Posts by Joseph Lo

SYML’s new collaboration with Dutch DJ Sam Feldt arrives just in time for summer, and it’s a real stunner. It’s a new version of “Where’s My Love,” a track by SYML that Feldt fell in love with a while back. “When I first heard the original acoustic track by SYML on Spotify, I immediately loved it” he recalls. “I think it…

In 2015, Jon Bryant joined a cult. His short-lived time in this cult would inspire the concept of his upcoming Nettwerk debut album, Cult Classic. More details on that coming later, but for now, Bryant shares the album’s groovy opener “Paradise,” which perfectly sets the tone of what follows. Says Bryant of the track, “Life…

Brooklyn’s Savoir Adore are back with “Slow Motion,” the first taste of new music from their upcoming release (details tba).  They celebrated last night with a headline show at Rough Trade, where they played this and other new songs to old and new fans. “Slow Motion” was co-written by Savoir Adore principals Paul Hammer and…

Nettwerk Records is excited to announce the signing of musical project and high-concept band Sense. Sense is the musical brainchild of three French engineering students – Matthieu, Paul and Marius. The concept behind the name and music is based on the 5 human senses: taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing. 2017’s debut EP Esper (Extra-sensorial…

Together Pangea will support Alkaline Trio on 28 dates across the U.S. this August and October. The band has been on the road since last fall, bringing their raucous live show to audiences across North America, the UK and Europe in support of their latest critically acclaimed album, Bulls and Roosters, out now. General on-sale will be 10am local time on Thursday and…

Alyssa Coco and Matt Merritt, the Upstate duo known as Roses & Revolutions share a new song, “Big Bad Wolf.”  With Coco’s dramatic vocals and Merritt’s skilled production, “Big Bad Wolf” is the latest single from an upcoming EP to be released this year (details to come). “’Big Bad Wolf’ is about how the often…

Los Angeles trio WILD is excited to share their new song, “Here We Go,” which premiered yesterday on Buzzbands.la. The band also announced that they will open for Arms Akimbo and King Shelter at the Teragram Ballroom on July 13. Listen to “Here We Go”: 

“All the awkwardness and annoyances of suburban teenage life find their way into the songs of Grace Shaw, a 19-year-old Australian who calls herself Mallrat. She worries, and doesn’t worry, about fitting in or being liked; she mocks the comforts of sterile surroundings. Her songs turn mild rap cadences into singsong melodies, set to vamps…

  Australia’s Harrison Storm has shared the bewitching “Feeling You” (via Nettwerk Records), a song about being captivated by someone for the first time. Co-written with Sam Ashworth in Nashville and produced by fellow Australian musician Dustin Tebbutt, it shows his growth as a songwriter and vocalist. Developing a memorable and singular style, margining impressive classically…

Aussie sibling duo Angus & Julia Stone have released an intoxicating new video for stand-out track “Nothing Else” from their latest album Snow.  The video, directed by Jessie Hill, features two versions of Julia Stone: the buttoned up, responsible businesswoman and the free-spirited, creative artist.  Julia explains, “It’s about self acceptance and self love. I…