win!
 
LISTEN TO GRAMMY-WINNING ALBUM, BLACK RADIO III here

BLACK RADIO lll TRACKLIST
1. In Tune ft. Amir Sulaiman
2. Black Superhero ft. Killer Mike + BJ The Chicago Kid + Big K.R.I.T.
3. Shine ft. D Smoke + Tiffany Gouché
4. Why We Speak ft. Q-Tip + Esperanza Spalding
5. Over ft. Yebba
6. Better Than I Imagined ft. H.E.R. + Meshell Ndegeocello
7. Everybody Wants To Rule the World ft. Lalah Hathaway + Common
8. Everybody Love ft. Musiq Soulchild + Posdnuos
9. It Don't Matter ft. Gregory Porter + Ledisi
10. Heaven's Here ft. Ant Clemons
11. Out of My Hands ft Jennifer Hudson
12. Forever ft. PJ Morton + India.Arie
13. Bright Lights (with Ty Dolla $ign)
 

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MALUMA TEAMS UP WITH MARC ANTHONY FOR LA FORMULA

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TORONTO, ON – February 2, 2023 – Global superstars, Maluma and Marc Anthony, have teamed up once again, this time to release a brand-new song, La Fórmula, which is available now, along with its music video. La Fórmula is an exquisite salsa with extraordinary vocals, bittersweet lyrics, and an irresistible rhythm. To stream and/or download La Fórmula, click here.

La Fórmula is Maluma's first new track of 2023 and will be part of his highly anticipated upcoming album due out later this year and kicks off a new era for the Latin icon. The song was written by Juan Luis Londoño Arias (Maluma), Marco Antonio Muñiz (Marc Anthony), Édgar Barrera, Kevin Mauricio Jiménez, Bryan Snaider Lezcano, Justin Quiles, Rene David Cano and Sergio George.

With their successful collaboration on the salsa version of Maluma's smash hit Felices los 4, a close friendship was born between the two. Maluma who has been a huge fan of salsa music since childhood, wanted to work with Marc once again, this time on an original salsa track. While sharing music, Marc fell in love with a pop/urban song that Maluma had recorded and they decided join forces to make it their new collab. They got their creative teams together, resulting in this phenomenal song produced by Sergio George, Marc Anthony, Maluma, The Rude Boys and Édgar Barrera.

The official video for 
La Fórmula was shot at The Hit Factory recording studio in Miami and produced by Royalty Films. It captures what happened in the studio while recording the song: the artists, producers, songwriters and musicians involved and their wonderful rapport as they worked together. The video made its broadcast premiere on MTV Live, MTVU, MTV Biggest Pop and on the Paramount Times Square billboards. Watch  the La Fórmula video here.

Last week, on the heels of a highly successful brand refresh, the Spring/Summer 2023 campaign from BOSS  announced Maluma as one of their new brand ambassadors. Their new campaign, Be your own BOSS,” provides a celebrity-filled exploration of what it takes to become a BOSS, while inspiring others to embrace their full potential and live life on their own terms – with confidence, style and a forward-looking vision. Like Maluma, each of the celebrated and globally recognized talents overcame obstacles and personal struggles to become their own BOSS. These BOSS personalities always knew what they wanted, and their breakthroughs were achieved through a series of personal choices. While destined for greatness, they neatly personify the fact that BOSSes aren’t born – they’re made.

The Colombian superstar recently received eight Premio Lo Nuestro nominations that range from urban to regional Mexican, highlighting his versatility as an artist. His nominations include: Pop - Male Artist Of The Year; Song Of The Year for Cada Quien with Grupo Firme; The Perfect Mix Of The Year for Cada Quien with Grupo Firme; Tour Of The Year; Pop - Song Of The Year for Sobrio; Pop-Urban - Song Of The Year for Mama Tetema ft. Rayvanny; Urban - Album Of The Year for The Love & Sex TapeRegional Mexican - Banda Song Of The Year for Cada Quien with Grupo Firme.
 
Voting is now open at www.premiolonuestro.com/vota and you can vote until February 5. Winners will be announced on Thursday, February 23 at the awards show that will take place at the Miami-Dade Arena and will be broadcast live on the Univision network starting at 7P/6C.

With his albumThe Love & Sex Tape, Maluma is nominated for a 2023 GRAMMY in the Best Album Urbano category. The prestigious awards will take place on February 5 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and broadcast live on the CBS network.

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ABOUT MALUMA
Maluma is one of the leading voices in Latin music and a bona fide global youth idol. Born Juan Luis Londoño in Medellin, Colombia, he formulated his artistic moniker Maluma from the first two letters of the names of his mother, father and sister.

The 2018 Latin GRAMMY award winner for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album (for F.A.M.E.) is one of social media’s most popular artists with over 25 million Facebook fans, 8 million Twitter followers, and a whopping 63 million Instagram followers, making him the leading Latin male artist on Instagram and the first and only one to surpass 50 million followers. His official YouTube/VEVO channel has more than 28.1 million subscribers, having earned him a YouTube Diamond Play Button Award.

With his Maluma World Tour he has achieved unparalleled success, having sold over one million tickets in 105 worldwide concerts in 2017 alone and becoming the top concert-selling Latin artist in the world. In 2018 and 2019, he broke records achieving full houses in all of his shows throughout the United States and Europe selling out Madison Square Garden (New York), the American Airlines Arena (Miami) and two The Forums (Los Angeles), among others. With his 11:11 World Tour he also sold out Israel's largest venue, Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv (60,000+ audience); made history at the 18th annual Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco, setting an all-time attendance record with his headlining concert in front of 200,000 people; and performed for the first time ever in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in front of 25,000. He continued to take over throughout 2021 and 2022 with sold-outs in the United States, Europe, Latin American and the Middle East.
Since joining Sony Music Latin in 2015, Maluma has released seven albums Pretty Boy Dirty Boy (2015), F.A.M.E. (2018), 11:11 (2019), Papi Juancho (2020), 7DJ (2021), The Love & Sex Tape and The Love & Sex Tape Deluxe (2022). Maluma is the youngest artist to simultaneously hold both the #1 and #2 spots on Billboard's Latin Airplay chart and only the sixth act to ever achieve the feat he has now repeated three times. To date Maluma has had twenty-two #1 singles on Billboard's Latin Airplay chart.

Maluma's altruistic spirit is outstanding for the community work he leads with his foundation El Arte de Los Sueños based in Medellín, Colombia. Founded in 2016, the Foundation's mission is to transform at-risk youth through art and music education. In 2021, Maluma acted in his first Disney animation movie, Encanto, 2022 Oscar winner for Best Animation Feature. Earlier this year, Maluma debuted in Hollywood with his starring role as Bastian in the movie Marry Me alongside Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson.

ABOUT MARC ANTHONY
Marc Anthony is one of the most influential artists of his time and a true ambassador of Latin music and culture. He has received countless gold and platinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and has been credited with over 50 Billboard chart #1’s hits and over 7.1 Billion views on YouTube. On May 10, 2019 Marc Anthony released OPUS, his first new studio album in six years on Magnus Media / Sony Latin Music. OPUS is his eighth salsa album in the 26 years since Otra Nota (1993) established him. In addition to winning the 2020 Grammy Best Tropical Album, OPUS has earned Marc Anthony a #1 at Billboard’s Tropical Airplay list with Parecen Viernes, 4 nominations to Latin American Music Awards for: Favorite Album (OPUS), Favorite Artist Tropical, Favorite Song (Parecen Viernes), and Favorite Tour.  He was a finalist in 4 categories for the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards (Tropical Album of the Year – OPUS, Tropical Song of the Year – Parecen Viernes Tropical Artist of the Year – Solo, and Tour of the Year – OPUS TOUR). 
 
His previous album, Marc Anthony 3.0, released July 23, 2013, received an American Music Award; a GRAMMY® Award nomination; five Premios Lo Nuestro; two Premios Juventud; ten Billboard Latin Music Awards; three Billboard Awards; and special recognitions from the Univision and Telemundo networks.
 
Anthony has also established a highly credible acting résumé. Besides his music and acting accomplishments, in 2012, the six – time GRAMMY® and Latin GRAMMY® Award winner launched the Maestro Cares Foundation, hosting a series of fundraisers throughout the year to benefit the non-profit organization and build orphanages in Latin America. He also has his own clothing and accessories line for Kohl’s, and he is a minority owner of The Miami Dolphins. His entertainment and sports venture Magnus Media, is the leading Latin artist and athlete representation company in the nation, and focuses on developing new ventures that bridge content creation and commerce.

On November 16, 2016, Anthony received the prestigious Person of the Year honours from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. In September of 2017, Marc Anthony and Magnus created the alliance of artists and athletes Somos Una Voz, to help provide humanitarian relief to areas affected by natural disasters throughout the southern United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico and other affected areas in the Caribbean. His tours Vivir Mi VidaCambio de PielFull CircleLegacy and The OPUS Tour, have been included in the Global Top Grossing Concert Tours Lists. His OPUS Tour kicked-off in the United States and other international markets in 2019.  Recently, Marc became the first artist of his genre to receive a 6-time Diamond RIIA Certification for his album 3.0 and was recognized with his third Guinness Records. In March 2022, Marc Anthony released his new album Pa’lla Voy. His Pa’lla Tour played to sold out audiences all over the United States, Europe and he recently embarked on a new tour titled Viviendo.  In June 2022 Marc Anthony was selected for the Hollywood Walk of Fame Class of 2023. He recently announced an exclusive partnership with Bulova and won 2 Latin GRAMMYs in November for his most recent album Pa’llá Voy. 

Maluma on TikTok: @maluma

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WHIPPED CREAM LINKS WITH RAPPER AND SONGWRITER JASIAH AND PRODUCER CRIMSON CHILD FOR OPERATIC ELECTRONIC SINGLE AND VIDEO THE DARK ON MONSTERCAT

SINGLE ARRIVES WITH INNOVATIVE MUSIC VIDEO
AND VR EXPERIENCE PRODUCED BY DEPARTURE LOUNGE SELECTED TO WORLD PREMIER AT SXSW 2023 XR SHOWCASE

THE DARK TO FEATURE ON WHIPPED CREAM’S
ANTICIPATED EP SOMEONE YOU CAN COUNT ON
OUT MARCH 8

TORONTO, ON – February 1, 2023 – Kicking off the year with her most ambitious project to date, producer and singer-songwriter, WHIPPED CREAM, teamed up with rapper and songwriter, Jasiah, and producer, Crimson Child, to release their genre-bending masterpiece, The Darkout now on Monstercat. Today, the trio share the innovative music video for the track, produced by Departure Lounge and directed by Will Selviz. Listen to The Dark here and watch the video here.

Unraveling a story about toxic love and loss, the single puts Jasiah’s operatic talents on full display, heightening the drama in the haunting keys and textured synthwork. The Dark ushers in the announcement of WHIPPED CREAM’S forthcoming EP, Someone You Can Count On, due out on March 8. Accumulating over 6 million streams across featured tracks like CRY and Angels, the package sees WHIPPED CREAM step out of her comfort zone and into her higher power to unleash a boundless and raw representation of her artistry. 

WHIPPED CREAM shares, “There is love in holding on and there is love in letting go. The Dark is inspired by the concept of picking up a rose - it looks incredibly inviting and beautiful to hold, but it can puncture the skin. It’s about a relationship where one person hasn’t cut out their toxic behaviours and although beautiful underneath, they still damage the one they love most. It’s learning to finally let go of what might be so beautiful yet painful and unhealthy, and head into the unknown, ‘the dark’.”

Crimson Child adds, “In my eyes, The Dark is a song about love and loss. The feeling of a toxic relationship and its corruption of the soul. Being pulled in and out of love, confused as to your true feelings and being overcome by emotion when trying to make sense of it. I hope this record brings you the peace it brought me.

Produced by the Vancouver-based studio, Departure Lounge, and directed by Will Selviz,  The Dark music video is a novel mixed-reality project developed in Canada’s first volumetric capture facility. Equipped with tech that can transfer humans and objects in and out of the Metaverse, WHIPPED CREAM, Jasiah, and Crimson Child were shot by over 100 cameras at Metastage Canada, capturing them in real-time and transporting their holograms into a virtual reality environment. As a result, they created the world's highest-resolution volumetric VR music experience to date, revolutionizing the future of audiovisual content. A clip of the immersive video premiered to acclaim at Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) in October and will next hit the road in a full-scale presentation at SXSW in Austin this March, inviting attendees to explore The Dark through an XR headset.

Adam Rogers, the Co-Founder, VP of Creative, and Head of Studio at Departure Lounge, shares, “Working with WHIPPED CREAM on The Dark has been an incredible experience. The vision and artistry that she has brought to this project has been amazing. It’s truly been a pleasure for me and my team to work with her, and the resulting 2D music video and VR Experience showcase the latest and greatest in creativity using cutting edge capture and real time technologies.

Boasting a portfolio of work with a diversity of greats such as Latto, UNIIQU3, Moore Kismet, and Lil Keed, there is no limit to WHIPPED CREAM’s creative ingenuity. Originally debuting The Dark at her mind-blowing Coachella set in 2022, WHIPPED CREAM has since been on a streak of major festival plays and headline dates in preparation for her EP tour this spring. Taking the stage at renowned events like Lollapalooza, Tomorrowland, ADE, and multiple Diesel shows, she’s given fans a taste of her dynamic live performances soon to travel around the world. Sharing art that feels true to herself and this next evolution of her project, 2023 is indisputably the year of WHIPPED CREAM.

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ABOUT WHIPPED CREAM:
Whether on the ice or on the decks, WHIPPED CREAM’s talents for expressing herself through music are undeniable. Born in Toronto as Caroline Cecil, she spent her formative years as a competitive figure skater before a fateful accident brought a new passion for production into focus. Now, WHIPPED CREAM is living proof that everything happens for a reason. 

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ABOUT JASIAH:
Malachi-Phree Jasiah Pate known professionally as Jasiah, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Dayton, Ohio. He is known for his usage of screaming in vocals and sinister lyrics.

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ABOUT CRIMSON CHILD:
Yashar Tafazoli, better known as Crimson Child, is an artist/producer based out of Vancouver, Canada with a unique flare for blending stories, unorthodox melodies, and dark electronic undertones all into one brilliant package that is sure to make you move, as well as feel.

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ABOUT DEPARTURE LOUNGE:
Founded in June 2021, Departure Lounge Inc. provides the tools, technologies, and creative services required by businesses to thrive in the next generation of the internet – referred to interchangeably by industry as Web 3.0, the Spatial Web, or the Metaverse.  Our 6000 sq ft studio, located at the Center for Digital Media on Great Northern Way in Vancouver B.C., boasts one of the world’s largest, highest resolution Volumetric Capture stages, advanced marker-less motion capture technology, and virtual production capabilities including one of the most advanced, highest resolution LED walls in the region. On behalf of our clients, our creative services team delivers best-in-class 3D spaces, worlds, and experiences to host, provide access to, and monetize the 3D assets created in our studio. 

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BREAKTHROUGH DJ AND PRODUCER CONRO DROPS NEW SINGLE EVERY LITTLE THING VIA MONSTERCAT

LISTEN TO EVERY LITTLE THING HERE

TORONTO, ON – January 31, 2023 – Ushering in 2023 hot, BC-based singer, songwriter and producer, Conro, is kicking of the new year with his electro-pop single, Every Little Thing; out today via Monstercat. A melodic earworm, Every Little Thing shines with lyrics steeped in vulnerability, while Conro keeps the energy high with his electrifying production fused with bright chords and his weightless vocals on full display. Listen here.

“I’ve been living through other’s eyes with a lot of the writing I’ve been doing lately, and Every Little Thing is the first to come,” Conro exclaims. “I was bouncing in my studio writing this one, I hope you enjoy and dance with me on this one!”

Continuing his momentous rise in the scene, Conro remains a Monstercat community favourite with singles like just wanna luv and find u. being voted as #23 and #30 by fans on the label's Best of 2022 album. Marking the first release from his forthcoming EP Every Little Thing, fans can look forward to more music to come as Conro dives into a fresh wave of inspiration, venturing into a more emotional, synth-pop sound, compared to the more uplifting style he has displayed in the past.

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ABOUT CONRO:
Saskatchewan-born, BC-based Conor Patton, better known as Conro, developed a passion for music being surrounded by a loving and supportive family with a deep-rooted love for music. Adopting elements from his early childhood music education, Conro shaped a catchy signature sound in dance music with his upbeat, electro house tracks.

Conro received a wave of praise from his electro house and future bass production style. With his 2017 Connecting The Dots EP, Conro unveiled the first of many chart-toppers in his future with Close, which hit Billboard’s Dance Airplay Chart at #17. Though this style of music has brought him plenty of success, Conro chose to follow a style that aligned with the core ethos he wanted to convey to a wider audience – a vibrant, funky, and instrumentation-driven soundscape – while implementing his own impressive vocals.

From his newly forged sound, Conro has amassed a collection of hit tracks that display his musical versatility. With the 2018 release of Me, Conro saw firsthand the impact of his music worldwide. His success only grew with Take Me There, breaking way and rising to #12 on Billboard’s Dance Airplay Chart, shortly followed by Trippin, which rose to #7.

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SINGER-SONGWRITER DARRELLE LONDON TO RELEASE FIRST FULL-LENGTH CHILDREN’S ALBUM PRIMARY ON MARCH 24

SHARES LEAD SINGLE CHUGGA CHOO CHOO

LISTEN HERE AND WATCH THE ANIMATED VIDEO HERE

TORONTO, ON – January 30, 2023 – Toronto singer-songwriter, Darrelle London, is diving into the world of “Kindie” music (Kid-Indie), and she feels right at home! On March 24, London will release her new children’s album, Primary – a dazzling collection of songs that celebrate the awe and wonder that kids experience in daily life. To kick things off, London excitedly shares the album’s first single, Chugga Choo Choo, as well as an animated music video that is perfect for singing and dancing along! Listen to Chugga Choo Choo here and watch the video here.

With a back-catalogue of albums that have been described as “quirky” and “whimsical” – though not necessarily aimed towards kids – it was a natural progression for London to take her musical style and turn it into her first full-length children’s album. Primary perfectly treads the line between music for kids and music for grown-ups, with enchanting lyrical storytelling set to infectious indie-pop instrumentation. Produced by Dean Drouillard, and featuring some of Canada’s best session players bringing London’s imaginative tunes to life with jubilant horns and lush strings, the album carries listeners on a journey through a colourful world of curiosity, creativity, and laughter.

A mother of two young’uns herself, Primary marks the first time that London made an album since her children were babies. While playing the role of teacher (among many other things!) during the initial COVID lockdowns, London’s children would ask questions and she felt compelled to answer them in the form of songs. “There was also just a lot of messing around because we had time on our hands,” reflects London, with the album’s lead single, Chugga Choo Choo, being a perfect example of this writing method. 

“This song came about organically while I was playing with my kids,” she says. “I was messing around on the piano and started singing the chorus about going on a train. My kids lined up chairs across the living room floor to make a ‘train’, and I was struck by how quickly children can be transported through music.”

The songs on Primary continue to explore those similar small wonders of life, such as seeing the moon out during the day (Day Moon); simple pleasures, like going for ice cream with a friend on a hot summer day (Ice Cream); they joy found in creating art just for the sake of it (Primary and Let’s Make Something New); and even important lessons like why we should respect even the tiniest of creatures (Bugs).

“My goal with this album was to capture the sense of wonder and awe that all children have,” London explains. “Somewhere along the way, us adults have forgotten to marvel at the morning moon, or how to make art just for the sake of creating. This album gave me the space to ponder questions like, how did Pluto feel after being demoted from planet status, or what would happen if wild animals crashed a birthday party? The fun in making this record has been non-stop, and I think that comes across!”

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MORE ABOUT DARRELLE LONDON:
Darrelle is no stranger to following her heart to unexpected places. After turning down law school to pursue a music career, she has spent the last decade making her mark on the college and festival circuit across North America. Some highlights include performing at iconic venues such as Hollywood’s Troubadour Club and Nashville’s Bluebird Café, collaborating with her favourite artists such as Chantal Kreviazuk, being chosen by Sarah McLachlan to perform at Lilith Fair, and placing her music on TV shows and ad campaigns in the US and South Korea.­­ 

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THE ARCS RELEASE ELECTROPHONIC CHRONIC  A CRATE-DIGGING DEEP DIVE HONOURING LATE BANDMATE RICHARD SWIFT

FIRST ALBUM IN EIGHT YEARS OUT NOW ON EASY EYE SOUND

RECORD RELEASE PARTIES PLANNED IN NEW YORK
AND LOS ANGELES FEATURING DJ SETS FROM
DAN AUERBACH AND LEON MICHELS

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TORONTO, ON – January 27, 2023 – The Arcs just released their first full length album since 2015, Electrophonic Chronic, featuring the band’s full line-up of Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon and Homer Steinweiss, alongside the late Richard Swift. Also featuring artwork from their collaborator, El Oms, and animated videos from Robert "Roboshobo" Schober, the album has been met with advance praise from NPR Music, Pitchfork, Billboard, Rolling Stone, and more. Esquire notes the album is "…a woozy mix of synth pop, celestial guitar riffs and plodding rhythm sections that feels like driving a Ford Bronco through the cosmos." Listen to Electrophonic Chronic here.
 
Co-produced by Michels and Auerbach, Electrophonic Chronic was largely recorded with Swift before his untimely passing in 2018. After a period where, as Michels puts it, "I think all of us couldn’t really listen to the music, couldn’t really face it and try to finish it," The Arcs revisited their old recordings, picking up the pieces and finding meaning in times that felt most difficult. “This new record is all about honoring Swift," Auerbach adds. "It’s a way for us to say goodbye to him, by revisiting him playing and laughing, singing. It was heavy at times, but I think it was really helpful to do it.” 
 
The Arcs recently premiered the final video in a series of animated tributes to Swift with the advance single, Sunshine. Balancing vignettes of feeling down on your luck with the chorus' unwavering plea for better days ahead, the new video from Roboshobo is a poignant homage to Swift, and to hope through the darkest days. Watch here.
 
Born of the band's mutual obsession with recording and crate-digging, Electrophonic Chronic pulls inspiration from vast sonic archives: vintage soul (featured on the album is a gender-flipped cover of the would-be South Florida star Helene Smith's, A Woman Will Do Wrong), to old school garage rock (including the album’s namesake "Electrophonic Tonic," the once-lost gem from Fred "Sonic" Smith and Sonic's Rendezvous Band), and the space age pop made famous by producer Joe Meek in the pre-Beatles 1960s. The record is a tribute to the shared passion that originally brought the three bandmates together. 
 
Auerbach and Michels have also been spinning selects from those sonic archives in a series of intimate DJ sets across London and Paris, plus upcoming shows in New York and Los Angeles this week. Check out the dates below and read more about the announcement over at Rolling Stone.
 
The pair also recently sat down with Vulture for a dive further into the multifaceted inspirations of Electrophonic Chronic, in a piece that breaks down newly-released, Only One For Me, co-written by two indie rock greats gone-too-soon in David Berman and Richard Swift, alongside Auerbach and Michels. Check it out here.
 
The Arcs DJ Sets
January 28 - Sultan Room - Brooklyn, New York
February 3 - Gold Diggers - Los Angeles, California (with DJ Breezy)

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quinnie SHARES TITLE TRACK OF NEW ALBUM flounder TODAY

LISTEN & WATCH HERE

ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM flounder 
ARRIVING ON FEBRUARY 24


PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE HERE

Toronto, ON – January 27, 2023 – Songwriter and indie artist, quinnie, shares a brand-new single entitled flounder today. Stream flounder here and watch the music video here. It also heralds the arrival of her highly awaited debut album, flounder, on February 24. Pre-order/pre-save flounder here.
 
About the song and the record, quinnie said, "flounder is a song that contrasts the beauty and mystery of nature and history with the modern world. This song expresses a want to devolve back into a fish, a flounder to be exact, and enjoy life from a simpler perspective - the bottom of the ocean. flounder is the title track off of my debut album, encapsulating the album’s peaks and valleys of trying to be a trusting person in a world that often feels heavy."
 
On the track, lithely picked guitar wraps around a glitchy almost-threadbare beat punctuated by swells of strings and gleaming toy piano. Her ethereal delivery wades through this hazy aquatic soundscape as she declares, “I’m a flounder.” The track builds towards an eye-opening and empowering realization, “And I’m happy I can be myself instead of somebody else. I’d never trade the beauty that I’ve seen.” The visual continues a tradition of captivatingly quirky clips as it brings her words to life in the most gleefully unusual of ways.
 
Flounder consists of 11 tracks laced with her unapologetic lyrical candor, expressive instrumentation, and dreamy beat-craft. Among many highlights, her breathy intonation echoes listlessly on security question as she confesses, “Wish I could make a friend today.” The vocals sink into distant guitar on the nostalgic popcorn and juice, while jake’s car caps off the LP with a weirdly wonderful send-off, “Cuz I borrow Jake’s car, cuz I’d drive but I can’t afford it, YET.” Plus, it boasts her breakout touch tank and the fan favourites, man and itch, which have cumulatively tallied 30 million-plus streams. 
 
So far, quinnie has incited the applause of The New York Times, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, MTV, Ones To Watch, and more. Now, she jumps into the deep end with flounder…
  
As a self-described “very sensitive 21-year-old, quinnie went from writing songs as a kid to releasing independent projects such as a gold star in 2019. She is bitingly funny, she is brutally honest, she loves the underwater world and sea creatures, and she will help you escape if you let her. 
 
flounder Track List:
1. man
2. security question
3. itch
4. touch tank
5. popcorn and juice
6. get what u want
7. emblem
8. better
9. promised
10. flounder
11. jake’s car

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ENTERPRISE EARTH ISSUES THE WORLD WITHOUT US SINGLE

TORONTO, ON – January 27, 2023 - Progressive deathcore summoners, ENTERPRISE EARTH, today unveil their latest single, The World Without Us. The staggering hymn follows the band’s Death Magick single, released earlier this month.

Elaborates ENTERPRISE EARTH guitarist Gabe Mangold, “‘The World Without Us’ is intended to follow directly after the ending of ‘Death Magick.’ There’s also an obvious juxtaposition between the two songs, which is also intended. When it comes to our music, we have always enjoyed being a multidimensional band and don’t like to limit ourselves to one sound. With “The World Without Us” being more melodic, uplifting yet energetic, and progressive compared to the sheer intensity and aggression found in ‘Death Magick,’ we feel that together these two songs capture a broad range of what we offer musically. Enjoy!”

View the video for The World Without Us here and stream the track here. View the band’s previously released video for Death Magick here.

The release of The World Without Us and its companion track, Death Magick, comes in advance of ENTERPRISE EARTH’s upcoming European tour supporting Shadow Of Intent. The Elegy Tour kicked off January 6 in Wiesbaden, Germany and runs through February 1 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Additional support will be provided by AngelMaker and To The Grave. See all remaining dates below.
 
ENTERPRISE EARTH w/ Shadow Of Intent, AngelMaker, To The Grave:
1/27/2023 Bahnhof Pauli – Hamburg, DE
1/28/2023 High 5ive Winter Fest – Johanneshov, SE
1/29/2023 Hotel Cecil – Indre By, DK
1/30/2023 Hole44 – Berlin, DE
1/31/2023 Z-Bau – House of Contemporary Culture – Nürnberg, DE
2/01/2023 Die Stadtmitte – Karlsruhe, DE
 
ENTERPRISE EARTH’s most recent full-length, The Chosen, was released last January via MNRK Heavy. Adored by fans and critics alike, Blabbermouth championed a record that’s “huge and definitive,” MetalSucks lauded “the most vicious, the most technical, and… the catchiest offering in the band’s already-impressive repertoire,” while New Transcendence commended, “the most memorable ENTERPRISE EARTH release to date.” The Chosen continues to astound listeners both Stateside and abroad.

The Chosen is available on CD, LP, cassette, and digitally. Find ordering options here, where the record can be streamed in full. Stream the instrumental version of The Chosen, here.

View the band’s video for Psalm Of Agony, the first track to feature new singer Travis Worland (Aethere, Bite//Down, The Willow), as well as videos for You Couldn’t Save Me, Where Dreams Are Broken, Reanimate // Disintegrate, Legends Never Die, and a variety of visualizers and playthroughs from The Chosen and beyond at the ENTERPRISE EARTH YouTube channel here.

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Q DROPS THE ENERGETIC AND SOULFUL NEW SONG LUV (I KNOW I WANT THIS FOR REAL)

FROM UPCOMING DEBUT ALBUM SOUL, PRESENT COMING SOON

LISTEN TO THE SELF-WRITTEN AND PRODUCED SONG HERE

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Q NAMED 2023 SPOTIFY ARTIST TO WATCH

TORONTO, ON - January 27, 2023 - Q is returning with his first single of the year, LUV (I KNOW I WANT THIS FOR REAL), from Soul, PRESENT. Listen here. After releasing Today - which saw support from peers such as 6LACK, James Blake & more - and Stereo Driveralso from the upcoming project, the singer/songwriter and producer puts his versatility on display with the release of the up-tempo and funk-inspired LUV (I KNOW I WANT THIS FOR REAL).

Says Q on today's release, "you don't need to figure out love yourself." After making his performance debut at the 2022 Soul Train Awards, Q is gearing up for the release of his debut album, Soul, PRESENT, coming this year

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GHOST SHARE SPILLWAYS (FEATURING JOE ELLIOTT OF DEF LEPPARD)

SINGLE FEATURED IN NEW WEBISODE CHAPTER 15: MEANWHILE IN DUBLIN

SEVEN INCHES OF SATANIC PANIC PURPLE VINYL 7” IN STORES FEBRUARY 10

CALL ME LITTLE SUNSHINE NOMINATED FOR BEST METAL PERFORMANCE GRAMMY

"IMPERA was my favorite rock album of 2022… I found out along the way that Tobias is a bit of a fan of DL, so I guess it was inevitable we’d both find out about each other! Once we’d been introduced to the idea of working together it just snowballed organically and I’m thrilled that I got to sing on what is my favorite song from that album!”—Joe Elliott

TORONTO, ON – January 26, 2023 - Look what you’ve done to this rock n roll clown… Ghost's Spillways has undergone a transfiguration to include guest vocals from rock legend and avowed Ghost fan Joe Elliott of Def Leppard. To hear this new facet of this “sweetly constructed rock tune” (The New York Times) from Ghost’s American Music Award-winning IMPERA, visit here.

To witness Joe Elliott's phantasmagorical journey into the world of Ghost, open Chapter 15: Meanwhile in Dublin. The newest installment in Ghost’s long running series of webisodes documents a karaoke session that goes awry in spectacular and supernatural fashion, and if you’re feeling like singing along, check out the Spillways (ft. Joe Elliott) lyric video here.

The original version of Spillways, currently Top 5 at Active Rock Radio and having generated some 50 million streams globally, can be found on Ghost's IMPERA. Released March 11, 2022, IMPERA has moved nearly 500,000 albums worldwide, won the American Music Award for Favorite Rock Album 2022, and received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Metal Performance (Call Me Little Sunshine). Best of 2022 accolades included Ghost landing at #1 on Spotify’s Best of Kickass Metal 2022, while cover stories in Revolver and Metal Hammer proclaimed IMPERA #1 Album of 2022 and Loudwire has named Ghost 2022 Artist of the Year. As Consequence noted in its Top Metal & Hard Rock Albums of 2022 roundup, “Few rock bands are as grand and ambitious-sounding as Ghost nowadays.” With all of the above plus the 70 date IMPERATOUR that saw the Wall Street Journal anoint Ghost “the next generation of arena stars” and an iHeartRadio Awards 2023 nomination for Rock Artist of the Year, that ambition is primed to take the band to further and unforeseen heights in 2023.

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ERNESTO CERVINI SHARES FINDING JOY DOCUMENTARY

SHORT FILM DIVES IN TO THE CREATION AND INSPIRATION
BEHIND HIS LATEST ALBUM JOY


INSPIRED BY THE NY TIMES BEST-SELLING DETECTIVE NOVELS BY LOUISE PENNY

"...a compositional tour-de-force, with strong melodies scored for diverse instrumentations." - Downbeat Magazine

TORONTO, ON – January 24, 2023 – In October, JUNO Award-winning drummer and composer, Ernesto Cervini, released his stunning new record, Joy - a collection of compositions inspired by Louise Penny's NY Times Best-Selling Armand Gamache Investigates series of detective novels. Today, Cervini unveils a visual companion piece to the album, in the form of a documentary that sees Cervini visiting and exploring the Canadian town that inspired Penny's world of Three Pines , while discussing the creation and inspiration behind Joy. Watch the short film, aptly titled Finding Joy, here.  

“About five years ago, I discovered the universe of Three Pines,” reflects Cervini. “I was literally captivated by Louise Penny's incredible stories and characters, by her storytelling talent, by the kindness and joy that emanates from her books. I immediately wanted to compose music inspired by the series.”

Finding Joy follows Cervini and his sister, Amy - who first introduced him to the novels, and also acts as co-producer and vocalist on the album - as they visit Knowlton, QC, the Canadian city that inspired Louise Penny's world of Three Pines. As they explore the iconic locales that appear throughout Gamache series, the siblings discuss their love of and connection to the books, while diving in to how the imagery, themes, and characters would go on to inspire Cervini's new music - which perfectly soundtracks the film's visuals. 

"With this documentary, we wanted to further explore the world of Louise Penny and Three Pines," Cervini continues. "It seemed like a wonderful opportunity to travel to Knowlton (the town that inspired Three Pines) to check out all of the landmarks and explore the area.  It was also a lovely chance to chat with my sister, and co-producer, Amy Cervini, about our childhood, growing into performing musicians and how we've been moved and inspired by Penny's books."

About Joy:
Featuring Cervini's Turboprop, Tune Town, Tetrahedron groups as well as other sonic surprises, Joy (out now via his own TPR Records) showcases Canada’s finest musicians and is the first of Cervini’s albums to include vocalists; two songs showcase Alex Samaras (Queer Songbook Orchestra), and an additional track features Felicity Williams (Bahamas, Bernice), Emilie-Claire Barlow (two time JUNO Award winner, six time nominee) and Amy Cervini (Duchess), who co-produced the album. Listen to the album here

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ABOUT ERNESTO CERVINI:
JUNO Award winner Ernesto Cervini is a sought-after drummer, composer and bandleader and an influential presence on Canada’s modern jazz scene and beyond. He has documented his vision with the Ernesto Cervini Quartet (featuring Joel Frahm), the innovative sextet Turboprop, numerous co- led trio projects including MEM3, Myriad3 and TuneTown, and also the quartet Tetrahedron, featuring acclaimed guitarist Nir Felder, electric bassist Rich Brown and alto saxophonist Luis Deniz. Cervini’s album Abundance won the 2020 JUNO Award for Jazz Album of the Year: Group. In addition to his performing career, he founded Orange Grove Publicity in 2014 and has quickly become one of the most sought-after jazz publicists in Canada. He is also co-founder of TPR. Cervini is on faculty at the University of Toronto.

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WOMEN IN MUSIC CANADA CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2023 WITH TWO DAYS OF SPECIAL PROGRAMMING AND INAUGURAL WIMC HONOURS

TAKING PLACE MARCH 7 AND 8 IN TORONTO
 
TICKETS TO WIMC HONOURS AVAILABLE HERE

REGISTER FOR WORKSHOP SESSIONS HERE

TORONTO, ON – January 23, 2023 – Women In Music Canada is thrilled to announce their special programming that will take place in March in celebration of International Women’s Day. Through March 7 and 8 in Toronto, ON, artists and industry professionals will be able to take part in workshops, speaking engagements and networking opportunities, followed by the inaugural Women In Music Canada Honours, where the 2023 recipients will be recognized for their outstanding success and contributions to the music industry. Tickets to the WIMC Honours are available here, along with more information about the categories. Full event details can be found below.
 
"2023 is going to be a big year!” exclaims WIMC Executive Director, Robyn Stewart. “I could not be prouder of the creatives who have been put forward for Women in Music Canada Honours and I am inspired their incredible accomplishments. This program has been an exciting vision and I am humbled by the support of our funders and partners who are helping us make this inaugural year happen. The Women in Music Canada Honours and International Women’s Day programming will from here on be a highlight of our year and I look forward to bringing our music community together this March.”
 
WIMC’s International Women’s Day programming kicks off on Tuesday, March 7, with workshops taking place throughout the day at Universal Music Canada’s new campus, 80A The Academy (80 Atlantic Ave, Toronto, ON). Workshops include creative asset reviews, panels on export readiness, equity, music and technology, a keynote and discussion about creating more diverse company cultures, and more. Workshop sessions will be complimentary but sign up here to reserve your spot.
 
On Wednesday, March 8 (International Women’s Day), WIMC will celebrate the recipients of the inaugural Women In Music Canada Honours, with a reception style dinner and showcase at The Opera House. A special induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame will also be presented at the event – more details to come. The Honours program was designed to celebrate and support female identifying Canadian innovators and creators who have had outstanding success in their field in the eligibility year (December 2021 through December 2022 for annual based categories).
 
The Honours program includes eight categories: Artist of the Year (presented by Amazon Music), Distinguished Leader, Entrepreneur of the Year (presented by Bandzoogle), Excellence in Live Music, International Leader of the Year, Organization of the Year, the Trailblazer Award, and the Women in Music Canada Honour Roll, which will honour up to 10 women and female identifying industry members or artists who are on the rise. 379 were submitted for consideration in the eight categories by prospective honourees or another Canadian colleague. A long list of top submissions for the Honours will be announced on February 16.
 
Hosted by CBC’s Saroja Coelho, the Honours reception dinner and awards presentation will also showcase an incredible group of artists performing throughout the evening, including rising country star, Sacha, producer, DJ and performer, Liliane Chlela; JUNO-nominated recording artist, songwriter and producer, Desiree Dawson; Cree and Salish singer and TikTok creator, Tia Wood; and more to come.
 
2023 WOMEN IN MUSIC CANADA HONOURS
Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Venue: The Opera House (735 Queen St E, Toronto)
Time: 6:00pm doors | 7:00pm Honours presentation begins
Tickets: $60 (early bird rate, until February 16) | $75 (after February 16)
Purchase here
 
Thank you to the generous support of FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters, Ontario Creates, and the City of Toronto for their support of all WIM Canada International Women’s Day events. We also want to recognize our incredible Honours partners – Amazon Music, Fielding Winery, and our special gifting partners, Canadian-Vietnamese sister-owned, Paris Jewellers – all of whom are making it possible for us to launch this inaugural program recognizing and celebrating women identified artists and innovators across Canada. 
 
In addition to our federal, provincial and municipal partners, we want to thank workshop partners Universal Music Canada, Bandzoogle, CMRRA, ACTRA:RACS and the Canadian Independent Music Association for their support of the workshop series. You are leaders in developing talent in Canada and we thank you for your important role in the pathway to an equitable industry that we are committed to building.
 
If you are interested in supporting Women In Music Canada and the inaugural WIMC event, please contact Robyn Stewart at robyn@womeninmusic.ca.
 
About Women in Music Canada
Women in Music Canada (WIMC) is a registered non-profit organization and one of the largest music industry associations in Canada. The organization is dedicated to fostering gender equality in the music industry through the support and advancement of female identifying professionals and creatives at every stage of their career. The goal is to strengthen the social-economic balance of the music industry by providing professional development, support and resources for our community. Women in Music hosts educational, career development and networking events alongside broader programming initiatives, industry engagement, research and advocacy to serve the needs of our diverse community. Our panels, seminars, webinars, workshops and performance serve to educate, empower, and celebrate female contributions to the music world, and strengthen community ties.
 
