Maxime Trippenbach, a.k.a. maxime., makes indie-pop music from his home in Ottawa, Canada. Released today is his new single + video ‘old fast’. Its synths and guitars are lush; its production is colourful, quirky, distinctive, and the overall album project ‘whatevernowiscalled’ is one that sees Max address a number of personal subjects: (loss of) relationships, dating, anxiety, and more. Champions of maxime.’s work to date include Lyrical Lemonade, Dummy, Clash Magazine, Indie Shuffle, BIRP.FM, David Dean Burkhart, and Fashionably Early. “I started the project right after a break-up and found it to be really cathartic to write about how I was feeling at the time, the music just followed,” says Max of the…
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The Hempolics unleash ‘Play On’, the second single from their upcoming second album ‘Kiss, Cuddle & Torture: Volume 2’, planned for release in April 2020 through their own record label Zee Zee Records via Kartel Music Group. LISTEN HERE Following the recent release of their trip-hop meets dub-influenced single, ‘Full of Surprises’, which saw support at radio from BBC 1Xtra’sDavid Rodigan,6Music’s Steve Lamacq, Don Letts and 6Music Recommends, ‘Play On’ examines the game-like aspect of some relationships, mashing up soul and reggae with horn hooks and electro dub flourishes. Born from a studio session with Juno Awards-winning Canadian reggae and electronic artist Dubmatix, the new cut is the result of a different approach to music writing for the band; “we wanted to make something fresh and with…
The Austrian producer and artist Roman Müller is back with his trademark sound on the new single “New Dream”, this time together with the Finnish producer Foulds and singer/songwriter ILITSYA from Netherlands. After 4 years as an artist, and 10 million streams in the backpack, Roman is rising up as a name to recognize in the genre after the two recent releases (What it is, Easy Life) that can easily count as a success. New Dream tells the story of when you’re young; How you can have the biggest dreams and how others might not understand you at the time. New Dream is released today on…
Equal parts cool girl and the girl next door, Sam DeRosa is the best friend music lovers didn’t know they had. With her down-to-earth vibe, quick sense of humor, and laid-back style, it’s easy to fall in love with Sam and root for her success. Far from just any overnight TV series success, Sam has spent years honing her craft and is finally ready to make waves in the world of pop. WATCH HERE 2019 was certainly a wild rollercoaster for the NY-bred/LA-based up-and-coming popstar – including a remarkable performance of her original song “Pill For This” on NBC’s Songland that instantly stole the judges Shane…
Acclaimed recording artist Vince Staples released his latest single “Hell Bound” which will be accompanied by a new limited-edition piece of exclusive fan merchandise. Listen to “Hell Bound” HERE and watch the lyric video HERE. Today also marks the launch of TheVinceStaplesShow+, Vince’s new streaming service-inspired website that will host all things Vince – see the official commercial HERE. “Hell Bound” marks the third single released in 2019 by Staples and launches his new website TheVinceStaplesShow+. TheVinceStaplesShow+ will host variety of video content including episodes and never-before seen BTS content from of “The Vince Staples Show,” links to his official music videos and past albums, interviews and videos…