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Shoegaze/Prog Rock Artist Yasu release new album “Spacetime Machine”

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Japanese-Brazilian trans artist Yasu releases her debut album, “Spacetime Machine”, a progressive rock opera about emotions, going through depression, happiness, prejudice and a journey of self-discovery.

The album began to be composed in 2016 and recorded in 2018, but was only finished at the end of 2023. It goes through different phases of the singer’s life, from the moment she decided to pursue her dreams and become a composer, until she discovered herself as a transsexual, and having faced long years of depression, all told through metaphors in a space rock album.

The album is heavily inspired by more accessible prog artists, such as Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Supertramp, Electric Light Orchestra, Marillion and Supertramp, as well as classics such as King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Triumvirat, Van Der Graaf Generator, The Moody Blues and others.

“Spacetime Machine”: https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/01oDLagIX9tQn2Wgfq0so9

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Indie rock songsmith Jon Snodgrass announces new album and tour dates

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Photo Credit: Imelda Michalczyk

Indie rock songsmith Jon Snodgrass will be releasing a new album on March 29th, entitled Barge At Will, which is named after an old-school skateboarding culture saying. In support of the album, Snodgrass will be covering ground throughout the East Coast, Midwest, and Canada (dates below). Limited edition vinyl is now available for preorder in the USA via the Snod Store as well as SBAM Records in Europe and Thousand Island Records in both Australia and Canada.

Barge At Will was recorded, mixed, and mastered at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, CO. Also, Bill Stevenson played drums and bass on the entire album. In addition, a few of Snodgrass’ buddies including Chris Wollard (Hot Water Music), Chris Cresswell (The Flatliners, Hot Water Music), Peter “JR” Wasilewski (Less Than Jake), and Scott Reynolds (ALL) made contributions to a few songs.

From not having a Plan B (“Tried & True”) to being the opposite of outdoorsy (“Pre-Teen Wolf”) to scheduling shows around the Colorado Rockies’ schedule (“Crunchin’ The Numbers”) to a song written about Bremen, Germany while on tour (“Bremen Town”) – Barge At Will is about doing your best at the moment because life is shorter than you think.

Jon Snodgrass is a founding member of Armchair Martian, Drag The River, and supergroup Scorpios. Also, he has made records with Frank Turner, Cory Branan, and Joey Cape, and is a senior class alum of The Revival Tour. In addition, he has toured with Flogging Molly, Frank Turner, Justin Townes Earle, Chuck Ragan, The White Buffalo, Cory Branan, Skinny Lister, Lenny Lashley, Joey Cape, Tony Sly, Northcote, Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves, Chris Cresswell, and Mike Herrera.

Barge At Will will be released on March 29th to coincide with opening day of the 2024 Major League Baseball season. Limited edition blue vinyl as well as black vinyl is now available for preorder.

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Love Ghost collaborates with Afrobeat Star Camidoh & DJ Switch on new song ‘Dopeman’

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Love Ghost collaborates with Afrobeat Star Camidoh & DJ Switch on new song ‘Dopeman’

Love Ghost arrives on the scene with a sturdy repertoire of accolades— Rolling Stone Magazine, FLAUNT, AlternaAve Press, Lyrical Lemonade, Earmilk and many others have sung their praise. Inspired by collaborators like Rico Nasty and Adan Cruz, this year brings new releases and new sounds for their fans including “Dopeman” with BET InternaAonal Entertainer of the Year nominee, Ghanaian Afrobeat arAst Camidoh and DJ Switch Ghana, Global Prodigy Award Winner.

The song combines the Afrobeat sensibiliAes of Camidoh’s chart-topping “Sugarcane”, the dark alternaAve rock feel from Love Ghost, and charged by DJ Switch’s freestyles. The song brings a new Tik Tok dance challenge, backed by PR campaigns across Nigeria and the UK, and an official music video featuring all 3 arAsts.

“Dopeman”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfoazxmdgxI

Love Ghost has played the Rockpalast fes,val, broadcast throughout Germany on German television. In Mexico City they have played shows at Auditorio BB, Indie Foro Rocks and Amazon’s Gamergy Fes,val, which was broadcast to all of La,n America. They have several other songs coming this year including an en,re album with Marilyn Manson guitar player and producer Tim Skold, commissioned by Metropolis Records.

Camidoh is a Ghanaian Afropop, R&B and Afrobeats songwriter and musician. He was nominated in the 2023 BET Awards as the International Entertainer of the Year. He rose to prominence with his single Sugarcane. The song was number 5 on Shazam’s top 200 most searched Afropop songs. On 8 April 2022, he released a remix of the song featuring King Promise, Nigerian artiste Mayorkun and British rapper Darkoo. In the first week of May, barely a month after its release, the collaboration peaked at Number 1 on Nigeria’s Top 100 Music Chart on Apple Music.

DJ Switch Ghana- In June 2018, Erica became the youngest person to win Ghana’s annual DJ award. In 2019 Roc Nation, Jay-Z’s entertainment company, acknowledged her skills and featured her on their social media for Black History Month and in 2020 she was listed among Top 100 child prodigies from all around the world. In 2018, she opened the Bill and Melinda Gates’ Foundation’s annual Goalkeepers event in New York City, as the warm up act to French President Emmanuel Macron In June 2019, she performed at the World Bank Africa Society Symposium at the World Bank office in Washington. She performed at the 32nd Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government.