Archive for January 2021

  Nettwerk Records is excited to announce the signing of Amsterdam-based American music producer Fletcher Reed (aka Andrew Smith). Fletcher Reed joins Nettwerk’s expanding label roster, including Mallrat, LEISURE, Neil Frances, Hermitude, Vök, Alaskan Tapes, and more. Today, Fletcher Reed shares the debut single “Jakarta Jani,” a song about Jani, a fictitious, intrepid traveler refined…

Vocalist cehryl enters 2021 announcing her new EP, time machine, out April 9th via Nettwerk. To celebrate the announcement, she also shares new single “philadelphia” with an accompanying music video. A nostalgic piano-driven number, “philadelphia” looks back on relationships cehryl considered herself lucky to “keep in my pocket.” She relives this connection among others by looking…

Los Angeles duo Neil Frances (Jordan Feller and Marc Gilfry) are excited to announce they will release their new 6-track EP, Stay Strong Play Long, on March 12th.  It includes their viral single, “Music Sounds Better With You,” which has been streamed over 40 million times, along with recent releases, “I’m In Love With You” and “On The Lookout,” and their latest single,…

Canadian newcomers Softcult share their explosive debut single “Another Bish” alongside its self-directed video. The track is a razor sharp slice of scuzz pop, existing as a modernised fusion of Bikini Kill and Smashing Pumpkins, two of their biggest influences. Sotfcult is the project of Phoenix and Mercedes Arn Horn, Ontario-based twins who spent their…

“Sheeran and Joe Rubel helmed the so-called ‘Gingerbread Mix,’ in which they transform the airy original with some extra punch in the piano, shuffle in the drums and other atmospheric touches that lend the song a pop sheen without sacrificing any feeling from the original.” – Rolling Stone “‘Sword From The Stone’ is destined to…

Ten Kills The Pack starts the year off with the rousing wake-up call “Body” from his upcoming EP Life, Death, & Afterwards, out February 26, 2021 via Nettwerk. Produced by Dave Cerminara (Father John Misty, Weyes Blood, Cold War Kids) “Body” is an intersection of two human concepts; the fight with oneself when trying to…

“Scrappy, energetic rock driven by sharp guitar melodies that get stuck in your head” – NYLON “serving relatable relationship chagrin over rolling funky bass-lines” – Ones To Watch “’pure escapist indie pop brilliance” – Under The Radar “an indie-pop daydream adorned with infectious guitar riffs and dainty chords” – Sniffers Today, 16-year-old artist KALI, full…

Today, indie-folk-pop trio WILD released their highly anticipated debut full-length record, Goin’ Back.  The songs were born from a fruitful writing trip to Nashville pre-covid, but WILD felt it was important to return to Los Angeles to record. “We make ‘L.A. Folk.’ If you go to Oregon, Tennessee, or Texas, the genre sounds different. This is what folk would…

German indie-pop artist and multi-instrumentalist lùisa is excited to share her third full-length album, New Woman, will be released on May 7th, 2021. The album tackles grief, female empowerment, and social activism with stirring and emotional pop laced with a touch of eighties indie rock nostalgia. Though the lyrics revolve around loss and grief, the album stays hopeful as lùisa…

Today, Alaskan Tapes announces his new album, For Us Alone, will be released on April 16, 2021. The moniker represents Toronto-based composer Brady Kendall’s ever-evolving ambient music project. The record will be Kendall’s fifth outing and follows his 2019 full-length Views From Sixteen Stories. Alaskan Tapes explains, “On ‘For Us Alone’ there isn’t as much of a story as there is…