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singer-songwriter KennyHoopla releases a new single “NEW AMERICA//” featuring The Strokes’ guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. Arriving on Juneteenth, the song delves into themes of cyclical inequality, generational trauma, and the illusion of progress as it examines how America repackages it’s past rather than reckoning with it.
KennyHoopla shares his thoughts on the latest single below:
“At its core ‘New America’ is a cynical play on words. Modern society sells us a vision of ‘newness,’ but underneath the fresh paint, America is just making the bed but hiding the mess underneath it. History is being rebuilt with the exact same old bricks; the house is just a different color, and the foundation is still stained by yesterday’s blood. We are still fighting the same battles for equality that our elders fought, but the conflict has moved from the streets to the screen.
Every ounce of trauma is simply repurposed. Tragically, our progress is always paid for by martyrs, forcing us to lose someone or something just to gain an inch. The central lyric, ‘We’re falling up, it’s the story of my generation,’ captures this exhausting cycle. Almost winning by accident. Rather than offering a neat solution, this song is an analysis of our current reality more than it is at all an answer. This is my attempt to make my own personal political aimed anthem for my generation that I’d want to hear with my perspective.”
Irish singer, songwriter and actress Yasmina Cherelle is an artist whose music blends soulful pop with emotional storytelling. Splitting her time between London, Los Angeles and Dublin, she brings together her background in music, dance and acting to create songs that celebrate individuality, empowerment and emotional honesty. Yasmina began performing and composing by ear as a child and later caught the attention of the late talent agent Julian Benson, who became her first mentor. Since then, she has steadily built her career through persistence and live performance, developing a sound shaped by her love of powerful, soulful songs with meaning and depth. Her talents were further recognised through a guitar scholarship and winning a talent contest singing ‘Summertime’.
Her new single “Liberate Me” captures this ethos perfectly. Written during a difficult personal period, the track explores healing, intuition and the moment of rediscovering your own strength after uncertainty or hurt. “The story is about going through the healing process, trusting your intuition and regaining confidence,” Yasmina explains. “It’s about reaching a place where you feel liberated.” Inspired by the symbolism of the moon, the song reflects the feeling of returning to your own power and stepping into a new chapter with clarity and confidence.
Produced by Wayne Wilkins, known for global hits including Beyoncé’s “Sweet Dreams” and Cheryl’s “Fight For This Love,” “Liberate Me” pairs Yasmina’s soulful vocal delivery with an uplifting, emotionally resonant sound. Balancing playful melodies with an energising rhythm, the track carries both a healing quality and a sense of celebration. “I wanted to create something uplifting, fun and motivating,” she says. “A song that could help people reconnect with themselves and feel inspired.” The accompanying music video expands on the song’s themes through expressive choreography, with dance created by both Yasmina and Pussycat Dolls star Kimberly Wyatt, and additional choreography by Sharon June.
Edmonton, AB-based indie duo Softklub (Keenan Gregory and Mark Wojcicki) share their debut EP Give Me More, released alongside its emotionally charged title track. Blending melancholic indie rock with cathartic release, layered instrumentation, and deeply introspective songwriting, the EP’s five songs capture the complicated emotional terrain of longing, self-reflection, insecurity, and memory.
“This selection of songs feels more tightly knit to each other than anything else we’ve written,” Keenan explains. “Not only do their themes bleed into one another, but multiple songs share a narrative from the same moment in my life.”
Recorded across hotel rooms, Airbnbs, home studios, rehearsal spaces, and professional studios over the course of several years, Give Me More reflects both emotional and artistic evolution. The duo collaborated with a range of musicians to expand the project’s sonic palette.
Blend a beautiful alto voice, crisp acoustic guitar, and a heartfelt perspective on the world, and you have Lynn Hollyfield. Known for her warm stage presence and emotionally rich songs, she connects effortlessly with audiences. Writing in a contemporary folk style, Lynn weaves in jazz-influenced chords and bluesy guitar alongside passionate vocals, think Mary Chapin Carpenter meets Bonnie Raitt with a touch of George Gershwin. The result is her own distinctive voice, witty, soulful, and reflective.
Lynn has been writing songs since her teenage years, growing up on Staten Island, NY, surrounded by a wide range of musical influences, from jazz greats like Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra to artists like The Beatles and Neil Young. She began performing locally at a young age and later gained recognition as part of the duo Hollyfield & Spruill, appearing at festivals such as the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.
After launching her solo career, Lynn released several acclaimed albums, including LAYERS (2010), IN THE BALANCE (2014), and LOOK UP (2024), earning national and international airplay along with multiple songwriting awards including being listed in the Top Artists/ Top Albums for the International Folk Alliance. During the pandemic, she also published a children’s book, The Tree, The Ship and Me, with its accompanying song recognized as a finalist in the Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest.
