Marian - Teagan Johnston - Brother Wallace - Asara - Georgian - The Call & Todd Rundgren

Marian - Play Louder, Hit Harder (Album).

Marian is a music lover’s band. Guided by their collective love for lush harmonies, big riffs, and unforgettable hooks, their debut album, Hit Record, blends the best of rock music’s heyday with a fearless appreciation for the here and now. Whether you’re into the classics or keep your ear to the ground for the next big sound - you need to hear the latest from Marian. Rock and roll hasn’t sounded this sweet in too long.

Weaving together themes of adulthood’s relentless grind and the uncertainty of what lies ahead, sophomore record Play Louder, Hit Harder marks a bold reintroduction for New Brunswick rock trio Marian. Following-up celebrated 2022 debut, Hit Record (Music NB’s Song of the Year and an ECMA Rising Star Recording of the Year nominee), Marian preview Play Louder, Hit Harder with focus tracks “Rock N’ Roll” and “K-Leigh.”
 
“‘Rock N’ Roll’ is the companion song to PLHH,” said Marian’s Dylan Ward (he/him). “It captures the loudness and hardness of the record, and sits directly in the transition point between adolescence and adulthood. This song is the anthem to doubling down, sticking to your guns, and turning up the sound to block the noise.”

“K-Leigh,” meanwhile, channels the same loud, carefree rock energy, but with a gentler message. Jerry-Faye Ward, who works as a teacher in addition to being a musician, wrote the song after seeing so many children having a tough time fitting in. “It’s hard to know your worth if you don’t have anyone telling you that the things you’re insecure about are insignificant to everyone but you,” she said. “This song is for anyone who’s ever felt left out.”

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Teagan Johnston - Beat a Dead Horse.

Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist Teagan Johnston shares her latest offering, “Beat a Dead Horse,” a deeply reflective and emotionally charged single that examines the lingering impact of past relationships and the process of releasing what no longer serves you. Rooted in indie rock and singer-songwriter sensibilities, the track moves through grief, awareness, and ultimately toward a renewed sense of hope and forward motion.

The song was sparked by an unexpected moment during a psychic reading in New York City. “I’m not sure what I believe when it comes to psychics,” Teagan shares, “but something she said really hit me. She told me I was allowing old experiences of dark and painful love to dictate how I love now and in the future.” In that moment, Teagan felt a renewed urgency to step out of cycles of emotional repetition and into something more present and alive.

That sense of reflection carried directly into the song’s visual world. The accompanying video was filmed during a trip to Spain with Teagan’s parents, revisiting a place she hadn’t been since her time living there between the ages of 13-14. “Those years in Spain were before the trauma I reference in the song,” she explains. “It felt like the perfect place to reconnect with feelings of optimism and openness.”

Armed only with a digital camera, Teagan approached the shoot with a return-to-basics mindset, documenting beauty, colour, and everyday moments with a sense of curiosity and emotional clarity. The result is a visual companion that mirrors the song’s central theme: revisiting the past not to live in it, but to finally move beyond it.

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Photo - Hana Snow

Brother Wallace - You’re The Man.

Brother Wallace doesn’t just have a voice, he has command. Now, the West Point, Georgia-bred singer, pianist, and soul revivalist shares 'You’re The Man' alongside an official music video, offering a powerful new centre piece from his forthcoming debut album, 'Electric Love', which arrives this Friday, 8 May via ATO Records.

A darker, harder-hitting side of Wallace’s “Electric Love soul music,” 'You’re The Man' moves with a moody ferocity — a song that stares straight at pride, power, and the stories we tell ourselves when we think we’re untouchable. Built for big rooms and bigger feelings, it’s a performance that doesn’t blink: Wallace’s vocals land with preacher’s conviction and street-corner truth, carrying a narrative that’s both unflinching and strangely compassionate. “That song comes from someone I know personally getting caught up in a treacherous life and thinking they could somehow escape the consequences,” Wallace says. “But then of course they ended up in trouble.”
 
Now midway through a spring tour supporting St. Paul & The Broken Bones across the US, Wallace is set to arrive in the UK for the first time this May. The visit includes performances at The Great Escape and Cross the Tracks, as well as two headline shows in Manchester and London.

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Asara - Thank You, Thank You.

Following the success of his first single "Cute," Asara returns with "Thank You, Thank You," a new track announcing the release of his debut album "028 Crises," scheduled for July 3rd on the Géographie label (Dog Park, Marble Arch, etc.).

With its catchy melody, this second track is built on the groove of a drum machine derived from an old Farfisa keyboard from the 70s, which belonged to his grandfather. Balancing sweetness and gentle melancholy, the song infuses the track with a touch of humor, also present in the music video, and radiates a decidedly positive energy.

Asara is a French multi-instrumentalist artist launching her first solo project. For the past four years, she has been a member of the band Dog Park, where she has played guitar, bass, keyboards, and vocals. She now opens up a more intimate space with her solo project, Asara.

