Mike LeSuer

1 week ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer

A few years prior to releasing their debut album What Lies Ahead of Me last June, New Jersey’s All Under Heaven teamed up with their labelmates Glare and Leaving Time on the shoegaze-focused Sunday Drive Records for the collaborative single “Show You My Pain.” That label cohesion continues today with the band’s newly announced split single with fellow Jerseyites High., with the former band’s “Moving On” and the latter’s “Someone You Adore” adhering to the Sunday Drive ethos of searing...

2 weeks ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer

The LA trios return with their second new single from their forthcoming EP. LA trio Ramonda Hammer returned back in April after a brief hiatus with a new single called “Eyelash” that tied together all the loose ends of the grungy alt-rock sounds they’ve been honing over the course of a decade now.

2 weeks ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer

After his breakout LP Escape Velocity nearly a decade ago, trumpeter Theo Crokerhas been expanding the realm of his spiritual-jazz compositions to more seamlessly incorporate rappers and other guest vocalists who affirm his cosmic vision. Having built a rolodex of collaborators over the years after working with everyone from J. Cole to Nathy Peluso, his last two LPs have included contributions from Wyclef Jean, Jamila Woods, Jill Scott, Ari Lennox, and more.

2 weeks ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer |Aabid Youssef

Six years is plenty of time for any artist to explore various “eras” in the modern age of music marketing, though it’s undeniable that such a span of time also presents the human behind the moniker with quite a bit of opportunity for personal growth.

2 weeks ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer

The piano-centric Places of Unknowing, the songwriter’s first solo record in nearly a decade, arrives this summer. You may know Jamie Lidellfrom any number of projects over the years, whether it be his early IDM work in the duo Super_Collider, his pop-soul solo records spanning the aughts through the mid-’10s, or his contributions to iconic albums by Feist, Lianne La Havas, and Mura Masa (or even his recent return alongside RJD2).