Women in Music Canada acknowledges that we are on the traditional territory of many nations throughout Canada, specifically our headquarters in the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands. We respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration. www.womeninmusic.ca
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SIGALA & MNEK SHARE RADIO OFFICIAL VIDEO PART 1

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SIGALA’S SECOND ALBUM EVERY CLOUD
TO BE RELEASED MARCH 3


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8 UK Top 10 Singles
7 global Platinum Singles
9 global Gold Singles
7 Million UK sales
22 Million worldwide sales
4 Billion streams
Over 1 Billion video views

Toronto, ON – January 20, 2023 – British artist, producer and DJ, Sigala, shares part one of the official video for Radio – the brand-new single, which is out now and features powerhouse, MNEK.

A vivid storyteller through visuals as well as music, Sigala enlisted Director, Elliot Simpson, to help craft the narrative of the video, which centres around the joyful Radio Man, who channels his positive energy and fine tuning wherever he roams. Like all good tales, the video depicts a burgeoning love story when Radio Man meets his romantic match, but will it be a fairytale ending, or is Radio Man getting his signals mixed up? Part one of the visual drops today with an alternative ending being released on January 27
 
After eight UK Top 10 singles, a BRIT Nomination for Best Single for Lullaby, seven global Platinum singles, nine global Gold singles, seven million UK sales, 22 million worldwide sales, 4 billion audio streams and over one billion video views, Sigala is readying for the release of his second full-length album, Every Cloud. 

After being released two weeks ago, Radio has already racked up over 3 million streams and serves as the latest taster of the forthcoming record. It was co-created and sung by, one of Sigala’s all-time heroes.

“MNEK, what a legend!” he beams. “I've followed his career since day one, when I was at uni. He's somebody that I've always dreamed of working with.”

And in the writing, he didn’t disappoint, even for a man well-used to using the studio as a creative playground.
“I spent about two hours making a beat, getting some nice chords, whilst he was just chilling. And then he was like, 'OK, just play it through.' He's on his phone, typing down lyrics, then he jumps on the microphone. And literally 20 minutes later, he had written pretty much the whole song – and the vocal is the one that he sang in two takes!” Sigala marvels. “Just incredible. I was honestly blown away. It was like being in the presence of true genius.”
There is, accordingly, a freshness to the French disco feel of the track. That's something that I really wanted to keep true to; not overproduce it. It's such a simple production, but it's unique as well, with that offbeat bass going all the way through. It throws back to early 2000s and late 90s stuff, and even disco.”
 
Culturally, MNEK is considered a musical icon amongst the LGBTQIA+ community and has previously performed at New York World Pride 2019, UK Black Pride and featured on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK as both a coach and guest judge. After setting up a writing camp dedicated to supporting LGBTQIA+ singer/songwriters in 2019, MNEK has continued efforts to strive for more inclusivity within the industry as a contributor to the Guardian UK diversity panel and hosting his own YouTube panel ‘MNEKs Inter-Section’ in conversation with five Black Queer artists/content creators.
 
He has clocked up an astonishing thirteen years in the music business. With over 4 billion streams on MNEK written, featured and produced tracks, he has grown to become a true powerhouse within the British pop world. He has worked alongside some of the biggest names in the industry, collaborating with the likes of Zara Larsson, Stormzy, Years & Years and Craig David. He’s written with international stars such as Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Christina Aguilera, BTS, Mabel, Madonna, Kelly Rowland and Selena Gomez. His back catalogue includes a number of worldwide hits including Ready For Your LoveNever Forget You, and Blinded By Your Grace. His hit with Joel Corry, Head & Heart, became a global success, topping the charts in several countries and taking the reign as the longest standing UK #1 single in 2020. 2022 saw his continued success both on and off stage with Where Did You Go?, his collaboration with Jax Jones, going platinum and spending an incredible 32 weeks on the charts, plus the launch of Island UK & Republic US’s hotly tipped female R&B trio FLO, and their debut EP, The Lead, which he executively produced.
 
On Radio, MNEK adds “Bruce & I wrote this song a few years ago. It was such a fun and easy session and it’s really cool how he evolved the song into the record you’re hearing today!”

Every Cloud is the album Sigala has been working on from pretty much the minute he finished making his first, September 2018’s blockbuster, Brighter Days. The impressive debut album featured a stellar line-up of collaborators that included Kylie Minogue, Paloma Faith, French Montana, Ella Eyre, Becky Hill and more!
 
Sigala has had another incredible year, playing to fans across the globe and consistently releasing smash singles from the forthcoming collection. Every Cloud will also include Lasting Lover, with James Arthur, MelodyStay The Night featuring Talia Mar, Rely On Me, and the David Guetta and Sam Ryder collaboration, Living Without You. Collectively these releases have amassed a staggering half a billion streams and counting.
 
Available on various formats that include, digital release, vinyl, CD and cassette, Every Cloud is set to include another mammoth line-up of guest artists, which are soon to be revealed.
 
As well as new music. Sigala also announced a UK headline tour which kicks off in Dublin on March 5. The announcement of the album and tour continues on from a busy 2022, which saw his triumphant return to the live scene and play to thousands of fans across his sold-out North American tour. This year is set to be another standout for Sigala, who is looking forward to reengaging with his fans and bringing the Sigala experience to more live electrifying shows.

Sigala UK Tour 2023:
Sunday, March 5 –  3Olympia, Dublin
Tuesday, March 7 – NX, Newcastle
Wednesday, March 8 – O2 Academy, Glasgow – SOLD OUT
Thursday, March 9 – O2 Academy, Glasgow (*Extra Show Added)
Friday, March 10 – The Engine Shed, Lincoln
Saturday, March 11 – HMV Empire Coventry, Coventry
Wednesday, March 15 – Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday, March 17 – Electric Brixton, London
Saturday, March 18 – Tramshed, Cardiff
 
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ABOUT SIGALA
Sigala is the musical nom de plume of Bruce Fielder, a London-based house DJ, producer, and remixer. Launching his career with Easy Love, a Jackson 5-sampling track which topped the charts in the U.K. in 2015, he continued releasing bright, sunny dance-pop tunes featuring a variety of guest vocalists and producers. His 2018 full-length Brighter Days included collaborations with Kylie Minogue, Craig David, Sean Paul, and Nile Rodgers, among many others. Subsequent tracks featuring Becky Hill (Wish You Well) and James Arthur (Lasting Lover) continued his run of U.K. Top Ten hits. Stay the Night (with Talia Mar) appeared in 2022. Born and raised in Norfolk, England, Fielder started piano lessons as a child, and played in various bands after graduating university. He found work as a producer, and co-wrote Ella Eyre and Sigma's 2015 U.K. hit single, Good Times. His first solo single as Sigala was Easy Love, an energetic house tune built around a sample of the Jackson 5's iconic hit ABC. Released by Ministry of Sound, it entered the U.K. singles chart and shot up to number one in its second week. Fielder's second single, Sweet Lovin' (featuring singer/songwriter Bryn Christopher), hit number three and was certified gold or platinum in several countries. Several more hits followed in 2016, including Say You Do (featuring Imani and DJ Fresh), Give Me Your Love (featuring John Newman and Chic's Nile Rodgers), and Ain't Giving Up, a collaboration with Craig David that appeared on his sixth album, Following My Intuition. In 2017, Sigala co-produced the single, Show You Love, with Danish DJ Kato, sung by Hailee Steinfeld. He then paired with singer Paloma Faith for the 2018 single, Lullaby. Later that year, Sigala compiled ten of his previously released singles, as well as a handful of album tracks, to make up his debut studio album Brighter Days. Issued by Ministry of Sound, the LP reached number one on the U.K. Dance Albums chart. In 2019, he released the singles Wish You Well, with Becky Hill, and We Got Love, featuring Ella Henderson. Another song with Hill, Heaven on My Mind, appeared in 2020, and Lasting Lover (with James Arthur) became Sigala's eighth single to chart in the U.K. Top Ten. In 2021, Sigala released You for Me (with Rita Ora) and Runaway (with R3hab and JP Cooper). Solo single, Melody, and Talia Mar collaboration, Stay the Night appeared in 2022.

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NICKY JAM BEGINS 2023 WITH A BRAND NEW SINGLE TOY A MIL

AVAILABLE ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS

TORONTO, ON – January 20, 2023 – With his new single and music video, Toy a Mil, global idol, singer, songwriter, businessman, and actor, Nicky Jam, begins 2023 at the top of his career. Listen to the song on all digital platforms here
 
After a spectacular year in 2022 in which Nicky Jam was nominated for another Latin Grammy, completed a massive world tour, received the Billboard Hall of Fame Award, and became the first urban artist to "sponsor" a tour scholarship with the Latin Recording Academy, the singer continues to surprise his audience, this time with a rhythmic dembow called Toy a Mil.
 
Toy a Mil is a rhythmic dembow produced by Jorge Milliano under La Industria INC record label.
 
"This song calls for a party to kick off the year with positive energy and a desire to have a good time. "I hope you enjoy it," Nicky Jam said.
 
Toy a Mil premieres with its music video, which features sensual and daring lyrics. Recorded in Miami under the direction of Daniel Granada, with cartoony special effects that complement the song's positive vibes. 

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CAROLINE SPENCE ANNOUNCES DELUXE VERSION OF ACCLAIMED LP TRUE NORTH OUT JUNE 16

LISTEN TO MARY OLIVER (ACOUSTIC) HERE 

TORONTO, ON – January 20, 2023 – Today, singer-songwriter Caroline Spence announces a deluxe edition of her acclaimed 2022 album, True Northwhich is slated for release on June 16. True North (Deluxe) features six bonus tracks including four alternate versions of songs that appear on the album as well as two brand new recordings. 
 
An acoustic rendition of fan favourite, Mary Oliver, is available today. Listen to it here. The wistful sigh that opens the track sets the tone for Spence’s introspective musings, which are accompanied by gently strummed guitars and backing vocals by the album’s producer, multi-instrumentalist and composer, Jordan Lehning. 
 
I don’t wanna put my pain on a pedestal
Wrap it up and sell it to you at the record store
I know we all feel the same, I’m just a little louder
Same lemons in my bloody hands, turning me sour
 
So, I’ve been playing at the church of Mary Oliver
Yeah, I’m trying on myself and love all of her
I’m finding wonder in the highest sense
And owning up to lies and sins
And when I think I’m done
I do it again
When I think I’m done
I do it again and again and again
 
Spence spent much of the past year on the road, both as a headliner and as support for artists including American Aquarium, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Madi Diaz, Emmylou Harris, John Moreland, and David Ramirez. She will announce live appearances for 2023 in the coming weeks. 
 
"Releasing this new version of ‘Mary Oliver’ at the beginning of the new year feels right because it was my resolution or mission statement for this album and the next season of my career,” notes Spence.  She reflects, “To be ‘a heart on a sleeve,’ as I sing in the song, is as good a new year’s resolution as any. This song is a plea for gentleness and self-acceptance; it’s a case for humility and vulnerability. Every time I sing this song I think ‘yes, I still feel that way. I still want those things’ — it feels like a code of ethics that I recommit to every time I stand on the stage and sing it. 
 
This past year, I’ve had to play solo as an opening act a lot and singing this song with just a voice and guitar, I was reminded each night about how vulnerable this song really is. Without the full production, the song reads more as an intimate excavation of deep desires than a musical exaltation of publicized principles.  On the album, I wanted it to feel massive and expansive sonically, for the message to reach the treetops.  But in this acoustic version, which is much closer to how I first wrote it and how I’ve been performing it when solo, we brought it back down to the earth."
 
Critical praise for True North:
 
“On her latest collection of wise, lucid songwriting, the Nashville artist brings a sense of depth and directness to her songs…On True North, she sings about embracing the present (‘The Gift’), surrendering to love (‘Scale These Walls’), and taking big risks (‘Icarus’) with a sageness that shows the influence of her literary heroes – Oliver, Walt Whitman, and Buddhist nun Pem Chödrön. She sounds like someone you can trust.” – Brad Sanders, Pitchfork
 
“Caroline Spence’s songs are often cinematic, traversing the jagged landscape of human emotion, navigating the razor-thin lines between longing, loss, and love. Her intimate lyrics evoke the ways the human heart pulses with anxiety, uncertainty, and strength. True North illustrates how even a single note of music can carry us deeper into the recesses of our longings and yearnings—and transport us beyond them.” – Henry Carrigan, Folk Alley
 
“Song for song, Truth North provides some of Spence’s best compositions to date. In an era where we are collectively reassessing meanings of life and death, the singer-songwriter’s latest will stand as a lasting memento  an apt discernment of time and aging.” – Bee Scott, Holler
 
“…a gorgeous collection of songs that blur the lines between folk and country, and this one has even more of an atmospheric, ethereal feel than its predecessor.” - Andrew Sacher, Brooklyn Vegan
 
“Throughout True North, Spence makes it clear that her songs exist to communicate the tiny revelations of her lived experience... Spence shows us that grief is ultimately the last expression of love, but it is love nonetheless.” – Matt Ruppert, No Depression
 
“True North is an elegant and beautiful reminder to find the poetry, and the melody, in this wild and precious life.” - Michelle Lindsey, Highway Queens
 
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VOCAL POWERHOUSE PHILMON LEE RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE BABY DON’T CRY FEATURING YOUNG THUG TODAY

LISTEN HERE AND WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO HERE

TORONTO, ON – January 20, 2023 - Making a momentous return, LaGrange, GA singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocal dynamo, Philmon Lee, is back with a brand-new single entitled, Baby Don’t Cry [feat. Young Thug]. Get it here via Epic Records and watch the official music video here.

The track illustrates the buzzing artist’s progression and spotlights his immediately arresting vocals front-and-centre. Sonically, it merges a head-nodding guitar riff, piano, and irresistible beat-craft boosted by finger-snaps. Philmon’s vocals alternate between a falsetto-spiked pre-chorus and a chantable refrain, “If you were mine, I would never hurt you. I’d love you all day forever and always.” Then, there’s Thug’s otherworldly and off-kilter flow, adding another dimension altogether. The song came to life in the wake of Thug professing his fandom for Philmon over the past few years and even theorizing on social media he might headline the Super Bowl halftime show one day.

In the accompanying video, Philmon strolls into a bar only to partake in the exact scene he sings about as he uplifts the spirit of a tearful young lady. Simultaneously, Thug cruises in a classic car and raps into the rearview mirror.

About the track, Philmon commented, “It was really a blessing. Thug heard a couple of my tracks and wanted to meet me. I went to the studio, and I played him a bunch of records. A couple of weeks later, we got together again, and he hopped on ‘Baby Don’t Cry.’ Honestly, he’s one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. He’s really humble, and he gave me a lot of gems about the industry. Lyrically, it’s about a girl whose feelings are hurt by another dude, and you’re trying to relate to her and let her know you’re the better option.”

Philmon dropped his 706 EP to critical acclaim in 2021 after a string of buzzy singles that showcase his raw, one-in-a-generation talent. Along the way, he received critical praise from publications as diverse as Paste Magazine, American Songwriter, Flaunt Magazine, and more. Right now, he’s prepping more music for release in 2023. Stay tuned!

About Philmon Lee:     
No instrument matches the natural power of the voice. It rises up directly from the gut and through the heart, carrying every bit of emotion and truth with it. Philmon Lee wields his voice with no shortage of passion, poise, and poetry. He can belt to the heavens and back, but he can also lean into the groove with an innate sense of soul. Make no mistake, he can rock out with primal gusto too. From the moment he sings, the Georgia singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist instantly leaves an imprint. Surrounded by musicians in his family, he picked up multiple instruments as a kid in the small town of LaGrange, GA, developing his skills on piano, guitar, and drums. He cut his teeth on tour with his dad and cultivated his vocals through constant practice. Under the influence of everyone from Elvis Presley, Elton John, and Steven Tyler to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Post Malone, he grinded locally with countless gigs before signing to Epic Records in 2020. Following his buzzing debut single Memories, he gained traction with No Saving Me [feat. Lindsey Stirling], paving the way for his acclaimed 2021, 706 EP. Generating millions of streams and inciting the applause of Paste Magazine, American Songwriter, Flaunt, and many more, his voice continues to captivate on a series of 2023 singles and much more to come led by Baby Don’t Cry [feat. Young Thug].

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LONDON BREW A NEW ALBUM INSPIRED BY MILES DAVIS' BITCHES BREW OUT MARCH 31 VIA CONCORD JAZZ 

FEATURING BENJI B, THEON CROSS, NUBYA GARCIA, SHABAKA HUTCHINGS, DAVE OKUMU,
TOM SKINNER, MARTIN TEREFE & MORE

LISTEN TO MILES CHASES NEW VOODOO
IN THE CHURCH
 (SINGLE EDIT) HERE

WATCH A TRAILER HERE

Toronto, ON – January 19, 2023 –London Brew, a new album inspired by Miles DavisBitches Brew has been announced by Concord Jazz today from a crème de la crème collection of UK jazz luminaries, due for release as a 2 LP set, 2 CD and digitally on March 31.
 
Comprised of a veritable who's who of some of the most important and innovative musicians of the 21st century, London Brew features contributions from Benji BTheon CrossNubya GarciaShabaka HutchingsDave OkumuTom Skinner and more, brought together by Producer and guitarist, Martin Terefe, and Executive Producer, Bruce Lampcov. The record reflects an emotional journey through the period in which it was conceived, having been recorded during the pandemic and after many months of isolation and the inability to collaborate in person. Recorded in December 2020 at Paul Epworth's Church Studios in London, Terefe explains how the resulting music is "sometimes uncomfortable, other times it's familiar and joyous and other times it's like deep meditation."
 
The album is previewed today by the release of its first single, Miles Chases New Voodoo in the Church, of which Nubya Garcia explains, “this single is our interpretation of Miles Davis’ ode to Jimi Hendrix (Miles Runs the Voodoo Down). I’ve always been very inspired by the creative minds of both Miles and Jimi…. Both were innovators who carved their own lanes, which is something I’ve aspired to in my own career.  For a while now I’ve been experimenting and using pedals and effects with my instrument, so to be able to do that on this track, while paying tribute to their legacies, was a joy both creatively and personally.”

Listen to Miles Chases New Voodoo in the Church (single edit) here
 
What began as a plan for a live performance at the Barbican in honour of the 50th anniversary of Bitches Brew in early 2020 - an event that was sadly to be scuppered by the pandemic - would eventually blossom into so much more. London Brew is a collection of original recordings rooted in inspiration and celebration - not just a rapturous, moving tribute to one of the most totemic figures in modern music but equally a one-off moment in London's musical history captured forever on four sides of vinyl. As Lampcov writes in the album's liner notes, "London Brew is also inspired by... London. The city, the people, her creativity and her struggles. London Brew is primordial, born out of a year of trying to get to grips with what being human is about. The sounds and melodies cover the gamut of human emotion from delicate and caring to coarse and angry. Nothing is left unsaid."
 
An intelligent, dexterous assault on the senses from a group of artists united in their freewheeling vision, London Brew's eight tracks are unified by an experimental, improvisatory fire. "In all my years of recording, I'd never been involved in an improvisatory process on this scale," offers The Invisible's Dave Okumu"It's ease and sense of endlessness is surely a testament to the calibre of each musician and the unique manner in which they've taken on the lessons Miles set before us through his recording and performances."
 
Theon Cross highlights how "the possibility of playing with a larger group of people [at the end of a year marked by the pandemic] with such an open and free approach was an incredibly powerful and moving experience," while Shabaka Hutchings comments: "For me, that's what Bitches Brew is. It's a bunch of musicians making music because of the love of making music, as a social force and as a social construct. They are creating something that expresses unity and motion. That's what it is to be alive… you know, you have unity, you have motion, and you have vibration. You don't get any more alive than that. That's Bitches Brew." That's London Brew, too, and you won't have ever heard anything quite like it.

London Brew is:
Benji B: Decks, Sonic Re-cycling 
Raven Bush: Violin, Electronics 
Theon Cross: Tuba 
Nubya Garcia: Saxophone, Flute 
Tom Herbert: Electric Bass, Double Bass 
Shabaka Hutchings: Saxophone, Woodwinds
Nikolaj Torp Larsen: Synthesizers, Melodica 
Dave Okumu: Guitar 
Nick Ramm: Piano, Synthesizers 
Dan See: Drums, Percussion 
Tom Skinner: Drums, Percussion 
Martin Terefe: Guitar, Electronics 
 
London Brew is available from March 31, 2023, on 2 LP, 2 CD and digitally via Concord Jazz. Pre-order London Brew here: found.ee/LondonBrew.

London Brew Tracklisting
1. London Brew (23:34)
2. London Brew Pt.2 - Trainlines (15:49)
3. Miles Chases New Voodoo in the Church (7:27)
4. Nu Sha Ni Sha Nu Oss Ra (8:55)
5. It's One of These (6:53)
6. Bassics (2:51)
7. Mor Ning Prayers (9:52)
8. Raven Flies Low (12:53)

Samplism artwork by Toby Laurent Belson

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MIMI WEBB RELEASES RED FLAGS NEW SINGLE AND MUSIC VIDEO OUT NOW

LISTEN HERE AND WATCH HERE

PERFORMING ON THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT MONDAY, JANUARY 16

BEST NEW ARTIST NOMINEE AT THE 2023 BRIT AWARDS

DEBUT ALBUM AMELIA ARRIVING MARCH 3

TORONTO, ON – January 13, 2023 – Breakout singer and songwriter, Mimi Webb, has released her latest pop anthem, Red Flags, today. Listen here. The high-energy track gives fans another taste of what to expect from her forthcoming debut album, Amelia, out March 3 via EPIC Records.  

Mimi’s powerful vocals and lyrics are brought to life in the music video, directed by Drew Kirsch, as she takes viewers on a journey of hindsight, revenge, and reclaiming power that every scorned lover dreams about. The video premiered today on MTV Live, MTVU, and MTV Biggest Pop - check it out hereRed Flags was written by Mimi Webb, Connor McDonough, Toby McDonough, Ryan Daly, Castle, Cirkut, and produced by Connor McDonough, Ryan Daly, and Cirkut.

Mimi will stop by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday (January 16) for the TV performance debut of the new single. Additionally, she continues her ascent as one of the biggest artists to watch as she garnered a nomination for Best New Artist at the 2023 BRIT Awards.  

Mimi’s highly anticipated debut album, Ameliawill feature 12 tracks including her smash hit, House On Fire, and latest single, Ghost of You. The album is titled after her full first name, Amelia, which will give fans insight into both sides of the budding star - Amelia, the girl from the UK countryside who loves to be at home with her family, friends, and dogs; and Mimi, the pop artist who loves to be up on stage traveling the world. Amelia is available for pre-order now.

Following the album’s release, Mimi will hit the road for her 2023 headline tour, The Amelia Tour. The 31-date tour will make stops across Europe and the UK, kicking off on March 11 in Madrid, Spain at Shoko continuing with stops in Berlin, Oslo, Paris, Manchester and more before concluding on April 24 in London, UK at O2 Academy Brixton. Multiple shows have already sold-out including Dublin and all UK dates. Full tour routing can be found below, and tickets are available now at mimiwebb.com.

In just two years, the breakout artist has racked up over 852 million global streams to date, and multiple hit tracks including House on Fire and Good Without. Mimi’s performed at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in London, numerous festivals such as Capital FM’s Summertime Ball, Isle of Wight Festival, and Montreux Jazz Festival, and on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and ELLEN. She has garnered praise from the likes of British Vogue, Rolling Stone, Harper’s BAZAAR, GRAMMY.com, and Billboard. Mimi shows no signs of slowing down as she gears up for the release of her debut album.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
March 11- Shoko - Madrid, Spain
March 12 - Razmatazz 2 - Barcelona, Spain
March 14 - Plaza - Zurich, Switzerland
March 15 - Technikum - Munich, Germany
March 16 - Flex - Vienna, Austria
March 18 - Niebo - Warsaw, Poland
March 19 - Hole44 - Berlin, Germany
March 20 - Mojo Club - Hamburg, Germany
March 22 - Klubben - Stockholm, Sweden
March 23 - Vulkan Arena - Oslo, Norway
March 24 - Pumpehuset - Copenhagen, Denmark
March 26 - Melkweg - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
March 27 - La Madeleine - Brussels, Belgium
March 29 - Kantine - Cologne, Germany
March 30 - La Maroquinerie - Paris, France
April 1 - UEA - Norwich, UK *sold-out
April 3 - O2 City Hall - Newcastle, UK *sold-out
April 4 - O2 Academy - Glasgow, UK *sold-out
April 6 - Ulster Hall - Belfast, UK *sold-out
April 7 - 3Olympia Theatre - Dublin, Ireland *sold-out
April 8 - 3Olympia Theatre - Dublin, Ireland *sold-out
April 10 - Guild of Students - Liverpool, UK *sold-out
April 11 - O2 Victoria Warehouse - Manchester, UK *sold-out
April 14 - O2 Academy - Sheffield, UK *sold-out
April 15 - O2 Academy - Leeds, UK *sold-out
April 17 - Rock City - Nottingham, UK *sold-out
April 18 - O2 Academy - Birmingham, UK *sold-out
April 20 - O2 Academy - Bristol, UK *sold-out
April 21 - Pavilions - Plymouth, UK *sold-out
April 22 - O2 Academy - Bournemouth, UK *sold-out
April 24 - O2 Academy Brixton - London, UK *sold-out
June 9 - Bryggeribyen EC Dahls Arena - Trondheim, Norway
June 16 - Live At The Marquee - Cork, Ireland

ABOUT MIMI WEBB
Mimi Webb projects a voice as magnetic, massive, and magical as her personality. As “the girl next door” with a hell of vocal range, she’s quick to laugh, will let you know precisely what’s on her mind, and isn’t afraid to be heard. Originally hailing from the UK town of Canterbury, the pop singer and songwriter turns up the volume on every emotion with skyscraping runs and open-heart honesty.

Inspired by the likes of Amy Winehouse, Emelie Sandé, and Sam Smith, she started writing songs of her own at 13-years-old in diaries before eventually learning guitar. Around the same time, she enrolled in The BRIT School – known for alumni such as Adele, Amy Winehouse, Jessie J, and more. Three years later, she left home, moved in with a host family, and attended the prestigious BIMM [British Institute of Modern Music]. In 2019, she landed management, and inked a deal with Epic Records, followed by the release of her debut single, Before I Go, in 2020.

In a whirlwind two years, Mimi released her debut EP, Seven Shades of Heartbreak (October 2021), amassed an international following with multiple hit tracks such as House on Fire and Good Without, and became the first British female artist, since Dua Lipa in 2017, to land two singles in the UK Top 15 before her debut album. She has surpassed 852 million global streams to date and toured across the world- performing at festivals such as Capital FM’s Summertime Ball, Isle of Wight Festival, and Montreux Jazz Festival, as well as her own headline tours. Mimi has garnered critical acclaim from the likes of British Vogue, Rolling Stone, Harper’s BAZAAR, Billboard, and CLASH, and performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and ELLEN. Mimi’s highly anticipated debut album, Amelia, will be released on March 3.

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MARGO PRICE IS “UNSTOPPABLE, UNSINKABLE, UNINHIBITED” (THE NEW YORK TIMES)

NEW ALBUM STRAYS OUT TODAY
FEATURING SHARON VAN ETTEN, LUCIUS, MIKE CAMPBELL
AND PRODUCER JONATHAN WILSONLISTEN HERE
 
HEADLINE TOUR INCLUDES CANADIAN DATES
IN VANCOUVER AND TORONTO NEXT MONTH

TORONTO, ON – January 13, 2023 – Today, Margo Price unleashes Strays, her “strongest, most cohesive record yet” (Rolling Stone). Featuring “volcanic vocal performances and sharp character studies” (Vulture), as well as Sharon Van Etten, Lucius, and The Heartbreakers’, Mike Campbell, the record “struts through big-hearted indie country, honky-tonk stomp and ’70s guitar-explosion psychedelia” (The New York Times). Produced by Jonathan Wilson, Strays serves as a resilient proclamation of freedom for Price, who surmounts a lifetime of loss, lies, trauma and substance abuse with ten new songs that prove her place as an independent artist, singular storyteller and endlessly experimental explorer, with so much to say but nothing to prove.
 
Listen to Strays, out everywhere via Loma Vista Recordings, and tune into CBS Mornings on Monday for a deeper look into the inspiring path that Price took to get here.
 
While much of Strays was written in a South Carolina cottage – during six days that the Nashville-based Margo Price spent eating psychedelic mushrooms with her husband and musical partner, Jeremy Ivey - the album was primarily recorded in California’s Topanga Canyon. There at Jonathan Wilson’s studio in the summer of 2021, Price and her long-time band of Pricetags channeled their telepathic abilities into their best recording sessions and most ambitious array of sounds, styles and arrangements to date. As previewed on singles such as Been To The Mountain, the chart-topping Change of Heart, and the prescient Lydia, which The New York Times and PAPER both called one of the Best Songs of 2022, Price sings unabashedly about self-worth, bodily autonomy and a woman’s right to choose. Across the rest of the LP, she writes about losing herself in sex, overcoming marital conflict, tuning out haters, the aftermath of quitting drinking and more, as “Strays bursts with easy confidence and kind, stoic pearls of wisdom” (Pitchfork). 
 
Strays was named one of the most anticipated albums of 2023 by TIME, New York Magazine and others, and Price’s memoir, Maybe We’ll Make It was hailed as one of the best music books of 2022 by Variety, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Rough Trade and SPIN. Read about the creation of each in a career-spanning profile written by Melena Ryzik for The New York Times: The Unstoppable, Unsinkable, Uninhibited Margo Price.

On January 30, Margo Price will return to the road for the continuation of ‘Til The Wheels Fall Off, a headline tour that Pitchfork just listed as one of the most anticipated of the year. The lengthy run will bring her and her band to LA’s Fonda Theatre, NYC’s Webster Hall, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, as well as Canadian stops in Vancouver and Toronto in February, and dozens other shows and counting. Tickets are available at margoprice.net/#tour, and full details can be found below. 

Praise For Strays

"The Unstoppable, Unsinkable, Uninhibited Margo Price…Strays struts through big-hearted indie country, honky-tonk stomp and '70s guitar-explosion psychedelia"
The New York Times
 
"Another impressive showcase for Price's skills as author and troubadour, featuring volcanic vocal performances and sharp character studies" - Vulture
 
"Price has never quite sounded more in command of detail and scene setting"
Rolling Stone

"...an early contender for one of 2023's best albums and a bonafide country classic in the making." - Exclaim!
 
"Strays bursts with easy confidence and kind, stoic pearls of wisdom" - Pitchfork
 
"A potent, genre-spanning opus that's rooted in Americana, but stretches into glittery pop, squelching rock and psychedelia" - NPR Music 
 
"Strays brilliantly rattles through country, psych and Patti Smith-style poetic rock'n'roll...powerful lyrical gut-punches" - The Guardian, ★★★★
 
"Excellent...her strongest and most collaborative album yet" - The Daily Beast
 
"A 10-song wallop of an LP that tackles everything from Price's sobriety journey to abortion rights to the female orgasm to her own self-acceptance and self-destructive tendencies" - Stereogum 
 
"Sonically brave and lyrically obstinate, a rare delight that stands out from its counterparts" - NME, ★★★★
 
"Some of the most focused, pointed lyrics of her career" - Consequence 
 
"Price remains one of the best chroniclers of our fraught political moment, as
'Lydia' is a testament" - 
PAPER
 
"There's proof of Price's growth - as an artist and observer - on every track" - Jezebel
 
"Further proof of Price's gift for not only telling her own powerful stories, but also those of the downtrodden en masse" - Paste
 
"A thrilling step forward in a career that's already made Price one of the most intriguing
voices in music" - 
BUST 
 
"Her weirdest and wildest record yet, but also her wisest" - Uncut
 
"Further spotlights her melodic gifts and deeply soulful singing" - MOJO, ★★★★
 
"This is an album to cherish" - CLASH
 
UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
1/30 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel%
1/31 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse%
2/2 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall&
2/3 - Austin, TX - Scoot Inn&
2/4 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater&
2/6 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom$
2/7 - San Diego, CA - The Observatory North Park$
2/9 - Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theatre$
2/10 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore$
2/11 - Arcata, CA - Van Duzer Theatre$
2/13 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom$
2/14 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom$
2/15 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox$
2/17 - Bozeman, MT - The Elm$
2/19 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue$
2/20 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre$
2/21 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre$
2/22 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue$
2/24 - Toronto, ON - The Phoenix Concert Theatre#
2/25 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre#
2/27 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Ballroom#
2/28 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club#
3/2 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club#
3/3 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts#
3/4 - New York, NY - Webster Hall#
3/9 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium!
3/22 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Festival
6/22 - Pendleton, OR - Jackalope Jamboree 
8/5 - Boston, MA - Leader Bank Pavilion*
8/6 - Portland, ME - Thompson's Point* 
8/10 - Philadelphia, PA - The Met*

%w/ The Deslondes
&w/ Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country
$w/ Lola Kirke
#w/ Tre Burt
!w/ Jessi Colter
*w/ Tyler Childers
 
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NOISY SHARE FIRST SINGLE OF 2023 RUDEBOY

LISTEN HERE | WATCH VIDEO

TONIGHT’S FAST FWD TO FRIDAY CLUB NIGHT SOLD-OUT

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, NOISY ANNOUNCED NEXT FAST FWD TO FRIDAY CLUB NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 24 AT BRIGHTON'S PRINCE ALBERT 
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

LISTEN BACK TO FAST FWD TO FRIDAY MIX SERIES HERE

Toronto, ON – January 13, 2023 – Electronic trio, NOISY, kickstart the year with brand new single, RUDEBOY, out now via Concord Records. Listen to the single here and watch the music video here.
 
Rude by name, rude by nature, the new offering is an attitude-driven anthem, sonically flirting between the  likes of Justice, Basement Jaxx and Fat Boy Slim. RUDEBOY will get even the laziest of listeners moving and cements the collective amongst the most exciting acts spearheading 2023. Along with the new offering, NOISY are set to host their celebrated and sold-out club night Fast FWD To Friday tonight at Brighton’s Prince Albert, with support coming from rising singer, Charlotte Plank. 
 
On the new single and Fast FWD to Friday club night singer Cody said“RUDEBOY is about feeling completely locked into music, whether you’re in a club, or in a packed tent at a festival or on a night bus with your headphones on. When it hits the music takes you and you can't think about anything else. It started with the lyric, 'I put my shades on.' I was just thinking about being at a festival, with the sun shining and feeling euphoric. We were listening to a lot of Chemical Brothers and Justice at the time and so we wanted a heavy bass beat driven song and it all flowed from there. That feeling of euphoria is exactly why we are buzzing for the return of Fast FWD to Friday too, everyone in a room with the music taking you away, we can’t wait for it.”
 
The past few years have been all gas no breaks for NOISY. Collaborations have been bountiful, from High Contrast remixing 24/7, to releases with the likes of The Prototypes, 1991 and Zero. The music truly comes to life on stage, and the group enjoyed knock out festival slots at the likes of Reading & Leeds (Radio 1s Dance Stage), Mad Cool, Kendal Calling, Neighbourhood Weekend. The group also opened for Mike Skinner ahead of embarking on their UK headline tour which came to London for a sold-out XOYO show last year.
 
NOISY’s touring schedule has been eventful in more ways than one. In 2021 the group made the headlines between shows when their tour van was stolen outside their tour manager’s flat one night, along with synthesizers, FX pedals, guitars, amps; the lot. With a never say die attitude though, the trio came across some of their equipment on eBay and planned a sting operation to reclaimed all of the equipment.
 
This self-sufficient, DIY mindset is one of the driving forces of NOISY (comprised of singer Cody, guitarist Connor and producer Spencer), who pride themselves on owning creative control, writing, recording and producing all of their music, designing their own merch and often shooting their own music videos.
 
So with that in mind, allow us to reintroduce NOISY. Your new favourite band, that sound nothing like a band.

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POP EVIL RELEASES DEAD RECKONING (FEATURING FIT FOR A KING)

WATCH VIA YOUTUBE + LISTEN ON DSPS

SKELETONS ALBUM DUE MARCH 17 VIA MNRK HEAVY

TICKETS ON SALE FOR THE SKELETONS U.S. HEADLINING SPRING TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS THE WORD ALIVE AND AVOID

Toronto, ON - January 13, 2023 - Today, the hard rock group, Pop Evil, released the third single,Dead Reckoning (featuring Fit For A King) from their upcoming album, Skeletons, due March 17 via MNRK Heavy. Pre-save and pre-order here. Watch the video for Dead Reckoning (featuring Fit For A King) here.

The concept and instrumentals for Dead Reckoning were brought to the table by bassist, Joey “Chicago” Walser and co-written with singer, Leigh Kakaty. The producer of Skeletons, Drew Fulk (WZRD BLD), heard the demo and immediately suggested that Ryan Kirby from Fit for a King would be the perfect fit for a vocal collaboration. In describing the song, the band said, “'Dead Reckoning' is about..a clear and unwavering decision a person makes within themselves.”

The 11 tracks include the already released single, Eye of the Storm, which landed at the #5 Most Played Song in 2022 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Chart, and the most recent single, Paranoid (Crash & Burn). The album also includes guest performers such as Blake Allison from Devour the Day providing guest vocals on Wrong Direction.

In discussing the album, frontman Leigh Kakaty said, “This is about us as a band stripping everything down to the bones. It’s more uptempo, it’s got bigger riffs, and we’re trying to capture the energy of our live show.” 

“But it’s also a positive message,” he adds. “I know it’s a morbid visual, but behind every skeleton, there’s a story and something worth talking about. Overall, it’s about looking at something in a positive way. And I’m excited for everyone to hear that.”

Skeletons see the band once again working with producer WZRD BLD (Disturbed, Papa Roach, Motionless in White), a friend and collaborator on a few previous albums that generated four #1 hits. “With Versatile, we had a bunch of producers, but for this album, we just wanted to work with one person and get back to our roots,” says Kakaty. “There’s an energy he and I have, and he’s been great at helping us build these songs and work around some collective themes.”

Pop Evil will head out on their Skeletons Tour headlining U.S. dates starting on March 17, 2023, in Sault St. Marie at Kewadin Casino and concluding on April 23, 2023, in Milwaukee at The Rave. Special guests, The Word Alive and Avoid will join. Tickets are on sale now at www.popevil.com.

Pop Evil has massive anthems and built a new rock’n’roll institution on a foundation of showmanship, raw relatability, and hard rock hooks, both forward-thinking and timeless from frontman, Leigh Kakaty, lead guitarist Nick Fuelling, rhythm guitarist Dave Grahs, bassist Joey "Chicago" Walser and drummer Hayley Cramer. No matter the headline-grabbing declarations from legendary icons, lamenting the changing of the guard, the slow-burning success of Pop Evil demonstrates the hunger for hard-hitting honest music persisting worldwide.

Their 2011 album, War of Angels debuted at #8 on Billboard Top Rock Albums with three singles landing on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Top 10 including Last Man StandingMonster You Made and Boss’s Daughter. The momentum continued with their 2013 album Onyx, landing them on the Top 40 of the Billboard 200 for the first time, plus it was #9 on the Billboard Independent Albums in America and #25 on the Billboard 200. The album included three #1 Billboard Mainstream Rock singles, TrenchesDeal with the Devil and Torn to Pieces. In 2015, the band released their album, UP, which would make its way to #1 on Billboard Independent Albums, with four Top 5 Billboard Singles such as Ways to Get HighTake It All, and If Only for Now. The hit single, Footsteps, is still one of the biggest songs to date and returned Pop Evil to Billboard’s #1 spot for four weeks.  Their 2018 self-titled album landed three singles on Billboard Mainstream Rock, Waking Lions, at #1 with Be Legendary, peaking at #2, and A Crime to Remember, peaking at #7. 

Pop Evil’s last #1 single include Survivor, which also topped Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart in late 2021, joining previous Top 10 single, Work, and #1 single, Breathe Again, from their album, VERSATILE, out now via MNRK Heavy. Over the course of their career, the band has achieved four gold singles with Torn to Pieces, and Trenches from Onyx, Footsteps from UP, and, 100 in a 55 from their debut studio album, Lipstick on the Mirror.

