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Los Angeles indie rock band Common People return with “Blue Eyes,” a fuzzy new single produced by Cage The Elephant co-founder Brad Shultz. The track arrives as the band continues expanding its touring profile with festival appearances, support dates with Young The Giant, and an upcoming free performance at the rocknite takeover of JBJ's on June 5 in Nashville.
Brigitte Calls Me Baby brought their dramatic, emotionally charged live show to a sold-out crowd at The Basement in Nashville behind songs from Irreversible, showcasing the band’s rich vocal delivery, sharp guitar work, and brooding emotional tension even as their audience has grown well beyond such intimate club-sized rooms.
Chicago’s Brigitte Calls Me Baby sharpen their focus on “Slumber Party,” a tightly paced single shaped by life on the road. Anchored by steady percussion, urgent guitar lines, and Wes Leavins’ controlled vocal delivery, the track dwells on isolation and rumination, carrying echoes of The Smiths’ emotional weight and the sharp immediacy of The Strokes, while reflecting the band’s instinct-first approach to writing ahead of their sophomore album, "Irreversible."
Sylvia Rose Novak’s “Want To Play” pairs distinctive vocals with a familiar mid-90s alternative rock undercurrent, giving the song a sense of recognition without leaning on nostalgia.
