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The soft vocals of Lightning Bug hit hard in the sophisticated “Lullaby For Love”. Her vocals are backed by soft guitar and her sweet melodies carry her softly through the song. The videos show off her elegant choreography skills as well, which was done by Nicole Fuentes. “I wrote Lullaby for Love as part of a mixtape for an ex-partner. It was actually kind of a joke between us, like leaning into the cheesiness of being in love. But as life flowed on, it kind of stuck with me. When you’re really in love, it feels like a special world…

New duo Babehoven release gorgeous tune called “My Best Friend Needs”. The duo reminiscent of lo fi band Tennis, play drums and acoustic guitar, so fair to say that they are more of a stripped down affair. Their new album entitled Water’s Here In You via Double Double Whammy illustrates the hype in this indie folk rock duo that put together a sonically yet simple textured album for the folk palette. “We had a lot of fun making the ‘Best Friend Needs’ video with Richard and Pearl. We were all able to go into full, creative, play-time mode thinking up…

Texas folk act Summer Salt hit their pop stride on their new single “Deja Vu”. “ ‘Deja Vu’ is about cherishing great memories, and the desire to make more, with the people you love. The lyrics pull from a memorable experience, surrounded by breathtaking nature, with the perfect company. It tells the story of a carefree moment that you want to live over and over again,” the band says. ‘Deja Vu’ brings you back to when times were good and simple. “Jump off the waterfalls and hope for deja vu” breaks down the carefree bliss of the song. Listen below.…

Billianne is soaking up Maggie Rogers rays of folk sunshine on “Daydream”. She blends soul and folk in a mature fashion. “Daydream came from me constantly thinking and talking about the future,” shares Billianne. “I was walking through the thrift store buying mugs for an apartment that I didn’t (and still don’t) have yet. I thought that was kinda funny so in my next session with my friends Nick and Duncan, we wrote about it. It then went on to mean more than that. It’s now also about dreaming of a life full of adventure, trinkets, love and companionship. Daydream…

Mat Kearney has released a new song called “Drowning In Nostalgia”, which brings back emotions from his childhood. The folk singer says that this is his most fictitious song he has ever written. His new self titled album is due out May 15 on Middle Kid Records. He got a hand producing the album from Mokita, Micah Tawkls (Hayley Williams, Liza Anne, COIN), and Marc Scibilia (Breland, Robin Schultz, Teddy Swims) on the rest. The guitar strokes feel like a cool breeze coming off the Pacific on this particular tune. The songs released from this album so far give off…

Icelandic alt rock outfit Of Monsters and Men recently unleashed their new single “Alligator”. The world has been waiting for a rock opus like this. It will give anyone the energy due to its heavy baseline riff. This new radical tune will give you goosebumps through the following week. “Shake it out / It’s just what I’m feeling,” roars lead vocalist and writer Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, “And now I take control / I’m fever dreaming.” This is not the “Little Talks” Of Monsters and Men, but a completely vibrant new sound that gives rock its glimmer it has been missing for a while.…

When The National released their seventh studio album, Sleep Well Beast, in September 2017, the band’s reputation and hype was through the roof. The National is a five piece-rock band who originally formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1999. While their sound has not changed drastically through the years, their eighth album finds them in a stalled musical moment. The National’s soft rock sound becomes even softer on this latest effort. Beast found a few peaks, which included “The System Only Dreams In Darkness,” the band’s most aggressive track to date. No aggressive tracks appear on I Am Easy To Find,…

Pop singer Absofacto, Jonathan Visger, opened up for Two Feet Friday night at Music Hall of Williamsburg. The singer has many EPs under his belt already but played his most recent material off his latest project, Thousand Peaces. His songs remind you of a breeze caught over the Pacific somewhere. Besides playing original tunes, he also covered Arctic Monkeys “Crawling Back To You”, which felt like a legit slow acid trip. His back up band, which included two guitarists and drummer made for one entertaining and brave set, which included weird yoga dance poses from Visger himself. Brave indeed. Talk…