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Team Dresch covers Elliott Smith + tour dates with Built To Spill

Team Dresch covers Elliott Smith + tour dates with Built To Spill

Queercore mainstay Team Dresch covers Elliott Smith for our 30th anniversary covers series. It's available on platforms now!  >>> St. Ides Heaven <<< Team Dresch says, “We can’t imagine a...
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Ruth Radelet of Chromatics covers Elliott Smith

Ruth Radelet of Chromatics covers Elliott Smith

Ruth Radelet is a singer, songwriter, and musician with diverse influences ranging from Joni Mitchell to Frank Ocean. She grew up singing and playing the guitar and has been performing and...
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It's Hard To Dance When It's Cold And There's No Music: Kill Rock Stars Winter Holiday Album Volume 2

It's Hard To Dance When It's Cold And There's No Music: Kill Rock Stars Winter Holiday Album Volume 2

Your 14-track winter-time companion is HERE. Consisting of covers and originals from label alums and new artists and friends of KRS. -> Available on all platforms  This album is a...
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Welcome zannie to the KRS lot!

Welcome zannie to the KRS lot!

zannie has joined Kill Rock Stars and shares a dreamlike single to set things off.  "mechanical bull" - available anywhere you get your music here zannie is the project of instrumentalist and singer...
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30th covers galore!!!

30th covers galore!!!

We've released more 30th anniversary covers series tracks than there are weeks of the year as part of Stars Rock Kill (Rock Stars). December will be full of plenty more. To keep up,...
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30th covers: Corrina Repp covers Xiu Xiu

30th covers: Corrina Repp covers Xiu Xiu

Last month, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Corrina Repp released her graceful new album Island, spanning everything from haunting folk to exploratory guitar to cinematic pop, via our label partner Jealous...
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30th covers: Field Drums cover Cadallaca

30th covers: Field Drums cover Cadallaca

Field Drums are a new band from Portland, Oregon featuring Rachel Blumberg on drums, keys, and vocals, and Jeffrey Underhill on guitar & vocals. Rachel has formerly played/toured/recorded with M.Ward, the Decemberists, Norfolk & Western,...
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Caleb Nichols joins KRS + releases EP

Caleb Nichols joins KRS + releases EP

What better way to close out a holiday week than with the news of poet and songwriter, Caleb Nichols, joining the Kill Rock Stars crew. Caleb (he/they) is from San...
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TEKE::TEKE tour 2022

TEKE::TEKE tour 2022

You get the chance to experience the 7-piece's energy live. Tickets are on sale!  Jan. 13 Ottawa, ON @ Club Saw Jan. 14 Montreal, QC @ Fairmount Theatre Jan. 20...
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30th covers series: Amber Sweeney - Linda Perry

30th covers series: Amber Sweeney - Linda Perry

Amber Sweeney is a songwriter, performer, and recording artist. Her original songs have been featured in two of CW’s television series - One Tree Hill and Life Unexpected, as well...
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Shutups EP Six

Shutups EP Six

As the world slowly reopens, Shutups’ Six rightfully follows their introspective EP 5 with a sense of reemergence. Free of the literal confines and limited resources that spawned last year’s...
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Chateau Chateau sign to KRS + release single

Chateau Chateau sign to KRS + release single

Chateau Chateau is an evolving community of musicians led by Alex and Bleu. With beginnings in an abandoned aerospace warehouse in 2018, Chateau Chateau has grown into Tucson, Arizona’s favorite dusty and sparkly glam-rock band. Open...
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MAITA share the fourth single from their upcoming album - You Sure Can Kill a Sunday (Part I)

MAITA share the fourth single from their upcoming album - You Sure Can Kill a Sunday (Part I)

“You Sure Can Kill a Sunday (Part I)” is the latest single from MAITA's upcoming album, I Just Want To Be Wild For You. Written in response to a debate she and her...
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It's Christmas, Motherfuckers! + Logan Lynn named as an OUT100 Performer of the Year

It's Christmas, Motherfuckers! + Logan Lynn named as an OUT100 Performer of the Year

Logan Lynn adds a new superlative to his distinguished multi-hyphenate career as a songwriter, producer, filmmaker, television personality and award-winning activist; a coveted place as one of the Performers of...
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The Inflorescence sign to Kill Rock Stars + covers series tandem

The Inflorescence sign to Kill Rock Stars + covers series tandem

Two tracks originally performed by Bratmobile are released today for Kill Rock Stars’ 30th anniversary covers series. We welcome The Inflorescence to the Kill Rock Stars family with their cover...
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Shaylee announces album + releases lead single

Shaylee announces album + releases lead single

Shaylee has announced 2022's upcoming album, Short-Sighted Security. A new single is released alongside the announcement, "#1 Destroyer Fan". Previously released tracks "Audrey" and "Ophelia" will also be found on the record. ...
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SHUTUPS SURPRISE EP

SHUTUPS SURPRISE EP

Noise punks Shutups surprise us with the unexpected EP, Seven - out now. It’s a four track segment with an accompanying music video for lead single “Shit Opus (Millionaire/EmDrive/Powers Out/Tech...
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30th anniversary covers series tandem

30th anniversary covers series tandem

Two tracks are released in tandem today for our 30th anniversary covers series. Adam Selzer has been producing records for hundreds of artists at his Portland, Oregon studio, Type Foundry Recording,...
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