WATCH “GOALS” VIDEO Hip hop artist S.O. calls out staged social media posts in the music video for “Goals,” the first single from his Augustine’s Legacy album out on September 6. In the short directed by Esso, S.O. and his leading lady are captured in a series of perfectly staged, color-filtered and styled (price-tags still attached) shots, all framed in Instagram-like square boxes. S.O. explains the concept behind the visuals. “We got to thinking about this idea of people looking at other people’s lives and not knowing they’re only showing us what they want us to see,” he says. “We…
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BANKS’ third album, III, has debuted to widespread critical acclaim – including four-star reviews in Rolling Stone and NME – and given the artist her highest-charting album to date. Available HERE, III (Harvest Records) was executive produced by BANKS and BJ Burton (Bon Iver, Francis and the Lights). Rolling Stone said, “BANKS pushes her sound into strange, scary, gorgeous new places.” Noted NME, “Banks has created another supremely intriguing musical world; one filled with ear-snagging lyrics and quirky production flourishes.” Pitchfork hailed III as “her best album to date.” TIME Magazine observed, “she explores pain, desire and personal growth, mixing vulnerable songwriting with experimental and genre-blending production.” The Observer awarded III a five-star review, calling it BANKS’ “most impressive album yet.”…
Photo Credit: Grace Lillash Austin five-piece Duncan Fellows have today released their EP Eyelids Shut via Level. The EP features previously released singles “Deathwish Fish” and “Cursive Tattoo.” The album is available for stream and purchase HERE. Duncan Fellows has also announced a massive North American Fall co-headline tour with Nashville-based band Sun Seeker. The tour kicks off in Columbus, OH on October 11 and takes them to LA, NYC, DC, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Chicago and many more. Duncan Fellows, who were recently spotlighted as an NPR Slingshot Artist to Watch have released two EPs—2013’s Twelve Months Older and 2015’s Marrow—while the band members were in college, the Duncan Fellows debut full-length Both Sides…
Photo Credit: Derec Patrick Ahead of the release of their debut album Days You Were Leaving (Bar None Records) Rose Dorn have dropped a new single entitled “Champ.” The track debuted via FLOOD Magazine and the band’s Scarlet Knight told them “‘Champ’ is about my time in high school and trying to figure out who I was. The lyric ‘All my friends are in my hand the computer that I continue to hold on’ is specifically about the time when Joey, Jamie and I were becoming close friends. I’d walk around school texting them all day, head fully in my phone. At some point I realized I was…
A poignant artist rising through the ranks with her formidable prowess, South London R&B/Soul artist PRVNA releases a highly addictive feel good single “Fever.” Watch “Fever” Music Video HERE Glossy, innovative and empowering, “Fever” is filled with infectious grooves and undeniably stunning hooks. The single was written when PRVNA fondly remembered the days of dating dangerous boys, knowing they were no good for her but entertaining it anyway because it was fun at the time. On the single, PRVNA said, “I wanted to capture the melodrama of the beginning stages of dating and how often it’s lighthearted and that feeling…