Skeletons Tracklist:
1. Arrival
2. Paranoid (Crash & Burn)
3. Circles
4. Eye of The Storm
5. Sound of Glory
6. Skeletons
7. Worth It
8. Who Will We Become
9. Wrong Direction (Feat Devour the Day)
10. Dead Reckoning (Feat Fit For A King)
11. Raging Bull (Feat Zillion)

Skeletons U.S. Headlining Tour:
March 17 – Sault St. Marie, MI @ Kewadin Casino
March 18 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
March 19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Jergel's
March 21 – Lititz, PA @ Mickey's Black Box 
March 23 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
March 24 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun - Wolf Den + 
March 25 – Waterloo, NY @ Del Lago Casino * 
March 26 – Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall
March 28 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Elevation27
March 30 – Tampa, FL @ Hard Rock Event Center
March 31 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
April 1 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground 
April 2 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East
April 4 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Tower Theatre
April 5 – Dallas, TX @ Echo Lounge & Music Hall
April 7 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
April 8 – Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee Theater
April 10 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory OC
April 11 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
April 12 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues 
April 14 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues 
April 15 – Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theatre 
April 16 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre 
April 18 – Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre
April 19 – Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
April 21 – Pittsburg, KS @ Kansas Crossing Casino 
April 22 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall 
April 23 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
* The Word Alive will not be performing 
+ No Support 

Rescheduled UK + EU 2023 Tour: 
May 4 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 Warehouse
May 5 – Manchester, UK @ Rebellion
May 6 – Birmingham, UK @ Institute 2
May 7 – London, UK @ The Dome
May 9 – Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo
May 10 – Cologne, DE @ Luxor
May 12 – Munich, DE @ Backstage Halle
May 13 – Frankfurt, DE @ Nachtleben
May 14 – Hamburg, DE @ Logo
May 15 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
with Call Me Amour as support, plus Zillion

DOWNLOAD – Hi Res Press Photo | DOWNLOAD – Hi Res Artwork | DOWNLOAD - Tour Posters

About MNRK Music Group:
MNRK Music Group is one of the largest independent music companies in the world, with recording, music publishing, and management divisions operating in every major music market. MNRK is committed to discovering and guiding top music creators and artists and works with some of the greatest musical talent including The Lumineers and Pitbull, the music publishing catalog of Chuck Berry, plus premier music companies Dualtone Music Group and Last Gang. The company’s music department services Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning producers. Its catalog across divisions consists of 54,000 music tracks, including multiple GRAMMY winners and platinum-selling hits. 

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DAZY & MILITARIE GUN SHARE PRESSURE COOKER REMIX FEATURING MANNEQUIN PUSSY

MILITARIE GUN EMBARK ON HEADLINE WEST COAST TOUR JANUARY 31 WITH SHOW IN VANCOUVER ON FEBRUARY 4

 SUPPORTING WHITE REAPER ON NORTH AMERICAN TOUR THIS MARCH WITH STOP IN TORONTO ON MARCH 14

Toronto, ON – January 12, 2023 – Los Angeles' Militarie Gun and Richmond's Dazy share the remix of their acclaimed collaborative track, Pressure Cooker, featuring additional vocals from Mannequin Pussy vocalist, Missy. Hailed as a "feel-good blast of 1990s-style alt-rock" with an "undeniable" hook by Pitchfork upon the original's release, the reimagined version of the track  courtesy of Dazy’s James Goodson - dials up the original's Madchester influence in addition to Missy's newly-added vocals. Listen to the song here and watch the visual here.

Formed in 2020, Militarie Gun is defined by the musical restlessness of vocalist Shelton. The band–whose lineup has expanded to include guitarists Nick Cogan and Acuña, drummer Vince Nguyen, and bassist Max Epstein–draw on a wide range of influences to make something that sounds combative yet accessible, and undeniably their own. Co-produced, engineered and mixed by Taylor Young, there are echos of the unhinged guitarwork of Born Against, the propulsive cadences of hip hop, the up-front bass of Fugazi–and most importantly, the hooks. Militarie Gun’s songs are instantly memorable, employing a melodic sensibility that’s just as informed by the work of Robert Pollard and Paul McCartney as it is by Black Flag. Most recently, the band released All Roads Lead To The Gun (Deluxe) in October of 2022 through their new label Loma Vista Recordings.

Goodson started Dazy as a one-man band from his Richmond, VA, home in 2020. His debut album, OUTOFBODY, was released on October 28, 2022, via Lame-O Records (with a cassette version available via Convulse Records) to high praise from outlets including Stereogum (Best New Bands of 2022 and Band To Watch), Pitchfork, Bandcamp Daily, Paste (Best of What’s Next, 25 Best Debut Albums of 2022), Brooklyn Vegan, FLOOD Magazine, GRAMMY.com, Uproxx, and Exclaim!.

Militarie Gun embarks on their West Coast tour at the end of this month and throughout February with support from Supercrush, Spiritual Cramp and Death Lens on select dates. Starting March 2, Militarie Gun will begin their tour supporting White Reaper across North America with stops in Denver, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, Toronto and Nashville. Tickets available here.

Listen to Pressure Cooker (Remix) above, see full Militarie Gun tour routing below, and stay tuned for more music from Militarie Gun coming very soon.

Upcoming Live Dates
 
Militarie Gun
* = w/ Spiritual Cramp, Supercrush
^ = w/ Death Lens, Supercrush
+ = supporting White Reaper
 
January 31 - San Jose, CA @ Playback Studios*
February 1 - Redding, CA @ The Dip*
February 2 - Portland, OR @ Mano Oculta*
February 3- Seattle, WA @ Barboza*
February 4 - Vancouver, BC @ The Black Lab*
February 8 - Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial^
February 9 - Fresno, CA @ Strummer's^
February 10 - Riverside, CA @ The Hideaway Cafe^
February 11 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction^
 
March 2 - Denver, CO @ Summit Theater+
March 3 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room+
March 4 - Kansas City, MO @ Madrid Theater+
March 6 - Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s+
March 7 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre+
March 8 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall+
March 10 - Chicago, IL @ Metro+
March 11 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom & Tavern+
March 12 - Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small’s Theatre+
March 14 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House+
March 22 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle+
March 23 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade - Hell Stage+
March 24 - Nashville, TN @ The Basement East+
March 25 - Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall+
 
Dazy
* = w/ Footballhead, Graham Hunt
^ = w/ Alien Boy
# = w/ Alien Boy, TV Star
~ = w/ Alien Boy, Object of Affection
 
January 18 - Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village (Tomorrow Never Knows)*
January 19 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club*
January 20 - Seattle, WA @ Vera Project#
January 21 - Olympia, WA @ Le Voyeur#
January 22 - Portland, OR @  Mississippi Studios#
January 23 - Sacramento, CA @ The Starlet Room^
January 24 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop^
January 25 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst Atrium^
January 26 - Hesperia, CA @ Collective 47^
January 27 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room^
January 28 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo~ 
January 29 - San Diego, CA @ Whistle Stop~  

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THE ARCS SHARE A SOULFUL REMINDER OF HOPE IN THE DARKEST DAYS WITH NEW SONG SUNSHINE 

DAN AUERBACH AND LEON MICHELS ANNOUNCE INTIMATE SERIES OF DJ SETS IN PAIRS, NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES 
 
ELECTROPHONIC CHRONIC, THE FIRST ALBUM FROM THE ARCS SINCE 2015, ARRIVES JANUARY 27 VIA EASY EYE SOUND

TORONTO, ON – January 12, 2023 – The Arcs have unveiled Sunshine today, the final advance look at their first album in eight years, Electrophonic Chronic, before its January 27 release on Easy Eye Sound. Kicking off with an instantly-captivating piano melody from Leon Michels - who also provides horns on the track - lead vocalist, Dan Auerbach, balances vignettes of feeling down on your luck with the chorus' unwavering plea for better days ahead: "won’t you help me see the light." On a track that was originally co-written with their late bandmate, Richard Swift (who can also be heard on background vocals and percussion), before his passing in 2018, it's a poignant statement on picking up the pieces and finding meaning in times that feel most difficult.

Listen to Sunshine and pre-order Electrophonic Chronic here.
 
Auerbach and Michels, who co-produced Electrophonic Chronic, have also announced a series of DJ sets that will bring them to small rooms across Paris (which will include a DJ set from The Black Keys featuring both Auerbach and Patrick Carney), New York and Los Angeles in the weeks to come. A celebration of the band's mutual obsession with crate-digging and spinning rare finds for each other on the road, the sets double as a reminder of these shared passions with Swift, which built the roots of the new record before his passing. Among their many inspirations are vintage soul (featured on the album is a gender-flipped cover of the would-be South Florida star Helene Smith's A Woman Will Do Wrong), old school garage rock (including Electrophonic Tonic, the once-lost gem from Fred "Sonic" Smith and Sonic's Rendevous Band), and the space age pop made famous by producer Joe Meek in the pre-Beatles 1960s.  
 
Featuring the full original line-up of The Arcs - Auerbach, Michels, Swift, Nick Movshon and Homer Steinweiss - Electrophonic Chronic has been met with early praise from NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Billboard and more. The album was recorded over the course of years, revisited by Auerbach and Michels during the pandemic after a period where, as Michels puts it, "I think all of us couldn’t really listen to the music, couldn’t really face it and try to finish it." 

"This new record is all about honoring Swift," Auerbach adds. "It’s a way for us to say goodbye to him."

 The Arcs DJ Sets with Dan Auerbach and Leon Michels

January 14 - Gigis Paradisco - Paris, France *
January 28 - Sultan Room - Brooklyn, New York - tickets here
February 3 - Gold Diggers - Los Angeles, California (with DJ Breezy) - tickets here

* (DJ sets by The Black Keys & El Michels Affair)

DOWNLOAD - The Arcs Press Photo | DOWNLOAD - Sunshine Single Art
DOWNLOAD - Electrophonic Chronic Album Art

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ELMNT FM AND RED MUSIC RISING PRESENT MINOSHKITE

A FREE CONCERT FEATURING ACCLAIMED INDIGENOUS ARTISTS  WILLAM PRINCE, SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS, SEBASTIAN GASKIN, BOOGEY THE BEAT, NIMKISH AND SIIBII

TAKING PLACE ON FEBRUARY 3
IN THE GRAND HALL OF THE CANADIAN MUSEUM OF HISTORY AS PART OF WINTERLUDE, CANADA'S CAPITAL REGION WINTER CELEBRATIONS

TORONTO, ONTARIO – January 12, 2023 – In partnership with Canadian HeritageELMNT FM (First People’s Radio) and Indigenous management company/record label, Red Music Rising, are thrilled to announce Minoshkite (MEE-NO-SHKEET; translates to "music to the ears" in Algonquin) - an outstanding free concert event on February 3, that will kick off Canada's Capital Region epic annual winter festival, Winterlude. 

Hosted by acclaimed actor, Charles Bender, the Minoshkite concert will take place in the Grand Hall of the iconic Canadian Museum of History, and will feature some of the country's most exciting Indigenous performers, including William Prince, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Sebastian Gaskin, Boogey the Beat, Nimkish and Siibii. Tickets can be reserved now here, and include a free festival t-shirt (limited quantities). 

“I cannot express how thrilled we are to celebrate the first weekend of Winterlude in Ottawa with a FREE concert," says Jean La Rose, President/CEO of Dadan Sivunivut. "Minoshkite  brings together some of the most amazing musical talent that the Indigenous Peoples in Canada have to offer.” 

“Winterlude is back in Canada’s Capital Region from February 3 to 20. Don’t miss your chance to take part in this great Canadian tradition with family and friends," remarks Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage. "The festivities this year will feature our country’s cultural and artistic diversity, and the Minoshkite concert, showcasing Indigenous cultures and artists, is sure to be a highlight. I wish you all a great concert and a wonderful Winterlude!”

“Red Music Rising is so pleased to partner with First People's Radio to present and celebrate Indigenous excellence at Minoshkite," adds Red Music Rising Director and Lead Artist Manager, Matthew Maw. "Every aspect, from the incredible musical lineup to the stunning venue of the Grand Hall, has culminated in what is sure to be an unforgettable evening of free music and culture; the perfect way to kick off your Winterlude 2023. Chi Miigwetch, thank you very much!”  

MINOSHKITE
Date: Friday, February 3
Time: 7:00 p.m. 
Venue: The Canadian Museum of History, Grand Hall (100 Laurier St, Gatineau, Quebec)
Admission: FREE - reserve tickets here
Host:  Charles Bender
Performances by: William Prince, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Sebastian Gaskin, Boogey the Beat, Nimkish, Siibii

We acknowledge the support of the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. 

DOWNLOAD - artist photos | DOWNLOAD - event poster

ABOUT ELMNT FM:
95.7 ELMNT FM is Ottawa’s only Indigenous-owned radio station. Owned and operated by First Peoples Radio and launched in October 2018, 95.7 ELMNT FM plays the latest pop, hip-hop and R&B, while promoting some of the best First Nations, Inuit, and Métis artists working today.  

ABOUT RED MUSIC RISING:
Launched in January 2020 in partnership with Dadan Sivunivut, Red Music Rising is a holistic music company. A full-service artist management company and record label, owned and managed entirely by Indigenous individuals, with a mission to help develop robust, sustainable, life-long careers for Indigenous artists and industry professionals.

Matt Maw (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation) is Red Music Rising’s Director & Lead Artist Manager. Matt brings over a decade of multi-faceted music industry experience to Red Music Rising, along with a passion for artist development and a mission to amplify Canada's Indigenous talent on the global stage. redmusicrising.ca

ABOUT WINTERLUDE:
The National Capital Commission (NCC) created Winterlude in 1979 to celebrate Canada's unique northern culture and climate. Organizers were inspired by our ancestors who would gather to enjoy each other’s company during the long winter months.

Now Winterlude is organized by Canadian Heritage and is considered the flagship event of the winter tourist season in Canada's Capital Region. On average, 600,000 visitors take part in the festivities each year.

Winterlude calendar of events.

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ELMNT FM ET RED MUSIC RISING PRÉSENTENT MINOSHKITE, UN CONCERT GRATUIT RÉUNISSANT DES ARTISTES AUTOCHTONES ACCLAMÉS WILLIAM PRINCE, SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS, SEBASTIAN GASKIN, BOOGEY THE BEAT, NIMKISH ET SIIBII

UN CONCERT GRATUIT LE 3 FÉVRIER PROCHAIN DANS
LE GRAND HALL 
DU MUSÉE CANADIEN DE L’HISTOIRE
À L’OCCASION DU BAL DE NEIGE, 
LES CÉLÉBRATIONS HIVERNALES DE LA RÉGION DE LA CAPITALE CANADIENNE

TORONTO, ONTARIO – Le 12 janvier 2023 – En partenariat avec Patrimoine canadien, ELMNT FM (la radio des Premières Nations), ainsi que la société de gestion d’artistes autochtones et maison de disque Red Music Rising sont ravies de présenter Minoshkite (MI-NO-CHKIIT, « de la musique à vos oreilles » en algonquin). Ce concert gratuit exceptionnel aura lieu le 3 février prochain et donnera le coup d’envoi du Bal de Neige, l’incontournable festival hivernal annuel de la région de la capitale du Canada.

Animé par l’acteur acclamé Charles Bender, le concert Minoshkite se déroulera dans le Grand Hall de l’emblématique Musée canadien de l’histoire. Il mettra en vedette certains des artistes autochtones les plus en vue du pays parmi lesquels William Prince, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Sebastian Gaskin, Boogey the Beat, Nimkish et Siibii. La réservation des billets est en cours sur museedelhistoire.ca et inclut un t-shirt gratuit du festival (quantités limitées).

« Je ne peux exprimer à quel point nous sommes heureux de célébrer le premier week-end du Bal de Neige à Ottawa par le biais de ce concert GRATUIT », a déclaré Jean La Rose, président-directeur général de Dadan Sivunivut. « Minoshkite réunit certains des talents musicaux les plus étonnants que les peuples autochtones du Canada aient à offrir. »

« Le Bal de Neige est de retour dans la région de la capitale du Canada du 3 au 20 février. Ne manquez pas votre chance de participer à cette grande tradition canadienne pour vous rassembler en famille et entre amis. Cette année, les festivités mettront en valeur la diversité culturelle et artistique de notre pays, et le concert Minoshkite, qui présente les cultures et les artistes autochtones, sera certainement un moment fort. Je vous souhaite à tous et à toutes un excellent concert et un merveilleux Bal de Neige! » 
– Pablo Rodriguez, ministre du Patrimoine canadien

« Red Music Rising est ravie de s’associer à la Radio des Premières Nations pour présenter et célébrer l’excellence autochtone dans le cadre de Minoshkite », a ajouté le directeur de la maison Red Music Rising et gérant d’artistes principal Matthew Maw. « Chacun des aspects de ce concert, de l’incroyable programmation au lieu choisi, le Grand Hall, mène à ce qui sera assurément une soirée inoubliable de musique et de culture, le tout gratuitement; une façon idéale de lancer votre Bal de Neige 2023! Chi Miigwetch, merci beaucoup! »

MINOSHKITE
Date : le vendredi 3 février
Heure : 19 h
Lieu : Musée canadien de l’histoire, Grand Hall (100, rue Laurier, Gatineau, Québec)
Droits d’entrée : GRATUIT – réservez vos billets sur museedelhistoire.ca 
Animateur : Charles Bender
Artistes : William Prince, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Sebastian Gaskin, Boogey the Beat, Nimkish, Siibii

Nous reconnaissons le soutien du gouvernement du Canada par l’intermédiaire de l’Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l’Ontario.

TÉLÉCHARGEZ - les photos des artistes | TÉLÉCHARGEZ - le poster de l’événement

AU SUJET D’ELMNT FM:
95.7 ELMNT FM est la seule station de radio autochtone d’Ottawa. Détenue et exploitée par First Peoples Radio et fondée en octobre 2018, 95.7 ELMNT FM diffuse les plus récents rythmes pop, hip-hop et R&B tout en faisant la promotion des meilleurs artistes des Premières Nations, Inuit et Métis oeuvrant aujourd’hui.

AU SUJET DE RED MUSIC RISING:
Fondée en janvier 2020 en collaboration avec Dadan Sivunivut, Red Music Rising est une boîte holistique à vocation musicale. Il s’agit d’une société de gestion d’artistes et d’une maison de disque à service complet. Détenue et gérée entièrement par des Autochtones, elle a pour mission d’aider les artistes autochtones et les professionnels de l’industrie à développer des carrières solides et durables, celles de toute une vie.

Matthew Maw (de la Première Nation des Chippewas de la Thames) est le directeur de Red Music Rising et son gérant d’artistes principal. Matthew apporte plus d’une décennie d’expérience diversifiée dans l’industrie de la musique à Red Music Rising, de même qu’une passion pour le développement de la carrière d’artistes, assortie de la mission d’amplifier la présence du talent autochtone sur la scène mondiale. redmusicrising.ca

AU SUJET DU BAL DE NEIGE:
La Commission de la capitale nationale (CCN) a créé le Bal de Neige en 1979 pour célébrer la culture et le climat nordiques uniques du Canada. Ses organisateurs ont été inspirés par nos ancêtres, qui se réunissaient pour profiter de la compagnie des uns et des autres au cours des longs mois d’hiver. 

Aujourd’hui, le Bal de Neige est organisé par Patrimoine canadien et est considéré l’événement phare de la saison touristique hivernale de la région de la capitale du Canada. En moyenne, quelque 600 000 visiteurs participent aux activités chaque année.

Le calendrier des activités du Bal de Neige.

 

 

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MMF CANADA ANNOUNCES 15th ANNUAL HONOUR ROLL AWARD RECIPIENTS

LASCELLES STEPHENS, ELAINE BOMBERRY, HAVIAH MIGHTY AND CHRISTINA CASSARO, AND JEFF OJEDA TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THE HONOUR ROLL AWARDS EVENT ON MARCH 6 IN TORONTO, ON

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW

CONGRATULATORY ADS TO CELEBRATE THE HONOUREES AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE HERE

TORONTO, ON – January 12, 2023 – MMF Canada is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 15th Annual Honour Roll Awards: Lascelles Stephens (Deco Entertainment); Elaine Bomberry; Haviah Mighty and Christina Cassaro (DI:ME ARTS MGMT); and Jeff Ojeda (Phase Management). They will be formally celebrated at the Honour Roll Awards ceremony, taking place on Monday, March 6 at the Great Hall in Toronto, ON. Tickets are available here, and full details can be found below.

“This year's honourees, selected by the Honour Roll committee and MMF Canada Board of Directors, are an impressive bunch!” remarks Amie Therrien, MMF Canada Executive Director. “Lascelles' continued international success with Deborah Cox makes them a force to be reckoned with and Elaine has and continues to create meaningful opportunities for Indigenous artists. Christina and Haviah have been smashing boundaries and earning accolades worldwide and Jeff is making waves in the country and Americana realm with his artists and creating space for other LGBTQ2S+ and BIPOC industry professionals. I can't wait to see everyone and hope that our new venue and new show-only ticket and member pricing will open things up to more of our community to join us in celebration!”

Lascelles Stephens (Deco Entertainment) is the recipient of this year’s Honour Roll Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements and excellence in Canadian and international artist management. Stephens is a renowned Canadian composer, producer and music manager. With nearly three decades of experience, his keen ear for creating unique melodies has secured his position as one of Canada’s most versatile behind-the-scenes musical figures, having worked with notable artists like Simone Denny, Maestro Fresh Wes, and Glenn Lewis. In 1989, Stephens began collaborating with Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee, Deborah Cox, leading to the signing of Cox’s first record deal with Arista Records. Stephens and Cox have been bringing chart-topping hits to fans worldwide, and complementing each other’s respective musical expertise ever since. Bringing a new sound to R&B music, their work has been celebrated with numerous awards and nominations, including two Genie nominations for the songs written for the TIFF film, Love Come Down.

Previous recipients of the Honour Roll Award include Piers Henwood and Nick Blasko (2021), Sandy Pandya (2019), Susan de Cartier (2018), Chris Smith (2017), Lorne Saifer (2016), Rob Lanni & Eric Lawrence (2015), Gilles Paquin (2014), Jake Gold (2013), Larry Wanagas (2012), Terry McBride (2011), Sam Feldman (2010), Ray Danniels (2009), Bruce Allen (2008), and Bernie Finkelstein (2007).

The Brian Chater Pioneer Award, which is bestowed upon individuals who have been instrumental in creating the framework for music management in the Canadian entertainment industries, will be presented to Elaine Bomberry. Bomberry is Anishinabe and Cayuga, from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She now makes her home on the Capilano Rez, on the unceded Squamish Nation territory in North Vancouver. She has worked as a freelance Indigenous Performing Arts activist/promoter/manager/ TV and radio producer for over 35 years. Bomberry manages JUNO winner Murray Porter, helped create the Best Music of Aboriginal Canada recording category for the JUNO Awards in 1994, works with Rez Bluez, 2 Rivers Remix Festival, Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards, and also serves as the Artist Ambassador for the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund – working tirelessly to create opportunities for Indigenous artists.

Previous recipients of the Brian Chater Pioneer Award include Gary Slaight and Derrick Ross, Slaight Music (2021), Ron Sakamoto (2019), Riley O'Connor (2018), Duff Roman (2017) Michael Cohl (2016), Pegi Cecconi (2015), Brian Chater (2014), Neill Dixon & Steve Propas (2013), Donald Tarlton & Terry Flood (2012), Mary Martin (2011), and Leonard Rambeau (2010).

Recognizing the success of an artist and their manager for an exceptional year, the 2022 Banner Year Award (sponsored by SOCAN Foundation) will go to Haviah Mighty and Christina Cassaro (DI:ME ARTS MGMT). Mighty and manager, Cassaro, have made Canadian hip-hop history together. In 2019, with Cassaro in her corner, Mighty was the first Black woman and the first hip-hop artist to win the prestigious Polaris Music Prize, and she became the first woman to win a JUNO Award in the Best Rap Album/EP of the Year category in 2022. Mighty was also the only Canadian nominee at the 2022 BET Hip-Hop Awards in the Best International Flow category. Working together, this team is continuing to push forward to carve out spaces that boldly defy gendered expectations for women in hip-hop. With this drive and energy, there’s no doubt that there are more ground-breaking accolades and achievements on the horizon.

Previous recipients of the Banner Year Award include Jessie Reyez, Mauricio Ruiz and Byron Wilson (2021), Chris Taylor, Ashley Poitevin, Sarah Osgoode & Arkells (2019), Daniel Caesar, Matthew Burnett, Jordan Evans (2017), Joanne Setterington & The Strumbellas (2017), and Tony Sal & The Weeknd (2016).

And receiving the inaugural Trailblazer Award is Jeff Ojeda (Phase Management). This new award was introduced earlier this year, and was established to honour and recognize Canadian managers, or self-managed artists, who are carving new paths within the industry landscape. With 15 years of experience as a guitar technician, a branding specialist, and now a full-time manager, Ojeda is working to create space in the music industry, especially in the country and Americana realm, and creating space for other LGBTQ2S+ and BIPOC entrepreneurs. He’s working to pilot the first large-scale AmericanaFest festival and industry conference to Canada in the coming years, bringing much needed attention to the format in Canada. In the management space, Ojeda has taken his client, Kyle McKearney, to a national level in a matter of months with his debut album earning multiple award nominations and securing opening spots for international touring artists like Kip Moore, Dean Brody, and Brett Kissel. Ojeda also contributes to the community as a mentor, consultant, and instructor. 

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The MMF Canada Honour Roll, now in its 15th year, is a flagship event in the industry calendar, recognizing individuals for their outstanding achievements and contributions to Canada’s music management industry. The annually sold-out event brings together the award recipients and their guests, with past honourees, MMF’s Board of Directors, and other industry personnel, including executives from SOCAN, Sony, Warner, Universal Music, FACTOR, CIMA, MROC, Re:Sound, APA Agency, The Feldman Agency, Paquin Artists Agency, and others.

Congratulatory ads celebrating the honourees are available to purchase here (available at ticket selection). The ads will appear in both the printed program book and the celebratory video and will be available on MMF Canada’s Honour Roll Archives webpage and shared across MMF Canada’s social media platforms and email newsletter.

EVENT INFO:
15th Annual Honour Roll Awards
Monday, March 6, 2023
The Great Hall – 1087 Queen St W, Toronto, ON
6:00 p.m. reception / 8:30 p.m. awards presentation
Tickets available here

ABOUT MMF CANADA
MMF Canada is the national, collective voice for Canadian music managers, their artists, and self-managed artists working at all levels and in all genres. The non-profit organization provides professional development, networking and mentorship opportunities for its members and other industry professionals, ensuring that all can have access to the support and tools necessary for success. MMF Canada is also a fierce advocate, working alongside partner associations, ensuring that government and industry programs and policies best serve artists and managers. 

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SYLVAN ESSO ANNOUNCE MAJOR 2023 TOUR

INCLUDING BONNAROO, GREEK THEATRE, RED ROCKS
AND DOZENS MORE DATES FROM JUNE-SEPTEMBER
WITH SUPPORT FROM GRRL, DEHD & INDIGO DE SOUZA

CANADIAN DATES IN TORONTO AND VANCOUVER IN AUGUST
 
TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY
FOLLOWED BY PHYSICAL RELEASE OF NO RULES SANDY LP ON JANUARY 20

“Sylvan Esso’s electronic pop goes gleefully haywire”
The New York Times, Best Albums of 2022

TORONTO, ON - January 10, 2023 - After their most prolific and unpredictable year to date, Sylvan Esso are about to make 2023 even bigger. Today, the band announces a summer tour of nearly two dozen North American shows and counting, including the largest venues they have ever headlined. In support of their latest LP, No Rules Sandy, named one of the Best Albums of 2022 by The New York Times, the extensive run spans three months, bringing Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn to Bonnaroo, LA’s Greek Theatre, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Canadian stops in Toronto and Vancouver, and other illustrious stages from coast to coast, with GRRL, Dehd and Indigo De Souza. On top of their first EU and UK performances since 2017, a number of US festival appearances will also be revealed in the coming weeks.
 
Tickets to all newly added tour dates go on sale at 10:00 a.m. local time this Friday (January 13). Fans can sign up on sylvanesso.com for early access to tickets beginning Wednesday (January 11) at 10:00 a.m. local time. Find the list of shows below, and more information at sylvanesso.com/tour 
 
Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn never expected to make a whole new record in three weeks spent in a makeshift studio at a Los Angeles rental home during the start of 2022 – let alone their "most personal and experimental project" (Harper's Bazaar) - but next Friday (January 20) will see No Rules Sandy immortalized with a physical release. The album will be available as a deluxe vinyl LP, CD and cassette, and the band will mark the occasion with special events including a signing at NYC’s Rough Trade on January 18, and a DJ set/signing at LA’s Amoeba Music on January 25. Pre-order No Rules Sandy on a variety of formats at lnk.sylvanesso.com/NoRulesSandy
 
Showcasing “a truer blend of both Meath and Sanborn's skill sets” (NPR Music), the music of No Rules Sandy “challenges all expectations” (The New York Times), and has thus far been experienced in sold-out arenas with ODESZA, a surprise debut at Newport Folk Festival, an episode of Austin City Limits on PBS, wide-ranging conversations on CNN’s Amanpour, NPR’s All Things Considered and beyond. Between it all, Sylvan Esso also presented at the 2022 GRAMMY Awards, played three straight hometown shows at the Historic Durham Athletic Park, championed new artists and expanded the creative community around their record label Psychic Hotline, and introduced brand new duos with inaugural projects from The A’s (Fruit) and GRRL x Made of Oak (Inertia), which recently led Meath back to NPR’s Tiny Desk and Sanborn to an exhilarating set for Boiler Room. Stay tuned for much more that Sylvan Esso will share before returning to the road. 

NO RULES TOUR DATES:
June 14 - Asheville, NC - Rabbit Rabbit *
June 15 - Asheville, NC - Rabbit Rabbit *
June 16-18 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
July 1 - Gdynia, PL - Open'er Festival
July 2 - Berlin, DE - Metropol
July 3 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
July 4 - Dublin, IE - Vicar Street
July 6 - London, UK - Electric Brixton
July 7 - Lisbon, PT - Alive Festival
July 8 - Madrid, ES - Mad Cool Festival
August 4 - St. Charles, IA - Hinterland Festival
August 8 - Toronto, ON - History %
August 9 - Shelburne, VT - Ben & Jerry's Concerts on the Green %
August 11 - Washington, DC - The Anthem %
August 12 - Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall %
August 14 - Indianapolis, IN - TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park #
August 15 - Columbus, OH - KEMBA Live! #
August 17 - St Louis, MO - The Pageant #
August 18 - Kansas City, MO - Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland #
August 19 - Minneapolis, MN - The Armory #
August 22 - Ogden, UT - Ogden Twilight
August 24 - Troutdale, OR - Edgefield #
August 25 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre #
August 27 - Bend, OR - Hayden Homes Amphitheater #
August 30 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley #
August 31 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre #
Sept 1 - San Diego, CA - The Sound at Del Mar #
Sept 7 - Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl #
Sept 8 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren #
Sept 9 - Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe Opera Theatre #
Sept 10 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre #
 
* w/ GRRL
% w/ Dehd
# w/ Indigo De Souza

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SIGALA & MNEK SHARE NEW SONG RADIO

STREAM HERE

SIGALA’S SECOND ALBUM EVERY CLOUD
TO BE RELEASED MARCH 3


PRE-ORDER EVERY CLOUD HERE

8 UK Top 10 Singles
7 global Platinum Singles
9 global Gold Singles
7 Million UK sales
22 Million worldwide sales
4 Billion streams
Over 1 Billion video views

Toronto, ON – January 6, 2023 –British artist, producer and DJ, Sigala, kicks off 2023 in style by teaming up with powerhouse MNEK on collaborative single, Radio, released globally via Ministry of Sound. Listen here.

After eight UK Top 10 singles, a BRIT Nomination for Best Single for Lullaby, seven global Platinum singles, nine global Gold singles, seven million UK sales, 22 million worldwide sales, 4 billion audio streams and over one billion video views, Sigala is readying for the release of his second full-length album, Every Cloud.
 
Radio serves as the latest taster of the record and was co-created and sung by one of Sigala’s all-time heroes.
 
“MNEK, what a legend!” he beams. “I've followed his career since day one, when I was at uni. He's somebody that I've always dreamed of working with.”
 
And in the writing, he didn’t disappoint, even for a man well-used to using the studio as a creative playground.
 
I spent about two hours making a beat, getting some nice chords, whilst he was just chilling. And then he was like, 'OK, just play it through.' He's on his phone, typing down lyrics, then he jumps on the microphone. And literally 20 minutes later, he had written pretty much the whole song – and the vocal is the one that he sang in two takes!” Sigala marvels.“Just incredible. I was honestly blown away. It was like being in the presence of true genius.”
 
There is, accordingly, a freshness to the French disco feel of the track. That's something that I really wanted to keep true to; not overproduce it. It's such a simple production, but it's unique as well, with that offbeat bass going all the way through. It throws back to early 2000s and late 90s stuff, and even disco.”
 
Culturally, MNEK is considered a musical icon amongst the LGBTQIA+ community and has previously performed at New York World Pride 2019, UK Black Pride and featured on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK as both a coach and guest judge. After setting up a writing camp dedicated to supporting LGBTQIA+ singer/songwriters in 2019, MNEK has continued efforts to strive for more inclusivity within the industry as a contributor to the Guardian UK diversity panel and hosting his own YouTube panel, MNEKs Inter-Section, in conversation with five Black Queer artists/content creators.
 
He has clocked up an astonishing 13 years in the music business. With over four billion streams on MNEK written, featured and produced tracks, he has grown to become a true powerhouse within the British pop world. He has worked alongside some of the biggest names in the industry, collaborating with the likes of Zara Larsson, Stormzy, Years & Years and Craig David. He’s written with international stars such as Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Christina Aguilera, BTS, Mabel, Madonna, Kelly Rowland and Selena Gomez. His back catalogue includes a number of worldwide hits including, Ready For Your LoveNever Forget You, and Blinded By Your Grace. His hit with Joel Corry, Head & Heart, became a global success, topping the charts in several countries and taking the reign as the longest standing UK #1 single in 2020. 2022 saw his continued success both on and off stage with Where Did You Go?, his collaboration with Jax Jones, going platinum and spending an incredible 32 weeks on the charts, plus the launch of Island UK & Republic US’s hotly tipped female R&B trio FLO, and their debut EP, The Lead, which he executively produced.
 
On Radio MNEK adds “Bruce & I wrote this song a few years ago. It was such a fun and easy session and it’s really cool how he evolved the song into the record you’re hearing today!”

Every Cloud is the album Sigala has been working on from pretty much the minute he finished making his first, September 2018’s blockbuster, Brighter Days. The impressive debut album featured a stellar line-up of collaborators that included Kylie Minogue, Paloma Faith, French Montana, Ella Eyre, Becky Hill and more!
 
Sigala has had another incredible year, playing to fans across the globe and consistently releasing smash singles from the forthcoming collection. Every Cloud will also include Lasting Lover, with James Arthur, Melody, Stay The Night featuring Talia Mar, Rely On Me, and the David Guetta and Sam Ryder collaboration Living Without You. Collectively these releases have amassed a staggering half a billion streams and counting.
 
Available on various formats that include, digital release, vinyl, CD and cassette, Every Cloud is set to include another mammoth line-up of guest artists, which are soon to be revealed.
 
As well as new music, Sigala also announced a UK headline tour which kicks off in Dublin on March 5. The announcement of the album and tour continues on from a busy 2022, which saw his triumphant return to the live scene and play to thousands of fans across his sold-out North American tour. This year is set to be another standout for Sigala, who is looking forward to reengaging with his fans and bringing the Sigala experience to more live electrifying shows.
 
Sigala UK Tour 2023:
Sunday, March 5 –  3Olympia, Dublin
Tuesday, March 7 – NX, Newcastle
Wednesday, March 8 – O2 Academy, Glasgow
Thursday, March 9 – O2 Academy, Glasgow (*Extra Show Added)
Friday, March 10 – The Engine Shed, Lincoln
Saturday, March 11 – HMV Empire Coventry, Coventry
Wednesday, March 15 – Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday, March 17 – Electric Brixton, London
Saturday, March 18 – Tramshed, Cardiff
 
Order tickets for Sigala's 2023 UK tour here.

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ABOUT SIGALA
Sigala is the musical nom de plume of Bruce Fielder, a London-based house DJ, producer, and remixer. Launching his career with Easy Love, a Jackson 5-sampling track which topped the charts in the U.K. in 2015, he continued releasing bright, sunny dance-pop tunes featuring a variety of guest vocalists and producers. His 2018 full-length Brighter Days included collaborations with Kylie Minogue, Craig David, Sean Paul, and Nile Rodgers, among many others. Subsequent tracks featuring Becky Hill (Wish You Well) and James Arthur (Lasting Lover) continued his run of U.K. Top Ten hits. Stay the Night (with Talia Mar) appeared in 2022. Born and raised in Norfolk, England, Fielder started piano lessons as a child, and played in various bands after graduating university. He found work as a producer, and co-wrote Ella Eyre and Sigma's 2015 U.K. hit single, Good Times. His first solo single as Sigala was Easy Love, an energetic house tune built around a sample of the Jackson 5's iconic hit ABC. Released by Ministry of Sound, it entered the U.K. singles chart and shot up to number one in its second week. Fielder's second single, Sweet Lovin' (featuring singer/songwriter Bryn Christopher), hit number three and was certified gold or platinum in several countries. Several more hits followed in 2016, including Say You Do (featuring Imani and DJ Fresh), Give Me Your Love (featuring John Newman and Chic's Nile Rodgers), and Ain't Giving Up, a collaboration with Craig David that appeared on his sixth album, Following My Intuition. In 2017, Sigala co-produced the single, Show You Love, with Danish DJ Kato, sung by Hailee Steinfeld. He then paired with singer Paloma Faith for the 2018 single, Lullaby. Later that year, Sigala compiled ten of his previously released singles, as well as a handful of album tracks, to make up his debut studio album Brighter Days. Issued by Ministry of Sound, the LP reached number one on the U.K. Dance Albums chart. In 2019, he released the singles Wish You Well, with Becky Hill, and We Got Love, featuring Ella Henderson. Another song with Hill, Heaven on My Mind, appeared in 2020, and Lasting Lover (with James Arthur) became Sigala's eighth single to chart in the U.K. Top Ten. In 2021, Sigala released You for Me (with Rita Ora) and Runaway (with R3hab and JP Cooper). Solo single, Melody, and Talia Mar collaboration, Stay the Night appeared in 2022.
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MOONSHINE COLLECTIVE SHARE NEW VISUAL FOR DANCE FLOOR HEATER OFF-WHITE FEATURING VANYFOX

LISTEN TO NEW ALBUM SMS FOR LOCATION, VOL.5 HERE

Toronto, ON – December 15, 2022 – Today, Montreal’s JUNO Award-nominated collective, Moonshine, share a visual for Off-White featuring Vanyfox, a standout from their new album, SMS For Location, Vol. 5released on December 3 in partnership with FORESEEN Entertainment. Explosive, punchy and addictive, Off-White is a certified banger that'll heat up any dance floor while the video shows pool party debauchery, directed by London, UK-based, Daniel Amoakoh, who has directed several videos for Moonshine member, 2022 Polaris Music Prize-winner, Pierre Kwenders. The song features Vanyfox, an acclaimed producer now evolving between Lisbon and Paris. Watch Off-White here.

Over a year has passed since Moonshine’s celebrated, SMS for Location, Vol.4. A year during which the JUNO-nominated collective has traveled, played sold out tours and festivals in Europe, Africa and Americas, spinned beats, explored, but more importantly connected with like-minded visionaries and artists globally. This is exactly what shines through on Moonshine’s latest, SMS for Location, Vol. 5, a collection of 15 genre-busting tracks fusing batida, afrobeats, afro house, amapiano, bass-heavy, and pure electronic sounds. From club scenes in Montreal, Lisbon, Paris, Brussels, Los Angeles, to Kinshasa’s undefeated dancefloors, the crew is building bridges, subverting the paradigm through their now legendary parties. On SMS for Location, Vol. 5, Moonshine is activating the past in the present to secure a future for inventive electronic production. Listen to the album here.
 
