Growing up in rural Dadeville, Alabama, Nikki Speake has a specific Southern grit embedded in her soul. More Flannery O’Connor than Margaret Mitchell, there’s a morbid spirit to much of Speake’s writing, and nowhere is that more apparent than Nikki & the Phantom Callers’ debut LP, Everybody’s Going To Hell (But You and Me) – set for release April 3rd. READ MORE…
Let Music Band take your mind off things with their new single, “Tell Me,” out on their forthcoming record, Celebration, releasing April 3 via Dine Alone Records. READ MORE…
Doomtree is an artist collective out of Minneapolis, MN consisting of Cecil Otter, Dessa, Lazerbeak, Mike Mictlan, Paper Tiger, P.O.S, and Sims.
Doomtree is built on creativity, collaboration, and community. What started as a bunch of high school kids teaching each other how to make beats and raps has grown into a full-fledged small business – equal parts record label and artistic launching pad. For nearly 20 years, our business has existed to facilitate our art — and not the other way around. READ MORE…
Listen to this week’s State of the Art Spotify playlist featuring:
The Exbats – You Don’t Get It (You Don’t Got It) – Burger Records
Grimes – Delete Forever
Epic Levels – Rather Be Rollin’
Squarepusher – Hitsonu
Music Band – Heat (Dine Alone Records)
CocoRosie – High Road
Nikki & the Phantom Callers – Fallen Angel
Porches – Lipstick Song
Margaret Chavez – The Croupiers Unite I.C.E. (State Fair Records, We Know Better Records)
King Krule – Cellular
Radiator King – Gamefighter
Lesibu Grand – Mi Sueno
Pedaljets – Transfer Is Done
Hollow Fortyfives – Fickle Heart
Chandeen – Let There Be Fire
The Band Ice Cream – Big Car
The Wants – Fear My Society
Kiwi jr – Salary Man
Deliluh – Lickspittle: a Nut in the Paste
Bedwetters Anonymous – Glass Dick
En Attendant Ana – In / Out
Squirrel Flower – Headlights
Frances Quinlan – Rare Thing
Akai Solo, BSTFRND – Halcyon Company
Goya Gumbani – The Mission (Intro)
Big Kahuna OG, Monday Night – Holly House
Andy Shauf – Neon Skyline
Chubby and the Gang – Pariah Radio
Deeper – This Heat
Molina – Vanilla Shell
Wild Side – On & On
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Inspired by people overcoming tough times, Craig Gerdes’ new “Tough as Nails” is universal and timeless. But current circumstances in the novel coronavirus pandemic have given the track, premiering on Billboard below from the country singer’s sophomore album of the same name, even more relevance than Gerdes could have imagined. READ MORE…
Julie Amici & Dean Mueller slow-simmer country, folk and blues, pepper it with subtle hints of jazz and gospel and cook up their very own Americana recipe. As writers, recording artists and live performers, they bring their talents not only to music’s customary audiences, but to disadvantaged children, people with autism and the elderly. READ MORE...