2018 Rock

The Weekend Showcase 4.13 edition is the one stop to review some of the best new music of the past week or so. Forty-three (43) songs occupy the mega-playlist, featuring artists from ten countries this week. Find more information here: http://therevue.ca/2018/04/07/weekend-showcase-4-13/

Weekend Showcase 4.13

New Finds For New Fans [April 2018]

Indie Mixtape // April 2018

good mood

THE UPLOAD

Swedish label based in Stockholm.

First release on the label was RY X and his "Berlin EP". Since then we have released music from RY X, Charlie Cunningham, Novo Amor & Ed Tullett, Apidae, Lisa Bregneager, Josin, Sean Christopher, Cyrus Reynolds (feat S. Carey), ViVii, Daniel Trakell, Dylan Cox, Jordan Prince, The Parade, Julia Logan and meka.

Dumont Dumont playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/imperial1000/playlist/2LMk4Ap1cv7H6WPdCdsWsE

www.dumontdumont.com

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SETTLE MUSIC VIDEO OUT NOW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdQPUdbRdwI

Said you wanted it but you let go
No you're letting yourself slip
Said you wanted it but you gave up
Now every bone in your body aches
Said you wanted it but you let go 
Now you've turned into a drip
Said you wanted it but you gave up
Now every bone in your body

So listen
You're not a boy
Not living in a child's world no more
You're not a boy
What good are you for
And everything you laughed at has gone
You left it all behind
You're not a boy 

Said you needed it but it didn't change 
Now every time you look
Said you needed it but it stayed the same 
Oh how the bones in your body ache 
Said you needed it but it didn't change 
Oh I can read you like a book
Said you needed it but it went away 
Now every bone in your body 

You're not a boy
Not living in a child's world no more
You're not a boy
What good are you for
And everything you laughed at has gone
You left it all behind
You're not a boy 

Never listened to a word anyone said x4

You're not a boy
Not living in a child's world no more
You're not a boy
What good are you for
And everything you laughed at has gone
You left it all behind
You're not a boy x2


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on itunes: https://itun.es/i6S82Tv
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Moonshine
Color me with moonshine
Making my eyes blind, Too blind to see
That I find, even in the daytime
You and your moonshine shine on me

You’re turning me into a night owl, I don’t know how
You overtook my consciousness and understood my loneliness
It’s misapprehension, often seen as condescension
But believe me when I say, I’m a fan of the direction
You’ve been taking your decisions, sparing me deserved derision,
Rebranded all my faults as “personality omissions”
You’ve eclipsed my inhibitions, pulled me out of darkly drifting
Never need to find another, cause I found someone to color me with Moonshine…

To me it’s enervating, what we’ve recreated
An acrylic piece over shadows painted
Watch the memories of gallows hanging
I can’t seem to fathom a day without your passion
Webbed in the dark, I feel it unraveling
I surf your bluesy waves and my soul goes traveling
I found a well of fishes that have granted me these wishes
In the darkest night you heal me with your Moonshine…

It’s almost painful how elegant you look smiling
I’m filing it away into the back of my mind
Your stylings are outdated but you’ve somehow recreated
A spark inside a part of me that’s long ago sedated
Take me back to seventeen, back to before
Your soul has lived a lifetime through peace and the war
Through perigees and blues you’ve held temerity and truth
I’m alone in the dark but I’m always with you, you’re my Moonshine…

Tourniquet

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Moonshine (ft. Sami Freeman)

Knox Hamilton - Beach Boy

Tomato Song is the new single from meka

Release link: https://idol-io.ffm.to/tomatosong
meka on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingblackhole/

meka, the musical project of Melissa Lingo, blends introspective indie folk with intricate fingerpicking influenced by Nick Drake and Vashti Bunyan. A self-taught multi-instrumentalist, meka explores themes of grief, hope, and nature. Raised in a mountain town dedicated to astronomy, her music reflects a fascination with the cosmos and ecology, shaped by travel and solitude. Her songs turn life’s pain into ethereal beauty, like candlelight in dark corners.

Contact: info@dumontdumont.com

meka - Tomato Song

Julia Logan Releases Acoustic Versions of “Mirrors” and “Moodswings”

Swedish-American artist Julia Logan unveils intimate acoustic renditions of “Mirrors” and “Moodswings,” two standout tracks from her sophomore album Faraway Nearby. Stripped down to their emotional core, these reimagined versions showcase Logan’s haunting vocals and delicate songwriting in a raw, unfiltered light. A quiet, powerful companion to the original recordings, the release offers a new perspective on the emotional depth of her latest work.

