Cait Stoddard

4 days ago | music.mxdwn.com | Cait Stoddard

On August 15, Bret McKenzie will return with Freak Out City, which is his forthcoming sophomore album worldwide from Sub Pop. The album is a fresh collection of songs the artist developed, while performing live across New Zealand and the United States with his eight-piece band The State Highway Wonders. The influence of his musical heroes Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman resonates again on this record, where McKenzie playfully weaves humor and heart into his songs.

4 days ago | music.mxdwn.com | Cait Stoddard

Dropkick Murphys’ new album For The People shows courage and confidence, speaking up against the injustices happening in the United States, doing so with the strength and power that harkens back to Dropkick Murphys’ earliest punk rock roots. For The People is more than a title. It’s a heartfelt stance, a declaration of who this band is and who they have always been.

4 days ago | music.mxdwn.com | Cait Stoddard

Following the release of their brand new 14th studio album, The Screaming Of The Valkyries, Cradle Of Filth has unveiled a brand new music video for driving album track, “Demagoguery,” which is an eerily disturbing backdrop song that blends in  dark beauty, blast beats and slaytanic groove as only Cradle can combine.

4 days ago | music.mxdwn.com | Cait Stoddard

From the first note, Nadler’s lush voice and intricate fingerpicking are front and center. She layers Everly Brothers–style harmonies over dreamlike, lonesome soundscapes distortion, Hammond organ and ominous synthesizers that elevate her warm vulnerability with texture and atmosphere. Each track unfolds like a vignette of a life lived, delivering emotional weight with the curtain pulled back.

4 days ago | music.mxdwn.com | Cait Stoddard

Eddy Garcia, a former security officer at the InterContinental Hotel, testified today about his alleged involvement in a 2016 video of Combs that allegedly shows him physically assaulting his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura. Garcia said on the stand that he allegedly accepted $100,000 from Combs in exchange for video footage of the incident. And Combs allegedly had Garcia sign a non-disclosure agreement at the time declaring that there was no other copies of it.