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6 days ago | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein
Caamp shares two singles from its forthcoming LP Copper Changes Color, available June 6 via Mom+Pop Music, with two tracks “Fairview Feeling” and “Mistakes”. Caamp’s North American tour has already sold-out two night runs at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall, Chicago’s Salt Shed, Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway, and more, with additional shows at Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville, Surly Brewing Festival Field in Minneapolis, Jacobs Pavilion in Cleveland and more.
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1 week ago | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein
Erika de Casier has returned with the surprise release her fourth album, Lifetime . The LP fully written and produced by Erika herself. The artist began dropping breadcrumbs about the record last month, Erika mysteriously putting a limited set of nameless cassettes up for sale on Bandcamp. Even with no context of what was on it, the tapes quickly sold-out in under thirty minutes and fans began to speculate new music coming.
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1 week ago | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein
Mike Polizze known for his projects Purling Hiss and Birds of Maya will release his second solo album, Around Sound on June 11th via Paradise of Bachelors. Polizze plays every part and instrument on the album, and once again, he co-produced with longtime friend and collaborator Jeff Zeigler (War on Drugs, Kurt Vile, Mary Lattimore), who also engineered and mixed.
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1 week ago | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein
Broken Social Scene You Forgot It In People, inspired countless artists, today they have shared two tracks from the tribute album ANTHEMS: A Celebration Of Broken Social Scene’s You Forgot It In People, which drops on June 6th. Toro y Moi puts a synth-laced spin on Broken Social Scene’s torn and frayed anthem, “Stars And Sons” – adding extra ragged texture and spacious air. The rework arrives as a single bundle with “Almost Crimes,” performed by Miya Folick and Hand Habits with producer Sasami.
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1 week ago | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein
“We finally learned to open up the aperture / Such a long time coming,” The Head and The Heart sing on their new twelve track album of the same name. The album, though it may start “After The Setting Sun,” is about letting the light in, daring to love, and experiencing the wonder of good stories put to good music.
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1 week ago | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein
Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke’s collaborative album Tall Tales features twelve songs with a total running length of just over an hour. The recording process started during the pandemic, with the two sharing work online, and Pritchard has also stated that one of the tracks on the LP is nine years in the making. However, even with the collaborative influence of Thom Yorke (Radiohead, The Smile), the album is far from perfect.
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1 week ago | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein
Cola is back with their new single/visualizer, “Mendicant.” The track Follows the release of their LP The Gloss, “Mendicant” sees Cola take a medieval turn. “Mendicant” is anchored by a whistle and uilleann pipes line, plus Darcy’s signature delivery. “Good god!” he exclaims at the jump, breaking into lyrics that wonder “what was that the pope just said?” and reflect on “breaking regs and breaking norms” — all from the perspective of a humble mendicant.
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1 week ago | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein
Hayden Pedigo recently announced his new LP I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away, which will drop on June 6th via Mexican Summer (Iceage, Cate Le Bon, Jessica Pratt). Today the artist is sharing the album’s title track. Inspired by 1950s Chet Atkins/Merle Travis picking, the song Follows the album’s first single “Long Pond Lily,” The Texas-born and Oklahoma City-based fingerstyle guitarist also thinks it’s one of the best he’s ever written.
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1 week ago | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein
Orthodox have released their single and new video “Keep Your Blessings”, drummer Mike White worked with director Errick Easterday to create a story that brings that sense of unrest to life. White tells, “’Keep Your Blessings’ has been one of my favorites since beginning the demo process for ‘A Door Left Open’. The song has a lot of interesting elements that really complement the video itself. The video grew from an early cover art concept: a car full of photos and things stolen from homes.
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1 week ago | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein
Matt Berninger, has dropped new single “Inland Ocean.” The track, features backing vocals from Ronboy (Julia Laws). Berninger often drifts to water in his lyrics on this album, though he says this is not an intentional motif, but rather a more expansive metaphor: “God loves the inland ocean / Lost cause, I have no emotion.” “Inland Ocean” was co-written with Walter Martin (The Walkmen).
