LA artist/producer SUR has just released his new single “WARRIOR” today. On the majestic, track, SUR has created a love song that feels delicately lush, cinematic & expansive all at once. “WARRIOR” was one of those songs that just wrote itself. This song is about that soldier that will be there through the hardest times and fight with you through the beautifully savage war that is life”, says SUR about the song. Enjoy “WARRIOR” now streaming everywhere: LISTEN TO "WARRIOR"
LA’s amusing firecracker, MACKandgold has a unique talent for crafting emotionally driven landscapes with her soulful guitar melodies and sultry vocals. Her bass-driven, grooves allow you to dance and sway through stories of love, loss and life. From her playful debut on Mack’s Tape, featuring “Underprivileged Pleasure” and “Chasing Down” to follow up single “Occasional Smoker”, she has served up a haven of indie-alt-pop-magic. On her last release, the Take Solace EP, MACK’S pure soul ran deep on tracks “Crash” and “The Middle” and “Take Me In”. Mack has dedicated her playful, new single “I’m Your Dog” to unconditional love both human and animal. The track co-written and produced by Matt Pauling (Twenty One Pilots, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Biffy Clyro is Matt Pauling (producer) has a riffy, groove set against Mack’s whiskey-soaked vocals. “ It really brings out my personality and gives me so much joy! I hope it does that for others too”, adds Mack about the track. The single will be accompanied by a fun filled video coming soon so until then enjoy “I’m Your Dog”. LISTEN TO I’M YOUR DOG
Singer/songwriters Delacey & Emily Weisband just released their beautiful, pop gem, “Manly Man”. The ladies came together in a Nashville writing session and forged a long lasting friendship and deep, creative bond. Both artists shared very similar challenges in their lives and decided to write through the realness together. The pop/Americana feel of the track with laid back instrumentation and production by Johnny Black really shines set to their clever lyrics about celebrating men who are touch with their feelings. Listen To Manly Man
Journey into the vortex of GLITTER AND GOLD… the new music video by SUR where anything can happen! Directed by SUR with DP and editing by Emvy, this trippy, desert romp was filmed in one of SUR’s favorite places, Joshua Tree. Where else can you get such epic scenery! Enjoy the video and listen to the LOST DAZE EP out now!
SUR has been hard at work writing and producing a collection of songs entitled, LOST DAZE. The 4-song set has a soulfully, introspective feel that’s an expression of thoughts and ideas made during the global pandemic and the rebirth of consciousness coming back out into the natural world. SUR expertly channels his genre-hopping signature on LOST DAZE which includes kick off single “GLITTER AND GOLD” with its laid back, groove and smokey vocals. Much more to come from SUR in the upcoming months and until then, sit back, relax and let LOST DAZE take you on a sonic journey that is THE mood for spring 2022. Listen: LOST DAZE EP
LA-based singer/songwriter Grace McKagan debuts her newest single and visual for BABY THAT’S ROCK N ROLL available today, February 18th, 2022 on all streaming platforms. On this new track, Grace’s lo-fi vocals laid against gritty textured guitar hooks and grungy bass lines provides the perfect backdrop to deliver an effortlessly cool and sexy reclamation of what rock n roll means to her. "Rock n roll has a deep authenticity which can sometimes get lost in how it's portrayed in mainstream pop culture and the song is a bit of a nod to that.” States Grace. “I really love songs that have an infectious and cool rhythm paired with a fun story. Songs like “Hands Around My Throat” by Death In Vegas and artist including Suicide, Iggy Pop and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.” .
The visual features Grace on the back of a motorcycle cruising around Malibu, Hollywood, and other iconic LA stops. “The track was recorded in her hometown of Seattle last spring during the pandemic with producer Isaac Carpenter and bandmates Blues Williams, and Trent Peltz Together, the visual and the track represent Grace redefining the genre on her own terms.
