NEIL YOUNG RELEASES “LOOKIN’ FOR A LEADER 2020”

NEIL YOUNG RELEASES “LOOKIN’ FOR A LEADER 2020”   Listen HERE Watch HERE

July 31, 2020 (Los Angeles, CA) - NEIL YOUNG released “Lookin’ For A Leader 2020” from the recent Porch Episode of his acclaimed Fireside Sessions livestream series today. The song can be heard and viewed exclusively on Neil Young Archives. Originally released on the 2006 masterpiece LIVING WITH WAR, this lyrically revised and impassioned update is squarely aimed at the problems we currently face. The track was recorded during the lock-down – live, immediate and raw as emotionally intended. “Lookin’ For A Leader 2020” is available digitally now through Neil Young Archives and all DSP's. Click here to stream and here to view and share the video.   “Lookin’ For A Leader 2020” Leaders walk among us and I hope they hear our call. Maybe it’s a woman or a black man after all. Lookin’ for a leader to bring our country home, reunite the red white and blue before it turns to stone. Lookin’ for somebody With the strength to take it on; keep us safe together and make this country strong. Walkin’  among our people There’s someone to lead us on; lead a rainbow of colors in a broken world gone wrong. Yeah, we had Barack Obama and we really need him now. The man who stood behind him has to take his place somehow. America has a leader building walls around our house. He don’t know black lives matter and we got to vote him out. We got our election, but corruption has a chance We got to have a big win to regain confidence. America is beautiful but she has an ugly side. We’re lookin’ for a leader in this country far and wide. Just like his big new fence, this president’s goin’ down. America’s movin’ forward. You can feel it in every town. Scared of his own shadow, building walls around our house, he’s hidin’ in his bunker; something else to lie about. We don’t need a leader building walls around our house who don’t know black lives matter and it’s time to vote him out! We’re lookin’ for a leader with The Great Spirit on his side; lookin’ for a leader in this country far and wide. Lookin’ for a leader with The Great Spirit on his side. # # # Follow Neil Young NYA

HINDS Share Cover of The Clash's "Spanish Bombs"

SHARE COVER OF THE CLASH’S “SPANISH BOMBS”  The Prettiest Curse out now on Mom + Pop

(Photo Credit: Rodrigo Autric) Praise for Hinds + A Prettiest Curse: "a capitulation to the bright commerciality their music has harbored...fun and rebellious, like a glitter bomb detonated in a stuffy conference room." - The New Yorker "Hinds got its start playing sharp, driving rock and roll and its sound only gets more polished and wider ranging on its third album, The Prettiest Curse...these songs have purpose and playfulness and also a real undercurrent of righteous indignation. It's a great record." - NPR Music "The third album from these cool Spanish garage-rock primitivists adds a sweet sun-bleached studio haze to their sound, making for spacey songs that never lack for sass, bite, or beauty." - Rolling Stone "the Spanish garage rockers swing for the fences with a big, arena-friendly new sound." - Pitchfork "Hinds always bring sweeping joy to their jangly rock music, and their latest album, The Prettiest Curse, is no exception.” - The Wall Street Journal Magazine "As a project, one that truly blooms from its floor-to-ceiling sound, it is also Hinds’ most realized music yet." - NYLON “their best work to date." - Paste Magazine (8.5/10) “the Madrid quartet take a turn towards a cleaner garage pop sound...the tightest LP from the band yet." - Consequence of Sound "Without a doubt, The Prettiest Curse is some of Hinds’ most pop-leaning work...the punk attitude that initially made fans fall in love with the band is still very much there, and it’s heard in the cool vocal delivery and the explosive, glimmering guitars." - Billboard Beloved Madrid band Hinds released their glorious beast of a third album, The Prettiest Curse, last month on Mom + Pop to critical acclaim from the likes of The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The FADER, NYLON, and many more. Today the band shares more new music: a cover of The Clash’s “Spanish Bombs.” Check it out now HERE and read about the band’s inspiration behind covering the track below.  “we've always loved doing covers. maybe 'cause it's the way we started, or maybe because there are so many good songs in the world already that we wish we had written! and we really enjoy hindsifying them heheh. the clash were my mom's forevers favourite band and ade's parents also, so it is always beautiful to connect generations through music. “as spaniards, we don’t usually get shout outs in songs, like “new york” or “london”, so the clash writing a song about our civil war made us feel honoured. we recorded it the last day of studio, pretty much live, while recording our third album.”  LISTEN/WATCH: “Riding Solo” | "Good Bad Times”  “Come Back And Love Me <3 a="">” | “Just Like Kids (Miau)” | “Burn” On The Prettiest Curse, Hinds take a quantum leap forward as a band and shrug off any remaining lo-fi accusations, finally harnessing the full extent of their pop prowess and unleashing songs which sound bigger, bolder, and more complex than anything they have done before, while still remaining true to their girl-gang, garage rock roots. “We have this incredible job, but it’s really transformed the way we live,” says Carlotta Cosials, explaining the album title. “We know we’re not going to stop, so we’ve decided to embrace it—to see this curse as something pretty.” Featuring songs performed in Hinds’ native tongue for the first time, The Prettiest Curse was produced by Jennifer Decilveo and is positively bursting with life, finding Hinds at their very best yet. Purchase, stream and download the album now HERE.  Hinds is: Carlotta Cosials (vocals, guitar), Ana Perrote (vocals, guitar), Ade Martin (bass), Amber Grimbergen (drums) Follow Hinds: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Heartless Bastards share first single in 5 years:"Revolution" is out everywhere today

