(May 19, 2022) – Montreal-based indie pop band Ivytide releases “extra” on Indica Records today, encapsulating the hardships that come from separation. Despite an accompanying rumination, the song focuses on accepting loss and processing change, weaving between chill emotional and upbeat energetic moments. The catchy chorus expresses the feeling of not knowing how to break the news to friends and family, with the line “all my friends will find me out.” Effortlessly blending singer-songwriter elements, like acoustic guitar with modern drums, rapped verses, and melodies that are guaranteed to get stuck in your head, this is the first single from Ivytide’s upcoming debut album, set to be released later this year.
(May 13, 2022) – Newcomer to the pop scene, Montreal-based Carlyn joins the likes of Billie Eilish and Madison Beer in creating a dark indie dream style she’s coined nightmare pop. Recently signed to indie powerhouse Indica Records, she joined forces with producers House of Wolf to record her vulnerable debut single “Sleeping With Penelope” available now on all DSPs accompanied by the official video with horror themes.
(May 11, 2022) Danger Mouse & Black Thought – two of contemporary music’s most exciting, respected artists – have announced their forthcoming joint album, Cheat Codes, out August 12th via BMG.
Cheat Codes is Danger Mouse’s first hip-hop album since his DANGERDOOM collaboration with the late, great MF DOOM, and follows Black Thought’s pioneering output with The Roots and critically acclaimed solo trilogy, Streams Of Thought.
Genre-bending instrumental band Polyphia are back with “Playing God,” their first song since 2019. The track was produced by guitarists Tim Henson & Scott LePage, alongside JUDGE (Migos & Marshmello, blackbear, Young Thug), and features additional production by the band’s longtime collaborator Y2K (Doja Cat, Remi Wolf, Tove Lo), and Johan Lenox (Kanye, FINNEAS). Co-written with Wes Hauch (Alluvial), the instrumental track features a complex arrangement of nuevo flamenco guitars, bossa nova flair, and trap-influenced rhythms, and sees the band’s guitar virtuosos using nylon string guitars for the first time.
(May 6, 2022) – Austin’s inimitable …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead announce their first quadraphonic surround sound studio album – XI: Bleed Here Now – due out July 15, 2022 via Dine Alone Records in North America and Century Media in Europe. The new LP is their 11th, was produced by Trail’s own Conrad Keely and Jason Reece alongside Charles Godfrey who also produced 2020’s X: The Godless Void and Other Stories, and was mastered by Scott Sedillo and KamranV at Bernie Grundman Mastering. XI: Bleed Here Now is QUARK encoded to play in both stereo and Regular Matrix quadraphonic sound. Along with the news, Trail of Dead is releasing lead single “No Confidence” today b/w “Salt In Your Eyes”