Don’t miss Grace McKagan as she brings her Rock N Roll grit and glamour on the road in May with Slater & Madge GET TICKETS
SUR founder, Zack Arnett released his video for “NO TOMORROW” today! The Northern California-bred artist/producer is serving epic, high school yearbook flashbacks set against the nostalgic, emotionally, charged, alt/rock/pop anthem. “I wrote NO TOMORROW after reminiscing with a friend about all the crazy shit we did growing up. It wasn’t until I started putting the video together that I realized the true soul of the song. It’s the feeling you get when you look back at your memories. We’re too busy living to grasp all the emotions of our lives, it’s not until we see them laid out in front of us that we realize the crazy, wild, colorful, rollercoaster ride life is,” Arnett muses. He worked with his longtime visual collaborator, Meeno on the video who added, “Zack came to say it was time again but this round, we were going back in time. I had been ruminating on that zesty, fragile period of my own life, that precarious moment when the innocence of youth is spent but adult clarity is still a long way off: adolescence. I was primed to shoot this. This is why I love working with Zack: an idea, an execution. We’re good at harmonizing our creative languages”. “NO TOMORROW” was written and produced by SUR with additional production and mixing by SameSame’s Rob Cohen and Blake Mares. An acoustic version of “NO TOMORROW” will follow on 10/15 with more music dropping over the next few months leading into the full-length 2022 album release of LOST DAYZ.
SUR founder, Zack Arnett is looking back on his new single, “NO TOMORROW.”The Northern California-bred artist/producer is giving listeners an invitation to take stock and make peace with a life lived in both youth and adulthood on the nostalgic, emotionally, charged, alt/rock/pop anthem. “NO TOMORROW” is a song about the memories that made us who we are today” says Arnett. “It’s about reconnecting with that “you” from the past that was hurling through life without fear, was free and gave zero fucks. Those people that you met along the way through the ups and devilish downs that gave you the tough skin and wisdom of your current version. To remember that the kid in you is the real you and to lose the kid is to lose the soul.” The well put chorus says it all,” we’re not kids no more, but we don’t have to grow old.”
“NO TOMORROW” was written and produced by SUR with additional production and mixing by SameSame’s Rob Cohen and Blake Mares .A music video and acoustic version of “NO TOMORROW” will follow the single release with more music dropping over the next few months leading into the full-length 2022 album release of LOST DAYZ.
L.A., electronic artist, Saro has just released his new single “Boy Tears” from his forthcoming, full-length, debut album out this fall. The dancefloor ready track released on Tragic Fashion Records was written by Saro, Jesse Saint John (Britney Spears, Kim Petras, Charlie XCX) and David Burris (Mothica, Slayyyter) who also produced and it’s stepped in dark, frenetic, electronic beats with Saro’s signature, falsetto riding delicately on top. “This song is about an insatiable hunger for what flows from a guy’s eyes when they’re in fear, duress or deep sadness. We wanted this song to feel like an industrial, underground dance party in Gotham at 4 am, but make it queer” he says about the track.
This comes off the heels of the the recently released Pride anthem “Daddy I Love Him”, a nod to Saro’s coming out story. “With my music, I always want there to be some kind of solidarity. Right now, at a time of such adversity, it’s important to be brave and stand up for race and gender equality and not be afraid to express your sexuality. When people hear the new music, I want them to feel in tune with their emotions and feel pride in their individuality. Beauty, love, and even pleasure can be born from darkness, but you may have to shed a few boy tears along the way.”
Saro has been hard at work creating new music and accompanying visuals for his forthcoming, full-length debut album releasing this fall. He just launched his new single “Daddy I Love Him” on Tragic Fashion Records and the infectious song has established itself a Pride anthem for 2021 but now we have the lyric video to sing along to as well! As concerts just came back to life, Saro made a triumphant return to the stage on June 4th for the Outloud Raising Voices festival performing with Sofi Tukker, Daya and more at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. With more performances on the horizon, he is intent on continuing to blur the boundaries between artist and audience. The release of “Daddy I Love Him” will be followed by additional single releases into a fall album.
Indie pop goddess, MACKandgold delivers a sultry vocal performance on “Try Me” alongside Vindata from their newest album With Opened Eyes. This is the second time MACKandgold has joined forces with the LA-based duo having featured on the song “Getting Away” from their Through Timer And Space… release. "I love what the boys did with this song, the dynamics they added with sampling my voice, how the production builds around the lyrics and how it drops you straight into the emotion of it all", said Mack. Look out for more new music coming from her soon and in the meantime, dip into “Try Me”.
LA purveyor of pop noir Saro releases “Daddy I Love Him” and gives us the 2021 Pride anthem we have all been waiting for!
