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Videos of the Day – week of 5/21/18

5/21 – Dawes is back!  Their new album Passwords is out 6/22 & here’s the 1st single

5/22 – Lou Barlow (of Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh & Folk Implosion fame) has a great new solo track out!  The limited-edition 7-inch is probably long gone by now…

5/23 – Aurora on her new song: “Queendom is about celebrating all the differences in us. It’s about celebrating the women and the children and animals and the men also. The quiet ones and the introverts, where they can sing and be seen. It’s about the shy people and the lonely people and I hope it can be a place where we can come and be lonely together and then not be lonely anymore. Queendom is a place for all of us.” Already 2 1/2 million views in a couple of weeks!

5/24 – Sam Lewis got an early career boost when none other than Chris Stapleton likened him to Townes Van Zandt, and his new album Loversity is out now.  Check out his latest video…

5/25 – Shannon Shaw of Shannon & The Clams has a new solo album out 6/8 on Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sounds label.  We’re digging the Amy Winehouse vibes of the 1st single…

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