Beth Gibbons Makes Popmatters’ “Best Of 2019 So Far” List
Popmatters has one of those “Best Albums of 2019 So Far” lists, and Beth Gibbons‘ recent take on Henryk Górecki’s Third Symphony made the cut. “Perhaps,” writes reviewer Elisabeth Woronzoff, “Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs‘ time is now. The release of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra version is an emotionally sweeping and plaintive musical depiction of […]
No Depression Finds The “Silver Linings” In Fruit Bats’ Gold Past Life
According to No Depression, the newest Fruit Bats LP “reminds us of [songwriter Eric D. Johnson‘s] superhuman ability to craft a perfect pop song, and more importantly, how good a perfect pop song can make us feel.” Yet, as the magazine notes, “underneath guitar melodies that seem to glide on warm California air, and Johnson’s singular […]
Americana Highways Shares The “Stirring” New Song From Gregory Ackerman
Americana Highways has the premiere of “We’ve Got A Runner,” Gregory Ackerman‘s new single and one of the tracks on his forthcoming Stresslove EP. The feature includes a quote from Ackerman, who explains that the song was composed “after college after a break up. I recorded it in my room and posted a demo version on […]
For Folk’s Sake Shares Tanbark’s New LP
For Folk’s Sake has put its seal of approval behind Tanbark, a duo whose expansive second LP builds upon the success of 2014’s debut LP Write Soon. “Where their debut had a strong feel of Neil Young-esque folk, all acoustic guitars and swirling pedal steel, Tanbark hits you straight away with a fuller sound on […]
The Barr Brothers Tell Jambase About Their Full-Album Shows
The Barr Brothers recently completed a three-night stand in San Francisco during which they played each of their trio of albums from start to finish. It was the band’s first attempt at such a feat in the United States, after doing it in both Montreal and Toronto earlier this year. Jambase caught up with the band […]
Fruit Bats’ Gold Past Life, This Week’s Top Debut At NACC, Gets Love From Variety
We’re thrilled to see all of the support at radio on the new album from Fruit Bats. Gold Past Life was the Top Debut on the NACC Radio 200 this week, coming in at #33. Thanks to all of the stations that are playing this fantastic LP. Variety has a thoughtful review of Gold Past Life […]
It’s My Blender Premieres Lost in Stars’ “Wand” Video
“New music, sounds and images – a whole new reality of his artistic world.” This is Maria Markouli describes the new Lost In Stars video for “Wand,” which has premiered on her blog It’s My Blender. She further describes the video as being “like an old movie playing in the backstage of our conscience,” and compares the […]
KEXP Interviews Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson
KEXP has a feature on Eric D. Johnson of Fruit Bats. In an intimate interview, he discusses the theme of his new album and all the feelings and experiences that informed his writing process. When asked the meaning of the album’s title, Gold Past Life, Johnson says, “it refers to nostalgia and the notion of some […]
Gregory Ackerman Goes For Adds
“‘We’ve Got a Runner’ was a song I wrote after a break up,” explains Los Angeles-based songwriter Gregory Ackerman. “I recorded it in my room and posted a demo on SoundCloud in 2015, but I always wanted to resurrect it in the studio.” The song is now the advance single from Stresslove, Ackerman’s upcoming EP of “love […]
JamBase Premieres Fruit Bats Video
Jambase has the premiere for the new Fruit Bats video from their newly-released eighth LP, Gold Past Life. “Constructed as a promotional video for B-roll film company The B-Roll Boys, the group crafted a series of their own stock roll footage, then strung them together as a narrative with subtitles,” writes Jambase. Using a cheesy, retro eighties […]
The Bird And The Bee Announce August Tour Dates
The Bird and The Bee recently announced US tour dates to support their upcoming album, Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen. Some of these tour dates will feature opening performances from Alex Lilly and Samantha Sidley. If you want to get a taste of what their set will be like, be sure […]
Golden Daze Is Featured In VICE’s “Essential Albums You Probably Missed”
Golden Daze’s most recent LP, Simpatico, was recently included in Vice Magazine’s list of “33 Essential Albums You Probably Missed So Far in 2019.” The Golden Daze record was chosen for the list by music journalist Josh Terry, who had this to say about the record: “…the hypnotic and soft-hued arrangements take hold like the patiently […]
The Smoking Flowers Go For Spins
On last year’s Let’s Die Together LP, The Smoking Flowers presented an urgent and cathartic story about a couple that lives together, writes together, plays together, and simply loves life together. The album was a response to Kim Collins’ triumphant battle with breast cancer, a battle that she faced head-on with her husband and musical partner […]
Lost In Stars Shares Video Via Slow Breathing Circuit
Slow Breathing Circuit has the new Lost In Stars video, for “Hush & Hum.” The track appears on the artist’s new LP Fábula, and the video is the second that LiS mastermind Dylan Willoughby has produced for the album. The site writes, “A poet as well as a composer, Willoughby has always had a deep […]
LA Record Premieres “What We Live” By Soft Sailors
LA Record has the newest track from Soft Sailors, called “What We Live.” The magazine premiered the song a couple of weeks ago, calling it “an anxious/angsty art-wave track which touches on Sparks, Geza X and maybe a little of Peter Ivers’ manic midnight energy. It’s a song that wrestles with the power and weight […]
The Silver Snails Launch Pilot Light Tour
The Silver Snails have traveled from Italy to the United States, and they’ve got a string of live dates! Dubbed the Pilot Light tour, the itinerary hits several locations in Washington and Oregon. If you’re interested in having the band in your studio – either as a full band or in a stripped-down format – […]
Paste Premieres “Ocean” From Fruit Bats
Paste has the premiere of “Ocean,” a new Fruit Bats track from the band’s almost-released new LP Gold Past Life. “This is a song about late bloomers, late discoveries, adult baptism, coming-of-age when you’re way past the right time to do that,” main Fruit Bat Eric D. Johnson told Paste. “About growing, I guess. And […]
Billboard Announces The New Bird And The Bee Album
Billboard has announced the new LP from The Bird And The Bee: Interpreting The Masters Volume 2: A Tribute To Van Halen. The new record, which is a sequel of sorts to the band’s 2010 collection of Hall & Oates covers, “is a collection of covers of some of the most massive and wild songs […]
Chunky Glasses Is Transfixed By Combo Chimbita
“Combo Chimbita are pushing the boundaries of Latinx music into new territory,” according to Chunky Glasses, “while still paying homage to those that came before them.” The site has a review of the band’s recent show in DC, which describes their “mystical sound” made “of psychedelic rock, funk, Afro-Caribbean sounds like cumbia, and lots of […]
Fruit Bats Go For Adds
Set for release on the first day of summer, Gold Past Life – the new album from Fruit Bats and the first to be released by Merge – marks both an end and a beginning. It’s the end of an unintentional thematic trilogy of records Eric D. Johnson began with 2014’s “solo album” EDJ and […]
