2018’s Sun Machine is a standout in the Grand Jury catalog – probably the most joyful release to bear the G and the J. With joy in such short supply over the past few years, new Rubblebucket feels more vital than ever. They return with the self-produced single, “Morning In The Sun,” a classic Rubblebucket song which finds Alex Toth and Kalmia Traver exploring co-dependency (and breaking free from it) atop a trademark groove. Sonically it plays with elements of bubblegum soul, party funk, indie dance and everything in between.

Artwork for the single was created by Clare Byrne, using photography from Shervin Lainez. The self-directed music video feels like the world’s smallest flash mob, with Rubblebucket taking over BK park benches and roof tops and writhing to the beat.

More soon.

Say hi to TOLEDO, the newest member of the Grand Jury family.

Today we’re delighted to release “L-Train,” the Brooklyn duo’s first new music of 2022, along with an animated video directed by the wonderful Kohana Wilson. That’s the art below – like the front page photo, it comes courtesy of our friends over at POND Creative.  As far as first impressions go, this one is pretty damn strong. “L-Train” might sport a breezy arrangement, ambling banjos and soft falsetto, but that’s all hiding a rumination on the sort of “how did I end up here?” hangover that leads to tough realizations.

We fell in love with the band’s music when we first heard 2021’s Jockeys of Love EP, a six-song release that somehow managed to be both spare and lush all at once. It was an alchemic sleight of hand on both the production and songwriting side and it drew us in immediately. Then, of course, we fell in love with the human beings behind that magic: Dan Álvarez de Toledo and Jordan Dunn-Pilz. They’ve been playing music together since they were kids in Newburyport, Mass. And while that lifetime hangs in the air on every song, their closeness hangs in the air with practically everything the band does. Watch one show, one IG story, or have one conversation. It’s like a third member, the uniquely charming interplay between the two.

We could go on and on (and we will in the future), but suffice it to say: the fact they trust us to help deliver their music into the universe is pretty humbling. A few chances to catch them live in July – tickets over in the tour section. Some other very special things on the way, and we can’t wait to be a small part of it.

Front Page Photo Credit: Alec Castillo

Native Sun are back with a new single: “Sister.” It was produced by NYC legend Walter Schreifels of Gorilla Biscuits & Quicksand (and Rival Schools and Youth of Today and like a million other insanely influential bands). It was engineered and mixed by Jeremey Snyder, who has worked alongside IDLES & Fontaines DC in the past. If you can find a sweet spot between all of those reference points, it sounds a little something like this. The song operates as a warts-and-all love letter to the band’s adoptive home of NYC, calling on Schreifels history to build a sonic bridge through decades of downtown skuzz.

“Dedicated to the experiences, real moments, and eternal characters of after-hours New York City – directionless and constantly searching for some sort of unknown,” the band writes about the song. “Grabbing the senses of a time and a place with the realities of streetwise independence that forever shape the individual. The urban landscape changes and decays, the emotions remain the same.” 

Artwork, courtesy of Alec Basse below. 

And if you’re in NYC next week, don’t miss your chance to catch Native Sun and their storied live show at Music Hall of Williamsburg with A Place To Bury Strangers. Tickets here. Don’t forget your earplugs, folks.

Hovvdy’s 2021 album True Love is one of the records we’re most proud to bear the Grand Jury logo. So when Will & Charlie turned in the songs that would become their new EP billboard for my feelings, our minds were sort of blown. How could they have done it again? How could they craft a collection of songs that gels so effortlessly and bubbles with so much life, all while simultaneously making the hazy masterwork they’d release last October. By now we should just expect it from them. Here’s a full EP we made while we made our best record ever. Sure…

The band has been releasing each single from the short-player along the way, but today you can listen in context. And see what we mean about the gel. A Boone Patrello music video for “Ruby” arrives today as well. billboard for my feelings is available everywhere you stream music now.

Next week the band sets out on the second US leg of their True Love tour. Tickets are getting low in a lot of markets (Austin is already sold out), so snag yours now.

Face The Wall is finally here. Today you get to hear what we’ve been listening to for months: Jordana firing on every cylinders, then inventing new ones to fire even harder on. An astonishingly self-assured record of sugar-high indie rock and dreamy alt-pop. Ten tracks buoyed by that insanely perfect voice. Seriously, it’s a special album from such a special human. Stream it. Buy it on vinyl. Go see her live. Throw all the money in your wallet at her, because there isn’t a person who deserves it more or a record more worthy of your support.

Earlier this week she unveiled the final pre-release music video from the album, for the single “Go Slow.” Like “Pressure Point” before it, this one was directed by video wizard Luke Orlando. Watch it below.

Meanwhile, Jordana is currently out on the road supporting Wallows. She’ll be headlining in June with Harry Teardrop, before heading back out this fall with Remi Wolf. There are some other pretty big live looks to announce next month, but in the meantime, tickets for her current dates are available in our tour section.

