Hippo Campus

April 14, 2023

Hippo Campus release new Wasteland EP

A new era dawns on Wasteland. There’s country twang atop vintage guitar pop and plenty of cathartic rock moments to go around on this new Hippo Campus EP. If the past few releases from the Minneapolis indie rebels have pushed the experimentation envelope, this one feels like a self-assured return to early days form. It’s everywhere you listen to music now.

And we heard y’all loud and clear – *where’s the vinyl?* So we’ve got a limited edition 12″ pressed on Wasteland Smoke available for pre-order right now on Bandcamp. Shipping in late August.

Meanwhile, tour approaches. Get your tickets now while you still can. Lots of dates are already sold out. Get your tickets over in the tour section now.

Samia

April 12, 2023

Samia releases Maps / Country covers single & limited edition 7″

Anyone who bought a deluxe edition version of Honey earlier this year received a limited edition flexi disc featuring Samia covering Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs or Country by Porches. With those copies long gone, today Samia has released both covers digitally and unveiled a limited edition 7″ for purchase on Bandcamp now.

Samia

April 4, 2023

Samia releases Amelia music video & KEXP session

Today Samia shares the new music video for “Amelia,” shot on the road during the first leg of Honey touring by Muriel Margaret. It encapsulates everything that makes a Samia show so special, with a few behind the scenes treats thrown in for good measure.

“This whole crew are like family to me and making this video was the such an honor to do,” says director Margaret. “I just wanted it to feel like what it feels like to be friends with Samia. It’s joyful, and special, and something you want to capture and share with other people.”

In case you missed it, that run of dates also saw Samia stopping by KEXP for a session. She did some Baby classics along with “Dream Song” from Honey. Watch the whole thing, including an interview with Kevin Cole, below.

More dates are on the way, as Samia kicks off the second leg of Honey touring later this month with support from Christian Lee Hutson. Tickets available in the tour section now.

Crooks & Nannies

Crooks & Nannies cover Islands In The Stream

File this under things you didn’t know you needed in your life: Crooks and Nannies covering “Islands In The Stream,” the Dolly Parten & Kenny Rogers classic. Available everywhere now.

“To me, Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers’ “Islands In The Stream” is one of the most iconic duets in human history,” says Crooks’ Madel Rafter. “We wanted to cover this track so Sam and I could mess around and have fun gender-swapping Dolly and Kenny’s parts while highlighting each of our vocal styles. Our pal and occasional bandmate Jacob Blizard produced the song; he and I spent a few days in his bedroom studio trying to make it into a disco version, which we ended up scrapping for this early-aughts pop-song compilation (think Now That’s What I Call Music but quirked up) approach. Solving the puzzle of this cover was a blast.”

TOLEDO

March 31, 2023

TOLEDO releases How It Ends [UNRATED EDITION]

2022’s How It Ends is one of the most thoughtful records we’ve released – TOLEDO’s debut full-length is a collection of songs that examine the relationships that make us who we are, all painted with a gentle indie folk palate. Today they return with seven additional tracks, bundled together on How It Ends [UNRATED EDITION]. “Patch,” a clear standout, is above. The digital is available everywhere you stream music, and physical copies of the standard are still available over on our Bandcamp.

Hippo Campus

March 21, 2023

Hippo Campus offer up second Wasteland single, Yippie Ki Yay

When Hippo Campus returned last month with “Kick In The Teeth,” from their forthcoming Wasteland EP due in April, the twang caught a few folks by surprise. The band’s cowboy era continues on new single “Yippie Ki Yay,” less indebted to folk & country songwriting than the tune that preceeded it and more a return to the cathartic roots of their early material.

The single is accompanied by a vivid, stop-motion style visualizer directed by Julian Gross. Of the release, Hippo Campus says, “we initially started writing this song 6 years ago. it’s a story within a story. the narrative follows a character who has been outlawed but zooms out in each chorus to the perspective of the characters writing the story. it deals with “giddying up” in the sense that we gotta keep on keeping on despite not knowing what the fuck we’re doing a lot of the time.

imposter syndrome. the etymology of the word “yippie” is not commonly agreed upon, but in the 1936 song “I’m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)” written by Johnny Mercer about a changing landscape of the traditional cowboy portrait, the lyrics seem applicable to our current state of affairs, perhaps the human condition; the constant observation and resistance to social change. the ugly reflection of a faux cowboy not knowing how to actually, really, truly rope a steer.”

Hippo will be heading out on the road later this year. Tickets in the tour section.

 

Rubblebucket

March 20, 2023

Rubblebucket drops pair of demos for “Earth Worship” standouts in collaboration with solo side projects

To celebrate the second leg of Earth Worship US touring now under way, Rubblebucket have shared two demos that became songs you know – each presented in collaboration with their respective solo sideprojects. Listen to “Cherry Blossom (Alex’s Version)” courtesy of Rubblebucket and Toth & “Truth in the Air (Kal’s Version)” courtesy of Rubblebucket and Kalbells everywhere now.

And if the Earth Worship tour has yet to hit your city, grab tickets now over in the tour section

 

TOLEDO

March 15, 2023

TOLEDO preview another deluxe edition single, “Shirley”

Today TOLEDO offer up another glimpse into the new material added to their deluxe edition reiusse of last year’s How It Ends. “Shirley” is brief but potent. Little more than the voice of Jordan Dunn-Pilz, an acoustic guitar, and some background coos from a child, the track is in and out in under a minute and a half, but it packs the emotional wallop of a much bigger proceeding. The track comes only a few days ahead of the band’s tour alongside Philly’s Another Michael. Tickets available in the tour section now.

Hippo Campus

February 21, 2023

Hippo Campus are back with “Kick In The Teeth,” from forthcoming Wasteland EP

Hippo Campus return today with “Kick In The Teeth,” the first new music since last year’s LP3. It comes from a new digital-only EP titled Wasteland, set for release on April 14th. The comeback single plants a stylistic flag for the band: there’s a noticably more freewheeling, twangier edge to the sound and a startlingly straight forward approach to the songwriting. Cowboy era? Maybe? The five song EP comes paired with beautiful creative from Julian Gross, who directed the video above and the art for the project, both horse-forward affairs befitting of this dustier sound. Tracklist and pre-save link below.

Wasteland EP

01 Moonshine
02 Yippie Kai Yay
03 Honeysuckle
04 Probably
05 Kick In The Teeth
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The EP arrives only a few short weeks before the band embarks on a headline tour of some of the biggest venues they’ve ever graced. The iconic Red Rocks is already sold out. The brand new Salt Shed in Chicago is too. Tickets are going fast, so grab them while you still can here.

 

Jordana

February 14, 2023

Jordana & Inner Wave release collaborative single “Baby”

Jordana & Inner Wave are hitting the road later this week. But it would seem 20 dates just wasn’t enough for them. That’s right, today they’ve come together with a little Valentine’s love letter called “Baby.” A gooey psych-pop duet of the sweetest variety.

Get it wherever you stream your music now. All dates in the tour section and listed below.