Highlights on the album include Jamila, an afrohouse-infused Arabic love song delivered by the Moroccan-Canadian duo De.Ville - the infectious Vita Nzoto, featuring Kokoko! member Love Lokombe - the amapiano anthems Ofele (Remix), and Obomi Nga (featuring 2022 Polaris Music Prize winner, Pierre Kwenders, Uproot Andy, MC Azas, and MC RedBul) - and Pink, featuring Kris the $pirit. Read more about the album in the track-by-track.
 
Stay tuned for more Moonshine as the phases wax and wane, and learn more about the collective below.

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DOWNLOAD -  SMS For Location, Vol. 5 Artwork

About Moonshine
Depending on whom you ask, the esoteric effects of lunar cycles can be wide-ranging: good fortune, human fertility, ocean tides, werewolf prevalence and loss of sanity among them. For the like-minded musicians, DJs, dancers and visual artists who make up the Moonshine collective, the planetary satellite above all inspires their eponymous monthly event, driven by an inclusive ethos and a shared love for experimentations in dance culture.
 
Since its founding in 2014, Moonshine has carved out an enviable niche in Montréal’s nightlife milieu by celebrating a wide range of fledgling local talents, championing Afro-electronic, bass-heavy sounds, and bringing together communities that wouldn’t necessarily cross paths otherwise. As the name indicates, the lunar-based Moonshine recipe has the collective throw an all-night, sensory-soaked party on the Saturday after every full moon in ever-shifting, unpredictable locations across the city, always strictly disclosed via text messages. With fresh cuts supplied by resident DJs Pierre Kwenders, San Farafina, Vanyfox and AKantu, close friends such as Bambii, Foreigner, and Uproot Andy, visual installations, musicians, and a slew of live musicians and performers that have included Kaytranada, Dâm-Funk, Le1f, Venus X, and Branko, the parties have become a staple of the after-hours scene, in Canada and abroad, with appearances in NYC, LA, Paris, Brussels, Lisboa, Milan, Barcelona, Amsterdam or Santiago to name a few.

The essence of Moonshine came out of parties we used to throw in our kitchens,” recalls Kwenders. “We felt like we couldn’t go out and find what we had cooked up in that kitchen. It’s one of the reasons we started Moonshine: to share that with more people who felt just like us, and who didn’t have access to such sounds or vibes.” 

Still going strong four years on, Moonshine has also begun making use of the aesthetic, network and structure it established with the parties to promote affiliated artists, expanding its vision from ephemeral moonlit soirées to an expanding catalog of genre-busting music, art and apparel.

Learn more about Moonshine here
 
About FORESEEN
FORESEEN Entertainment is a black-owned record label & publisher based out of Toronto, dedicated to exposing cutting edge talent.  FORESEEN invests in talented creative artists, who can provide content that we can expose to a global audience. FORESEEN is dedicated to exposing talented artists and not creating them. www.foreseenent.com

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RWANDAN ARTIST ELOI EL PAYS HOMAGE TO HIS LATE FATHER WITH EMOTIONAL STICK TOGETHER EP

LISTEN HERE

WATCH VIDEO FOR ALBUM TRACK ECSTASY HERE

TORONTO, ON - December 9, 2022 - Rwandan artist, Eloi El, today releases his emotionally-charged, three-track EP, Stick Together, which pays homage to his late father who inspired him to become a musician. The release comes alongside an official video for Ecstasy, which is directed and produced by and stars Eloi himself. 

Stick Together blends chill house and pop-laden melodics, tied together by Eloi's soft vocals and romantic lyricism. With this release, he hopes to further his mission of bringing dance music to the forefront of Rwanda and Africa as a whole.

He says, “I have always wanted to deliver music that portrays different sides of my life. With this EP, I was finally able to create a body of work that embodies a vision I have had in my heart ever since starting my career in music. I used to feel limited on the kind of music I could create, but while making this EP, I felt free to create what I wanted. It’s allowed me to connect with new people and ultimately deliver music that will create memories and new worlds for listeners. This EP means so much to me and opened so many buried ideas – I hope that listeners see a new side of me when they hear this.”

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ABOUT ELOI EL:
While it was essentially inevitable that Eloi El would become a musician, the type of music he’s made his name on is something of a surprise. 

Born Eloi Muhoranimana, the pop/electronic producer was born and raised in the Rwandan capital of Kigali as part of a musical family lead by El’s father, a renowned guitar player who worked across genres including rumba and Afro-Jazz. Together with his siblings, El tinkered in the family’s small recording studio and by age 13 was performing live — playing guitar and singing in the Rwandan language of Ikinyarwanda.  

But El’s musical output and life path changed suddenly in 2018 via an unlikely influence: Kygo. Upon first hearing the superstar producer, El redirected his efforts from hip-hop and afrobeat productions to a style of dance music parallel to the Norwegian powerhouse’s. 

El honed his skills via YouTube tutorials on tropical house, deep house and chill house production. But with these genres having not yet caught on in Rwanda, El knew he had to go global. 

He dropped his debut song, the darkly bumping Frozen, via Latvian label Day Doses of House in 2020 and, after hustling to get 25 of his tracks released via an array of worldwide imprints, soon became the most streamed Spotify artist in Rwanda. 

Then, in 2021, destiny stepped in when Kygo’s Palm Tree Records got in touch, asking if El had unreleased music. He sent it over a few tracks and a week later was signed to the label founded by his idol. 
 
“It was just so insane,” El says. “It was unreal. I was speechless.”

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THE ARCS’ NEW SINGLE EYEZ WRESTLES WITH THE UNKNOWABLE IN THOSE WE THINK WE KNOW BEST

ELECTROPHONIC CHRONIC THE ARCS' FIRST ALBUM IN EIGHT YEARS COMES JANUARY 27 VIA EASY EYE SOUND

TORONTO, ON – December 8, 2022 – The Arcs have unveiled the latest preview from their forthcoming album, Electrophonic Chronic (out January 27 on Easy Eye Sound), today with new single, Eyez. Originally written with each member of the group - including the late Richard Swift - contributing in 2015, Eyez' serves as a profound examination of what we share with the world, and conversely, what we keep hidden in plain sight. Anchored by the sublime vintage synthesizers of Leon Michels, the lyrics of his co-producer, Dan Auerbach, mull the many roadblocks in the way of honest communication, even -  perhaps especially - in our closest relationships.
 
Listen to Eyez here and watch the accompanying video from animator/director, Robert "Roboshobo" Schober, here. Pre-order Electrophonic Chronic here
 
Many of these sentiments are pulled from the group's first-hand experience losing their own sical brother gone too soon:
 
“There’s a lot of mystery to most people," explains Auerbach. "You can work with someone for years and there will be things about them that you never know. Everyone has parts of their story they might not want written.”

The Arcs have previously shared singles, Keep On Dreamin' and Heaven Is A Place, from the new record, to universal excitement from NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Billboard and many more. Guitar World has celebrated the early singles for their "beguiling, eccentric and catchy" nature, while Brooklyn Vegan praised the "dreamy, groovy" arrangements within. Electrophonic Chronic takes its inspiration from the band's mutual obsession with recording and crate-digging, notably for vintage soul, old school garage and the space age pop of the 1960s. The collection follows The Arcs’ 2015 debut Yours, Dreamily, and features the band’s full original line-up of Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss, and Richard Swift.

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RACHEL BOBBITT SHARES THE CEILING DEMOS OUT TODAY VIA FANTASY

WATCH THE CEILING DEMOS VISUALIZERS 

"Rachel Bobbitt's latest collection is a steady hand held out in a shaky, patriarchal world." – CBC Music

"A distillation of the enormous and unutterable, Rachel Bobbitt's ‘More’ is an unflinching rumination on the uterus-bearing experience." – Exclaim!

"Striking... Poignant." – NPR

"Rachel Bobbitt’s tender, shimmering voice has the capacity to carry a massive weight of emotion — a weapon she wields very carefully." – Consequence

"Evocative indie rock." Brooklyn Vegan

TORONTO, ON - Tuesday, December 6, 2022 - Following the release of her fantastic 2022 EP, The Ceiling Could Collapse, emerging Toronto-based artist, Rachel Bobbitt, has shared The Ceiling Demos via Fantasy Records.  Available today, the three-song collection, which includes the tracks Bandages, More, and Gemini Ties, presents Bobbitt’s exquisitely drawn portraits in their early, informal incarnations, offering listeners another view into her unique, intimate artistry. Listen here and watch the EP’s visualizers here.

"These demos are self-recorded explorations into the songs that would become The Ceiling Could Collapse,” Bobbitt says. “They show the writing process at a more vulnerable stage before the polished guitar takes & refined vocals. These versions are an offering of the imperfect, frenetic, and passionate loose ends of a first draft. I hope you enjoy and thank you so much for listening.”

The Ceiling Could Collapse, which Bobbitt co-produced with Justice Der and was mixed by GRAMMY nominee, Jorge Elbrecht, was a long time coming. Bobbitt made a name for herself on Vine as a teenager, uploading covers of pop hits and classic tracks to the now-defunct social media site. As her profile rose, she found herself overwhelmed rather than inspired.

It was exciting to be doing what I loved, but it was difficult to be observed by that many people at that age where I simultaneously wanted to just shut myself in,” she says. “I’m grateful it ended when it did, because it gave me time to step back and think about what I wanted to create for myself.

Life runs in rhythmic loops, from the endless rotations of the earth to the running of tides and yearly rebirth of spring. Bobbitt knows that the bottom of those cycles can feel pretty chaotic. On her piercing and profound EP, The Ceiling Could Collapse, she finds moments of resonant emotion and frames them in heartbreaking lyrics and openhearted vulnerability.

After touring earlier this year alongside Indigo DeSouza, Sunflower Bean, Men I Trust and Bad Bad Hats, Bobbitt just wrapped a west-coast headlining run that featured shows in Denver, Oakland and Los Angeles, and east-coast dates including Boston, New York and Philadelphia supporting Mat Kerekes. 

Look for new music from Rachel Bobbitt in 2023. 

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ALI HASSAN ANNOUNCES 2023 COMEDY TOUR  DOES THIS TASTE FUNNY?

DATES ACROSS ONTARIO AND WESTERN CANADA TO TAKE PLACE THROUGH JANUARY, MARCH AND APRIL

TOUR BEGINS JANUARY 17 IN ST. CATHARINES, ON

DEBUT COMEDIC MEMOIR IS THERE BACON IN HEAVEN OUT NOW

TORONTO, ON – December 5, 2022 – Acclaimed stand-up comic, actor and radio personality, Ali Hassan, is thrilled to announce DOES THIS TASTE FUNNY? – his upcoming comedy tour across Ontario and western Canada. Kicking off on January 17 in St. Catharines, Hassan will hit 10 cities across the province, before heading west through March and April. See below for a full list of dates.
 
Audiences will be treated to Hassan’s signature dish of comedy, with much of his one-man stand-up show based around his decade working in the food industry, his connection to fine cuisine, and his struggles with over-eating. Hassan will also share some stories from his recently released comedic memoir, Is There Bacon In Heaven?. That title alone suggests how much Hassan loves food - not just content with food in this life, he’s wondering what’s going to be available to his stomach in the afterlife!
 
With a terrific blend of humour and insight, Ali Hassan’s DOES THIS TASTE FUNNY? is a hilarious, heart-warming and relatable show for audiences of all ages.  The tour is the perfect way to warm up the winter, and is a true can’t-miss!
 
DOES THIS TASTE FUNNY? TOUR DATES:
January 17 – St. Catharines, ON – Partridge Concert Hall
January 18 – North Bay, ON – Capitol Centre
January 20 – Milton, ON – FirstOntario Arts Centre
January 21 – Brampton, ON – Rose Theatre
January 22 – Guelph, ON – River Run Centre
January 25 – Mississauga, ON – Hammerson Hall
January 26 – Oakville, ON – Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts
January 27 – Markham, ON – Flato Markham Theatre
January 28 – Windsor, ON – Chrystler Theatre
March 14 – Regina, SK – Artesian on 13th
March 15 – Winnipeg, MB – West End Cultural Centre
March 16 – Medicine Hat, AB – Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
March 19 – Airdrie, AB – Bert Church Theatre
March 20 – Sherwood Park, AB – Festival Place
March 21 – Saskatoon, SK – Broadway Theatre
April 16 – Lake Country, BC – Creekside Theatre
April 18 – Oliver, BC – Frank Venables Theatre
April 19 – New Westminster, BC – Anvil Theatre
April 21 – Campbell River, BC – The Tidemark Theatre

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ABOUT ALI HASSAN:
Ali Hassan is a Stand-up Comic, Actor and CBC Personality. Ali is the host of the CBC Radio hit stand-up comedy show, Laugh Out Loud. Ali is also heard on CBC Radio, NPR and PRX as a frequent guest-host of the arts and culture show, q, and As It Happens, and for the past six consecutive years, Ali has hosted Canada Reads – the annual battle of the books celebrating the best of Canadian literature. Among his numerous film and TV credits, he was recently in the films My Spy and Mafia Inc., and appeared in recent seasons of Working Moms (CBC), Hudson & Rex (CityTV), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+). Television audiences can also see Ali as a recurring guest star in two new shows: Sort Of, on CBC GEM and HBO Max, on the new hit sitcom Run The Burbs on CBC Television. As a comedian, Ali has performed for audiences across Canada and internationally. Between 2017 and 2020, he toured his solo show Muslim, Interrupted to great acclaim. His comedic memoir, Is There Bacon in Heaven?, is out now with Simon & Schuster.

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AVI KAPLAN SHARES NEW 4-TRACK DIGITAL EP LIVE AT SUNSET SOUND

LIVE AT SUNSET SOUND – PRODUCED BY AVI KAPLAN AND
SHOOTER JENNINGS – AVAILABLE NOW

 
FEATURES LIVE IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCES OF SONGS FROM KAPLAN’S ACCLAIMED SOLO ALBUM FLOATING ON A DREAM
 
U.S. TOUR CONTINUES TONIGHT IN PORTLAND, OR

WATCH THE FIRST TWO EPISODES OF THE FOUR-PART INTERVIEW SERIES AVI KAPLAN & SHOOTER JENNINGS: BEHIND THE DREAM HERE

TORONTO, ON – December 2, 2022 – Rising indie singer-songwriter, Avi Kaplan, has shared Live At Sunset Sound, a brand-new four-track digital EP featuring live, in-studio performances from his acclaimed solo album, Floating On A Dream (released earlier this year). Produced by Avi Kaplan and Shooter Jennings, Live At Sunset Sound is available now at all DSPs, find it here.

Kaplan and Jennings, along with many of the players from the original Floating On A Dream sessions, reconvened earlier this summer to capture new, expanded takes on album favourites including I’m Only Getting Started, I Can’t Lie, All Is Well, and When I’m A Fool.
 
Avi Kaplan on Live At Sunset Sound: “It was a truly amazing experience to go back to Sunset Sound with Shooter and the band to breathe new life into a few of the tunes from Floating on a Dream. That studio has so much history and the magic in there was palpable that day. These new versions just flowed out of us and the performances that were captured are deeply special to me.”
 
The new EP arrives just as Kaplan has resumed his U.S. tour with another stop tonight, December 2, at the Revolution Hall in Portland, OR. The tour, with performances in Berkeley, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Boulder, Omaha, Des Moines, Indianapolis, Louisville, Dallas, and Houston, concludes with a show at the 04 Center in Austin, TX., on December 16. Find the full routing here and below. 
 
Kaplan and Jennings recently sat down for an in-depth discussion of their unique partnership and the making of Floating On A Dream. The new, four-part interview series entitled, Avi Kaplan & Shooter Jennings: Behind The Dream, debuted this week, find the first two installments here. The pair also shared a brand-new, irreverent and revealing edition of the quick hitting Q&A series Fantasy Flashcards, watch it here.
 
Produced by GRAMMY Award-winner Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker, American Aquarium) and mixed by Trina Shoemaker (Brandi Carlile, Queens Of The Stone Age, Sheryl Crow,) Floating On A Dream, Kaplan’s solo debut LP, is rendered in long shadows and moody high relief reflecting his Californian roots and fascination with the American West.
 
With country, blues, soul, tribal drums, and a touch of gospel underpinning his elemental acoustic driven rock, Kaplan explores matters of the heart, truth, morality, and the search for relevance across the album’s 11 original tracks. At the core though there is that voice. From a haunting falsetto to its deepest bass tones, Kaplan’s instrument is unlike anything else in modern music. While a few of these songs were penned shortly after Kaplan’s departure from Pentatonix in 2017; most were written specifically for this project. What ties them together is the richness and fluidity of his vocal range, which may even surprise longtime fans. 
 
Jennings stated, “I always know it’s going to be a good process in the studio when I’m working with somebody who really loves music, but also really adores the music that has come before. We both collect music and we’re inspired by it. Avi is an amazing singer and songwriter, this album is Ennio Morricone meets Bill Withers.”
 
Avi Kaplan - Live At Sunset Sound - Track List + Musician Credits:
1. I’m Only Getting Started (Live At Sunset Sound)
2. I Can’t Lie (Live At Sunset Sound)
3. All Is Well (Live At Sunset Sound)
4. When I’m A Fool (Live At Sunset Sound) 

Avi Kaplan – vocals, acoustic guitar
Shooter Jennings – electric/acoustic guitar, organ
Daniel Ellsworth – piano
Jamie Douglass – drums
John Schreffler, Jr. – guitar, pedal steel
Ted Russell Kamp – bass

Avi Kaplan - U.S. Tour 2022:
December 2 - Revolution Hall - Portland, OR with Kaleb Jones
December 6 - Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO - with Maddie Poppe
December 8 – Slowdown - Omaha, NE - with Maddie Poppe
December 9 - Wooly's - Des Moines, IA with Maddie Poppe
December 10 - Hi-Fi - Indianapolis, IN - with Maddie Poppe
December 11 - Headliners Music Hall - Louisville, KY - with Kaleb Jones
December 14 - Kessler Theater - Dallas, TX - with Kaleb Jones
December 15 - The Heights Theater - Houston, TX - with Kaleb Jones
December 16 - 04 Center - Austin, TX - with Kaleb Jones

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SAMANTHA FISH AND JESSE DAYTON TEAM UP TO RELEASE THE STARDUST SESSIONS OUT TODAY

WATCH BRAND NEW CADILLAC
 
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR COMMENCES DECEMBER 3 IN BAKERSFIELD

DECEMBER 4 WHISKEY A GO GO GIG TO BE LIVESTREAMED
 
NEW DISC OF 10 ORIGINAL SONGS PRODUCED BY JON SPENCER ARRIVES LATE SPRING VIA ROUNDER RECORDS

TORONTO, ON – December 2, 2022 - Guitar badass, Samantha Fish, and outlaw country maverick, Jesse Dayton, have released their first collaborative effort, The Stardust Sessions. This EP is available digitally via Rounder Records now. Listen here and watch Brand New Cadillac from the EP here.
 
It started out as an innocent co-writing session between the two musicians. They envisioned a sound that married the explosive blues with alt-rock. On the last day in their New Orleans studio, they jammed on some songs that embodied this musical aesthetic and were eager to hear how their voices and guitars meshed. So, they let tape roll, and the unexpected result was The Stardust Sessions. The pair recorded Brand New Cadillac, made famous by The Clash but originally written in the late 1950s by Vince Taylor, I'll Be Here in The Morning by Townes Van Zandt, and Feelin' Good by Magic Sam. Joining them in the studio were bassist Austin Clements (Omari Neville), and drummer Mike Dillon (Rickie Lee Jones, Les Claypool Garage Jazz Band), with Rueben Williams wearing the producer's hat. The Stardust Sessions will precede a full-length album containing 10 new original songs written by the pair and produced by the legendary Jon Spencer. The album, Death Wish Blues, will be released in late spring via Rounder Records.
 
On December 3, the wild pair will hit the ground running, first stop, Bakersfield, followed by a gig at LA's famed Whiskey A Go Go on December 4. This show will be live-streamed; tickets are available to buy here. Fish and Dayton plan on unleashing the three new cover songs in concert as well as unveiling several of their new tunes that will see the light of day with the release of Death Wish Blues.
 
An award-winning singer, songwriter, and lead guitarist, Samantha Fish has released six albums over the course of her acclaimed career, with 2019's Kill or Be Kind and 2021's Faster both appearing on Rounder Records. "It's not pure rock and roll, it's not pure blues, it's not pure soul, it's not pure pop — it's a mixture of everything," she says of her genre-bending sound, which has regularly taken Fish around the world. A road warrior, she performs 200 shows yearly, both domestically and abroad.
 
Jesse Dayton has been bringing his unique mashup of East Texas/Louisiana Blues, old-school country, and punk rock to the world since he released his debut album in 1995. Thirteen records later, he remains a staple on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country and the Americana Radio charts, where his debut LP Raising Cain reached Number 1. Jesse’s career reads like a veritable “who’s who” of American music. He’s toured with Social Distortion, Supersuckers, George Strait, Ryan Bingham, and L.A. punk pioneers X and has recorded with legends such as Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, and Willie Nelson. He has also recorded three soundtracks for filmmaker Rob Zombie. One can read about Dayton’s storied past in his 2022 memoir, Beaumonster.
 
Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton Tour Dates:
December 3 - World Records - Bakersfield, CA *
December 4 - The Whiskey-A-Go Go - Los Angeles, CA *
December 6 - Oven Auditorium - Charlotte, NC +
December 7 – DPAC - Durham, NC +
 
Jesse Dayton’s Band (supporting on the following dates)
December 8 - Rocky Mt, VA - Harvester
December 9 - Va Beach, VA - Elevation 27
December 10 - Winston-Salem, NC - Ramkat
December 12 - Alexandria, VA - Birchmere
December 13 - Warrendale, PA - Jergels
December 14 - Kent, OH - Kent Stage
December 15 - Westland, MI - Token Lounge
December 16 - Chicago, IL - Park West
December 17 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall
December 18 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
 
Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton
December 29 - Biloxi, MS - Ground Zero Blues Club **
December 30---New Orleans, LA - Tipitina's **
January 12 - Dallas, TX - Kessler Theatre **
January 13 - Austin, TX - 04 Cente r**
January 14 - Austin, TX - 04 Cente r**
January 15 - Houston, TX - Heights Theatre **
 
Samantha Fish
December 31 - Richmond, MO - Branded Steakhouse
January 19 - Beaver Creek, CO - Vilar PAC**
January 20 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre**
January 21 - Grand Junction, CO - Avalon Theatre**
January 22 - Fort Collins, CO - The Aggie**
January 25 - Memphis, TN - Lafayette's***
January 26 - Memphis, TN - Lafayette's**
January 27 - Nashville, TN - The Ryman++
January 28 - Macon, GA - Hargray Cap Theater**
January 29 - Asheville, NC - Salvage Station**
January 31 - Savannah, GA - District Live**
February 1 - Stuart, FL - Lyric Theatre**
February 2 - Ft. Lauderdale - Au-Rene Theater at Broward Center++
February 3 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live++
February 4 - Atlanta, GA - Symphony Hall++
February 5 - Walhalla, SC - Walhalla PAC**
February 7 - Chattanooga,TN - Barrelhouse Ballroom**
February 8 - Jacksonville, FL - Florida Theater**
February 9 - Melbourne, FL - King Center**
February 10 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall**
 
*The ZipGuns
**Eric Johanson
***Jeremiah Johnson
 
+Fish & Dayton supporting Allman Family Revival
+++Fish supporting Kenny Wayne Shepherd

www.samanthafish.com

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MOONSHINE COLLECTIVE SHARE NEW ALBUM SMS FOR LOCATION, VOL.5

LISTEN TO ALBUM HERE

Toronto, ON – December 2, 2022 – Today, Montreal’s JUNO Award-nominated collective, Moonshine, release their new album, SMS For Location, Vol. 5in partnership with FORESEEN Entertainment. Listen to the album here.
 
Over a year has passed since Moonshine’s celebrated, SMS for Location, Vol.4. A year during which the JUNO-nominated collective has traveled, played sold out tours and festivals in Europe, Africa and Americas, spinned beats, explored, but more importantly connected with like-minded visionaries and artists globally. This is exactly what shines through on Moonshine’s latest, SMS for Location, Vol. 5, a collection of 15 genre-busting tracks fusing batida, afrobeats, afro house, amapiano, bass-heavy, and pure electronic sounds. From club scenes in Montreal, Lisbon, Paris, Brussels, Los Angeles, to Kinshasa’s undefeated dancefloors, the crew is building bridges, subverting the paradigm through their now legendary parties. On SMS for Location, Vol. 5, Moonshine is activating the past in the present to secure a future for inventive electronic production.
 
Highlights on the album include Jamila, an afrohouse-infused Arabic love song delivered by the Moroccan-Canadian duo De.Ville - the infectious Vita Nzoto, featuring Kokoko! member Love Lokombe - the amapiano anthems Ofele (Remix), and Obomi Nga (featuring 2022 Polaris Music Prize winner, Pierre Kwenders, Uproot Andy, MC Azas, and MC RedBul) - and Pink, featuring Kris the $pirit. Read more about the album in the track-by-track.
 
Stay tuned for more Moonshine as the phases wax and wane in the months ahead and learn more about the collective.

SMS For Location, Vol. 5 Tracklisting:
1. Bleu Goma (featuring Bonaventure, Kingdom Gospel Club)
2. Calor (featuring Nayela)
3.  DaftBeat (featuring DJ N.K.)
4. Vita Nzoto (featuring Love Lokombe)
5.  Jamila (featuring De.Ville)
6. Pink (featuring Kris the $pirit)
7. Fonfon (featuring Sharabia)
8. Ofele (remix) (featuring Pierre Kwenders, Uproot Andy, MC Azas)
9. Obomi Nga (featuring MC Redbul, Mc Azas, Uproot Andy)
10. Nizar’s Wisdom (featuring Nizar Saleh, Félix Noé)
11. Na Cabeça (featuring NegoO, Sharabia)
12. Off-White (featuring Vanyfox)
13.  Beris (featuring Vanyfox, Dekkapa)
14. Obia (featuring  Èbony)
15.  Afrotopia (featuring Vanyfox, Jean Patrice Keka)

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About Moonshine
Depending on whom you ask, the esoteric effects of lunar cycles can be wide-ranging: good fortune, human fertility, ocean tides, werewolf prevalence and loss of sanity among them. For the like-minded musicians, DJs, dancers and visual artists who make up the Moonshine collective, the planetary satellite above all inspires their eponymous monthly event, driven by an inclusive ethos and a shared love for experimentations in dance culture.
 
Since its founding in 2014, Moonshine has carved out an enviable niche in Montréal’s nightlife milieu by celebrating a wide range of fledgling local talents, championing Afro-electronic, bass-heavy sounds, and bringing together communities that wouldn’t necessarily cross paths otherwise. As the name indicates, the lunar-based Moonshine recipe has the collective throw an all-night, sensory-soaked party on the Saturday after every full moon in ever-shifting, unpredictable locations across the city, always strictly disclosed via text messages. With fresh cuts supplied by resident DJs Pierre Kwenders, San Farafina, Vanyfox and AKantu, close friends such as Bambii, Foreigner, and Uproot Andy, visual installations, musicians, and a slew of live musicians and performers that have included Kaytranada, Dâm-Funk, Le1f, Venus X, and Branko, the parties have become a staple of the after-hours scene, in Canada and abroad, with appearances in NYC, LA, Paris, Brussels, Lisboa, Milan, Barcelona, Amsterdam or Santiago to name a few.

The essence of Moonshine came out of parties we used to throw in our kitchens,” recalls Kwenders. “We felt like we couldn’t go out and find what we had cooked up in that kitchen. It’s one of the reasons we started Moonshine: to share that with more people who felt just like us, and who didn’t have access to such sounds or vibes.” 

Still going strong four years on, Moonshine has also begun making use of the aesthetic, network and structure it established with the parties to promote affiliated artists, expanding its vision from ephemeral moonlit soirées to an expanding catalog of genre-busting music, art and apparel.

Learn more about Moonshine here
 
About FORESEEN
FORESEEN Entertainment is a black-owned record label & publisher based out of Toronto, dedicated to exposing cutting edge talent.  FORESEEN invests in talented creative artists, who can provide content that we can expose to a global audience. FORESEEN is dedicated to exposing talented artists and not creating them. www.foreseenent.com

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VENICE MUSIC NAMES DANI OLIVA AS NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS

TORONTO, ON - December 1, 2022 - Today, music and technology company, Venice Music, announces Canadian, Dani Oliva, as their Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs. Founded by Suzy Ryoo and Troy Carter, Venice is a home for artists and executives who want to thrive independently. In his new role at Venice, Oliva will lead Venice’s legal and business affairs strategy with regards to negotiating deals with artists and their teams as well as enabling strong commercial partnerships with streaming and social platforms.
 
We are beyond proud to welcome Dani to Venice. With his legal expertise as well as the distance traveled in his personal and professional journey, he is an incredible addition to our team and community at Venice.” says Ryoo. 
 
Dani’s passion for music, community, and music creatives is deeply aligned with our vision at Venice. Suzy and I are very excited for Dani to help lead the path forward alongside our executive team,” says Carter.
 
Prior to joining Venice, Oliva founded Oliva Law Group, P.C. in 2017 and since has worked through business, legal, and administrative issues with his clients, while also providing music consulting services. This year, Oliva received a platinum record (triple platinum in Canada) for his legal work on Ariana Grande’s 2x GRAMMY nominated album, Positions, on behalf of client JustAcoustic. In addition, Oliva also represented DOMi of the 2x 2023 GRAMMY nominated duo, “DOMi and JD Beck"

“I’m joining visionaries Troy Carter and Suzy Ryoo along with an incredibly talented, kind, passionate team of music lovers and professionals at Venice,” says Oliva. “I’ve spent the past twenty years helping music creators build infrastructure to support their careers and I’m excited to continue to do so through community, data, and technology driven solutions at Venice.”

In his 20-year music career, Oliva has made it his goal to serve underrepresented communities through actions such as co-founding Indigenous and LGBTQ+ owned Canadian record label, Alt Eden, with JUNO nominee, Jayli Wolf; co-founding music management company, Muk-Posh, whose roster includes Canadian artist, SYLO, Maddie Jay, and Blair Lee; participating in the Diversity Task Force for the American Bar Association Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, and more. Additionally, he founded Out of Mind music festival (formerly known as HomoBOP!), which pushes LGBTQ+ and BIPOC artists and vendors to the forefront, with successful events in Los Angeles and New York. The next event is Saturday, February 25, 2023, at The Echo in Los Angeles, CA.
 
ABOUT DANI OLIVA
Dani Oliva is a transgender, Canadian, artist advocate, speaker, and music attorney with over 20 years of experience helping talent creators thrive in the music business. Dani is the VP of Business and Legal Affairs for Suzy Ryoo and Troy Carter’s music and technology company, Venice. Previously, Dani founded Oliva Law Group, P.C. in 2017 and since has worked through business, legal, and administrative issues with clients ranging from Grammy Award Winners, Billboard Hot 100 #1 charting songwriters to music merchandising companies.

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ABOUT VENICE MUSIC 
Venice Music is a music & technology company for independent music creatives, professionals, and labels, co-founded and launched by Troy Carter and Suzy Ryoo in January 2021. “Artists need a lot more alongside distribution. We decided to build a more holistic solution,” says Troy Carter. Venice provides a new music ecosystem that grows with music creatives at the various stages of their career. Some of the services that Venice offers includes analytics, marketing, A&R support, educational content such as workshops, seminars, panels, sync and artist services office hours, partner discounts, live showcasing opportunities, and financial services.
 
Venice is also leading in bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3 with the purpose of unlocking more financial value for artists and fostering a direct relationship between artists and collectors. With a virtual community already growing, Venice intends to launch a new physical space for members in Los Angeles. Scheduled to open in 2023, Venice House includes recording studios, writing room, podcast studio, editing bays, outdoor work space, and a pool. The Venice Music community currently includes partners such as Aminé, Brent Faiyaz, KOTA the Friend, Rich Homie Quan, Verité, thuy, Ray Laurel and Riot Games Music.

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AMAI KUDA ET LES BOIS SHARE AUDIO-VISUAL ALBUM EMURGENCY! TODAY

LISTEN TO EMURGENCY!

WATCH VISUALS FOR LOVE SONGWHICH WAY,  OSHUN AND ESHU

RELEASE SHOW AT SMALL WORLD MUSIC CENTRE  IN TORONTO ON DECEMBER 9 - TICKETS

TORONTO, ON – November 25, 2022 – Today, Toronto-based group and movement, Amai Kuda et Les Bois, proudly deliver the long-awaited digital release of their album, EmUrgency!, available across all music platforms. EmUrgency! features album highlights, Love SongWhich WayOshun and Eshu; with the last three singles accompanied by animated videos co-produced by Nigeria's Spoof Animation. The videos are also trailers for a full animated series being developed under the album's title. "EmUrgency! is both an act of healing and an act of resistance," says Amai Kuda et Les Bois. A collection of prayer songs, war chants, lullabies and love ballads for our times, the project was composed over two years, with co-writing and production contributions by Amai's now 18-year old son, Imoja. EmUrgency! addresses issues of colonization, police brutality, parenting Black youth in a racist world, the protection of the environment, reclaiming African spirituality and decolonization. Listen to EmUrgency! here and watch the visuals here.

On December 9, Amai Kuda et Les Bois will celebrate the release with hometown Toronto audiences with a special concert at Small World Music Centre - tickets and information can be found here

The event will also be raising funds for Amai's initiative, the Sankofa Maroon Village (SMV), a physical and metaphysical space for African descended folk to rebuild healthy, rooted, sustainable community.   While working to establish the first Black eco-village in Canada, Sankofa Maroon Village have already provided low or no-cost healing and education to over 100 Black community members, despite having had no funding. You can find out more and support this powerful project here, and support here GoFundMe page.
 
To further explore the album's themes and educate audiences about African spirituality and history, Amai Kuda et Les Bois are collaborating with Spoof Animation, part of Africa's rising animation industry, for EmUrgency!'s visual series of the same name. Like the album, the animated videos for EmUrgency! engage with timeless themes found in traditional stories as well as issues of our times like racism, the legacy of colonization, environmental degradation, and ongoing movements to decolonize. Amai is committed to addressing the need for more Black animated content, and more popular media that portrays African spirituality and mythology in a positive, engaging format. "After 500 years of colonial genocide designed to erase us, I think that remembering and reclaiming who we are is, in fact, the most powerful way to fight back" she says.

Songs have been featured on the playlist, Ones to Watch, as well as several Spotify editorial playlists, CBC's Big City Small World, CBC's Fresh Air, Tinnitist, Rhythm Passport and Wildfire Music.

EmUrgency! Track Listing:
1. Sewing Seeds (Opening Prayer)
2. Which Way
3. Listen Child
4. Ecouché
5. Mother's Home
6. Warriors Gather (Prayer)
7. Eshu
8. Love Song
9. Oshun
10.Better Day
11. Granny Gets the Last Word (Closing Prayer)

DOWNLOAD – Press Photo by Samuel Engelking

DOWNLOAD – EmUrgency! Album Art

About EmUrgency!
EmUrgency! was recorded, mixed and mastered at Quantum Vox Music with co-producer, Jimmy Kiddo, and reflects Amai’s vast influences: Afrohouse, Motown, alt rock, hip hop and downtempo, with inflections of Amai’s Trinidadian heritage and Toronto upbringing in the mix. The album speaks to the struggles, wisdoms, and joys of Amai’s journey, being guided by ancestors and Orishas, and staying true to her calling as mother, healer, warrior and artist, despite the many obstacles facing Black, queer women in the music industry and society at large. On the songs, Amai delves into African Indigenous spiritual traditions, connecting with gods and deities of Yoruba cosmology, the anti-colonial war for survival, unconditional love, honouring elders, as well as the inner child and how to preserve it in times of struggle.  

About Amai Kuda et Les Bois
Amai Kuda et Les Bois don’t fit into the usual boxes. Breaking boundaries is part of their superpower. Not a band or a solo act, they prefer to call themselves ‘a movement.’ Led by Amai Kuda, their shows and albums always begin with the pouring of libations and the invocation of ancestors. This spiritual element weaves its way throughout all their music, whether that be soothing acoustic ballads, dancy electronic grooves or alt-rock-hip-hop-infused political tracks. Ecouché, for example, the “stunning new single” (Indie88) off the new album EmUrgency! is sung entirely in a language of ancestral communication and can’t be delivered the same way twice. It embodies what NOW magazine has called the group’s “tantalizing Afro-soul” fusion sound, "earthy and rootsy and good for your ears" (Errol Nazareth CBC in reference to AfroSoul Volume II: MaZai). Indeed, it is the genre-defying nature of their work which led their debut album, Sand from the Sea, to be named “one of the year's most exciting discoveries” (Nicholas Jennings - Canada's foremost music journalist).

Since that early accolade Amai Kuda et Les Bois have slogged away in Toronto’s music scene, performing at venues like the Jane Mallett Theatre, Harbourfront, The Rivoli, and festivals such as Luminato, Kultrun, and Small World, as well as at venues and community centres on four continents. Amai Kuda et Les Bois have certainly paid their dues, and they haven’t gone unnoticed. They’ve been featured in NOW magazine and on CBC’s Canada Live and Big City Small World, while a single from their 2019 release with Version Xcursion, Holding Back, premiered on Strombo Show. The group also won the Best Folk/Roots award as well as placing second for the Best Song at the Toronto Independent Music Awards. They’ve opened for Joel Plaskett, Kellylee Evans and Sarah Slean, and collaborated with M1 of the legendary Hip-Hop duo, Dead Prez on a call-to-action song called We Can Do It
 
All that said, the group is acutely aware of, and quite angered by, the glass ceiling in the music industry that keeps artists like themselves from reaching wider audiences. Their new album, EmUrgency! is largely about pushing back against this, and in the coverage it’s received thus far (The Strombo Show, CTV National News, RX Music Live, UMFM and CJRU), they’ve made a point of talking about it. For Amai Kuda et Les Bois, music is about healing - ourselves, our society and the earth, and that can’t happen unless we listen to the voices that have for too long been ignored. It is truly a ‘listening EmUrgency!’

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BEAUGÉ SOLEIL SHARE NEW SINGLE EAGLEAIRE

WATCHTOWER EP OUT EARLY 2023 VIA PUBLIC RECORDS

Toronto, ON – November 24, 2022 –  “Are you a person or a program?” asks Toronto-Ottawa-based duo, Beaugé Soleil (the collaborative soundchild of emcee/producer, Beaugé & singer/songwriter, Soleil). Born of a kinship sparked by a chance meeting at an open mic night, the duo invites listeners to lean into the question further on Eagleaire, the first single from their forthcoming EP, Watchtower, due early 2023 via Public Records. Bass-heavy production supports the bouncy beat of the track as Soleil's soulful vocals merge with Beaugé's poetic verses, as a reflection on ancestral lineage and foundations that fuel each step forward. Listen to Eagleaire here and read the lyrics here.

Inspired by various neo soul, hip-hop, jazz, blues & psych rock muses, Watchtower is a sonic experience that escapes its current landscape to create its own world. Produced by the enigmatic Ethics, multi-instrumentalist producer, Just Unlimited, and Beaugé (who is executive producer and mix engineer), Watchtower is comprised of a five-song journey featuring both duet and solo pieces showcasing each artist's dimensions, while adding depth to the vision that is "The Watchtower": music paying homage to those that paved the path without pantomiming the legends. Watchtower is a project made for heads that listen attentively, love deeply, live fully, share generously and connect consciously through rhymes, beats, and life. It is grounded on the world we live in and the conditions people are exposed to; the artists’ who have used their voice in the past that still echo today, and the idea that using our own voice can continue artistic tradition and build the future.

