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BUTCHER BABIES ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM NIGHTBLOOM | UNVEIL NEW VIDEO FOR “BLAME IT ON THE WIND” JUDGE & JURY RECORDS Metal powerhouse Butcher Babies have announced their highly anticipated new album, NIGHTBLOOM, due out October 2nd via Judge & Jury Records. Along with the album announcement, the band has unveiled the official music video for their […] The post SPILL NEWS: BUTCHER BABIES ANNOUNCE NEW…
BECK ALBUM RIDE LONESOME OUT SEPTEMBER 18 | NEW SONG “DISAPPEARING ACT” OUT NOW | NORTH AMERICAN TOUR BEGINS SEPTEMBER 16 CAPITOL RECORDS/UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA Beck brings a ray of early evening sunshine into our worlds with “Disappearing Act,” an enthralling new song from his hotly anticipated new album, Ride Lonesome. Featuring a mesmerizing sonic palette […] The post SPILL NEWS: BECK ALBUM…
DAZIES – “GET LOST” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Dazies, the moniker of songwriter Eddie Gore, has announced his new album Eyes Repeating, due out October 23rd via Killphonic Records. The announcement arrives alongside the release of new single “Get Lost,” which is accompanied by a Skyler Brown-directed music video. Eyes Repeating finds Gore exploring […] The post SPILL VIDEO PREMIERE: DAZIES…
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ANDY SHAUF ANNOUNCES THE PARTY (10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) & SHARES UNRELEASED TRACKS ARTS & CRAFTS Originally released in the spring of 2016, ten years have passed since the arrival of singer-songwriter Andy Shauf’s seminal album The Party. To commemorate a decade of these classic, lived-in songs, The Party (10th Anniversary Edition) will be released on October […] The post SPILL NEW MUSIC: ANDY…
JON SPENCER ADDS NYC DATE TO UPCOMING TOUR | NEW ALBUM OUT NOW VIA SHOVE RECORDS | WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “MR. LION” FEAT. ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARCELLUS HALL SHOVE RECORDS Jon Spencer can’t take any more on his latest long-player, Songs of Personal Loss and Protest. Backed once again by the powerhouse rhythm section of […] The post SPILL NEWS: JON SPENCER ADDS NYC DATE TO UPCOMING TOUR | NEW ALBUM OUT…
THROW AWAY THE INSTRUCTIONS A CONVERSATION WITH STEPHEN MALLINDER OF CABARET VOLTAIRE “I’ve never been very good at following rules and that’s mainly because I didn’t know what the rules were,” says Stephen Mallinder of pioneering electronic band Cabaret Voltaire about the joys and benefits of doing everything the wrong way. The band has been […] The post SPILL FEATURE: THROW AWAY THE INSTRUCTIONS…
SOFT SCIENCE – “FADE” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE Sacramento’s Soft Science return with “Fade,” the final preview of their long-awaited fifth album Sand and a track that brings many of the record’s defining qualities into focus. Shimmering, atmospheric and quietly propulsive, it finds the band balancing dream pop’s hazy textures with the forward momentum of […] The post SPILL MUSIC PREMIERE:…
CHRIS CONNELLY – “HOUSE OF 70’s” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE There are artists who pay tribute to their influences, and then there are artists who disappear into them, rummage through the history, and emerge carrying something unmistakably their own. Chris Connelly belongs firmly in the latter camp. With “House of 70’s”, the first single […] The post SPILL VIDEO PREMIERE: CHRIS CONNELLY –…
RISE AGAINST RELEASE TWO NEW SINGLES “KATY BAR THE DOOR” AND “LIVING UNDERCOVER” LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS The iconic Chicago punk rock quartet, Rise Against, released two new singles, “Katy Bar The Door” and “Living Undercover.” These two new releases embody their original spirit of rebellion that they have held over a quarter century. “Katy Bar […] The post SPILL NEWS: RISE AGAINST RELEASE TWO NEW…
