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Jim Sclovanus & Nicole Atkins have released a cover of Tom Waits “Strange Weather”.

TRACKLIST:

Side A – “Strange Weather” Side B – “A Man Like Me”

https://nicoleatkins.bandcamp.com/album/strange-weather-2-track-single

Jim Sclovanus shared this about the release: “My good friend Nicole Atkins & I have a new single! It’s our take on Tom Wait’s “Strange Weather,” and the B side is our original song “A Man Like Me.”
It’s exclusively on Bandcamp via Lowe Amusements. Along with a digital download offering, we also have 300 limited edition picture disc vinyls available for pre-order! Each disc comes with a signed art card from Nicole & I.”

They will be on tour during the month of May and part of June all around the UK. No dates for the USofA (nor Tijuana) have been announced.

Palehound have shared the first single, “The Clutch”, off what will be their new album “Eye On The Bat” out July 14th via Polyvinyl.

TRACKLIST:

1. Good Sex
2. Independence Day
3. The Clutch
4. Eye On The Bat
5. U Want It U Got It
6. Route 22
7. My Evil
8. Head Like Soup
9. Right About You
10. Fadin

The video was directed by Brittany Reeber and Anthony Kolodny, and they had this to share: “Adam, El, and I wanted to create something that captured the charged, raw drive of the song. Inspired by slick, visceral performance videos of the early ’00s, we got ourselves the biggest space we could find and Adam created a visual aesthetic with the circular track, rotating head and alternating key lights that ultimately build (along with the band’s electric performance) to an epic and dizzying climax.”

El Kempner said this of the song: “‘The Clutch’ is the very first song I wrote for this album, back in 2020 right when lockdown started. I had been on a tour that was sliced in half by the onset of the pandemic and we had to apocalypse road trip back to New York across the country from Oregon, where our next show had been scheduled for. While that was happening, I was also having a triggering romantic experience with somebody I didn’t know too well, and by the time I got home my whole body seemed to be spinning in turmoil. Writing and producing this song grounded me and helped me process a new future and self that I hadn’t anticipated.”

Benefits have shared a new single, “What More Do You Want”, off their recently released album “Nails” out now via Invada Records.

The video for the song was directed by John Kirkbride.

Kingsley Hall shared this about the track: “It’s about the corruption of power and the nagging possibility that things weren’t necessarily better in the old days, despite what everyone says, and how harking back to them may not bring you the glory you desire. It’s one of the noisiest songs we’ve ever constructed, completely designed with a brutal sonic impact in mind. Dale’s drums clang and clatter in a really beautiful way, they’re harsh and heavy but there’s a melody to them. Hugh and Robbie hurl giant slabs of noise into the mix and it all builds to be a monster. Despite the chaos, this is probably Benefits in our purest, noisiest form.”

The band is on the last shows of their European tour, they are also slated to play Glastonbury, however no dates for the USofA (nor Tijuana) have been announced yet. Hopefully that changes soon.

bar italia have shared their second single, “punkt”, off their upcoming album “Tracey Denim” out May 19th via Matador.

TRACKLIST:

1. guard
2. Nurse!
3. punkt
4. my kiss era
5. F.O.B
6. Missus Morality
7. yes i have eaten so many lemons yes i am so bitter
8. changer
9. Horsey Girl Rider
10. NOCD
11. best in show
12. Clark
13. harpee
14. Friends
15. maddington

The camera work for the video was handled by Mario Suardiaz.

The band will be doing a short, and from what it looks like, a sold out tour of NY and LA in June. Which we imagine would be followed by a somewhat more extensive tour in the Fall or Winter.

Clark has released the fourth single, “Dolgoch Tape”, off his Thom Yorke produced album “Sus Dog” out May 26th via Throttle Records.

Clark shared this about the song: “It was written for a friend to try to bring something consoling, and satisfying, but not in a fobbing-them-off way.”

Clark will head out on tour in June to support the album. No additional dates have been announced yet.

Killer Mike has shared a new song, “Don’t Let The Devil”, off his upcoming solo album “MICHAEL” to be released June 16th.

Killer Mike shared this about the upcoming album: “”MICHAEL” is my most autobiographical and independent album to date. RTJ is the X-Men, this is my Logan.”

The single was produced by No I.D., El-P, and Little Shalimar. Killer Mike added: “My favorite group (US) with my favorite producers! It’s our 10 year anniversary and MICHAEL is an origin story so I wanted to start w/ El.”

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit have shared the third single, “Cast Iron Skillet”, off their upcoming album “Weathervanes” out June 9th via Southeastern Records / Thirty Tigers.

TRACKLIST:

1. Death Wish
2. King Of Oklahoma
3. Strawberry Woman
4. Middle Of The Morning
5. Save The World
6. If You Insist
7. Cast Iron Skillet
8. When We Were Close
9. Volunteer
10. Vestavia Hills
11. White Beretta
12. This Ain’t It
13. Miles

One of the few things Isbell shared about the track was: “If we romanticize the past, we can’t really learn from it.”. Even though after reading that it might come in more like a life lesson than a reflection. Either way the song is amazing and devastating at the same time.

Jason Isbell shared this about the album via a press release: “There is something about boundaries on this record. As you mature, you still attempt to keep the ability to love somebody fully and completely while you’re growing into an adult and learning how to love yourself.”

PJ Harvey has shared the first single, “A Child’s Question, August”, off her upcoming album “I Inside The Old Year Dying” out July 7th via Partisan.

TRACKLIST:
1. Prayer at the Gate
2. Autumn Term
3. Lwonesome Tonight
4. Seem an I
5. The Nether-edge
6. I Inside the Old Year Dying
7. All Souls
8. A Child’s Question, August
9. I Inside the Old I Dying
10. August
11. A Child’s Question, July
12. A Noiseless Noise

The video film was directed by Steve Gullick and PJ Harvey. The song also features backing vocals by Ben Whishaw.

PJ Harvey shared this about the album: “the record is a resting space, a solace, a comfort, a balm; which feels timely for the times we’re in. I think the album is about searching, looking and the intensity of first love, and seeking meaning.”

PJ Harvey also shared this about the recording process: “If I Inside the Old Year Dying is a very tactile, human record, that is partly because just about everything on it is rooted in improvisation: spontaneous performances and ideas, recorded at the moment of their creation.”

Guadalupe Plata have shared the third single, “El Cóndor Pasa”, off their upcoming (seventh) self titled album out May 5th via Everlasting Records.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Calima
2. La Cigüeña
3. Tia Tragantía
4. Al Infierno Que Vayas
5. En Mi Tumba
6. Ruina
7. Zapateado
8. El Cóndor Pasa
9. No Hay Dónde Ir
10. Y.N.T.M.A.
11. Nunca Llueve Como Truena
12. Malefico
13. Stabat Master

The video for the song was created and directed by Pilar Anguno & Paco Campano.

The story behind the song that was composed by Daniel Alomía Robles in 1913 and that’s been covered in multiple languages including Simon & Garfunkel in their seminal album “Bridge Over Troubled Water” is that it was the song that was used to teach Pedro De Dios how to play guitar with by his father.