UK-born, Seattle-bred singer/songwriter Barns Courtney returns with "Supernatural", the title track from his upcoming new album via 300 Elektra Entertainment. The track introduces a new era of for BARNS, complete with a brand-new look and storyline. "A glam rock tale of love and lust,” said Barns Courtney. The body of work offers up his far-ranging obsessions (the writings of Oscar Wilde, ritualistic iconography and ancient mythology, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, to name a few), all crystallized in an elaborate narrative centered a post-apocalyptic cult leader. Each forthcoming track will offer additional details, effectively building out a world created by Barns. His tour began September 17th in Kansas City and runs through November 12th back home in Seattle.

4AD/Beggars Group recording artist The National released their new single “Weird Goodbyes,” feat. Bon Iver. The song continues the tradition of collaborating with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon in the studio and on stage. About the song, lead singer Matt Berninger states “It’s about letting go of the past and moving on, then later being overwhelmed by second thoughts.” The song also features strings by the London Contemporary Orchestra as orchestrated by The National’s Bryce Dessner. On the process of making the single, Aaron Dessner says, “‘Weird Goodbyes’ was one of the first new songs we made. I was misusing drum machines, as usual, and stumbled onto this beat that got stuck in my head -- it felt like something only Bryan could naturally play. We built the song around the beat. Matt's melody and words felt so elegant and moving from the beginning --- mourning a loss of innocence and motivation, holding onto memories and feelings that inevitably slip away and the grief we all suffer in weird goodbyes.” Dessner also explains how Bon Iver came to be featured on the track, “I somehow could hear our friend Justin's voice and heart in this song from the beginning. We sent it to him and it moved him – he then sang with Matt so powerfully.” The National are touring this summer and fall, including appearances at All Points East in London on August 26th and the Inaugural Sound on Sound festival in Bridgeport. CT September 25th. Additional worldwide touring is planned for 2023. Go HERE for updates and information.

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness has released his new single “Stars” via Nettwerk, marking the singer-songwriter-pianist’s first new music for this year and first release on his new label home. The track features Los Angeles singer-songwriter Ella Vos on backup vocals and is produced by Tommy English (Kacey Musgraves, K.Flay, Børns) and Jeremy Hatcher (Harry Styles, Maggie Rogers, Lizzo) alongside McMahon. “Stars” is about loving someone for all of their baggage, beauty, and everything in between. “I do love the imagery in the chorus of stars falling through a rooftop. I always see imagery like the kids' book The Little Prince,” shares McMahon. “The song is really about how loving someone can be both beautiful and painful. How the hardships and joy visited upon the person you love become your own. When you really love someone, you love them, baggage and all. ‘The stars that fell for you left holes in my roof.’ ‘They fell for you and I’m falling too.’ The genesis of this song is mapped out in the first verse. A night of drinking, a misunderstanding in a bar, and everything that follows. Some of my best love songs find me in the morning after an argument. When the dust settles, and you realize you’re still in love with all the messiness and good and thank god you’re loved the same.” McMahon is currently on tour with Dashboard Confessional. See tour dates HERE. Additionally, McMahon and his nonprofit charity, the Dear Jack Foundation, recently announced the 13^th Annual Dear Jack Benefit will take place this year on November 11th at the House of Blues in Chicago.

The Scarlet Goodbye are founding member of Soul Asylum and Golden Smog Dan Murphy and Yacht Rocker Jeff Arundel. Their most recent single Panic and Blame was released through TLG/Ingrooves and reveals yet another layer of the band’s textured, melodic approach. Vaguely haunting and wistful, with a sing-along chorus about a fictional nightclub called "The Killing Floor", "Panic and Blame" showcases the band's vocal chops and musicality, anchored by a groovy bottom. "The chorus just materialized in my head", says Jeff Arundel, featured on lead vocal. "Danny Murphy and I fleshed it out. My favorite line is his--"I left your name at the door"--obviously, she didn't show up.......". The Scarlet Goodbye’s album "Hope's Eternal" is slated for release in early 2023.