Presenting Prelude Press’ New Music That Doesn’t Suck playlist! Updating every Friday, this version of the classic New Music Friday Playlist will include new songs that we think you should hear. Genre doesn’t matter – if it doesn’t suck, it will be included. No lavish, convincing words or a list of reasons why you should love these artists. No gimmicks, just great music. This week’s installment includes Bad Omens, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Taylor Swift, Local Natives, Logic and many more.
Next generation global rookie group RIIZE have released their new single “Impossible” via SM Entertainment/RCA Records. The new track arrives alongside a music video, which can be seen now below. Ushering in RIIZE’s newest addition to their ‘emotional pop’ sound, “Impossible” transcends decades by taking a vintage approach to a modern day dance track with lyrics conveying that nothing is impossible when striving together towards the same dream. Following this release, RIIZE will release three b-side tracks on April 29th KST with a mini-album to follow in June. Up next, RIIZE can be seen in a total of 9 regions…
Taylor Swift has released her new album, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT today. The 16 track album of new recordings is Taylor’s 11th original studio album. The music video for the album’s first single, “Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)” premieres at 8 pm ET tonight. THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT tracklisting: Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) The Tortured Poets Department My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys Down Bad So Long, London But Daddy I Love Him Fresh Out the Slammer Florida!!! (feat. Florence + the Machine) Guilty as Sin? Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)…
Strand of Oaks, the internationally critically acclaimed musical project of Tim Showalter, has released a new single, “Party at Monster Lake” today. The song welcomes his fellow misfits and outcasts, exalting the bond of chosen family and the rejuvenating force of community. Seamlessly blending folk influences with rich, psychedelic synths, the song takes listeners on a transcendent journey, where every note resonates with the vibrant spirit of unity and acceptance. The song is off Strand of Oaks’ eighth studio album, Miracle Focus, out June 7th via Western Vinyl. The album marks a bold departure from Showalter’s previous introspective and deeply…
Gold-certified alternative pop songstress, Sadie Jean has released her latest single, “You Don’t” today. The track will be featured on Simple Like 17 (Deluxe), the follow-up to Sadie’s debut EP, out May 17th. Unparalleled intimacy underscores her delicate folk instrumentation and universally relatable storytelling. On the track, finger-picked guitar perfectly complements her breathy delivery and open-hearted songcraft. Lyrically, she tries to grasp on to the threads of a fraying relationship as she exhales, “I just want to hold you close, even when it feels like such a nightmare.” Emblematic of her uncanny ability to project emotion, you can feel the…
Fontaines D.C. have announced their highly-anticipated fourth album, ROMANCE, out August 23rd via XL Recordings. ROMANCE marks the band’s first album with producer James Ford and is without a doubt their most assured, inventive, and sonically adventurous record yet. It’s set to build on the success of the Dublin-made, now London-based band’s acclaimed 2022 album Skinty Fia, which reached number 1 in the UK and Irish album charts and saw the band receiving a host of accolades including “International Group of the Year” at the 2023 BRIT Awards. Heralding Fontaines D.C.’s latest creative (r)evolution is the explosive lead single “Starburster.”…
The 20 Years Of Tears tour, a once-in-a-lifetime 56-date, U.S. trek featuring varying line-ups surrounding core co-headliners Hawthorne Heights, Thursday, Saosin and Anberlin, kicks off this June before wrapping up in mid-September. JT Woodruff, Hawthorne Heights vocalist and the architect behind the tour, as well as the co-founder of the ongoing Is For Lovers Festival, explains the inspiration for this not-to-be-missed touring event, which sees his band playing their debut album, The Silence in Black and White, in its entirety: “20 Years of Tears is a celebration of the genre that raised an entire generation, with basement-born bands to stadium…
Ice Nine Kills and In This Moment have announced the Kiss of Death Tour Part 2, a sequel. The two bands will join forces once again to bring their spectacular and highly acclaimed live shows together this summer in 21 cities across the country. Joining Ice Nine Kills and In This Moment on The Kiss of Death 2024 Tour will be Avatar and TX2. Speaking on the announcement of the tour, Ice Nine Kills frontman, Spencer Charnas, shares, “The Kiss of Death tour with our friends, In This Moment, last year was one for the books… We’re excited to continue…
Alternative rock group The Early November have released “The Fool”, the second single from their forthcoming Self-Titled album, out June 14th via Pure Noise Records. In tarot, The Fool symbolizes the embrace of new beginnings and the willingness to take risks. However the band’s latest single speaks to getting so caught up in the way things are that you almost miss those moments. Listen to it now below. “This song taps into the repetition of cycles we go through on the journey of life, and sometimes how we’re so ingrained in these cycles we don’t even notice when an opportunity…
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of They’re Only Chasing Safety, Underoath have announced The 20th Anniversary Tour, hitting the EU, UK and US this summer and fall. The band will perform the album in its entirety, followed by a unique fan-voted set every night. Underoath says, “Twenty. Years. This is going to be like nothing we’ve ever done. They’re Only Chasing Safety in full every night plus *another* set of songs voted on by each city. Every song from every album over the past 20 years will be on the table. Let’s get nuts.” The band is offering VIP…