HEARTLESS BASTARDS SHARE NEW SINGLE "REVOLUTION" OUT NOW BUY/STREAM HERE | WATCH VIDEO HERE FIRST NEW MUSIC RELEASE IN FIVE YEARS PROCEEDS FROM BANDCAMP SALES TO BENEFIT THE ACLU

Austin, Texas-based Heartless Bastards have teamed up with Spaceflight Records to release a digital single, “Revolution,” out everywhere today. The song has been exclusively available for download via Bandcamp since July 3, and a portion of all Bandcamp proceeds will continue to be donated to the ACLU in support of civil rights. Lead vocalist, Erika Wennerstrom, explains the new single and says: “Revolution is about self love. I think if people loved themselves more there wouldn’t be racism, bigotry, and classism. Some people are so worried that there is not enough pie to go around, and that lifting up others limits their own opportunity. There is mass misinformation and manipulation to peddle this narrative. Money, materialism, privileged access to better education are things people constantly measure themselves with. The need to feel better than someone in order to feel good about oneself is an age old insecurity. I think there’s fear there too. So many struggle to get ahead because they’re afraid of getting left behind. The planet really can’t sustain everyone having more. Everything is made to fall apart like cars, and $1100 cell phones. I think humanity needs to learn how to have less, and not play into the commercialism that constantly sends the message we lack things that we don’t really need. Revolution is a mantra, and reminder to myself to avoid playing the game as much as I can. I don’t need this, and I don’t need that. I don’t need to compare myself to others.This marathon everybody is running is exhausting. There is so much true suffering in this world with a lack of food, shelter, and basic running water, and if you suffer depression and anxiety remind yourself of that, and try to possibly be of service to someone in need, and not even necessarily with writing a check, but with even something as simple as kind energy, and compassion. True connection. The more man attempts to look at the world from another man's perspective it becomes apparent how connected we all really are. Dave Chapelle said at a show years ago “Poverty is a state of mind.” That really stuck with me. I was in the Amazon several years ago, and it struck me how little people had materially, and children were running around and they all seemed so happy. Aside from the basic necessities of sustaining our lives I think giving and receiving love is really what we need the most. All the rest is just a bunch of noise."

Photo credit: Charlie Pearce

Taking the name "Heartless Bastards" from an incorrect answer on a multiple-choice trivia game (the question: what is the name of Tom Petty's backing band), Wennerstrom founded the band in 2003 in Cincinnati. It started as a recording project and evolved into a live band with a revolving cast of musicians, and they began playing regularly throughout the Midwest. When Patrick Carney of the Black Keys saw the band, he liked what he heard and passed along a copy of their demo to his label at the time, Fat Possum Records. Heartless Bastards signed with Fat Possum, releasing their first 3 albums, Stairs and Elevators (2005), All this Time (2006), and The Mountain (2009).  In 2007 Wennerstrom relocated to Austin, TX, and recorded The Mountain. A new touring lineup formed including David Colvin on drums and Jesse Ebaugh on bass, bringing the project in full circle as both Colvin and Ebaugh had played on the original Heartless Bastards demos 6 years earlier. Mark Nathan joined on guitar in 2009, and the band became a 4-piece. They signed to Partisan records and released 2 critically acclaimed records, Arrow (2012) and Restless Ones (2015).  After more than a decade fronting the band, Wennerstrom released the album Sweet Unknown under her own given name in 2018. “It was a deeply personal album and it just felt fitting to use my name. It kind of forced me to allow myself to be a little more exposed, and stand on my own two feet. I feel like I’ve grown so much creatively and personally through this process.” Now some good news for fans of Heartless Bastards — which has released five critically- acclaimed albums since their 2003 inception, appeared on many late night television shows, and has drawn praise from Rolling Stone, Time, New York Times — in early 2020, Wennerstrom returned to the studio with producer Kevin Ratterman (Strand of Oaks, Jim James, White Reaper), and a new album is in the works.  Fans can also rest assured that what they’ve grown to love about Heartless Bastards is still front-and-center. Wennerstrom's trademark vocals that NPR so aptly calls “warm yet gritty, throaty yet sweet, gigantic, yet intimate” are that… times 10. And the bluesy, rock vibes that Relix describes as “smoky, late night [rock] that exists somewhere between Royal Trux and the Rolling Stones” has only gotten smokier and bluesier.