Composed throughout 2025, this debut album is structured like a sonic diary, almost a documentary, retracing this year rich in personal emotions. This collection of songs places the voice at the heart of the project, and the eight tracks that make up "028 Crises" oscillate between melancholy and rhythmic energy. Asara recorded at Studio 48L with her longtime friend and sound engineer, Baptiste Leroy.

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Photo - Aaron Farrimond

Georgian - Californian Jeans.

Manchester-based Georgian continue their fresh chapter today with the release of their cinematic new single and visualiser ‘Californian Jeans’. The single follows recent release ‘Crackled Grounds’ and is taken from their first full body of work the ‘Crackled Grounds EP’ out on 12th June via Heist or Hit (Westside Cowboy, Her’s).
 
Formed in 2024 and with three previous singles in their musical catalogue, Georgian are a five-piece outfit comprising Georgia McKiernan (vocals, acoustic guitar), James Poole, James Polglase (both lead and rhythm guitar, BVs), Connor Alder (drums) and Harry George (bass). Together Georgian have an expansive sound that reflects each of the band’s tastes, retaining a modern approach, but keeping the sound of their influences alive. Wrangling ‘60s pop, country, folk, shoegaze, psychedelia and further-flung traditional styles, their songs tell tales of navigating harsh emotional environments and lived experiences.
 
The debut ‘Crackled Grounds EP’ was laid down with producer Arno Stols at Magenta Studio in the peaceful Amsterdam countryside. Taking a leaf from Brian Jonestown Massacre’s melodic revivalism, Georgian began emulating the warm, unsettling, mysterious 60s-70s production of artists to which they had mutually become accustomed. Lyrically taking the listener to a place of escapism, the songs tell of battling the elements, female empowerment, and deep-rooted nostalgia.

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The Call & Todd Rundgren - The Walls Came Down.

We are catching up somewhat with this release on Beehive Candy, however we feel it's more than worth a share, so here's the back story & please enjoy. Critically acclaimed American modern rock band, The Call along with legendary performer Todd Rundgren announce a fiery call to action on a new studio version of The Call's "The Walls Came Down", which is out now. "The Walls Came Down" is a politically charged 1983 song orginally recorded by The Call, known for its Cold War themes and biblical Jericho allegory, featured on their album Modern Romans and popularized by its black-and-white MTV video, with singer Michael Been leading the band. The song reached #17 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock tracks in 1983.

Michael Been died of a heart attack in 2010, and the remaining band members (Tom Ferrier, Scott Musick, Jim Goodwin) reunited occasionally but never officially broke up. Taking over lead vocals, this is Todd Rundgren’s first collaboration with The Call.

Released as the lead track from the The Call’s 1983 album Modern Romans, “The Walls Came Down” landed in a world steeped in political tension. The Cold War was at its height: the Berlin Wall still divided East and West, the nuclear arms race dominated headlines, and Reagan’s “Star Wars” defense initiative was on everyone’s lips. Fear of global conflict wasn’t abstract—it was nightly news. Against that backdrop, The Call delivered a track that felt less like a pop song and more like a warning broadcast.

Four decades later, “The Walls Came Down” remains one of the most enduring political anthems of its time. It captures the uneasy heartbeat of 1983, but its message remains timeless. Every generation has its walls—literal and symbolic—and every wall eventually falls. Todd Rundgren would sometimes perform a cover version of “The Walls Came Down” in his solo concerts and get an enthusistic reactions. The remaing Call band members (Jim Goodwin, Tom Ferrier, Scott Musick) came across his videos on Youtube and reached out to see if he would like to collaborate on a new version.

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Kidsmoke - Loosey - The Slackers - Tangients - Jody King Ft. Larry Cordle - Highdrive

Photo - Tom Mason

Kidsmoke - I’m Always Getting Carried Away.

Kidsmoke return with 'I’m Always Getting Carried Away', a shimmering new single and their first release since their acclaimed debut album 'A Vision In The Dark'. Written on New Year’s Day, the track carries a sense of urgency and renewal as the band step into a new chapter. Built around the dual meaning of its title, the song moves between moments of being swept up in feeling and something more physical and final. Bright, melodic and quietly weighty, it pairs the band’s dreamlike indie with reflections on memory, mortality and the passing of time.

Vocalist and guitarist Lance Williams explains: “The lyrics came really quickly and are built around the song’s title, playing with the meaning of being ‘carried away’, whether it be emotionally or physically.” The song was shaped in part by Williams’ work visiting a dementia support group, an experience that brought the fragility of memory into focus. “It was both beautiful and heartbreaking,” he says. “It made me appreciate how our memories bind us together… I think I was trying to highlight how precious the little moments are.”