The EP draws from a highly collaborative process and workflow as a cumulative result of the duo's musical experiences and formation, which evolved through a chance meeting at an open mic night at Ottawa venue, Live On Elgin. Beaugé frequently performed at the event in anonymity upon returning to Ottawa to support his father. It served as a foundation to try new ideas and enabled him to reconnect with his birthplace and arts community. Listeners can expect to hear unique and contrasting sounds that form a subtle singularity, considering how different the collective are in their respective creative approach. 

Watchtower is also inspired by the visual arts. Soleil, a talented illustrator, drew a portrait of Beaugé's father, which graces their studio wall to this day. The concept of forefathers and roots resonate throughout the EP as both artists explore the impact of those that paved a path and created before them, be it family, friends and artists they admire. Soleil shared illustrations she had been musing on with Beaugé, which led to the art direction for the EP;  inspired by surrealist cartoon pieces and the overall vibe the duo felt creatively. The Eagleaire artwork was inspired by vinyl record covers for singles. 

Read on about both artists and their respective works below, and stay tuned as the duo continue to take flight.

DOWNLOAD - Press Photo by Dwayne Graham | DOWNLOAD - Eagleaire Art

About Beaugé (pronounced Bo-J):
Identities are easy to lean into, especially when your personal adversity and traumas fit into the current overplayed tropes saturating music’s cultural fibre. Beaugé experienced the loss, incarceration, and fast living many artists glamourize today. This background informs the creative choices found in his music; it's why you won’t find him “flipping the coke” every other bar. 
 
The son of respected Poet/Novelist and Haitian political exilé Jacqueline Beaugé Rosier; Dojo Bonski aka  Beaugé has quietly built relationships while honing his sound with his team (Ethics Gallardo, Just Unlimited, Dwayne Graham). Beaugé’s continued ties to Junia T, Roshin, City Fidelia and the Toronto indie scene have grown his network considerably.
 
Recently returning to Toronto, Beaugé spent the recent years forming a great kinship within the local art communities in Ottawa and Montreal. It was during this time while caring for his father until his passing in 2020, that Beaugé met Soleil. After years of discouraging his artistic efforts, and famously advising him to become an electrician after viewing his televised performance, Beaugé’s father raved about his new music with Soleil. A week later he passed due to complications after a fluke accident.
 
Remaining active prior to and during the pandemic has seen Beaugé perform at  Live On Elgin’s television broadcast via Rogers TV (2019), Kalmunity Music Week 2019 (Smif n Wessun), Bootlegger L'Authentique (2019), Live Sur Le Patio 2021 (Montreal QC), Junia-T & Friends (Longboat Hall) 2021. Fresh off the release of ODB featuring fellow Toronto artist, Tremayne (produced by Junia-T), Beaugé looks forward to sharing his latest project, Watchtower, a collaborative effort with Soleil. Music made with care and guided by lessons with love.


Beaugé: Website | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify | YouTube

About Soleil (pronounced:  s oh - l AI):
Soleil’s music plays the muse for a fiercely passionate and vocal woman who finds solace in expressing her vulnerabilities and strong personality through the songs she writes. Soleil sings because she has always been singing, apparently oozing melodies since before she could talk.

Growing up in Hespeler Village, a small town in Ontario, Soleil’s path took her far from those roots. From reckless travelling (and other things that should remain off paper) to sporadic open mic jams, Soleil followed her desires until she made it back to her proudly queer, Métis, authentic self. She fell in love with university and held on to her passion for learning and creating. A songstress with a degree in philosophy, Soleil is balanced and pragmatic in her approach to her art. 

Despite all her complexities, Soleil’s ability to find humour in any situation reflects the truly remarkable, yet playful essence of her voice. As she would put it, “I just can’t take myself seriously." Soleil met Beaugé at Live On Elgin, a staple in Ottawa’s art community. Their kinship grew slowly through the pandemic, through the loss of Beaugé's father, and was solidified with the portrait Soleil drew after their first studio session; an illustration of Dojo’s (Beaugé) father now framed and hanging on their studio wall.

Watchtower is the culmination of these events and the official beginning of Soleil and Beaugé’s journey. Soleil’s body of work includes collaborations with local peers and friends such as Snowbanks, Joby The Artist/Rich Grandpa, and Gio From Keppler 22.

In an era marked by artists trying to get clicks and clout, Soleil obsesses over takes, genuine feeling, and quality.  Soleil, or Moon Frye, as Beaugé calls her.

Soleil: Instagram | Spotify

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CADENCE WEAPON TEAMS UP WITH THE FEATURED ARTISTS COALITION (FAC), UNION OF MUSICIANS AND ALLIED WORKERS (UMAW) TO LAUNCH THE NORTH AMERICAN LEG OF THE 100% VENUES CAMPAIGN, #MYMERCH

400+ VENUES COMMITTED TO NOT TAKING A MERCH CUT, ALLOWING ARISTS TO MAXIMIZE EARNINGS ON ONE OF THE FEW LUCRATIVE ASPECTS OF TOURING

TORONTO, ON – November 21, 2022 – Today, 2021 Polaris Music Prize winner, Edmonton-born, Toronto-based rapper, producer, writer, poet and activist, Cadence Weapon (Rollie Pemberton), announces that he has teamed up with The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW), to launch the North American leg of the 100% Venues campaign, #MyMerch. The initiative calls on North American music venues and festivals to join the #MyMerch campaign and sign on to end the practice of taking merch cuts. Join the #MyMerch venue database here and tell your artist merch cut story here

“Touring bands have been pushed to the edge by rising costs related to the pandemic and inflation," Cadence adds. "Venues and festivals could provide us with immediate relief by stopping the practice of taking merch cuts from artists.”

What is a merch cut?
A merch cut is when a venue or festival takes a percentage of the artist's merch sales. Though artists bear the financial burden of designing,manufacturing, and shipping their merch, some venues and festivals choose to exploit artists by taking a merch cut. The percentage number has been steadily rising, with some venues now taking up to 20-35% of artist merch sales. Artists often learn about merch cuts after they agree to play at the venue, so they are unable to refuse. This lack of transparency traps artists into unfair financial agreements with venues.

About #MyMerch:
Touring in 2022 has been brutal for musicians – the financial risks of COVID-19 and heightened costs from inflation have made touring an uphill battle just to break even. To add insult to injury, many venues and festivals require merch cuts. A merch cut is when a venue or festival takes anywhere from 15% to 35% of the artist’s merch sales. This is an exploitative practice that interferes with one of the few ways fans can directly support artists in this challenging economic climate, and it must stop.  
 
Artists carry the financial burden of designing, producing, and shipping merch, and selling merch is one of the few ways artists can earn money on tour. It’s time for North American performance spaces to join the 400+ UK venues that have already committed to not taking a merch cut, and be part of a growing effort to transform the music industry for the better. 

Venues and festivals: sign up to be part of the 100% Venues campaign and take a stand against merch cuts!

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Register your venue
Tell your #MyMerch artist story here

About Cadence Weapon
Cadence Weapon is the Edmonton-born, Toronto-based rapper, producer, writer, poet, and activist Rollie Pemberton. Throughout his work, the multidisciplinary artist aims to preserve and resurrect Black cultural memory by forging connections between personal, local, and collective histories. Pemberton received the 2021 Polaris Music Prize for his fifth and latest album, Parallel World, an incisive project that uncovers the splintering realities both created and hidden by modern systems of inequality, atop blistering production that draws from UK grime, trap, and acid house.

Raised by a pioneering New York radio DJ father and piano playing mother, Pemberton started rapping at age 13. He cut his teeth performing live with his uncle’s funk band as a teen, but as one of the only rappers in Edmonton, he found endless outlets for his creativity on the internet, where there were no limits on discovering music. Pemberton thrived online finding samples, remixing songs, and battling rap strangers on message boards. As a university student, Pemberton penned alternative hip-hop reviews while crafting his debut album, 2005’s Breaking Kayfabe, the first of five albums that have been nominated for the Polaris Prize.

Earlier this year, he released Parallel World (Deluxe Edition): an eclectic blend of offerings that pulls Cadence Weapon's music into new, curious shapes and continues the conversation that he started with Parallel World, featuring remixes by Martyn Bootyspoon (Montreal), Ciel (Toronto), CFCF (Montreal), and Harrison (Toronto). As a nod to his affinity for UK grime and club culture, as well as his desire to showcase Black talent across the diaspora, Pemberton also enlisted the two London up-and-comers, grime MC Logan and experimental club producer, Loraine James.

Cadence is an active advocate in many communities; both in the arts and in the cities he calls home. Cadence also launched his debut  memoir, Bedroom Rapper (May 31, McClelland & Stewart). For more writing and observations, check out his Substack newsletter.

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About MNRK Music Group
MNRK Music Group is one of the largest independent music companies in the world, with recording, music publishing, and management divisions operating in every major music market. MNRK is committed to discovering and guiding top music creators and artists and works with some of the greatest musical talent including The Lumineers and Pitbull, the music publishing catalog of Chuck Berry, plus premier music companies Dualtone Music Group and Last Gang. The company’s music department services Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning producers. Its catalog across divisions consists of 54,000 music tracks, including multiple GRAMMY winners and platinum-selling hits. To learn more visit mnrk.com.

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FOUSHEÉ RELEASES MUSIC VIDEO FOR SPEND THE MONEY FEATURING LIL UZI VERT

NEW ALBUM softCORE OUT TODAY!

RECEIVED FIRST GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR
CO-WRITING STEVE LACY’S BAD HABIT

Toronto, ON – November 18, 2022 – Today, genre-defying singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Fousheé, is thrilled to unveil the music video for the Lil Uzi Vert-supported trackspend the money, from her highly anticipated debut album, softCORE, out now via RCA Records. Watch and listen to spend the money here. Listen to softCORE here.
 
The spend the money music video chronicles Fousheé throughout an evening of darkness and indulgence. The shadowy aesthetic accentuates the sultriness of the song, giving viewers a hint of mystery as to what the night has in store for her.
 
Fousheé is easy to call a “multi-hyphenate” - but just when you think you have a grasp of her, you don’t.  The genres blur - alt, folk, rock, R&B; the collaborators extend - Lil Wayne, Steve Lacy, Uzi, Yachty; the accolades continue - Pitchfork, W Magazine, Respect Magazine, Rolling Stone, Flaunt, V Magazine, Okayplayer. Fou effortlessly shares stages on the most high profile tours - opening for James Blake and touring with friend and collaborator Steve Lacy, with whom she co-penned the 2022 breakout and recently Grammy-nominated song: Lacy’s Bad Habit. And while Fousheé refuses to be pinned down, the art blooms.
 
softCORE, is no exception.  Refusing to walk the establishment line of what a female artist is “supposed” to do, worse yet, to be, she weaves punk and rage into the sweet folk tapestry that catapulted her to half a billion streams. softCORE is a punk record in the most pointed sense of the word. Stepping outside of the expectations for what listeners have heard from her so far, softCORE is purely peerless. The album is a true melting pot of influences, genres, sounds, all anchored by Foushee’s incredible voice and her impeccable songwriting, both of which imprint even the angriest songs with hooks for days.  Multiple listens bring up other sonic trailblazers like Le Tigre, The Runaways, Kelis, Atari Teenage Riot, 100 Gecs, Gwen Stefani, and Lil Uzi Vert, who guests on the song spend the money. On softCORE, the camera boldly swings from romantic, 4AD guitar tones to rapid-fire beats to intensely screamed declarations to classic R&B balladry, but it all works seamlessly.  Simply put, it sounds like the future.
 
softCORE is an album that embraces anger and vulnerability, and we guarantee you that you will not hear another album as remarkably diverse and fantastically singular this year. 

 softCORE TRACKLISTING:
1. simmer down 
2. i’m fine 
3. bored 
4. supernova 
5. spend the money (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)
6. die
7. simulation
8. unexplainable
9. smile 
10. stupid bitch
11. scream my name 
12. let u back in
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BILLY STRINGS’ FIRST ALBUM WITH HIS FATHER, TERRY BARBER, ME/AND/DAD OUT TODAY

NEW MINI-DOC DEBUTS

2023 HEADLINE TOUR CONFIRMED INCLUDING 15 ARENA SHOWS

“exuberant interplay…a match made tender by the familiar harmonies of these two lifelong picking partners” —NPR Music

“No matter your musical affiliation, this one will draw you in. It’s a cross-generational celebration paying tribute to Strings’ musical roots, welcoming both strangers and old friends to gather ’round” —No Depression

“one of the best guitar players in music” —American Songwriter

“The pair harmonize beautifully…a sound that can only be replicated by blood, highlighting the magic that motivated Strings to create this project with his father”
The Boot

That familial connection is palpable…three-part harmonies that evoke echoes of Appalachia’s revered high lonesome sound, with Strings and Barber’s vocal registers, in particular, blending together seamlessly” —Glide

TORONTO, ON – November 18, 2022 – Me/And/Dad, GRAMMY award-winning singer, songwriter and musician, Billy Strings’, first album with his father, Terry Barber, is out today on Rounder Records. Stream/purchase here. The product of a longtime dream, the record features new versions of 14 bluegrass and country classics that the two have been playing together since Strings was a young child. 

In celebration of the release, a new mini-doc is debuting today, which captures Strings and Barber throughout the record making process. Watch/share here. Strings was also recently featured on CBS Sunday Morning speaking with correspondent Conor Knighton. Watch the profile here

Produced by Strings and Gary Paczosa and recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studio, the record finds Strings and Barber playing with familiar ease, naturally trading off leads both vocally and on guitar. In addition to Strings and Barber, the album features an all-star band including bassist Mike Bub, mandolinist Ron McCoury, banjo player Rob McCoury, and fiddler Michael Cleveland, as well as special guest appearances by Jerry Douglas, Jason Carter and Strings’ mother, Debra Barber, who sings on the final track, I Heard My Mother Weeping.

Reflecting on the project, Strings shares, “As long as I can remember, I wanted to make a record with my dad. I’ve been burning up and down the highways the last 12 years, and as time slips away, you start thinking, ‘I need to make time.’ It’s been a bucket list thing for me, something I’ve been afraid I wouldn’t find the time to do. And that scared me; not doing this record scared me.”  

Known for his electric live shows, Strings will continue his headline tour next year including 15 newly confirmed arena dates. Upcoming stops Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena (two nights, both sold out), Atlantic City’s Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena (three nights), Charlottesville’s John Paul Jones Arena (two nights), Atlanta’s State Farm Arena and Charleston’s North Charleston Coliseum (two nights) among others. Additionally, following his two-night stand at Bridgestone Arena, Strings will return to the historic Ryman Auditorium on February 26 for a third Nashville show. See below for complete itinerary.

The new record follows Strings’ widely acclaimed, GRAMMY-nominated album, Renewal, which landed on several Best of 2021 lists including The Bitter Southerner, No Depression, Glide, The Boot, Folk Alley and was one of the Top 50 Most Played Albums at Americana Radio last year. Produced by Jonathan Wilson, the record was released to overwhelming praise with The New York Times declaring, “a premier bluegrass mind for this post-everything era…he has zigged and zagged between the form’s antediluvian traditions and rapid-fire improvisations that hit like hard bop, all within songs with hooks so sharp that he seems poised for crossover stardom.”

Raised in Michigan and now based in Nashville, Strings is known as one of music’s most compelling artists. Since his 2017 debut, he has been awarded Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, Artist of the Year at the 2022 Americana Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year and Song of the Year at the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Awards (the organization also named him Entertainer of the Year and Guitar Player of the Year in 2021), Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards, Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards and has performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, PBS’ Austin City Limits and Bluegrass Underground. A respected figure across all genres, Strings has also collaborated with a wide variety of artists. 

BILLY STRINGS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
November 18—Washington, DC—The Anthem (SOLD OUT)
November 19—Washington, DC—The Anthem (SOLD OUT)
November 29—Oslo, Norway—Rockefeller Music Hall (SOLD OUT)
November 30—Copenhagen, Denmark—Vega
December 1—Stockholm, Sweden—Slaktkyrkan (SOLD OUT)
December 3—Berlin, Germany—Columbia Theater (SOLD OUT)
December 4—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Melkweg (SOLD OUT)
December 5—Cologne, Germany—Die Kantine
December 7—London, UK—O2 Forum Kentish Town (SOLD OUT)
December 8—Manchester, UK—O2 Ritz Manchester (SOLD OUT)
December 9—Dublin, Ireland—The Academy (SOLD OUT)
December 11—Glasgow, UK—Galvanizers Yard (SOLD OUT)
December 30—New Orleans, LA—Lakefront Arena
December 31—New Orleans, LA—Lakefront Arena (SOLD OUT)
February 2—Denver, CO—1STBANK Center (SOLD OUT)
February 3—Denver, CO—1STBANK Center (SOLD OUT)
February 4—Denver, CO—1STBANK Center (SOLD OUT)
February 16—Atlantic City, NJ—Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
February 17— Atlantic City, NJ—Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
February 18—Atlantic City, NJ—Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena (SOLD OUT)
February 21—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena
February 22—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena
February 24—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena (SOLD OUT)
February 25—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena (SOLD OUT)
February 26—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
March 3—Winston-Salem, NC—Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum – Doc Watson’s 100th Birthday Show
March 4—Winston-Salem, NC—Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
March 7—Athens, GA—Georgia Theatre
March 10—Atlanta, GA—State Farm Arena
March 11—Charleston, SC—North Charleston Coliseum
March 12—Charleston, SC—North Charleston Coliseum
March 16—Cincinnati, OH—The Andrew J Brady Music Center (SOLD OUT)
March 17—Cincinnati, OH—The Andrew J Brady Music Center (SOLD OUT)
March 18—Cincinnati, OH—The Andrew J Brady Music Center (SOLD OUT)

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quinnie RELEASES TWO TRACK HOLIDAY BUNDLE TITLED thank you wisdom angel i love you

INCLUDES COVER OF silver bells
AND AN ORIGINAL silver second


LISTEN & WATCH HERE

Toronto, ON – November 18, 2022 – Songwriter and indie artist, quinnie, is easing into the holiday spirit with a two-track holiday bundle titled thank you wisdom angel i love you. It includes a cover of the Christmas classic, silver bells, and an original that she wrote when considering the bittersweet nature of the holiday season, called silver second. Listen and watch the lyric videos here.
 
Of silver second quinnie says, “I wrote this about the holiday season, watching yourself and your family get older, being present, and savoring the rare moments when everyone gets to be in the same room once a year.” 
 
Prior to this announcement, quinnie has released a steady stream of music, with most recent offering being itch. The New York Times was effusive in their praise of itch noting, quinnie’s “…mixture of tentativeness and bold declaration, bedroom-pop intimacy and multitrack craftsmanship.” Listen to itch here and watch the video here.
 
Regarding itch, quinnie says, “this song is about how i used to be scared of falling in love because i enjoy longing for things and people. found out you’ll know u really love somebody if loving them feels even better than wanting them.”
 
Prior to itch, quinnie released man, which was the first follow up to her breakout track, touch tank. Initially turning heads when a 23-second snippet made waves across TikTok, the success of touch tank translated to Spotify and Apple Music where quinnie has amassed over 22 million streams combined. Pitchfork noted, “She pairs verses recorded with the raw intimacy of an iPhone voice note with… a bedroom-pop chorus that fuses eroticism and romance, going on to hail it as “an affectionate homage to a new love that feels like a breath of freshwater.
 
As a self-described “very sensitive 21-year-old,” quinnie went from writing songs as a kid to releasing independent projects, such as a gold star, in 2019. She is bitingly funny, she is brutally honest, she loves the underwater world and sea creatures, and she will help you escape if you let her. It’s already happened with touch tank, and she’ll continue to open up her world with more music to come in 2022 and beyond.

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KORN SHARES NEW REMIX OF WORST IS ON ITS WAY

FEATURING HEALTH, DANNY BROWN 
AND FLATBUSH ZOMBIES' MEECHY DARKO


LISTEN HERE | WATCH HERE

KORN'S LATEST ALBUM REQUIEM OUT NOW 
VIA LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS

TORONTO, ON – November 17, 2022 – This year, Korn released their latest album, Requiem, via Loma Vista Recordings, and in support, performed multiple sold out global headline tours in addition to the intimate one-off performance of Requiem Mass at the Hollywood United Methodist Church in Los Angeles. Today, the band shares a new remix of Requiem standout single, Worst Is On Its Way, reworked by HEALTH with verses from Danny Brown and Meechy Darkoof Flatbush Zombies.

The remix arrives with a video that nods to the original Worst Is On Its Way music video, which was directed by Craig Bernard and Culley Bunker and depicted the band's high energy performance of the song in greyscale as individual members of the band are decomposed into animated particles with a series of visual effects and now also features appearances from Brown and Darko. Listen to the Worst On Its Way remix here, and watch the video here.

There has long been a dialogue between Korn’s music and hip hop, with the genre playing a large influence on the early development of Korn musically and aesthetically. In turn, Korn pioneered a new genre which has had a lasting impact across various strands of music. Notably, their influence has been particularly visible in some of the most exciting names in rap over the last decade - both sonically and aesthetically. Danny Brown especially has long cited Issues as his favourite album and went on to cover Freak On A Leash for Red Bull's Danny Brown v. Rico Nasty SoundClash in 2021, which set Twitter buzzing with fans asking for a collaboration. Most recently, Brown spoke with Jonathan Davis for The Talkhouse this summer. With this new version of Worst Is On Its Way, Brown and fans' wishes are brought into fruition with the two finally joining forces.

Worst Is On Its Way is not the only collaboration Korn has been planning. Yesterday, the group released their own hot sauce, Here to Slay, through HEATONIST as an ode to their Bakersfield, CA roots. Not too hot but loaded with flavour from roasted corn, onion and the best chipotle peppers marinated in adobo, the sauce will taste perfect on tacos, burritos, burgers, chili, and more. Korn's Here To Slay hot sauce is available for purchase here.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
May 13, 2023 - Las Vegas, NV @ Sick New World

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ABOUT KORN:
Korn changed the world with the release of their self-titled debut album. It was a record that would pioneer a genre, while the band’s enduring success points to a larger cultural moment. The FADER notes, “There was an unexpected opening in the pop landscape and Korn articulated a generational coming-of-angst for a claustrophobic, self-surveilled consciousness. Korn became the soundtrack for a generation’s arrival as a snarling, thrashing, systemically-restrained freak show.”

Since forming, Korn has sold 40 million albums worldwide, collected two GRAMMYs, toured the world countless times, and set many records in the process that will likely never be surpassed. Korn has continued to push the limits of the rock, alternative and metal genres, while remaining a pillar of influence for legions of fans and generations of artists around the globe.

The level of Korn’s reach transcends accolades and platinum certifications. They are “a genuine movement in a way bands cannot be now,” attests The Ringer. They represent a new archetype and radical innovation, their ability to transcend genre makes barriers seem irrelevant.

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MIRANDA JOAN SHARES A LOVE SONG TO DWAYNE “THE ROCK” JOHNSON IN I LOVE YOU, DWAYNE

LISTEN & WATCH VIDEO FILMED IN BROOKLYN FEATURING 2D DWAYNE

LISTEN & WATCH PREVIOUS SINGLE OVERSTIMULATED

Toronto, ON – November 16, 2022 – Canadian-born, New York City-based singer-songwriter and musician, Miranda Joan, throws it back with a love song parody to a fixture of her childhood, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Known for her thoughtful songwriting and alluring, soul-infused pop and R&B, Miranda shares the second single I Love You, Dwayne from her upcoming album. Infused with her sultry vocals and hooky melodies, I Love You, Dwayne taps into a different side of Miranda's personality with this playful and comedic tribute to the life and career of the wrestler turned actor. Listen to I Love You, Dwayne here

Miranda says of the piece: “This is my love song to Dwayne, but it also is a nod to my childhood. The fact that I knew about Dwayne Johnson at all was largely due to the male influences in my life. I remember sitting through pay-per-view matches when I was young, sandwiched between my brother and his friends, and wanting so badly to hang out with the big kids. During lockdown, I fell down the Dwayne rabbit-hole because of my Dad’s recommendation to watch Hobbs and Shaw. I now know more about Dwayne’s life than I ever would’ve imagined; every line of my song is a reference to his life and career. I may not have started writing I Love You, Dwayne as a super-fan, but I can certainly say I ended up as one. The answer to your next question is yes, I do love Dwayne.”  Read the lyrics here.

The song was produced by CARRTOONS and Miranda, alongside featured instrumentalists including Jake Sherman on rhodes-piano, Randy Runyon on guitar and Chris Ott, Jon Lampley and Dan White of The Huntertones on horns. 

In the process of working on this song in early pandemic lockdown, while being away from her family, Miranda shares: “It was an opportunity to connect with my loved ones, in particular my brother. We would go back and forth with Dwayne references and, in a time when the separation was weighing heavily on my family, those phone calls with my brother were an opportunity to joke around, suspend our realities and feel something close to normal.”

The single is accompanied by a music video shot on the streets of Brooklyn. It begins with Miranda in a re-creation of Dwayne’s iconic 90s look and continues to evolve. The classic blue jeans turn into knee-high denim boots and the chain comes off to reveal Miranda with “Dwayne” as the pair workout, indulge in a cheat-meal, sip on some Teremana and stare down any and all Jabronis that cross their paths. The video was made entirely by a female cast, and directed, produced and styled by a Canadian crew, who became as invested in the Dwaynedom as Miranda was. Watch I Love You, Dwayne here.

While learning more about Dwayne’s Canadian roots, Miranda discovered that the prolific entertainer had a brief stint in the Canadian Football League prior to becoming a wrestler, and has Canadian citizenship through his Nova Scotian father. Miranda also drew inspiration from Dwayne’s life story and ethos sharing, "Dwayne is about hard work, persistence and love. Family is something he celebrates and it has been a prominent through line in his life. And in this way I do feel kindred with him. His relentless drive was particularly inspiring as I began to work on the music video. It came together during a particularly rough time in my life and there was something both hilarious and empowering about having that cardboard cutout set up in the corner of my room. I’d look over at Dwayne in his power pose, ask him sheepishly what he was looking at, and then return to my work. He is the embodiment of strength in more ways than one and it’s been a fun ride having him in my corner, literally.”

I Love You, Dwayne follows Miranda's sultry, end of summer jam, Overstimulated. It is accompanied by a cinematic visual filmed on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Listen to it on Bandcamp and all platforms here, and read the lyrics here. It is accompanied by a cinematic visual filmed on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Vida Fodonaand styled by Brazilian fashion brand, Santa Maria. Watch Overstimulated

The tracks are a sample of Miranda Joan's forthcoming album, set to launch in 2023.

About Miranda Joan:
Miranda Joan is a Canadian soul-pop singer and songwriter born in Montréal and raised in Vancouver. Currently based in Brooklyn, Joan maintains strong roots in Canada. Joan divides her time between countries and it was her university studies in jazz that originally brought her to New York, a city whose grittiness and intensity has influenced her artistry as profoundly as her bi-coastal upbringing. The fluidity that came with growing up along the Pacific ocean in Vancouver and the joy-de-vivre and creativity that Montréal exudes continue to shape Joan's personally, artistically and spiritually. Both her French and English backgrounds have made their way into her writing, which orients itself around story and lyrics and is largely influenced by her reverence for soul and pop music.

Miranda Joan was selected as one of First Up with RBCxMusic Emerging Artists in 2021, shared the virtual stage at CMW and has received radio airplay in Vancouver and Los Angeles. Living in NYC, Joan has performed on national tours and played sold-out shows as well as headlined well-known NYC venues. In 2019 she performed at the Montréal Jazz Festival with the Orchestre National de Jazz de Montréal, led by Sly5thAve in a tribute to Dr. Dre, and she is a co-host and co-founder of Brooklyn’s Femme Jam (NYC’s first all-female led jam session) which is a community initiative to create a womxn-led space with an emphasis on female musicians that fosters inclusively and creates community. Arts mentorship has been an important through-line in Joan’s career and for the past eight years she has been a music mentor with the non-profit SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young where she works with youth 8-18 who stutter. 

Joan has shared the stage singing background for high-profile artists such as Andy Grammar, Brandon Victor Dixon (Hamilton), Christopher Jackson (Hamilton), Surf Mesa, Lorde and Shawn Mendes.

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DUNES DAY HAS ARRIVED

DEBUT ALBUM PAST LIVES OUT TODAY 

L.S. DUNES SET FOR SPECIAL RELEASE DAY
IN-STORE PERFORMANCE TONIGHT AT FINGERPRINTS MUSIC IN LONG BEACH, CA.
 
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR KICKS OFF TOMORROW
WITH SOLD OUT SHOW IN TORONTO ON NOVEMBER 22

"Fiery... nonstop, dynamic fun" — Revolver
 
"Catchy, punky post-hardcore" — Brooklyn Vegan
 
"These guys all know what they are doing!" — Stereogum
 
"This is 100% real and no, you are not dreaming" — Ones To Watch
 
"Brimming with an urgency and plenty of energy" Loudwire
 
“An outstanding collection of punk and hardcore anthems from those who have shaped the genre in the recent years” ****Upset (UK)

TORONTO, ON – Friday, November 11, 2022 – Today, L.S. Dunes – guitarist Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance), guitarist Travis Stever (Coheed & Cambria), vocalist Anthony Green (Circa Survive), bassist Tim Payne (Thursday), and drummer Tucker Rule (Thursday) – have released PAST LIVES, their highly-anticipated debut album via Fantasy Records. Listen to/purchase the album here.
 
Produced by Will Yip (Turnstile, Circa Survive, Quicksand) and recorded at his Studio 4 Recording in Philadelphia, PA., Past Lives navigates themes of fearlessness, dependency, nonconformity, and impermanence in a boundary pushing synthesis of post-hardcore and punk¾that has established L.S. Dunes as one of the year’s most compelling new arrivals. From the gripping, theatrical opener, 2022, and the blazing Bombsquad, to the pummeling, expansive, Permanent Rebellion, and the disarming album closer, Sleep Cult, Past Lives is an electrifying and emotional ride. 
 
After the shock of the pandemic shutdown, the close friends and mutual admirers urgently realized that "tomorrow" is not promised. "We never knew if we would ever get to play these songs together; in fact, none of us lifelong musicians really knew if we'd ever be able to play music for a live audience ever again," Iero recounts. "Permanent Rebellion is about taking back what is rightfully yours," Rule added. "We wanted to do something where you can hear all our bands in it and yet, not have it sound like any one in particular. Our roots are punk rock and hardcore, and the vibe is hope for all the lost souls.” 
 
Early praise has come from all corners of music’s global literati including Stereogum, NME, Consequence, Ones to Watch, Brooklyn Vegan, Revolver, Kerrang, Alternative Press, and Loudwire just to name a few. In their 5-STAR review, New Noise declared, “Past Lives may be one of the best and most unexpected albums to drop this year,” adding, “Every song is a masterclass in songwriting…You are not going to want to miss this album.” Spin also stated, “Every member of L.S. Dunes contributes their unique world-class abilities to the melting pot of the band, all pushing each other to new heights in the process.” Sputnik said Past Lives is, “absolutely thrilling,” and Rock Sound’s (UK) rave review affirmed, “The stunning title track is a sentimental, inspiring, undeniable piece of alternative music genius that will stick with you, and the band that created it, for years to come.”
 
L.S. Dunes made their highly anticipated debut performances at Chicago’s RIOT FEST on September 15 and Sacramento’s AFTERSHOCK FESTIVAL on October 8.  Both dates featured songs from the new album, a taste of the energetic, cathartic shows fans will experience on their upcoming headlining North American tour which begins tomorrow (Saturday, November 12) at the Garden Amphitheater in Garden Grove, CA, and includes a sold out show in Toronto at the Velvet Underground.
 
Find the complete tour itinerary, including recently announced European shows here and below.  In addition, the band will celebrate the release of Past Lives with a special, release day in-store performance at Fingerprints Music in Long Beach, CA., check here for more information.

L.S. DUNES ON TOUR:
November 12 — Garden Grove, CA — Garden Amphitheater
November 13 — San Francisco, CA — Bimbo's 365
November 14 — Los Angeles, CA — Troubadour  SOLD-OUT
November 18 — Mexico City, Mexico — Corona Capital SOLD-OUT
November 22 — Toronto, Ontario — Velvet Underground SOLD-OUT
November 25 — Asbury Park, NJ — Asbury Lanes SOLD-OUT
November 26 — Philadelphia, PA — First Unitarian Church  SOLD-OUT
November 27 — Boston, MA — The Sinclair SOLD-OUT
November 29 — Brooklyn, NY — Music Hall of Williamsburg SOLD-OUT
November 30 — Baltimore, MD — Ottobar SOLD-OUT
January 27 – Glasgow, UK – The Garage
January 28 – Camden, UK – Electric Ballroom
January 29 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy SOLD-OUT
January 30 – Birmingham, UK – 02 Academy Birmingham
February 1 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg
February 2 – Paris, France – Trabendo
February 3 – Cologne, Germany – Luxor
February 4 – Berlin, Germany – Hole 44
February 5 – Prague, Czech Republic - Meet Factory
May 27 – Atlantic City, NJ – Atlantic City Beach

ABOUT L.S. DUNES:
L.S. DUNES super-charge their heavy anthems with punk energy into a sound unlike anything that has come before it. From the gripping, theatrical opener, 2022, and the crunchy, frenetic earworm, Like Forever, to the pummeling, expansive Permanent Rebellion, and the disarming album closer, Sleep Cult, Past Lives is an electrifying and emotional ride. 
 
Past Lives was produced by Will Yip (Turnstile, Circa Survive, Quicksand) and recorded at his Studio 4 Recording in Philadelphia, PA. Going deep on issues of fearlessness, dependency, nonconformity, and impermanence, writing for the album was a collaborative effort. 
 
After the shock of the pandemic shutdown, the close friends and mutual admirers urgently realized that "tomorrow" is not promised. "We never knew if we would ever get to play these songs together; in fact, none of us lifelong musicians really knew if we'd ever be able to play music for a live audience ever again," Iero recounts.
 
"Permanent Rebellion is about taking back what is rightfully yours." Rule adds, "We wanted to do something where you can hear all our bands in it and yet, not have it sound like any one in particular. Our roots are punk rock and hardcore, and the vibe is hope for all the lost souls."
 
Original, aggressive, and intense, L.S. DUNES is the next great leap in rock's grand evolution. 

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half•alive RELEASE NEW SINGLE HIGH UP ALONG WITH THE MUSIC VIDEO

NEW ALBUM CONDITIONS OF A PUNK TO BE RELEASED DECEMBER 2

TORONTO, ON – November 11, 2022 – Long Beach based trio, half•alive, release their new single, High Up, along with the music video via RCA Records. High Up was co-produced with Ethan Gruska and the music video is co-directed by Kevin Clark (Finneas, Son Little) and half•alive’s Josh Taylor. Watch here and stream here.
 
High Up follows the band’s latest offering and lead single, Did I Make You Up?, which came alongside the beautiful music video that returned to the familiar half•alive choreographed dance and one-take style. Check it out here
 
Both tracks are featured on the band’s forthcoming sophomore album, Conditions Of A Punk, which will be released on December 2. Through a collection of 18 tracks, this new body of work explores the breaking and mending of a heart, the realigning of a soul. Conditions Of A Punk embodies the band at their most vulnerable and most mature musically. Pre-order here.
 
Josh Taylor from half•alive says, “High Up is a love song about killing the projected idea of love in exchange for what it actually is. throughout the song i’m speaking to Love as a person, as if its going to kill the current idea of what i thought Love to be..“behind your back a cold surprise in favor of the 3rd degree. i took a breath & took the knife, no i won’t defend the killer in me.”
 
I co-directed the video alongside my new friend Kevin Clark. Within 10 minutes of first meeting each other, we already had the concept for the video..both of us feeling drawn to the visual of a car driving through rain soaked streets in the middle of LA. like a downpour of emotion, flooding the streets of my mind, begging me to react to it…within 2 weeks we were on set watching a rain machine dump water on my 1980s Mercedes as 30 friends of mine run circles around it. somehow i convinced them it would be a good time. everyone got soaked. the film was accomplished. high fives & smiles all around.”

About half•alive:
The music of half•alive breathes, evolves, grows, and changes alongside the lives of the Long Beach trio—Josh Taylor [vocals], Brett Kramer [drums], and J Tyler Johnson [bass]. half•alive officially came to life on the 2017 EP, which sparked a palpable buzz on the strength of The Fall and Aawake At Night. Over the course of the next year, they crafted what became their massive breakout still feel. which has been RIAA certified Gold, rocketed into the Top 10 at Alt Radio and has over 276 million worldwide streams to date. The video organically surpassed the 10 million mark within two months as the song garnered acclaim from NPR’s coveted All Songs Considered and more. The trio sold out their formal debut headlining tour in 2019 which included 2 sold out shows at The Fonda Theatre in LA. The tour also included stops at major music festivals including Lollapalooza, Outside Lands and Bumbershoot. Later that year the band made their late-night television debut with a very special performance of still feel. on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Check out the incredible and unique performance here. They also performed RUNAWAY on The Late Late Show with James Corden. In August 2019, they released their debut album Now, Not Yet which has amassed over 611 million streams worldwide to date. half•alive was named YouTube’s Artist on the Rise and their live Vevo DSCVR performances of RUNAWAY and arrow showcase their incredible creative artistry. In 2020, half•alive released their EP in Florescence, an audio and visual project that included orchestral arrangements of 4 tracks off their critically acclaimed debut album Now, Not Yet as well as videos for 3 of the 4 songs to accompany them. Earlier this year, the band shared their EP Give Me Your Shoulders, Pt. 1 featuring Move Me which was Most Added at Alt Radio around its launch and What’s Wrong which has garnered over 20.1 million streams worldwide. The band also performed What’s Wrong on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. 

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SIGALA X GABRY PONTE X ALEX GAUDINO SHARE NEW SINGLE RELY ON ME

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SIGALA’S SECOND ALBUM EVERY CLOUD
TO BE RELEASED MARCH 3, 2023


PRE-ORDER EVERY CLOUD HERE

8 UK Top 10 Singles
7 global Platinum Singles
9 global Gold Singles
9 Million UK sales
11 Million worldwide sales
4 Billion audio streams
Over 1 Billion video views

Toronto, ON – November 11, 2022 –British artist, producer and DJ Sigala teams up with Gabry Ponte and Alex Gaudino for Rely On Me, which is released globally today via Ministry of Sound.

Rely On Me serves as the curtain-raiser for the rollercoaster next chapter in Sigala’s rise and rise: the release, in March 2023, of his long-awaited second album. Every Cloud is the album Sigala has been working on from pretty much the minute he finished making his first, September 2018’s blockbuster, Brighter Days. The impressive debut album featured a stellar line-up of collaborators that included Kylie Minogue, Paloma Faith, French Montana, Ella Eyre, Becky Hill and more!
 
On Rely On Me, Sigala flexes his unerring ability to open up to, and dig deep with, a diverse and international range of co-writing/producing talents spanning the horizon of electronic music – in this case Italian GRAMMY-nominated and multi-platinum DJ and producer Gabry Ponte and his countryman Alex Gaudino, the legendary label-runner, sampling wizard and hitmaker.

“Rely On Me is another one that's based on a cheeky sample, a song called 2 Times, which was big in the late 90’s.” Sigala explains of the 1999 hit for British-born Italian Eurodance phenom Ann Lee. “Alex came up with it – he's famous for sampling songs before it was really a thing, going back to ‘Destination Calabria’ and some of his other huge tunes.”
 
Gabry Ponte adds, “Working on this track together was simply amazing. It is always exciting to collaborate with fellow DJ/producers with a taste and identity of their own. Specifically, Rely On Me is a song of disarming elegance and simplicity, the keys to its beauty. As the motto goes, 'less is more'." 
 
“The irresistible piano chord progression paired with Clementine Douglas’s beautiful vocals and an extremely catchy melodic hook are the winning ingredients of this crossover track. It’ll make you feel happy from the very first listening!” shares Alex Gaudino.
 
