Different-pop artist and songwriter Lucy Frost has returned together with her newest launch, “Strains.” Capturing the sentiments of angst at seeing your ex with somebody new and the impetuous have to warn them, “Strains” is accessible now on all streaming platforms.
Lucy Frost leans into rock sensibilities, delivering a heavy-hitting confession of hysteria and mania that grabs listeners from the beginning, pulling them into whole emotional immersion. “Strains” is a deeply anxious monitor, filled with self-conscious and compulsive lyrics like, “Get a grip, you’re superb, they don’t hear you crying by means of the partitions.” Stuffed to the brim with paranoia and reckless feelings, “Strains” follows the journey of somebody who has come face-to-face with an ex’s new lover. Between unease over nonetheless having emotions, “Trigger you retain creeping up my backbone, and I can’t transfer on,” to holding again private impulses to stroll over to the subsequent individual and inform them all the pieces about your ex, “Strains” is a musical retelling of one thing all of us undergo. “‘Strains’ sonically captures the chaotic spiral of somebody who simply witnessed their ex with somebody new for the primary time,” explains Frost. “That gnawing want to inform the subsequent individual about them, the intrusive ideas that management us within the second, the impulsive actions we take that we instantly remorse the subsequent day. It’s paranoia whereas additionally being neurotic, till we’re pressured to face the query: who’ve I develop into?” The monitor was produced alongside Charlotte Reed and Mosaic, with drums offered by Graham Moala.
MONSTER PARTY is an interactive play that places visitors within the middle of a supernatural, sociopolitical melodrama. Set inside the context of a weird, surreal cocktail celebration, the present sees attendees let unfastened inside the house of an enigmatic socialite often known as The Baroness. All through the two.5 hour expertise, visitors can have a possibility to have interaction with a bunch of colourful characters, piecing collectively a lurid and ugly narrative.
Interactivity, participation in celebration video games, and, most significantly, gossip can all be utilized as storytelling mechanics; visitors are inspired to not solely interact with the performers, however with one another to assist piece the story collectively. Whereas participation is inspired, MONSTER PARTY is designed for newcomers and seasoned immersive theatre attendees alike, permitting everybody to have interaction with the narrative at their very own tempo. Friends can dive in and have interaction with the fabric instantly, or just get pleasure from a libation whereas watching a zany, absurdist narrative unfolds round them. Thematically, MONSTER PARTY is a fable about how the techniques we exist in – Western Christianity, capitalism, patriarchy, warmongering, and numerous ethical panics – flip us into monsters, terrorizing each other whereas these in energy profit.
The present is ready in Washington D.C., towards the backdrop of McCarthyism of the early Fifties – particularly the ethical panic that might later be often known as the ‘Lavender Scare,’ when queer authorities workers have been outed and fired attributable to being perceived as ‘nationwide safety dangers’ (learn: attributable to institutional homophobia). The present is designed to each entertain and provoke, difficult audiences to confront their very own monstrous tendencies.
Author, director and producer, Matt Dorado: “MONSTER PARTY may be very close to and pricey to my coronary heart. I’ve been engaged on this totally realized model because the day after we wrapped the proof-of-concept again in October 2024. It’s been extremely rewarding to develop, fundraise for, and finally get to supply a present that’s so genuine to my deranged inner-creative. Sadly, the present’s themes have develop into strikingly extra related since then, as we’re mired in a brand new period of violent political upheaval, unfounded ethical panic, and deep division. So though it’s rooted in schlocky melodrama, I’m hopeful that MONSTER PARTY will problem audiences – maybe in new and sudden methods – whereas additionally permitting them a night of gonzo leisure. I’m genuinely thrilled to unleash this lurid, campy immersive piece into the world!”
