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Pre-order The Skints’ New Album, Swimming Lessons

We know you all have been waiting for this one, so we are beyond pleased to announce that The Skints' highly-anticipated fourth album, SWIMMING LESSONS, will be released on May 10, 2019, but you can pre-order it now! Drawing on influences as sprawling asย Bad Brains, Popcaan, No Doubt, Alton Ellis, Wileyย andย Weezer,ย Swimming Lessonsย deals with crushing heartbreak, the impending doom of Brexit, surviving as an independent musician and navigating the weird world of 2019 - all of these are proverbial โ€œswimming lessonsโ€ life throws [...]

March 15th, 2019|Tags: |

New Kingston Releases New Song, “Fyah Nuh Hot Like You”

New Kingstonย continues to be one of the most prolific and relatable bands in the U.S. reggae community and the announcement of theirย rock2rootsย project continues their upward trajectory.ย โ€œFyah Nuh Hot Like Youโ€ย will be the first single from the rock2roots series, which will showcase the many styles and vibrations New Kingston brings both on the road and in the studio. Instead of focusing on a full-length album to follow up their last studio album, 2017โ€™sย A Kingston Story: Come From Far, New Kingston has put its [...]

March 5th, 2019|Tags: |

The Green Announces Upcoming Acoustic Album, Black & White

We're excited to announce that The Green'sย new acoustic album, Black & White, is available for pre-order now and will be released on March 22, 2019. This albumย gave The Green the chance to revisit some of the most popular songs in their extensive catalog and see them with new eyes, recording new, soulful acoustic arrangements that echo the intimacy youโ€™d find hanging with the band in the green room before a show. Click here to pre-order the album now and get an instant [...]

February 26th, 2019|Tags: |

The Skints’ Video for “Learning To Swim” is out now

The Skints' new single โ€˜Learning to Swimโ€™, released January 18th, fuses the tenderness of lovers rock, the catchiness of pop with the urgency of hardcore punk, to create a unique sound that promises future stardom. Few British bands blend different genres of music with such freedom, fun, and invention while singer Marcia Richardsโ€™ philosophical and personal lyrics strike an emotional chord.ย  The bandโ€™s new album, coming spring 2019, draws on influences as sprawling as Bad Brains, Michael Prophet, No [...]

February 7th, 2019|Tags: |

Gentleman’s Dub Club’s new album, Lost In Space, is out now

Diving straight into the deep end with the ruckus that is โ€˜Light The Fuse,โ€™ the record is set up with rumbling heavyweight bass movements that naturally match the controlled chaos of โ€˜Eye Of The Stormโ€™ and โ€˜Midnight Healing.โ€™ Meeting every unique end of the spectrum, Gentlemanโ€™s Dub Club once again draw on their incredible ability to fuse sounds together until they feel like theyโ€™ve always belonged.ย From the earth-rattling sounds of the first single "Stardust," to the blockbuster proportions of "Intergalactic", the deep [...]

January 25th, 2019|Tags: |