LA's Starling share "No Frown," supporting Glixen on tour this summer

STARLING REFLECT ON SMALL TOWN LOVE   WITH “NO FROWN” - LISTEN SUPPORTING GLIXEN THIS SUMMER  IN CALIFORNIA, THE MIDWEST AND TEXAS NEW EP FORGIVE ME, ARRIVES JUNE 27, 2025  VIA SUNDAY DRIVE RECORDS

Photo Credit: Tanner Davis  Los Angeles alt-rock band Starling are excited to share their latest single “No Frown,” the last preview of their new EP, Forgive Me, out June 27, 2025 via San Antonio’s Sunday Drive Records. Performed as a duet, “No Frown” documents the invincibility and sweetness that a small town love can bring. Acoustic guitar and string arrangements evoke fond memories, yearning for the past as Kasha and Gitai’s vocals reminisce on moments of desire. A striking, ever-relevant song, Starling’s entry into the slowness marks one of their most reflective and memorable releases yet.  “‘No Frown’ is the most acoustic song on the record. It is about growing up in a city and falling in love with someone from a small town, and falling in love with the small town itself,” Starling say. “It is a sweet song, it feels complete; All of Starling’s usual yearning satisfied. The lyrics were written by Kasha and performed both by her and lead guitarist Gitai. Erik orchestrated the strings.”   LISTEN TO “NO FROWN” PRE-ORDER FORGIVE ME,

Heralding the announcement of Forgive Me, was “I Can Be Convinced,” a hard-hitting but sickly sweet departure from their sparse and airy dreamscapes. The single sees the four-piece examine an all-consuming love and the comfort one can find in confinement. Soaring guitars, blistering hi-hats and bandleader Kasha Souter Willett’s saultering vocals push the song towards sonic chaos. Directed by David Milan Kelly and produced by Skyler Sulby, the official music video for the single was filmed in Los Angeles, CA, and features the band amongst an array of ballerinas.  WATCH THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR “I CAN BE CONVINCED” Starling has kept busy since their inception in 2023, steadily releasing music and playing shows on the West Coast. Their debut EP, 2324, arrived last fall via tastemaking tape label Pleasure Tapes. Serving as a compilation of their singles from 2023 and 2024, the project features fan favorite songs like “Bottlebrush Tree” and “Falling Down a Mystery Hillside.” Having recently finished up a run of shows with fellow LA band Cryogeyser, Starling has rocked support slots across town with Flooding, Devon Ross and more. Starting next month, they’ll support Phoenix shoegaze band Glixen in California, the Midwest and Texas. For information about upcoming shows, see below and follow Starling on Instagram at @starlingband.  STARLING LIVE 2025 SUPPORTING GLIXEN JULY 11 - Oxnard, CA @ Mrs. Olson's 12 - Ojai, CA @ Ojai Women’s Club 13 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room 14 - Davenport, IA @ Raccoon Motel AUGUST 2 - Tolono, IL @ Loose Cobra 4 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada 5 - Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s Sports Cafe

STARLING FORGIVE ME, SUNDAY DRIVE RECORDS Release date: June 27, 2025

1. Quiet 2. I Can Be Convinced - WATCH 3. My Love 4. 25 5. No Frown 6. Slow Down 7. Keep It

ABOUT STARLING: Starling is a four-piece Alternative band born and based in Los Angeles, CA, creating music with a soft heaviness, weaving from grunge to songwriter to shoegaze. The band’s absolute genre is hard to pin, but the feel is a general yearning for contentment, a person, a place. Combining bedroom warped production with angular leads and rich vocal melodies, Starling offers a uniquely vulnerable and enthralling style of rock.  Lead singer and guitarist Kasha Souter Willett started the project in 2023 without a vision of what it would become. In May 2024, Starling officially formed with three more integral members - Erik Sathrum Johnson, Grace Rolek and Gitai Vinshtok. Their first EP 2324 was released in September 2024.  Confusion, frustration, love and loss are all expressed throughout Starling’s new EP, Forgive Me,. Written over the course of about a year, the LA band recorded themselves in various sheds, apartments, and garages. The EP was mixed by drummer Erik Sathrum Johnson, artwork was shot by the band and their friends, and then mastered by Greg Obis (MJ Lenderman, Wishy, Duster).   Songs like “Quiet” start off with a slow and delicate melody, and then explode in sound halfway through. The guitars in the song were recorded in the middle of summer in a garage with no AC—a physically intense, almost spiritual experience that bleeds into the recording. The lead single, “I Can Be Convinced,” is a sad and yearning song, with a need to be still; yet ironically, it’s one of the most upbeat songs on the EP.   The EP closes with the nearly seven-minute “Keep It” a track Starling had been performing since early 2024. Lyrically charged with frustration, it builds tension through eerie, hushed verses that give way to a loud, distorted chorus—showcasing the band’s ability to channel emotion through dynamic contrast.   With Forgive Me, Starling has crafted a deeply personal and fully DIY EP, shaping every sonic detail themselves. The result is a project where every melody, rhythm, and raw feeling is intentionally placed and unmistakably theirs.

