PITTSBURGH, PA, UNITED STATES, June 24, 2019 — 2019 is shaping up as a highlight reel-type year for Cranberry, PA-based guitar virtuoso Brady Novotny. His debut album was released in February, and it’s won the praises of critics around the globe. His first single, “Redemption’s Cry” was a staple on AC and rock stations this spring, charting both nationally and internationally. He appeared on Fox and ABC TV, as well as taking up a half page in Guitar Player Magazine. Brady also opened for one of his guitar heroes, Paul Gilbert. At only 6 months into the year, what more…
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Fresh from sets at Primavera Sound and Field Day, and with her debut appearance at Glastonbury on the horizon, rising Brighton, U.K. soul artist Celeste debuts new single “Coco Blood” today. Listen here. “Coco Blood is a coming of age song,” Celeste reveals. “The main lyric ‘are you warm enough’ is about an inner conversation with yourself. It’s asking yourself the question, ‘are you strong enough, are you good enough, are you determined enough to achieve and acquire all the things that you wish for and desire.” The song’s name is also a reference to Celeste’s British-Jamaican heritage; the blood that runs through…
Written by Ashley Friedman You know, it’s funny. I heard this song when it first came out and I thought eh — it’s a catchy pop track that Swifties are going to love because they’re die-hard fans and it’s also that song that Pitchfork is going to shit on because it seems like no song can ever be good enough for them: “‘You Need to Calm Down’ is like one of those fancy unicorn cupcakes, an impossibly cute confection designed to distract you from the fact that it’s a mediocre dessert. I cannot think of something I would rather buy into…
Having spent the last year reminding everyone exactly why they’re one of the UK’s best loved bands via a series of jubilant, celebratory live shows and a duo of singles (“Love Like Waves” and “Heaven Let Me In” plus an impeccably chosen cover of Charles B & Adonis’ “Lack Of Love”) that were a near perfect distillation of club-fuelled euphoria and instinctively modern pop sensibilities, Friendly Fires today end months of speculation with the announcement of their long-waited third album. Arriving eight years after their last album, Inflorescent will be released on August 16. It is the sound of a band rejuvenated and reborn. The hiatus…
Today, Kiesza stakes her claim on the dance pop throne she ruled on back in 2014 with comeback single “Sweet Love.” The tender new track, out on her label Zebra Spirit Tribe, is the first official release in years from the “ballerina-turned sailor-turned dance-pop upstart” (Billboard). The song, and ethereal accompanying music video, premiered on PAPER, along with the dance floor diva’s first interview in a long time. A tender, piano-driven track that teeters between a reflection on true love and a four-on-the-floor club anthem tinged with the ghostly operatic baritone of Phillipe Sly, “Sweet Love” sees Kiesza welcoming listeners into a more intimate soundscape than she’s ever explored. The…