Free Radicals, a musical, political, and cultural force in Houston for over two decades, is back with a powerful new single “Bipartisan Baby Jail,” out now. The single is the first from their highly anticipated album White Power Outage Volume 2, which continues their quest to put an end to white supremacy.

Free Radicals’ White Power Outage Volume 1 (2020) made waves with the press, radio, and fans through its diverse sound and beautiful mix of vocalists and musicians representing shades of Black, LatinX, white, Asian, mixed, and indigenous people that make the up the culture of Houston Texas. They came together to make revolutionary music, and to demand an end to the white supremacy in the arts, culture, politics, the economy, and in their personal lives. The album received critical praise from the Houston Press, Black Grooves, and Bandcamp Daily, which called it, “…a defiant soundtrack to our turbulent times, penned in solidarity with the victims of state-sponsored violence and systemic oppression.”

Free Radicals have been working on beats for the White Power Outage series for many years before COVID hit. Nick Cooper of the band explains, “As we were wrapping up volume 1, Black Lives Matter was in the streets, and we were collaborating with rappers, singers, and poets of color around the world, all experiencing the pandemic, recording, and white supremacy differently. By the time volume 1 was named “Local Album of the Year” in the Houston Chronicle, we were already in the middle of producing volume 2. The band has been rehearsing and recording on each other’s lawns, or in parks. We started recording every rehearsal and quickly cut up and looped, and sent to our collaborators to start writing for it.” The result for Volume 2 is another batch of 20 plus songs featuring a revolutionary spirit and performed on real acoustic instruments. Every Free Radicals album includes a rich mix of sax, trumpet, trombone, bass, guitar, percussion, and tuba without ever using MIDI.

“Bipartisan Baby Jail” features Michele Thibeaux, Henry Alvarez and Karina Nistal. It also includes 4 year old kids from Peace Camp Houston and combines singing, rap, and poetry over funk. Nick explains how the song came to fruition, “We had shot a video on volume 1 for Karina’s song ‘Estamos En La Lucha’ in front of a Houston Immigrant Detention Facility. After Kamala Harris made some disgusting remarks at the border, we decided to go back to blast the Democrats for upholding Trump’s anti-immigrant unconstitutional policies.” Stay tuned for the music video of “Bipartisan Baby Jail” and more singles to come.

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OG Sweetz dropped a soothing, blues banger that will make you want to find your very own Ella Mae Jean. With his lyrics and raspy style OG Sweetz has his foot on the industry’s neck. Continue to support and stay updated on OG Sweetz.

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Ann Oso has described Loyalty as, “..essentially, an ode for the affirmation of faithfulness toward each other but also the implications of that dignity for the individual self.”

The song has an upbeat vibe with a seductive flow that feels fresh and inspired while retaining its edge for being what it is: a smooth and emotional track.

The beat was crafted by LA-based beatmaker, Chris “Big Duke” Malloy who works with such artists as Kanye West and The Game.

By popular request and local support for Ann Oso, a music video was recently produced for Loyalty.

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The final single from Cachia’s latest album, “Highness Bow” is the culmination of a crime-to-crown story. Audacious and other-worldy, the track is an ode to the divinity of self. Get ready to feel the anointed.

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Vampiro is an original song by Mexican Singer/Songwriter Maria Mortiz. The song is lost love/lovehurt song set to a danceable cumbia/pop beat. The lyrics tell the story of a failed relationship in which she compares her love interest to a Vampire who’s sucked the life out of her for his own gain.

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SOFI TUKKER today share their exuberant new single “Kakee,” an ode to persimmons in Brazilian Portuguese full of double entendres. The playfully seductive track opens their forthcoming second album, WET TENNIS, out April 29th on Ultra. Clocking in under two minutes, “Kakee” is a thrilling oxytocin rush with a giant hook and a juggernaut beat that is like SOFI TUKKER concentrate. All of the things that made the world fall in love with the group are turned up to eleven.

The group shares, “Kakee, which means persimmon in Portuguese and in many other languages, is a song, quite literally, about persimmons. Soph had been talking about how obsessed she is with persimmons for a long time and so she and Chacal (the Brazilian poet we have made a lot of songs with) wrote a poem about them. The lyrics literally translate to “I don’t go by car or by foot. I go by persimmon…. I’m not Sophie, I’m persimmon…. The juice of the persimmon is on my nose and on my chest, so sexy.” We started it as a techno track and then with the guitar it really took a turn. No idea what genre this is. We just know that we love it. “

The “Kakee” video was filmed in Hawaii and is full of visual double entendres that correspond with the lyrics. Persimmons are squeezed until they gush and drip everywhere culminating in an ecstatic Sophie laying in a field. It was directed by Aerin Moreno with creative direction from Amber Park and styling by Johnny Wujek who were also the team on the “Original Sin” video.

“This is one of our favorite videos we’ve made. The experience being in Kualoa Park in Hawaii was… awe. Being in that environment is so inspiring, and really gives us a sense of our beautiful insignificance (lol that’s a Sophie line of course).” shares SOFI TUKKER on the making of the video, “In the first take, Tuck started clapping and that became a fun theme throughout the video. We ran through the valleys, squeezed persimmons… squeezed tennis balls filled with persimmon juice. And it climaxes with Soph quite literally climaxing, on the top of a mountain–she turns herself on by playing the guitar on the top of the mountain, with a persimmon between her legs. It’s as absurd as the lyrics of the song.“

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Over the moon to send you the new single and video from queer space pop artist Sean The Star Emperor. Entitled “Typical Male”, the track is Sean’s version of Tina Turner’s “Typical Male” but his way for the 21st century. The dark electronic based banger was according to Sean, “inspired by my love of wordplay. “Typical Male“. What does that mean in today’s world? What does a man mean in my eyes? Am I the typical male, is he the typical male. Is she? Are they? I took these questions even further with the video, where I’m not even human . I have men in hazmat suits invading my crash landed spacecraft!

Sean The Star Emperor has received acclaim from the likes of PAPER, Earmilk and Queerty among others. Thanks for your consideration,

Sean The Star Emperor is as much a musician and artist as he is a masterful showman. Bake a cake with the ingredients of Grace Jones, Donna Summer, Lady Gaga, with a dash of The Black Eyed Peas, and you’ll understand the charismatic, modern-glam-pop, catchy dance monarch! All accompanied with elaborate backstories for his space themed stage personas; this multiple award nominee is really a unique find in today’s music landscape.

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Ramiro Pinheiro and Ana Rossi presents “Outra Era” (Fagner & Zeca Baleiro), the first single of their next album “Vivo” (2022).

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Born in Argentina, Ana Rossi began her musical training there, playing the piano in municipal and provincial schools. In the study of singing as an instrument, she has been especially interested in the Voice Craft technique, in which she has embedded her own trajectory combined with other visions. She is currently a member of Coetus, UNA, Marcelo Mercadante and his Quinteto Porteño, BREU and Gafieira Miúda, among others.

Ramiro Pinheiro is a subtle and creative acoustic guitarist from Brazil who is also a talented songwriter. He was mostly self-taught at the beginning, learning the guitar by ear before attending the Conservatório Souza Lima in São Paulo. Pinheiro moved to Barcelona (Spain) years ago and he has been an important part of the local music scene ever since, working with a wide variety of jazz and Brazilian musicians.

Artist said about this song:

“Authenticity and sincerity are two of the rarest elements found in music today. While admittedly brash and ignorant, this song also represents staying unapologetically true to ourselves. Duality is part of life, and we can choose to either battle or embrace that. I chose to embrace the madness and do everything my way.”

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