Marissa Nadler's sixth LP, July, is out February 4, 2014 in the USA and February 10 everywhere else. You can check out a track, Was It A Dream, below.

Nadler is also, unsurprisingly, heading out on tour. Dates are also below.

Nadler's last self-titled efford was funded by Kickstarter.

Tour
2/8 - Brooklyn, NY- Glasslands w/ Zachary Cale, Amen Dunes
2/15 - Seattle, WA - Fremont Abbey w/ Shana Clevelend of La Luz
2/16 - Vancouver, BC - Electric Owl
2/17 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios w/Pure Bathing Culture
2/19 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel w/ Donovan Quinn of Skygreen Leopards
2/20- Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
2/21 - Los Angeles, CA - The Church on York w/ Pink Mountaintops, Sophia Knapp
2/23 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar w/ Pink Mountaintops
3/6 - Kingston, NY- BSP Post w/ Alexander Turnquist
3/7 - Providence, RI - Columbus Theatre
3/8- Montreal- Casa del Popolo w/ TBA
3/9- Portsmouth, NH- Book and Bar
3/15- Philadelphia- Johnny Brenda's with Mary Lattimore and Jeff Ziegle

The Vantage, out of Austin, put their debut EP, This Time Now, up on Bandcamp this week. The cost? You get to determine that, "name your price." Remember, of course, that music is a job and you should toss the band a couple bucks if you like it enough to download.

Its pop rock and consists of six songs. Listen below. Find out more about the band HERE.

Ume's new LP, Monuments, comes out March 4, 2014, on Dangerbird Records. This is he bands full length debut, Phantoms (2011). You can pre-order the LP via iTunes.

No tour dates yet (but the band tour like crazy so you have to think there will be an extensive tour). Ume is a band hard to pin down to a genre--it can be heavy, it can be sort of mellow. It grabs a little modern psyche-rock and throws in some old-school shoegaze and a whole slew of other bits and pieces. What matters, of course, is the whole and if the new LP is anywhere near Phantoms? It will be a must-buy release.

Everything is New is a musical project and outreach project created by Transgressive North that aims to help Dalit ("untouchable") children in India. The effort has spanned 7 years and consisted of work by over 1,000 people--all working for free. Proceeds from this project go to Scottish Love in Action, a charity, that houses, educates, deeds clothes and provides medical care for over 500 children in the Light of Love Home and School.

Check out the project video below.

There will be two separate music releases out on January 20, 2014. Marram's Sun Choir and Boats. Each feature a slew of artists and the Love Children's Choir which, as you might expect, is made up of kids from the Light of Love Home and School.
 
Among the artists taking part are; Jarvis Cocker, Owen Pallett, doseone, White Hinterland, Margaret Bennett, Four Tet, Dan Deacon, Bear in Heaven, Califone, Deerhoof, El Guincho, Gang Gang Dance, Lucky Dragons, Julian Lynch, Max Tundra, No Age, The Ruby Suns, Rustie, Son Lux, Sun Airway, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Taken By Trees, Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), YACHT and others.

Check out the track, Falling From The Sun, below and help spread the word about this wonderful project.

Miserable, the solo project by Whirr's Kristina Esfandiari, hasa a new song, Bell Jar, out now. You can check it out below via Soundcloud.

Miserable's first EP, Halloween Dream, comes out February 18, 2014. You can pre-order the vinyl HERE and the digital HERE. The release comes out on NYC-based label, The Native Sound. The EP follows a split 7 inch, Run For Cover, she issues with Pennsylvania's Grey Zine.

Kevin Seconds is set to head out on a winter tour. The folksinger's latest LP, Off Stockton, is out February 18 on Rise Records. If you are like me you might have read "Kevin Seconds" as "Seven Seconds" (more accurately "7 Seconds"). You wouldn't have been wrong. This folksinger is the front man for the punk rock band.

This isn't a new thing either. Seconds has been performing his more folksy tunes for over 20 years.

Cooper, out of Montreal, just debuted her first single, Heaviest of Weights. You can, as you might expect, check it out below.

The singer is now signed to Mom + Pop (it would seem Tegan and Sara are fans) so look for more from her soon.

Chappo, out of Brooklyn (I need to put a Brooklyn moratorium up for the rest of the day!), are set to head out on tour to support their new LP, Future Former Self. Their fourth LP, it comes out March 4, 2014.

The first single, I Don't Need The Sun, is out now and you can listen to it below via Soundcloud.

Joining the band on most of the tour dates are Royal Teeth.

Tour
* with Royal Teeth

1/30: New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina's*
2/4: Houston, TX @ House of Blues - Bronze Peacock*   
2/5: Dallas, TX @ House of Blues - Cambridge Room*
2/6: Austin, TX @ Stubbs Jr.*
2/9: Phoenix, AZ @ Pub Rock*
2/11: San Diego, CA @ Casbah*
2/12: Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Bar*
2/13: San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel*
2/16: Seattle, WA @ Neumos*
2/18: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir*
2/20: Boise, ID @ Neurolux*
2/21: Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court*
2/22: Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater*
2/25: Kansas City, MP @ Czar*
2/26: Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock*
2/27: Milwaukee, WI @ Mad Planet*
2/28: Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge*
3/4: Columbus, OH @ Basement*
3/5: Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century Theater*
3/6: St. Louis, MO @ Demo*
3/7: Stillwater, OK @ Tumbleweed Ballroom
3/11-3/16: SXSW, details TBA

Bear Hands, from Brooklyn, are set to put out their second LP, Distraction, on February 18, 2014. They are heading out on tour with fellow denizens of Brooklyn, Miniature, to support the release. Check out the track, Giants, below.

Tour dates, as you may expect, are also below.

The band has been out on tour recently with the likes of GZA, AWOLNation and Passion Pit. Now they go out as a co-headliner. Check them out.

Perfect Pussy, out of Syracuse, are heading out on tour. The punk rockers are touring, hitting some festivals after garnering praise from all the various places you can actually still get praise for punk rock.

Their debut EP, I have lost all desire for feeling, was released on cassette only last year. They are now signed to Captured Tracks. Their debut LP will be released, on 8-track only in the spring. JUST Kidding. It won't be on 8-Track...it will be on 1/4 inch reel to reel (for some reason I feel I have to add that this, too, is kidding).