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Folk-rock singer-songwriter Wayne Merdinger recently released his album, Hidden Gems, made up of six previously unreleased tracks, produced by Danny Saxon and Mark Jaimes, six previously released singles, produced by Mark DeCozio, and a particularly…

Bay Area hard rock outfit Modern Monsters recently dropped their new EP, Malice, representing the band’s smoldering disdain toward societal issues, unchecked power, divided justice systems, distractions from introspection, and perilous love. Established in 2019,…

Berlin-based singer-songwriter and producer Ingolf recently released his debut album, EXIL, a nine-track collection of evocative, retro synth-pop. Artists appearing on the album include the English guitarist and producer Greg Bone (Kylie Minogue, Pet Shop…

Reggae-based musical collective Trensettahs Sound System recently dropped a new single/music video, “La Fiebre.” Trensettahs Sound System was founded as “a collective of Afro-futurists working to create and promote reggae music to fans all around…

Black Dog String Quartet (BDSQ) recently unveiled their single/music video, “Two,” a track lifted from their upcoming long-player, A Thousand Times Brighter, slated to drop on April 28. As a group, BDSQ has recorded with…

Photo: Blaine Mulholland Phoenix, Arizona-based hip-hop artist NUBS, aka Collin While, recently dropped his debut solo album, Abled. Talking about the album, NUBS explains, “My whole life I have been looked at as “disabled” or…

Photo: Matt Lambert Rock/prog-rock outfit Elsewhere recently released their music video, “Life… is a Fraction: VI. Realization,” a track from their album, Life…is a Fraction, which probes the concept of the increasingly rapid passage of…

Punk rock duo Carbon County recently unveiled a new music video, “Panic,” a track lifted from their latest self-titled debut album. Featured in the coming-of-age film, Millennium Bugs, directed by Alejandro Montoya Marin, who also…

International art-rock/post-punk collective Cosmopolis, whose name was inspired by, among other things, the European literary magazine published simultaneously in London, Paris, Berlin, and St Petersburg during the 1890s, recently released their single, “Parasite.” Talking about…

Hard rock/metal outfit Changing Tymz recently unveiled their new single/music video, “Shark Attack,” a foretaste of their forthcoming 11-track album, slated for release later this year. In 2020, Changing Tymz released their self-titled, debut EP…