Sigala has had another incredible year, playing to fans across the globe and consistently releasing smash singles from the forthcoming collection. Every Cloud will also include Lasting Lover, with James Arthur, MelodyStay The Night featuring Talia Mar and the recent David Guetta and Sam Ryder collaboration, Living Without You. Collectively these releases have amassed a staggering half a billion streams and counting.
 
Available on various formats that include, digital release, vinyl, CD and cassette, Every Cloud is set to include another mammoth line-up of guest artists, which are soon to be revealed.
 
As well as new music. Sigala also announced a UK headline tour which kicks off in Dublin on March 52023. The announcement of the album and tour continues on from a busy 2022, which saw his triumphant return to the live scene and play to thousands of fans across his sold-out North American tour. 2023 is set to be another standout for Sigala, who is looking forward to reengaging with his fans and bringing the Sigala experience to more live electrifying shows. 
 
Sigala UK Tour 2023:
Sunday, March 5 – 3Olympia, Dublin
Tuesday, March 7 – NX, Newcastle
Wednesday, March 8 – O2 Academy, Glasgow
Friday, March 10 – The Engine Shed, Lincoln
Saturday, March 11 – HMV Empire Coventry, Coventry
Wednesday, March 15 – Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday, March 17 – Electric Brixton, London
Saturday, March 18 – Tramshed, Cardiff

DOWNLOAD - Rely On Me Artwork | DOWNLOAD - Press Photo

ABOUT SIGALA
Sigala is the musical nom de plume of Bruce Fielder, a London-based house DJ, producer, and remixer. Launching his career with Easy Love, a Jackson 5-sampling track which topped the charts in the U.K. in 2015, he continued releasing bright, sunny dance-pop tunes featuring a variety of guest vocalists and producers. His 2018 full-length Brighter Days included collaborations with Kylie Minogue, Craig David, Sean Paul, and Nile Rodgers, among many others. Subsequent tracks featuring Becky Hill (Wish You Well) and James Arthur (Lasting Lover) continued his run of U.K. Top Ten hits. Stay the Night (with Talia Mar) appeared in 2022. Born and raised in Norfolk, England, Fielder started piano lessons as a child, and played in various bands after graduating university. He found work as a producer, and co-wrote Ella Eyre and Sigma's 2015 U.K. hit single, Good Times. His first solo single as Sigala was Easy Love, an energetic house tune built around a sample of the Jackson 5's iconic hit ABC. Released by Ministry of Sound, it entered the U.K. singles chart and shot up to number one in its second week. Fielder's second single, Sweet Lovin' (featuring singer/songwriter Bryn Christopher), hit number three and was certified gold or platinum in several countries. Several more hits followed in 2016, including Say You Do (featuring Imani and DJ Fresh), Give Me Your Love (featuring John Newman and Chic's Nile Rodgers), and Ain't Giving Up, a collaboration with Craig David that appeared on his sixth album, Following My Intuition. In 2017, Sigala co-produced the single, Show You Love, with Danish DJ Kato, sung by Hailee Steinfeld. He then paired with singer Paloma Faith for the 2018 single, Lullaby. Later that year, Sigala compiled ten of his previously released singles, as well as a handful of album tracks, to make up his debut studio album Brighter Days. Issued by Ministry of Sound, the LP reached number one on the U.K. Dance Albums chart. In 2019, he released the singles Wish You Well, with Becky Hill, and We Got Love, featuring Ella Henderson. Another song with Hill, Heaven on My Mind, appeared in 2020, and Lasting Lover (with James Arthur) became Sigala's eighth single to chart in the U.K. Top Ten. In 2021, Sigala released You for Me (with Rita Ora) and Runaway (with R3hab and JP Cooper). Solo single, Melody, and Talia Mar collaboration, Stay the Night appeared in 2022.
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JACK KAYS: NEW EP CESSATION OUT NOW

TORONTO, ON – November 11, 2022 – Today, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, Jack Kays, has released his new EP, CESSATION. The 5-track project is an extremely vulnerable collection of songs that chronicle the lifespan of a man and his journey to sobriety starting at ages 10-17 with Wish You Well and concluding with a reflection of an entire life with The Walk. Listen here. Arriving alongside the EP is a live performance video for 28 – watch here.
 
Speaking about CESSATION, Kays says “I’ve been writing this EP for the past two years. It means so many different things to me, and I could go on and on about it, but if there’s one thing to take away from it, it’s that in order for something to live, something else has to die. I think it’s so easy to hold on to old ideas but letting go is the best thing you can do for yourself. I learned that the hard way.” 
 
In support of the project, Jack has been on his first-ever headline tour titled ‘The Man with a Guitar.’ Kays has brought his captivating live show to cities across North America and will perform at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom tonight in celebration of the EP release. See full routing below and visit www.jackkays.com for tickets and more information.
 
CESSATION Tracklist:
1. Wish You Well
2. Finally Fine
3. When It’s All Over
4. 28
5. The Walk 

Jack Kays – The Man with a Guitar Tour
11/11 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
11/13 - Boston, MA - Sinclair
11/15 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry At The Fillmore *Sold-Out*
11/17 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall (Rescheduled from 11/6)
11/19 - Atlanta, GA - Vinyl *Sold-Out*
11/22 - Cincinnati, OH - Top Cats *Sold-Out*

Jack Kays – The Man with a Guitar Tour
11/11 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
11/13 - Boston, MA - Sinclair
11/15 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry At The Fillmore *Sold-Out*
11/17 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall (Rescheduled from 11/6)
11/19 - Atlanta, GA - Vinyl *Sold-Out*
11/22 - Cincinnati, OH - Top Cats *Sold-Out*

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THE ARCS OFFER CATHARTIC REMEMBRANCE OF LOST LOVED ONES ON HEAVEN IS A PLACE

FIRST ALBUM IN EIGHT YEARS ELECTROPHONIC CHRONIC ARRIVING JANUARY 27 VIA EASY EYE SOUND

TORONTO, ON – November 10, 2022 – The Arcs have returned today with Heaven Is A Place, the second look at their new album, Electrophonic Chronic, coming out January 27 via Dan Auerbach's, Easy Eye Sound. Behind a sea of dreamlike tones from The Arcs' Leon Michels on Rhodes and B3, Auerbach adds blistering electric guitar to this lament for love gone too soon. On the group's first album together since 2015's Yours, Dreamily, and the first since the passing of their bandmate, Richard Swift, there’s a moving poignancy that resonates through the lyrics of Heaven Is A Place: "heaven is a place I know, where all the lovers go / and when they die / everything they had on Earth is multiplied."

Listen to Heaven Is A Place here and watch the accompanying video from animator/director Robert "Roboshobo" Schober here.
 
Co-produced by Auerbach and Michels, Electrophonic Chronic features the full original line-up of The Arcs including Swift, Nick Movshon and Homer Steinweiss. The collection was announced last month to excitement from Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Billboard and many more; lead single, Keep On Dreamin’, was named one of the best new songs of the week by a range of outlets from NPR Music to Guitar World. The Arcs also reunited with longtime visual collaborators Roboshobo and El Oms for Electrophonic Chronic. While El Oms illustrated the album art for the new project — as he did for Yours, Dreamily, in 2015 — Roboshobo illustrated and animated the videos for Heaven Is A Place and Keep On Dreamin’, as well as each of the forthcoming advance tracks.
 
Recorded largely before Richard Swift's passing, Electrophonic Chronic was sparked by the band's mutual obsession with recording and crate-digging, taking inspiration from genres including vintage soul, old school garage and the space age pop of the 1960s. After a period where, as Michels puts it, "I think all of us couldn’t really listen to the music, couldn’t really face it and try to finish it," Auerbach and Michels finally revisited those sessions during the pandemic last year; completing what they started with their late musical brother.
 
"This new record is all about honoring Swift," Auerbach adds. "It’s a way for us to say goodbye to him."
 
The Arcs - Electrophonic Chronic Track List:
1. Keep On Dreamin’
2. Eyez
3. Heaven Is A Place
4. Califone Interlude
5. River
6. Sunshine
7. A Man Will Do Wrong
8. Behind The Eyes
9. Backstage Mess
10. Sporting Girls Interlude
11. Love Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
12. Only One For Me
 
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DAVID STRICKLAND SHARES VIDEO FOR LVL UP FEATURING DREZUS, ASPECTS, AND PROGNOSIS

LISTEN TO SPIRIT OF HIP HOP: ELEMENTS

TORONTO, ON – November 10, 2022 – Renowned Canadian-Indigenous artist, record producer and engineer, David Strickland, has been celebrating the release of his new album, Spirit Of Hip Hop: Elements (August 26, MNRK Music Group). Today, he shares a video for standout track - LVL Up - a motivational song about progress driven by agility, determination and focus, be it your music career, personal life and beyond. Calgary-based Indigenous rapper and activist, Drezus, Ottawa artist and Outlaw By Nature member, Aspects, and Six Nations-based artist Prognosis come together to deliver fierce rhyme and verse as David gets behind the boards to bring forth a foundation of fluid, key-driven, bass-booming, brooding beats. Watch  LVL Up here.  

The video was directed, filmed and produced by ReelWolf Productions at Six Nations of the Grand River. On the song and video, David says: “It’s time to LVL Up in life, in everything. Be the best you possible, otherwise, you ain’t on my level. Positive over Negative. We coming to show and prove on every LVL.” 

Throughout the month of September, David Strickland curated Spotify's Indigenous playlist; a space for Indigenous creators in Canada to curate the playlist with their favourite Indigenous artists of the moment. On National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Friday, September 30), the playlist graced Spotify’s Yonge & Dundas billboard in Toronto for the entire weekend, featuring David's signature Every Child Matters artwork to honour the day. Check out the art here.

From his hustle in studios across North America, working with industry greats on GRAMMY and JUNO-winning projects, to exploration in the world of NFTs, and giving back to Indigenous communities through charitable endeavours, David blazes his own path.  Spirit Of Hip Hop: Elements continues the journey of 2020 acclaimed project, Spirit Of Hip Hop, and its 2021 counterpart, Spirit Of Hip Hop (Remixes) and is a comprehensive project highlighting North America’s most promising Indigenous rappers, and represents the connection between the Indigenous community and the Hip-Hop community. 

In addition to a powerful opener by David's long-time mentor and iconic photographer, Ernie Paniccioli, you can hear an incredible lineup of guests including: Artson, Que Rock, Divine Brown, Pooky G, Blessed, Stenn Jodi,  J25, Wolf Castle, JRDN, Stump Gets, Skye Stoney,  Jace Martin, Kalem Moses, Wolf Castle, Stun, Crystal Shawanda, Joey Stylez, Q052,  & Tribe NO GANG, Violent Ground, Choclair, Kingcon and Julian Taylor. Listen to the album here.
 
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NOISY RETURN WITH FIRST RELEASE OF 2022 ALLIGATOR

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FAST FWD TO FRIDAY CLUB NIGHT RETURNS IN 2023
 
PREVIOUS COLLABORATIONS INCLUDE HIGH CONTRAST,
1992, THE PROTOTYPES & ZERO

 
SOLD OUT 2022 HEADLINE UK TOUR INCLUDES XOYO
 
RECENT SETS AT READING & LEEDS (RADIO 1 DANCE STAGE), MAD COOL, KENDAL CALLING, NEIGHBOURHOOD WEEKEND & MIKE SKINNER SUPPORT
 
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Toronto, ON – November 10,  2022 – Electronic dance trio, NOISY, return with their first official release of the year, in the form of 90s-inspired dance anthem, Alligator, out now via Concord Records. Listen to the single here and watch the music video here.
 
The new single not-so-quietly reintroduces NOISY to the world, elevating their sound to another level once more. Exploding out the gates with bigger breaks, harder hooks and refined sampling, Alligator is a modern-day 90s dance anthem, paying homage to Livin’ Joy’s classic vocal, Dreamer
 
Created on a writing trip to The Prodigy’s hometown of Braintree, this local inspiration is evident on the new single, sonically bringing a Prodigy-esque spirit to the new offering. The accompanying music video continues a tradition of high-octane, larger-than-life videos for the band. In this instance, they’re joined by two live alligators.
 
On the new single, singer Cody said: “I used to have a recurring nightmare as a kid that an alligator was trying to eat me so that’s where the lyrics came from. We spent a week writing in an airbnb near Braintree and Alligator came pretty quickly after getting gassed on the Livin’ Joy sample. I remember one of the first times hearing that tune and feeling a rush of euphoria and excitement, and now it’s so iconic. It was also the perfect excuse to get a real life alligator in a music video which was mad. There were actually 2 of them, Wendy and Alli G. They were surprisingly pretty chill."
 
The past few years have been all gas no breaks for NOISY. Collaborations have been bountiful, from High Contrast remixing 24/7 to releases with the likes of The Prototypes, 1991 and Zero. The music truly comes to life on stage, and the group enjoyed knock out festival slots at the likes of Reading & Leeds (Radio 1s Dance Stage), Mad Cool, Kendal Calling, Neighbourhood Weekend. The group also opened for Mike Skinner ahead of embarking on their UK headline tour which came to London for a sold-out XOYO show. 2023 will see the return of the group's celebrated club night Fast FWD To Friday, which will come to Brighton’s Prince Albert on January 13, 2023. Tickets are available on Monday November 14.
 
NOISY’s touring schedule has been eventful in more ways than one. Last year they made the headlines between shows when their tour van was stolen, along with synthesizers, FX pedals, guitars, amps; the lot. Miraculously, through their own detective work, they managed to track down their stolen goods and reclaimed all of the equipment.
 
This self-sufficient, DIY mindset is one of the driving forces of NOISY (comprised of singer Cody, guitarist Connor and producer Spencer), who pride themselves on writing, recording and producing all of their own music, designing their own merch, as well as often shooting their own music videos.
 
So with that in mind, allow us to reintroduce NOISY. Your new favourite band, that sound nothing like a band.

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MARGO PRICE RELEASES NEW SINGLE LYDIA A PRESCIENT STORY OF THE DECISIONS A WOMAN HAS TO MAKE ABOUT HER BODY, CHOICES AND FUTURE

LATEST PREVIEW OF FORTHCOMING ALBUM STRAYS
ACCOMPANIED BY STUNNING LIVE PERFORMANCE WITH A STRING QUARTET 

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EXTENSIVE FALL AND WINTER HEADLINE TOUR FOLLOWS PUBLICATION OF MEMOIR MAYBE WE’LL MAKE IT. PERFORMANCE OF THE PILL ON CMT’S TRIBUTE TO LORETTA LYNN, LAUNCH OF SONOS RADIO PODCAST AND MORE

VANCOUVER AND TORONTO TOUR DATES IN FEBRUARY

TORONTO, ON – November 10, 2022 – Today, with a prescient and plaintive new single called Lydia, Margo Price shares her latest preview of Strays. Out January 13 via Loma Vista Recordings, the forthcoming album marks the loudest, lushest and most liberating music to date for the GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter and published author, but Lydia serves as one of the LP’s sobering respites. Recorded in 2021 and written years before the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the sombre and string-laden story sees Price abandon traditional song structure in favor of a stream-of-consciousness character study, illustrating the internal strife and self-doubt of a struggling woman who finds herself pregnant and unable to raise a child. Vivid images of methadone clinics, bleeding mascara and used needles fill the seven verses alongside references to gentrification, health insurance issues, and the impending pressure of a life-altering decision. Listen to Lydia here.

Price performed a stunning live rendition of the song backed by a string quartet of Chauntee Ross, Nicole Neely, Kristin Weber and leader Larissa Maestro (Instrumentalist of The Year, Americana Honors & Awards 2022), shot at Nashville’s Downtown Presbyterian Church by filmmakers Eric Geadelmann and Kelly Magelky (They Called Us Outlaws). Watch the video here.

I wrote Lydia in one sitting in a tiny hotel room after walking around the city of Vancouver one day,” says Price. “I was jet lagged and feeling really depressed, hopeless, but instead of taking a nap, I picked up the guitar and the words just flowed out all in one quick moment. I hit record on my phone to make a demo and sort of blacked out or went into this meditative state, and boom – eight minutes later, I had this song. It’s one of the only songs I’ve ever written that doesn’t have any real melody or even rhyme, but somehow it still works. Songs like that are rare and don’t come often.

It was inspired by a cacophony of things. There was a women’s health clinic and a methadone clinic with a needle exchange right outside of our venue. I was looking into the eyes of the people I passed and thinking about their stories and really being a conduit for pain.

The song feels like a premonition now, with women’s rights being stripped and all the abortion bans happening. When I listen back, I hear what might go through a woman’s mind when she has a difficult decision to make about her body, her choices and her future.”

Produced by Jonathan Wilson (Angel Olsen, Father John Misty), Lydia follows the “hard-living swagger” (New York Times) that was put on full display in recent singles and music videos, Been To The Mountain and Change of Heart, each of which further showcases the resilient proclamation at the heart of Strays. From navigating her way through loss, lies, failure and substance abuse, Margo Price has learned how to let go of trauma, pain and addiction, and this collection of ten original songs celebrates freedom in its many, feral forms. Penned primarily during six mushroom-powered days that Price spent in South Carolina with her husband and collaborator Jeremy Ivey in summer 2020, and recorded at Jonathan Wilson’s Fivestar Studios in Topanga Canyon, California the following summer, Price tackles self-image, self-worth and other demons that came in the wake of her recent decision to quit drinking. She sings unabashedly about orgasms, love, bodily autonomy and more on songs that feature Sharon Van Etten, Mike Campbell, Lucius and her long-time band of Pricetags. 

Since announcing the release of Strays, Margo Price has also published her debut memoir, Maybe We’ll Make It, to acclaim from Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly and beyond, in addition to performing trailblazing song, The Pill, live for CMT’s Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Celebration of The Life & Music of Loretta Lynn, entering the Triple A radio charts with Change of Heart, wrapping the first season of her Sonos Radio podcast, Runaway Horses, completing a national fall book tour, and detailing her first full-band, headline tour in nearly five years. 

Beginning later this month and culminating with a triumphant return to the Ryman Auditorium in early March, Price’s ‘Til The Wheels Fall Off Tour will bring the music of Strays to more than 30 dates across the country. With support from Jessi Colter, Kam Franklin, Lola Kirke, Tre Burt and others, Canadian stops in Vancouver and Toronto, and dozens of shows that are all on-sale at margoprice.net/#tour.

Margo Price Tour Dates 
11/16 - Nashville, TN - Parnassus Books^
11/29 - Fayetteville, AR - George's Majestic Lounge*
11/30 - Baton Rouge, LA - Chelsea's Live*
12/2 - Lake Wales, FL - Orange Blossom Revue
12/3 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm*
12/5 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre*
12/6 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall*
1/30 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel%


1/31 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse%
2/2 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall&
2/3 - Austin, TX - Scoot Inn&
2/4 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater&
2/6 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom$
2/7 - San Diego, CA - The Observatory North Park$
2/9 - Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theatre$
2/10 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore$
2/11 - Arcata, CA - Van Duzer Theatre$
2/13 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom$
2/14 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom$
2/15 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox$
2/17 - Bozeman, MT - The Elm$
2/19 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue$
2/20 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre$
2/21 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre$
2/22 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue$
2/24 - Toronto, ON - The Phoenix Concert Theatre#
2/25 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre#
2/27 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Ballroom#
2/28 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club#
3/2 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club#
3/3 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts#
3/4 - New York, NY - Webster Hall#
3/9 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium!

^Maybe We'll Make It Book Tour
*w/ Kam Franklin (of The Suffers)
%w/ The Deslondes
&w/ Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country
$w/ Lola Kirke
#w/ Tre Burt
!w/ Jessi Colter

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MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA RELEASE NEW SINGLE NO RULE

OUT NOW VIA LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS

FALL TOUR INCLUDES 12TH ANNUAL THANKSGIVING FESTIVAL THE STUFFING AT ATLANTA’S FOX THEATRE NOVEMBER 18

TORONTO, ON – November 10, 2022Manchester Orchestra today released their dynamic and urgent new single, No Rule, an undulating and layered anthem that twists, turns, and blooms across its 5:20 runtime.

Initially begun during the recording sessions of their acclaimed 2021 album, The Million Masks of God (Loma Vista Recordings), No Rule was produced by Manchester Orchestra’s lead songwriting duo of Andy Hull and Robert McDowell, together with Catherine Marks (PJ Harvey, The Killers) and Ethan Gruska (Phoebe Bridgers).

Hull explains: “We are very proud to release our new song No Rule into the world. Written and worked on during the Million Masks sessions, this brave soul took a little longer to cook than the rest. We hope you enjoy. All Love. M.O.”

Following a packed summer tour that saw them play across various festivals—including Lollapalooza, Firefly, Austin City Limits, When We Were Young, and more—the band of Hull, McDowell, Tim Very, and Andy Prince will play a week of fall headlining shows leading up to their 12th annual hometown festival, The Stuffing, at Atlanta's Fox Theatre on November 18. The Thanksgiving concert will feature additional performances by Julien Baker, Lunar Vacation, Joy Oladokun, Petey, and Leah, and the band has also partnered with local Atlanta non-profit, Umi Feeds, for the event. Umi Feeds is helping those in need by collecting healthy canned and other non-perishable food items to support the Umi Feeds Food Pantry, which directly benefits Atlanta’s Sylvan Middle School. Requested items can be dropped off at the Fox Theatre during the November 18 concert; a full list of recommended donation items is available on the Fox Theatre’s event page at foxtheatre.org/thestuffing.

Named one of 2021's Best Albums of the Year by Consequence, Brooklyn Vegan, and FLOOD Magazine, among others, The Million Masks of God earned additional acclaim and features from Stereogum, NPR Music, Uproxx, SPIN, and more. The album's lead single, Bed Head, rose to chart as the band’s latest #2 AAA and Top 20 Alternative radio hit, and ranked as one of ​Public Radio's Most Popular Songs Of 2021 at NPR Music. Notable performances of Bed Head include for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s #PlayAtHome series, CBS This Morning: Saturday Sessions, WXPN World Cafe, WNYC New Sounds, and Comedy Bang Bang’s 12th anniversary special. In 2021, the band also released Never Ending, their contribution to the Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack executive produced by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Watchmen, John Wick), and Christmas Songs Vol. 1, a holiday album featuring covers of six seasonal classics. The morning of The Stuffing (2021), the band shared The Million Masks of God: The Remixes, featuring inventive reimaginings of their songs by Local Natives, Dirty Projectors, Lucius, and more.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
11/11 - Memphis, TN - Soundstage at Graceland
11/12 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
11/13 - Little Rock, AR - The Hall
11/15 - Knoxville, TN - The Mill & Mine
11/16 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz
11/17 - Columbia, SC - The Senate
11/18 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre (The Stuffing w/ Julien Baker, Lunar Vacation, Joy Oladokun, Petey, and Leah)

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Praise for The Million Masks of God:

“their grandest vision to date” UPROXX (Best Albums of 2021 So Far)

“Manchester Orchestra’s most plainly beautiful album. I’d also argue it’s their best”Stereogum

“A record that feels dynamic and vital – while still respecting the band’s legacy so far – The Million Masks of God is astonishing” DIY Mag

"The songs here are often as big as ever" – The AV Club

"One of indie-rock’s most visceral and essential bands" – Guitar World

"[an album] that feels like the story of an unmade Ingmar Bergman film." – WNYC New Sounds

“... The Million Masks of God is a gorgeously tuneful and thought-provoking gem.” – Consequence

"...what makes The Million Masks of God so impressive is that it really doesn't sound like any other Manchester Orchestra album. Andy Hull's unmistakable voice and distinct songwriting style make this immediately recognizable...but it feels like an entirely new chapter of their career."  – Brooklyn Vegan

“They’ve maintained the style laid out on A Black Mile but imbued it with more splendor.” – Paste

“Leave it to Manchester Orchestra to write an album that leaves you feeling both bereft and whole again in one swoop. The alt-rock band’s sixth LP...surges with sadness and hope in equal measure.” Relix

“To listen to the new album, The Million Masks of God, from the Atlanta-based rock group, Manchester Orchestra, is to inhabit a cathedral-like building and let your ears take in each swell, each ring and each echo as the vibrations subsume and the medicine of music takes hold.” – American Songwriter

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INDIE SLEAZE ANNOUNCES DATE WITH THE NIGHT: AN INDIE SLEAZE DANCE PARTY

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
LAST GANG & MNRK MUSIC GROUP
AND POSI VIBEZ

INAUGURAL EVENT TO KICK OFF IN TORONTO ON NOVEMBER 30
WITH
DJ SETS BY CHIPPY NONSTOP,
CADENCE WEAPON & INDIE SLEAZE ADMIN

SERIES TO FOLLOW IN MULTIPLE CITIES NEXT YEAR

“Meet ‘Indie Sleaze,’ the risqué aesthetic that might be making its way
back onto our online feeds.” - 
NYLON

“The era that gave us chillwave and extraordinarily tight jeans is back back back, thanks to a zeitgeisty Instagram account and a post-pandemic
lust for partying”
- NME
 
“…as Gen Z begins to adopt Y2K aesthetics, indie sleaze has returned.” – SPIN

TORONTO, ON - November 9, 2022 - This past year, with support from the likes of SPINNYLON, NMEHarper’s BazaarElle, VogueThrillist and more, the seminal 2000s era of music and fashion was once again magnified and celebrated through the explosion of Instagram account, @IndieSleaze (109K+ followers). 
 
To celebrate this cultural resurgence, Indie Sleaze announces Date With The Night - a dance party series that will take place will take place across multiple cities, beginning in Toronto this month.

In partnership with Last Gang Records / MNRK Music Group - who played an integral part in this era of music with a roster of Death From Above 1979, Metric, Chromeo, MSTRKRFT, and more - and along with Posi Vibez, the event will kick off on November 30 at Toronto's Dance Cave. 

Featuring standout DJ performances by DJ/producer, Chippy Nonstop, and award-winning rapper, Cadence Weapon, along with a DJ set by Indie Sleaze herself, the night promises to bring the epic party scene of the mid-to-late aughts in to 2022. 

DATE WITH THE NIGHT: AN INDIE SLEAZE DANCE PARTY
Date: November 30, 2022
Location: The Dance Cave (2nd floor of Lee's Palace)
Tickets: $5 leespalace.com/event/indie-sleaze-dance 
DJ performances by: Chippy Nonstop, Cadence Weapon, Indie Sleaze

ABOUT INDIE SLEAZE
Indie Sleaze (a.k.a. Liv) is a writer, producer, and video editor based in Toronto, and is the creator of @IndieSleaze - a page that documents the decadence of the mid-late aughts and the indie sleaze party scene that died in 2012. Liv also hosts and produces the podcast, Date with the Night, where she interviews many artists and professionals from the music, film, and TV industry.

ABOUT LAST GANG:
Last Gang is a music company founded in 2003 and credited with launching the careers of Metric, Death From Above 1979, MSTRKRFT and more. The company is also well known for its work with Arkells, Stars, Keys N Krates, Mother Mother, Lights, and Chromeo. Last Gang is a MNRK Music Group company. www.lastgang.com

ABOUT MNRK MUSIC GROUP:
MNRK Music Group is one of the largest independent music companies in the world, with recording, music publishing, and management divisions operating in every major music market. MNRK is committed to discovering and guiding top music creators and artists and works with some of the greatest musical talent including The Lumineers and Pitbull, the music publishing catalog of Chuck Berry, plus premier music companies Dualtone Music Group and Last Gang. The company’s music department services Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning producers. Its catalog across divisions consists of 54,000 music tracks, including multiple GRAMMY winners and platinum-selling hits.  www.mnrk.com

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LOUISE BURNS SHARES HAUNTING RENDITION OF DEPECHE MODE CLASSIC SEE YOU

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TORONTO, ON – November 4, 2022 – Today, acclaimed Vancouver producer-songwriter, Louise Burns, is thrilled to share her brand new single, See You – a haunting rendition of the Depeche Mode classic. Out on Light Organ Records, the track finds Burns remodeling the peppy, Martin Gore-penned electro-pop anthem into a sophisticated slow jam with a velvet-lined vibrato vocal tucking itself into a mauve-tinted haze of snap beats and synth psychedelia. Listen here.

“I love Depeche Mode, so it felt like I was entering blasphemy territory by choosing to cover them,” remarks Burns. “I chose See You because despite being one of their earliest hits, it’s not as well-known as their later years and I think it deserves more attention. It’s a perfect pop song, and exemplifies what Depeche Mode do best – incredible production and instrumentation that only enhances what was already a great song. We went with a more slowed down, elegant Bryan Ferry style of treatment because I was feeling that energy, yet knew the song could hold up no matter what we did with it!”

The song was co-produced between Burns and Jason Corbett (ACTORS) at his Jacknife Studios in Vancouver. “This was the first song Jason Corbett and I did together, and was a great chemistry test, as we both love Depeche Mode and that era of music, yet wanted to create something new and fresh rather than throw-back oriented,” Burns adds.

Dive in to Louise Burns’ gorgeous take on See You and stay tuned for more new music coming soon.

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BRIT AWARD-NOMINATED DJ & PRODUCER REGARD AND DROP G RELEASE NEW SINGLE

NO LOVE FOR YOU (FEATURING A-SHO)
OUT TODAY VIA MINISTRY OF SOUND

TORONTO, ON - November 4, 2022 -  BRIT nominated DJ and producer, Regard, joins forces with Kosovo DJ and producer, Drop G, on their new single, No Love For You (featuring A-SHO), out now via Ministry of Sound. Listen here.

The single with Drop G is a huge club record, and a return to Regard’s deep house sound with which he found his early success. No Love For You (featuring A-SHO)adds to Regard’s impressive list of collaborators including Years & Years, Tate McRae, Troye Sivan, RAYE and Kwabs. The release this Friday, precedes Regard’s headline shows next week at New York’s Webster Hall on November 5th and London’s Ministry of Sound Club on November 11.

The two artists together have a massive, combined reach of over 2.5 Million YouTube Subscribers and over half a million followers across socials. Regard has also amassed 5 Billion artist streams, sold 15 Million singles globally and certified Gold and Platinum in over 30 countries. In addition, he has had 5x consecutive #1 US Dance Radio Airplay Chart positions with every release on Ministry of Sound to date.

About Regard
It was by accident that Regard found his stage name. The word, ‘regardé’ came to the DJ during French class in high school. ‘To See’ became the core behind Regard’s music. For Regard, his deep house mixes consist not only of sound, but also of sight. Kosovan DJ and producer Regard garnered global attention with his debut single ‘Ride It’ which became an international hit with over 2 Billion streams! The track took the internet and TikTok by storm and Regard quickly followed it up with his second hit single and BRIT nominated ‘Secrets’ featuring South London singer RAYE. He has gone on to achieve over 10x Top 10 single chart placements globally. In the UK, ‘Ride It’ has sold over 1.7 million records (2x Platinum), while ‘Secrets’ is now certified Platinum with over 500 million global streams. You with Troye Sivan and Tate McRae has achieved 480 million global streams, was the #1 TikTok sound in the UK and was the longest running #1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance / Electronic Songs chart in 2021 plus saw Regard on his US debut TV performance on Jimmy Fallon. Regard has had five #1 US Dance Airplay hits and over 5 billion combined career streams and 15 million worldwide single sales.

About Drop G 
Drop G found his stage name after a simple conversation with his friend Regard, taken from a reference to his genre of music and G signifying the first initial of his name Gzim. Since dropping his debut single in 2013, Drop G has amassed over 1 Million Youtube Subscribers and over 150k followers across his social channels. Today, Drop G performs to crowds across the globe but his audiences were not always so large, having grown up as the youngest child and only son of a garden worker and housekeeper in Lipjan, Kosovo. He grew up listening to the likes of George Michael, John Lennon and Michael Jackson on the radio but was also inspired by American Hip-Hop, R&B as well as Electronic acts such as Tiesto.

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quinnie DROPS NEW TRACK & MUSIC VIDEO itch

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Toronto, ON – November 4, 2022 – Hot off the release of her latest song, man, buzzing singer-songwriter, quinnie, reveals a brand-new track and music video entitled, itch, out now via Columbia Records. Listen to itch here.
 
itch further illuminates quinnie’s world through delicate lyrics and a dreamy vocal delivery. Alongside the track comes an official video. Co-directed by quinnie and Jake Weinberg, quinnie finds herself in the forest, spending intimate time with different people, deciding who to kiss. Through exploring her world with different love-interests, quinnie ultimately kisses just one person. Watch here.
 
Regarding itch, quinnie says, “this song is about how i used to be scared of falling in love because i enjoy longing for things and people. found out you’ll know u really love somebody if loving them feels even better than wanting them.”
 
itch arrives on the heels of man, and quinnie’s breakout track, touch tank. Initially turning heads when a 23-second snippet made waves across TikTok, the success of touch tank translated to Spotify and Apple Music where quinnie has amassed over 22 million streams combined. Pitchfork noted, “She pairs verses recorded with the raw intimacy of an iPhone voice note with… a bedroom-pop chorus that fuses eroticism and romance, going on to hail it as “an affectionate homage to a new love that feels like a breath of freshwater.
 
As a self-described “very sensitive 21-year-old,” quinnie went from writing songs as a kid to releasing independent projects such as a gold star in 2019. She is bitingly funny, she is brutally honest, she loves the underwater world and sea creatures, and she will help you escape if you let her. It’s already happened with touch tank, and she’ll continue to open up her world with more music to come in 2022 and beyond.

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THE STANDSTILLS NEW ALBUM SHOCKWAVE OUT TODAY VIA MNRK MUSIC GROUP

WATCH LYRIC VIDEO FOR STANDOUT TRACK MOTHERLODE HERE

CANADIAN ARENA TOUR WITH THREE DAYS GRACE KICKS OFF NOVEMBER 8

TORONTO, ON – November 4, 2022 – Today, two-piece rock ‘n’ roll, husband and wife duo, Oshawa guitar-driven outlaws, The Standstills, release their long-awaited album, Shockwave, via MNRK Music Group. The band has also released a lyric video for their album standout track, featuring legendary rock band Eagles of Death Metal, Motherlode. Watch it here and listen to Shockwave on all streaming platforms now.
 
“We’ve completely opened and exposed who we are in a way that we’ve never done before,” says the band's, Jonny. “It felt like the right time. We’ve always gone with our gut instincts. We felt ready to do it. This is the album we’ve been working towards. I hope it connects to people in a deep way, as much as it’s meant to us in the creation and the life experiences that it took to make the album."
 
To further celebrate the album, The Standstills will be hitting the road next week with Three Days Grace for a Canadian arena tour that will see them start in Vancouver on November 8 and bring them to Toronto for the final show on November 27. Then in 2023, the duo will board the ShipRocked Cruise and rock passengers from Florida to Amber Cove, Half Moon Cay & Grand Turk.
 
Over their career, The Standstills (Jonny Fox on vocals/guitar, and Renée Couture on drums/vocals), have built a reputation for transcendent anthem-making with an earnestly steadfast formula: gigantic hooks, unapologetically hypnotic grooves, and infectious unabashedly cool riffs, which can be heard in force on Shockwave. Produced by Neil Sanderson from Three Days Grace and mixed by two-time GRAMMY Award winner Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Santana, Daughtry), the album blends immediately accessible choruses with magnetic layers of depth revealed in repeated listens.
 
The Standstills signature sound first emerged on a pair of indie releases. From the Devil’s Porch, their 2015 EP, produced three successful Active Rock singles, resulting in a 2016 win for Best New Group or Solo Artist: Mainstream Rock at the Canadian Radio Music Awards, while their 2019 debut album, Badlands, produced the fastest charting Canadian single in the MNRK label’s history.
 
“We’re a rock band, right?” Renée asks rhetorically, in a matter-of-fact fashion. “So, it’s all about the riff, the groove, and we drove that home on this record. We took time to craft these songs.”
 
“Those are the things we always come back to,” Jonny agrees. “Sometimes we’ll play a groove much longer than another band would, to see how far we need to take it to reach that magic… and we pushed ourselves to write an album that tells our story. I don’t think we’d done that yet. We’ve touched on it throughout previous singles. But this one is just like: ‘Here we are.’”

The Standstills Tour Dates with Three Days Grace:
November 8 - Queen Elizabeth Theatre - Vancouver, BC
November 10 - South Okanagan Events Centre - Penticton, BC
November 11 - Grey Eagle Resort and Casino - Calgary, AB
November 12 - Edmonton Convention Centre - Edmonton, AB
November 14 - Bowes Event Centre at Revolution Place - Grande Prairie, AB
November 15 - Sasktel Centre - Saskatoon, SK
November 17 - Burton Cummings Theatre - Winnipeg, MB
November 20 - Place Bell - Laval, QC
November 22 - Tribute Communities Centre - Oshawa, ON
November 23 - Budweiser Gardens - London, ON
November 24 - Centre In The Square - Kitchener, ON
November 26 - Sadlon Arena - Barrie, ON
November 27 - History - Toronto, ON
January 22, 2023 - Shiprocked Cruise 

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THE BLUE STONES RELEASE NEW ALBUM PRETTY MONSTER TODAY VIA MNRK

KICK OFF CROSS-CANADA TOUR TONIGHT

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“[Pretty Monster] plays like a rock and roll autobiography featuring strong emotional lyrics, beautiful cinematic storytelling, and above all else, a great listening experience.” – Amplify Music Magazine

TORONTO, ON – November 4, 2022 – The Blue Stones, aka Tarek Jafar and Justin Tessier, have released their third album, Pretty Monster today via MNRK. After a celebration last night in their hometown of Windsor, ON, they kick off a headlining tour across Canada tonight in London, ON (all dates below). Stream and purchase Pretty Monster here.

Earlier this year, Jafar and Tessier hit Zane Whitfield’s NOP Studios in Kingston, ON for 35 straight days, writing and recording for the Pretty Monster project. Working with a few select producers, including Kevin Hissink (grandson/Demi Lovato) and WZRD BLD (Highly Suspect, iDKHOW), along with multi-GRAMMY Award-winner, Joe Chiccarelli (The White Stripes, The Strokes, Spoon), the band looked to stretch their sound further, while continuing to instill every track with equal parts unchecked passion and the joyfully adventurous spirit, that their live performances have become known for.

Discussing Pretty Monster, Jafar notes, “Our mission with this album is to give rock and roll a fresh coat of paint. Track after track features heavy hitting riffs over tight beats that are tough enough for the fighters, and sweet enough for the lovers. It’s an album dedicated to controlled chaos. An untamed beast contained within a beautiful exterior."

The band announced Pretty Monster with the album’s latest single, What’s It Take To Be Happy? along with a limited 180g, opaque red vinyl edition available on Bandcamp

PRETTY MONSTER TRACKLIST:
1. Healing
2. Don’t Miss
3. Cards Are Down
4. Good Ideas
5. Stay With Me
6. What’s It Take To Be Happy?
7. Let Me Out
8. No Angels
9. Camera Roll
10. Dreams On Me

UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
November 4 – London, ON @ London Music Hall
November 5 – Hamilton, ON @ The Studio
November 9 – Kingston, ON @ Ale House
November 10 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
November 11 – Waterloo, ON @ Maxwell’s
November 12 – Ottawa, ON @ Bronson Theater
November 13 – Montreal, QC @ Le Studio TD
November 17 – Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theater
November 18 – Saskatoon, SK @ Coors Event Centre
November 19 – Edmonton, AB @ Starlite
November 20 – Calgary, AB @ Commonwealth
November 22 – Red Deer, AB @ Bo’s
November 24 – Victoria, BC @ Capitol
November 25 – Vancouver, BC @ The Vogue Theatre

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GREAT AMERICAN GHOST UNLEASHES TORTURE WORLD VIDEO

US HEADLINING TOUR UNDERWAY

“It comes at you pretty hard, and pretty fast… It’s the kind of song that your neighbors really ought to hear, and maybe even feel depending on your sound system…”
-
Metal Injection on Kingmaker

“…a refining of melody, brutality, and intelligent throwdowns… This is just masterful stuff and hopefully the start of something special for the band.” – New Noise Magazine

“Utterly unstoppable as they lurch from skin-melting rage to skull-bludgeoning sludgy breakdowns… GREAT AMERICAN GHOST is one of those bands who demonstrate how to perfectly meld together the fury of hardcore and the
neck-snapping aggression of metal.” –
V13

“…a colossal sonic experience…” - Scream Blast Repeat

“Death metal, hardcore, metalcore, black metal… it all merges into a cohesive work of impressive and sadistic force.” - Distorted Sound

“The band’s penchant for malicious metalcore is abundant, with a no-holds barred approach that combines gnashing, jarring drumming with scathing leads and spine-shrinking breakdowns.” - New Transcendence

“GREAT AMERICAN GHOST throw a four piece combination and every punch lands. The way they so casually and accurately hit several targets with such a short flurry on this EP is unparalleled. They've put us on the ropes with these four tracks and I imagine the next LP is the knockout punch.” – Getting It Out

TORONTO, ON – November 4, 2022 – GREAT AMERICAN GHOST today unleashes their fiery new video for, Torture World. The track comes by way of the EP of the same name, released early this year via MNRK Heavy.

