✨ IC Community Weekly #20
ft. new music from Suzie True, Jeff Rosenstock, Big Girl, Meernaa and Sen Morimoto, Strange Ranger tour dates, industry events & more!
Hey and welcome to a new edition of IC Community Weekly!
In the week where Elton John performed for the last time in the UK as the Sunday night Pyramid Stage headliner at Glastonbury, you - as usual - released lots of great music. Keep scrolling for that as well as new signings, upcoming gigs, industry events, and more!
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NEW IC CATALOGS
A very warm 🤝 to…
Biscayne Recordings, an indie label set up by songwriter and producer Elevation (aka Mike Targanski).
NEW RELEASES
🎧 Get Better released the new album by “3 piece crybaby pop band from LA” (their words) Suzie True today. It’s called, Sentimental Scum and you can buy or listen to it here
🎧 Polyvinyl announced HELLMODE, the fifth studio album from DIY trailblazer Jeff Rosenstock. The “chaotic record for an increasingly chaotic world” comes out September 1st (pre-order) and you can watch the animated music video for new song DOUBT below:
🎧 Weird Sister released Big Girl vs. GOD today, the new album by Brooklyn-based band Big Girl, produced by Justin Pizzoferrato (Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., Speedy Ortiz), which you can check out here
🎧 🖥 Keeled Scales announced the new Meernaa album So Far So Good, which comes out October 6th (pre-order), and shared the music video for new track As Many Birds Flying:
🎧 🖥 Sooper announced Diagnosis, the third LP by Chicago artist Sen Morimoto. Diagnosis, will be released November 3rd. Pre-order it here and check out the music video for title track Diagnosis below:
🎧 Chapter Music announced the first ever vinyl reissue of Finally by seminal folk cult figure Kath Bloom. First released in 2005, it was her first official album since 1984 and is now coming out on clear vinyl LP and digital on September 8th and available for pre-order from today - Bandcamp pre-orders include a bundle with the first ever official Kath Bloom t-shirt! Chapter also shared a digital single of Kath's classic song Come Here, alongside a never-before-heard 1987 recording of the same track:
🎧 Ransom Note announced Sun Moon Town Versions by Steve Queralt/Michael Smith, a companion piece to last year’s EP, on which Steve Queralt, bass player of pioneering shoegazers RIDE, joined forces with the writer and film-maker Michael Smith for a four-track EP featuring Steve's music and Michael's spoken-word musings. On Versions, out July 21st, the four tracks have been reimagined by Nandele, Flug 8, GLOK and Nina Walsh.
🎧 Sipsman released Elixir, the new song by Katie von Schleicher and Lady Lamb:
🎧 Joyful Noise released Austere the new record by post-rock band Ativin, who return from a 19-year hiatus with this, “the group’s most expansive and cinematic work to date”. Stream or buy it here
🎧 Earth Libraries released Here You Are, the new album by Chicago-based art rock band The Roof Dogs, which you can stream or buy here
🎧 🖥 Polyvinyl released Independence Day, the final Palehound track from forthcoming Eye On The Bat, which lands on July 14th. They’ve also released a video that captures the anthemic energy of the song:
🎧Kill Rock Stars released the new Ryan Cassata single HOWL (Protest Song), an Allen Ginsberg inspired track that dives into the current political climate towards the trans community, whose bodies and identities are politicized and their healthcare and human rights put up for debate in the recent wave of anti-trans bills. Cassata describes the track as “an energetic pop-punk song that embodies my passion for touring while exploring the struggles of balancing life on the road and love and family life”. Check it out here
🎧 🖥 Topshelf released The Window, the latest single from Ratboys. Check out the video for it:
📼 Joyful Noise are doing a second edition of VHS tapes of the feature film debut of Tropical Fuck Storm, Goody Goody Gumdrops, which is “part live performance, part documentary, part absurdist comedy” and described by founding member Gareth Liddiard as their version of Magical Mystery Tour. Get yours here
NEW SIGNINGS
✍️ Double Double Whammy welcomed Truth Club to their family and they’re already a Stereogum Band to Watch. The band’s “crushing guitars and sweet harmonies are a brilliant taste of what’s to come” and you can see yourself by checking out new single Blue Eternal:
✍️ Really Rad Records welcomed Denver’s Broken Record to their label. For anyone that’s a fan of Jimmy Eat World, Sunny Day Real Estate or Christie Front Drive, you may have just found your new favourite band. Check out new single Blueprinting:
SHOWS, TOURS + EVENTS
🚌 Strange Ranger (Fire Talk) announced a US tour, which kicks off in New York City at DROM with support from Nourished by Time | TICKETS
🚌 Juan Waters (Captured Tracks) is heading out on a European tour this November | TICKETS
🎤 Big Joanie (Kill Rock Stars) are playing a big London show at Earth Theatre on November 4th | TICKETS
🚌 Holy Wave (Suicide Squeeze) and Ulrika Spacek (Tough Love Records) are touring the US together later this year | TICKETS
🎤 If you’re at Pitchfork Music Festival in a few weeks, don’t miss the Florist (Double Double Whammy) + Skullcrusher (Secretly Canadian) aftershow at Lincoln Hall on July 21st | TICKETS
📆 UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS
+ check out the newly public 🎟 Events Directory for more conferences, festivals, record fairs, webinars, etc!
June 28th - 1st July ‣ Open’er Festival (Gdynia, Poland)
June 29th - 2nd July ‣ High Sierra Music Festival (Quincy, California)
June 29th - 3rd July ‣ Essence Music Festival (New Orleans, LA, US)
June 29th - 6th July ‣ Smithsonian Folklife Festival (Washington DC, US)
July 4th - 6th ‣ Wallifornia Music & Innovation Summit (Liège, Belgium)
July 6th - 8th ‣ NOS Alive (Oeiras, Portugal)
July 8th - 9th ‣ Iklectika 2023 (London, UK)
July 10th - 12th ‣ Fortune Brainstorm Tech (Park City, UT, USA)
July 14th - 16th ‣ Pitchfork Festival (Chicago, IL, US)
July 22nd ‣ Visions Festival (London, UK)
And one to mark on your calendars - the AIM Independent Music Awards 2023 are happening on September 26th and early bird tickets are on sale for AIM members now. Email awards@aim.org.uk for more info!
That’s all for this one! Stay safe and we’ll catch you next week for more.