WTAR/Norfolk Flips To Triple A 'The Coast 96.5'

Recording artist Tyler Boone returns to the Triple A format (working the format since 2014) with his new single "Running Sideways" on his label Artist Formula Record Group.  Boone shared, "I self-produced this single in Los Angeles & love this new genre territory I'm diving into. My lane is always "The Black Keys, Jack White" blues rock format or Americana, but I wanted something more contemporary & current. The response is already incredible and I'm going to keep diving more into this new wave I found myself in." His previous single "Wicked Girl" featuring Peter Keys of Lynyrd Skynyrd landed official editorial on Spotify, Pandora, Nascar on Fox and Bluesville on Sirius XM. Supported by Joe Bonamassa. Check out his "Homegrown" Boone's Bourbon label here.

In speaking about Eat Your Young, Hozier says: “This EP marks my first release of 2023, with a number of songs to drop over the coming months, followed by the full album Unreal Unearth in late summer. It’s always a gift to be able to release new music into the world and an added joy to do so on a birthday. I’m thrilled to have announced tour dates for this fall and to share these songs, which offer a sample of more to come.”

In speaking about Eat Your Young, Hozier says: “This EP marks my first release of 2023, with a number of songs to drop over the coming months, followed by the full album Unreal Unearth in late summer. It’s always a gift to be able to release new music into the world and an added joy to do so on a birthday. I’m thrilled to have announced tour dates for this fall and to share these songs, which offer a sample of more to come.”

Hailing from Fleetwood, UK, Dallas, TX and Charlotte, NC - the band northlake shares their first single "Falling Out of Fashion" via MX2 Media. Due to the members’ drastically different upbringings and life experiences, there is an eclectic mix of influences from Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Oasis, and Jeff Buckley to contemporary acts like The 1975, Clairo, Dominic Fike, 5 Seconds of Summer and Harry Styles. About the song - Bassist Devlin Manning shared, "Falling out of Fashion is a slow melancholy ballad forced into the shoes of a 3-minute pop song. When we wrote Falling out of Fashion, we hadn’t released a song or played in months due to the holidays and us moving cities. In that moment we felt we had become stagnant as a band even though we had some amazing opportunities on the horizon. This song encapsulates how frustrating it can be when a good thing slowly starts to fade despite you doing your best to stop it."

GRAMMY-winning French band Phoenix have enlisted Clairo and her ethereal vocals on a new version of “After Midnight,” a track off their seventh album Alpha Zulu released last November via  Glassnote Records. The band’s world tour supporting the album will continue this summer when they make their return to Festivals across Europe and then North America for a co-headlining tour with Beck. On the origin of “After Midnight,” Phoenix explain, “We’ve loved Clairo since day 1! What a treat it is to have her sing with us! We hope you’ll enjoy it as much as we do.” The collaboration with Clairo marks only the second formal feature in the band’s history with their first having been on last year’s “Tonight (feat. Ezra Koenig).” The features are not unconnected in that Phoenix were introduced to Clairo through Koenig’s Vampire Weekend former bandmate Rostam Batmanglijas’ work on her debut album Immunity. 

Hawaiian singer-songwriter Eli Smart released his new single “Done Me” via Polydor/Geffen Records. This is the first piece of new music from Smart since the release of his Aloha Soul EP back in November of 2022. The artist said this about the tune: “I wrote and recorded ‘Done Me’ with my flat mate/drummer/producer/best mate James Kerr in our flat in Lewisham. We’ve been playing together since university up Liverpool (James’ hometown), and this was one of the first times we’d ever properly sat down to write and record a tune together." Eli Smart is one of NME's 100 for 2023! Billboard named "Done Me" as one of '10 Cool Pop Songs to Get You Through the Week' and he is set to play BeachLife Festival & Hopscotch Festival this Summer!