MONSTER PARTY runs April 16-25 at Rita Home and tickets can be found at monsterpartyshow.com. Tickets are $150.00 (with particular group pricing obtainable, $145 per individual for teams of 4 to seven, and $140 per individual for teams of eight or extra). Tickets embody the two.5 hour present, and libations served all through the night. Solely 50 tickets can be found per displaying. The present is strictly 21+.
MONSTER PARTY forged:
Dasha Kittredge as The Baroness
Sidney Franklin as Charlie
Benjamin Berg as Bernard
Bukola Ogunmola as Patricia
Emily Yetter as Loretta
Misha Reeves as Helena, The Butler
Darren Herczeg as Stanley, The Maid
Influential and beloved Chicago alt-rock band The Academy Is… have shared “L Practice,” the ultimate single from their long-awaited new album, Virtually There, arriving on March 27, 2026, by way of I Give up Information. Rhythmic and driving, “L Practice” captures the intrigue of an enormous evening out in Chicago. The band reminisce on late nights and the emotional chaos that may ensue. Ethereal riffs bounce by means of William Beckett’s vocals because the night carries on, bubbly synths punctuating each second.
“‘L Practice’ is a tune about these nights the place you’re caught in your individual head; alone in a crowded room, surrounded by social ghosts,” the band explains. “The tune is dreamy, however there’s a haunting, nervous power operating by means of it. It’s our lens right into a midwest thoughts journey the place you’re replaying recollections time and again…”
Alt-acoustic artist Nicole Alexis (stylized as N/A) is happy to announce her forthcoming EP Mirrors and Smoke, due out April seventeenth. Mirrors and Smoke options latest single “Don’t Inform Me To Breathe” – which was lately featured within the launch of Fender’s Quantum LT – in addition to 4 model new tracks, all written and conceived by the multi-instrumentalist songwriter, who oversaw each component of the manufacturing. N/A shares:
“This EP captures the emotional push and pull of loving somebody you recognize you in all probability shouldn’t. Every tune represents a distinct second in that cycle — from holding onto hope, to confronting the injury, to lastly realizing you deserve extra. It’s a mirrored image on how straightforward it’s to lose your self making an attempt to repair one thing that was by no means yours to repair.”
Keep tuned for brand new single, “Simply A Pal”, which N/A teased final 12 months whereas acting at Vans Warped Tour on The Unplugged Stage in Orlando. The tune set is to be launched on March twentieth and is accessible for pre-save now right here. To pre-save Mirrors and Smoke, please go to: https://ffm.to/e1oyagd
N/A has quietly taken the web by storm over the previous few years, constructing a following of tons of of hundreds throughout social media together with her stripped again and looped covers of fan favorites from New Discovered Glory, Kelly Clarkson, Smashing Pumpkins, My Chemical Romance, A Day To Keep in mind, Dashboard Confessional, blink-182, and extra. Now her songwriting abilities and instrumental prowess are on full show as N/A prepares to launch her first full EP of authentic music.
LA-based producer Robert Ruby strikes once more with a powerful post-disco influenced synth-tronica monitor, “Management.” The precipice of the brand new monitor focuses on permitting folks to stay freely, with out the inherent urge to regulate their selections. Crammed with synth-vox, conga and hand percussion, and wah guitars, the brand new monitor is a cool groove for followers of LCD Soundsystem, Scorching Chip, or Caribou.
Contemporary off a sold-out EU/UK headline tour, RIAA Gold-selling Chicago rap virtuoso and Pivot Gang chief Saba returns at the moment with “Paygrade Demo,” a beforehand unreleased monitor with GRAMMY® Award-winning super-producer and “Godfather of Chicago Hip-Hop” No ID – LISTEN HERE. The discharge is available in celebration of the upcoming one 12 months anniversary of their critically acclaimed joint album From the Non-public Assortment of Saba and No ID.
Additionally premiering at the moment is a behind-the-scenes take a look at the creation of “Paygrade Demo,” offered with Common Audio – WATCH HERE. Filmed inside Raphael Saadiq’s Los Angeles recording studio, the video captures Saba and No ID as they rework the unscripted session right into a completed document, guided by multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer Jimmy Douglass.
