EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Austinn Is Calling On "Answer Your Phone"

“Answer Your Phone” is Luxembourg pop-rock two piece Austinn’s newest single, following their debut track "Galaxy," produced by Matt Squire (One Direction, All Time Low, Ariana Grande) and directed by Cedric Letsch.

The duo of Jameses, Jimmy Braun and Jim Scheck, explained the backstory behind their curious name to Transverso, saying,

“Jimmy bought a leather jacket on Ebay and it came [all the way to Luxembourg] from Austin, Texas. The guy who sold the jacket wrote his address on the package as well, [but] he wrote Austin with two nn’s, [which] makes Austinn. Nobody knows how you can make such a mistake in spelling Austin, but Jimmy had a laugh while reading it and thought it looked pretty cool.”

This shiny new music video, reminiscent of The Virgins at their poppiest, comes hot off the heels of multiple sold out European tours and gives a modern take on the classic drama recounted by Blondie back in the day: getting left Hanging On the Telephone. Check it out below:

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Stream Cole Hamilton's Debut EP 'Afraid To Be Alone'

It’s hard to believe rising Tulane University sophomore Cole Hamilton didn’t begin writing music until his first year of college. It’s not that that’s too late in life, it’s just surprising considering the amount and quality of work he has already completed in such a short time when most of us were still trying to figure out which building our classes were in.

“I spent the whole year writing music and ended up with 20-plus songs,” Hamilton told us.  “From those 20 I took my favorite four and made the [Afraid To Be Alone] EP.” 

Hamilton recorded these tracks after returning to his hometown of Northbrook, IL where he reunited with high school friends Chris Neuhaus (drums), Paul Tisch (bass), Gracie Sands (guitar), Peter Roberson (trombone), Danny Neuson (trumpet), and Joseph Lee (saxophone) and worked with producer Craig Williams at Dr. Caw studios.

Afraid To Be Alone begins with catchy Two Door Cinema Club-inspired pop-rock tracks “(Just Between) Everyone You Know and Me” and "Louisiana" before descending into darker vocals evoking an Arctic Monkeys-esque swagger in “Crystal.” The EP ends with “Stay/Go,” a track adorned with a heavy horn section and an earnestness that will leave you wishing Hamilton would indeed stay instead of go. 

Afraid To Be Alone is out now and available on Spotify, which you can listen to below.

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Download Fallow Land's First Single, "Are All My Bad Decisions Rock And Roll?"

Ann Arbor, Michigan based indie outfit Fallow Land have finally released their first single today, and though it's titled "Are All My Bad Decisions Rock And Roll?" there's nothing bad about it.

With lyrics like "Slurred speech in a parking lot / Regurgitate words that don't mean a lot / But for now they're the best that I've got" it's one of the most self-aware pop songs in recent memory, but by mixing a touch of grunge with the remnants of frontman Whit Fineberg's jazz band schooling, it becomes much more. Mixed by Jonathan Visger (Absofacto, Hollow & Akimbo) and reminiscent of an early-2000s OK Go, Fallow Land takes a Heyrocco-esque playfulness but grounds it in maturity. 

As a non-album single, "Are All My Bad Decisions Rock And Roll?" is not necessarily a sign of things to come, though. 

"We were trying to put something out there that was hella poppy before recording the really weird EP that we are working on," Fineberg told Transverso, hinting at more experimentation in future releases.

In the meantime we can reflect on the fact that one of the best tracks so far this summer will start sing-alongs of "It reminds me that we're all doomed to die." Download the track and check out the tour dates below.

Tour Dates:

7/1 - Detroit, MI @ The Sanctuary 
7/3 - Ann Arbor, MI @ The Vail House
7/4 - Mt Pleasant, MI @ The 906
7/5 - Toronto, Ontario @ The Cavern
7/6 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The DAAC
7/7 - Muncie, IN @ Be here Now
7/8 - Chicago, IL @ The Abbey Pub
7/11 - Dekalb IL @ The Seventh Street