✨ IC Community Weekly #15

ft. event picks for The Great Escape, an open role at nonclassical, new music from Sweet Pill, Natural Wonder Beauty Concept, Sen Morimoto, Wombo, Cable Ties, Jeffrey Silverstein + tour dates & more!

Hey and welcome to the IC Community Weekly!

If you’re down in Brighton for The Great Escape, we are a) jealous and b) wholeheartedly recommending you check out these bands and showcases:

Houndstooth (Fabric Records) 10th Anniversary showcase

Friday May 12th | 7:30 - 11 | St Mary’s Church

DIVORCE (Hand in Hive)

Friday May 12th | 8:30pm | TGE Beach Stage

Mandy, Indiana (Fire Talk)

Saturday May 13th | 5pm | VOLKS

Wombo (Fire Talk)

Saturday May 11th | 10:15pm | Green Door Store

Also, a nice bit of community news: Polyvinyl recently bought 704 W High Street in Urbana (aka The American Football House) along with the band, Chris Strong, Atiba Jefferson, and Open House Contemporary, saving it from being turned in to a Condo and preserving its place and legacy within the community that built it. Our kinda stuff!

Plus, at the community’s request we’ve added a Jobs Board, which we’ll include in any edition where the community has open roles they want to share.

- Adam & the Infinite Catalog crew

If you’re an IC catalog or creator and there’s anything you want to be sure we mention next time, just reply and let us know - this goes out to 2000+ inboxes every week!

JOBS BOARD

Nonclassical is currently seeking its next Chair of Trustees to lead the label from September 2023.

They are seeking a person passionate about their mission to advocate for Nonclassical and build their profile who, with experience in income generation / fundraising, will provide inspirational leadership to staff and Board as they enter their 20th anniversary in 2024.

They are particularly keen to hear from candidates from all backgrounds currently underrepresented in the creative industries due to barriers linked to ethnicity, class, disability or gender.

For more information about the role, organization, person specification and how to express your interest, please view the full information pack here. The deadline for expressions of interest is Noon on Wednesday May 17th.

NEW RELEASES

🎧🖥 Topshelf released a new video for Dog Song by New Jersey emo band Sweet Pill (pictured at the top):

🎧 Mexican Summer announced the self-titled debut LP by Natural Wonder Beauty Concept, a new collaborative project from Ana Roxanne and DJ Python, which comes out July 14th. Pre-order here/check out first single Sword:

🎧 Sooper announced the newest single from multi-instrumentalist and jazz-rap artist Sen Morimoto, If The Answer Isn't Love, a genre-bending blend of rock, jazz, post-punk and R&B about “the enduring power of love and the struggle to hang onto that feeling when in crisis.” Check it out here in all the places or preview below:

🎧🖥 Fire Talk announced a new record from Louisville art-rock trio Wombo. Their new Slab EP is out June 16th and you can pre-order it here and check out the video for the title track below:

🎧 Merge shared Change, the new track by Cable Ties, from their new album All Her Plans, which releases June 23rd (pre-order). The trio will finally make their live debut in America this September when they open for Superchunk

🎧 Arrowhawk released the new Jeffrey Silverstein album Western Sky Music today! Silverstein is joined by Barry Walker Jr. on steel (North Americans + Rose City Band), Dana Buoy (Akron/Family) on drums, as well as guest appearances from William Tyler and Karima Walker. Order the album here and check out new single Sunny Jean:

🎧 Suicide Squeeze released Thank You, the new single by Texas-born, LA-based artist Danny Lee Blackwell aka Night Beats. It’s taken from forthcoming album, Rajan, which is touted as “a wildly diverse and thrilling album that blends Hendrix leanings with Everly and Isley Brothers harmonic experimentation under an Anatolian tent of soul and R&B”. It’s set for release on July 14th but you can check out the new single now:

🎧 Kill Rock Stars released the new Mikaela Davis single Promise, taken from the album And Southern Star, out August 4th (pre-order here)

They also released Doppelganger, the latest single & video from TEKE::TEKE, “inspired by 60’s Okinawan music and then mixed with a melancholic vibe often found in Japanese pop ballads of the 70’s.” Listen to the track and pre-order sophomore album Hagata over here

🎧 Carpark announced the new album by Madeline Kenney called A New Reality Mind, out July 28th. Pre-order it here and check out new single Superficial Conversation:

NEW SIGNINGS

✍️ Spartan Records welcomed Ghost Work to their family, a post-punk supergroup featuring Aaron Stauffer (Seaweed), Sean Husick (Mikemarker), Dustin Perry (Snapcase), and Erin Tate (Minus The Bear). The first record on the label is a re-release of the band’s 2020 debut album, You'll Be Buried With, which has been remastered and is available now for the first time ever on vinyl. You can order it here

SHOWS, TOURS + EVENTS

🎤 Ransom Note will return to The Social in London tonight, May 12th, as part of their ongoing residency, which pairs live acts alongside DJ’s. This time they’ll be joined by Peckham based MC Pinty | TICKETS

🚌 Generationals (Polyvinyl) are touring the US, starting in Houston, Texas in September | TICKETS

🚌 Florist (Double Double Whammy) are Skullcrusher (Secretly Canadian) are touring together this summer | TICKETS

🚌 Jeanines (Slumberland) are heading out for a tour of the UK in July | TICKETS

🚌 Fran (Fire Talk) are hitting the road for a summer tour in support of latest album Leaving | TICKETS

🚌 Dizzy (Royal Mountain) are touring the US this autumn | TICKETS

📆 UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS

+ check out the newly public 🎟 Events Directory for more conferences, festivals, record fairs, webinars, etc!

May 10th - 13th ‣ The Great Escape (Brighton, UK)*

May 15th - 18th ‣ Music Biz 2023 (Nashville, TN, US)

May 23rd - 24th ‣ Africa Rising Music Conference (Johannesburg, South Africa)

May 24th ‣ Music Week Awards (London, UK)

May 24th - 26th ‣ Brighton Music Conference (Brighton, UK)

May 27th - 28th ‣ Your City Festival (Stoke-On-Trent, UK)

May 29th - June 4th ‣ Primavera Sound (Barcelona, Spain)

June 5th - 11th ‣ Primavera Sound (Madrid, Spain)

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That’s all for this one! Stay safe and we’ll catch you next week for more.