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Mavis Staples Announces New Ben Harper-Produced Studio Album 'We Get By'
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 20, 2019 Living legend and vocal powerhouse Mavis Staples is proud to announce her 12th studio album We Get By, featuring eleven tracks written and produced by Ben Harper. Harper's conscious, expressive writing and thoughtful production captures Staples at this moment in time as she offers up love, hope and ...
Pure Bathing Culture Announce New Album, Premiere DEVOTION
by Tori Hartshorn - February 22, 2019 Pure Bathing Culture have announced their first original release since 2015. New album Night Pass will be released April 26 on Infinite Companion. The highly anticipated, third studio album is the most distinguished demonstration of this Portland duo's intensely unique musical identity to date. Over...
Freja The Dragon Drops Debut Single Co-Produced by Peter Bjorn and John's Bjorn Yttling
by Tori Hartshorn - February 22, 2019 Swedish songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Freja Drakenberg (aka Freja The Dragon) is excited to release her debut single “Tell Me I'm Wrong” – available today on all DSPs via artist collective INGRID (STREAM HERE). The track was co-produced by Peter Bjorn and John's Björn Yttling (Neko Case, Ly...
Screamin' Rebel Angels Release Their Sophomore LP 'Heel Grinder'
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 06, 2019 Screamin' Rebel Angels are proud to release their sophomore LP Heel Grinder on Hey-Lo Records out January 24th, 2019: thirteen lucky tracks of raging, stomping, rock 'n roll, post-punk to ring in the new year. The band will be throwing their NYC record release show at the Mercury Lounge on January 2...
Crane Like The Bird “When I See” ft. Conor Oberst via KCRW | Debut LP Out This Friday
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 15, 2019 Revered drummer & prolific songwriter, Kyle Crane has lent his talents on tours with the likes of Neko Case and M. Ward among others, as well as being the incredible drum double for the Oscar-winning film Whiplash. Crane Like The Bird is his latest project with the debut self-titled album set forre...
Brian Carpenter's Beat Circus Announce Final Installment in 'Weird American Gothic' Trilogy
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 07, 2019 These Wicked Things is the fourth release from the determinedly eclectic Boston-based band Beat Circus and the final installment in singer/multi-instrumentalist/composer Brian Carpenter's “Weird American Gothic” trilogy. The record bridges a number of disparate genres including experimental music, c...
Maya de Vitry Releases Full-Length Adaptations on Jan. 25
by Julie Musbach - January 03, 2019 Maya de Vitry morphs and emerges with her own sound on Adaptations, her first full-length album following the disbanding of critically-acclaimed string band, The Stray Birds. ...
Maya de Vitry to Release 'Adaptations' on January 25
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 03, 2019 Maya de Vitry morphs and emerges with her own sound on Adaptations, her first full-length album following the disbanding of critically-acclaimed string band, The Stray Birds. Out January 25th, Adaptations was born in solitude but ultimately celebrates authentic human connection and the possibilities...
VIDEO: Crane Like the Bird Unveils Video for 'Wishing Cap' Featuring James Mercer of The Shins
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 19, 2018 Revered drummer & prolific songwriter, Kyle Crane has lent his talents on tours with the likes of Neko Case and M. Ward among others as well as being the incredible drum double for the Oscar-winning film Whiplash. Crane recently announced an album of his own, Crane Like The Bird due out January 18, ...
Screamin' Rebel Angels to Release 'Heel Grinder' LP
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 14, 2018 Screamin' Rebel Angels are proud to release their sophomore LP Heel Grinder on Hey-Lo Records out January 24th, 2019: thirteen lucky tracks of raging, stomping, rock 'n roll, post-punk to ring in the new year. The band will be throwing their NYC record release show at the Mercury Lounge on January 2...
Kyle Crane Announces Debut Album
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 05, 2018 Revered drummer & prolific songwriter, Kyle Crane has lent his talents on tours with the likes of Neko Case and M. Ward among others as well as being the incredible drum double for the film Whiplash. Today, Crane announces an album of his own, Crane Like the Bird, due out January 18, 2019. Consequen...
Hrishikesh Hirway Reveals Thao Nguyen Will Guest Host Song Explorer In 2019
by Tori Hartshorn - December 05, 2018 Hrishikesh Hirway, creator, producer and host of Song Exploder, the acclaimed podcast where musicians take apart their songs and tell the story of how they were made, reveals today Thao Nguyen of the band Thao & The Get Down Stay Down will guest host the podcast for the 2019 year. Starting January 9...
Screamin' Rebel Angels: Heel Grinder LP Out 1/24
by Tori Hartshorn - November 28, 2018 Screamin' Rebel Angels are proud to release their sophomore LP Heel Grinder on Hey-Lo Records out January 24th, 2019: thirteen lucky tracks of raging, stomping, rock 'n roll, post-punk to ring in the new year. The band will be throwing their NYC record release show at the Mercury Lounge on January 2...
