BreakThru Radio Premieres Thurlowood Video
The last few months have been extremely trying, but BreakThru Radio contends that “fierce piano and vintage end-of-the-world scenarios are all you need right now.” Those elements can be found aplenty on Thurlowood‘s new LP Discontinue Normal Program, from which the track “Shells” is culled. The song, like the full length itself, deals with dark […]
Billboard Premieres “I Can’t Listen” By Samantha Sidley
In December, Billboard premiered the video for Samantha Sidley‘s “I Can’t Listen.” The song, from her Interior Person LP, was written by Inara George about struggles with depression. Yet, according to Billboard, Sidley is “positively ebullient about the black-and-white, noir-styled video” for the song. “It feels like a movie, an old French film,” Sidley told […]
New Music From Dive Index
Waving At Airplanes, the fifth full-length from electronic composer/producer Will Thomas’ collaborative Dive Index project, provides an immersive and delicately nuanced exploration of both the human condition and the condition of humanity. With vocals shared between Natalie Walker (of trip-hop collective Daughter Darling plus an extensive solo career) and critically-acclaimed English multi-instrumentalist Merz, the album […]
Peekaboo Interviews Josh Kinghoffer Of Pluralone
Peekaboo Music Magazine recently spoke with Josh Klinghoffer, also known as Pluralone. Klinghoffer, who was in Red Hot Chili Peppers for a decade until 2019, has another project called Dot Hacker and this interview starts with Klinghoffer explaining how Pluralone is different from that group. He explains that his new LP, To Be One With […]
Sunny War Does The Basic Folk Podcast
Basic Folk podcast host Cindy Howe writes, “Sunny War has a cool finger picking style and a singing voice that matches her persona: whimsical, yet strong. Sunny’s probably the bravest person I have ever talked to in my life.” Howe has an interview with War, who she says was “full of surprises.” Find out how […]
Treble Zine Gets Into The Dream Syndicate
“What a hell of a reinvention,” writes Treble Zine in its exploration of the new Dream Syndicate LP The Universe Inside. “The Dream Syndicate I remember and the one presented here are, to be brief, quite a bit different.” The review really dissects what makes the record work, touching on other artists like Crazy Horse […]
Discogs Interviews Lido Pimienta
In a wide-ranging interview with Discogs, Lido Pimienta gives all the details about the making of her new album Miss Colombia and also delves into her relationship with Colombian culture and her current hometown of Toronto. She explains why there's no electric guitar on her album, and why she feels so strongly about highlighting Afro-Colombian music. […]
Jammerzine Shares Thurlowood’s “Survivalist”
Jammerzine recently premiered “Survivalist,” one of the tracks on Thurlowood‘s stunning new LP Discontinue Normal Program. “Enhanced by that subtle power provided by the rhythm and his beautiful falsetto, Thurlowood provides a positively haunting track with a spacious electronic orchestral style of sounds and a throbbing beat that reacts to the emotions.” In addition to […]
Thank Folk For That Praises Leif Vollebekk
Leif Vollebekk is “certainly completely charming and utterly captivating” on New Ways, his new album at radio now. This is according to Thank Folk For That, which gave the Montréal-based singer-songwriter a four-out-of-five star review. Although the record features plenty of the Americana sound of its predecessor, Twin Solitude, it also “demonstrates an occasional and […]
Los Angeleno Spotlights Alex Lilly’s New Gig As a Personal Jingle Writer
Los Angeleno has a feature on Alex Lilly, who has been coping with the Covid-19 pandemic in a creative way. Lilly released her debut solo album 2% Milk last year, but she also works as a writer of commercial jingles. “When work and social life all came to a screeching halt,” the site explains, “she […]
The Good Ones’ Producer, Ian Brennan, Writes An Essay For BOMB
Producer Ian Brennan, who has won Grammys for his work with Tinariwen and Rambln’ Jack Elliot, recently submitted a long essay to BOMB about “The Lost Art of Raw Recording.” In it, he details many of the recording projects he’s done in the field around the world over many years, including with The Good Ones. […]
New Music From Inara George
Inara George (The Bird and The Bee, The Living Sisters) is welcoming a new bundle of songs, the first in a planned series of collaborative releases that don’t carry what she describes as “the huge pressure of a full album.” The Youth Of Angst, coming June 5 from Release Me Records, features George’s longtime friend, producer […]
Lido Pimienta, Still #1 At NACC World and NACC Latin, Gets Reviewed By Exclaim
Lido Pimienta continues to find huge radio success, as her new album Miss Colombia is sitting pretty in the Top 10 on the NACC Top 200 and at the very top of the NACC Latin and World charts. Exclaim.ca thinks the hype is deserved. “Miss Colombia displays an artist who has a clear vision combined with […]
Nick Leng, Featured On Jaymes Young’s SPIN Playlist, Breaks Into The Top 100 At NACC
Nick Leng got a big boost in his third week on the NACC Top 200, catapulting to #85 this week after coming in at #152 last week. Thanks to all of the stations that charted or added LEMONS at NACC this week: KVNF, WFHB, AM 1700, CJSW, Jefferson Public Radio, KEUL, KMHD2, KVSC, WGDR, WRFL, WRTC, […]
Vetiver And Fruit Bats Team With Noise Pop For Livestream Benefit
Noise Pop is currently hosting No Place Like Home, a livestream series to benefit live music venues in the San Francisco Bay Area. According to Noise Pop, “Our local music venues are like a second home to us, so join us for our virtual livestreams to support Bay Area artists and venues. Catch sets, conversation, […]
Lido Pimienta, #1 at Earshot and NACC World and #7 on the NACC Top 200, Is Featured By Campus Times
The University of Rochester’s Campus Times is down with the new LP from Lido Pimienta, calling Miss Colombia “simply wonderful.” Reviewer Will Leve writes, “Pimienta crafts beautiful fusions of traditional Latin music with electronic elements. This fusion is so well-executed that the record truly feels out of time, rustic and modernized simultaneously.” Read the review […]
Nexus Newspaper Praises The “Brilliant” Debut From Thurlowood
Nexus Newspaper writes that Thurlowood “successfully delivers a killer album with his brilliant debut, Discontinue Normal Program. Thurlowood’s tracks create a pleasant environment rich in history. At the same time, Thurlowood expertly depicts our hopes and fears as human beings.” The album, at radio now, uses catchy synth pop songs to tell the story of […]
KCRW Highlights Nick Leng
KCRW gave “Today’s Top Tune” honors to Nick Leng’s “Music To Clean The House To” on Friday, calling the song “a spotless retro-sounding gem.” It is the opening song on LEMONS, the long-awaited debut LP from the South African-born, Los Angeles-based artist. It is an enticing introduction! Enjoy the track here, via KCRW, and get […]
The FADER Premieres “Snow Angel” By Braids
The FADER has the video for “Snow Angel,” one of four advance tracks Braids have released from their upcoming album Shadow Offering. The song, writes the mag, is “a sprawling nine-minute-long track written amid the ever-changing political and global landscape the band found themselves in while working on new music. Producer Chris Walla (Death Cab […]
New Music From Samantha Sidley
Released in 2019, Samantha Sidley’s debut LP Interior Person landed her on The Los Angeles Times Best Of The Year list, led to a residency earlier this year at Green Room 42 in New York City, and established her as America’s premiere lesbian jazz chanteuse. On “Over The Rainbow,” she presents her take on the Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg classic […]
