Rising NYC based duo mmeadows continue to move towards the release of their anticipated debut EP with the reveal a wondrous indie jam, This Way. Having gained the acclaim of the likes of Wonderland, PASTE and FLOOD already, This Way cements mmeadows as a new band to add to your ones to watch list for 2020. Speaking on the release of This Way, mmeadows state: “This Way” is both a command and a question. The duality of such a phrase felt worth exploring, which is how this song came to be. The stark arrangement and instrumentation allows both heartache and resolution to ring through the couple oscillating…
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New Zealand based hip-hop duo, eleven7four release their new single, “After Hours” out now through Universal Music Group New Zealand. The track has infectious hard-hitting verses, catchy hooks and an intense groove mixed by Anthony Kilhoffer (Kanye West, Rick Ross) and mastered by Chris Athens (Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Kehlani, Nicki Minaj). The duo has plans to release an album next year and will visit the US for showcases and performances in major markets. LISTEN/SHARE: “After Hours” eleven7four are twins Shingi and Muche. They spent the first six years of their lives amongst the tough political climate in Zimbabwe. The economy was steadily deteriorating, living standards were very poor and unemployment was at an all-time…
DRAMA will release their brilliant debut album Dance Without Me on February 14 via Ghostly International, and have announced extensive North American, UK & European headline tour dates (see below). Dance Without Me is a refined collection that recasts romantic tragedy as moonlit self-acceptance, as heard on previous singles “Hold On” and “Gimme Gimme.” Today, the Chicago-based duo shared new single “Nine One One.” A call of encouragement, “Nine One One” registers as a cinematic slow jam aided by a string arrangement that scales the song up an octave, and can be heard here: https://drama.ffm.to/nineoneone. The group is the multicultural…
Just ahead of his headline show at Los Angeles’ famed STAPLES Center, ILLENIUM shares the Travis Barker remix of his smash single “Good Things Fall Apart” with Jon Bellion. Get it HERE via Astralwerks. The legendary blink-182 drummer hops behind the kit and re-energizes the track with powerful and propulsive live drums as well as kinetic remixing. His contributions expand the soundscape and add a whole new dimension to the tune. “In my head I pictured all these other parts and sounds from the moment I heard the song. I recorded drums first with all the other parts in my head and then built around it. It was such a well written…
Today, indie folk hitmaker Alex Ebert announces his most expansive album yet: ‘I vs. I’ (out January 31st via Community Music & AWAL). The eclectic collection of songs is a sprawling examination of existence tackling subjects that pre-occupy mankind, from love and sex (“Her Love”, “Fluid”) to the passage of time and the chase for eternal youth (“Automatic Youth”). On ‘I vs. I’, Alex crafts a story about “personal futurism” via the creation of an anti-hero moving through an increasingly unfamiliar world. Tackling these heady topics with a range of sounds just as immense, from the fun-punk sound that fans of Ima Robot are familiar…