Roberto Sánchez: Chemical Food + Cantabric Dub Breeze
Today’s feature for the long weekend comes via TruthTown Productions, a project & label led by two reggae lovers from Euskal Herria (Basque Country): David González & Gorka Hoyos. On side A of the 2011 release, Steppin’ My Ganja Riddim, you will find this extended version of Chemical Food by the great singer, musician & […]
8m Jul 03, 2016
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Rony Friedman: Locate
Rony Friedman is a indie-pop influenced singer-songwriter from Tel Aviv Israel, who released her debut six-track EP, First Transitions in early June of this year. We were tipped off to her beautiful track Locate via the French outfit zikilibrenbib. The album is purchase at both BandCamp and CDBaby via the links below. Locate by Rony […]
3m Jul 02, 2016
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Manwomanchild: Change The Channel
Manwomanchild is a rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania fronted by David Child. The band was started in Rhode Island in 2008, and in 2013, Manwomanchild moved to Philadelphia. They have just released their second album, the ten track Awkward Island, on June 28th. Today’s Dose Change The Channel is the first single from the album. […]
4m Jul 01, 2016
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The Bribe and the Mockery: Ships
The Anti-folk duo of Lennart Losensky and Moritz Lehr, otherwise known as THE BRIBE AND THE MOCKERY, released their new five-track EP, Reason Will Prevail on April 15th of this year, having recorded, mixed and mastered the entire album in their home studios. Favorites here include the stunning featured, ‘Ships’ and another short gem can […]
3m Jun 30, 2016
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Dot Dash: The Infinite
Searchlights, the new album from Dot Dash, is out now on The Beautiful Music. It’s the Washington D.C.-based band’s fifth album in less than five years, all of them released by Ottawa-based The Beautiful Music, and marks the label’s 36th release. Recorded over a weekend (March 5th and 6th) at North Carolina’s Fidelitorium Studios and […]
3m Jun 29, 2016
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Slingshot Dakota: Rasta Bacca
Rasta Bacca comes from the November 2012 12-track release, Dark Hearts, by Bethlehem Pennsylvania based indie pop duo, SLINGSHOT DAKOTA. We recently fell in love with this album after stumbling across it while checking out tracks by friends with similar tastes on Bandcamp. We thought this excellent track would make a good introduction to the […]
3m Jun 28, 2016
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Jonas Martin: Wannabe
Jonas Martin has been writing and performing since he was a young man. Now focusing on his solo project and following the release of Chokecherry Jam (2015) he is set to to release his sophomore album The Color Scheme. It features the song “Let Them Drown” which won mtvU’s The Freshmen contest in the music […]
4m Jun 27, 2016
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Matt Bennett: Hook (Pt. 1)
Matt Bennett turns pain of his parent’s divorce into debut album where each song is based on the Robin Williams films he loved growing up. Just-released “Terminal Cases” includes “Fisher King,” “Jumanji,” single “Hook Pt. 1,” “Doubtfire,” feat. sax solo by Angelo Moore of Fishbone. “I first got the idea for Terminal Cases one afternoon […]
4m Jun 26, 2016
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50FOOTWAVE: St. Christopher
Los Angeles’ 50FOOTWAVE is back with the new release of their excellent ‘Bath White‘ EP via HHBTM Records, the sixth mini-album since forming in 2004. This very solid EP was produced by Los Angeles producer Mudrock, best known for his work with Godsmack. Comprised of Kristin Hersh and Bernard Georges of Throwing Muses, and monster […]
4m Jun 25, 2016
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The Black Angels: Bloodhounds On My Trail
  To mark the 3000th Daily Dose (it started in April 2008), we’re reposting the first one, by Austin Texas based The Black Angels. The band are still going strong, and have released five albums, four EPs and eight singles over the years. The Black Angels took their name from the Velvet Underground song “The […]
4m Jun 24, 2016
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Great Hare: A Second Chance
Gothenburg Sweden indie-rock quartet Great Hare has recently returned with their newest and lengthy single ‘A Second Chance‘ released last month on the 1st of May. It perfectly delivers the goods following the previous year’s feature here of favorite, ‘Call Me Stupid‘. A Second Chance is available on all streaming services and as a free […]
5m Jun 23, 2016
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menacerno: Up In Arms
Menacerno is a female-fronted rock band based in Chicago who boasts a Midwest pedigree. Guitarists, Peter Neumer and Brian Matson’s complementary songwriting styles are indicative of a lifelong of friendship – Neumer’s melodious, poppy hooks are balanced by Matson’s arpeggiated, frenetic ballads, a sound originally created in their former instrumental rock band. Up In Arms, […]
4m Jun 22, 2016
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JiLL.: Calico Cool