Moodswings (Alternative Version)

Something Strange is the opening track on meka's new album The Rabbit.

American folk artist meka delivers a hauntingly poetic tribute to the archetype of the hag—an ode to forgotten power, feminine chaos, and the flickering persistence of hope. With stripped-back acoustic textures and evocative storytelling, this standout track from her album The Rabbit channels the spirit of myth and mischief, casting a spell that lingers long after the last note. For fans of Adrianne Lenker, Joanna Newsom, and Alela Diane, meka is a voice that demands quiet and rewards deep listening.

meka's new album THE RABBIT was released by Dumont Dumont

Link: idol-io.ffm.to/therabbit

Follow meka in instagram www.instagram.com/meka.laments

Other services

meka - Something Strange

Someday

Houndmouth in Studio Z at Port City Music Hall on September 21st.

Houndmouth - Sedona

Taken from the debut album 'Lines' released 27 Jan 2017 (http://phonofile.link/charliecunningham). 
Tickets on sale now from https://charliecunninghamlive.com

7 Feb - Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete’s
8 Feb - Aviemore, Old Bridge Inn 
9 Feb - Ullapool, The Arch Inn
10 Feb - Stornoway, The Woodlands Centre
11 Feb - Inverness, Tooth & Claw
12 Feb - Elgin, The Drouthy Cobbler
13 Feb - Aberdeen, Aberdeen Tunnels 
15 Feb - Besancon, Festival Generiq - Eglise St.Louis
16 Feb - Dijon, Festival Generiq - ENSA (National Art School)
17 Feb - Mulhouse, Festival Generiq - TBA
18 Feb - Belfort, Festival Generiq - Le Planetarium
23 Feb - London, Union Chapel 

14 Mar - Austin, SXSW
22 Mar - Paris, Trois Baudets,
24 Mar - Neustadt am Rübenberge, Schloss Landestrost
25 Mar - Konzerthaus Dortmund
26 Mar - Hamburg, Kampnagel
27 Mar - Berlin, Kammermusiksaal Philharmonie
29 Mar - Münster, Jugendkirche Effata!
30 Mar - Cologne, Kulturkirche 

1 Apr - Frankfurt, Heiliggeistkirche
2 Apr - Mannheim, Atlantis
3 Apr - Munich, Carl-Orff-Saal
5 Apr - Vienna, Chelsea
6 Apr - Salzburg, Rockhouse Bar
8 Apr - Zurich, Papiersaal
9 Apr - Stuttgart, Theatrehaus
11 Apr - Brussels, Botanique Witlof Bar
12 Apr - Amsterdam, Paradiso

25 Apr - Madrid, Costello Club
26 Apr - Barcelona, Festival Mil·lenni

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/78CiW0UJbHspFaVuVexOK6
iTunes/Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/album/-/id1164800045
CD & Vinyl: https://charlie-cunningham.backstreetmerch.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charliecunninghammusic
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cunninghamcharlie
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cunninghamcharlie/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Charlie_C_Music

Lines

Minimum

My new track 'Don't Want You Back' is out now: 
https://bakermatmusic.lnk.to/DontWantYouBackBS

Follow Bakermat 
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https://www.youtube.com/kiesza
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Don't Want You Back

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Bakermat feat Kiesza - Don't Want You Back

Ride

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Download/stream: https://Atlantic.lnk.to/FoolsGoldSO

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@blaise100

Download

Imad Royal & Blaise Railey - Fool's Gold

Freedom

Skipping School

"Weigh" lyrics:

Verse 1:
Guess time is up,
I forgot to take a photo of us to get me by,
just when I thought I’d forgotten what it felt like to lose,
you made me cry,

With hands like thieves you stole, stole me away,
before I had a chance, chance to run,

Pre Chorus:
You make me hot like the sun,
but I’ve been melting away,
show me how to have fun,
the sky’s beginning to weigh-

Chorus:
Weigh me down down down down,
Weigh me down down down down,
Weigh me down down down down,
Weigh me down down down down,

Verse 2:
I’ve called you mine in a dream that I’ve had multiple times,
my mind divine,
a place I made,
One you’ll never even realize you came until you shine,

You won’t believe what I want you to see,
but damn baby I hope you do,

Pre - Chours:
I’d rip my heart out for you,
but I’ve been floating away,
tell me what would you do?
if everything found a way to weigh-

Chorus:
Weigh you down down down down,
Weigh you down down down down,
Weigh you down down down down,
Weigh you down down down down,
Weigh you down down down down

Songwriting & Production by Cassie Marin
Head Engineer & Mixing/Mastering by Zay La Vie @zaylavie

S.O.S.

