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Alix Page Unveils New Single ‘Radiohead’

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Southern California-born singer-songwriter Alix Page has unveiled a new single called ‘Radiohead’. It’s lifted from her upcoming debut EP, Old News, which is due in January 2022. Listen to ‘Radiohead’ below.

Talking about the new single, Page explained in a statement:

[‘Radiohead’] is proof that you can be completely over someone and then have a dream about them and fall right back into feelings you didn’t know you still had. Around this time last year I had a dream about me and an ex moving into an apartment and painting it together.  We hadn’t spoken in months and I genuinely hadn’t thought about it in a while but it felt SO scarily real.  I woke up flustered and heard the whole thing in my head before I even got out of bed; I wrote the first verse and chorus right away.  

It wasn’t difficult to write technically but it made me face some hard truths during the process. I didn’t realize I still had some unresolved feelings about it until I was writing the chorus and saying those words out loud. That was kind of my way of coming to terms with the reality of that breakup and accepting the way things went. It’s really just a list of things I wish I could’ve said to that person at that moment.

String Machine Announce New Album, Share Video for New Song ‘Gales of Worry’

Pittsburgh seven-piece String Machine have shared a new song, ‘Gales of Worry’. It’s the first single off their forthcoming LP, Hallelujah Hell Yeah, which is set for release on February 25 via Know Hope Records. Check out the song’s accompanying video, filmed and edited by Raffaele DiLullo and Anthony Peduzzi, below.

“Sometimes you get to a point with grief where you realize everyone is tired of hearing about it,” String Machine’s David Beck said of ‘Gales of Worry’ in a statement. “That’s a really tough place to be in because the pain still persists and sometimes you bottle it up because you feel like a burden to people. This manifests into bouts of anxiety. I really hit a low point & honestly, this song just came out of me. I felt abandoned with my heartbreak and I just felt really alone & guarded. This song is a snapshot of the feelings that crowded all of that.”

Wild Pink Release New Song ‘Florida’

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Wild Pink have shared a new standalone single, ‘Florida’, in honour of frontman John Ross’ home state. Check it out below.

In a statement (via Stereogum), Ross said of the new track:

“Florida” is a love letter to the state I grew up in. It has a bad reputation, which is well deserved, but I think it’s also a misunderstood state. It’s got its own thing going on if you look hard enough, and the natural beauty there is unreal. Florida is a rewarding place if you spend the time finding its charm. I grew up listening to a lot of Florida bands like I Hate Myself and Shai Hulud, which was really formative for me early on.

This was the first song I wrote after a long musical hiatus during the lockdown. I had just gotten an upright piano for free on Facebook Marketplace and the piano loop was the first thing I wrote on it. ‘Florida’ puts a period at the end of the A Billion Little Lights sentence, in my mind.

A Billion Little LightsWild Pink’s latest album, arrived back in February. Since then, they’ve shared the 3 Songs and 6 Cover Songs EPs.

Hurray for the Riff Raff Shares New Song ‘Jupiter’s Dance’

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Hurray for the Riff Raff has shared a new single, ‘Jupiter’s Dance’, the latest offering from Alynda Segarra’s upcoming album Life on Earth. The track arrives with an accompanying video that uses “compiled historical footage on the art of Bomba and Plena in Puerto Rico,” according to the YouTube description. Check it out below.

In a statement, Segarra described the new track as “a song in the shape of a guardian angel. Protection prayer for us all as we live in uncertain and violent times. Manifesting blessings into reality. Posing the question that perhaps the future could be joyous as well as terrifying?”

Life on Earth, Hurray for the Riff Raff’s debut full-length for Nonesuch Records, lands on February 18, 2022. It includes the previously released single ‘Rhododendron’.

supernowhere Announce New Album, Unveil New Song ‘Basement Window’

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supernowhere – the Seattle-based trio of bassist and singer Meredith Davey, guitarist Kurt Pacing, and drummer Matt Anderson – have announced their sophomore album. Skinless Takes a Flight, the follow-up to 2018’s Gestalt, will be released on March 2, 2022 via Topshelf Records. The album was produced by Great Grandpa’s Dylan Hanwright, who also recently remixed and remastered the band’s debut. Check out the lead single ‘Basement Window’ below, and scroll down for the LP’s cover artwork (by Meredith Davey and Kurt Pacing) and tracklist.

