It’s the month where we all collectively celebrate true love…and also the shortest month of the year. Coincidence?
Onward.
Two Thousand Twenty-five is off the rails already with a ton of new music. Here is some of the new stuff we have listened to so far and loved:
- New track from Soltero, a Boston-turned Berlin band playing self-described “fuzzy rock jangly pop.” Check ‘em out.
- LA instrumental trio, LA LOM, does it again with a hot new single. The Intern loves their blend of Cumbia and Peruvian Chicha. Check them out on tour; they’re in Europe in February, then touring all over the US from March – August.
- New single from Twain, multi-instrumentalist Mat Davidson’s singer-songwriter project. We can’t stop listening to this one. Yup, yup, yup, it’s true. On tour February and March!
- Shannon & The Clams has a new single out. It rips. They just finished touring with The Deslondes and are out again, this time opening up for Alabama Shakes.
- Longtime favorite, Sharon Van Etten has a new single out with her new band and it feels very 80s rocker/post-punk in a Pylon (best band ever) sort of way and The Intern is HERE FOR IT. She’s on tour in Europe now, continuing in the US.
- Marlon Williams has a new single out, preceding his first Māori language album (his ancestral tongue) out April 4. In the new song, “Aua Atu Rā,” Marlon sings “I am alone / in this boat / on the ocean / There is not a trace of wind / No, none at all.”
- John R. Miller has a new album out and is on tour! He is also part of a rad songwriter retreat and residency in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hank and The Intern will be there will bells on to check him out.
- High Horse darlings, Tobacco City, has a new single out to whet our appetite for their new album, out March 8! We’ve got a whole write up here.
- Pedal steel purveyor of haunted folk songs, Old Pup, has a new single out and they are on tour! Lookin’ forward to hearing more when they come to Santa Fe! There new album Spider Towns is out soon!
- New single from psych-funk n’ blues trio Little Barrie and Malcolm Catto. This is the first track from their new album comin’ out April 18 with a UK tour to match.
- Mississippi blues musician, Ryan Lee Crosby, has a new single out that we love! Catch him on a short run of shows in March and April.
- Ora Cogan has a new Audiotree recording of her goth country song “Cowgirl” that we are digging. She is touring a ton in the coming months, including a fine-lookin’ euro tour.
- Lastly, we have Australian macadamia nut farmers turned psych-rock musicians, Babe Rainbow. They have been noted for their “boogie psychedelia and throwback surf cult imagery,” check em out on tour!
Playlist by Keri Lisa, the world’s greatest intern…
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