On the music, bassist James Stickels adds: “I know I wanted it to sound like a song I’d of written in the early 00’s, so I was channeling The Strokes, Bloc Party, Futureheads sort of thing… It’s deliberately simple, written from a place of nostalgia and longing for simpler times.” The chorus opens out into something moving and uplifting, shaped by a gently lilting diminished chord that carries a hint of George Harrison. Layered backing vocals, including the band’s children, draw out the harmony and create a real standout moment that adds even more beauty.

Kidsmoke · I'm Always Getting Carried Away

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Loosey - We See We.

Loosey recently announced a new LP and now they are back with a brand new video from their upcoming "A Retrospective: 2023 - 2025" LP. Following the tragic end of shooting star punk greats New York Hounds, Loosey began as a coping mechanism for a pair of friends with a shared love of rock ‘n’ roll-transforming a time for mourning to celebration of life. The resulting ideas took the big stomp of Slade, the classic power pop of Teenage Fanclub, and riffy pub rock like AC/DC and packaged it all with a DIY aesthetic, creating finely-crafted, hard-rockin’ confections with an undercurrent of punk grit, ready-made for downing an icy one during a good old-fashioned singalong.

Once Loosey began to take life, the earworms added a healthy dose of stage swagger, catching on quickly with audiences. Their reputation for owning the stage quickly lead to fly-in gigs across the states, shows with the Templars, The Marked Men, Sheer Mag, Nothing, RIXE, Murphy’s Law, Haywire, The Chisel, in addition to touring stints with Beton Arme, Angel Dust, Alvilda and others.

The band recorded several tracks in 2025 at Studio G in Brooklyn, NY with Daniel Schlett at the helm for engineering mastering and mixing. Respected artist and musical journeyman Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Zwan, Iggy Pop band) shared co-production credits with the band as well, adding guitar to the track “Need You Baby.” The result is twelve new tracks coming out in North America on TKO Records on May 8th. The band also just announced a release show and a run of shows with Generación Suicida.

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The Slackers - The Whole World Was In On It.

We are a week late in sharing this video, however The Slackers are to impressive for Beehive Candy not to do a little catching up! Background... NYC ska/reggae legends The Slackers have released a brand new music video for the single "The Whole World Was In On It!" The video was shot by Eric Durkin & Alyssa Tennyson, edited by Pat Byrne, and completed with post-production & creative direction by Rock and Roll Creative. This song comes from the NYC ska/reggae legends' latest EP, Money is King.

“The Whole World Was In On It” is about the events that leave their mark on your life, and it was written by guitarist Agent Jay, who says: "The summer of ’77…there was a fire in my building in Queens, Elvis died, and New York fell into a legendary blackout. In my mind, as a kid, all these events happened on the same night, and were all related. The blackout caused Elvis to die, and my building to catch fire...which caused the blackout, etc. Everything was connected…the whole world was in on it!

But of course, Elvis did not die during the blackout...although I’m not sure [of] the night of the fire in my building. Things aren’t as connected as we’d like them to be. Nothing makes sense anymore."

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Tangients - Embers (Album).

Tangients, the collaborative project of Chelsea Hope Ray and Be Hussey, unveil their debut album, Embers — a deeply introspective and sonically immersive body of work that navigates the intersections of time, memory, loss, and renewal. At its core, Embers is an emotional reckoning; a sweeping meditation on the fragile persistence of hope. The album traces the arc of a wounded identity in flux — capturing heartbreak, self-reflection, and the quiet resilience required to endure. It is, as Ray describes, “a cry for nostalgia in its most yearning form as well as an awakening to the unknown.” 

Across its runtime, Embers explores the tension between past and future, ultimately grounding itself in a singular, universal imperative: survival. Much of the album came together with an almost uncanny immediacy. Songs and lyrics emerged instinctively, as if waiting to be uncovered, later revealing themselves as reflections — and at times, premonitions — of lived experience. In hindsight, Embers carries a darker emotional weight, shaped by a period marked by personal struggle and disorientation. “There were moments where I was letting life happen to me instead of creating my own direction,” Ray reflects. “This record documents that, but it also marks the beginning of choosing a different path.” 

The album opens with “We Are Listening,” a standout track that encapsulates the project’s emotional and sonic scope. Built from a synth foundation provided by Hussey, the song evolves into something both sacred and spectral — “like going to church in a cemetery,” Ray notes. Anchored by the haunting tones of a 1963 Hammond A-100 organ, the track carries a deeply personal resonance, serving as an homage to Ray’s late grandmother, a lifelong church musician. The opening lyric, drawn from her grandfather’s familiar refrain — “Feelin’ like a million. If I felt any better, I would have to take a pill for it.” — grounds the song in lived memory, while its sweeping arrangement and mid-song tonal shift deepen its sense of longing and return. 

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Jody King feat. Larry Cordle - Jet Airliner.

Jody King shared the story behind the recording: “During my college days, a buddy and I were hanging out in his parents’ basement listening to music. ‘Jet Airliner’ was playing, and one of us picked up a guitar and started playing the opening repetitive riff. After a few minutes of messing around, it had morphed into bluegrass mode. The chorus section was perfect for improvisational soloing and made for a smoking bluegrass tune, accented by the signature riff and those well-known, catchy lyrics.