Calico Cool is the newest single from garage rock two-piece JiLL hailing from St. Paul, Minnesota. The last single Yer Name dropped on 3 February 2016, while the newest officially releases today with a single release party accompanying it on Jun 23rd at the Day Block Brewing Company in Minneapolis, MN. Silverback Colony and Monica […]
2m Jun 21, 2016
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Mackenzie Shivers: Lily-Rose
Mackenzie Shivers’ Celtic soul couples with piano-driven folk on Living in My Head, her new EP due out Sept 2. Inspired greatly by living in New York for the better portion of the past decade, the EP balances a dichotomy between past and present, a yin and a yang. The joys and struggles of the […]
4m Jun 20, 2016
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Schnarff Schnarff: Mario 1-2
Glasgow Scotland based five-piece SCHNARFF SCHNARFF have a forthcoming album The evil that we do…, out on 9th September 2016 via Black Dug Records. In it the band have drawn on influences ranging from metal to pop-punk and grunge to emo, skilfully constructing a sound that is undeniably their own. Originally hailing from Inverness, the […]
3m Jun 19, 2016
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Greeves: Moving Up
Melbourne Australia band GREEVES released their newest single last month, Moving Up, which also included the track, Lonely Obsession. The single is reportedly from the newest forthcoming album Bulletchild, featuring some perfect ska/reggae flavored upstrokes layered with some genius prog-rock. A psychedelic-laced video for the single which appeared mid-April has been posted further below, featu...
4m Jun 18, 2016
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The Valery Trails: OK
There probably aren’t too many bands out there who have released as many albums as they’ve played live shows, but that’s the position The Valery Trails find themselves in with the release of their third album, Chameleon Bones in August 2016. When an ocean separates band members, live shows can be a rarity. Andrew Bower […]
4m Jun 17, 2016
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Kamikaze Pilots Manual: When You Said Goodbye
Kamikaze Pilots Manual come from both Abilene and Denton Texas, coming together as a band in 2010. Their first excellent single featured here is the first off their new forthcoming record My Ship Will Sail, recorded and mixed in Austin and out just in time for Summer next week on June 24th. In addition to […]
3m Jun 16, 2016
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Team Picture: Birthday Blues
Leeds alt-rockers Team Picture have announced the upcoming release of their debut single Birthday Blues. The track, the first in a series of single releases planned throughout 2016, serves as the perfect introduction to the band’s sound with their lo-fi fuzz pop and psychedelic noise combining to magnificent effect in a euphoric six-minute crescendo. Drawing […]
6m Jun 15, 2016
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ATOMBOMB: At the Deep End
Göteborg, Sweden indie rock band ATOMBOMB are working their way up to a full length album having first released today’s featured debut 7″ single “At the Deep End / Idlewild” on November 13, 2014. They followed up in 2015 with the “Love and Death” digital single and the self-titled cassette EP that same year, excellent […]
4m Jun 14, 2016
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Somos Normandie: Que No Me Encuentren
Somos Normandie are a Chilean indie pop band from Santiago, Chile formed in 2015. Consisting of the well known musician and producer Andres Ahumada (Lead vocals and guitar), Matias Ahumada (guitar) Cesar Mora (drums) and Israel Aguilar (bass). Their music is influenced by British bands like The Smiths, The Cure and Coldplay to name a […]
4m Jun 13, 2016
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Haux: Seaside
Fusing dream-folk with lush electronic textures, Haux’s debut EP All We’ve Known is set for release on 8th July. In anticipation, the 24-year-old singer/songwriter/producer, Woodson Black, shares new single Seaside which was released digitally on 10th June. Featuring ambient guitar harmonics, the track explores themes of escapism with intense emotional and musical craft. Written between […]
3m Jun 12, 2016
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Lindsay West: Night Train
We recently received a generously mailed care package of two EP’s all the way from South-London based singer-songwriter Lindsay West about two months back. After being delayed in featuring a track we finally had the opportunity this evening after picking out our favorite song from the lot after many repeat listens. Night Train is the […]
3m Jun 11, 2016
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Palm Honey: You Stole My Blackout
Psych outfit Palm Honey have announced the release of their latest single You Stole My Blackout. The track, their first release in 2016, is a short and snappy slice of psychedelic pop that wastes no time getting right to a funky groove, building to a dramatic crescendo that manifests as an onslaught of bone-rattling guitar […]
3m Jun 10, 2016
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Corporate Fandango: Blow Up the Moon
Greensboro North Carolina ska band CORPORATE FANDANGO issued their third official release, The Proof is in the Pizza EP on Feb 13 of last year. Our feature here from that EP is the extraordinarily creative song Blow Up the Moon, which could just as well be a new soundtrack for a frantic sped up and […]