Launched final March, From the Non-public Assortment of Saba and No ID is the powerhouse joint album that has surpassed 50 million streams worldwide so far and earned widespread reward from The New York Instances, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Complicated, NPR Music, Hypebeast, and extra, rapidly changing into one of the crucial talked-about rap releases of 2025.
Contemporary off the discharge of her new album Satellite tv for pc, Charlotte Sands unveils the official music video for “None of My Enterprise,” spotlighting one of many album’s standout moments.
Pushed by heavy guitar riffs, brooding synths, and an electrifying, sing-along refrain, “None of My Enterprise” captures the defiant power that runs by means of Satellite tv for pc. The accompanying video, directed by Juan Flores and Ethan Jones, channels that very same depth. Charlotte co-edited the visible with Flores and styled the complete shoot herself, assembling and tailoring each look from thrifted items to deliver the idea to life.
“I knew the video needed to match the tune’s power whereas nonetheless being one thing we may realistically pull off on an indie finances,” Charlotte shares. “I instantly began constructing a temper board of editorial workplace photoshoots with a Y2K, barely Severance-inspired shade palette, and located an previous document studio workplace outdoors of LA that matched the aesthetic completely. I liked the thought of tying the visuals again to the album cowl and letting the video be pushed by the efficiency and chaos of the tune.”
Gondos return at the moment with the ripping new single “Cease Calling Me”. The 2-minute-forty-second blast of fuzz-laced storage rock lampoons singer/guitarist Aidan Case’s short-lived dalliance with an workplace job life as a telemarketer. With vocals dispatching themes of anger, sarcasm, and exasperation, “Cease Calling Me” delivers a gritty reflection on what it means to be an intruder, and be intruded upon, amongst the day by day hassles of recent life.
Additionally launched at the moment is a video that captures the Portland, Oregon, four-piece in a warehouse area of their hometown’s Chinatown district. Replete with harsh fluorescent lighting and stripped-back fixtures, this visible displays the irrepressible direct power of a Gondos document.
New Orleans, LA rock band Pope continues to preview their first album in over eight years, BFM, obtainable on April 30, 2026, by way of Houston’s tastemaking Ceremony Area Information. Premiering at the moment by way of Flood Journal, “Make You Really feel” is pushed by hard-hitting drums and ringing guitars that emit frustration and grief. Vocal harmonies fill the areas in between with chords which can be clever, glimmering, and complete. A profound monitor, completely different sonic components layer and coalesce to soundtrack the emotional complexity that comes with navigating loss. The tune abruptly ends with audio from “from a legendary present hosted by our misplaced pal,” in keeping with bandleader Matt Seferian. The pattern performs like an allegory for each the shock that grief can deliver and the legacy that an individual can go away.
“‘Make You Really feel’ is basically two emotions in a single tune,” Seferian explains. “Written after I was within the shock of the sudden lack of a long-time pal. It was so quick and so complicated that I used to be having a tough time processing it by means of my regular channels or previous experiences with grief. It’s additionally about neighborhood to me; how folks may be so entrenched in your current and previous lives.”
Solrise Information / Virgin Music Group’s Australian-born, Nashville-based nation mainstay Morgan Evans will launch his anticipated sophomore album Metal City subsequent Friday, March 20.
Named for his coastal hometown, Metal City is the results of a interval of reflection spent again house in Australia after a interval of maximum public scrutiny and alter. Evans discovered his manner by means of by tapping right into a deep vein of creativity and reigniting his ardour for songcraft. In the end, that centering interval in Australia introduced Morgan again to Nashville with a renewed ardour for creating music that resonates on a worldwide scale.
“I needed to get out of city,” Evans shares. “I wanted one thing actual. Outdated mates, acquainted locations, and salt water. I reconnected with the place I got here from, who I used to be, who I wish to be.”
