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Check out our Albums in Rotation for November 2017

Jules Rendell releases her thought-provoking music video for ‘Old Friend

Soulful pop singer-songwriter, Jules Rendell’s new single explores the impact of friendship on mental well-being. ‘Old Friend’ is the first single from Jules Rendell’s forthcoming album ‘Imagine’, and is accompanied by a compelling and thought-provoking video by Dominic Döring. Produced by Feranmi Oguns (Jake Isaac, Josh Record) and Bastian Testori from OL Music, Old Friend is the follow up to…

Stream Mabel’s surprise debut mixtape ‘Ivy To Roses’

This past Friday, Mabel released her surprise debut mixtape, Ivy To Roses, which is introduced by new track ‘Begging.’ Ivy To Roses also features breakout single ‘Finders Keepers’, which has become one of the standouts, slow-burning anthems of 2017 (currently climbing the UK Top 20, playlisted across the likes of Radio 1, Capital, 1Xtra, and has surpassed 12 million streams). “‘Ivy to Roses’,…

Stream: Satica | Honey Whiskey

“We can smoke a bowl if you want to. We can fade off in the night“ Producer and singer/songwriter Satica single “Honey Whiskey” has been playing non-stop from our speakers since late August. The Long Beach newcomer describes how she came up with her track “Honey Whiskey.” “The song was inspired by a close friend who experienced a spontaneous, wild, and heated romance while traveling, I decided to…

Best Albums for the past month comes from @Ibeyi @wolfalicemusic Protomartyr and more

Our favorite albums of September 2017 is a eclectic mix of albums. Visions of a Life is the second studio album by English alternative rock band Wolf Alice, Ibeyi release their sophomore album, Ash. California sax virtuoso Kamasi Washington drops his six-track album, Harmony of Difference. Rounding out the rest of the list is LCD Soundsystem, Protomartyr and Jack Johnson.

Newcomer Siobhan Sainte releases her single 'Midnight'

New Zealand artist Siobhan Sainte (pronounced shiv-ON) emerged this year with her track “Burn It Down,” an intimate, bass-heavy affair that showcased her indulgent vocals. She is back with her new single midnight, which could be best described as “…a dark/sexy/dangerous/bass-fueled affair…” We would have to agree 100%, this feels like something that music supervisors should be putting on their…

Our favorite albums of the past month include music from Daniel Caesar, Elijah Blake, Dave East and more.

Dog days of summer have come and gone. We look back at the last full month of summer and reminisce on some albums that defined the month of August. I’m going to go out on a limb and say, Daniel Caesar’s debut album Freduian will go down as one of the best R&B albums of the year. This has been an amazing year for R&B. But I digress, we have music from Brand New, their first album since 2009.…

JP Cooper (@JPCooperMusic) returns with another unforgettable track “Wait”

JP Cooper returns with another unforgettable track “Wait” off his upcoming debut album “Raised Under Grey Skies” out on October 6th via Republic Records. JP also recently shot an acoustic performance of the song for Mahogony Sessions. The video showcases JP’s incredible vocal prowess with a stripped-down guitar and emotional realness. Check out the video here. His debut album ‘Raised Under Grey…

Our favorite albums of July 2017 feature music from @alliemoves @mura_masa_ and a few more

July 2017 is sadly a distant memory. To remember the month an (hopefully) good times, check out the some of the music that was streaming from our speakers this past month. Tunes from Tyler, The Creator, Toro Y Moi, A l l i e and a few more.

In honor of @PURITY_RING debut album, 5 years ago, they have released 'Asido'

Asido is a song that grabs the audience and brings them on an earthy ride with a music video that is a virtual translation to the music. Purity Ring has only released this single and no album to celebrate the anniversary of their first album back in 2015. The dark synth/dream pop duo capture the songs slow, dreamy visual movement of a white figure while the background chorus of “feel as lonely as…

Best Albums of the Month | June 2017

Half way through the year and the selection of music keeps getting better. To help you guys and gals we track down the albums for you. From SZA amazing debut to HAIM’s sophomore album and a few more. Check out the streams via Spotify below.