Dearly Beloved is the creative braintrust of vocalist/bassist Rob Higgins and vocalist/percussionist/Theremin abuser Niva Chow and the Toronto band will release Times Square Discount on October 25 via Aporia Records. VIEW / SHARE “RACE TO THE BOTTOM” VIDEO ON YOUTUBE They share the video for album opener “Race to the Bottom,” an anthemic salute to the mom-and-pop shops and the families that run them. The track and video is inspired by Higgins and Chow’s shared experiences working in their first-generation immigrant grandparents’ small businesses as teenagers. Higgins adds, “The song is a tribute to our grandmothers, who both ran convenience stores that Niva and I worked in as kids growing up.…
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Photo Credit: Torso Four years since their critically acclaimed album, Escape From Evil, Lower Dens recently announced their newest creation — The Competition — which will be released on Ribbon Music on September 6, 2019. Lower Dens share a third taste of the album in the form of a glistening, synth-pop careen called “Galapagos.” CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO “GALAPAGOS”CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LYRIC VIDEO FOR “GALAPAGOS” Lower Dens also recently announced they will be hitting the road upon the album’s release date supporting Of Monsters And Men in addition to three very special release shows in Los Angeles and…
ENJOY / SHARE “PA’ PODER VIVIR” LYRIC VIDEO Ani Cordero will release El Machete on Sept 20 via Panapén Records, a full-length album of deep emotional range, with songs about feminism, colonialism, anger, love, loss, and healing. Today, she releases the feminist anthem “Pa’ Poder Vivir,” a reckoning with the societal norms that suffocated her as a child. “Pa’ Poder Vivir” is a really important song for me,” declares Cordero. “The song talks about reconstructing the society like you would a house — to make space for us as women to live the lives we want to live. We’ll have to break down walls, create windows to…
Photo Credit: Natalia Mantini Multi-disciplinary artist Kim Gordon announced her first-ever solo album, No Home Record, to be released October 11 on Matador Records. The announcement of No Home Record follows the recent opening of Gordon’s solo exhibition “She Bites Her Tender Mind” at IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art) in Dublin and “Lo-Fi Glamour” at Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA. Among its nine tracks, No Home Record features new single “Sketch Artist” accompanied by a video directed by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Loretta Fahrenholz who notes “‘Sketch Artist’ is a haunted car ride. Kim drives as ‘Unter’ Pool summons passengers throughout nighttime LA. The city drifts by,…
LISTEN HERE August 21, London Birmingham-born and Jamaican-reared Stefflon Don is an award-winning, multi-lingual, and multi-talented rapper, singer and songwriter. She’s recently added an NME and MOBO Award alongside BRIT’s Critics Choice. BET and Sound Poll nomination to her name; secured a top 10 platinum selling debut single; and has collaborations under her belt with the likes of Drake, Mariah Carey, Skepta, Raye, Giggs, and Mabel. Stefflon has now surpassed 1 billion streams; 1 million subscribers on YouTube; 640 million video views. Now, fresh off the back of her recent banger “Phone Down” with Lil Baby, the Don is back again with yet another summer anthem “HIT ME up” featuring her signature attitude-tinged vocals against summery instrumentation. 2019 is proving to be a…