I’d always loved The Steve Miller Band and that song, but playing it this way really reinforced that love. I’ve wanted to record it ever since. Fast forward a few decades, and after working with Larry Cordle for years, I knew he had a soft spot for this era and style of music. He also has the voice and instinct to pull it off. I was thrilled when he agreed to do it, and even more thrilled to hear his performance on the track. My hope is that folks listening will appreciate the same love that Larry and I share for this music—and the same excitement that a couple of college buddies once felt in that basement years ago.”

Cordle added: “When Jody King played me the track for ‘Jet Airliner,’ I was absolutely knocked out. What a great idea to take this Steve Miller rock standard from the ’70s and reimagine it as a driving bluegrass number. I knew I was listening to something special. What I didn’t know at the time was that he had played every instrument on the track except the mandolin. He left that detail out when he played me the song. When I asked who the other musicians were, he said, ‘Well, I played the bass and guitar parts,’ as if to suggest anyone could do that. It’s remarkable that this man could be this proficient on all these instruments.

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Photo - Derek Bremner

Highdrive - Passing By.

Brighton (UK) five-piece Highdrive have shared their third single 'Passing By', out today on Venn Records. The new single follows the release of recent tracks 'Something I Said' and 'Cherry' and arrives ahead of upcoming shows in Brighton and London, plus festival appearances at 2000 Trees and Brighton Psych Fest. Highdrive have quickly become a fixture of the south coast live scene, scoring early shows alongside Marmozets, English Teacher, Do Nothing, TTSSFU, Deadletter, Welly and Glare.

On latest single 'Passing By', their live intensity hits head-on. Scorched guitar lines lurch and coil around Lucas Leitch’s soaring vocal, tracing the messy fallout of a relationship. As big, hooky moments force their way through layers of distortion and tension, the song builds to its breathless finale.

Speaking on the track, the band said: "Passing By is a song about grief, focusing on remembering the bad things and the reasons why the relationship ended in the first place, rather than looking back through rose-tinted glasses."

Forming in 2024 with a mutual appreciation for acts including Deftones, The Jesus and Mary Chain and DIIV, those disparate influences have carved out a unique lane for the Brighton upstarts as they go from strength to strength.

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Apryll Aileen - Bandits on the Run - Taxi Girls - American Blonde

Apryll Aileen - Call Me Anytime.

Canadian singer-songwriter Apryll Aileen shares “Call Me Anytime,” a warm and uplifting pop/alt-country single that captures the quiet strength of unconditional love across distance. Rooted in storytelling and emotional clarity, the track follows a grandfather supporting his grandson as he leaves home to pursue a rising soccer career, balancing pride, longing, and the enduring promise of connection.

At its core, the song is written from the perspective of a grandfather speaking to his grandson as he begins to find success in the Canadian soccer world. Through simple yet deeply resonant lyrics, he reminds him that no matter how far he goes, he is never alone. “Call Me Anytime” becomes both a message and a mantra; a steady reassurance that love remains constant, even as life pulls people in different directions.

That sense of connection extends into the song’s visual world. Filmed in Toronto during JUNO week, the accompanying music video features rising youth soccer talent Malakhai Eaton, one of the top defensive players in the GTA (12 and under). The video captures the emotional tension between ambition and home, reflecting the reality of leaving behind familiarity to chase something bigger, while still holding onto where you came from.

The creative process behind the song unfolded organically. “I was actually on a flight to the UK when I heard the chorus melody in my head,” Apryll shares. “I didn’t want to lose it, so I recorded a voice note right there in my seat. As soon as the plane touched down, I grabbed my friend’s guitar and the song grew naturally from there; it wrote itself.” The track was later brought to life in collaboration with UK-based producer Danny Lafrombe, blending simplicity with dynamic shifts that mirror the emotional arc of the story.

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Photo -  Hunter Brown & Lucy Werner

Bandits on the Run - lostlostlost.

Continuing to build excitement for their highly anticipated full-length album, Rough Magic, out on June 12, 2026, NYC-based indie-folk-pop trio, Bandits on the Run, just released the new single, “lostlostlost.” With rotating lead vocals and varied instrumentation, Adrian Blake Enscoe, Sydney Shepherd, and Regina Strayhorn combine to evoke the 60s and 70s spirit of bands like Fleetwood Mac while also carrying the sonic inventiveness of the modern folk power pop acts like First Aid Kit and Bonnie Light Horsemen, and trios like I'm With Her, featuring impeccable harmonies and elevated songwriting so good they make the balancing act seem simple. 

