Josh Sharpe

BALTHVS, the Colombian alternative act steeped in psychedelia and global funk is kicking off 2025 by hitting the road for their highly anticipated winter/spring tour across the USA and Mexico.

In a new interview, Jennifer Lopez commented on the success of Wicked, which has achieved enormous box office and commercial success, before discussing her new movie adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Sunrise Films is set to release the coming-of-age queer rom-com Bonus Track on video-on-demand platforms on February 11th, 2025. The feature debut from director Julia Jackman is written by Mike Gilbert based on a story by Gilbert and Josh O’Connor.

Theatrical indie-pop band, Bandits on the Run, have announced a string of national tour dates supporting The Wood Brothers, in the midst of an ongoing residency at New York's Bowery Electric. 

In November 2018, Lettuce collaborated with the Colorado Symphony to perform 90+ minutes of music from their expansive catalog with a full symphony orchestra. The performance has now been encapsulated in a live album and concert film.

DOVES head into an optimistic New Year of SOLD-OUT UK Tour dates and the countdown to their expansive, sixth studio album with the release of the dramatic, synth-and-strings, psychedelic soul single, Cold Dreaming. Listen to it here.

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek – known for revitalizing Anatolian folk music and instrumentation by infusing timeless melodies with a modern psychedelic flair - have shared the new single “Hop Bico”  from their newly announced album. Listen to it here.

Art d’Ecco explores the seduction of evil from within on his latest single, “True Believer,” out now, with a video from director Brendan Fletcher (The Revenant, The Last of Us). Watch the video!

Virtuosic piano player and songwriter Max Cooper III has released “Charades” — the sophomore single from his debut five-track EP The Overthinker. Listen to it now!

Tucson, Arizona’s XIXA return this year with a new full-length studio album XOLO - due out March 21st. Along with the album news, XIXA are releasing the first single “Xolo De Galáxia,” a classic cumbia ballad that features lead vocals from both Sullivan and López along with guest vocals from Mona Chambers. Listen to it now!

On Thurs, Jan. 30, 2025, GRAMMY® Award-winning artist, songwriter and producer Kirk Franklin will be celebrated at the fourth annual Recording Academy® Honors Presented by the Black Music Collective at the Fairmont Century Plaza.

Venamoris will release their sophomore album, To Cross or To Burn, on Feb. 28. Alongside the album announcement, Venamoris unveil “Animal Magnetism,” a striking cover of Scorpions’ 1980 love song, available to listen to now.

Legendary British band Cymande have released their new single “How We Roll,” featuring British DJ and music producer Jazzie B (Soul II Soul). This is the third single from their highly anticipated new album Renascence. Listen to it here.

The electrifying energy of the 2024 (G)I-DLE WORLD TOUR [iDOL], which captivated fans across 14 cities, is coming to the big screen in just three weeks. Relive the magic of their Seoul concert at KSPO Dome, the thrilling kickoff to their global tour.

WAR have released ‘So’, the second single from their forthcoming Live In Japan 1974 LP, marking the first live album in 50 years to feature all seven original band members. Listen to it now.

The Altons will release Heartache in Room 14 on February 14 and the national ‘Club Heartache’ tour kicks off February 20 in Ventura. Ahead of this, The Altons have released the gorgeous 'Your Light', a dreamy, earnest declaration of love marked by heavenly unison verses and a compelling call-and-response chorus, available to hear now.

The View expands into weekends with a new streaming series The Weekend View, premiering on the award-winning, 24/7 streaming platform ABC News Live on Saturday, Jan. 11, at 7:30 a.m. EST.

Janiva Magness has returned with her 17th album, Back for Me, produced by her longtime friend, producer, and collaborator Dave Darling. Ahead of its release, Magness has shared “Hittin’ on Nothin’' which also features Jesse Dayton.

Rock band L.S. Dunes has shared the title track from their forthcoming album, Violet, which will be out on January 31st, 2025. Listen to the new song now.

Destroyer has announced Dan’s Boogie, out March 28, 2025. Accompanying the announcement is a David Galloway–directed music video for lead single “Bologna” starring Dan Bejar and Fiver’s Simone Schmidt. Watch the video here.