Produced by Will Putney (A Day To Remember, Knocked Loose, The Amity Affliction), who handled the band’s critically-adored 2019 Power Through Terror full-length, with Torture World, GREAT AMERICAN GHOST directs old-school death metal wrath at hypocrisy, apathy, and self-loathing, delivered in a dark cloud of relentlessly bludgeoning riffs.

Of the Torture World video, vocalist Ethan Harrison notes, "This video is a vision that we have had for a while and we are so glad that we could bring it to life with our longtime friend, Chris Klump. The song isn't as literal as the video implies - the things that we go through as people can be harder than you could ever imagine and going through them alone can be truly torturous."

View GREAT AMERICAN GHOST’s Torture World video here. View the band’s previously released video for Kingmaker here. Torture World is available on CD, LP, cassette, and digital formats. Find ordering options here.  

GREAT AMERICAN GHOST’s first ever US headlining tour is currently underway. The trek, which commenced on October 27 in Rochester, New York, will wind its way through twenty-four cities, coming to a close November 20 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Support is being provided by 156/Silence and Hazing Over. See all remaining dates below.

GREAT AMERICAN GHOST w / 156/Silence, Hazing Over:
11/4/2022 Cheapsteaks – Dallas, TX
11/5/2022 Come And Take It Live – Austin, TX
11/6/2022 Jake’s – Lubbock, TX
11/8/2022 Nile Underground – Phoenix, AZ
11/9/2022 1720 – Los Angeles, CA
11/10/2022 Goldfield – Sacramento, CA
11/11/2022 Mano Oculta – Portland, OR
11/12/2022 Funhouse @ El Corazon – Seattle, WA
11/13/2022 The Big Dipper – Spokane, WA
11/14/2022 Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT
11/15/2022 Trailside – Thornton, CO
11/16/2022 Lefty’s – Des Moines, IA
11/17/2022 Cobra Lounge – Chicago, IL
11/18/2022 The Sanctuary – Detroit, MI
11/19/2022 Legends – Cincinnati, OH
11/20/2022 Preserving Underground – Pittsburgh, PA

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BILLY STRINGS AND HIS DAD TERRY BARBER DEBUT NEW VERSION OF JOHN DEERE TRACTOR

NEW ALBUM ME/AND/DAD OUT NOVEMBER 18

2023 HEADLINE TOUR CONFIRMED
INCLUDING 15 ARENA SHOWS

TORONTO, ON – November 4, 2022 – GRAMMY Award-winner, Billy Strings, and his dad, Terry Barber, debut a new version of Lawrence Hammond’s, John Deere Tractor, today. Listen/share here.
 
The song is the latest unveiled from the pair’s anticipated new album, Me/And/Dad, which will be released November 18 via Rounder Records (pre-order here). The product of a longtime dream, the record features new versions of 14 bluegrass and country classics that the two have been playing together since Strings was a young child. 

Already receiving critical acclaim, the pair’s new versions of George Jones’ Life To Go and bluegrass traditional, Long Journey Home, recently debuted, of which NPR Music praises, “exuberant interplay…he and Barber’s take comes in hot, a match made tender by the familiar harmonies of these two lifelong picking partners.” Additionally, Strings was recently featured on CBS Sunday Morning speaking with correspondent Conor Knighton. Watch the full profile here.
 
Reflecting on the project, Strings shares, “As long as I can remember, I wanted to make a record with my dad. I’ve been burning up and down the highways the last 12 years, and as time slips away, you start thinking, ‘I need to make time.’ It’s been a bucket list thing for me, something I’ve been afraid I wouldn’t find the time to do. And that scared me; not doing this record scared me.”  

Produced by Strings and Gary Paczosa and recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studio, the record finds Strings and Barber playing with familiar ease, naturally trading off leads both vocally and on guitar. In addition to Strings and Barber, the album features an all-star band including bassist Mike Bub, mandolinist Ron McCoury, banjo player Rob McCoury and fiddler Michael Cleveland as well as special guest appearances by Jerry Douglas, Jason Carter and Strings’ mother, Debra Barber, who sings on the final track, I Heard My Mother Weeping.

Known for his electric live shows, Strings will continue his headline tour next year including 15 newly confirmed arena dates. Upcoming stops Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena (two nights), Atlantic City’s Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena (three nights), Charlottesville’s John Paul Jones Arena (two nights), Atlanta’s State Farm Arena and Charleston’s North Charleston Coliseum (two nights) among others. Additionally, following his two-night stand at Bridgestone Arena, Strings will return to the historic Ryman Auditorium on February 26 for a third Nashville show. See below for complete itinerary.

The new record follows Strings’ widely acclaimed, GRAMMY-nominated album, Renewal, which landed on several Best of 2021 lists including The Bitter Southerner, No Depression, Glide, The Boot, Folk Alley and was one of the Top 50 Most Played Albums at Americana Radio last year. Produced by Jonathan Wilson, the record was released to overwhelming praise with The New York Times declaring, “a premier bluegrass mind for this post-everything era…he has zigged and zagged between the form’s antediluvian traditions and rapid-fire improvisations that hit like hard bop, all within songs with hooks so sharp that he seems poised for crossover stardom.”

Raised in Michigan and now based in Nashville, Strings is known as one of music’s most compelling artists. Since his 2017 debut, he has been awarded Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, Artist of the Year at the 2022 Americana Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year and Song of the Year at the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Awards (the organization also named him Entertainer of the Year and Guitar Player of the Year in 2021), Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards, Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards and has performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, PBS’ Austin City Limits and Bluegrass Underground. A respected figure across all genres, Strings has also collaborated with a wide variety of artists. 

BILLY STRINGS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
November 4—Saginaw, MI—Dow Event Center (SOLD OUT)
November 5—Pittsburgh, PA—Petersen Events Center
November 9—Rochester, NY—Blue Cross Arena
November 11—Uniondale, NY—Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 12—Philadelphia, PA—The Met (SOLD OUT)
November 13—Philadelphia, PA—The Met (SOLD OUT)
November 16—Richmond, VA—Virginia Credit Union LIVE! (SOLD OUT)
November 18—Washington, DC—The Anthem (SOLD OUT)
November 19—Washington, DC—The Anthem (SOLD OUT)
November 29—Oslo, Norway—Rockefeller Music Hall
November 30—Copenhagen, Denmark—Vega
December 1—Stockholm, Sweden—Slaktkyrkan (SOLD OUT)
December 3—Berlin, Germany—Columbia Theater (SOLD OUT)
December 4—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Melkweg (SOLD OUT)
December 5—Cologne, Germany—Die Kantine
December 7—London, UK—O2 Forum Kentish Town (SOLD OUT)
December 8—Manchester, UK—O2 Ritz Manchester
December 9—Dublin, Ireland—The Academy (SOLD OUT)
December 11—Glasgow, UK—Galvanizers Yard (SOLD OUT)
December 30—New Orleans, LA—Lakefront Arena
December 31—New Orleans, LA—Lakefront Arena (SOLD OUT)
February 2—Denver, CO—1STBANK Center (SOLD OUT)
February 3—Denver, CO—1STBANK Center (SOLD OUT)
February 4—Denver, CO—1STBANK Center (SOLD OUT)
February 16—Atlantic City, NJ—Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
February 17— Atlantic City, NJ—Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
February 18— Atlantic City, NJ—Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
February 21—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena
February 22—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena
February 24—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena
February 25—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena
February 26—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
March 3—Winston-Salem, NC—Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum – Doc Watson’s 100th Birthday Show
March 4—Winston-Salem, NC—Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
March 7—Athens, GA—Georgia Theatre
March 10—Atlanta, GA—State Farm Arena
March 11—Charleston, SC—North Charleston Coliseum
March 12—Charleston, SC—North Charleston Coliseum
March 16—Cincinnati, OH—The Andrew J Brady Music Center
March 17—Cincinnati, OH—The Andrew J Brady Music Center
March 18—Cincinnati, OH—The Andrew J Brady Music Center

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STORRY DEBUTS POWERFUL CINEMATIC VIDEO FOR BOW DOWN

CHIII: THE COME UP DELUXE OUT ON JANUARY 24, 2023

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WESTERN CANADIAN TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

"For if the king is the ruler
Then I'm the king of kings
Bow down to the maker of all things
Bow down, bow down, bow down, 
Cower before me"

Toronto, ON – November 3, 2022 – Today, multi JUNO Award-nominated Toronto artist, STORRY, delivers the cathartic and empowering cinematic visual for her song, Bow Down. Filmed on the shoreline of the White Cliffs of Dover in England, and directed by Karimah Zakia Issa (Scaring Women At Night, TIFF 2022), the piece embodies the track's key messages, while drawing energy of surrounding elements and nature. It highlights the  parallels between the sex industry and music industry, as an evergreen call out to eradicate misogyny and oppression of communities - especially women - and a reminder to take their power back. Watch Bow Down here.

"The video chooses to focus on the power of women and reclaiming our true ordinance in the world," STORRY says. "We praise the sun, earth, air and water. Just like the elements, we are gentle and lifegiving but also formidable. We are nurturing, we are power, we are ‘the maker of all things’.”

On the process, director Karimah Zakia Issa adds: "For Bow Down, STORRY and I wanted to showcase the natural strength of women and the power of community. The focus is on uplifting each other – helping to support someone out of a dark place so they can rise again. The vibe isn’t ‘STORRY is THE king’ but rather that she’s a king among kings. We also wanted to communicate that this power doesn’t have to feel aggressive - just as the ocean and cliffs are powerful so is our natural form. So is gracefulness, so is reflection.”

In addition, STORRY announces a western Canadian tour in January, joining Tanika Charles on an extensive run across British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. See below for a full list of dates.

Bow Down remains a standout from STORRY's album, CHIII: The Come Up, which will see an extended edition,  CHIII: The Come Up Deluxe, launch on January 24, 2023. Listeners can expect an expansion of the original version with her latest single, Intimate Abuse, new remixes and visuals that further the impact of its ever-resonant themes.  

Continuing the STORRY-line of of CHIII, Intimate Abuse gives a glimpse of the resolution of the previously difficult chapters of STORRY's life. After surviving an abusive relationship, STORRY was left with the shards of broken self-esteem caused by trauma that she needed to put back together again. The song is about finding someone beautiful and loving, who doesn’t see her as broken, but amazing in all her complexity, while healing in the process.  Listen to Intimate Abuse and watch the video here

Launching just before the pandemic and a 2020 JUNO Award nomination for her song, Another Man, for Reggae Recording of the Year, CHIII: The Come Up  is based on a chapter of STORRY's life; a woman exiting the sex industry to enter the music industry, only to discover that both are equally misogynistic and problematic. STORRY grapples with her relationships with her mother/family, romantic relationships, with her careers, dreams and with money. Explore the visuals from the release here

In 2021, STORRY dropped an ambitious EP titled INTERLUDE-19, another conceptual piece with an array of emotions and genres that take her listeners on a journey, marking a monumental transition between chapters. The audio-visual project featured stunning pieces that accompanied the album narrative - watch them here

STORRY does not live in any specific genre. Like her music, STORRY is multi-dimensional and fluid. She draws influences from hip hop to opera, reggae to musical theatre. She is enigmatic, balancing grit with poise. Learn about STORRY below and stay tuned as she unveils more from the Deluxe edition of CHIII: The Come Up next year!

Tour Dates
January 24: Sidney, BC - Mary Winspear Centre^ - Tickets
January 25: Courtenay, BC - Sid William Civic Theatre^ - Tickets
January 26: Burnaby, BC - Shadbolt Centre for the Arts^ 
January 27: Calgary, AB - Webber Academy Performing Arts Centre^ - Tickets
January 28: St. Albert, AB - Arden Theatre^ - Tickets
January 29: Saskatoon, SK - The Bassment* 
^ with Tanika Charles 
* solo performance

Bow Down - Video Credits:
Director: Karimah Zakia Issa @karizakia 
Cinematographer: Chris Dodds @chrisdoddsdop
Editor: Monica Gomes
Colourist: Dan Beddoe @danbeddoe10
Online Editor:  Lee Mckarkiel @LeeMckarkiel 
Women/Models: Dan Hilaire @lovenut_london ,  Hannah Ornsby @hannah_ornsby
Jewelry: Lovenut London www.lovenutlondon.com
 
About STORRY
STORRY is a JUNO-nominated, seasoned artist trained in classical music who performs Mozart arias with as much confidence as hip hop, R&B, and gospel. Fierce and multifaceted, she writes and produces all her music. STORRY's voice quality is second to none, and she uses and enhances her incredible sonorous gifts with prophecies witty, raw, and life-changing. She preaches from experience. Lots of it. Her songs offer an honest portrait of life as a woman: it's an image everybody can recognize, even if they don't want to. Her poetic and musical creativity is unapologetic and fearless. In releasing her music, STORRY is leaving the shadows and showing us the result of decades of artistic work. STORRY has performed across North America and Europe. If you're taken by her recordings, be prepared to be dazzled by her live show because this phenomenon cannot be captured on tape.
 
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MOONSHINE COLLECTIVE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM SMS FOR LOCATION, VOL. 5 OUT DECEMBER 2

PRE-SAVE ALBUM HERE
TEXT +1 514 612 4859 FOR A FREE DOWNLOAD
OF THE ALBUM'S PRE-RELEASE PACK

LATEST SINGLE OBOMI NGA FEATURES UPROOT ANDY,
MC REDBUL AND MC AZAS

LISTEN TO JUNO-NOMINATED 2021 ALBUM
SMS FOR LOCATION, VOL. 4 HERE

Toronto, ON – November 3, 2022 – Today, Montreal’s JUNO Award-nominated, Moonshine Collective, announce their new album, SMS For Location, Vol. 5, set to release December 2 in partnership with FORESEEN Entertainment. Under flashing club lights in the world’s biggest cities or under the Congo sun, Moonshine collective pushes past borders and boundaries to radiate its Afrocentric, bass-heavy, electro-funk sound in all directions. The label’s latest SMS for Location mixtape fuses levity and acumen, inventive electronic production with traditional instrumentation, in a collaborative harmony between artists from around the globe. Pre-save the album here. A pre-release pack is also available via their signature 'SMS' text message format for which they are known.Text +1 514.612.4859 to access the music.

"For volume 5, we stayed true to the philosophy of the SMS For Location series. We worked with artists who understand the importance of the magic of the dancefloor while trying to create a musical link between all the musical movements we love," says Moonshine Collective."And, in our eyes, from this point of view, it is certainly our most complete project to date."

The next singles will arrive on November 16 and include Ofele (remix), featuring Moonshine member and 2022 Polaris Music Prize-winner, Pierre Kwenders, Uproot Andy, MC Azas) and Pink, featuring Kris the $pirit. 

Moonshine Collective teased the project back in June with Obomi Nga (pronounced OH - BO - MING - GAH). The track highlights frequent collaborator, Brooklyn producer/DJ, Uproot Andy, and Kinshasa's MC Redbul with a feature from MC Azas. Composed and recorded between Kinshasa, Montreal and New York, Obomi Nga is an amapiano-flavoured tune grounded in its bassline, percussive rhythm and call-and-response lyrics in Lingala and French that is set for dance floors worldwide, be it your own, or those Moonshine is currently rocking on tour - listen to Obomi Nga, and read the lyrics

SMS For Location, Vol. 5  follows their celebrated 2021 album, SMS For Location Vol. 4, nominated for a 2022 JUNO Award (Global Music Album of the Year). The project is a massive collection of songs recorded in studios from Montreal to Lisbon to Kinshasa. It features collaborations with Georgia Anne Muldrow, Sango, Florentino, Ase Manuel, and many others. Listen here

Vol. 4 highlight, Ginseng (Zaïre Space Program episode 1) was filmed with Congolese artist collective FARATA in a township of Kinshasa, and directed by award-winning Congolese director Nizar Saleh Mohamed - who will be featured on SMS For Location, Vol. 5 -  with co-direction by Moonshine’s Pierre Kwenders and Hervé "Coltan" Kalongo. It was filmed in one of the artist’s neighbourhoods to depict the reality Kinshasa life in Kinshasa, capturing the local response as the crew walk through the city donning vibrant costumes that weave together transformation and tradition. 

Stay tuned for more Moonshine as the phases wax and wane in the months ahead and learn more about the collective below.

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About Moonshine
Depending on whom you ask, the esoteric effects of lunar cycles can be wide-ranging: good fortune, human fertility, ocean tides, werewolf prevalence and loss of sanity among them. For the like-minded musicians, DJs, dancers and visual artists who make up the Moonshine collective, the planetary satellite above all inspires their eponymous monthly event, driven by an inclusive ethos and a shared love for experimentations in dance culture.
 
Since its founding in 2014, Moonshine has carved out an enviable niche in Montréal’s nightlife milieu by celebrating a wide range of fledgling local talents, championing Afro-electronic, bass-heavy sounds, and bringing together communities that wouldn’t necessarily cross paths otherwise. As the name indicates, the lunar-based Moonshine recipe has the collective throw an all-night, sensory-soaked party on the Saturday after every full moon in ever-shifting, unpredictable locations across the city, always strictly disclosed via text messages. With fresh cuts supplied by resident DJs Pierre Kwenders, San Farafina, Vanyfox and AKantu, close friends such as Bambii, Foreigner, and Uproot Andy, visual installations, musicians, and a slew of live musicians and performers that have included Kaytranada, Dâm-Funk, Le1f, Venus X, and Branko, the parties have become a staple of the after-hours scene, in Canada and abroad, with appearances in NYC, LA, Paris, Brussels, Lisboa, Milan, Barcelona, Amsterdam or Santiago to name a few.

The essence of Moonshine came out of parties we used to throw in our kitchens,” recalls Kwenders. “We felt like we couldn’t go out and find what we had cooked up in that kitchen. It’s one of the reasons we started Moonshine: to share that with more people who felt just like us, and who didn’t have access to such sounds or vibes.” 

Still going strong four years on, Moonshine has also begun making use of the aesthetic, network and structure it established with the parties to promote affiliated artists, expanding its vision from ephemeral moonlit soirées to an expanding catalog of genre-busting music, art and apparel.
 
About FORESEEN
FORESEEN Entertainment is a black-owned record label & publisher based out of Toronto, dedicated to exposing cutting edge talent.  FORESEEN invests in talented creative artists, who can provide content that we can expose to a global audience. FORESEEN is dedicated to exposing talented artists and not creating them. www.foreseenent.com

 
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FOUSHEÉ ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM softCORE SET FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 18 VIA RCA RECORDS

LISTEN TO supernova NOW

Toronto, ON – October 28, 2022 – Today, genre-defying singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Fousheé, is thrilled to announce her highly anticipated debut album, softCORE, set for release on November 18 via RCA Records. A genius new song from the album, entitled, supernovais available to hear today. Click here to listen to supernova. Click here to pre-save softCORE.

Fousheé is easy to call a “multi-hyphenate” - but just when you think you have a grasp of her, you don’t. The genres blur - alt, folk, rock, R&B; the collaborators extend - Lil Wayne, Steve Lacy, Uzi, Yachty; the accolades continue - Pitchfork, W Magazine, Respect Magazine, Rolling Stone, Flaunt, V Magazine, Okayplayer.  Fou effortlessly shares stages on the most high profile tours - opening for James Blake and currently on tour with friend and collaborator Steve Lacy, with whom she co-penned the breakout song of 2022: Lacy’s Bad Habit. And while Fousheé refuses to be pinned down, the art blooms.
 
Fou’s next offering, softCORE, is no exception. Refusing to walk the establishment line of what a female artist is “supposed” to do, worse yet, to be, she weaves punk and rage into the sweet folk tapestry that catapulted her to half a billion streams. softCORE is a punk record in the most pointed sense of the word. Stepping outside of the expectations for what listeners have heard from her so far, softCORE is purely peerless. The album is a true melting pot of influences, genres, sounds, all anchored by Foushee’s incredible voice and her impeccable songwriting, both of which imprint even the angriest songs with hooks for days. Multiple listens bring up other sonic trailblazers like Le Tigre, The Runaways, Kelis, Atari Teenage Riot, 100 Gecs, Gwen Stefani, and Lil Uzi Vert, who guests on the song spend the money.  On softCORE, the camera boldly swings from romantic, 4AD guitar tones to rapid-fire beats to intensely screamed declarations to classic R&B balladry, but it all works seamlessly. Simply put, it sounds like the future. 
 
softCORE is an album that embraces anger and vulnerability, and we guarantee you that you will not hear another album as remarkably diverse and fantastically singular this year. Fousheé is opening for Steve Lacy’s sold out Give You The World Tour, currently making its way through the U.S.  Dates are below.  
 
softCORE TRACKLISTING:
1. simmer down 
2. i’m fine 
3. bored 
4. supernova 
5. spend the money (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)
6. die
7. simulation
8. unexplainable
9. smile 
10. stupid bitch
11. scream my name 
12. let u back in  

TOUR DATES:
Friday, October 28: Dallas, TX @ The Studio at the Factory
Saturday, October 30: Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre 
Sunday, October 31: Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues
Wednesday, November 2: San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
Friday, November 4: Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
Sunday, November 6: Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
Sunday, November 7: Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
Tuesday, November 8: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Thursday, November 10: Anaheim, CA @ House of Blue
Friday, November 11: Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre 

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DAVID FOSTER AND KATHARINE MCPHEE SET TO RELEASE CHRISTMAS ALBUM THIS SEASON

CHRISTMAS SONGS NOVEMBER 25 ON LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS

FIRST SINGLE JINGLE BELL ROCK OUT TODAY

TORONTO, ON – October 28, 2022 David Foster and Katharine McPhee have not recorded together in 17 years. What better excuse to get back into the studio than Christmas. The two will release their first Christmas album together this holiday season. Titled simply, Christmas Songs, the album will unwrap digitally on November 25 (physical out December 2). The lead single, Jingle Bell Rock, is out today – listen here.

The 16-time legendary GRAMMY winning producer has produced some of the greatest Christmas music of all time with artists such as Michael Bublé, Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Rod Stewart and Mary J Blige. It’s only fitting he now produces one with his wife, one of the greatest vocalists of today.

Says Foster about the recording, “We haven’t recorded together in 17 years so we thought it might be time to do it again! Kat has the most beautiful voice and she doesn’t know how to deliver less than a perfect vocal every time! When you make Christmas music, you literally get a free pass to do whatever you like-the freedom for me as a producer was so much fun – no pressure.”

Chimes in McPhee, “I haven’t been focusing on being a recording artist, but then I married the best record producer and the deal was sealed! We started this process out in our living room for fun and then it turned into a full-fledged, ‘let’s do this for real.’ David’s history with Christmas albums is legendary – it became a labour of love for him.”

Look for Foster and McPhee on TV this holiday season in support of their new Christmas album, starting with their recent interviews on Entertainment Tonight and People Online. They will perform on the Today show on December 2 with more appearances to be announced soon.

The Fosters also plan a small six city east coast tour and will incorporate the new songs into the show. The tour starts December 1 in Stonybrook, NY and ends in Medford, MA on December 8. They will be back at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, NV on December 16 and 17.

McPhee will also see her KMF Jewelry line launch the week of November 7. She also has TV appearance planned to promote the line.

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David Foster Online:
davidfoster.com
facebook.com/davidfostermusic
twitter.com/officialdfoster
instagram.com/davidfoster

Katharine McPhee Online:
facebook.com/katharinemcphee
twitter.com/katharinemcphee
instagram.com/katharinefoster

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NOCTEM: CREDO CERTE NE CRAS FULL-LENGTH FROM BLACKENED DEATH METAL OUTFIT OUT TODAY ON MNRK HEAVY

PREVIEW AND PURCHASE THE ALBUM HERE

 “…a nonstop onslaught of fiery blasts and throat-shredding screams... Blast it at a red light and at your next BBQ! Only the true can hang, anyway.” – Metal Injection

“Credo Certe Ne Cras is a traditional blackened death metal offering, intertwining melodies with the blast beats and shrieked vocals. Anyone familiar with NOCTEM’s previous work, like 2019’s The Black Consecration, will immediately notice an upgrade in production quality.” — MetalSucks

"With their sixth album out now, NOCTEM may well reach a wider range of listeners. With their melodies, choirs and synth accompaniments, an infectious atmosphere that could be described as a mix of Dark Funeral and Rotting Christ." – Rock Hard

“…six and a half minutes of pure black and death metal fury. It never lets up on the attack once; even the slightly slower, more melodic bridge is ferocious.”
BrooklynVegan on I Am Alpha

“It is an album that is vast and rich as well as being furious and intense and NOCTEM manages to mix these elements together in perfect unison and the results are breathtaking.” – The Razor’s Edge

“...a masterful offering done by a band who clearly have a deep understanding and vision behind their take on black metal. Letting yourself get lost in this abyss is a treat, and one that requires multiple listens to really grasp. Dig in.” – Two Guys Metal Reviews

“The vocals are shattering in their intensity too, yet there’s also a sweeping, cascading quality to the music, which magnifies the scale of its feelings of tension and distress, and roots it even deeper in the mind. The video is a powerhouse experience too.”
No Clean Singing on We Are Omega

NOCTEM succeeds in drawing their audience deeper and deeper into an ominous vortex of suffering, despair and resignation." – Legacy

TORONTO, ON – October 28, 2022 - Credo Certe Ne Cras, the latest studio offering from Spanish blackened death metal goliaths, NOCTEM, is out today on MNRK Heavy.

Credo Certe Ne Cras – meaning “I Believe With Certainty That There is No Tomorrow” — is a true master opus merging the crushing cacophony of angry, adrenaline-fueled lust with newfound sorrows and mournful melodic might. More than a mere listen, the album is a cerebral experience invoking ritualistic examination. In spirit, presentation, and philosophy, NOCTEM shares much in common with Watain, Rotting Christ, Belphegor, and Gorgoroth, while growing their own decaying branch of a wretched metal tree.

Metal Injection lauds, “a nonstop onslaught of fiery blasts and throat-shredding screams,” BrooklynVegan hails the band’s inherent “pure black and death metal fury,” while No Clean Singing writes in their first impression of the track We Are Omega, “The vocals are shattering in their intensity too, yet there’s also a sweeping, cascading quality to the music, which magnifies the scale of its feelings of tension and distress, and roots it even deeper in the mind.”

Credo Certe Ne Cras is available on CD, LP, cassette, and digital formats. Find preorder options here and view NOCTEM’s previously released videos for Credo Certe Ne Cras, We Are Omega, and I Am Alpha at the band’s official Youtube page here.

Originating in Valencia, Spain, NOCTEM made their putrid presence felt with the rumble of 2002’s Unholy Blood demo. The God Among Slaves demo followed in 2007, building bloodthirsty anticipation for the band’s proper full-length debut, Divinity (2009), on Austria’s Noisehead Records. Metal Blade Records licensed Oblivion (2011) abroad, followed by a deal with Prosthetic Records, which issued Exilium (2014) and Haeresis (2016), a concept album centred on the Spanish Inquisition. (A special “rotten meat” scented LP edition of Haeresis sold all of its 666 copies in under a week). The Black Consecration (2019) expanded NOCTEM’s themes of ancient civilizations and dark rites to encompass more of Beleth’s philosophy, previously outlined in his first book, 2017’s Codex Ante-Mortem, released the same year as the band’s homemade beer, A Cruce Salus.

In 2022 and beyond, NOCTEM takes a massive leap forward on their thorn-ridden path, armed with blackened faith and righteous fury, thirsty with unquenchable bloodlust, and prepared to conquer. They arise again without redemption, embracing the chaos of modern times and unafraid of fate…

NOCTEM:
Beleth - vocals
Varu - bass
Voor - drums
Moss - guitars
Tobal - guitars

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THOMPSON EGBO-EGBO RELEASES NEW ALBUM WHAT REMAINS

LISTEN HERE

RECENT FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES INCLUDE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, KENSINGTON MARKET JAZZ FESTIVAL, AND ORILLIA JAZZ FESTIVAL

PERFORMING AT A CELEBRATION OF OSCAR PETERSON 
WITH WINDSOR SYMPHONY IN FEBRUARY 2023 

Toronto, ON – October 28, 2022 – Today, acclaimed Toronto composer and pianist, Thompson Egbo-Egbo releases his new album, What Remains, via MNRK Music Group. Sharing samples of the project through recent singles, Thompson create a sonic narrative that draws from themes of transition, rebirth, realignment, joy, and optimism for the future. Listen to What Remains here.

Thompson says of the new album, "What Remains honours our live performance tradition, but also gives the listener a glimpse of where the music is going."  

Partly inspired by the shifts and impact the last two years of the pandemic has placed on both a personal and professional level, What Remains shows the growth and depth of Thompson’s writing. It is an offering of sonic catharsis, reflecting on how an artist’s life and well-being can be deeply impacted by global circumstances. In turn, it captures how one can embody characteristics of a phoenix to - fittingly - rise from what remains. Singles include the Latin Jazz-infused and triumphant, Anthem Rising, and Thompson's signature cover of Nirvana's iconic, Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Thompson recently rocked performances at the Slaight Stage and RBC House for the premiere of Tyler Perry's A Jazzman's Blues at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), two shows at Kensington Market Jazz Festival and a stellar set with his trio at Orillia Jazz Festival.  

In August, The Royal Canadian Mint honoured Oscar Peterson with a one dollar coin (loonie) with his likeness on it. The Céline Peterson and the Peterson family as well as the Royal Canadian Mint invited Thomson Egbo-Egbo to perform Peterson’s beloved composition, Hymn To Freedom, at the unveiling of the coin at Roy Thomson Hall. This marks a full-circle moment - in 2021, Thompson portrayed a young Oscar Peterson in an episode of Historica Canada’s Heritage Minute, honouring the artist’s life and career. Next year, Thompson will be performing Oscar Peterson's music for a special concert with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra on February 11, 2023. Looking ahead, listeners can expect to hear music from What Remains in a new docuseries project by Luminato Festival called Golden Hour, in the episode, Mighty Brave. 

Learn more about Thompson's incredible career and the album below.

About Thompson Egbo-Egbo
Acclaimed Toronto composer and pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo is always in key. Deeply rooted in his upbringing – moving to Canada from Nigeria at age four, commencing his dedication to playing the piano at the age of six – his innate aptitude and affection for the instrument resonates with him to this day. The key that keeps everything aligned is one where Thompson is in tune with his environment, collaborators, community and a signature approach to the art.
 
What Remains was recorded by Jeremy Darby and Julian Decorte at Canterbury Music Company, a favourite and frequented space for Thompson’s trioRandall Hall on bass, and Jeff Halischuk on drums. Known for making their marks at notable venues in their homebase of Toronto and across North America, the group had the opportunity to record What Remains at a standstill due to lockdowns – a contrasting approach, as they would normally receive first take feedback from playing them in front of audiences before putting them to tape. 
 
With the world upside down, I find myself appreciating the chance just to be an artist and do what I love and to create something to share with the world. This album has brought the most satisfaction because of the time in which this was created,” Thompson says of the process. 

The album has a wide range of inspiration, from classic rock to new wave jazz, Latin fusion, renditions of iconic songs of various eras and everything in between. Opening with Trinity – one of Thompson’s original cherished pieces and one the trio has had the pleasure of performing with alongside dancers – the album flows into Anthem Rising, a high energy blend of Latin and Funk, ready for intimate venues and foreign excursions. 
 
A fresh element in the project is the inclusion of strings crafted by the Odin Quartet; Alex Toskov (violin), Tanya Charles Iveniuk (violin), Laurence Schaufele (viola) and Samuel Bisson (cello). Strings were always considered but never included until the opportunity presented itself. The Odin Quartet joins Thompson as the project moves into a stunning three-part suite that documents the pandemic journey in a contemplative and emotional arrangement. What Was Taken shows the challenges of change, What Remains is Thompson’s constant, a reminder to have gratitude for everything and everyone, and moving forward – the abundant and hopeful, What Possibilities, is a means to build and begin anew – with fresh perspective. 
 
What Remains follows Thompson’s 2019 release, The Offering and 2018 album, A New Standard. While A New Standard sought to change the conversation, The Offering created a new dialogue about what audiences expect from a jazz trio. The recording process itself was an attempt to capture the essence of the live experience - the element that has been attracting an ever-growing audience to the trio’s concerts. A New Standard was Thompson’s debut on MNRK Music Group and sought to redefine the concept of the jazz standard, and included original takes on Radiohead, Bob Dylan and Laura Mvula tunes. It was recorded in the original trio format (Randall Hall on bass, and Jeff Halischuk on drums) marking a departure from the solo playing for which Thompson had become known.
 
Giving back is a trademark note of Thompson’s ethos. Thompson served as a member of the board at Dixon Hall for many years and is currently on the board at Jazz FM 91. His own organization, The Thompson T. Egbo-Egbo Arts Foundation, and Evolving Through the Arts program, supports elementary school students recognizing that a positive change and a sense of self-worth should be instilled in children early and they be afforded opportunities that all children should receive. The foundation aims to fill a void in the education of music and arts not found in many communities, and partners with talented Canadian musicians and artists to provide a well-rounded and focused curriculum.  

With degrees in Music from Humber College, and music production at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, to releasing numerous works and collaborating with some of the world’s most renowned artists, Thompson’s involvement in music has seen many opportunities come his way. In 2021, Thompson portrayed a young Oscar Peterson in an episode of Historica Canada’s Heritage Minute, honouring the artist’s life and career.  Last year, Thompson was set to cross the pond for a recording opportunity at Abbey Road Studios in London, UK, to write and record Oddly Familiar – an album released and archived with Audio Network’s sync library. Thompson didn't let postponed travel plans deter him, and proceeded at home in Toronto to share the music with international audiences.

Thompson Egbo-Egbo shares his experience, ideas and vision with vibrant energy. The key to his success is not solely unlocked by memorable, harmonically complex compositions that have at their core a deep, abiding groove, but the connections they create and the doors they open within the listener. 

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About MNRK Music Group:

MNRK Music Group is one of the largest independent music companies in the world, with recording, music publishing, and management divisions operating in every major music market. MNRK is committed to discovering and guiding top music creators and artists and works with some of the greatest musical talent including The Lumineers and Pitbull, the music publishing catalog of Chuck Berry, plus premier music companies Dualtone Music Group and Last Gang. The company’s music department services Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning producers. Its catalog across divisions consists of 54,000 music tracks, including multiple GRAMMY winners and platinum-selling hits.  www.mnrk.com.
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LEGENDARY SINGER-SONGWRITER STEVE PERRY RELEASES  THE SEASON - DELUXE EDITION

10-TRACK DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION FEATURES TWO NEW UNRELEASED SONGS

TORONTO, ON – October 28, 2022 – Today, Steve Perry, the legendary, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist and songwriter, has released The Season Deluxe Edition, an extended 10-track digital version of The Season, Perry’s much loved, first-ever holiday album from last year. The Season Deluxe Edition adds two new, previously unreleased songs to the original LP’s eight tracks: a brand-new composition called Maybe This Year, written by Steve and Dallas Kruse, and a soulful cover of Donny Hathaway’s classic, This Christmas.  Find The Season Deluxe Edition here and listen to Maybe This Year here and This Christmas here.
 
Steve Perry on The Season Deluxe Edition: “I wanted to write an original Christmas song of my own, so Dallas Kruse and I began writing what became, Maybe This Year. I wrote the lyrical sentiment about how the holidays can bring such joy and sadness and how for me, both these emotions give me connection to feelings of gratitude for so many years gone by, and a desire to hold on to these holiday feelings we share throughout the coming year. Along with Maybe this Year I have also added one of my favorite Donny Hathaway songs, This Christmas. I dedicate both these tracks to my friend, Lamont Dozier.”

Primarily recorded at Perry’s home studio, The Season came to life in collaboration with drummer, Vinnie Colaiuta (Sting, Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa), and Dallas Kruse (a multi-instrumentalist who also worked with Perry on his acclaimed 2018 album Traces). While most of the album encompasses an understated sonic palette—piano, strings, upright bass—each track leaves an indelible impact thanks to the soulful sincerity of Perry’s vocal work. “One of the things I love most about those traditional recordings is they’re not coming at you like a rock song—they’re just sitting there quietly and inviting you in,” says Perry. “I’d never sung with that much simplicity before, and it was incredibly thrilling to bring that kind of expression to these songs.”
 
Perry's stirring interpretations of these holiday staples capture their timelessness, while simultaneously putting his own personal spin on each track. “Music has always been something that rescues me in difficult times,” says Perry. “I hope when people hear this record, they’re teleported in the same way I was when I recorded all these songs—I hope it brings them back to those golden moments with their loved ones and gives them that feeling of joy and connection and comfort that we all need so much.”
 
One of the most iconic voices in rock and roll history, Steve Perry has captivated generations with the sheer power of his range and extraordinary warmth of his tone. One of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, he fronted Journey during the band’s massively successful era and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Perry returned to music in 2018 with the release of his Fantasy album TRACES which debuted at #4 on the Billboard album charts and #6 overall – a personal best for his solo work.  
 
THE SEASON DELUXE EDITION (digital only) TRACK LIST:
1. Maybe This Year 
2. This Christmas
3. The Christmas Song   
4.  I'll Be Home For Christmas 
5. Auld Lang Syne 
6. Winter Wonderland 
7. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve 
8. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 
9. Silver Bells 
10. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

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SOCCER MOMMY SHARES DARKNESS FOREVER (SOPHIE’S VERSION)

TOURING, FOREVER STARTS TONIGHT
WITH VANCOUVER STOP ON DECEMBER 7

TORONTO, ON – October 28, 2022 – Soccer Mommy released Sometimes, Forever, her magnificent new album produced by Daniel Lopatin of Oneohtrix Point Never, this summer to universal acclaim. Ahead of tonight’s Touring, Forever kick-off and in celebration of Sophie Allison’s favorite holiday, Halloween, Soccer Mommy is sharing an earlier draft and previously unreleased version of one of the album’s darkest tracks. Darkness Forever (Sophie’s Version) is out now – listen here. See below for full touring details and find tickets here.  

“This version of Darkness Forever is really exciting for me because it’s kind of what got me inspired to start working on the rest of the album,” explains Allison. “It felt new and fresh, and I had a lot of fun making it. When I was done with it, I felt very ready to work on more stuff for the record.”

Alongside the release of Darkness Forever (Sophie’s Version) is a limited edition Darkness T-Shirt that’s perfect for spooky season. Designed by Justus Proffit, the shirt is made with phosphorescent ink, so that the design looks white in daylight, but turns green and glows in the dark. Purchase here.