Photo Credit: Tanner Davis  CONNECT WITH STARLING: WEBSITE | SPOTIFY | BANDCAMP | YOUTUBE | INSTAGRAM

CULT OF VENUS ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN TOUR WITH ST. VINCENT + SHARES “ALGORITHM” MUSIC VIDEO

CULT OF VENUS ANNOUNCES  EUROPEAN TOUR WITH ST. VINCENT SHARES “ALGORITHM” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO HERE

Today, Cult of Venus announces she’ll head on a European tour as main support with St. Vincent, playing shows in Italy, Austria, the UK, and Germany. Along with the tour announcement,  she releases the official video of the song "Algorithm", shot by Moody Dark Room and edited by Charlie Robins. “Algorithm” official music video https://youtu.be/8eydlWJlKzs Cult Of Venus’ single “Algorithm” has already crossed 500,000 streams and seen plays and support from KCRW, 98.7 Los Angeles, SiriusXM Alt Nation, BBC Radio 1 Future artists, 6Music, FLOOD Magazine, Under The Radar, and more… Cult of Venus is a multi-disciplinary performance artist who has played at MOMA PS1, Fotografiska’s Chapel Bar for David LaChappelle’s “FAITH”, and The Women’s March NYC. Cult of Venus has played her music as an artist in residence at Riker’s Island women’s jail in New York. Her music is the meeting point of art and activism with powerful songs that critique the impending environmental collapse, Disaster Capitalism, and social media as a surveillance tool. With her sustainable upcycled merch line raising thousands of dollars, donated to support the Women’s Prison Association and other regional charities. Cult Of Venus dropped her latest single “Algorithm” on February 14th via her imprint Liberty Belle Records (FUTURES/Virgin Music). All the graphics for the upcoming EP have been created with Sarah Schmitt, who designs for Julian Casablancas, The Voidz, The Strokes, Suki Waterhouse etc., and shot & filmed by Moody Darkroom.  Cult of Venus has recently completed a 28-city national tour across North America supporting CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry.  Cult of Venus live: *Opening for St. Vincent Mon 6.23 - Udine, IT @ Castello di Udine Tue 6.24 - Vienna, AT @ Globe Wien Sat 6.28 - Birmingham, UK @ 02 Institute Birmingham Mon 6.30 - Bournemouth, UK @ 02 Academy Bournemouth Sat 7.5 - Berlin, GER @ Tempodrom Recent praise for Cult of Venus: “Reminiscent of Caroline Polacheck with a touch of a club vibe” - FLOOD Magazine “She is a one woman powerhouse. She plays guitar, she sings, she plays the synth, it’s just really, really cool” - Lisa Worden - 98.7 LA “Inspired by Caroline Polocheck, Grimes, Gamified Glitchy goodness, wicked synths! Big fan!” - Sian Eleri BBC Radio 1 Future Artists “Hefty electro beats and really powerful lyrics” - BBC 6Music “Mixed by Geoff Swan (Grimes, Caroline Polachek, Charli xcx), “Mountains” opens with a solo horn line before gorgeously layered vocals mesh together to create something eerily similar to what one would expect from a collboration between CHVRCHES Lauren Mayberry and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver.” - The Line Of Best Fit “Combining the desperation of prime PJ Harvey, the scorched-earth polemic of Savages and electronic flourishes reminiscent of ANOHNI “Time Capsule” seethes with urgency — a fitting and affecting commentary on violent times and rising against one’s apathy and desensitization.” - Untitled Magazine https://ffm.bio/cultofvenus https://www.instagram.com/cvltofvenvs

GLARE announce N.A. headline tour with Cloakroom, Jivebomb + Destiny Bond

Glare announce North American headline tour in Sep + Oct

See them on the road with Cloakroom, Jivebomb, Destiny Bond in select cities [AUS, CHI, NYC, PHL + more]

New LP Sunset Funeral out now

Photo by: Morgan Kelley 

"Introspective in temperament and intricate in composition, this is the ideal late-night, long drive soundtrack." - Knotfest

"...hits like a quadruple shot of Sunny D and Codeine on a bright summer’s day." - Revolver Magazine

"comforting haze-warp" - Stereogum

"All too often shoegaze bands place their focus on finding new ways to bathe things in delay, forgetting that... the emphasis is supposed to be on making rock music. Texas’ Glare puts songwriting first, less obsessed with just dialing in the authentic shoegaze sound." - Treble

Texas shoegazers Glare released their highly-anticipated debut LP Sunset Funeral last April and have been out on the road with Superheaven in support of it.  Now, the band have shared that they'll headline their own tour in September and October 2025 with Cloakroom, Jivebomb and Destiny Bond in tow.  The tour follows Glare's appearance at Sound & Fury this July, midwest appearances shortly thereafter, as well as more exciting happenings to be announced soon.  Glare will also be appearing at Aftershock Festival in Sacramento and Furnace Fest in Birmingham this fall (dates  below).  Tickets for the headlining run will be on sale Friday June 6th at 10am local time here.

