Estrangers release new LP on June 11 via Phuzz Sounds https://soundcloud.com/teamclermont/estrangers-cape-fear ESTRANGERS make the kind of classic pop that hides in plain sight, the kind that lingers in the blown-out speakers of vintage thrift store amplifiers and makes you wonder why you stopped listening. Towering melodies, cavernous … [Read more...]

Statistics announce new full-length, Peninsula, due out June 25 on Afternoon Records. Statistics - "Nineteen Ninety Nine" Statistics is the solo project of singer-songwriter, Denver Dalley. His latest release, Peninsula, is reminiscent of the electronic infused rock-n-roll that defined his decade-old debut. But Statistics has matured into … [Read more...]

Melbourne's Bored Nothing debuts "Echo Room" LP last month on Spunk and Cooperative Music https://soundcloud.com/#cooperative-music-usa/02-popcorn Bored Nothing is the recording project of one young Fergus Miller, who recorded a good deal of his songs as a nomadic teen with no fixed address and no plans or musical successes. He recorded these … [Read more...]

The Ropes released a new 9-song album entitled "Post-entertainment".  Download and "pay what you like": http://music.theropesmusic.com/album/post-entertainment Video for "The 57th Floor": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d5xFHdvYSs   … [Read more...]

Female, British Blues/roots guitar phenomena, Bex Marshall , released her third album, the self-produced House Of Mercy. Recorded over many late, wine-and-good-times-soaked nights around the kitchen table of her home in North London known as the House of Mercy, it was inevitable the album should be named the same. On House Of Mercy Marshall … [Read more...]

Memphis artist Kait Lawson's debut LP Until We Drown is out now via Madjack Records (Lucero, and more.) https://soundcloud.com/#teamclermont/kait-lawson-memphis After spending time as a musician in both Nashville and New York, Kait Lawson returned to her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee to record her debut album, Until We Drown. The songs on … [Read more...]

The Mezzotint Label is very happy to announce the release of ‘Dear Mark J Mulcahy I Love You.’ This will be the first studio release by Mark Mulcahy since 2005’s critically acclaimed In Pursuit Of Your Happiness. The US Release Date is June 18, 2013. "She Makes The World Turn Backwards": … [Read more...]

Long-awaited “Small Batch” EP from The Cannanes is out now https://soundcloud.com/#fanaticpro/the-cannanes-crawler The Cannanes have been releasing modest, ramshackle records since forming in Sydney, Australia almost 30 years ago.  Though essentially underground, the band has amassed a legion of fans in that time, including Kurt Cobain, who, … [Read more...]

California Clap Records is excited to announce the debut solo album from Anna Hillburg (of San Francisco's power-pop darlings, Dreamdate). http://annahillburg.bandcamp.com/ A classically trained trumpet player, Anna has spent the last decade in the Bay Area garage rock scene as a songwriter, singer, drummer, and bass player. Her songs have … [Read more...]

Pop music songsmith Dan Kaplan who hails from Boston has released a remixed track.  It's pop music with a dramatic scope and a melancholic subtext. Dan had music on TV's Deadliest Catch and John Doe and in a Mini Cooper ad. The Boston Globe has praised his "keen ear for pop hooks" and this song demonstrates that strength, with shimmering synths in … [Read more...]