5m Jun 09, 2016
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Yves Lambert Trio: Suite pour Justin
“Yves Lambert Trio has something special: two young traditional multi–instrumentalists of the highest caliber contributing to the veteran’s art, who at age 56 shows no sign of letting up.” – La Presse (Montreal’s daily French language newspaper) Yves Lambert, one of the most influential and legendary players in Quebec’s traditional roots music scene, announces the […]
4m Jun 08, 2016
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Boogie Belgique: One Day Soon
Antwerp Belgium based producer/DJ Oswald Cromheecke returned with his newest single “One Day Soon” a few shorts months past, a slightly slower song that our last feature from his catalog but equally brilliant. The single officially was released April 21, 2016 and is available via BandCamp along with many more stellar efforts. If you get […]
5m Jun 07, 2016
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Johnny Kills: Maybe Next Year
Johnny Kills release their second track ‘Maybe Next Year’ and announce debut show at The Hope and Ruin, Brighton, September 3rd. “Maybe Next Year is about when you get into that introspective zone and start analysing yourself that little bit too much, leading to you questioning if you’re normal like everyone else. The contrast between […]
3m Jun 06, 2016
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Tiger Waves: Down the Middle
Down the Middle is the lead off-track from Austin, Texas indie pop band TIGER WAVES’ 2016 excellent 13-track effort, “Tippy Beach“, now available at Bandcamp along with four of their other previous releases. In the spring of 2011, the foundation was laid online between two songwriters—James Marshall in Austin, Reid Comstock in Chicago, and within […]
5m Jun 05, 2016
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Shake Your Halo Down: Until Everything’s Over
Shake Your Halo Down is a lofi indie pop collective from Wakefield, West Yorkshire who’ve released their most recent EP “Casanovas” in March on the independent UK label, Philophobia Music. The fantastic sounding single came out a few months earlier in January of this year. The band also has several other great EP’s going back […]
4m Jun 04, 2016
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The Qualia: Out For Blood
Brooklyn based band, The Qualia, is made up of Lars Casteen, Chvad SB and Rossen Nedelchev. They have been writing and releasing music for about eight years. Their records, Nevada’s Greatest! (2007), Secret Weapon (2010), and the EP, Memorial Gore (2011) were all released on WTII Records. They are releasing their next album Cotillion Knives […]
3m Jun 03, 2016
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C-Doc: Kick (feat. Flatline)
Hip-hop producer and musician C-DOC returned a few weeks back on May 17th with a large twelve track mix featuring members of the blocSonic family, including Badluck, Cheese N Pot-C, D3Zs, DJ Def Chad, Donnie Ozone, The Honorable Sleaze, Marcus J, Tab, Timezone LaFontaine and friends; Enemyboard alum / Hip-HopGods Radio host Flatline and last […]
3m Jun 02, 2016
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White Room: Think Too Much
White Room have announced the forthcoming release of their new single Think Too Much ahead of what promises to be a busy summer of festival appearances. The track, a serrated blend of sky-gaze psychedelia and raucous distortion, showcases the Brighton rockers’ undoubted potential and is sure to attract plenty of fanfare. Comprising of Jake Smallwood […]
3m Jun 01, 2016
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Cloudkicker: Let Yourself Be Huge
Let Yourself Be Huge delves back a couple of years into the catalog of Pittsburgh musician Ben Sharp, specifically the closing track from the eight track album of the same name released in 2011. It’s a beautifully produced mostly instrumental song crafted at Sharp’s home in Pittsburgh. We think its perfect for the waning hours […]
4m May 31, 2016
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Getaway Dogs: Indonesia
Getaway Dogs is the brainchild of Kai Killion. Prior to this band, Killion made one solo album called Mermaid Legs & Getaway Dogs (2013), where the band name was born. In combination with Samantha Stone, Mikey Whalen, and Kai Kopecky, the group will release their debut album Lost In The Ebb on August 19. The […]
5m May 30, 2016
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Cantina: Bulletproof
Cantina, having previously released two albums under the name I Love Math, will now bring out its debut album A Sea of Keys on July 22nd via Dallas-based We Know Better Records. “We are basically a band of drummers,” says John Dufilho of Dallas-based group, Cantina. Accurate, but when considering that Dufilho (guitar, vocals) also […]
3m May 29, 2016
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The Olés: Sabadub
Santa Barbara based reggae-rock band The Olés have just released a new music video for their single ‘Sabado Tarde,’ a classic tale of Isla Vista life. You may remember our feature of an early version of the track featured on another beautiful 2013 Memorial Day here in the States. During Deltopia the band filmed the […]
3m May 28, 2016
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Auditorium: Mt. Moriah