Sometimes, Forever debuted on the Billboard charts, taking the #1 slot for Heatseakers, Top New Artist and Alternative New Artist, debuted in the Top 200, and many more. The album has already been named one of the top records of 2022 so far from the likes of Vulture, Rolling Stone, Variety, Stereogum, Paste, Brooklyn Vegan, FLOOD and more. Soccer Mommy has performed on both The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live! this year, and  sold-out an intimate show alongside a Q&A hosted by The Los Angeles Times’ Mikael Wood at the GRAMMY Museum this summer. Following the album release, Soccer Mommy has since hosted Roblox’s most successful Listening Party to date with 10.8 million unique visitors, and she has also shared incredible alt-versions of Shotgun by Magdalena Bay, a slowed and reverbed edit, as well as a Simlish version, available now within The Sims 4 High School Years expansion pack.

Sometimes, Forever is Soccer Mommy’s boldest and most aesthetically adventurous work yet, and it cements Sophie Allison’s status as one of the most gifted songwriters making rock music right now. The album sees Allison once again tapping into the turn-of-the-millenium sensibilities she’s known for, as she advances her self-made sonic world beyond the present and into the future with experimental-minded production, an expanded moodboard of vintage touchstones, and some of her most sophisticated songwriting to date. Inspired by the concept that neither sorrow nor happiness is permanent, Sometimes, Forever is a fresh peek into the mind of an artist who synthesizes everything — retro sounds, personal tumult, the relatable disorder of modern life — into original music that feels built to last a long time. Maybe even forever.

LISTEN TO / WATCH:
Shotgun | Unholy Affliction | Bones | newdemo

UPCOMING TOUR DATES - TICKETS HERE
10/28/22 - Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi Annex *
10/29/22 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre *
10/30/22 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
11/01/22 - Chicago, IL @ Metro *
11/02/22 - Evanston, IL @ SPACE * [SOLD OUT]
11/04/22 - Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom *
11/05/22 - North Adams, MA @ Mass MOCA *
11/06/22 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues *
11/09/22 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall ^ [SOLD OUT]
11/10/22 - Middletown, CT @ Harbor Park [SOLD OUT]
11/11/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall ^
11/12/22 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ^ [SOLD OUT]
11/13/22 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ^
11/14/22 - Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom ^
11/16/22 - Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre ^
11/17/22 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Heaven Stage ^
11/18/22 - Birmingham, AL @ Saturn ^
11/19/22 - Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl ^
11/30/22 - St. Louis, MO @ Pageant #
12/02/22 - Ft. Collins, CO @ Washington's #
12/03/22 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre #
12/04/22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot #
12/06/22 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre #
12/07/22 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore #
12/08/22 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom #
12/10/22 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater #
12/11/22 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory #
12/13/22 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern #
12/14/22 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren #
12/15/22 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace #
12/16/22 - Austin, TX @ Emo's East #
12/17/22 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues #

* with support from Lightning Bug
^ with support from Helena Deland
# with support from TOPS

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HERMANOS GUTIÉRREZ RELEASE ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM  EL BUENO Y EL MALO TODAY VIA EASY EYE SOUND

ON TOUR ACROSS NORTH AMERICA WITH DATES IN MONTREAL AND TORONTO NEXT WEEK

“4 out of 5 stars.” - MOJO
 
“It’s a track that cements the brothers’ immense talent, and now is the time to get in on the ground floor, before Hermanos Gutiérrez are inevitably featured in the next Quentin Tarantino film.” - CONSEQUENCE on Tres Hermanos

TORONTO, ON – October 28, 2022 – Today, Zurich-based duo, Hermanos Gutiérrez, comprised of brothers, Estevan and Alejandro Gutiérrez, have released their acclaimed new album, El Bueno Y El Malo, via The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach’s label Easy Eye Sound. The release of the record coincides with the start of the brothers’ North American tour, which is nearly sold out and includes shows in Montreal and Toronto next week. Tour dates are below. Listen to El Bueno Y El Malo here.
 
“When Alejandro and I play together, it’s like we are driving a car,” says Estevan Gutiérrez. “It’s like we are taking a road trip. Sometimes we’re driving through a desert. Sometimes we’re traveling up the coast. But always we are in nature, and we see the most beautiful landscapes, sunrises, sunsets.” The music these two brothers make evokes expansive plains and rough wildernesses, saguaros and surfs, spaghetti westerns and Morricone soundtracks, Lynch and Jarmusch. With their guitars they travel through landscapes haunted by vaqueros, cancioneros, wanderers, fugitives, lovers, family—and whatever ghosts their listeners bring to the music.
 
El Bueno Y El Malo is their most epic journey yet: working with Dan Auerbach at his Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville, they’ve crafted ten vivid compositions that highlight their intimate guitar playing, where one brother’s rhythms and the other brother’s melodies twine around each other so that they become inextricable. Together, they generate what Estevan calls a “deeper, darker energy” defined by complex arrangements, sophisticated playing, and most of all their very close relationship.
 
Started a few years earlier, Hermanos Gutiérrez began releasing music on their own, all of which gained traction in 2020. “My brother and I,” says Estevan, “we did everything by ourselves— all the music, even the artwork. But during Covid, our music was streamed all over the world,” especially their 2020 album, Hijos del Sol. Perhaps because people were looking for an escape from their worries or were traveling to new landscapes without leaving their homes, the music of Hermanos Gutiérrez spread by word of mouth, eventually finding its way to Auerbach. After a twenty-minute conversation, they signed with Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound record label and started writing songs for their forthcoming album.
 
Setting up shop a few months later at Easy Eye Sound studio, El Bueno Y El Malo was recorded quickly and organically, despite it being the first time they’d ever met Auerbach in-person. They worked on the fly, hewing closely to the songs they had brought over from Switzerland while remaining open to any and all new ideas. El Bueno Y El Malo gently expands their sound, retaining the foundation while adding drums, castanets, strings, and congas. The additions are more than subtle; they’re subliminal. They focus the attention on the two main figures and the intricate, almost telepathic interplay of their instruments. In perhaps the most significant addition to their two-guitar sound, their producer even played on one song. As the brothers struggled with an arrangement, Auerbach suggested an idea for a melody, even plugging in and playing it for them. They loved it so much they invited him to record it with them, even retitling that song, Tres Hermanos.
 
The title of the album is, of course, a reference to Sergio Leone’s legendary 1966 spaghetti western The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and especially its score by Ennio Morricone. But the phrase has a deeper meaning: “We think that everybody has a good side and a bad side,” says Estevan. “It’s every person, every moment, every situation. Everybody has these two faces.” It’s not a cynical idea, but one that celebrates the depths and dualities of humanity, and music—even music that does not include vocals or lyrics—is the perfect vehicle to explore such big ideas.
 
TOUR DATES:          
10/29   Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever - Dia de los Muertos Fest
10/31   Washington, D.C. @ Miracle Theatre
11/2     Philadelphia, PA @ World Café Live
11/3     Boston, MA @ Arts at the Armory
11/4     New York, NY @ Opera House
11/5     Montreal, QC @ PHI Centre
11/6     Toronto, ON @ The Drake
11/8     Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club
11/9     Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village
11/10   Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
11/12   Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
11/13   Portland, OR @ Mission Theater
11/14   San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
11/16  Los Angeles, CA @ The Pico Union Project
11/17   Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s
11/18   Ventura, CA @ Ventura Music Hall
11/19   Phoenix, AZ @ Musical Instrument Museum
11/20   Santa Fe, NM @ St. Francis Auditorium
11/22   Austin, TX @ Antone’s
12/16   Denver, CO @ Ball Arena **
 
** Supporting Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

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DOMANIQUE GRANT  SHARES TITLE TRACK QUEENDOM FROM HER  QUEEN/DOM CHAPTER 2: DOM EP   OUT NOVEMBER 18

LISTEN TO QUEENDOM | WATCH QUEENDOM

RELEASE SHOW IN TORONTO ON NOVEMBER 17 - TICKETS

TORONTO, ON – October 27, 2022 – You may call her Queen Dom, her mom did when she was a child and now Toronto soul-pop singer, songwriter, and director, Domanique Grant, is claiming it in adulthood, on her new EP album, QUEEN/DOM Chapter 2: DOM, out on November 18 via Domanique's label, Grant Creativity Inc. Domanique continues to speak her truth and share sonic layers of her life journey. Today, she releases the title track - QueenDom - of the second instalment of her QUEEN/DOM EP. QueenDom is about self acceptance and being unapologetic in claiming your seat at the table. The chorus, “I’m way too proud don’t try to tame my mane, underneath my humble I’m Nala, welcome to the Queendom” is a playful dedication to the Lion King and the silent strength  of the lionesses on  pride rock from the perspective of the character, Nala. Listen to QueenDom here

The song arrives with a minimal performance video choreographed by Leon Blackwood and co-directed by Domanique and Dwayne Graham, exploring the idea of space and feminine energy. Watch QueenDom here.

QueenDom kicks off the release of the final half of her double EP, continuing the journey to claiming your crown as a human, by zoning into the stages of worthiness, power and owning your truth. Where Chapter 1 takes listeners through the journey to generational healing and forgiveness, chapter two progresses to owning that journey and leveraging our healing, vulnerability and imperfections to claim our seat at the table. The focus of Chapter 2 will resonate in additional tracks, Be Your Beautiful, Airbrush and standout, Undressing, which reminds us that one of our strongest assets as women is our vulnerability, and a bonus Shea Moisture Campaign version of Be Your Beautiful was originally written for a Canadian campaign celebrating diverse beauty across Canada. The popularity and crowd response lead to adding it to the album and turning it into a reimagined track.

Toronto fans can join Domanique as she will celebrate on the eve of the EP release with a show on Thursday, November 17 at Revival. Find details and tickets here.

QUEEN/DOM - Chapter 1: QUEEN delivered an array of sonic elements, infectious production and introspective, inspiring lyrics about the human journey to generational healing, forgiveness, worthiness and ultimately claiming your crown. Listen to the EP here. On the inspiration behind the project, Domanique adds: "I wrote this project to claim my own narrative and to own the fact that the process to learning self-love and to claiming your crown is complicated."

The double EP was written and co-produced by Domanique Grant, with collaborators including Jarrel The Young, Joshua Sadler-Brown (co-production and mixing on Save Me), Marc Koecher (production on 723 and Undressing,  mixing on 723, Undressing and Real Me) and Michael Hammer (mixed Moving On), with additional writing by Kiki Rowe. The EP was mastered by Phil Demetro. 

Fresh from performing at ModeCanadaRocks in her hometown of Toronto last week, a summer tour in South Africa, a headline spot with Sofar Sounds across the US, and shows in the UK, Domanique continues to move, groove and grow with her art. In 2020, Domanique’s craft made global headlines through Till We See The Sun, her stunning, uplifting  track that spread joy at the height of the first pandemic lockdown. Since then, she has cultivated a partnership with RBCxMusic, as featured in their GRAMMY Awards campaign, Fuelling Firsts, which aired during the 2021 awards ceremony broadcast. She delivered presentations, performances and numerous public speaking engagements, including: the Humber River Heroes benefit concert by the Humber River Hospital Foundation, the Canadian Nurses Foundation Maskerade Gala hosted by etalk's Traci Melchor, and Toronto International Film Festival, opening the screening of the documentary, Listening To Kenny G. In addition, Domanique produced RBC's The Imagine Summit, supporting artist-entrepreneurs in imagining beyond the limitations of the current global climate, by offering exclusive access to industry leaders, mindfulness training and financial resources.

Stay tuned for more sonic self-love from Domanique as she prepares to release QUEEN/DOM and learn about Domanique’s incredible career to date below. 

QUEEN/DOM Chapter 2: DOM Tracklisting
1. QueenDom
2. Airbrush
3. Undressing
4. Be Your Beautiful (Remix)
5. Be Your Beautiful (Shea Moisture Campaign version)

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DOWNLOAD – QUEEN/DOM Chapter 2: DOM Art

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About Domanique Grant
(pronunciation: DOM-AH-NEEKE GRANT, pronouns: she/her)

You may call her QueenDom. Her mom did when she was a child, and now Toronto soul-pop singer, songwriter, producer and director Domanique Grant is claiming it in adulthood, as the title of her forthcoming double EP (the first chapter out on May 5, 2022), for which she opens up some tough conversations — of worthiness, forgiveness, self love, notions of beauty and Internet culture.

Fresh off of her collaboration with the GRAMMY Awards and RBCxMusic, Domanique Grant is a Pop/Soul, Singer-Songwriter from Toronto, named one of Buzzfeed’s Top 20 Artists to Watch from Canada.

With a live show that’s been praised by Ted Talk, recent collaborations with GRAMMY nominated  producer Jarrel ‘The’ Young (Drake 2021, The Weeknd 2020, Fall out Boyz 2019) and a Pandemic-song that went viral worldwide, 2022 is set to be a big year for the teal haired powerhouse.

“I want to create music that reminds people to be authentic, especially when the world tells you that you don’t fit," Domanique says. 

The release of Domanique’s upcoming EP album QUEEN/DOM, exploring self-love and authenticity in a digital age; does that and more. With a milky vocal tone, paired with a praised, rap-singing versatility, echoing influences as diverse as Lauren Hill, Lisa Left-Eye Lopes, Rihanna, Sza and Chance the Rapper, combined, Domanique’s music straddles the lines of modern Pop and R&B, with elements of Electronic and Hip Hop that can’t be ignored.

QUEEN/DOM is a double EP release with the first chapter out now, and the second to come in late 2022. Introspective yet relatable, on the project, Domanique shows both a bold and vulnerable side. Like many of us, she shifted her focus during the Covid Pandemic towards further growth and self-care. And for her, that meant creating more music. She spent the last year reflecting, writing and recording.

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KILLER MIKE DROPS NEW SINGLE TALK’N THAT SHIT!

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TORONTO, ON – October 27, 2022 – Killer Mike has just shared Talk’n That Shit!, his second single of 2022, the pair of which are his first solo releases since 2012’s R.A.P. Music. Featuring a dense, morphing production from DJ Paul (Three 6 Mafia) and TWhy Xclusive, the single arrives paired with a video directed by seck. that demonstrates Killer Mike’s standing as a community pillar, featuring cameos from a range of groups and organizations meaningfully connected to him, including PAW KidsBass Reeves Gun ClubNext Level Boys AcademyYouth BuildNew Georgia Project, and more. Listen to Talk’n That Shit! and watch the video here.

"The song is self explanatory. With the video I wanted show the freedom and beauty in being able to turn up in spite of all the fuck-shit. That upsets the bourgeoisie even more- in spite of all your criticisms we're gonna live free and stay lit,” states Mike.
 
Talk’n That Shit! follows in the wake of his recent RUN single, which marked his first solo release in ten years and yielded immediate widespread acclaim from the likes of Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, The Guardian, Pitchfork, Complex, in addition to a moving performance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon that featured a stirring opening recitation from Tony Award Winner and poet, Georgiame. Ahead of the single’s release the song appeared in a Killer Mike-starring nationally televised Cadillac campaign, Black Futurefor the Escalade V Series, that debuted in June. Watch the video for RUN here.
 
Mike was Billboard’s inaugural 2020 Change Maker Award recipient and continues to be an influential cultural commentator via his talk show Love and Respect (WPBA / Revolt), in addition to regular visits on Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Real Time with Bill Maher. More recently he has been making headlines via the Protect Black Art - Rap Lyrics Are Not A Crime initiative, which successfully petitioned for California and New York to pass laws halting the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials. His tenure with rap powerhouse Run The Jewels, who recently concluded a packed North American arena tour supporting Rage Against The Machine, has yielded four critically lauded albums (so far), achieving cultural ubiquity via their seamless blend of political incisiveness and brash hilarity.

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ANDREW BIRD RELEASES I FELT A FUNERAL, IN MY BRAIN FEATURING PHOEBE BRIDGERS

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NEW SINGLE OFFERS A HAUNTING REIMAGINATION OF EMILY DICKINSON’S POEM

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TORONTO, ON – October 26, 2022 – Today, Andrew Bird and Phoebe Bridgers join forces to share a haunting reimagination of the Emily Dickinson poem, I felt a Funeral, in my Brain.

Sparse and spectral, the arrangement pairs chilling, swelling shrieks of strings with the slight strum of guitar, as Bird and Bridgers trade verses and soar in harmony over Dickinson’s words. Recorded this fall, the song further explores the mind-numbing thoughts, questions and obsessions that Bird brought to life across his new album, Inside Problems, soundtracking the inner demons that run amok when things get quiet: whistles echo in from a faraway realm, bass lines mirror the poem’s allusions to beating drums and boots of lead, while otherworldly sounds and a ghostly pizzicato transport the track to a liminal space.

“I came across this Emily Dickinson poem and found it to be the most vivid description of an inner world I’ve ever encountered,” says Bird. “It became an inspiration for the songs on Inside Problems. Who better to sing it with than Phoebe Bridgers? I sent her a demo and so, here we are. Thanks to Ms. Dickinson’s publisher at Harvard University Press for allowing us to use this poem. As I understand, her poems weren’t published as she intended them until the 1950s - that is, without the heavy hand of her male editors.”

Listen to the song here, out now on Loma Vista Recordings, and watch the visual here. Limited edition red 7” vinyl is available to pre-order exclusively at AndrewBird.Net.

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain is a rare duet in Andrew Bird’s deep discography, which includes standout collaborations such as 2016’s Left Handed Kisses (feat. Fiona Apple), and marks the latest addition to what has been another prolific year for the Grammy-nominated musician, songwriter and composer. Released this summer, Inside Problems saw him enter “previously uncharted territory” (Pitchfork), before his first tour in three years brought songs like Make a Picture and the Joan Didion-inspired Atomized to sold-out shows at the Greek Theatre, Red Rocks, NYC’s Pier 17 and Chicago’s Salt Shed, as well as performances on CBS Saturday Morning, NPR’s Tiny Desk and KCRW, and #1 on the NonComm, Americana and College radio charts. On the heels of acting in the latest season of Fargo on FX, Andrew Bird also scored Judd Apatow’s Netflix film, The Bubble, plus Peabody-nominated PBS documentary, Storm Lake, and will have more to share before the end of 2022 takes him to a sold-out run of seven holiday concerts in his Chicago hometown. Find the full list of annual Gezelligheid performances, plus upcoming shows at Mexico City’s Corona Capital, London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Big Ears Festival, a run of dates in Australia and beyond at andrewbird.net/#tour.

Praise for Inside Problems

"Andrew Bird transports listeners to a lush musical world” – NPR Music

"These 11 songs may be meant to chronicle a pointedly personal inner voyage, yet he's wound up with a warm, collaborative record that feels like a balm for fear and loneliness"  - Pitchfork

"A heap of albums into Andrew Bird’s long-legged career, it’s easy to forget the unlikeliness of the figure he cut...the new album’s questing songs gaze inward" - The New Yorker 

"Another gem in the artist's masterful collection of LPs...the album offers an inspiring, even whimsical take on contemporary life" - Salon

"It's perhaps unsurprising that Bird has managed to follow up an album — the somewhat winkingly titled My Finest Work Yet — with a record that might be even finer" - Grammy.com

"Inside Problems honors the constantly evolving internal self and finds solace in knowing that there is so much hiding underneath the surface that we may never understand" - Vinyl Me, Please

"Inside Problems tackles the demons that even Headspace can't deter" - Document Journal

"Andrew Bird’s virtuosity is no secret. It’s a disservice at this point to dip into adjectives of praise and find a new way to say as much" - Aquarium Drunkard

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2022 SLAIGHT FAMILY POLARIS HERITAGE PRIZE WINNING ALBUMS ANNOUNCED

TORONTO, ON – October 21, 2022 – The Polaris Music Prize has announced albums from SNFU and Four the Moment have received 2022 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize designation.

This Polaris hall of fame-minded critics prize/public polling campaign is meant to celebrate classic Canadian albums created before Polaris began in 2006. Like the Polaris Music Prize, winners and nominees of the Heritage Prize are albums of the highest artistic distinction, without regard to sales or affiliations. Each year, one album is designated by a public vote and one by the Polaris Heritage Prize jury.

Vancouver-via-Edmonton punk band SNFU’s album, ...And No One Else Wanted to Play, from 1985, was chosen in the Heritage Prize public voting category, which ran this year from September 19 to October 14. Halifax, Nova Scotia-based a cappela gospel-folk group Four the Moment’s album, We’re Still Standing, from 1987, received Heritage designation by the 11-member Polaris Heritage Prize jury. 

“Congratulations to SNFU and Four the Moment. The valuable, unique albums you created show the tremendous depth and quality of Canadian music. Thank you for making these important works of art,” said Gary Slaight, President and CEO of Slaight Communications.

Four the Moment’s recognition comes four decades after they began creating music together.

“We are so deeply honoured, humbled and thrilled to be receiving the Polaris Heritage Prize,” said Four the Moment’s Delvina Bernard, in a statement. “When Four the Moment started its journey 40 years ago, we could not have imagined that songs written as feminist and Afrocentric testimonials of gender and racial social justice issues in Nova Scotia performed a capella would still hold sway today. Ironically, the injustices chronicled on the We’re Still Standing recording are unfortunately still with us. Despite this, we are pleased and proud to celebrate along with those who’ve supported our music mission over the decades as collaborators, inspirators and patrons. We are grateful to the Polaris Heritage Prize organization and jurors and to all who voted for us. We are equally indebted to all nominees whose exceptional musical works make these awards possible… it just feels so uplifting to know we’re still standing, and that a new and younger generation might just take note.”

SNFU dedicated their win to two of their late members.

“We are honoured by Polaris's recognition of our first album …And No One Else Wanted to Play,” said SNFU’s Marc Belke and Brent Belke. “It’s humbling for SNFU to be mentioned in the same breath as the other nominees. It’s also gratifying that after almost 40 years the album’s impact is still being felt. We are thankful to our fans and friends who voted for this award. And we are thankful to Mark Stern, Shawn Stern and Gubby Svoboda, who, all those years ago, believed in us and pressed us to drive to Los Angeles to make the album. This award is dedicated to the lives of two people without whom this album would not exist: Mr. Chi Pig and Evan C. Jones. Love, respect, & 1, 2, SNFU.”

There were 12 nominated albums up for Heritage Prize consideration this year: 

Lillian Allen - Revolutionary Tea Party
Bran Van 3000 - Glee
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions
Four the Moment - We’re Still Standing
k.d. lang - Ingénue
Kardinal Offishall - Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol 1
Martha and the Muffins - This is the Ice Age
Wayne McGhie & The Sounds of Joy - Wayne McGhie & The Sounds of Joy
Rascalz - Cash Crop
SNFU - ...And No One Else Wanted to Play
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving

Heritage Prize balloting was officially opened on Monday, September 19 during the 2022 Polaris Gala, where Pierre Kwenders’ José Louis And The Paradox Of Love album was awarded the 17th annual Polaris Music Prize.

This year’s Heritage list features six returning nominated albums (Revolutionary Tea Party, Glee, Ingénue, This is the Ice Age, Set Yourself on Fire, and Left and Leaving) and six first-time album nominations (Various Positions, We’re Still Standing, Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol 1, Wayne McGhie & The Sounds of Joy, Cash Crop and ...And No One Else Wanted to Play). Voters were able to submit ballots once per day. 

Heritage Prize winners are commemorated with limited-edition artwork commissioned and inspired by the music on these designated albums. Examples of past winners’ works, including those honouring the likes of last year’s winners Nomeansno and Faith Nolan, can be found here.

The Heritage Prize campaign represents the final marquee event in a Polaris season that also included the return of the live Polaris Gala spectacular on September 19; the Polaris Music Prize 2022 Poster Launch & Exhibition, a month-long gallery takeover at Underscore Projects (1486 Dundas Street West, Toronto); the 40 album Polaris Long List reveal on June 14; and the 10 album Short List reveal on July 14. 

This year’s Heritage Prize jury included Michael Barclay, Elizabeth Chorney-Booth, Erin McLeod, Phyllis Grant, DJ MelBoogie, Morgan Mullin, Darcy MacDonald, Shawn Conner, Sandra Sperounes, Rob Bowman, and, for the first time, an official guest musician juror, Danko Jones.

“It was a stone cold honour to be asked to serve as juror on this year’s Heritage Prize selection committee,” said Jones. “Going through the process, it was easy to see Canada isn’t short on superb records. This year’s winners, SNFU’s …And No One Else Wanted to Play and Four the Moment’s We’re Still Standing, were fully deserving, and it feels gratifying to help bestow them with this great distinction.” 

Thirty-seven albums have received Heritage Prize designation since its introduction in 2015. Past winning albums include Peaches’ The Teaches Of Peaches, Harmonium’s L’Heptade, Glenn Gould’s Bach: The Goldberg Variations, Dream Warriors’ And Now the Legacy Begins and Buffy Sainte-Marie’s It’s My Way!

We acknowledge the financial support of FACTOR, the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada's Private Radio Broadcasters.

Polaris Music Prize 2022 Event Season

June 14 – Long List Announcement:  The Long List is where Polaris reveals the 40 nominated albums that will be considered for a given year’s Prize.

July 14 – Short List Announcement: Selected from the 40 album Long List, the Short List is where Polaris reveals the 10 finalist albums that will be considered for a given year’s Prize.

September 19 – Polaris Gala: Our prestige winner reveal event, the Polaris Gala features live musical performances from the nominated acts on the Polaris Short List. The Polaris Prize winner is determined day-of at the Gala by an 11-member Polaris Grand Jury selected from the greater Polaris juror pool. 

October 21 – Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize: The Heritage Prize is a hall of fame-minded critics prize/public polling campaign meant to celebrate classic Canadian albums created before Polaris began in 2006. Like the Polaris Music Prize, winners and nominees of the Heritage Prize are albums of the highest artistic distinction, without regard to sales or affiliations. 

About the Polaris Music Prize 
The Polaris Music Prize is a not-for-profit organization that annually honours and rewards artists who produce Canadian music albums of distinction. A select panel of music critics judge and award the Prize without regard to musical genre or commercial popularity. www.polarismusicprize.ca

About Slaight Music
Slaight Music was started in 2011 with a mandate to support the Canadian Music community through a variety of initiatives, and to develop Canadian talent via strategic partnerships with industry peers. www.slaightmusic.com

Polaris Fast Facts:

40 Long List nominees 
10 Short List nominees 
1 Polaris Music Prize winner of the $50,000 prize 
9 runner-up winners of $3,000 courtesy of Slaight Music 
2 Heritage Prize winners 
196 Polaris Posters commissioned by visual artists across the
country
200+ annual jury participants 
1,000 annual Gala guests 
$831,000 in prize money given to musicians 
160 Short List nominees have been provided with in-kind media
attention 
20 Not-for-Profit and charity partners supported through the
Community Development Program

Media Contacts: 

Polaris Music Prize media: 
Amanda McCauley
(905) 926-6440
amanda@indoorrecess.com  

Polaris Music Prize media (Quebec): 
Magali Ould 
(514) 994-6295
magali@polarismusicprize.ca  

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DÉVOILEMENT DES ALBUMS LAURÉATS DU PRIX DU PATRIMOINE POLARIS DE LA FAMILLE SLAIGHT 2022

TORONTO, ON – 21 octobre, 2022 – Le Prix de la musique Polaris a annoncé que les albums de SNFU et Four the Moment remportent le Prix du patrimoine Polaris de la famille Slaight 2022.

Créée dans l’esprit d’un temple de la renommée, cette récompense est à la fois une campagne de sondage publique et un prix de la critique qui célèbre les albums canadiens classiques parus avant la création du Polaris en 2006. À l’instar du Prix de musique Polaris, les albums en nomination ou gagnants du Prix du patrimoine se distinguent sur le plan artistique, sans égard aux ventes ou aux affiliations. Chaque année, un album est désigné par le vote du public et un autre, par le jury du Prix du patrimoine Polaris.

L’album …And No One Else Wanted to Play (1985) du groupe punk SNFU, issu d’Edmonton puis relocalisé à Vancouver, a été couronné du Prix du patrimoine à l’issue du vote du public, qui s’est déroulé cette année du 19 septembre au 14 octobre. L’album We're Still Standing (1987) du groupe de gospel-folk a cappella Four the Moment, d’Halifax, a pour sa part été choisi par les 11 membres du jury du Prix du patrimoine Polaris.

« Félicitations à SNFU et à Four the Moment. Les albums précieux et uniques que vous avez créés témoignent de la profondeur et de la qualité extraordinaires de la musique canadienne. Merci d’avoir réalisé ces importantes œuvres d’art! », a déclaré Gary Slaight, chef de la direction de Slaight Communications.

Le groupe Four the Moment est récompensé quatre décennies après sa fondation.

« Nous sommes si profondément honorées, touchées et ravies de recevoir le Prix du patrimoine Polaris », ont dit Delvina Bernard de Four the Moment, via une déclaration écrite. « Lorsque Four the Moment a entamé son périple il y a 40 ans, nous ne savions pas que nos chansons-témoignages féministes et afrocentriques sur les questions de justice sociale liées au genre et à la race en Nouvelle-Écosse, interprétées a capella, demeureraient aussi actuelles. Ironiquement, les injustices décrites dans We're Still Standing sont malheureusement toujours en cours. Malgré cela, nous sommes heureuses et fières de célébrer avec les personnes qui ont soutenu notre mission musicale au fil des décennies, en tant que collaborateurs, sources d’inspiration et mécènes. Nous remercions le Polaris, son jury du Prix du patrimoine et le public qui a voté pour nous. Nous sommes également redevables aux autres artistes en nomination, dont les œuvres musicales exceptionnelles rendent ces prix possibles… C’est tellement réconfortant de savoir que nous sommes “toujours debout”, et qu’une nouvelle et jeune génération est à l’affut. »

SNFU a dédié sa victoire à deux de ses membres qui ne sont plus.

« Nous sommes honorés que notre premier album, ...And No One Else Wanted to Play, ait été reconnu par le Polaris », ont déclaré Marc Belke et Brent Belke, de SNFU. « C’est très flatteur pour SNFU d’être mentionné aux côtés des autres artistes en nomination. C’est également gratifiant de constater qu’après presque 40 ans, l’impact de l’album se fait toujours sentir. Nous remercions nos amis et notre public qui a voté dans le cadre de ce prix. Nous sommes aussi reconnaissants à Mark Stern, Shawn Stern et Gubby Svoboda, qui, il y a toutes ces années, ont cru en nous et nous ont poussés à nous rendre à Los Angeles pour réaliser cet album. Ce prix est dédié à la vie de deux personnes sans qui cet album n’existerait pas : M. Chi Pig et Evan C. Jones. Amour, respect, et 1, 2, SNFU. »

Voici les 12 albums qui étaient en nomination pour le Prix du patrimoine cette année :

Lillian Allen – Revolutionary Tea Party
Bran Van 3000 – Glee
Leonard Cohen – Various Positions
Four the Moment – We’re Still Standing
k.d. lang – Ingénue
Kardinal Offishall – Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol 1
Martha and the Muffins – This is the Ice Age
Wayne McGhie & The Sounds of Joy – Wayne McGhie & The
Sounds of Joy

Rascalz – Cash Crop
SNFU – ...And No One Else Wanted To Play
Stars – Set Yourself on Fire
The Weakerthans – Left and Leaving

Le scrutin pour le Prix du patrimoine a officiellement été ouvert le lundi 19 septembre lors du gala Polaris 2022, au cours duquel l’album José Louis And The Paradox Of Love de Pierre Kwenders a remporté le 17e Prix de musique Polaris.

Cette année, la liste du Prix du patrimoine était composée de six albums ayant déjà été mis en nomination (Revolutionary Tea Party, Glee, Ingénue, This is the Ice Age, Set Yourself on Fire, et Left and Leaving) ainsi que de six nouveaux venus (Various Positions, We’re Still Standing, Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol 1, Wayne McGhie & The Sounds of Joy, Cash Crop et… And No One Else Wanted To Play). Le public pouvait soumettre un bulletin de vote une fois par jour.

Le Polaris rend hommage aux artistes ayant remporté le Prix du patrimoine en commandant des œuvres d’art en édition limitée inspirées par la musique des albums sélectionnés. Des exemplaires de ces affiches – notamment celles honorant Nomeansno et Faith Nolan, qui ont gagné l’année dernière – sont disponibles ICI.

La campagne de vote du Prix du patrimoine conclut la saison 2022 du Polaris, qui comprenait aussi : le retour en présentiel de l’incontournable gala Polaris (19 septembre), le vernissage d’une exposition d’un mois consacrée aux affiches officielles du Prix de musique Polaris 2022 (chez Underscore Projects, au 1486 Dundas Street West, Toronto), le dévoilement de la longue liste de 40 albums (14 juin) et celui de la courte liste de 10 albums (14 juillet).

Le jury du Prix du patrimoine 2022 était composé de Michael Barclay, Elizabeth Chorney-Booth, Erin McLeod, Phyllis Grant, DJ MelBoogie, Morgan Mullin, Darcy MacDonald, Shawn Conner, Sandra Sperounes, Rob Bowman et, pour la toute première fois, un musicien invité à faire partie du jury officiel : Danko Jones.

« C’était pour moi un immense honneur de faire partie du comité de sélection du Prix du patrimoine de cette année », a affirmé Danko Jones. « Ce processus m’a permis de constater à quel point le Canada ne manque pas de superbes albums. Les œuvres lauréates de 2022, ...And No One Else Wanted to Play de SNFU et We're Still Standing de Four the Moment, le méritaient amplement! Il est gratifiant de participer à leur conférer cette grande distinction. »

Trente-sept albums ont reçu le Prix du patrimoine depuis sa création en 2015. Parmi les albums récompensés se trouvent The Teaches Of Peaches (Peaches), L’Heptade (Harmonium), Bach : The Goldberg Variations (Glenn Gould), And Now the Legacy Begins (Dream Warriors) et It’s My Way! (Buffy Sainte-Marie).

Nous reconnaissons l’appui financier de FACTOR, du gouvernement du Canada par l’entremise du ministère du Patrimoine canadien (Fonds de la musique du Canada) et des radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada.

Saison 2022 des événements du Prix de musique Polaris

14 juin – Annonce de la longue liste : la longue liste du Polaris comprend les 40 albums sélectionnés qui seront pris en considération pour le prix d’une année donnée.

14 juillet – Annonce de la courte liste : à partir de la longue liste de 40 albums, le Polaris dévoile les 10 albums finalistes qui seront pris en considération pour le prix d’une année donnée.

19 septembre – Gala Polaris : notre prestigieux événement de révélation des albums lauréats, le gala Polaris, propose des performances musicales en direct des artistes figurant sur la courte liste du Polaris. L’album lauréat du Prix de musique Polaris est désigné le jour même du gala par un grand jury de 11 membres sélectionné·e·s parmi l’ensemble du jury du Polaris.

21 octobre – Prix du patrimoine Polaris de la famille Slaight : le Prix du patrimoine est un prix de la critique et une campagne de sondage publique qui vise à célébrer les albums canadiens classiques créés avant la première édition du Polaris en 2006. Comme pour le Prix de musique Polaris, les albums candidats et gagnants du Prix du patrimoine sont des albums de la plus haute distinction artistique, sans égard aux ventes ou aux affiliations.

À propos du Prix de musique Polaris
Le Prix de musique Polaris est un organisme à but non lucratif qui honore et récompense annuellement les artistes ayant créé des albums de musique canadienne de grande qualité. Un groupe sélectionné de critiques de musique jugent et décernent le Prix sans égard pour le genre musical ou la popularité commerciale. www.polarismusicprize.ca

À propos de Slaight Music
Slaight Music a été lancée en 2011 avec pour mandat de soutenir la communauté musicale canadienne par le biais de diverses initiatives et de développer les talents canadiens grâce à des partenariats stratégiques avec des pairs du secteur. www.slaightmusic.com

Le Polaris en quelques chiffres :

1 longue liste de 40 albums
1 courte liste de 10 albums
1 Prix de musique Polaris de 50 000 $
9 gagnant·e·s du prix secondaire de 3 000 $ offert par Slaight Music
2 gagnant·e·s du Prix du patrimoine
196 affiches Polaris créées par des artistes visuels partout au pays
Plus de 200 participant·e·s au jury annuel
1 000 invité·e·s au gala annuel
831 000 $ en prix remis aux artistes
160 nommé·e·s de la courte liste bénéficient d’une attention
médiatique
20 partenaires à but non lucratif et caritatif bénéficient du soutien du programme de développement communautaire

Contacts médias :

Prix Polaris (Québec) :
Magali Ould
(514) 994-6295
magali@polarismusicprize.ca

Prix Polaris (Canada) :
Amanda McCauley
(905) 926-6440
amanda@indoorrecess.com

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ACCLAIMED JAZZ SINGER NIKKI YANOFSKY RELEASES 15 TRACK VINTAGE STANDARDS ALBUM NIKKI BY STARLIGHT

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TORONTO, ON – October 21, 2022 – Acclaimed jazz singer, Nikki Yanofsky, returns today with the release of her new album, Nikki By Starlight, via MNRK Music Group – a 15-track voyage through vintage jazz standards from storied musicians, Frank Sinatra, Chet Baker, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, and more. Nikki By Starlight was co-produced with JUNO Award-winning producer/composer, Paul Shrofel, and features contributions from Stevie Wonder’s bandmate, Greg Phillinganes, Nathan East (Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson) and the iconic Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, Arturo Sandoval. Listen to Nikki By Starlight here.

Of the release Yanofsky reflects, “This album is truly a homecoming. It’s me going back to my roots, but on my own terms. I co-produced this record, I chose each song and how it should be interpreted. In the past, when I had sung jazz, I was a kid and was really just emulating my heroes, singing their arrangements. This album is all original arrangements, the approach was “how would I have sung these songs if I were alive when they were being written?”. They needed to be different from anything I had heard in the past, yet true to the era in which they came from. ‘Nikki by Starlight’ is the first time I was able to have my own voice in the genre that really ignited my passion for music in the first place.”

In light of Yanofsky returning to her first love, she wrote a letter to jazz earlier this year. An excerpt from the letter reads: “They say your first love is the hardest to get over. I never really got over you. I drowned your sound. I held you down deep where your echo was faint and easy to ignore. I walked a different path. Yet still, after all this time, those giant steps let me to the foot of your door.” Nikki By Starlight aches with an inexplicable passion for all that is jazz and Yanofsky’s commitment to reimagining the standards rings true all throughout the album. 

Recorded on a vintage RCA 77C – the microphone that was used by Ella Fitzgerald – Nikki By Starlight, and Yanofsky’s transportive musical touch, brings the Great American Songbook into the 21st century, providing a chance for new audiences and existing fans alike to fall in love with a refreshed style.

Ultimately, Nikki By Starlight is a mix of ballads, up-tempo tracks and sambas that make you believe in teleportation. Comes Love has a real slinky vibe reminiscent of an old-fashioned speakeasy; C’est Si Bon is a nod to 1960s Paris with a very classic French arrangement; West Coast Blues features a pocketed ensemble with Greg Phillinganes on organ and a Lalo Schifrin inspired horn solo; and Estate is an Italian classic featuring Arturo Sandovel’s signature trumpet.

With the new album, Yanofsky continues to prove her artistry – stemming all the way back to when she sang the National Anthem on live television at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in front of 3.2 billion people. Her self-titled album, Nikki, released in 2010, gained the attention of the late prolific songwriter, Rod Temperton (Thriller, Rock With You, Boogie Nights), who took her under his wing becoming her mentor, creative coach and musical champion. Her sophomore release, Little Secret, found Yanofsky exploring the velvet-clad sweet spot between jazz and pop with bold sentiments that signaled a self-assured coming of age. In 2020 she released Turn Down The Sound, a 10-track LP (eOne Music) that showcases her independence and marks a newfound departure for her career as a young musician, earning praise upon release from Billboard, Uproxx, American Songwriter and more.

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About MNRK Music Group
MNRK Music Group
is one of the largest independent music companies in the world, with recording, music publishing, and management divisions operating in every major music market. MNRK is committed to discovering and guiding top music creators and artists and works with some of the greatest musical talent including The Lumineers and Pitbull, the music publishing catalog of Chuck Berry, plus premier music companies Dualtone Music Group and Last Gang. The company’s music department services Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning producers. Its catalog across divisions consists of 54,000 music tracks, including multiple GRAMMY winners and platinum-selling hits. 

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