“Rising up spherical Newy, as a child, and a musician, it was a gorgeous place, but additionally a troublesome place, that constructed a personality and resilience that I’ve taken with me all over the world,” he continues. “Now, having been in Nashville for 10 years, I’ve a good better love and respect for the place that raised me and welcomed me house after I wanted it essentially the most. On this album, I’ve lastly discovered that steadiness of satisfaction and earnest that I can share and sing with full authenticity.”
From revolutionary vocalist to progressive artist and DJ, Kaleena Zanders joins forces with singer-songwriter Hayley Could on their new single “Who We Are,” set for launch on March 13 by way of Helix Information. The monitor serves as Kaleena’s second single from her forthcoming debut album, Something Goes.
“First time I met Hayley Could in London, we immediately acquired alongside. After our first session, we ended up going to dinner and speaking for hours. Since then, we’ve all the time had the most effective time, whether or not we’re razzing one another about relationships or having deep conversations about life and this wild business we’re in. We’ve written a number of songs collectively, however this one felt completely different. It felt just like the one we have been meant to launch as a collab. She initially sang the demo, and I deliberate to re-record it later however her voice sounded so unbelievable and blended with mine in such a particular manner that I believed, why change it? It’s truthfully so uncommon and exquisite to seek out one other highly effective vocalist in dance music and create one thing that feels this pure collectively.”
Hailing from the traditional market city of Bedford, England, and raised on the American roots music spinning from her Anglo-Indian grandmother’s document assortment, soulful Americana singer-songwriter Danni Nicholls has spent the final decade carving out a revered place on the worldwide roots scene. Now proudly primarily based in Nashville, TN, her long-dreamed-of non secular house, she continues to develop her stateside presence, tour broadly, and put together for the discharge of her forthcoming fourth full-length studio album, Making Strikes.
Danni’s musical journey was sparked by an opportunity encounter with Nashville producer and bassist Chris Donohue (Emmylou Harris), which led to the making of her critically acclaimed albums A Little Redemption (2012) and Mockingbird Lane (2015). Each featured legendary Nashville gamers, together with Al Perkins, Will Kimbrough, and Steve Fishell, and obtained rave critiques for his or her authenticity and emotional depth. Her third studio album, The Melted Morning (2019), produced by Jordan Brooke Hamlin (Brandi Carlile, Indigo Ladies), revealed a extra intimate and haunting sonic panorama and was broadly praised for its vulnerability and originality. Since then, Danni has continued to evolve with a stay album, a covers assortment, and a string of well-received singles.
Her upcoming album, Making Strikes, produced by Sarah Peacock, marks a daring new chapter – mixing rootsy heat with refined fashionable textures and reflecting a interval of resilience, reinvention, and ahead movement. The document finds Danni stepping extra totally into her personal energy, embracing change, and writing with renewed readability about progress, braveness, and letting go.
Described as a “one in 1,000,000” artist with a “velvet voice” (Maverick Journal), and with songs hailed as “elegant and compelling” (R2 Journal), Danni brings heat, soul, and nuance to each stage she steps onto. Whether or not in intimate listening rooms, grand theatres, or pageant primary levels, her performances are identified for melting hearts and holding audiences spellbound. She has shared payments and excursions with artists equivalent to Lucinda Williams, The Secret Sisters, and Sturgill Simpson, and her music has been featured on hit tv reveals, together with Sons of Anarchy.
A 3-time Americana Music Affiliation UK award nominee, Danni has carried out at esteemed festivals worldwide, together with Cambridge People Pageant (UK), Tønder Pageant (Denmark), AMERICANAFEST (USA), Mile of Music (USA), and 30A Songwriters Pageant (USA). Writing songs of hope, therapeutic, and human connection, she has drawn comparisons to Brandi Carlile, Rosanne Money, and KT Tunstall.
