HOVVDY ANNOUNCE NEW EP, LIVE AT JULIE’S, SHARE NEW SINGLE

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NEW EP LIVE AT JULIE’S OUT NOVEMBER 22 ON ARTS & CRAFTS

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2025 NORTH AMERICA HEADLINE TOUR ANNOUNCED
WITH STOPS IN TORONTO AND MONTREAL

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Hovvdy announce Live At Julie’s, a new EP featuring alternate reimaginings of songs from their acclaimed self-titled double album, Hovvdy, due November 22nd on Arts & Crafts. To mark the occasion the band has shared “Bubba (Julie’s Version)”, a stripped back version of album highlight that Billboard called “a collection of hushed moments, winding down into an understated finale,” upon its initial release.”

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Of the release, the Texas duo say “Sonically this is the most vulnerable we’ve ever been. When we make records, we’re always trying to craft this hyper-layered, expansive world; and as much as we love that approach, it’s easy to get lost in it. With Live at Julie’s we wanted to peel everything back— just sit down and play the songs together.”

The band, who recently wrapped a full US tour supporting Beabadoobee, announced a 2025 headline run last month that will take place March through May with stops in Toronto and Montreal. Tickets are available at hovvdy.com/tour. All dates below.

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MORE ABOUT HOVVDY
Upon its release Hovvdy’s self-titled album was named Best New Music by Pitchfork, who called it “hushed and unassuming” and said it was “a capstone to their career so far, a scrapbook of moments of love and loss from a life well-lived.” Paste called it “brilliant,” UPROXX “some of the most understated yet no less disarming indie rock music in recent memory,” and Consequence “the most tender, thoughtful album yet, and it’s a testament to the duo’s songwriting journey over the last decade."

Hovvdy’s exploratory catalog has earned them status as a quiet favorite of rising stars – seen last year as Zach Bryan expressed admiration for Hovvdy’s album True Love and indie supergroup boygenius listed it as an inspiration for their record.

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TOUR DATES
Mar 05, 2025 - Nashville, TN - The Basement East *
Mar 06, 2025 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn *
Mar 07, 2025 - Atlanta, GA - Aisle 5 *
Mar 08, 2025 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle Back Room *
Mar 09, 2025 - Richmond, VA - Richmond Music Hall *
Mar 11, 2025 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
Mar 13, 2025 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis *
Mar 14, 2025 - Philadelphia, PA - Ukie Club *
Mar 15, 2025 - Boston, MA - Middle East Downstairs *
Mar 17, 2025 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz PDB *
Mar 18, 2025 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall *
Mar 19, 2025 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Blind Pig *
Mar 20, 2025 - Columbus, OH - A&R Music Bar *
Mar 21, 2025 - Indianapolis, IN - Turntable *
Mar 22, 2025 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall *
Mar 24, 2025 - Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club *
Mar 26, 2025 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater +
Mar 29, 2025 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile +
Mar 30, 2025 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom +
Apr 01, 2025 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent +
Apr 02, 2025 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre +
Apr 03, 2025 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy + Harriet's (Indoor) +
Apr 04, 2025 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah +
Apr 05, 2025 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress +
Apr 08, 2025 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada +
Apr 09, 2025 - Austin, TX - Mohawk (outside) +
Apr 11, 2025 - New Orleans, LA - Siberia *
May 13, 2025 - St. Louis, MO - Duck Room at Blueberry Hill ^
May 14, 2025 - Kansas City, MO - recordBar ^
May 17, 2025 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad ^
May 20, 2025 - Oklahoma City, OK - Resonant Head ^
May 21, 2025 - Tulsa, OK - Mercury Lounge ^
May 22, 2025 - Memphis, TN - 1884 Lounge ^

* with Video Age
+ with runo plum
^ with Free Range

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LOUIE SANCHEZ (PANTAYO) DEBUT SELF-TITLED EP OUT TODAY, SHARES NEW VIDEO

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LOUIE SANCHEZ, THE PROJECT OF PANTAYO’S EIRENE CLOMA, SELF-TITLED DEBUT EP, OUT TODAY VIA NEXT DOOR RECORDS

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EIRENE CLOMA OPENS UP ABOUT EXPERIENCE SERVING IN THE CANADIAN MILITARY

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Today, Louis Sanchez (Eirene Cloma of Pantayo) releases their self-titled EP, out November 8 via Next Door Records. The EP was recorded at Gavin Gardiner’s All Day Coconut studios, with an array of musicians including Stew Crookes on pedal steel, Lucas Gadke on electric and upright bass, Laura C. Bates on fiddle, Ohbijou’s Casey Mecija on background vocals and Justin Ruppel on drums. It was produced by Simone Schmidt (One Hundred Dollars, The Highest Order, Fiver, Splitter), with arrangements by Schmidt and Cloma. 

Recently, Cloma opened up about their experience serving in the Canadian Military and how playing music helped them cope while being deployed to Kandahar. “Notice Me”, is a song written “after coming home from my deployment to Afghanistan at the age of 21 and adjusting to civilian life,” says Cloma. “Speaks to the invisibility and loneliness I felt as a young racialized army veteran trying to get on my feet after a very intense experience. I felt like I couldn’t relate to my peers in leftist activist spaces. I thought that being in the military and going to war would help gain the respect and confidence I was looking for but that wasn’t the case. I wrote this song while processing that grief and disappointment. A resistance song for working-class Filipinos in Canada. Connecting migrant labor to intergenerational trauma, Spanish colonization, US imperialism, and on-going militarization of the Philippines. When recording this song, Simone and I envisioned listening to the radio alone on a warm late night.”

