Archive for January 2019

Canadian-born, Australia-based singer-songwriter Garrett Kato announces a Spring European tour supporting Canadian folk-rock trio Jon & Roy. Starting on March 15th in the UK, the 14-date run of shows will take Kato to the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and will wrap in Austria on March 29th. A full list of dates is below. Garrett Kato moved to Byron Bay (Australia) in 2010 on a whim after quitting his…

In 2015, Jon Bryant joined a cult. His short-lived time in this cult would inspire the concept of his forthcoming Nettwerk debut album Cult Classic, out May 17, 2019. The video for latest single “Did What I Did,” which premiered via Atwood Magazine, perfectly sets the tone for Bryant’s reflection on his time in the…

Guster’s new album Look Alive, released January 18th on Nettwerk/Ocho Mule, debuts this week at #5 on Billboard’s Current Albums Chart, with many additional Top 10 openings including: #1 Top Current Rock Albums #1 Independent Current Albums #2 Current Alternative Albums #2 Top Internet #7 Overall Digital Albums The news follows release-week performances on Late…

Euphoric west coast, indie-folk duo Ocie Elliott are excited to announce their debut album We Fall In, releasing in time for Valentine’s day on February 8, 2019. Hailing from Victoria, B.C. and comprised of couple Jon Middleton (of Jon & Roy) and Sierra Lundy, the two met playing music at a festival on the small, wind-swept Saltspring Island, where their love of music…

“NAVA are a new music project who are exploring the very peripheries of what it means to make a pop song.” – The Line of Best Fit “Artfully constructed pop of an electronic hue, NAVA match crunching neo-industrial sounds against digital glamour” – Clash After sharing the high-octane “Flesh” late last year, the mysterious and enigmatic Milan based…

Nettwerk is excited to announce that alternative rock foursome Grizfolk have signed to its label roster. Today, the band releases new song “Heavy Crown,” which premiered via Billboard.com. “Heavy Crown” melds a danceable bass line with jangly pianos to create an upbeat track that is sneakily about the tough subject of fighting for what’s right in today’s complicated world.…

Finn Andrews (The Veils) releases “One By The Venom” another new track from his forthcoming solo album, One Piece At A Time, out March 15th. “One By The Venom” belongs to a songwriting sub-genre Andrews adores—the list song—and its onslaught of doom scenarios provides the perfect canopy under which Finn and his new band members play off…

Sneaking in at the end of last year, we heard the first taste of new Hermitude with the release of “Stupid World” featuring Bibi Bourelly. Depicting a fresh sonic landscape for the Australian electronic duo, the single hints at a journey into new territories of their creative process, with much to be revealed in 2019.…

Today, Guster releases their first new album in four years Look Alive on Nettwerk/Ocho Mule. Look Alive has earned accolades from Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, Paste, and Brooklyn Vegan who praised the album’s foray into “surprising territory,” as well as NPR Music, who said ‘Look Alive’ “slithers with colorful, sinewy synths.” Listen to ‘Look Alive’ here:…

Los Angeles indie rock band Run River North are back with new single “Hands Up,” an anthemic return that pairs an earworm-y chorus with a front-and-center guitar melody.  The track is co-produced by Joe Chiccarelli and is a co-writing collaboration with Hannah Hooper and Christian Zucconi of Grouplove (the duo’s first of such sessions).  “Hands Up” is the first new track from Run River North’s upcoming release…