Lynn is getting ready to release her fourth album, Diving In, produced by Grammy-nominated Seth Glier. A Spring Songwriting challenge and a Summer Songwriter’s retreat led to a serendipitous meeting with Seth, that resulted in recording 11 songs in 5 days, at Ghost Hit Recording Studios, West Springfield, MA, a week before Christmas, 2025. Snow falling, blessing the first day, they played in a circle, in a historic New England Church turned studio, with these incredible artists: Seth Glier, Abbie Gardner, Reed Sutherland and Rob Griffith. Kelly Halloran joined mid-week. Diving In is a collection of songs revealing the twists and turns in lives, our humanness, loss, love, the times we were in and the path we choose to go through it. There’s a range of styles on this album, mostly contemporary folk, a few with a little bit of traditional feel and timeless vibe. “There’s a quiet beauty in tradition. A delicate sacred space in folk music where songs can paint landscapes. Where melodies and arrangements sit comfortably inside the roots of Americana without ever feeling dated. Instead, they feel like a reminder. A breath. A return to something real in a world that constantly forces us to live too fast, want too much, and never be satisfied.”
Edmonton singer-songwriter and visual artist Garett Gunderson embraces love, resilience, and the power of finding joy wherever life takes us on his new single and video, “Anywhere Anytime,” available now on all digital streaming platforms. The uplifting pop-rock anthem serves as the title track and lead single from his forthcoming album Anywhere Anytime, due out August 21.
Driven by a soaring chorus, warm-hearted lyricism, and an undeniable sense of optimism, “Anywhere Anytime” was born during one of the most difficult periods of Gunderson’s life. While supporting a close friend and longtime bandmate through a terminal illness, Gunderson found himself searching for light amid heartbreak.
“‘Anywhere Anytime’ is about finding love and joy no matter what circumstances life throws at you,” says Gunderson. “I began writing it while visiting a close friend who was nearing the end of his life. It was a difficult time, but music helped us stay connected and hopeful. I wanted the song to capture that feeling of choosing joy, with the big-hearted energy of an ’80s rock anthem and a modern perspective.”
breakout electronic dance sensation Jazzy officially announces her long-awaited debut studio album, Peace & Patience out October 23rd via Chaos Records. Rooted in her Dublin origins and elevated by a global perspective, the record marks the definitive arrival of an artist who has already captured the clubs and the charts.
Produced in collaboration with modern hitmakers including core collaborators Mark Ralph(Josh Baker, Skepta, Becky Hill, Max & Luke Dean), Tre Jean Marie(Little Mix, Craig David, Mabel, FLO), and Theo Hutchcraft (Calvin Harris, HURTS). Peace & Patience seamlessly weaves together euphoric house, sleek late-night pop, and deeply personal storytelling.
“This album is everything I’ve been building toward,” says Jazzy. “It’s about where I come from, the people who have held me down, and the patience it took to finally find my peace and my sound. Getting to create this between Dublin, London, and LA with producers and writers I’ve admired for years has been a dream.”
Following the April 2026 release of their debut single, “Cat Crow,” Hamilton, ON folk duo Michael Antelope (singers/guitarists Doug McBrien and Lenny McGowan) return with “Bridge Over My Head,” a gentle and emotionally layered folk single that explores the painful contradiction of loving something that ultimately harms you. Rooted in close harmonies, warm acoustic instrumentation, and thoughtful storytelling, the song captures the quiet internal dialogue that unfolds when comfort and emotional damage begin to blur together.
At first glance, “Bridge Over My Head” presents itself like a tender love song; soft, romantic, and deeply affectionate. Beneath its warmth, however, lies a much sadder reality. “The narrator is explaining all the signs that the subject really does not care for them in the ways they need,” the duo explain, “yet in the chorus they still express that they need them.”
‘Voices Wake Us (Collected Works)’ compiles the band’s first two EPs, ‘One Last Midnight’ and ‘Proof Of Life’, into a limited 12″ vinyl release, documenting their rapid emergence from London’s experimental punk underground. Across eight tracks, Millpool fuse the angular intensity of Fugazi with No Wave abrasion, jazz-influenced improvisation and a powerful live energy captured by producer Misha Hering (High Vis, IDLES) at Holy Mountain Studios.
The band have already attracted support from Huey Morgan and Deb Grant (BBC 6 Music), John Kennedy (Radio X), alongside editorial coverage from Resident Advisor, Bandcamp and Earmilk, while building a reputation through a series of packed London shows.
https://millpool.bandcamp.com/album/voices-wake-us-collected-works
Austin, TX’s Porcelain announce a West Coast tour this August, kicking off August 7 in Vancouver, BC, and wrapping August 15 in Fullerton, CA. Tickets are on sale now.