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MORE ABOUT EIRENE CLOMA’S MILITARY BACKGROUND
"In September 2009, I deployed to Kandahar Airfield (KAF) on Op Athena as a Material Management Technician. At 21, I was the youngest logistician and co-managed the camp warehouse for the National Support Element, a unit of over 500 personnel overseeing transportation, supplies, and maintenance of the combat mission in Afghanistan.K AF had guitars and other instruments on base and I would practice in an aisle of the after hours. On this deployment, I would cycle through feelings of loneliness and uncertainty. Being in a combat operation, it was hard to feel at ease."

"I balanced the stress and rigidity of the army with creativity. I spent a lot of my down time during training and deployment listening, playing, recording, and writing. Sometimes song ideas would come to me while in the field or in the middle of a brief. Music was a reminder of who I was outside of the military. Throughout my service in both the army and navy, I would feel that tension inside me that was expressive, imaginative, and boundless but also trying to fit into the expectations of military thought and conduct. Singing and playing helped soothe worries as I navigated young adulthood in the military."

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MORE ABOUT LOUIE SANCHEZ
It’s no easy feat to carry the fervency of the modern love song, but Louie Sanchez has the vivid timbre and warm confidence to inject the lost art with some wayward outlaw swagger. The solo project of Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist Eirene Cloma successfully avoids familiar platitudes and unnecessary bells and whistles, opting instead for the solid songwriting of the ballad. “At the beginning, I thought I’d make a country album,” says Cloma, “And then producer [Simone Schmidt] asked me, ‘well, what is country?’ which got me thinking about how to make this record really sound like me.”

Cloma is well-known as a member of queer Filipinx kulintang ensemble Pantayo, whose self-titled debut was shortlisted for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize. Where Pantayo plays with percussive atonal delirium (what they call “lo-fi R&B gong punk”), Louie Sanchez is inspired by the self-assured croon of Filipino folk music, harana. Harana is a courtship practice in which a man serenades his beloved from outside her window, hoping to gain her attention. “When I think of harana, I think of a voice that fills the humid, tropical air. You know, like you’re listening to the radio on a warm summer evening and a song is crackling from the speaker, keeping you company.” 

WATCH / SHARE “ONE THING I CAN AFFORD” HERE

It’s not an overstatement to say Eirene Cloma has the rare vocal talent deep enough to lend gravity and smoky enough to fill the entire room. It shines on “Notice Me”, where the desire for recognition is paired down to the penetrating lucidity of voice and finger-style guitar. “Here with Me Now,” has an overt country flair thanks to its pedal steel twang, but the luscious declaration of the chorus (“all i want is you/in that perfect moment/here with me now”) plays in the risky low-end of ‘adult contemporary’ - think reverent, slightly cheeky nod to the glory of the Women & Songs era, Tracy Chapman does James Taylor. ““I think of Louie as a humble, soft spoken singer,” says Cloma, “I’ve always loved solo acts. Jose Gonzalez, k.d. Lang, Paula Cole, Jim Croce — I mean, who can deny a good Sheryl Crow song?” 

There’s a no-frills verve and serene tenderness to Louie Sanchez, where the work of romance is both an offering and an invitation – to arrive as yourself —  melancholy, worn, a little rugged, with open hands.

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PERFORMANCE DATES
Nov 22-24 - Winnipeg, MB - Art Holm no.9 - The Forks

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LOUIE SANCHEZ TRACKLIST
01 One Thing I Can Afford
02 Come Home Tonight
03 Notice Me
04 Here With Me Now

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NIA NADURATA RETURNS WITH “PRACTICE”, ANNOUNCES DEBUT EP

NIA NADURATA RETURNS WITH THE NEW SINGLE, “PRACTICE”

DEBUT EP STILL LIVING WITH MY PARENTS OUT JANUARY 3 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

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They say that over time you start to take on your partner's characteristics, but who do you become when that relationship ends. According to NIA NADURATA, her ex’s simply become a watered down version of her. Back with another breakup anthem, "Practice", Nia captures the heartache of being left behind while not so subtly hinting at the fact that no matter what you do, you’ll always be haunted by her in one way or another. "Practice" is a witty but heartfelt pop tune that explores the painful realization that the person you nurtured and shaped has taken your best parts and moved on to someone new.

The soft melodies paired with hard hitting (and sometimes harsh) lyrics reflect those used in “Casual” by Chappell Roan. The build and strength of the chorus have a Taylor Swift like quality that makes you want to scream it at the top of your lungs, and who knows... maybe your ex will hear it.

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Step into the world of rising indie pop vocalist NIA NADURATA with her debut EP Still Living With My Parents - a musical journey through the highs and lows of emerging adulthood. The EP celebrates the chaos of youth, while tenderly acknowledging the profound challenges of finding your place in a world that seems to be moving forward without you.

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WATCH / SHARE “BOO HOO” HERE
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MORE ABOUT NIA NADURATA

NIA NADURATA has had a performance mindset since childhood. NIA has been cultivating her soulful, indie, Pop and R&B sound to make you fall in love with your most vulnerable years. Her music captures a time when the world and our thoughts tortured us or soothed us, creating songs for her future audiences. While working behind the scenes as a songwriter and vocalist alongside artists such as Russ, Nonso Amadi, Amaal, Boslen, and Isaiah Peck, NIA has been preparing her very own debut EP. Set for release in 2024, the EP showcases the depth and maturity of her sound. Highlighting her upbringing and coming of age, the project mirrors the sounds of Amy Winehouse, Alaiyah, Taylor Swift, Carol King, Dijon and Billie Eilish. 

LISTEN / BUY / STREAM “CARSICK” FT. SEAGO HERE

BUY / STREAM “I THINK I LIKE YOUR GIRLFRIEND” HERE

BUY / STREAM “DRIVE FASTER” HERE

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