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Ron Gallo - ALBUM OUT NOW

Ron Gallo - ALBUM OUT NOW

"Big on garagey art-rock and fractured funk, the New Jersey-born Gallo brings fizzing zeal and a bounteous grab-bag of ideas, his songs' hooks as striking as his idiosyncratic lyrics." -MOJO ...
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Mya Byrne - Come On - Single & Video

Mya Byrne - Come On - Single & Video

"You could call 'Come On' the 'I Will Survive' of early 2023...Pure punk in its mix of righteousness and arrogance, "Come On" takes its place as an anthem with a...
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Layng Martine Jr - Let The World Go By Single & Video

Layng Martine Jr - Let The World Go By Single & Video

The occasion is Music Man, the wonderful new album by veteran Nashville-based songwriter Layng Martine Jr.. A long-time dream project instigated by his son,  Portland Oregon-based super-producer Tucker Martine. Out...
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TEKE::TEKE Announce Album + Release Single & Video

TEKE::TEKE Announce Album + Release Single & Video

TEKE::TEKE ANNOUNCE THEIR NEW RECORD, HAGATA, OUT JUNE 9TH “Garakuta” leads the charge, matching muscly intensity with moments of cloudy meditation—like a world-class high jumper finding bliss at the apex...
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Brian Dunne - It's A Miracle Single & Video

Brian Dunne - It's A Miracle Single & Video

OUT NOW! Brian Dunne's official music video for his new single "It's A Miracle"! The track is a good old fashioned, perfect step-beat guitar stomper—Dunne on his 10th wind, headed immediately to...
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Ryan Cassata Joins KRS + Releases Single & Video

Ryan Cassata Joins KRS + Releases Single & Video

We are thrilled to welcome prolific independent artist and activist Ryan Cassata to the KRS family + to share the official video for Ryan's Kill Rock Stars debut single "if you ever leave long island"- available across...
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Joh Chase Signs To KRS + Releases Single

Joh Chase Signs To KRS + Releases Single

Lucky us! Joh Chase joins the Kill Rock Stars family and shares their KRS debut single "Lucky Penny". Joh Chase is a veteran singer/songwriter, Seattle-born, Los Angeles-based. Their music is indie, folk, rock in a constant haze of singer/songwriter...
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Maita - Loneliness (Acoustic Album) Out Now

Maita - Loneliness (Acoustic Album) Out Now

"There is an urgency to the original that is replaced here by a sense of quiet intimacy and sincerity, ultimately showcasing MAITA’s versatility as a songwriter and performer as she...
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Seán Barna Announces Album + Releases Single & Video

Seán Barna Announces Album + Releases Single & Video

We are beyond thrilled to announce Seán Barna's Kill Rock Stars debut album An Evening at Macri Park - dropping 5/12. Out today is the new single and video for "Benjamin Whishaw Smiled"!Seán Barna is a viscerally outspoken...
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Elliott Fullam - A Hopeful Ending

Elliott Fullam - A Hopeful Ending

The new single “A Hopeful Ending” by Elliott Fullam is a declaration of love with a glimmer of hope which offers warmth while waiting in a perceived, lonely moment. It expresses the...
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Jad Fair & Samuel Locke Ward - Happy Hearts ALBUM OUT

Jad Fair & Samuel Locke Ward - Happy Hearts ALBUM OUT

KRS is thrilled to announce Happy Hearts is available everywhere! Happy Hearts is the first of what will prove to be many collaborations between hyper-prolific artists Jad Fair and Samuel Locke Ward. After connecting with one another during...
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Layng Martine Jr Single + Video out with Bloodshot Records

Layng Martine Jr Single + Video out with Bloodshot Records

Kill Rock Stars in collaboration with Bloodshot Records are thrilled to share Layng Martine Jr.'s official visualizer for his new single "Surabian Lament"! This is the second single off Martine's highly anticipated album Music Man dropping May 19th!"'SURABIAN...
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Five Fingers Of Funk - We Were Big In The Nineties Single + Video - ALBUM ANNOUNCE

Five Fingers Of Funk - We Were Big In The Nineties Single + Video - ALBUM ANNOUNCE

“'We Were Big In The Nineties' was how the Portland Say It Again album project got started. In early 2020 I was Covid-isolated in Upstate New York with no phone or internet....
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COMMANDO - Diet Soda

COMMANDO - Diet Soda

COMMANDO's new single "Diet Soda" is out now on Kill Rock Stars! The lyrics for "Diet Soda" were written following conversations Juba Kalamka had with Lynnee Breedlove around issues of aging as punk and hip-hop musicians in...
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Mya Byrne - Lend You A Hand

Mya Byrne - Lend You A Hand

On the latest single from Rhinestone Tomboy, “Lend You A Hand”, Mya Byrne is here once more to remind us of the strength inherent in the kind of love that imbues the soul...
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Brian Dunne announces album + shares single and video

Brian Dunne announces album + shares single and video

We are excited to announce Brian Dunne's new album Loser On The Ropes - dropping April 14 2023. Pre-orders for the limited-edition coral vinyl are available now, along with the official music video for Dunne's...
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Maita announces acoustic album + shares single

Maita announces acoustic album + shares single

KRS is proud to announce Maita's new acoustic album, Loneliness, along with a newly re-imagined version of the single, "Honey, Have I Lost It All?" (acoustic). Portland artist Maita's latest...
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COMMANDO - New Single "EMET (Izdis Hymn?)" + Announce Noise Pop Festival

COMMANDO - New Single "EMET (Izdis Hymn?)" + Announce Noise Pop Festival

With an arsenal of blistering guitars, driving percussion and a crucial perspective, COMMANDO use their ferocious energy and lyricism to unite crowds in the struggle to smash racism, queerphobia, transphobia,...
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