Photo credit: Charlie Pearce

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Ella Vos' second album Turbulence out now, shares "Dreaming, backwards" lyric video

ELLA VOS’ SECOND ALBUM TURBULENCE OUT NOW SHARES “DREAMING, BACKWARDS” LYRIC VIDEO   photo credit: Kate Rentz July 31, 2020—Turbulence, the second album from rising pop sensation Ella Vos, is out now—listen here. Vos recently discussed the album with NPR's Sarah McCammon on Weekend Edition Sunday—listen here. Today, she shares the lyric video for “Dreaming, backwards”—watch here. “Turbulence is an album about surviving and thriving through the ups and downs of life,” Vos says. “It was written in the wake of my divorce, while I was suffering from severe chronic depression as well as still waiting to go into remission from lymphoma. It’s been a turbulent couple years to say the least, and it seems like each obstacle is trying to teach me the same thing: to live in this moment, to love myself without guilt, and to embrace change. This album has moments of honest realization, personal affirmations, admission of my weaknesses, and finding freedom. It’s far from a breakup album—it’s an album of renewal.” “Dreaming, backwards” follows “State of Emotion,” “Mistakes, they catch up”—cowritten with frequent Frank Ocean and Solange collaborator John Carroll Kirby—“Burning Bridges” and the album’s title track, “Turbulence,” which Idolator called “an uplifting and deeply relatable anthem about rolling with the punches.” In 2019, Vos released the Watch and Wait EP, an exploration of her 2018 diagnosis with cancer through a deeply personal lens. The project received critical acclaim from The New York Times, Uproxx, who called it “cathartic and confessional,” Earmilk, who remarked, “[Vos] pours her life and soul into this latest, and it’s breathtaking,” and more. Vos, now in recovery, went on to play a series of music festivals and embarked on a full headline tour. Acclaimed for her dreamy soundscapes and songwriting that explores modern women’s lives in their totality, Vos’ 2017 debut album Words I Never Said—an inquiry into the postpartum depression she experienced after the birth of her son—was praised by the likes of Rolling Stone, HuffPost, Nylon, Coveteur, Dujour, MILK and Earmilk. Vos has consistently sold out shows across North America. With more than 250 million streams to date, Ella Vos’ songs have soundtracked ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” MTV’s “Catfish,” E!’s “Life of Kylie” and The CW’s “The Originals.” ELLA VOS—TURBULENCE photo credit: Kate Rentz 1. Dreaming, backwards 2. Turbulence 3. Burning Bridges 4. Dancing Underwater 5. Trial by Fire 6. State of Emotion 7. Carousel 8. Mistakes, they catch up

Daniel Blumberg Shares Video For "On&On&On&On&On"; New Album Out Now

DANIEL BLUMBERG SHARES VIDEO FOR “ON&ON&ON&ON&ON” NEW ALBUM ON&ON OUT NOW DIGITALLY VINYL AND CD AVAILABLE AUGUST 28 THE WORLD TO COME FEATURING SCORE BY DANIEL BLUMBERG TO PREMIERE AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL EXHIBITS AT KUNSTHAL ROTTERDAM AS PART OF BLACK ALBUM / WHITE CUBE ONGOING

