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LISTEN: “New House” by Austin Basham

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Texas folk singer-songwriter Austin Basham has released his latest single, “New House,” which premiered via Atwood Magazine yesterday. When asked the meaning behind the track, Austin noted, “To me the lyrics illustrate the idea that love can be hard to accept when you don’t feel worthy of it, but also finding truth in the fact that you can never be deserving of it…like in the line ‘oh what a wonderful lie to be the best one made in your eyes’.”

The Austin native spent the last few years traveling the globe writing music, including several months living in Oslo, Norway while recording his 2016 debut EP “Linton // Oslo EP.” The EP’s standout single, “All Is Well,” currently has over 39 million plays on Spotify alone. “New House” was recorded between Norway, Vancouver and back home in Texas.

Austin Basham is about to join Australian band Hollow Coves on a co-headline tour of the U.S., which launches in Portland, OR on March 28th and will take them through major cities like SF, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago and NYC before wrapping April 13th in D.C. Toronto friends, look for them next month at the Drake.

A full list of dates can be found below.

Austin Basham On Tour (w/ Hollow Coves)
Wed, Mar 28 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Thur, Mar 29 Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret
Fri, Mar 30 Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
Sun, Apr 1 San Francisco, CA @ Café Du Nord
Tue, Apr 3 Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Café
Thur, Apr 5 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Sat, Apr 7 Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern
Mon, Apr 9 Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel
Tue, Apr 10 Montreal, QC @ L’Escogriffe
Wed, Apr 11 New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
Fri, Apr 13 Washington, D.C. @ DC 9

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LISTEN: “In The End” by Vancouver Sleep Clinic

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With his “Therapy 01” set for release on Friday 23rd March, Vancouver Sleep Clinic ( Tim Bettinson) rounds up his stellar EP with ” In The End”. Following on the back of ” Closure”, a collaboration with Drew Love of THEY. which has picked up over one million streams on Spotify and the sprawling ” Ayahuasca” gaining strong acclaim, ” In The End” showcases Bettinson’s ghostly vocals over evolving, intricate beats, cementing the return of this Australian prodigy.

Vancouver Sleep Clinic spent much of 2017 in a holding pattern at a major label, but has embraced his independence with relish. ” Therapy01″ was created as a way for him to deal with the situation he found himself in. Watch the “In The End” video HERE.

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VIDEO: “Long Wave” by Bonny Doon

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Take a listen to “Long Wave” by Bonny Doon, off the album of similar name Longwave, out March 23 on Woodsist Records.

Arriving in the early months of 2017, Bonny Doon’s self-titled debut was a warm introduction to the band for many. Hazy and bright, the album’s woozy melodies and swirling webs of summery guitar textures were easily ingested as low-key slacker pop, blissfully awash in lo-fi sensibilities and dreamy ambiance. But the nonchalant breeziness belied a serious attention to songcraft that beckoned careful listening, and hinted at depths yet unexplored. Lo and behold, before the ink was even dry on the first record, work had already begun on its follow-up Longwave, a conscious about-face from the sonic experimentation of the first album, and a journey inward.

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LISTEN: “Fake You” by Yoke Lore

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Absolutes, the forthcoming EP of New York indie pop act Yoke Lore, explores the grey areas between black and white ideas while building upon the lush, sonic palette of his past works. The new music finds multi-instrumentalist, dancer, and visual artist Adrian Galvin polishing his heartfelt anthems and ruminating on finding balance amid respective oppositions by breaking through the notion that truth necessitates purity.

“These songs all gravitate around the struggle between two sides of something,” Galvin explains.  The opening track, “Fake You” (below), is about the difficulty of realizing your perception of someone doesn’t necessarily match who they really are. “Cut And Run” follows, conveying the instinct to flee versus the instinct to find a home, and “Concrete” illustrates Galvin’s struggle between living in the city and being in the country. “So, they are all the conflicts of absolutes,” he states. “There must be a balance, some movement and some pull. A life of absolutes is no life at all.”

As with his previous releases, Galvin drew the artwork for his upcoming EP using bifurcated lines and contrasting imagery to convey his messages of absolutes.

Look for the cross-country spring tour with FRENSHIP, the tour lands in Toronto on April 21 at The Drake.

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