Category: New Music

CHVRCHES Release New Single

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Synthpop band CHVRCHES probably need little introduction in 2023. The three band members settled on the name CHVRCHES, using the Roman letter “v” instead of a “u”. This spelling was chosen to differentiate themselves from actual churches in online search results.

The band have been around for more than a decade and have released four studio albums in that time. The latest, 2021’s Screen Violence topped the album chart in their native Scotland and featured the single How Not To Drown which spent three weeks at number one on RadiJohan’s Top 10.

This week CHVRCHES return with their first new single in over a year. In a press release the band shared:

“’Over’ is a song that we wrote with Oscar Holter, a producer we really respect and admire. Normally we collect songs over the course of months (or years!) until we have an album’s worth of material, but this time we just wanted to release something we were excited about and give the fans something new to mark the end of the ‘Screen Violence’ era, and the start of whatever the next CHVRCHES chapter might be.”

CHVRCHES’ new single, Over, is new this week on RadiJohan

Love Never Dies and Ska Lives

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The Interrupters are an American ska-punk band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2011. They have released four studio albums. RadiJohan has previously featured a few of their singles including the excellent Gave You Everything which rose to number 1 on the RadiJohan Top 10 in 2019.

The interrupters’ latest single, Love Never Dies, which features English band “The Skints,” is new this week on RadiJohan.

Are You a People Pleaser Too?

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Cat Burns is a 21 year old British singer and songwriter who went from busking to mastering Tik Tok in lockdown, singing a mix of her favourite covers and original music. As a result, she rapidly amassed a large following. One of her original songs, Go, went viral and ultimately rose to number two on the UK singles chart. She cites Ed Sheeran, India Arie and Tori Kelly as a few of her biggest inspirations. 

The lyrics of Cat Burns’ current single, People Pleaser, detailing her troubles with communication and confrontation, will no doubt resonate with many people.

We hope that you’ll be pleased that People Pleaser is new this week on RadiJohan.

Introducing Lady Blackbird

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A few years ago “Lady Blackbird” (aka Marley Munroe) burst onto the Jazz scene. When she was a child her parents listened to artists like Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Kool and the Gang and gospel singers like Andraé Crouch. When her mother realized Marley could sing she used to follow her around with a tape recorder. She has kept all the tapes of her as a small child singing and reciting various songs and nursery rhymes.

Marley got her start by performing at family gatherings, church, funerals, weddings, fairs and even sports events. At age 12 she traveled back and forth to Nashville after signing with a Christian record label and, as a teenager, she toured the U.S. performing in arenas with Toby Mac from “DC Talk.”

Before starting her career as Lady Blackbird, Marley Munroe explored other musical styles, eventually finding her Jazz-tinged calling as Lady Blackbird. Her debut single, Blackbird, a cover of a 1963 song by Nina Simone about the struggles of being a black woman, was released in May 2020. Her 2021 debut album, Black Acid Soul, received many 5 star reviews and she recently won ‘International Artist of the Year’ at the “Jazz FM Awards.”

Lady Blackbird’s latest single release, Woman, is new this week on RadiJohan.

Belle and Sebastian – Late Developers

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Less than a year after their most recent album, A Bit of Previous, Scottish band “Belle and Sebastian” have released another new full-length 11 track effort called Late Developers. The band were formed in Glasgow in 1996 and their previous albums have been particularly successful in the UK where they’ve also scored a number of hit singles. They also received an “Outstanding Contribution to Music Award” at the UK’s “NME Awards” in 2014.

Late Developers is Belle and Sebastian’s 12th studio album. The album’s lead single, I Don’t Know What You See In Me, is new this week on RadiJohan.

Noel Gallagher Goes Back to The Beginning

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“Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds” are an English Rock band formed in 2010 after Noel Gallagher’s departure from “Oasis.” The band have released three studio albums, all of which topped the UK Album chart. Their forthcoming new album, Council Skies, is due out in June. Noel Gallagher stated:

“𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 … 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 ‘90’𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.𝘛𝘰𝘱 𝘖𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘝 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺.”

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ new single, Easy Now, is new this week on RadiJohan

Introducing Polish Progressive Rock Band Riverside

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“Riverside” was formed almost by accident when two of its members listened to the band “Marillion” on a car stereo back in 2001. The friends both played in heavy metal bands at the time but had a common interest for progressive rock. They decided to get together with another mutual friend, who owned a studio, to start experimenting with progressive rock.

‘Friend or Foe?‘ is Riverside’s new single from their latest album, ID.Identity, the band’s 8th studio album. Riverside’s Mariusz Duda commented:

“One of its strong points is the lyrics which talk about how we’re perceived by others, especially these days, when pretending to be someone you’re not on social media has become the norm. Can we still be ourselves or do we have to keep adapting to the requirements of new algorithms? Perhaps we’ve already lost our identities and we’re only waiting for instructions from a Siri or Alexa?“

‘Friend or Foe?‘ by “Riverside” is new this week on RadiJohan

Those Damn Crows Are Ready

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“Those Damn Crows” are a Welsh rock band formed in 2014. Their 2018 debut album, Murder and the Motive, which had previously been released by the band in 2016 as a self-financed project, reached number 5 on the Official UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart. Their 2020 follow up, Point of No Return, reached number 14 on the UK album chart. Their latest album, Inhale/Exhale, is set for release worldwide on February 17th. The first single, This Time I’m ready, is out now. Frontman Shane Greenhall shares:

“‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺’ 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘋𝘢𝘥. 𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 11 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦) 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰… ‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦.”

This Time I’m Ready by “Those Damn Crows” is new this week on RadiJohan.

All Star Gang of 80’s Legends Release New Anthem

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Gonna Be You is a song written by legendary songwriter Dianne Warren for the sports comedy movie 80 For Brady. Dolly Parton has teamed up with fellow megastars Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan, Belinda Carlisle and Blondie’s Debbie Harry for the feel-good song about deep friendship. The movie is based on the true story of a group of friends who take a trip to the Super Bowl in 2017 to see their hero, NFL quarterback Tom Brady, play.

80 For Brady hits theaters in the USA today. Gonna be you, by Dolly and her friends, is new this week on RadiJohan.

DMA’S Release “Fading Like a Picture”

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“DMA’S” are an Australian Rock band formed in Sydney in 2012. They gained popularity in 2014 with their debut single “Delete” and for their self-titled EP. To date they’ve released three albums with the most recent, 2020’s The Glow, charting at number 4 in the UK, number 2 in Australia and topping the album chart in Scotland.

DMA’S next album, How Many Dreams?, is to be released on 31 March 2023. Their new single, Fading like a Picture, is new this week on RadiJohan.