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ARTIST PROFILES
Kristine England
New Music Monday: Mandrake Handshake
What is it about Oxford, UK that births so many interesting musical talents? Formed in 2018, Mandrake Handshake is a nine-piece...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: The Shapeshifters
Put on your dancing shoes! The latest release from English house-master Simon Martin (who works under The Shapeshifters moniker), Let...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: La Femme
La Femme is a French group that is known for psychedelic surf punk/pop (with some techno tossed around for good measure when that’s how...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: Brant Bjork
Brant Bjork formed his first band with his high school buddies, a group that would later become desert/stoner rock legend, Kyuss. He left...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: Brutus
Ready for some Belgian metal? Brutus is back with its third studio album, Unison Life. Members of the group played in various bands in...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: All Them Witches
Nashville’s All Them Witches formed in 2012 when Drummer Robby Staebler relocated from Portland, OR with little more than a dream to...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: The Cult
Singer Ian Astbury formed Southern Death Cult, a post-punk/goth band, in the early 80s releasing one eponymous album in 1983 on the indie...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: False Heads
False Heads has been busy since we first featured them in 2018 around the time the group released its second EP, Less is Better. In 2020,...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: Jessie Baylin
Singer/songwriter Jessie Baylin looks to her roots on her latest, Jersey Girl. Her first album since 2015 (not including a children’s...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: Lissie
On the heels of last year’s compilation of early works, Watch Over Me, Illinois native Lissie has released her fifth studio album,...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
Tyler Bryant formed the Shakedown with Caleb Crosby and Calvin Webster not long after he relocated to Nashville from his home in Paris,...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: King Buffalo
King Buffalo is a heavy psych band headquartered in Rochester, NY comprised of Sean McVay on guitar and vocals, Dan Reynolds on bass,...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: Calypso Rose
The legendary “mother of Calypso,” Linda McCartha Monica Sandy-Lewis, a.k.a. Calypso Rose, is back with Forever. The 82-year-old singer...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: Hot Chip
New music releases continue to reflect the trials, tribulations, and traumas of the pandemic, with many artists taking the time away from...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: Greg Loiacono
Greg Loiacono steps out from The Mother Hips, his band of 30-plus years, for the third time on his latest solo recording, Giving It All...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: Kanadia
This four-piece alt-rock band from Oxford, UK has earned some comparisons to the city's most famous band, and while you can hear the...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna has already had an interesting and tumultuous career. She got her start as a Vine star and YouTube phenomenon. She’s...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: The Heavy Heavy
The Heavy Heavy make “a reverb-drenched collision of psychedelia and blues, acid rock and sunshine pop” to cite the band’s own words. The...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: Travie McCoy
Taking leave of Gym Class Heroes, the rock-rap group he co-founded in high school (1997) and taking stock in himself, Travie McCoy has...
Kristine England
New Music Monday: Party Dozen
Party Dozen is an explosive Australian duo that creates an almost inconceivable sound since it’s coming from only two people. Kirsty...
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