Last Friday, independent recording artists the Wide Eyed Lounge Cats (WELC) released their third studio album The Watermelon Sessions on all  major streaming services, and after 3.5 days can report 5400 streams on the entire album and a  33% save rate on the Spotify platform alone, crushing the total streams of their first two releases  in short order and tripling the Spotify save rate.

Today, The Janutee have unveiled “Ishmael,” the second single off of their forthcoming record Anything coming out via Regime Music Group on July 14th. The release is accompanied by a stop-motion animated lyric video that can be viewed HERE.

Fresh off the success of their recent album Mid-Atlantic Dub, rising Reggae Rock outfit Bumpin Uglies have announced the release of 'Underdog: The Acoustic Sessions,' a visceral 16-track collection arriving September 8 via Controlled Substance Sound Labs/The Orchard (Slightly Stoopid, Rebelution, Pepper).

Ley Line, Austin’s multilingual folk fusion group, is proud to announce a new single “Desde Lejos,” which will be released on June 9, 2023. The band, consisting of Kate Robberson, Emilie Basez, and twin sisters Madeleine and Lydia Froncek add this beautiful new song to their celebrated catalog which includes a combined total of over 5 million plays on Spotify and rising. Their critically acclaimed releases have support from NPR, Billboard, Brooklyn Vegan, KUTX, and more.

Canada’s discovery music festival, North by Northeast (NXNE), has announced the full artist lineup of 300 emerging acts for this year’s festival running from June 13-18, in over 20 of Toronto’s hottest live music venues.