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Photo courtesy Smitt E. Smitty Boston garage and art-rockers Smitt E. Smitty & The Fezztones return with a new single. "Big Ass American Car" is a killer track originally done by Trick Williams that brings the weirdo art vibe to garage rock. It's the kind of song that has all of the elements of a straightforward garage rock song, but that wouldn't exactly be the Smitt E. Smitty & The Fezztones' way. It's a little dark, a little funny, and all rock and roll. If I had to compare "Big Ass American Car" to any other artist, it would be Frank Zappa's songs that made it on Dr. Demento. "Big Ass American Car" is a fun song that takes a biting look at American culture in the form of a kick ass rock song. Smitt E. Smitty says of his band's latest single: “‘Big Ass American Car’ is a song about the culture of cars in America, and the American culture in general. When the popularity of American-made cars started to diminish between the...

Photo by Steph Reid Naarm/Melbourne artist Tilly Vickers Willis has a new single out that is going to be a must listen for many of you. "Aching Never Leaves" is the type of song title that you already know you'll love before even pressing play. The press release for the song describes it as "Portishead-reminiscent," and we certainly can't argue with that. While the song does have some elements of classic trip hop, it has a much more organic sound. It feels like the artist is including some pieces of jazz and even bits of folk into the song's sound. "Aching Never Leaves" is a mesmerizing song and gets even more so the deeper into it that you get. We're looking forward to bringing you more new music from Tilly Vickers Willis hopefully sooner than later. Tilly Vickers Willis says of her latest single: “It's written in the moment of grief, from the perspective of someone who's really in it. They're trying to hold onto that, to stay ...

Los Angeles' Black Nile continue their mission to bring jazz into the current century with their latest single. "Skyrim" was inspired by the iconic video game, and actually kind of sounds like video game music. Jazz and video game music have always been connected, but never quite like "Skyrim." It helps elevate video game music to the next level, and also makes an artform normally considered stodgy kind of fun. This one is completely different from the previous singles we've brought to you from Black Nile, but they all help make jazz more accessible to music fans overall. Lawrence Shaw says of his band's latest single: "We love video games. Me and Aaron have different sides of what we like and tend to gravitate to. I'm more fantasy MMORPG, so you can guess 'Skyrim' is me for sure. I grew up on RuneScape and World of Warcraft, and those play a part in my jazz upbringing, if you will, because again, I'm such an auditory listener. I lis...