Screamin' Rebel Angels to Release Heel Grinder LP
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 28, 2018 Screamin' Rebel Angels are proud to release their sophomore LP Heel Grinder on Hey-Lo Records out January 24th, 2019: thirteen lucky tracks of raging, stomping, rock 'n roll, post-punk to ring in the new year. The band will be throwing their NYC record release show at the Mercury Lounge on January 2...
Bob Sumner To Release WASTED LOVE SONGS On 1/25
by Tori Hartshorn - November 07, 2018 “I'm kind of a junkie for sad songs and ballads,” says Bob Sumner, the younger half of Vancouver-based Americana outfit The Sumner Brothers. “As a teenager most of my friends were into hip-hop, but I felt pretty out of place rolling around suburban White Rock, British Columbia, pumping gangster rap....
Owen Lake and The Tragic Loves Announces THE BEST OF YOUR LIES
by Tori Hartshorn - October 10, 2018 Owen Lake and the Tragic Loves' “electro-country” sound is both freshly nostalgic and startlingly unique. Hard-driving synthesizer licks meet tight three-part vocal harmonies, buttery bloops and bleeps, crying pedal steel, and pounding electronic beats in the band's first full-length record, “The Be...
Gregory Alan Isakov's DARK, DARK, DARK Premieres at Billboard, New Album Out 10/5
by Tori Hartshorn - September 20, 2018 Gregory Alan Isakov's new song, “Dark, Dark, Dark,” recently premiered at Billboard—listen/share here. Of the album, Billboard proclaims, “The 12-song set wound up sounding more characteristically ruminative…blending a gentle spaciousness with dusky atmospheres and carefully nuanced textures.” “Dark...
Gregory Alan Isakov Comes To Boulder's Fox Theater
by Tori Hartshorn - August 21, 2018 Many musicians have day jobs to make ends meet. However, few artists maintain the lifestyle kept by Gregory Alan Isakov. The Colorado-based indie-folk artist is a full-time farmer who sells vegetable seeds and grows various market crops on his three-acre farm, while also tending to a thriving musica...
The Imperial Sound to Release THE NEW AM On 8/31
by Tori Hartshorn - August 16, 2018 The Imperial Sound's blithe synthesis of 21st-century irony and bright, unselfconscious AM-radio pop is both brave and unique. And catchy as hell. The band's debut album, The New AMshowcases songwriter Frederick Mosher's hook-driven heritage – with influences from Todd Rundgren and Carole King to Th...
Adult Swim Festival Adds Mastodon, Neko Case, Flying Lotus, T-PAIN, and More
by Macon Prickett - July 20, 2018 Adult Swim has announced 11 new musical headliners will be joining hip-hop powerhouse Run The Jewels for the first annual Adult Swim Festival in Downtown Los Angeles, October 6-7th. With additional talent announcements and surprises yet to come, this event is a must-do for fans of top and emerging a...
The Imperial Sound to Release THE NEW AM August 31
by Macon Prickett - July 18, 2018 The Imperial Sound's blithe synthesis of 21st-century irony and bright, unselfconscious AM-radio pop is both brave and unique. And catchy as hell. The band's debut album, The New AM, showcases songwriter Frederick Mosher's hook-driven heritage – with influences from Todd Rundgren and Carole King to ...
Indie Folk-Pop Band The Belle Sounds Premiere Music Video For LIKE A VILLAN With Atwood Magazine Today
by Tori Hartshorn - July 13, 2018 Today, Austin-based folk-pop virtuosos The Belle Sounds premiere the music video for their single 'Like a Villain' with Atwood Magazine off their forthcoming album 'The Sea Within.' You can find the premiere here. The video, directed by Barbara FG, can be streamed here and the single is available on...
Gregory Alan Isakov's to Release New Album October 5 + First Single CHEMICALS Out Now
by Macon Prickett - July 10, 2018 Gregory Alan Isakov's highly anticipated new album, Evening Machines, will be released October 5 and is now available for pre-order. In advance of the release—his first in partnership with Dualtone Records—the album's first single, “Chemicals,” is premiering today. Listen/share here....
k.d. lang Announces Fall Leg of North American Ingénue Redux Tour
by Macon Prickett - June 25, 2018 Celebrating the 25th anniversary of her GRAMMY®-award winning, critically acclaimed album Ingénue, k.d. lang has announced the fall leg of her North American Ingénue Redux Tour, which will bring a live performance of the platinum-selling record to venues across the United States. Fans in cities such...
Animal Farm to Release New Album WE ARE ONE This August
by Macon Prickett - June 19, 2018 Supercharged with the success of their critically praised debut album, Run Free, independent family music band Animal Farmis ready to take center stage on the national kids' music scene with album number two, We Are One, set for release on August 24, 2018.... |