New Music from Sugarland Featuring Taylor Swift, A Perfect Circle, Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion, Monowhales, Bif Naked, and Flatbush Zombies Featuring Joey Bada$$

We’ve got a fresh New Music Spotlight for you and this time around we’ve got music from Canada and the US. We’re all over the board genre-wise this week with music from country, alt rock, indie/pop/rock, electro-pop, and rap.

And we would be remiss if we ignored the fact that it’s 4/20, so we’ve added a fun Flatbush Zombies video in at the end.

Enjoy and let’s do this!

Artist: Sugarland featuring Taylor Swift
Hometown: Atlanta
Genre: Country
Related: Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, The Band Perry
Song: Babe
Notes: A beautiful collaboration from artists who came up in the industry at the same time. Babe is the story about the end of a relationship. And the story is perfectly told.

Links: Web / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify / Apple

Artist: A Perfect Circle
Hometown: Los Angeles & Jerome, AZ
Genre: Alt Rock
Related Artists: Deftones, Chevelle, Nine Inch Nails, Tool
Song: So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
Notes: Fans have been waiting 14 years for new material and with the release of their new full-length album Eat The Elephant, fans will not be disappointed. The music is different, 14 years is a lifetime for some and what you’ll find here is more mature. Rolling Stone said, “Eat the Elephant is a moody, sensitive portrait of a band that decided to grow up and make a record that reflects where they are now as artists rather than trying to recapture the past.”

Links: Web / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify / Apple

Artist: Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion
Hometown: Canada
Genre: Southern Rock
Related Artists: Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers, A Thousand Horses
Song: Holy Smoke
Notes: A new band with some very familiar names, Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion is a musical collective of long-time music friends and associates including Mitch Merrett, Corbett Frasz, Erik Dylan, Greg Carroll, Mike Little, plus special guest Clayton Bellamy (The Road Hammers).

Holy Smoke is their debut single and we feel like it’s a great representation of the album. It’s got a southern, country rock feel that we can definitely get behind.

Links: Facebook / Instagram / Spotify / Apple

Artist: Monowhales
Hometown: Toronto
Genre: Indie/Pop/Rock
Related Artists: The Beaches, Dear Rouge, July Talk
Song: Real Love
Notes: I love this song and I love this video. The music is catchy, the lyrics are relatable, and the chorus is stuck in my head. Every time I play the video for Real Love, I marvel at the guitar work, and I can’t help but bang my head in rhythm. The video is fun and unique. The imagery is colourful and spectacular. From the checkerboard scene to the weird little head flick in time with the music, the video is entertaining as hell.

Links: Web / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify / Apple

Artist: Bif Naked
Hometown: Paris, New Delhi, Toronto
Genre: Rock
Related Artists:
Song: Hot Box Girls
Notes: Brand new music for multi-platinum artist Bif Naked, Hot Box Girls is a rousing punch of rock and roll. It’s classic Bif Naked with a fresh new twist.

Links: Web / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify / Apple

New Music Spotlight 420 Bonus Artist

Artist: Flatbush Zombies Featuring Joey Bada$$
Hometown: Flatbush, Brooklyn
Genre: Rap
Related Artists: Danny Brown, Earl Sweatshirt, The Underachievers
Song: Vacation
Notes: Released for 420, the video is a spectacle to watch. Keep an eye on the captions, they’re gold!

Links: Web / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify / Apple

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