Each song from Saro is a direct channeling of raw feeling, both dreamlike and disquieting, His brand of noir-pop ultimately bears a hypnotic power that’s got much to do with the fluidity that defines him as an artist. “I think that fluidity is one of the keys to great art—blurring lines and blending influences and though humans will continue putting each other in boxes, the real visionaries will continue to break out to move the world forward”, says Saro. He gave us the In Loving Memory EP which Rolling Stone called “beautiful, dark, twisted fantasia” followed by the Boy Afraid release featuring the dark, disco thump of “Eyelids” and cinematic beauty of “Sardonic and Die Alone featuring “Please” which had Paper Magazine cheering “Saro’s triumph rests in the fact that his music full of edgy textures, gorgeous turns of phrase and sweet melancholy melodies exists at all” and The Advocate calling him “Morrissey for the modern era”. Saro was hard at work during the quarantine creating what will be his full-length debut album coming this fall. The just released, celebratory kick off single “Daddy I Love Him” on Tragic Fashion Records is an electronic-dipped pop track mixed with intimate, confessional vocals.
As concerts begin to come back to life, Saro will return to the stage on June 4th for the Outloud Raising Voices festival for Pride month performing with Sofi Tukker, Daya and more at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: Get Tickets. The release of “Daddy I Love Him” will be followed by more new music from Saro coming soon.
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Coming off the heels of the March 5th “STRANGE” single release, Zack Arnett, the Northern California-bred artist/musician/producer/writer and founder of the eclectic, alternative project SUR brings you the accompanying video release today. The visual was directed by longtime SUR creative collaborator, Meeno was shot at various iconic LA stops and brings to life all those oddly, beautiful moments one finds in between the daily hustle and bustle. “The video for strange came together much like the song…less thought and more feeling, we let the moments guide us and trusted that the flow state would find its way to the finish line. Working with “mad Meeno” is fluid and we both speak the same language in this world. The art piece is now complete. Hope it makes you feel something”, Zack says about the new visual. Director Meeno adds, “making visuals for SUR’s music has been an integral part of what I’ve done on my “Covid vacation”. Just two, mad and creative minds, skipping out on the rest of the world - and what would be a normal filmmaking crew - in order to get our visions solidified in the time of the Pox. Zack’s approach to complete authorship of his music falls right in line with my total embrace of filmmaking. Hand in glove and that’s how our STRANGE magic is born”. Never one to be pigeonholed into a genre, Arnett spent much of 2020 in the studio writing and producing the forthcoming summer album project entitled LOST DAYZ. Additional music from the album will be released over the next few months so in the meantime celebrate your inner weirdo with “STRANGE”.
Indie-pop chanteuse, MACKandgold skateboards into golden hour with her new video drop for “The Middle” which released today. The clip filmed in the California desert, directed by Sondora Studios, shot buy Joel Verges and edited by Artist Freinds Co. serves up laid back, feel good, dreamy vibes set to MACK’S soothing vocals and distinct guitar melodies. “The Middle” is from MACK’s Take Solace EP out now.
Zack Arnett, the Northern California-bred artist/musician/producer/writer and founder of the eclectic, alternative project SUR, gets inspired by the natural beauty of California’s coast, forests and deserts for his eclectic sounds which he channels into a fusing of inventive alternative, electronic, pop and rock elements, visceral rhythms, a hip-hop spirit and a dash of desert-dusted mysticism which can be heard on debut EP SAVAGE BEAST, single “ONLY ROAD” and this summer’s playful, sonic-trip “VISIONS”. 2020 was spent in the studio writing and producing an album project entitled LOST DAYZ and the first single “STRANGE” just released. The song rides along with its infectious groove, laid back, smoky vocals and lyrics celebrating your inner weirdo. Enjoy “STRANGE” and look out for the album LOST DAYZ coming this spring.
LA songstress, MACKandgold has just unleashed her new video which is a “How To Guide” on how to have fun in your Covid bubble! The visual directed by Travis Waddell shows MACK and her buddies frolicking on the east side and it’s the shot of feel good energy everyone needs right now! “Take Me In” is from the TAKE SOLACE EP out now and expect more visuals and new music coming from MACKandgold very soon!
“I Won’t Let You Down” by Aussie singler/songwriter Joel Taylor is a beautifully, raw, emotional, ballad that pulls at your heartstrings in just the right way. The song, written by Joel and Alfie Jackson was released today and it’s intimate vocals, graceful, electronic production and subtle, instrumentation washes over you with a balance that feels sadly elegant with a touch of hope. The song which is a modern take on a classic balladry is about overcoming failure to fight for the ideal of everlasting love. Stream, Watch & Share.
Saro has a new collaboration out with LA artist Neek on the new single “Limitations” produced by Neek and David Burris. Available now for your streaming pleasure!
LA’s MACKandgold joined the crew at Yellow House Sessions for a breezy, intimate set of songs from her new EP TAKE SOLACE and some old favorites. Watch the full performance! https://yellowhousesessions.com/mackandgold/