Grown from theatrical roots Enscoe and Shepherd have appeared on Broadway, while Strayhorn has a successful career in casting - they are also writing several original musicals, including a stage musical adaptation of the novel What's Eating Gilbert Grape with actor-musician-longtime-friend Christopher Sears and newfound friend, Academy Award Nominee Peter Hedges. This summer, after a tour supporting Alan Doyle and the release of Rough Magic, Enscoe, Shepherd, and Strayhorn will perform their musical based on William Shakespeare's As You Like It, the basis for their 2025 EP, The Shakespeare Tapes, at the Chautauqua Institution, from August 10 - 15th, as well as two Bandits on the Run shows surrounding that production on August 9 and 12.
 
The new single, “lostlostlost,” was written “off the map,” during an increasingly rare moment when none of the band members were working on anything Bandits-related. Shepherd was starring in the world premiere of a show in Minneapolis, Strayhorn was working on a casting job and starting up a film portrait business, and Enscoe was cast in a TV show. Shepherd and Enscoe - who are married - were also moving, and Enscoe found themselves traveling between NY and Minneapolis, as well as visiting friends in other states. 

“It was a lot of being alone, and without the context of Bandits and our other collective pursuits, it got me in a meaningless-ness state of mind,” Enscoe reflects. “When I don't have Sydney to sleep next to, my circadian rhythm drifts, and soon I was staying up almost to sunrise and sleeping in the middle of the day. My life as a quasi-drifter lacked context. Much as I tried to find some pursuit to latch onto, I never stayed anywhere too long, so no shape took hold.”

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Taxi Girls - Say It!

Montreal’s Taxi Girls kick off the next chapter with “Say It!”, the electrifying new single and video which arrived May 1 on Stomp Records. Formed in 2022, the all-female garage punk outfit has quickly emerged from the city’s underground with a sound rooted in punchy hooks, raw edge and rock ’n’ roll swagger, nodding to The Donnas, Joan Jett and Nikki Corvette.

Like a snowy cab ride down Saint-Laurent after last call, their music carries the texture of late-night dépanneur runs, sesame bagels eaten on the curb, a Labatt 50 sweating in hand and a DuMaurier burned down to the filter. That feeling fuels a mix of garage rock cool and punk urgency, with infectious energy and a clear sense of identity. Big hooks cut through blown-out guitars, while the dual-vocal dynamic between Jamie Radu and Vera keeps everything shifting, trading lines, colliding and snapping into focus without losing control.

“Say It!” serves as the first glimpse of the band’s forthcoming debut LP Static, set for release on June 26. The single lands alongside vinyl and digital pre-orders for the album and sets the emotional and sonic tone for what’s to come. A second single, “Secret Handshake,” follows on June 5, with “Midnight Mixtape” spotlighted during release week.

“Say It!” captures Taxi Girls at their most immediate and unapologetic. The band’s dual-vocal dynamic shifts effortlessly from sweet to scathing, mirroring themes of resilience, self-realization and the courage to speak plainly. As the band explains, these ideas carry through Static: “This record is very real and very raw, exploring themes of love, loss, struggles with mental health, postpartum depression, and being caught in endless loops of nostalgia. The light at the end of the tunnel is stepping into your power, owning it, feeling it and truly understanding what that means deep down. We felt this was the perfect way to showcase Taxi Girls and share how we really feel.”

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American Blonde - Mississippi Moonshine.

American Blonde returns with their first release in nearly 18 months. This is a bold new chapter as a full band produced by Grammy-nominated Lincoln Parish (Cage the Elephant).

Swampy guitars, slide-driven grit, and a vocal that cuts, “Mississippi Moonshine” leans into Southern Rock roots with a modern edge. “Mississippi Moonshine captures the direction we’ve been moving, leaning into our roots while pushing toward a more rock-driven, live-energy sound. Delta born. Rock raised. Country at heart. This feels like the truest version of who we are as musicians.”— Nata & Tinka Morris

Mississippi-born, Nashville-based band blending Country, Rock, and Soul. Fronted by sisters Nata & Tinka Morris. International touring artists with multiple European runs. Ryman Auditorium artist program finalists. Known for high-energy live shows and a growing national footprint.

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White Birches - Best Bear - Baldy Crawlers - Libby Ember - Crow and Gazelle

Photo - Ekaterina Iakiamseva

White Birches - Solace.

White Birches released their third album A New Reign last November. The album was praised for its balance of precision and vulnerability and was featured on several “best of 2026” lists. On May 1 (2026) they return with Solace, the third single from the album. Solace was the last song written for A New Reign. It captures a fleeting shift — the first sense of life returning after a period of darkness. Brief, uncertain, but impossible to ignore.

Many of the album’s songs revolve around enduring grief. Solace moves in a different direction — toward being present, even if only for a moment. “We needed to close the album with something reminiscent of hope and light,” says Jenny Gabrielsson Mare. “We tend to stay in darker spaces, and that matters. But there also has to be room for something else, for solace”.

Alongside the single, Fredrik Jonasson of White Birches has created a video. The release also includes a B-side: a cover of Invincible by Pat Benatar, originally featured in The Legend of Billie Jean a song about holding your ground in the face of injustice.


