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Mike Viola will be in Europe with the Panic at the Disco tour in February 2023. He will also do a set of solo concerts:   22/02/2023: Hamburg (Freundlich + Kompetent) https://fb.me/e/2f2K0fNNx

Ivy (Adam Schlesinger, Dominique Durand, Andy Chase) have  just released an exclusive Best Of on opaque turquoise vinyl via VinylMePlease. It's limited to 1000 vinyls. Buy it here: https://www.vinylmeplease.com/products/ivy-ive-got-a-feeling-the-best-of-ivy Dominique and Andy had an interview with VMP: https://www.vinylmeplease.com/blogs/magazine/ivy-best-of-compilation-interview

CATT - Wild Heart Aqualung - Chmpion of the world Aqualung - Champion Of The World Album: Dwad Letters (release: October 2022) Bird Streets - Machine Album: Lagoon (release: November 2022) Del Amitri - Lips Of London  Album: Fatal Mistakes - Outtakes And B-Sides (out now) Dodie - Lonely Bones  Album: Hot Mess EP (out now) Panic At The Disco! - Sad Clown  Album: Viva Las Vengeance (out now) Phoenix - Tonight   The new album "Alpha Zulu" will be out November 2022. Queen - Face It Alone  The unreleased song is part of the "The Miracle" Box Set, out October 2022. Ron Sexsmith - What I Had In Mind  New album "The Vivian Line" will be out February 2023.

Eric Barao is back with his new EP " From My Planet To Your Star " (release date: October 18, 2022). The album was recorded during the pandemic in Eric's home studio with additional tracking in  Austria. It's entirely self produced, mixed and mastered.  Listen to the wonderful first track " Whoever You Are " here: From My Planet To Your Star by Eric Barao

Mike Viola is back! His brand new song "Paul McCarthy" is out on digital platforms NOW! If you look closer to the cover, you will recognize Brendon Urie (Panic at the Disco!) and Jake Sinclair (producer of Weezer, Fallout Boy and Panic at the Disco!) in the background...   Also: The new album will follow in January 2023!   Mike Viola - The Best Of I made the (almost impossible) attempt to create a The Best Of Mike Viola collection of all the official records, songs that didn't make it on an album - and even not official released stuff. When I collected all my favourites, the result was six (!) overfull records!  So I tried to cut it down to a double album. Sadly almost half of the songs are not avaliable on streaming platforms. But still ... *drumroll* here is the result:   Here is the full list (including songs, that are not available on streaming platforms): Mike Viola - The Best Of Disc 1 01 Maybe Maybe Not (from "Lurch") 02 The Strawberry ...

A brand new Aqualung Album ' Dead Letters ' will be released worldwide on 28th October, 2022. It will be available digitally, on vinyl, CD and white and silver vinyl.  Also the Aqualung records " Still Life " and " Aqualung " will be released on colored vinyl in November 2022.  You can get all of that here (vinyl, CD, digital, signed records): https://aqualung.tmstor.es  Here is the new (and absolutely beautiful) single " Imperfect Cadence ":

Eric Barao is back: " I’ve recorded a new EP during the pandemic, and while I put the finishing touches on it, today I am releasing the first single entitled ‘Whoever You Are’ on Bandcamp. Look for the whole EP to be released later this summer. " The new song is a gem - listen to it here: Whoever You Are by Eric Barao

The new record of The Feeling is out now: Loss. Hope. Love - and it's filled with great music.  My personal top 3:

 

   

Bird Streets is back with a brand new song: Unkind . And it's a great one!  

Bill DeMain was and still is a hidden gem in the world of music. Just listen to his songs from 2022:   Once by Bill DeMain Made You Laugh by Bill DeMain Chinese Boxes by Bill DeMain 8mm by Bill DeMain Submarines by Bill DeMain