Archive for May 2022

Out now, The Ballroom Thieves – Calin Peters (vocals, cello, bass), Martin Earley (vocals, guitar) – share the latest single “Shadow” from their forthcoming LP Clouds (out July 15 via Nettwerk). “This one started as a slow bummer acoustic song about learning to live with depression. But rather than letting the music settle into the sadness of the lyrics, we thought it would be more fun…

Old Sea Brigade has announced 5AM Paradise, the “melodic and memorable” (WNYC) songwriter’s third studio album due out October 28 on Nettwerk. A follow-up to last year’s Motivational Speaking – which served as a critical breakout for the Nashville-via-Georgia musician after earning praise from Consequence for making “some of the best quarantine art” and SPIN as one of their…

Today, cinematic indie folk duo, The Light The Heat,make their return with the delicate new single “Morning Light,” via Nettwerk. Serving as the follow-up to their 2021 EP, Afterlight, tender chorus vocals hit like the warmth of the rising sun. Orchestral colors bounce to and fro as their melodies stream and stretch with gleaming energy. Listen to “Morning Light” on…

Drew Tarves’ music as young friend feels classic and immediate all at once, capturing the summer-sun nostalgia of post-adolescence while diving deep into a pool of self-reflection. Today, the 22-year-old artist announces his signing to Nettwerk and shares the moody new alt-pop banger “CRASH COURSE.” Playing out like a contemplative scene from a movie, crunchy guitars and driving drums swirl around Tarves’…

Nettwerk Music Group is excited to announce the signing of JUNO-award winning indie-folk trio, The East Pointers. The Canadian-born and Prince Edward Island/Ontario based trio announce a new six-song EP (title TBA) featuring lead single “Stronger Than You Know,” a track inspired by a winter storm that Koady Chaisson of the band experienced on Eastern PEI. Using this song as…

Today, Mexico-born and New York City-based artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Emilio Quezada Ibañez, aka Mishegas, shares his follow-up EP Temporary Love Remixes via Nettwerk. The remix EP is a reimagining of Mishegas’ November 2021 debut EP Temporary Love which was written while Quezada was living in Chicago and finished in his former home base of NYC. Emilio adds on Temporary Love, “This project came to…

Today, Nashville via UK singer-songwriter and producer Dave Thomas Junior shares his soothing new single, “The Hope.” When asked about the track and video he says, “The video (directed and animated by Lauren Huag and produced by Wild Honey Pie) is a retelling of the ancient story of The Tiger and the Strawberry. I loved how the…

Today, Los Angeles duo Neil Frances’ (Jordan Feller and Marc Gilfry) share a remix of their single “Be Free” by legendary musician Joe Goddard of Hot Chip. The original track is off their debut album, There Is No Neil Frances, which came out earlier this year. They will be releasing a compilation of remixes from the album on July 15th, which also includes new takes on…

Today, Montreal multi-hyphenate artist Ruby McKinnon aka Flower Face, shares her artfully crafted new album, The Shark In Your Water, via Nettwerk. The ten-song collection is a devastatingly beautiful exploration of when “love becomes an obsession.” McKinnon shares stories of heartbreaking intimacy, working through traumas of love, and the constant struggle of self-identity. After finding a fanbase online through DIY releases Baby Teeth (2018) and Fever…

Today, indie electro-pop artist Bay Ledges shares his long-awaited debut album, Ritual. A 13-song record written, produced, and mixed entirely by Zach Hurd, that translates Bay Ledges’ expressive, almost avant-garde style onto a larger canvas. Exploring transience, nostalgia, and Hurd’s own relationship to music and art, it’s a meditative record that’s still as psychedelic and thrilling as anything Hurd…