Weigh

Ruler - "Cars And Houses" (from 'Winning Star Champion')

I wrote this song a year ago with my good friend @iamlemi . It’s about going through the feelings of that first big heartbreak when you’re young. Special shout out to my friend @justdaviddavis for delivering such a beautiful vocal performance. We hope you guys love this song as much as we do. 

shout out @joshjarmusic and @ahh-ooh for providing guitar work

Lyrics:
i never felt a pain like this before
came runnin in, now im stumblin out the door - and i guess
never knew just what i was lookin for with hungry eyes and a heart laid out on the floor
you never know where to go when you’re twenty four - in love, so…

help - help help
im in some trouble

nobody told me
how to play this
that when you hold me
i’d be helpless
and i would open
up every wound from the past and look inside
i didn’t know that
id have to struggle
to keep my word up
and out of trouble
and that it hurts us
to feel alone when they’re right there by your side
no - nobody told me

ive never felt alive like this before
and though it hurts i still come right back for more
if this is love that we’re gunna be fighting for
just give me time to get right for the coming storm
i promise im gunna give all i have and more tonite

gunna need some help

Nobody Told Me (feat. David Davis)

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Wolfgang Gartner & K?d - Banshee

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Label: Enhanced Recordings
Cat. Number: Enhanced335
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American vocal mainstay JES brings her illustrious name to Enhanced in a brand new vocal production for 2018. Alongside Joonas Hahmo & JS16, ‘The One’ delivers a sensational modern Dance record filled with JES’ iconic vocals.

Bringing an injection of 4/4 energy to her discography, ‘The One’ combines Joonas Hahmo & JS16’s production talents with JES’ recognisable voice in a collaboration that merges the worlds of euphoria & energy in a polished modern gem.

Connect with Enhanced:
Web: http://enhancedmusic.com
Spotify: enhanced.lnk/Spotify
Beatport: enhanced.lnk.to/RecsBeatport
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Connect with JES:
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facebook.com/jesofficial
twitter.com/official_jes
@jes

Connect with Joonas Hahmo:
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twitter.com/joonashahmo
@joonashahmo

Connect with JS16:
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The One

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JES, Joonas Hahmo & JS16 - The One [OUT NOW]

Listen on Spotify! paige.link/whatiwant

From the relaxing summer feel to Matt Patterson's tender vocals and the lovely grooves, Paige’s next Armada Deep release hits the right note straight away. Super infectious and feel-good from start to finish, ‘What I Want’ is the song you’ve been waiting for all this time.

What I Want

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The Weight Is Gone

The Weight Is Gone (KC Lights Remix)

SISTERAY - Algorithm Prison

Eureka California - Mexican Coke

The single 'Framed Freedom' was released March 16, 2018
Buy here: https://goo.gl/xPsFqx

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Listen on Spotify: https://goo.gl/5Z7DW1

Support Arvid Lizell
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~ Lyrics:

Yearning out
Mountains of yonder
Call my name
Loud as the Thunder
Why are you afraid of my wonders?
Let me go for a while,
Bewilder my mind for once
And I’ll find what my life could be
And what it can become

They say hear your heart
And follow it’s pounding
Led by your opportunities
Not by your boundaries
I don’t want to leave you behind me
But I see signs everywhere I go
And their haunting me
They say deep in your heart you know
That you have to leave
So I’ll go,
Soon I’m gone
I don’t know for how long
Meanwhile, just move on
Live like you used to live
Like you used to live
But out there
Wasn’t at all what I thought I’d find
Free now
Yet somehow imprisoned within my mind
It was after I left
I realized the irony
Only when you are by my side
I am truly free
I was wrong,
I was wrong
Should have stayed all along

All I needed was back home
But life keeps on fooling me
And the further I’ve gone
I just feel more alone
Let me come back home
I should have known
From the beginning
But in your opportunities
I saw only limits
Something I couldn’t see from within it
Everything that I doubted then
I am sure of now
And I walk through the pouring rain
To get back somehow
But it was I who was leaving then
And you’re leaving now