“An extraordinary work, creating beauty from its sadness.” – 4/5 The Independent “A song may move around, expand, come apart in its limbs and joints and skin to sink back into the room space, where strings are vibrating, snares rattling.” - David Toop on On&On   Daniel Blumberg has shared a new video for “On&On&On&On&On,” the penultimate track from new album On&On. It is the final rendition of the ever-evolving title song which appears four times across the arc of the record, each time cast in a new light. The self-directed video is the second in a series of films depicting Blumberg endlessly circling a London roundabout on his motorcycle and is this time shot at night. Watch the video to “On&On&On&On&On,” directed by Blumberg, here. Watch the original video for “On&On,” directed by Blumberg, here. Released today on Mute, the new album follows 2018’s debut Minus and is a consolidation of the deconstructed song aesthetic Blumberg has been developing. It finds him operating at the intersection between conventional song structures and free improvisation and incorporates recurring themes, shapeshifting motifs, and at times dissolves the boundaries between songs altogether. It is accompanied by an essay written by the author David Toop, which is available to read here. Stream and purchase On&On here. On&On was born out of live sessions with the same core group of players as Minus: Daniel Blumberg (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Ute Kanngiesser (cello), Billy Steiger (violin), Tom Wheatley (double bass) and Jim White (drums), with the addition of electronic maverick Elvin Brandhi (vocals). As such, it represents a deepening of relationships and distillation of techniques for this tight-knit group of free-playing musicians who are loosely based around Café OTO. The album was recorded by Peter Walsh (Scott Walker), who captures the group’s extraordinary performances – encompassing the full expressive range of their instruments from softly-bowed melodies and tender vocal harmonies to rough-hewn scrapes, plucks and rattles – while the sound of the room and the outside world spill naturally into the sound field. It has also been announced that the film The World To Come (directed by Mona Fastvold), featuring an original score composed by Blumberg, will premiere in competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival from September 2-12. Blumberg currently has a large scale drawing on display at Kunsthal Rotterdam as part of the “Black Album / White Cube” exhibition which is running until January 10. The exhibition also includes works by Mark Leckey, Albert Oehlen, Kim Gordon and Wolfgang Tillmans, amongst others.    ON&ON TRACKLISTING 1. On & On 2. Sidestep Summer 3. On&On&On 4. Bound 5. Silence Breaker 6. On&On&On&On 7. Teethgritter 8. On&On&On&On&On 9. Pillow FURTHER LISTENING Daniel Blumberg performing live at Café OTO (link) Daniel Blumberg performing “The Bomb” on Later… with Jools Holland (link) Daniel Blumberg & Keiji Haino present SILVER DINNER: (link) RECENT QUOTES “underlines his experimental drives, his desire to push through sound barriers.” - 4/5 Q magazine “The album is built around the piece ‘On&On’, which is split over four tracks scattered through the LP, gaining an additional ‘…&On’ each time, like a rolling stone made of avant-garde music and sadness” – 8/10 Uncut “The method of the record’s execution is as important as the idea itself, with Blumberg’s core band embracing free-playing live sessions as an exercise of trust and technique, testing the limbs of their instruments and seeing how far they can bend them before they succumb and break.” - 8/10 Loud & Quiet "A modern masterpiece" - 5/5 The Times (on Minus) "A statement of intent from an artist who has found his voice" - The Quietus (on Minus) “Traces lines between drawing and improvised music” - The Wire “One of London’s most exciting emerging artists” - Hans Ulrich Obrist SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY Daniel Blumberg: On&On (Mute, 2020) GUO: GUO4 (Mute, 2019) Daniel Blumberg: Minus (Mute, 2018) Daniel Blumberg & Hebronix: Liv (Mute, 2018) Daniel Blumberg: Live at Café OTO (OTOroku, 2018) GUO: GUO2 (OTOroku, 2018) GUO: GUO1 (self-released, 2017) Daniel Blumberg & Neil Michael Hagerty: HEB-HEX (ATP Recordings, 2013) Hebronix: Unreal (ATP Recordings, 2013) SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY The World To Come (dir. Mona Fastvold, 2020) GUO4 (dir. Peter Strickland, 2019) GYUTO (dir. Brady Corbet, 2019) Brigitte (dir. Lynne Ramsey, 2019) Gleaning Truths (dir. Agnes Varda, 2018) SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Black Album / White Cube, Kunsthall, Rotterdam (2020) Dance, Stanley, Dance with Marianna Simnett, Matt’s Gallery, London (2020) JOMO, Macro, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome (2020) MK Calling, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes (2020) Hyper!: Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2019) Union Gallery, London (2019) Ways of Listening with [Assemble]: British School at Rome (2018) LINKS boiledegg.org  http://mute.com https://www.brigittelacombe.com https://davidtoopblog.com/   Stream and purchase On&On Watch the “On&On” video Watch the “On&On&On&On&On” video

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Cailin Russo Releases New Single 'Santa Fe'

CAILIN RUSSO DEBUTS NEW SONG, “SANTA FE” – OUT NOW ‘THE DRAMA’ EP AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE

