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"Invincible" is the follow up to The Unlikely Candidates' hit song "Novocaine", which topped the Alternative Radio Chart beating out Billie Eilish for the #1 spot. Watch the music video for the hit song, HERE. "Novocaine" skyrocketed in popularity since the release of the music video, which has nearly 20 million views on YouTube. On top of "Novocaine's" radio success, the track was one of Vevo's "Most Watched Alternative Video List", featured in the season 4 trailer of HULU's popular TV show Veronica Mars, and on Now That's What I Call Music.    The Unlikely Candidates recently launched their weekly live stream, "Flatten The Humpday", which airs every Wednesday at 4PM EDT/3PM CT. Fans can tune...

  Steve Ray Ladson shares an emotive new single today titled "Calling Your Name". Blending R&B, pop and smooth hip hop, he reflects on the universal search for love, and how life as a touring musician can make relationships a struggle. It's a warm, authentic embrace, that speaks directly to the heart, as a moving and honest reflection.  Ladson shared how the song came to be. "This song was inspired and created down in Muscle Shoals, Alabama one evening after a recording session at a friends home around the table where writing sessions are a norm. I picked up the guitar...

SayWeCanFly's New Single & Video "anxxiety" Out Today Ontario, Canada musician Braden Barrie (who records under the name SayWeCanFly) is debuting a brand new single titled "anxxiety" today. The track is the first of 12 new songs that will be released in the weeks and months ahead via his new partnership with We Are Triumphant/The Orchard.     Braden says, ''We shot the anxxiety music video with a two-hour time slot at the YouTube space here in Toronto. I wanted to use two characters to visually express the internal war that takes place while turning pain into poetry & creating art from difficult life...

DEAD LAKES ANNOUNCE SIGNING TO SHARPTONE RECORDS   NEW EP NEW LANGUAGE DUE OUT MAY 1, 2020   AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW AT https://shrptn.co/close2me Genre-fluid Pacific Northwest outfit Dead Lakes have announced that they have signed to SharpTone Records. With that, their new EP, New Language, will be released to fans on May 1, 2020. On New Language, Dead Lakes stake a claim of ownership across multiple genres, from irresistible pop and R&B to energized anthemic rock. It's a bold sound with huge appeal for any fan of The Neighbourhood, PVRIS, or Bring Me The Horizon.   Along with the signing and album announce, the band has dropped...

Happy Anniversary R.E.M!   It was 40 years ago this weekend (April 5, 1980) when the band played their first show at an abandoned church on Oconee Street in Athens for a friend's birthday party. Thanks to these great photos from Sandra-Lee Phipps, we can get a glimpse of what it was like on that momentous occasion. Were you there? Share your memories of what R.E.M. has meant to you during the last four decades on our social media pages on April 5.   Bill Rieflin: 1960-2020  It is with heavy hearts we acknowledge the death of our dear friend and...