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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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New Music Monday: Greg Puciato
Greg Puciato has had a long career in metal, fronting the Dillinger Escape Plan, the Black Queen, and Killer Be Killed. His second solo...
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