Happy Jordana Day!

The writing sessions for True Love were prolific before Hovvdy’s Will Taylor and Charlie Martin whittled things down to a hazy, warmcore nucleus. Several of the band’s strongest songs ever fell off the sequence for the 2021 breakthrough for the simple fact that they didn’t find a spot on the meticulous tracklist. Fast forward to last winter when the band realized many of the songs that had been stashed away hung together to form another cohesive statement: billboard for my feelings, a new Hovvdy EP coming May 27th.

Some of Taylor and Martin’s most upbeat and vibrant writing can be found across the short-player’s four tracks. You’ve already heard the propulsive “Everything” and the clattering “Town,” and today you can hear “Hide,” a swimmy swayer of smiling indie pop. To mark the occasion the band has shared a music video. Like “Everything” and “Town” before it, this one was directed by Boone Patrello.

Like True Love before it, the EP was co-produced by the band and Andrew Sarlo. It’s arrive amidst the band’s North American tour. Their life affirming live show, that has included sell out shows in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Austin, London, Nashville and Toronto is not to be missed. Tickets are on sale now over in the tour section.

Tracklist:
01 Ruby
02 Hide
03 Everything
04 Town
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Jordana is back with another teaser from May 20th’s Face The Wall. The latest single, “To The Ground,” is about starting over. “It’s about being alone and starting from square one, not knowing how and where to start, a venture into adulthood,” Jordana explains. “With the path to growing up, it’s wanting to not ask for any help on any growth to feel accomplished and self brought up, emotionally and physically. The only help being asked for in this song is to be stripped completely and figuratively thrown to the ground to get back up.” Check out the  Thomas Lange-directed video above. 

Last month, Jordana added to her already-busy touring schedule with a run of support dates along side Remi Wolf. Those will take place in October, while her previously announced run with Wallows kicks off in about a month, before she heads out for US headline shows with Harry Teardrop in tow. All dates over in the tour section.

Pre-orders of the album are available below.

Hovvdy return today with their new single “Town.” The track, co-produced by the band and Andrew Sarlo (Big Thief, Bon Iver, Dijon), was written following their 2021 breakthrough True Love. It comes quickly on the heels of last month’s surprise single “Everything,” written by the Will Taylor half of Hovvdy.

“Writing and recording ‘Town’ helped me break out of a relatively dark place,” says Charlie Martin (who wrote this one). “There was catharsis in almost every layer — I remember crying recording the mellotron flutes. I’m not sure why, but with ‘Town’ I wanted the instrumental to do the heavy lifting, leaning less on storytelling. In that way, the song’s meaning isn’t terribly specific, but for me it’s about missing your friends and hoping they miss you.”

Next week the band embarks on a full US tour with support from Molly Parden and Mini Trees. Tickets are on sale now via hovvdy.com/tour.

Today, Hovvdy – the unstoppable Will Taylor and Charlie Martin – share a music video for the new single that arrived last night, “Everything,” directed by Boone Patrello. The track, co-produced by the band and Andrew Sarlo (Big Thief, Bon Iver, Dijon), was written during the sessions for their 2021 breakthrough album True Love. “‘Everything’ is a song about having fun even when you miss the mark,” says Will Taylor, who wrote this one.

The brighter, more uptempo spark of “Everything” kept the song from fitting alongside its more subdued counterparts on True Love. Instead, with a skittering banjo over a propulsive drum machine loop and layered vocals, it sounds more like a spiritual successor to the pre-True Love singles “Runner” & “I’m Sorry.”

The band is currently making their debut appearance in London, playing a pair of sold out shows. The first took place last night at Rough Trade West, the second is set for tonight at a capacity Omeara. Next month the band embarks on a full US tour with support from Molly Parden and Mini Trees. Tickets are on sale now over on their website.

You’ve already heard “Catch My Drift,” the first teaser from Jordana‘s May 20th full-length Face The Wall. Today she’s back with “Pressure Point,” a spare pop song a la Charli XCX or Caroline Polacheck, featuring a spindly guitar beneath an electronic drumbeat, as Jordana narrates her way out of a panic attack. Written with Cameron Hale, who Jordana co-produced the album with, and MICHELLE’s Charlie Kilgore, “‘Pressure Point’ is about acknowledging limits and knowing when it’s time to stop,” says Jordana. “The entirety of Pressure Point is talking yourself out of an anxiety attack. It’s a personal song about smoking weed and becoming too anxious to function normally — overthinking every inch of your surroundings and everything going on in your head all at once.” Watch the Luke Orlando-directed (Orville Peck, Magdalena Bay) video above.

And don’t forget to check the tour section for all of her dates, supporting Wallows in May, headlining across the US with Harry Teardrop in June, and hitting her first festival at Firefly in July.

Face The Wall is available for pre-order across a ton of different formats now.