With Making Strikes about to drop Summer season 2026 and momentum constructing on each side of the Atlantic, Danni Nicholls is an artist whose ardour, presence, and highly effective voice proceed to resonate deeply and go away an enduring impression.
| Fashioned in a shared East LA lockout, Clarion makes a type of fired-up shoegaze pushed by the shared instinct of members Saya Oliva (bass/vocals, she/her), Anthony Sanchez (guitar/he/him), and touring drummer Javier Flores. In the event that they’re not enjoying a DIY gig at a Denny’s, then they’re again within the room the place it began — jamming, debating, refining, and crafting a sound large enough to swallow the area round them. Clarion is discovering their voice in actual time, and the latest final result of their efforts isBlue Fairy, their new EP out March 27. |
| Saya and Anthony take affect from the in-your-face ethos and strategy of bands like Fennel, Sonic Youth, HUM, Julie, Black Flag, and even Paramore. The result’s something however polished––Blue Fairy is a harsh and abrasive mixture of shoegaze, post-punk, and noise-forward rock that units Clarion aside. |
Erinn Alissa releases her new single, “Jacaranda Timber,” a haunting, nostalgic folk-pop ballad. By means of a young reflection of a spot she as soon as liked, this deeply private monitor captures the heartbreak and recollections felt after the lack of a house, reminding listeners that recollections linger on lengthy after the mud has settled. “Jacaranda Timber” is now obtainable on all streaming platforms worldwide.
“Jacaranda Timber” is a guitar-driven ballad, met with passionate storytelling by means of intimate lyricism reflecting on the loss and grief of a house that when stood, however has since fallen to ashes. Although the emotional core of this monitor relies on her personal private expertise following the Palisades Hearth in January 2025, this tune speaks a common language of ache and nostalgia. On the middle of the monitor is Erinn Alissa’s commanding vocal efficiency, measured but deeply affecting, carrying the emotional weight of the story with placing readability. Her supply strikes with restraint and management, permitting the vulnerability in every line to land with precision somewhat than extra. Very like the tree that bloomed each spring and sat outdoors her window, “Jacaranda Timber” implies that reminiscence will stay on within the areas that we feature and quietly develop inside us. “‘Jacaranda Timber’ is about loving a spot that now not exists, and the ghost of who we’re when it’s gone. It’s for anybody who’s misplaced one thing that when felt like house and nonetheless carries it with them,” says Erinn Alissa. “Jacaranda Timber” was self-produced alongside GRAMMY-winner Janet Robin (Lindsey Buckingham, Air Provide, John Carter Money), who additionally offered acoustic and electrical guitars, with Chris Love on bass. The monitor was blended by Erinn Alissa and Matt Hyde (No Doubt, Deftones), who additionally mastered the monitor.
Multifaceted inventive Lexi Carr is again together with her rawest, most sincere monitor but. Her new self-produced single, ‘Able to Personal My Shit’, is a layered, genre-blurring journey, half diary entry, half sonic experiment, the place nothing stays in a single field.
‘Able to Personal My Shit’ is accessible now in your streaming service of selection by way of APOLLO Distribution.
Canadian indie alt-pop artist Maddy Little returns with “Quicksand,” a quietly devastating reflection on self-doubt, overthinking, and the gradual realization that somebody you like is already midway gone. Moderately than capturing the explosion of a breakup, the tune sits contained in the second earlier than it occurs when distance grows, communication fades, and blame turns inward.
Written throughout a interval of emotional uncertainty, “Quicksand” explores the sensation of watching a relationship slip away whereas questioning your individual price. “I wrote this tune about watching somebody I liked slowly draw back and continually blaming myself for it,” Little explains. The title displays that emotional state — being caught in patterns that really feel unimaginable to flee. “Quicksand is so laborious to flee when you’re in it. I stored having these ideas about whether or not I used to be sufficient for this individual. It felt like an emotional quicksand.”
- E mail: neill@outloudculture.com
