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COMMANDO share single and video "Mykki Blanco"

COMMANDO share single and video "Mykki Blanco"

COMMANDO share single and video - "Mykki Blanco" ft. Lynnee Breedlove (Tribe 8, Homobiles). With an arsenal of blistering guitars, driving percussion and a crucial perspective, COMMANDO uses their ferocious energy...
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Chateau Chateau share single + video, announce album

Chateau Chateau share single + video, announce album

Chateau Chateau will be releasing their Kill Rock Stars debut album May 6th. Grow Up tells the coming of age story of frontperson Bleu, documenting different toxic relationships throughout her life...
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Bitchcraft is out!

Bitchcraft is out!

The long-awaited new album from legendary queer music icon Bitch is out now. The new collection urges listeners to think about the state of the world, about evil politicians, about what it means...
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The Inflorescence - Are You Sorry

The Inflorescence - Are You Sorry

In 2019, a group of wise-beyond-their-years San Diego, California teens, singer/guitarist Tuesday Denekas (they/them), drummer Milla Merlini (she/her) and bassist Sasha A'Hearn (she/her), rose like punk-pop phoenix's from the ashes of...
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Logan Lynn's album, New Money, out now!

Logan Lynn's album, New Money, out now!

Logan Lynn's album, New Money, is out TODAY - January 21. This is Logan’s 10th studio album, but first for Kill Rock Stars. Produced in collaboration with longtime co-writer Gino Mari and written at home...
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MAITA release single + video "Loneliness"

MAITA release single + video "Loneliness"

MAITA will release their new album I Just Want To Be Wild For You on February 18. The new collection finds songwriter Maria Maita-Keppeler digging into that crippling oxymoron of modern communication -- constant bombardment paired with...
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New signing announcement - COMMANDO + single and video

New signing announcement - COMMANDO + single and video

Introducing COMMANDO - queer super-group added to the KRS roster and their debut record is coming your way.  COMMANDO was created as an act of revisionist history: how would the...
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Bitch shares latest single and video "You're The Man"

Bitch shares latest single and video "You're The Man"

The latest single from Bitch's upcoming album, Bitchcraft, is out now - "You're The Man" is a bombastic pop song about owning your own power with strident synths and drum machines...
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Logan Lynn covers Elliott Smith "Baby Britain"

Logan Lynn covers Elliott Smith "Baby Britain"

Logan Lynn shares his version of Elliott Smith's "Baby Britain", accompanied by a stop-motion music video made by Clyde Petersen. His forthcoming record, New Money, is out January 21.  >>> Listen +...
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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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