Speaking about the tour, the band shares, “We’ve been meaning to make it out to the west coast for a couple of years now, so it’s good to finally get to make that happen. We’ve got a new record on the way, so we’re stoked to get back on the road and play to peeps who’ve yet to see us live.”
| Canada-born, Los Angeles-based Sari Lightman has honed a heat-warped, psychedelic spin on songwriting. This Friday, June 26, 2026, the Tasseomancy and Lightman Sisters member will release her full-length solo debut, The Way I Saw You, via Night Bloom Records. Today, she shares the final two singles: “The Prize” and “Girl Bitten By A Lizard.” Produced by Meg Duffy (Hand Habits), they span the thematic gamut while emphasizing a knack for timeless folk. Lightman has also announced a handful of North American release shows, with more on the way soon. |
| About “The Prize,” Sari Lightman shares:“Perhaps the cheekiest song I have written on the mystification of this perplexing, crushing, euphoric, singular existence. Musing on the ‘Rock n’ Roll of life’ metaphors: cruisin’ down the highway, following the signs, and of course the archetypal quest of ‘The Prize’: all that you acquire on this immaterial plane, win, lose or draw. Two lovers are reincarnated – one as the pavement and the other, a butterfly fluttering above her. A visit to the Heaven’s Gate compound, astrological absolutes, the ambiguities of Motherhood. It’s all in there.” |
the iconic electronic duo, Louis The Child (Freddy Kennett and Robby Hauldren, drop their latest high-energy single – “Looking For Someone.” Arriving as their third collaboration with R&B vocalist and songwriter Drew Love, the pair add this lively track to their long list of feel-good anthems perfect for summer, officially dropping Friday, June 26. Chasing the pure high of finding the person who just gets you, “Looking For Someone” arrives with indisputable energy and an inescapable beat that lingers long after the first listen. A fresh take on their electro-house roots of the 2010s, Kennett and Hauldren build the track around Love’s smooth vocals, erupting into a soaring four on the floor drop – packed with a nostalgic euphoria that feels as familiar as it does refreshingly new. Seamlessly blending wistful reminiscence with their fully evolved sound, “Looking For Someone” invites listeners to revisit the past ten years of their lives through an entirely new lens.
Babe Rainbow‘s new single exists somewhere at the intersection of Sheryl Crow‘s sunshine-infused country rock and Unknown Mortal Orchestra‘s hazy, washed-out lo-fi pop aesthetic. “Waterfall” is the second offering from ACID AND HONEY, the band’s seventh studio album. The new track is perfect for a stoned trip to the beach or a lazy summer day hunched in front of the AC.
SF Bay Area discopunk trio The Crooked Stuff are pleased to announce that two new singles from their upcoming LP Synthetic Signals album (The Unknown International 7/31/26) can now be heard everywhere. A heady blend of “discopunk and electrofunk” with roots in the DC hardcore scene (and the influence of ’80s new wave), the tracks deliver “bitter yet melodic vocal delivery atop danceable rhythms.” (ReGen)
“Shallow Shores” dives into the relentless reception of today’s media pool and news ticker churn, while “Sci-Fi Radio” goes internal to find a honed state of creative energy to fuel the transmission of change. “Everyone’s feeling and seeing this relentless feed of increasingly questionable world shit these days,” says vocalist Tom Gorton. “The solutions are grounded at the human core but right now it’s hard for anyone to even sit mentally still long enough to breathe.”
Recorded in the band’s SF Bay Area studio, both tracks arose from rapid riff sketches on their Moog Little Phatty, live drum captures and drum-machine builds, the vocal melodies and lyrics then flowed in over top through their blend of hi-fi and low-fi gear.
ew album, Lucky Clover, available October 2, 2026, via Take Care Records. Pre-orders are available now. “Bluebells” arrives today in all its whimsical and melodic pop glory, reflecting the freshness of a new beginning. Upbeat riffs collide with Fiona’s vocals, which rest like a blanket atop the summery mix. The track carries the listener through a dreamlike journey, glimmering with hope.
Speaking about the music video, Fiona shares, “The video was inspired by Alice and Wonderland. I wanted it to be very fun and energetic, just like the song. I knew I wanted magical animal characters and a tea party, and the rest of the plot slowly began to form. We shot this video on the way to our first stop on our recent tour. Owen thought Bard’s campus would be a great place to shoot, so we gathered all of the props and costumes along with our tour gear and headed upstate, really hoping it would work out. Luckily, the campus was perfect, and since it was overcast, hardly anyone was there. We arrived late and were fighting the daylight, so we basically shot for about 5 hrs straight until it got dark, right at the end. All in all, it’s a miracle everything worked out, and we were able to get it done in one day, with no crew. Unfortunately, I sent my tour suitcase back in the car to NYC with Owen, so I was left with no clothes for the tour. Despite all the chaos, we managed to get the perfect whimsical video.”
Rising UK rap talent Trxxy unleashes his explosive new track “Tokyo Drift”, released
on 18th June via Parlay Records. Raised on Manchester soil, Trxxy’s Jamaican roots can be felt in everything he does: new single “Tokyo Drift” emerges as the perfect amalgamation of these two distinct worlds, where UK street grit meets his Dancehall influences in perfect
balance. “Tokyo Drift” arrives with a bounce, and a rippling bassline purpose built for Trxxy’s staccato flow that turns the ripples into waves with a cadence soaked in Patois.
Trxxy’s toasting on the track means every line sounds like it could be an earworm –
“I’m in the trenches, trenching, trying to get rich, let me know” – just one example of
how his delivery adds flavour and replay value, pointing at greater heights to come.
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