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Jamila Woods has released her debut project HEAVN. Featuring Saba, Donnie Trumpet, Chance the Rapper, Lorine Chia and production from oddCouple, Peter Cottontale, Carter Lang, the album is available now for free via Chicago’s Closed Sessions label. Check below for the link + a quote from Woods on the project.
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Cowtown (Leeds, UK) debut new video + announce new album ‘Paranormal Romance’ (HHBTM Records) like Deerhoof doing Devo covers in time of the Minutemen
Cowtown debut new video “Motivational Speaker” off their upcoming LP ‘Paranormal Romance’. (HHBTM Records)
RELEASE DATE: August 19th, 2016
Cowtown are to release their 4th studio LP Paranormal Romance this August 19, 2016 with Athens, Georgia label HHBTM Records in the USA on ghostly white vinyl. The Sheffield DIY label Audacious Art Experiment and new Folkestone label and record store Hot Salvation will release in the UK on limited pink vinyl.
Photo credit: Steve Keros
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS’ THE GETAWAY DEBUTS #1 AROUND THE WORLD
11TH STUDIO ALBUM TOPS BILLBOARD SALES CHART AND DEBUTS #2 ON TOP 200
Red Hot Chili Peppers 11th studio album The Getaway debuted at number one around the world on June 27, 2016. The heralded studio album from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees debuted at #1 on the Billboard Album Sales Chart selling 108,000 traditional units and debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 with 118,000 album equivalent units.
The Getaway, marks the Grammy Award-winning band’s seventh top 10 album and third #2 on the Top 200 Chart. The album debuted at #1 in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands and New Zealand. It debuted at #2 in the United Kingdom and Germany.
The Getaway was produced by Danger Mouse and mixed by Nigel Godrich.
Praise for the album includes:
“Some of their best songs in years… top-shelf modern-rock splendor” – Rolling Stone
“The Getaway proves not only that the longtime rockers still sizzle 30 years in, but also are capable of victoriously revamping their sound.” – USA Today
“The Getaway is a nuanced album, rife with journeyman craft and poetry, that proves the Red Hot Chili Peppersstill have plenty of their own creative fire.” – All Music
“Their best album in ages” – People
“Their best in years… Their tightest, prettiest collection of songs in more than a decade” – Vulture
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“Off kilter pop music with a deeply intelligent feel” – Clash
Today sees brother duo Over Sands share “Memory House” the first track from the upcoming sophomore EP ‘Roman Rooms’
London based brothers Over Sands have announced their upcoming sophomore EP Roman Rooms. This follows their debut self-titled EP released at the end of 2015 via tastemaker Los Angeles label B3SCI, which saw positive reviews from critics including Clash, Indie Shuffle, Shortlist, and The Line of Best Fit.
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It’s been a bit of a mixed bag of weather this summer so far. So what could cheer up a gloomy day better than Waterfahl‘s new EP? Laying back with your chair leaning against the wall, with the cloudy/sunny weather leaking through the window and listening to the opening track “Another Story”, nice, welcoming lazy blues. Hanne Fahl‘s warm singing and harmonica weaves some inspiring patterns into the air with Finn Fahl‘s acoustic guitar orchestrating the mood.
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The Wheatsheaf – Oxford, England – Sunday June 19, 2016 review
Well, what can I say! Firstly I would like to thank all the musicians who performed and also thank everyone who came out to enjoy the eclectic mix of music played.
It was an early start on Sunday afternoon. We, Purple May, began at about 1.45pm. We played some of our original songs and a few covers, like “That’s Entertainment” (The Jam) and “Because The Night” (Bruce Springsteen/Patti Smith). We then cleared a space for Osprey, who we have down as one of the busiest musicians and promoters in Oxford. He played a varied set, I always love his take on the Johnny Cash song “Folsom Prison Blues”.
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