Ché Aimee Dorval shares Falling Under and announces her album The Crowned, which will be released on 19thJanuary 2023. “Falling Under is about the pain and heartbreak of watching someone you love lose themselves to addiction, no matter how much love, support and energy you put into trying to help them out of it,” she says. “It’s about coming to terms with the fact that your efforts are only enabling their descent, and in turn they’re dragging you down with them.”   Ché launched her campaign in August with Blood Red Son, a “fever dream of indecision, regret and resolve.”  Ché was raised in Vancouver by her mother, a plethora of hippie Aunts, punk...

     The Austin-based singer-songwriter Sean Keel, release his raw,starkly evocative debut record, A Dry Scary Blue The whole thing was a freak accident," Sean Keel says of the unlikely set of circumstances that led to the release of the Austin-based singer-songwriter's raw, starkly evocative record, A Dry Scary Blue, with the independent Stockholm-based  label, Icons Creating Evil Art.  "I've got four records on Bandcamp; basically no one has listened to any of them; and now I'm putting one out with a record company. An actual record company! From Sweden!" A Dry Scary Blue introduces a distinctive, wholly individual singer-songwriter who, despite living in a legendary roots-music mecca, has...

The brainchild of composer/musician/artist Carlos Ibarra, Maulén collaborates with a multitude of artists to create art with the ambition of manifesting something unique, beautiful, strange, and alluring. “Maulén” is the surname of his grandmother, a member of the Mapuche people in Chile, and translates to “a wet valley.” Maulén will release his stunning El miedo de amar pero igual lo hago two-part EP via Icons Creating Evil Art early 2023.El miedo de amar pero igual lo hago, translates to “the fear of falling in love but I still do it” and will be released as a two-part EP, the first of which, El miedo de amar, will see official unveiling...

After returning earlier this year to deliver his stunning comeback singles ‘Ghosts’ and 'Jaded', his first effort since his well-received EP ‘Stay Nocturnal’ in November last year, a record that found praise from Earmilk, CLASH and XS Noize, Scottish singer-songwriter Murdo Mitchell is back once again with his passionate new offering ‘Your Skin’. Bringing back another rich and vibrant dose of singer-songwriter / dark-pop once again, ‘Your Skin’ sees the frontman deliver one of his most awe-inspiring cuts to date. With his raw and powerful voice layered amongst a bed of sweeping acoustic guitar and humble production, his latest endeavour marks a vital moment within his career so...

  New wave-ikonerna Lustans Lakejer släpper 23 september sitt efterlängtade nya studioalbum "Mörk Materia". Upptakten inför albumreleasen har bestått av singlarna “Lyx”, “En gång när jag var 17”, ”Den fjärde mannen”, en tolkning av Ulf Lundells ”Rialto”, ”Jag kan läsa mellan raderna” samt titelspåret "Mörk Materia".Det nya albumet är ett dunkelt suggestivt mästerverk; farligt, poetiskt och sexigt. Produktionen är polerad till fingertoppskänslig perfektion –  ett hantverk signerat producent Jan Lundkvist.Johan Kinde berättar om det nya albumet: ”Vi har alltid försökt att skapa musik som väcker känslor, musik där människans svagheter och djupaste begär befinner sig i en ständig kamp med den rena, oförfalskade kärleken. Konst som inte väjer för att skildra mörkret, samt motstånd till...

Dreamy soundscapes, urban beats and nordic coolness is what you get when you throw Positano, Milan, and Gothenburg into a stylish mix. Add to that Claudio Pallone, Alfonso Fusco, and Aldo Axha and you get Emmecosta. The post-club trio hailing from the small Italian town of Positano has been residing, recording and releasing music in Sweden for the past seven years. After coming to consider themselves Swedish nationals, two thirds of the trio has now followed their Italian roots back to Milan. During the last few years the group has thus found a new strong pull, to portray and develop their Swedish/Italian connection through their forthcoming work. Now the trio is...