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Eric Krasno is one of several guest artists who will appear on 2ŁØT’s forthcoming sophomore album, RE/SOLVE. The five-piece band, who offer a blend of hip hop, funk, soul, jazz, rock and electronic music that they refer to as Electronic Jam Music (EJM), feature Krasno on the new single “Iris.” The track also boasts contributions from Bohorquez and Evan Weiss of the funk-jazz collective The Funky Knuckles.

Pretty Lights has confirmed his first studio album in 13 years, A Trip Thru Time Fantastic. The 45-track collection will be divided into nine different “constellations,” each of which will feature five tracks. The expansive set is Derek Vincent Smith’s first full-length Pretty Lights effort since 2013’s A Color Map of the Sun and first major release since the artist took a break from 2018-2023 to focus on “himself and his music,” though he has released several EPs and live sets in that time.

Members of Lotus and Twiddle will share the stage at Milford, CT’s Stonebridge Restaurant on Saturday, July 11. Billed as Tim Palmieri & Frends, the 2:30pm matinee show will boast a headlining performance by the Lotus guitarist, with Twiddle bassist Zdenek Gubb and Twiddle drummer Adrian Tramontano–who has played with Palmieri for decades in The Breakfast and other projects–rounding out the rhythm section.

Dinosaur Jr. will release a new studio LP,  There Near, August 28 via Jagjaguwar. Along with the album details, the influential alt-rock trio has also dropped the record’s new lead single/video, “Several Got Away” and confirmed a fall North American tour. Guy Kozak, who directed the video, said along with the album announcement,  “I wanted to do something a little tongue-in-cheek with a kind of ‘backyard movie’ feel that could fit in nicely with the existing canon of dinosaur jr. music videos.

Mike Campbell, who is best known as the lead guitarist of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and co-author of some of the group’s biggest songs, has confirmed a round of fall dates with his band The Dirty Knobs. The musicians are currently touring in support of their fourth album, Mission of Mercy, which was released on June 12. Their Nnew dates include stops at New York’s Town Hall, Washington, DC’s Warner Theatre and New Orleans’ Joy Theatre, among other locations.

The Everyone Orchestra will return to Charleston, SC’s Pour House once again next month. The ninth-annual Everyone Orchestra Weekend Gathering will take place Friday, August 14 and Saturday, August 15, featuring two sets of Everyone Orchestra each night.

Over the weekend Dawes performed a special show at the Libbey Bowl in Ojai, California in memory of  their former tour manager Gerry G. A number of guests joined them for the performance including Lucius, Jenny Lewis, Eric Krasno, Jonny Fritz, Hattie Webb and Kenneth Pattengale of the Milk Carton Kids. One highlight was a version of “Going Down The Road Feeling Bad” with Pattengale, Krasno and Wolfe.

Kota Dosa is a New Orleans based group that fuses elements of blues, jazz, and psychedelic sounds. The band recently set out for the West Coast in conjunction with an appearance at the High Sierra Music Festival. While in San Francisco at the outset of a five week tour, which includes two shows opening for Leftover Salmon, the group’s touring vans were broken into and their gear was stolen.

“Without small venues taking a chance, bands don’t get to the point where they can tour. If we love a band, we’ll work a shift to cut down costs, you’re not going to see that with bigger corporate venues,” says Alisha Edmsonson co-owner of Washington, DC’s Songbyrd Music House and Byrdland Records. Co-owner Joe Lapan notes, “We’ve been here in Northeast in the Union Market neighborhood for close to five years now, seeing people enjoying independent music every night.

On Friday, Margo Price will release a new collection of protest music. The nine tracks on Days Of Unrest explore a variety of issues and ideas that Price has long addressed. She reflects on these larger themes in noting, “It seems like so many of us have forgotten the message on the statue of liberty that says, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” America is a country built by immigrants and our freedom is precious.