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Best Bear - Bare Minimum.

Philadelphia, Pa emo pop band Best Bear have signed to HHBTM Records, and announced a mini east coast tour along with a debut new video for "Bare Minimum." This band was a big discovery for the label in late 2022, but timing just didn't work out. Fast forward a few years later and the band are working on their follow up record and things just connected. 

First hearing Best Bear was like first seeing Bad Banana before they became Swearin and Waxahatchee blew up, or when first getting to hear Snail Mail when a friend passed me a demo. There are bands you just know are gonna hit the moment and I feel like Best Bear has that same potential. Gut wrenching heart on the sleeve honesty through the lyrics, pop sensibilities for crafting hooks, and a voice so fragile but so strong from the emotional depth of what is be sung. The new Best Bear album won't be out until early 2027, but the band are doing some shows through the east coast and they are debuting a new video directed by Jay Miller titled "Bare Minimum."

Known for their emotionally direct songwriting and dynamic, slow-building arrangements, the project centers around songs written by Blue Barnett, with a rotating lineup of collaborators shaping the live band. “Bare Minimum” captures the tension of giving everything you have in a relationship while being made to feel like it still falls short. The video mirrors that emotional arc, pairing performance with cinematic, narrative-driven visuals that emphasize isolation, imbalance, and eventual release.

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Baldy Crawlers - On Those Who Starve Children.

Baldy Crawlers release the deeply insightful new single “On Those Who Starve Children”.  Written in light of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the track is now available on all streaming platforms. 

Blending West Coast soul with East Coast grit, “On Those Who Starve Children” hits as much like a curse as it does a song. Baldy Crawlers leaves nothing unsaid, creating a bold, yet incredibly relevant track that is meant to have you spiraling. Written and directed at those who weaponize hunger against youth, "On Those Who Starve Children" forces the listener into the perpetrator's conscience—one victim at a time, forever. 

Recorded earlier in the year, “On Those Who Starve Children” was co-produced by Barry Wood and engineered by Jon Crawford at Village Tracks. In addition to the haunting lyrics, the track would be incomplete without the mesmerizing, yet soul-crushing vocals of Elizabeth Hangan. Sonically taking inspiration from Bob Dylan or Tom Waits, the track may sound quiet, but its message has never been louder or clearer.

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Libby Ember - I'll Stand in the Doorway.

Following the releases of acclaimed singles “Let Me Go” and “News at the Party” earlier this year, both of which garnered Spotify Editorial support, Montreal singer-songwriter Libby Ember returns with “I’ll Stand in the Doorway.” Amidst heart-sinking melancholy, it captures the emotional limbo of moving through a breakup while remaining tethered to someone’s world. Wrapped in dreamy, bedroom pop textures, “I’ll Stand in the Doorway” explores longing, proximity, and the quiet tension of being emotionally outside looking in.

Inspired by a real experience following a breakup, “I’ll Stand in the Doorway” reflects the strange emotional state of navigating a shared neighbourhood with an ex. Libby describes walking through familiar streets while on edge, bracing for the possibility of unexpected encounters and the resurfacing of memory in everyday spaces.

At its core, the song’s title becomes a metaphor for emotional boundaries and lingering attachment. It reflects the feeling of not being able to step back into someone’s life, while still holding space for reconnection. “I can’t actually step back into the room, someone’s life,” Libby explains. “But I’m telling them that I’ll never be far away and if they ever want to let me back in, I’ll be ready.”

Sonically, the track leans into a fuller, more immersive production style than Libby’s earlier releases. Built from layers of electric guitars, synths, and drums, the arrangement mirrors the intensity of crowded thoughts and unresolved emotion. Rather than stripping things back, the production embraces density to reflect how sadness can feel amplified rather than simplified.

Libby Ember · I'll Stand in the Doorway

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Photo - Myriam Riand

Crow and Gazelle - Belly of the Beast.

Texas-based duo Crow and Gazelle share their new single “Belly of the Beast,” the latest offering from their forthcoming album Truth Be Told, out this June. The band has also announced a run of shows throughout Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas to celebrate the album’s release. Truth Be Told is a sweeping, spiritually charged concept record that explores love, power, survival, and the truths buried beneath generations of fear, told through the voices of a woman and a man navigating a collapsing world.

Where lead single “Fall How It Will” introduced the album’s emotional and philosophical foundation, “Belly of the Beast” marks a turning point, where reflection gives way to confrontation. With doubled vocals and a driving, almost incantatory rhythm, the song unfolds like a spell, calling into question the systems we’ve been taught to accept as inevitable.

At its core, “Belly of the Beast” wrestles with the entangled forces of patriarchal religion, capitalism, and colonization, reframing them not as divine or natural orders, but as constructs built to dominate and divide. Through the lens of the album’s central heroine, a woman aligned with nature, memory, and resistance, the song imagines a path toward dismantling those systems from within.

