Folk Radio Premieres Gregory Ackerman’s “We’ve Got a Runner” Video, Makes It Their Song Of The Day
Folk Radio has premiered Gregory Ackerman‘s video for “We’ve Got a Runner” and made the track of their Song of the Day. Read the feature and watch the video here. Hear why they say the song, “is a catchy number that’s impossible to resist – it could be a summer anthem.”
XPN Selects The Bird And The Bee For Song Of The Week
Thanks to Bruce Warren at XPN for selecting The Bird And The Bee‘s “Ain’t Talking ‘Bout Love” as the station’s “Gotta Hear Song Of The Week” back in June. The song is the second release from the duo’s upcoming collection of David Lee Roth-era Van Halen covers, Interpreting The Masters Volume 2. Hear the song, […]
The SB Independent Interviews Fruit Bats
The Santa Barbara Independent has an interview with Eric D. Johnson, the self-described “relentless” force behind Fruit Bats. According to Johnson, whose longevity in the music industry is quite impressive, “Fruit Bats never really got big, but getting to play in the Shins for a few years made it so that I could focus on […]
New Music From The Bird And The Bee (featuring Beck)
The Bird And The Bee, the LA-based duo of Inara George and Greg Kurstin, have released a third advance single from their upcoming LP Interpreting The Masters Volume 2: A Tribute To Van Halen. The album is a collection of David Lee Roth-era Van Halen covers, and serves as a sequel to the band’s 2010 fan-favorite set of […]
Leif Vollebekk Goes For Adds
“Hot Tears” is the first single from New Ways, Leif Vollebekk’s follow-up to 2017’s critically-acclaimed Twin Solitude. Twin Solitude was a breakthrough album for the Montreal-based artist, landing a spot on the Polaris Music Prize shortlist and a Juno nomination. Garnering more than 23 million streams, the record was praised by NPR Music, The Line […]
Samanta Sidley Goes For Adds
“I Like Girls” is a peek into a meticulously-crafted debut album from Samantha Sidley that features the beautifully-trained jazz vocalist taking confident ownership of songs written for her to sing by some of the most important women in her life. This unassuming anthem was co-written by Alex Lilly and Sidley’s wife, Barbara Gruska (The Belle […]
Popmatters Says Fruit Bats Are “Sincere Without Being Earnest”
PopMatters contends that the new Fruit Bats LP, Gold Past Life, is an “exhilarating trip down multiple memory lanes.” In a new review, the site dissects the album’s thematic and musical conceits, writing that “the whole project seems to walk a fantastically deft line that is self-aware without being arch and sincere without being earnest. […]
Tanbark Gets Personal With Porchstomp
We’ve been getting to know Tanbark through their new self-titled second LP, which has been reminding us of classic artists like Karen Dalton as well as newer favorites like Faye Webster. We also recently found a Porchstomp article on the band from 2016 that’s helped us get to know them better as people. Some intimate […]
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 […]
