Even those familiar with a handful of masters that were being traded amongst artists and labels for the past year will discover them and more in a crafty album order that keeps the DIY thrills in a constant state of beguiling wonder. Untitled offers immediate gratification that does not require one to be familiar with Melina’s work with Summer Peaks, nor previous single releases. The sporadic release to a home spun audience network of fans spread through word of mouth endorsements and enthusiastic recommendations (described in the Bay Bridged’s review) with resounding chatter, responses of expressive adjectives, and flowery poetics that are continuing to gain further attention from the international music & arts communities, collectives, & so on. The Brentwood by Bay Area artist made a name for herself outside of her band Summer Peaks caused headline level commotion with debut single “forget about it kid”, featured on London DIY tastemakers Beech Coma’s Compilation 3 as the opening launch song, receiving continued praise in the UK markets creating what Gold Flake Paint‘s Tom Johnson aptly phrased in response to Untitled-”A snapshot of what’s been and a perfect foreword to what might and certainly should come next.”Īnd this is no hyperbole of the majesty and might that Melina has created with Untitled. Over the course of this recent Thanksgiving weekend, Melina Duterte released her first big solo full-length under the Jay Som moniker with the awe-inspiring and already much lauded Untitled. and more-in no particular order.īest year ever-Jay Som, Melina Duterte of Summer Peaks wildly ambitious solo offshoot. guest selections (& an interview) from Sarah P. Darq chapter 6 strange key plus#the other night during their Bowery Ballroom residency Chief Keef dropped Nobody 2 Mac Demarco announced more tour dates & the Mac DeMarco Fan Club operated by his mom Agnes and manager Michelle Cable Animal Collective announced 2016 world tour Migos’ Offset released “First Day Out” upon being released from jail for drug and firearm possession, and then Migos dropped the Zaytoven produced single, “Case Closed” NOTHING announced new album Tired Of Tomorrow available in spring 2016 from Relapse Records Primal Scream announced new album Chaosmosis available March 16 via their imprint First International / Ignition A$AP Ferg dropped “Tatted Angel” The Mountain Goats announced their 2016 tour Duran Duran announced tour Wavves, Best Coast, Cherry Glazerr announced February tour The Replacements biography Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements available March 1 from Da Capo Press, written by Bob Mehr Bradford Cox versus the cult of Corgan, plus subsequent apology from Cox Spike Lee versus Chance the Rapper Jared Leto versus Taylor Swift Swervedriver’s Adam Franklin versus Pete Doherty The Weeknd sued over “The Hills” sampling in film, The Machine Neil Peart talks retirement from drumming and Rush Wu-Tang Clan’s legendary Once Upon a Time in Shaolin album was apparently purchased by the notorious Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Schmendrick Martin Shkreli the Obamas announced their 2015 favorite songs, Barack selected Kendrick Lamar’s “How Much a Dollar Cost”, Michelle chose Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk” we mourn the passing of Holly Woodlawn (transgender icon immortalized in Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side”), and our dearest and warmest thoughts are with Nardwuar at this time.Īnd as 2015 winds down, we bring you a handful of world exclusive eleventh hour breakthroughs from the international community of artists and dreamers like Jay Som, Love the Unicorn, Sven at Work, Agent blå, Lil Freckles, We Are Temporary, Blue Daisy, Brandon Locher, Spookey Ruben, ft. With a host of breaking exclusives and media to present, we first look to the top buzz headline tickers: Big news that Kanye & Kim Kardashian West announced the birth of their baby boy Saint West, the couple also donated 1,000 shoes to Soles4Souls, hot on the heels of Kanye winning the Shoe Of The Year award Grammy Awards nomination hype My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields’ joined Dinosaur Jr. Providing you with a weekly beacon of light to accompany your voyages across life’s rocky and uncertain shores Impose’s Week in Pop celebrates the latest from artists who work tirelessly to make our shared world a more beautiful and fascinating place to inhabit.
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