Formed in 2017 in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, Glare aren’t so much genre traditionalists as they are painters of wide realms and intense moods. The four-piece band has accumulated a large audience, both in the flesh with their reputation for sell-out shows, and on the internet, a place where people go to short-circuit feelings through their screens. 

Their new album Sunset Funeral is a document of unspeakable grief, charting the process of mourning and how it travels through our subconscious and dreams.  On first listen, the album— which scans as vast as desert sand— may overwhelm the senses. But look closer, and you’ll find a multiplicity of heavily crushed textures, treasures. The music drifts heavenward, to be sure, though it’s still tethered down by steady foundations. It’s beautiful. It’s humid. It’s delirious. It’s music made by people whose feelings speak louder than their words. 

Pick up Sunset Funeral here and see Glare on tour in North America this summer + fall.  More news coming soon.

Glare, on tour:

Jul. 10  Los Angeles, CA — Gold Diggers (Sound & Fury Kickoff)
Jul. 12/13  Los Angeles, CA — Exposition Park (Sound & Fury Festival)
Jul. 24  St. Louis, MO — Old Rock House ^
Jul. 26  Milwaukee, WI — X-Ray Arcade ^

Sep. 12  McAllen, TX — Cine El Rey %
Sep. 15  Houston, TX — H.O.B. Bronze Peacock %
Sep. 17  Austin, TX — Mohawk Outside %
Sep. 19  Oklahoma City, OK — Resonant Head %
Sep. 20  Kansas City, MO — Record Bar %
Sep. 22  St. Paul, MN — Amsterdam Bar & Hall %
Sep. 25  Chicago, IL — Subterranean %
Sep. 26  Detroit, MI — Sanctuary %
Sep. 27  Toronto, ON — Velvet Underground
Sep. 29  Columbus, OH — Ace of Cups %
Sep. 30  Louisville, KY — Portal %
Oct. 01  Asheville, NC — The Grey Eagle %
Oct. 03  Sacramento, CA — Aftershock
Oct. 04  Birmingham, AL — Furnace Fest
Oct. 06  Washington, DC — The Atlantis %
Oct. 08  New York, NY — Bowery Ballroom %
Oct. 10  Philadelphia, PA — Ukie Club %
Oct. 11  Carrboro, NC — Cat's Cradle Back Room %

^ with The Mall
% with Cloakroom, Jivebomb, Destiny Bond

Harmony shares new single / video "Anything"

HARMONY SHARES NEW SINGLE + VIDEO CHECK OUT “ANYTHING” NOW

Harmony by Dani Drasin What the press is saying about Harmony: “deeply poetic spun sugar—woven through with spirited, thoughtful lyrics” Alternative Press “sexy, scummy and glittery in all its feminine glory” i-D “Harmony is a once in a generation songwriter” NYLON “a cheeky exploration of life's inherent absurdity” Office Magazine “Anything” LISTEN: https://orcd.co/anythingharmony WATCH: https://youtu.be/zi8WPGX4CyQ (June 3, 2025) - Los Angeles singer-songwriter Harmony shares her new single “Anything.” The new song arrives alongside a stunning video directed by Amalia Irons featuring Harmony donning angel wings, performing in an otherworldly club, and in a shimmering field full of lovers and creatures. “Anything” closely follows the heart-longing single “Where Strangers Go,” which arrived with a collaged video of Harmony and her lover in New York City spliced with home video footage. Harmony’s recent offerings highlight her poetic and earnest songwriting, which she became known for with her tenure in Girlpool, and preview what is to come from the Hollywood darling.  Speaking about “Anything,” Harmony shares, “‘Anything’ is a love song about dedication. The desire to be all the ugly and beautiful things and the transcendence of that feeling.”

video stills  “Anything” and “Where Strangers Go” mark Harmony’s first songs since the release of her debut solo album Gossip from last year, which includes the songs “No Romeo” and “Miss America.” The album showcases Harmony’s unique talent for pairing tongue-in-cheek lyrics with societal criticism and intricate pop production.  Born and raised in Hollywood, Harmony is a singer-songwriter who has made a name for herself with her poignant lyrics and delicate, evocative voice. As one half of canonical indie band Girlpool, Harmony’s songwriting has often been praised for its striking honesty and emotional clarity. Whether the musical production dons earth shattering pop sonics or straight-forward instrumentation, Harmony brings the same poetical fervor and olympic emotion to her lyrics, exploring the complexities of the human experience with depth and sensitivity. Check out “Anything” above and stay tuned for more from Harmony coming soon.  “Anything” single artwork Connect with Harmony: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | X (Twitter)