“It’s a deeply spiritual war we’re under,” the band explains. “With violence, exploitation, and environmental destruction becoming normalized, we’re being asked to forget who we are and where we come from. This song is about remembering and about believing that love, not domination, is the force that will ultimately undo what’s been built.”

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Big Little Lions - Hannah Scott - Hurtsfall - Les Flâneurs - Laura Adeline - Alex Hall - Astari Nite

Big Little Lions - Finish What You Started.

Multi award winning cross border duo, Big Little Lions are going to be releasing monthly singles, which is good news for Beehive Candy as they have been consistently delivering creative and exceptional songs for over a decade.  Big Little Lions are a duo who were born out of a collaboration that won them a JUNO Award in 2014. Since then they have been cranking out infectious folk pop songs that are jam-packed with emotion and tight harmonies that sound like the product of two people working side-by-side instead of living in different countries. 

They have released 7 albums to date, which have garnered them awards and nominations including the CFMA Ensemble of the Year, Independent Music Awards Americana Sing of the Year and John Lennon Songwriting Competition Song of the Year. Their critically acclaimed music has appeared on the CBC’s Top 20 and featured on shows like q and Vinyl Cafe. The duo consists of Paul Otten and Helen Austin, both hugely prolific songwriters - their music has been placed in hundreds of movie trailers, ads, network TV shows.

Their live show is quite the spectacle with Paul playing drums, bass and keyboard all while singing lead vocals. Helen, who is no slacker either, sings, plays guitar and foot percussion. They use every limb, and then some, to make two people sound like a full band.

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Hannah Scott - Sitting In The Dark.

Some background on this notable (to say the least) song from Hannah Scott "I wrote this song in early 2022 about my experiences of renting in London over a fifteen-year period. The song captures the final two weeks I spent in a studio flat in Ealing without working lights - just one example of the challenges I faced despite spending well into six figures on rent."

Some background: “Your music moved me to tears.” This is the refrain contemporary folk artist Hannah Scott regularly hears as she leaves the stage. The best stories make us feel deeply and in the 15 years she has been writing and performing, Hannah has become an exceptional storyteller. Her music is shaped by human connections, with family, in all its chaos and glory, sitting at the heart of her work. Her lyrics are powerful and poignant, and her voice feels strangely familiar, though you can’t quite put your finger on why. Her writing may be deeply personal but her music has a universal appeal that goes beyond the melodies you catch yourself humming in the days after listening to her songs.

The connection she builds with her audiences is most evident in the stories shared by audience members after her performances: the woman whose elderly mother lost a sibling in childhood and is moved to tears by Boy In The Frame; the young father who, upon hearing My Dad & I, realises he wants to spend more time with his small children; the adoptive parents who, like Hannah as a step-parent, may not have been the first person to hold their child, but Love You Like I Did. A deep-rooted desire for this connection has always been the driving force behind her songwriting and live performances.

Hannah Scott · Sitting In The Dark

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Hurtsfall - Memento Mori.

Memento Mori, is the new single from Nottingham darkwave/post-punk trio Hurtsfall (out 1 May). Built around a driving post-punk bass line and brooding synth textures, Memento Mori explores the tension between intimacy and impermanence, that moment where connection is overshadowed by the awareness that everything is temporary. With a vocal that moves between restraint and release, it balances gothic atmosphere with a direct emotional edge.

Hurtsfall write and produce independently in Nottingham and have become a recognised presence on the UK alternative scene, with recent performances at Dot to Dot Festival, Whitby Goth Weekend, and Infest. They have shared stages with Ghost Dance, Skeletal Family, Miranda Sex Garden, and Aurelio Voltaire. Upcoming shows include appearances alongside Pink Turns Blue and The March Violets, as well as a festival slot at Darker Days.

With Memento Mori, Hurtsfall continue to refine their blend of darkwave atmosphere and emotional immediacy — a sound rooted in tradition but reaching toward something more immediate and human.

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Les Flâneurs - Pretty in the Dark.

'Pretty in the Dark' the new single for producer Alessandro Marchetti's project Les Flâneurs is a nocturnal synth-pop track about trying to feel beautiful even when everything inside and around you feels unstable. Moving through dim lights, crowded rooms, and quiet inner tension, it captures the fragile balance between confidence and vulnerability. Beneath its shimmering synths lies a subtle resistance: a way of holding onto yourself while the world blurs, judges, or pulls you down. It’s about finding a personal light in the dark because not everything is perfect, and in spite of it.

For Pretty in the Dark video, Marchetti choose and obtained to syncronize Night Market, a 2023 2D animated short film created by Yingyu Zhu, Chenyi Zhu, and Xinyu Sun from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in the USA. They are a three-person director team, Chenyi Zhu is responsible for animation, Yingyu Zhu and Chenyi Zhu are responsible for character design, Xinyu Sun and Yingyu Zhu is responsible for the scene design. The film tells the story of a young girl with cancer who finds escape from her isolated hospital life by following glowing butterflies into a magical, vibrant night market. The short explores with delicacy and dreamlikeness themes of illness, imagination, and hope.

