A raw, searching Americana confession from one of Liverpool’s most compelling voices

Liverpool-born singer-songwriter Simon Howard releases his powerful new single “Lost and Found” today —a sparse, deeply felt Americana track that marks one of the most honest and fully realised moments of his growing career. Produced by Robert Whiteley and recorded at Whitewood Studios in Liverpool, the song is built around Howard’s instinctive hammer-on chord progression, a restless double bass line that gives the track its quiet pulse, and the kind of plainspoken lyrical courage that has defined his songwriting from the very beginning.

8BANGER Is a “festival style” rock act with half a century of combined rock and roll experience between members; having played the smallest of venues to the largest of stages. Based in Dundas, Ontario, Canada. The band has been active since 2023 and 8BANGER: is comprised of Matti Slick (guitar and vocals), Kris McBass (bass guitar) and Joey Bochek (drums).

Childhood Friends Devin Calow and Michael Sheppard Craft Happy Sounding Sad Songs for an Anxious Generation

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Toronto and Ottawa-based duo Crashmore release "I Do the Most," the bright and bittersweet single from their debut EP 'Hung Up'. Made by lifelong friends Devin Calow and Michael Sheppard, the song captures everything the band does best, wrapping aching, self aware lyrics inside an irresistible indie pop rock hook that pulls you in before you notice where it lands.

 Mike Sands, the New York-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter whose restless creative spirit has been carving out his own corner of Alternative Americana Rock for over two decades, releases his powerful new single "Abandoned" today, the lead track from his forthcoming seventh studio album 'Happy Hour,' due July 10 on JIB Machine Records. Produced by Lincoln Parrish, the celebrated Nashville producer best known for his work with Cage the Elephant, and recorded at Siena Studios on Music Row, 'Happy Hour' is the most fully realised and emotionally wide-ranging record of Sands' career, a twelve-track collection that moves between gritty rock swagger and plainspoken Americana storytelling with the ease of a man who has finally found the exact sound he has been reaching for.

 Johnny B, the independent rock artist from Patras, Greece, has released his new single "This Is Your Life," a cinematic and emotionally charged track that captures the moment a person decides to take hold of their own path. Rooted in personal conviction and built on a sound that moves between cinematic rock, dark-pop atmosphere, Americana, and blues-rock grit, the song carries the weight of lived experience. From its opening lines, "Listen to your inner wish / You know best what brings you peace," the track sets its course with clarity and quiet purpose, inviting listeners into a space where honesty and courage are what matter most.

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The alt-country storyteller turns a stripped-down, acoustic-driven sound into an intimate portrait of love, place, and the streets that raised him

Bedford Bells has released "Hands at Midnight," the smouldering lead single from his debut full-length album 'Fell in Love in My Hometown,' out now. The solo moniker of Oshawa, Ontario-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Adams, Bedford Bells crafts songs rooted in country, Americana, folk, and acoustic storytelling that feel both intimate and enduring, and "Hands at Midnight" arrives as the album's most sensual moment.

The Musi-Flo Artist of the Year trades urgency for ease on a sun-warmed ode to lasting commitment, ahead of her second EP due July 3, 2026

Montréal singer-songwriter Silka Weil has released "Forever," a relaxed, feel-good new single that reveals a softer, sun-warmed side of the emerging artist as she continues the rollout toward her second EP, 'Midnight Blue,' due July 3, 2026. Where her recent work has leaned into tension and desire, "Forever" settles into something gentle and secure, an easy-listening ode to the kind of love that makes you feel completely safe.

Toronto-based singer, songwriter, and storyteller Elina Filice releases her joyful, life-affirming new single "Bury Me" today, a Canadiana-soaked punk-pop anthem that announces itself immediately as one of the most infectious and emotionally generous songs of her career. Co-produced by Filice and Kevin Brennan and released on her own Red Vine Records, the track is a love song built around a Molson Canadian t-shirt, a running joke, and the quietly astonishing realisation that you have built a life with someone you never want to give back. It is the kind of song that sneaks up on you, arriving as a laugh and staying as something much deeper and more lasting.

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SATORI, a six-piece neo-soul band from Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia, release their captivating new single "Walking" today, the lead track from their debut album 'The Seat of the Soul,' out now on Spotify and all major platforms. For North American listeners discovering them for the first time, SATORI arrive as something genuinely rare: a band steeped in soul, blues, jazz, and pop who have built a sound that feels both warmly familiar and entirely fresh, anchored by the extraordinary voice of vocalist Ursula Luthar and the rich keyboard and compositional vision of multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Jure Tori.

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San Francisco Bay Area composer, producer, and musician Dren McDonald announces Vox Pterous (Appearing Records), a stunning new album due July 31, 2026 on which he takes the instrumental architecture of his celebrated 2023 record Pterous and opens it up entirely, inviting a remarkable ensemble of vocalists into those layered, sonic worlds to create something wholly new. The result is one of the most emotionally resonant records of his career that sits at a unique intersection of contemporary classical composition, songwriting, and the warmth of the human voice.

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Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maria Butterly joins forces with celebrated Quebec guitarist and producer Martin Larose for "The Last Ship to Shore," a luminous, cinematic new single co-written with arranger Frank Corneau that bridges two of the world's great folk traditions across one extraordinary piece of music. It is a song about longing to belong, about setting out across deep open waters in search of a place to finally call home, and it arrives as one of the most emotionally resonant collaborations of either artist's already remarkable career.

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Cooper Benaiah, the Toronto-based 16-year-old singer-songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer who won the 2026 Canadian High School Songwriter of the Year award for his single "Falling," releases his debut album 'CRUSH' today on Spotify and all major platforms. Eight original songs, written, recorded, and produced entirely by himself in a makeshift basement studio, 'CRUSH' is a high-energy indie pop record that moves with the instincts of an artist well beyond his years and the fearless, unfiltered charm of someone who has absolutely nothing to prove and everything to share. 

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