LISTEN “SANTA FE” LISTEN “IT’S COOL” LISTEN “ASSUME” LISTEN ‘THE DRAMA’ Cailin Russo returns today with the release of a hazy new song called “Santa Fe.” Cailin penned the track, alongside friends Micah Jasper and Jesse Thomas, with Jasper also serving as producer. Speaking about the new song, Cailin reveals, “Santa Fe is a metaphor for authentic romance. The whole song was about a boy I was chasing that gave me just enough to string me along, then would leave me questioning whether anything he said to me was real,” she explains. “’Is this the first time that you’ve been to Santa Fe, is this the first time that you’ve ever felt this way? I would have loved you if you hadn’t slipped away.. was it original?’ I’m naively hopeful the whole time until the last chorus / tempo switch where the ego war kicks in and I confront both sides of my brain saying that ‘This man will always love me’ and ‘this man will never love me’ then tie it up with ‘bitterness is another heartbeat’ meaning these feelings are fleeting but very intense.” Listen to “Santa Fe” HERE. “Santa Fe” is the latest in a string of new songs from Cailin this year, and serves as follow up to her most recent release, “It’s Cool” which Refinery 29 praised for its lyrical depiction of the end of a relationship, saying “irony is back and Russo is the master of the medium….this song hits on the crux of that feeling that you know it’s over.” “Assume,” came before, which Alternative Press lauded Cailin’s “delicate and emotional delivery.”  Listen to “It’s Cool” HERE and check out the visualizer HERE. Speaking about the origins of the new song, Cailin reveals “It’s Cool” actually has a funny story. I wrote it the day I signed my very first record deal. Making me an official artist. I was over the moon. I was at my lawyer’s office and had someone record me signing the contract,” she explains. “I immediately called someone I loved dearly and they kind of ripped me apart and made me feel bad about my newest endeavor and maybe the most exciting day of my life up until then. I drove to the studio from my lawyer’s office It took about an hour. It started to rain as I pulled up to Speak Easy Studios. I had my first session with Kyle Ross. I walked in and said ‘Fuck everything that was geared up to write on today... do you play guitar?’ He said yes… I asked him play 4 sad chords. And thus ‘It’s Cool’ was born. The song to me is about when you’re passed the point of upset. You’re passed the point of anger, you’re so over heated that it’s cool.” The new music comes on the heels her latest EP, ‘The Drama’ which was released last Valentine’s Day. The six-track collection was executively produced by Chris Coady (Beach House, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), with additional production from The Invisible Men (Charli XCX, ZAYN), Michael Percy and Gianluca Buccelatti and features Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s on guitar. Talking about the new project, Cailin explains, “The whole EP is a play by play of everything I went through during my crumbling relationship. The highs, the lows, the confusing fucked up parts, and in conclusion, The Drama. The story starts at the demise, from a place of defeat…but the hero perseveres, and regains her power. I like to think of the whole experience as a sad triumph, sonically and spiritually.” The EP features two previously released tracks, including first single, “Declaration,” and follow-up track “Fade.” Also included on the EP was lead single, “You Touch Me, I Touch You Back,” which MTV hailed as “a sexy slice of Thriller-esque pop that you might hear in a horror movie.” Rounding out The Drama are ”Sicko,” “Good Bad Decisions,” and “No Time.” Along with the new EP came a brand new video for the single, “You Touch Me, I Touch You Back,” which serves as the third and final part in the trilogy, following “Declaration” and “Fade.” Cailin wrote the treatments for and co-directed/edited all three videos alongside Ganna Bogdan with production from Rebecca Hearn. Watch the video for “You Touch Me, I Touch You Back” HERE. 2018 saw the release of Cailin’s debut EP, House With A Pool (“Joyride” and “Bad Things” both recently surpassed 1 million streams on Spotify)  as well as tours supporting Dream Wife in North America and Gomez and Black Honey in the UK. She also made her US festival debut this past summer at Lollapalooza in Chicago, having previously played on the renowned BBC Introducing Stage at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. Stay tuned for more new music from Cailin Russo, coming soon. ------------------------------------------------------- “Russo continues holding a mirror up to herself with undressed lyrics, grungy aesthetics, and a razor-sharp voice.” – MTV “[Cailin] has the rare ability to transport the raw emotions she feels into something tangible and relatable for a wide range of strangers.” – V Magazine “Cailin Russo carves her own generous cross-section of human desire.” - NYLON "Russo's greatest strength isn't found in her audacious vocals or ability to make punk more accessible. It's in the fearless way she dives right into a song, ignorant to the rules and accepting of any words that come to mind." – Earmilk “A collection of songs that defy time.” – Ones To Watch

‘The Drama’ EP is out everywhere now. TRACKLIST Declaration Fade Sicko You Touch Me, I Touch You Back Good Bad Decisions No Time    INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TWITTER