Skinless Takes a Flight Cover Artwork:

Skinless Takes a Flight Tracklist:

1. Circles
2. Dirty Tangle
3. Amphibian
4. Basement Window
5. Skinless Takes A Flight
6. Augury
7. The Hand
8. Gently Inert
9. Ecdysis

CHAI Announce New Remix EP, Drop Confidence Man Remix

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CHAI have announced a new remix EP titled WINK TOGETHER, featuring reimagined versions of songs from their sophomore LP WINK. Along with the announcement, they’ve also shared a remix of ‘END’ by Confidence Man. Check it out below.

Confidence Man said of the collaboration in a statement: “CHAI and ConMan are a match made in party heaven. When we heard their track ‘END,’ we just knew we had to put our hands all over it. Make the girls the 90’s hip hop stars they truly are. And if we do say so ourselves, it’s truly turned into the collab of our dreams.”

WINK TOGETHER EP Tracklist:

1. END [Confidence Man Remix]
2. ACTION [with ZAZEN BOYS]
3. Miracle [Scoobert Doobert Remix]
4. PING PONG! [Busy P Remix]
5. Nobody Knows We Are Fun [STUTS Remix]
6. Donuts Mind If I Do [feat. Beenzino]

Debit Announces New Album ‘The Long Count’, Releases New Song ‘2nd Day’

Debit – the moniker of Mexican-American DJ, engineer, and producer Delia Beatriz – has announced a new LP called The Long Count. It arrives on February 18, marking her debut on Modern Love. The new single ‘2nd Day’ is out today; check it out below.

The Long Count was written, produced, and mixed by Beatriz, with Rashad Becker handling the mastering. The album is built on research Beatriz made into Mayan wind instruments, including whistles, ocarinas, flutes and trumpets, using the archive of the Mayan Studies Institute at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico to develop a set of digital instruments that were then processed through machine learning techniques.

Debit released her debut solo record, Animus, in 2018.

The Long Count Cover Artwork: 

The Long Count Tracklist: 

1. 1st Day
2. 1st Night
3. 5th Night
4. 3rd Night
5. 2nd Day
6. 5th Day
7. 6th Night
8. 4th Night
9. 7th Day
10. 7th Night

Trevor Noah to Host 2022 Grammy Awards

Trevor Noah will host the Grammy Awards for the second consecutive year in 2022. The ceremony will be broadcast live from theCrypto.com Arena (currently still known as Staples Center) in Los Angeles on Monday, January 31.

“Trevor was amazing as our host for the 63rd GRAMMY Awards with praise from the music community, music fans and critics,” Grammys CEO Harvey Mason jr. wrote in a statement. “We’re so excited to welcome Trevor back to the GRAMMYs® stage and feel fortunate to once again have him hosting what we believe will be an unforgettable evening.”

The 2022 Grammy nominees were revealed last week.

Watch Peter Dinklage Join the National’s Bryce and Aaron Dessner on ‘Colbert’

Peter Dinklage joined the National’s Bryce and Aaron Dessner last night (November 30) for a performance of ‘Your Name’ on Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The song is taken from the Dessners’ soundtrack to the Dinklage-starring film adaptation of Cyrano, which is directed by Joe Wright. Watch it below.

The Cyrano soundtrack is set for release on December 10 via Decca Records. The music was written and composed by the Dessner twins, while frontman Matt Berninger and his wife Carin Besser provided the lyrics. Last month, they shared the song ‘Someone to Say’ from the soundtrack.

Chastity Belt Share Video for New Single ‘Fake’

Chastity Belt have released a new single called ‘Fake’. It’s the A-side to their new limited 7″ that includes the previously shared track ‘Fear’, which landed on our Best New Songs segment. Check it out below, alongside an accompanying video directed by Eleanor Petry.

“This song is about not being able to be honest and vulnerable with someone – talking about surface level things in order to avoid real conversations,” Chastity Belt’s Julia Shapiro explained in a statement. “It started as a poem I wrote when I was camping at Lake Siskiyou in Mt. Shasta, and then I turned it into a song.”

Petry added: “Making the ‘Fake’ video was a dream come true! I started getting into clowning a few years ago so it just felt so right to clown around Seattle with the CB gals and capture their various clown talents (juggling, blading, etc…). I ended up making the final edits while at a puppet festival in France, which was just perfect, getting rooted on by all the clowns and puppeteers as the video came together.”

Chastity Belt’s ‘Fake / Fear’ is out this Friday, December 3.