The new Auditorium album is called THE FIRST MUSIC, and it will be released this summer. Today’s Dose is the first single from it, and it is accompanied by a video, embedded below. We’ve featured Auditorium twice before, with the songs songs “My Grandfather Could Make The World Dance” & “Ten Ton Park”, and it […]
2m May 27, 2016
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Jack Ellis: Pocket of Lint
Cardiff UK musician Jack Ellis is set to release his new single The Storm on July 1st 2016 via District South Records, which looks to tackle the themes of love and loss. While growing up Jack was influenced by the likes of Jeff Buckley and REM and ultimately played in bands for several years before […]
5m May 26, 2016
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Time In Antarctica: I want
Today’s Dose is from the excellent new EP Return to the Sad Parts Volume 1 released by Nottingham UK based Time In Antarctica. Time In Antarctica is the project of Stewart Cuthew, half of IR Network favourites M1Connect. This new EP is the follow on from To The Sad Parts EP, released in June 2014, […]
5m May 25, 2016
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Pinegrove: Cadmium
The last time we heard from Montclair, New Jersey band PINEGROVE here on the Dose was with a track from the EP release of “&” which arrived in 2013. The band returned in mid-February with a new full eight track release “Cardinal“, which we are happy to say is one of the strongest releases we’ve […]
4m May 24, 2016
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Hidden Charms: Cannonball
London UK outfit Hidden Charms have announced the forthcoming release of their new single Cannonball, with a fresh sound to carry them into a busy summer of festival appearances. The track, following on from their hugely successful 2015 single Love You Cause You’re There released on Deltasonic records, sees the band branch into new territory, […]
3m May 23, 2016
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musicformessier: Electra
With perhaps one of the best album covers seen in recent years, Hungarian ambient post-rock artist returned in September of this past year with his full length album, The Pleiades. Its a beautiful voyage though the acoustic space-rock landscapes, filled with wonderful discoveries such as the atmospheric sounds of Maia and another favorite near the […]
3m May 22, 2016
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These Animals: A Ghost You’ve Known
In the closing days of 2012, New York indie rock band THESE ANIMALS released their excellent track, A Ghost You’ve Known through the FrostWire Creative Commons Mixtape [Vol. 2 Side A], one of several tracks featured on their live Souvenirs Sessions release. The band has also issued the full length debut LP, I Wrote the […]
4m May 21, 2016
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Victory Kicks: Precious Metal
London UK based Victory Kicks are releasing their new album ‘Get Blurred’ on June 6th 2016. Today’s Dose Precious Metal is the first single from it. Victory Kicks was formed originally as a home recording project by songwriter John Sibley, the band records & releases all its music independently. Having listened to the whole album, […]
3m May 20, 2016
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Counterfly: City of Thoughts
Counterfly is Lorenzo Olivieri, an Italian producer currently based out of Berlin who has just issued his debut five-track release “Glazed” via the label Broque. On this new EP he combines jazz and classical influences with IDM and ambient structures in a way which is as multilayered as it is well-balanced. The beautifully constructed and […]
3m May 19, 2016
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St. Tropez: I Wanna Live In St. Tropez
Garage punk outfit St. Tropez are back with their brand new single I Wanna Live In St. Tropez and have announced the release of their self-titled debut album out 26th August. Clocking in at just over two minutes, the band’s latest offering portrays the decay of guitar music in a country dominated by grey skies […]
2m May 18, 2016
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Fox & Coyote: Crow Moon
If the planetary displays haven’t caught your attention this month, a blue moon arrives in a few short days on May 21st with a red planetary cherry on top sharing the skies. While the crow moon usually arrives in March heralding the Spring, it still feels like Winter here, so maybe this will snap the […]
3m May 17, 2016
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Tigers of the West: Abstract Connections
Tigers of the West are from Belgium and have released two more tracks on SoundCloud and BandCamp. They say they play “Noise Pop / Space R&B / Kraut Jazz / Psychodelicious Gucci Shoegaze.” They also say this of themselves: “Imagine your head’s stuck in the belly of an oud, run through a battery of effect […]
4m May 16, 2016
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The Bay Rays: New Home
Garage rock outfit The Bay Rays have announced the upcoming release of their second single New Home. Following on from the release of their hugely successful debut single Four Walls, which caught the attention of tastemakers online and received support from the likes of Annie Mac, Steve Lamacq and Huw Stephens, the punk trio’s next […]
3m May 15, 2016
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