Samuel Jack is a unique and emotive storyteller whose rugged soulful vocals command the room. Raised on Blues, Motown, soul and roots music, the London born singer spent his formative years in Johannesburg with his Father, a film director. The rich fabric of his childhood informs and oozes into the music he creates today which has been resonating with audiences across the globe. LISTEN HERE Jack proceeds to showcase his own brand of contemporary soul and authentic songwriting, covering themes from love and pain, to occasionally even politics. Everything he sings is from the heart, about that moment in his…
Author: Elicit Magazine
Listen HERE Trapdoor Social is feeling its way through an increasingly strange and dangerous world with its own brand of earnest, hot-blooded, independent alternative rock. With its origins in a college environmental studies program, the band has a record of fundraising and activism to promote sustainability. The Los Angeles-based trio has toured across the globe, produced solar-powered concerts and festivals, and reached ears through terrestrial radio, commercial & television syncs, and online streaming, including Spotify’s “Discover Weekly.” The band is now releasing music that will comprise their second full-length album, including their singles, “Truth,” “The Move,” “The Lie,” and “Hold Me Down,” which…
The Fader-approved Toronto-based artist, MADDEE is today sharing her soulful new cut, “Clouds” – listen here. Taken from the forthcoming debut six-track EP, Red Mind,which is due for release this coming autumn, the new single finds the 20-year-old artist expanding on her previous sound to introduce a gripping network of jazz-indebted R&B and slap-back electronica. Thematically, the Red Mind EP deals with the ramifications of a negative relationship and the emotions that MADDEE felt throughout that period, from love to infatuation and naivety. Speaking about “Clouds,” which features the co-production of Gray Rowan (Charlotte Day Wilson, The WAYO) and coasts along to the groove of off-kilter percussion…
Photo Credit: Santiago Dietsche Austin, TX’s Hovvdy have announced their new album, Heavy Lifter, with a lyric video for its lead single “Cathedral.” The FADER, who premiered the song and profiled the band today, is calling “Cathedral” a “a sleepy anthem for late-summer nostalgia” that “perfectly demonstrates that shift in the way they play and sound on Heavy Lifter.” Heavy Lifter is available for pre-order now and out 10/18 via Double Double Whammy. Additionally, Hovvdy have announced a co-headline tour with Lomelda that kicks off 8/22 in Oxford, MS and a tour in support of Heavy Lifter that starts with a record release show in Austin on 10/18. WATCH…
Photo Credit: Naomi Lee Beveridge Elizabeth (formerly of Totally Mild) announces her debut album, The Wonderful World of Nature, out November 1 on Our Golden Friend. With this news she also shares the debut single, “Parties.” The track premiered at The FADER and Elizabeth told them, “‘Parties’ is about the lack you feel when you lose someone close to you and try to fill the void with cocktails and strangers. It’s about the surprising distance you can feel from someone even though you once loved them so hard. It’s a heartbreak banger designed for sad girls and those who love them.” She further explains, “I shot the video with Nick…