Framed Freedom

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Arvid Lizell - Framed Freedom

a question i tend to ask myself.

nourish. spotify playlists
selected: http://spoti.fi/2eKbsLL
lofi & chill: http://spoti.fi/2fIfmba
uploads: http://spoti.fi/2Dm8T2A

on youtube
https://goo.gl/JdWyQQ

Nick Gaines
https://soundcloud.com/nickgainesmusic
https://facebook.com/nickgainessolo

~ credits ~
Nick Gaines - guitar, vocal 
Kyle Johnson - keys 
Andre Kely - drums
Nick Scarpinato - bass
Trevor Stout/Ben Woodard - horns
engineered and mixed by: Grey Taxon

nourish.
https://soundcloud.com/nourish
https://nourish.live
https://discord.io/nourish
https://youtube.com/nourish
https://facebook.com/nourishmusic
https://instagram.com/nourishmusic
https://twitter.com/nourishmusic

~ lyrics ~

verse.1
what is love?
natures pure intent.
what's going on what's going wrong 
don't seem to matter when in your presence.
still there's doubt.
which voice in my head?
it doesn't look like me. 
it doesn't act like me. 
and even worst of all.
it only comes out in the dark.

chorus.1
so call out your arms and make ready your saints. 
what wonders await in this place?
when the moon meets the tide i think we'll just drift away.
let the beauty in the night still remain.

verse.2
what to some may seem like a stretch. 
you give your heart away and nothing in return you'd expect.
its the essence to all living things.
it blurs the lines and shows the waters in-between.

chorus.2
so call out your arms and make ready your saints.
what wonders await in this place?
when the moon meets the tide i think we'll just drift away.
let the beauty in the night still remain.
let the beauty in the night still remain.
let the beauty in the night still remain.
what is love?

watch on youtube

Nick Gaines - What Is Love?

A song about avoiding what needs to be heard and embracing what should not be said.

Say (Acoustic)

Be My Rose

Composed & Produced By Brock Hewitt

Download/Stream

Be My Rose

OUT NOW: Nipri feat. Lux - Magic ►https://mm273.lnk.to/Magic

After the success of More Than This, Nipri is here with a second future bass hit on Musical Madness, a catchy vocal and pounding beats! Future bass at its finest.

Connect with NIPRI:
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Visit NIPRI’swebsite: http://www.niprimusic.com 

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Magic

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Nipri feat. Lux - Magic

'Cherokee' is the new single from Sean Christopher

Sean Christopher's debut album 'Yonder' will be released May 11th

Bristol-based singer-songwriter Sean Christopher will release his debut album 'Yonder' on Swedish label Dumont Dumont (RY X, Charlie Cunningham, Josin). 

Sean Christopher links:
Facebook www.facebook.com/seanchristophermu/?fref=ts
Twitter twitter.com/seanchristophr
Instagram www.instagram.com/seanchristophermusic/
Soundcloud @seanchristophermu
Spotify open.spotify.com/artist/0e4vnHBYwY6LQqrhutIcnj
Label www.dumontdumont.com
Website www.seanchristopher.mu

Sean Christopher live:
 
April 4           Hedon, Zwolle (NL) support to Nana Adjoa
April 5           Rotown, Rotterdam (NL) support to Nana Adjoa
April 12         Ekko, Utrecht (NL) support to Nana Adjoa
April 19         Slaktkyrkan, Stockholm (SWE) support to Jennie Abrahamsson
April 20         Stora Teatern, Göteborg (SWE) support to Jennie Abrahamsson
May 5           Liverpool Sound City (UK)
May 14         Blacks Club, London (UK)
 
Sean Christopher has been immersed in music all his life. As a child growing up in the Netherlands he would listen to his father play Flamenco guitar for hours and hours every day, while his mother’s extensive vinyl collection introduced him to legendary artists like The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, and David Bowie.
 
An alumni of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and Codarts in Rotterdam, where he studied music production, Sean began creating music for films and commercials shortly after graduating. In 2014 his song ‘Everything’, composed and produced for an international car commercial, began to get him noticed, reaching a million streams on Spotify.
 
