Nine “fresh n’ Green”, ultra tasty tunes to feed your music appetite. We are pretty confident, you don’t wanna miss those ones right?
X Harlow – ‘Graves’
About X Harlow
X Harlow is the solo project of Justin Schmidt (Blu Anxxiety). Started in the summer of 2016, X Harlow began playing shows in Brooklyn’s underground music scene and became a frequent performer of DIY show spaces like the Glove and Heck. The music of X Harlow is introspective, moody, and heavily synth and rhythm driven with emphatic vocals centered on specifically political topics. The 2017 release of “Ceiling System” was a downtempo exploration of the politics of self in an age of unchecked police and state violence. In 2020, X Harlow released their debut full length entitled “Feuerwerk” which solidified a much heavier melodic industrial sound. “Feuerwerk” again explored the issue of American individualism, growing political divisions and gun violence.
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Ely – ‘Bad Thing’
About Ely
Ely is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Hollywood, Florida. Appearing out of nowhere, the South Florida up and coming star is already creating a new wave of his own, proving that a unique and authentic sound can still win over crowds.
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Heurt – ‘Endless Conversation’
About Heurt
Named after a relentlessly destroyed French island fortress and synonym for collision, Heurt is the music of singer/songwriter, producer & multi-instrumentalist Lawrence Johnson.
Heurt has steadily released a handful of albums and EPs described as “escapist pop” by Little Dose Of Indie and “pure heartbreak” by LEFTLION; as well as featuring on several acclaimed releases from the progressive electronic label Mango Alley, including the Amsterdam Dance Event collection. Evolving lo-fi, dream pop into towering, layered soundscapes, blending elements of post-rock, chamber pop, electronic, ambient and neo-classical.
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Pablo Tha Great – ‘Fly Guy’
About Pablo Tha Great
Savannah, GA raised Hip-Hop artist chasing the dream in NYC. He started off in his hometown as an audio engineer recording sessions for close friends who were very talented as well as freelancing as an engineer for other artists in Savannah. He moved to NYC in 2013 with one of his best friends and artist Timothy Scott to manage his music career as well as engineer and executive produce his music. After gaining extensive experience in the music industry and finally wanting to put his other musical talents to the test and tell his story, he began writing music. He’s currently in the studio working on his debut mixtape “Now or Never”, planned to drop late this summer. He can be seen performing at local venues in the Tri-State area.
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GpYr – ‘The Ice Age Is Over’ – Taurog Remix
About GpYr
GpYr is led by Josh Blum (He, His, Him). https://gpyr.bandcamp.com/follow_me
In 2011 Josh penned “Blue Skies Again” which Pitchfork praised as “…a sunny reassuring song. [the song’s] simple, infectious chorus make it a standout.” It was recorded by the immensely talented songwriter, Jessica Lea Mayfield, for their major-label debut, “Tell Me”. It was featured as a Song Of The Day on iTunes with a million downloads.
He’s been a musical guest on Letterman, Conan O’Brien, The Late Late Show, as well as others. His songs have been featured on shows like The Affair, Scrubs, Party of Five. His adaptation of Shady Grove also appears in the hugely successful 3rd person video game, Alan Wake.
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Sky Adler – ‘Please Don’t Break Up With Me’
About Sky Adler
The Chicago Native and USC Film School dropout, Sky Adler moved to Brooklyn in 2016 to pursue music and film. Within the past year, Sky developed his own voice and craft creating a sound that pulls from the likes of Gorillaz, Gnarls Barkley, and Miike Snow. In his spare time he overthinks about girls and pets cats.
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Rocco of the Snow – ‘Someday Soon’
About Rocco of the Snow
Rocco of the Snow is a New York City-based multi-instrumentalist & producer/engineer hailing from Buffalo, NY. In his music, you’ll hear his Romantic era/Jazz sensibilities mixed with four-on-the floor dance grooves, funky key-basslines, analog synth-heavy production, and introspective bordering on self-indulgent lyrics, always coming together with the intention of holding melody to be paramount.
He was raised on Radiohead, Ben Folds Five, Brad Meldau, Sergei Rachmaninoff, & Jamiroquai, but later fell in love with contemporary artists such as Little Dragon, James Blake, Jack Garratt, Vulfpeck, Bibio and Grizzly Bear, to name a few. He tours internationally on keyboards, bass and guitar. He writes, records and performs with several artists including Gin Wigmore, The Reign of Kindo, Todd Carey & Jackson Harris. He has also performed with Ginuwine, Jessie James Decker, Cody Simpson, Sirintip and is a founding member of the Buffalo-based band The Etchings.
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Justy – ‘Rinse, Repeat, Regress’
About Justy
JUSTY’s music is not only an honest embrace but soul-nourishing therapy. Identifying as queer in her community was not an easy feat and came with some life lessons. “Self acceptance felt like something I had to earn and earning it was based on the merits of everyone else but myself,” she shares. “I figured if I’m a good student, a good kid, a good friend, then I deserve to love and accept myself. We spend a lot of our life learning how to be selfless but it’s taboo to be selfish. I think being selfish in terms of self-preservation has to be more normalized because a lot of people, especially people in my communities, are so self sacrificing to no avail. I learned that I deserve to accept myself.” Embodying self-love and acceptance fueled this upcoming body of work and is JUSTY’s best yet.
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Surf Tapes – ‘Love & Effigy’
About Surf Tapes
Surf Tapes is written and produced by Jared Castellaw. Jared is the principal songwriter of the seven piece New Orleans based band Gravy Flavored Kisses. Jared currently resides in San Diego, CA. During the Spring of 2019, Jared met with Grammy winning engineer Alan Sanderson at Pacific Beat Recording in San Diego to discuss Alan mixing the music that Jared was writing and producing. After a year of sonic experiments Surf Tapes was born. Recordings were soon delivered to Alan for mixing, and mixes were sent to Troy Glessner at Spectre Studios in Seattle, WA for mastering. Surf Tapes released three singles in 2020; The London Times, Through // Screens, and Birds. On December, 26, 2020 Surf Tapes released Tower 1 Bonfire Mixtape a Bandcamp only physical cassette release featuring the three previously released Surf Tapes singles on Side A, and three new songs with a radically contrasting aesthetic of reverb drenched lofi acoustic guitar and vocals on Side B.
Christos Doukakis