Les Flâneurs is the project of the musician and producer Alessandro Marchetti. His first album A Long Season (2020) was played in countless nations around the world and got rave reviews and appreciation. Afterwards, the project entered a phase of exploration. The new album Afterglow, to be released in 2026,  arrives after six years of research, experimentation, and collaboration — a slow process shaped by mood, instinct, and artistic necessity rather than industry timing. Alex Marchetti is the creative mind behind the project. He writes, records, arranges, mixes, and produces the music, shaping every detail of the sound. Les Flâneurs is not conceived as a live act, but as a studio-driven project, in which atmosphere, texture, and emotional depth are central.

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Photo - Jordenne Mills

Laura Adeline - Acquainted.

Like slipping into a soft-focus daydream you don’t want to leave, Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Laura Adeline creates a sweet escape in her new single ‘Acquainted’, out Friday, May 1. Silky and smooth, this tune is Laura's latest addition to her velvety and intimate R&B catalogue. With her vulnerable storytelling, interlaced with textured beats and smooth synthesisers, Laura Adeline remains authentic and vibrant. Receiving considerable endorsement from Triple J, Triple J Unearthed, and Apple Music for previous singles 'Curbside' and '501s' and included in publications The AU Review, AAA Backstage, Stereofox and more, Laura is back with a more stripped-back and experimental version of herself. 

‘Acquainted’ draws from a mix of studio-written lyrics and journal entries pulled from years of personal notes, tracing the lingering confusion, anger, remorse and regret that can follow long after a relationship ends. Speaking on the track, Laura shares: 

“Acquainted is about looking back on something and thinking that I wish this person the best… but I’m actually still mad. But then they probably have the right to be mad at me, too… but I've changed. Have they changed? I don’t want to ever see them again, but if I do… I hope I can find out. And then this process repeats itself.”
  
Intoxicatingly lustrous, ‘Acquainted’ drifts through a floaty, daydream-like haze, supported by a fusion of R&B and alternative pop threaded together with modern funk sensibilities to offer a refined, minimalist sound. Underpinned by subtle electric drums, laid-back bass and reverb-soaked guitar parts, Laura's rich, mesmerizing vocals stand out beautifully.

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Photo - Robert Chavers

Alex Hall - Turn This Love Around (EP).

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Alex Hall has released his star-studded new EP Turn This Love Around. Boasting collaborations with Vince Gill, Tenille Townes and Mae Estes, the five-song collection finds Hall embracing creative freedom as an independent artist, with vulnerable love songs that don’t shy away from the turmoil of everyday life.

“The Turn This Love Around EP is a project about love, growth, the highs and lows of it all, and everything in between,” says Hall. “It touches on my experience with sobriety, the work it takes to build a strong marriage, and stepping into a different side of myself as a songwriter. When it came time to record, I went in a different direction – rather than bringing in the usual top session players in Nashville, I made the record in the studio with close friends I’ve shared the stage with over the years. I think that gave it more of my own fingerprint. It was also really special to have friends like Mae Estes, Tenille Townes, and Vince Gill be part of it. I’m a huge fan of all three, and I’m grateful to make music alongside them.”

Townes, who teamed up with Hall and Gill on the uplifting title track, says: “I love this song so much and I will always smile looking back at the day at Vince’s studio when we all wrote this. The stories shared and the time together talking about the heart of music is something I’ll always carry with me. So glad this song found us that day, and what a joy to be a part of this release! Alex is one of my favourite voices to sing with and a friend I’ve known in this community for a long time, and having a song with the legendary Vince Gill is an absolute dream.”

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Astari Nite - Medications In Bloom (EP).

Astari Nite has just announced the release of their new EP, Medications In Bloom. With themes of validation, self-preservation, romance, glamour and decay running throughout the release, Astari Nite encourages the listener to wear the brightest lipstick, laugh the loudest, be brave and find courage to stand up for yourself. Find positivity in negativity. Open the door and say good morning to strangers. Medications In Bloom inspires and motivates acceptance. Everyone deserves to be loved.
 
Commenting on the Ep's title, vocalist, Mychael Ghost reveals: “My mother has not been doing well for quite some time. My life for the past four and a half years consists of doctor visits, chatting with nurses, buying her flowers that make me sneeze, my mind wandering about childhood memories while holding her hand. Nevertheless, whenever her prescription is re-filled, I’m quickly notified. One day I received that reassuring alert and thought to myself, YAY, “Medications In Bloom” again.”

Medications In Bloom is available on limited edition compact disc and on all major digital outlets worldwide. Astari Nite is known for blending elements of alternative, post-punk and new wave, resulting in a distinctive dark / glam alt sound. Their style is reminiscent of classic alternative bands like Clan of Xymox and Placebo.


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