Back in The Hague, Sean built himself a basement studio and decided to record his first full-length album. Hidden away, accompanied only by his ever-growing collection of instruments and his dog Ollie, he began to work. In the end, it was his father's old Flamenco guitar that took centre stage and drove the recording of what was to become ‘Yonder’.
 
After relocating to Bristol last year, Sean signed a record deal with Swedish label Dumont Dumont, home to artists including RY X, Charlie Cunningham and Josin.
 
Praise for Sean Christopher:
 
“A beautifully composed piece of music, there's a marvellous sense of balance in Sean's songwriting, with those lingering guitar notes underpinning his softly intense vocal”  CLASH
 
“Something really warm about his voice... it’s reminding me of Jeff Buckley, it’s beautiful."
Georgie Rogers, Virgin Radio
 
"His work is rooted in pastoral acoustic climes, while still reaching towards the personal. Recent single 'Paper Plane Pilot' is a beautiful example of his artistry”
CLASH
 
“A very listenable and magnetic bit of guitar pop”
Blahblahblahscience
 
“An accomplished listen – one that’s alive with tight melodies, intelligent lyricism, emotional content and a really appealing set of vocals"
**** Indie London
 
“His vocals pour like honey into the mix and the whole track feels like an elixir for simple happiness“
Indie Shuffle
 
"Heart-touching lyrics, soothing vocals and a melody to die for. Yeah, Sean Christopher's "Paper Plane Pilot" is quite the find!”
Stereofox

Yonder

Cherokee

Sean Christopher - Cherokee

From the album I See You Among The Stars available May 4, 2018 from Western Vinyl.

Bandcamp https://jessicarisker.bandcamp.com/
iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-see-you-among-the-stars/1344904790
WV http://westernvinyl.com/shop/wv166

Jessica Risker
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jessicarisker/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DEADBEAT.DEADBEAT.DEADBEAT
Tumblr http://deadbeatbeatbeat.tumblr.com/

Comprised of eight aural vignettes, I See You Among the Stars is a wood-grained, amber-hued world respectfully orbiting influences like Nick Drake, Sibylle Baier, and the softest moments of Broadcast. Paisley fabrics fade beneath an uncovered window, while dust and smoke billow gently through the sunbeams that never fully reach the dark half of the room. I See You Among the Stars achieves what the best music in the genre does: pictures with tangible depth, color, and detail painted with only a few well-chosen pigments.

I See You Among the Stars is an exemplar of spaced out psych-folk that seeks to convey the intimacy and introspection of a woman going about her simple matters at home, while creating an atmosphere to provide melancholy accompaniment to these very tasks. But the final result is something much more: a polyhedral, exploratory, and mystifying peer into a detailed pop-up storybook that reflects the mind and heart of its luminous creator.

I See You Among the Stars

Jessica Risker - "I See You Among The Stars"

BLUE  EYES

Makin' Waves, Second Single from Newcastle band FEVA
Recorded and Mixed by John Martindale
Mastered by Pete Maher

Makin' Waves

Gone Girls demo

Out on all major platforms April 5th. Premiered by Line of Best Fit.

Self Recorded by Llovers @ Tees Music Tech
Mixed and Mastered by Chris McManus @ Blank Studios

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www.twitter.com/wearellovers

A Second With You

The single 'Home' was released Mar 9, 2018
Buy here: http://smarturl.it/AmaranteHome

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Listen on Spotify: https://goo.gl/CyZaHk

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~ Lyrics:

You lose yourself when the wind flows through your hair 
You taste freedom as you fill your lungs with air 

The Time has stopped
Your mind has set sail

The road is Home
The stars will light the trail

I find my self here alone on this dusty road
Waiting for a sign to point me home 

I’ll close my eyes and put my feet to the ground
Cause when I’m lost I don’t want to get found

Put your hands in the air
Let go of your fears 
And jump into the river

As the starlight bleeds out 
Let it be your new route 
Home is where you make it

Home

Amarante - Home

Artwork by Niklas Adrian
Photo by Dennis Morton
Recorded by Nikolaj Nielsen at N29
Mixed by Jacob Brøndlund
Mastered by Emil Thomsen at ET Mastering

Special thanks to all of the above, Lasse Flemming, Fine Glindvad, Frederik Boye, Marcus Edelgart & The Big Oil Recording Company

Part Time Lover

Shake, Shake, Shake

Sean Christopher is a Dutch singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist currently residing in Bristol, England.

Sean Christopher - Cherokee

SeanChristopherMU