Newsounds Supports Combo Chimbita
Newsounds has some tracks from Combo Chimbita, whose sound the site describes as “an alchemical experiment of drawing on ancestral mythologies, metal strangeness, and deep groove.” Check out the full feature here. Combo Chimbita is going for another solid week after cracking the Top 40 at NACC and the Top 10 at NACC World last […]
KCRW Features Fruit Bats As Today’s Top Tune
Fruit Bats‘ “Gold Past Life” was “Today’s Top Tune” on KCRW this past Friday. “Fruit Bats got back in the van to move on both literally and metaphorically on the catchy ‘Gold Past Life,’” the station’s website says. “Turning songs into salves, Eric D. Johnson found his way by creating a soothing pop-induced balm.” Hear […]
Lost In Stars Curates Spotify Playlists
Lost In Stars’ Dylan Willoughby has been busy on Spotify, curating playlists that pay tribute to his influences and incorporate his own music and collaborators. It started a few weeks ago with his Best Bauhaus Covers list, and now he’s also put together a Best Bee Gees Covers playlist as well as one highlighting the work […]
New Music From Particle Kid
Particle Kid – the Los Angeles based, analog-focused project of Micah Nelson – comes from a lineage of musical and cultural pioneers. Having grown up touring with his father Willie Nelson and his brother Lukas Nelson, he has always been surrounded with authentic creative spirits. Hailed by Rolling Stone as “a musical polymath who combines an […]
Tanbark, Going For NACC Debuts, Shares New Single Via Folk Radio
UK Site Folk Radio has premiered the new single from Tanbark, “Heart-Shaped Locket.” Writes the site, “It was the beautiful strummed opening of this track and Chloe Nelson’s vocals that hooked me right in. They have that timeless sound, one which sounds both vintage and original.” We feel the same way, which is why we’re […]
According To NPR, Combo Chimbita Has Made The Best Latin Alternative Songs of 2019
Has Combo Chimbita made the best Latin Alternative song of 2019 so far? Yes – obviously they have. We got an advance copy of their new album Ahomale a few months ago, we’ve been listening to it on repeat, and frankly it’s hard for us to figure out which of its ten tracks deserve that title. Clearly […]
Afropunk Says Sunny War “Transcends” On New Single
“Sunny War’s music,” writes Afropunk, “is the ultimate soundtrack to healing. The delicately finger picked guitar cuts against the trauma and pain in the lyrics as if she’s trying to manifest a state of mental and emotional stability through melody alone.” The site has the premiere of War’s video for “Shell,” which is currently at […]
AllMusic Gives Golden Daze Four Stars
AllMusic has given a four-star rating to the new offering from Golden Daze, Simpatico. Comparing the LP to its self-titled predecessor, the site calls it “a gently mesmerizing follow-up whose increased production values help to frame their songs in a more sophisticated, if still hazy light… the shoegazing feel of their debut is replaced on Simpatico […]
Beth Gibbons Performs Somberly With The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Beth Gibbons has earned much critical acclaim for her vocals for Henryk Górecki‘s Third Symphony, which she performed in 2014 with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Krzysztof Penderecki. The recording of the performance was recently released by Domino and has been getting a lot of quality spins at radio. Listeners who’ve enjoyed […]
Atwood Magazine Premieres Tanbark’s Gorgeous New Video
Tanbark harnesses “a wealth of folk influence and acoustic wonder,” writes Atwood Magazine, which recently premiered the duo’s video for “Promise To Send.” The song, which leads the New York-based band’s new self-titled second LP, is “propelled by elegant piano work reminiscent of Joni Mitchell and Carole King and offers a charming, mellow, and heartwarming […]
KCSN 88.5 FM Makes Sunny War A Music Director Pick
KCSN 88.5 FM in Los Angeles made Sunny War a “Music Director Pick” with her song “Shell,” the advance single from her upcoming LP Shell Of A Girl. The station’s site explains that the new record “finds the songstress and virtuosic guitarist looking back on the rocky roads of her past with a surprising amount of […]
Combo Chimbita Makes A “Unique Sonic Soup,” Writes Boise Weekly
Combo Chimbita is currently on tour, and Boise Weekly has previewed their Thursday night show in the Idaho town. “The band,” writes the weekly, “merges Colombian cumbia with Afro-Carribean swagger, swirling in dashes of funk, punk and soul to create a unique sonic soup. Dipping in is irresistible, even for listeners who can’t understand frontwoman Carolina […]
New Music From Tanbark
Tanbark began in 2011 as a long-distance songwriting collaboration between Chloe Nelson, who was studying art history in London, and James Jannicelli, a Minneapolis-based musician. By 2012, they were both in the Twin Cities, where their country and folk-inspired songwriting and close vocal harmonies began to form the basis of their sound. In 2014, the […]
Afropop Worldwide Praises Combo Chimbita As “A Group For All Climates”
Afropop Worldwide recently shared Combo Chimbita‘s video for “Esto Es Real (8100mg),” writing that the desert-shot clip helps the band make “a case for itself as a group for all climates.” See the video here. The band’s new LP Ahomale is off to a great start at radio, landing at #3 at NACC Latin, #11 at NACC World, […]
Listening Through The Lens Previews Sunny War’s Upcoming LP
Listening Through The Lens recently heard a preview of Sunny War‘s upcoming LP Shell Of A Girl. According to the site, the album “will be welcomed with open arms” upon its release. War, says the site, is a “captivating” musician with “a special talent.” Read the full article, which includes an embed of the video for […]
Bandcamp Daily Explores The New Combo Chimbita LP
Bandcamp Daily has a long feature on Combo Chimbita that includes an interesting interview with the quartet’s members. Describing the group’s sound, Bandcamp writes, “Tradition may be the starting point for the band’s music, but innovation is an equally defining feature of their music. They don’t play cumbia, or any other single style. They experiment and […]
Relix Relaxes Into The New Golden Daze LP
Describing the sound of Golden Daze‘s new LP Simpatico, Relix writes, “The music is sunbleached, washed-out, weathered in a nice way. Fans of Jacco Gardner will enjoy Golden Daze. There’s not a rough edge on this record. It’s like a polished, pillowy, retro-pop buddy movie. Layers of slide guitar add a round glow to the […]
Lost In Stars Curates Bauhaus Covers Playlist
Lost In Stars is a project in tune with its connection to its musical forebears. The last LiS album included a tribute to pioneering electronic producer The Space Ape, for example, and new LP Fábula is heavily influenced by the beat-makers and film score composers of the electronic 1980s. LiS mastermind Dylan Willoughby has also covered some of […]
The Smoking Flowers Add Tour Dates
The Smoking Flowers have a handful of shows lined up over the next month. If you’re in the Southeastern US – or in New York or Ohio – consider hitting the band up at one of these shows! According to Visit Knoxville, in a listing found here, “The Smoking Flowers are unafraid to take fascinating, artistic […]
Sounds And Colours Is Transfixed By Combo Chimbita
Sounds And Colours is transfixed by Carolina Oliveros, the voice of Combo Chimbita. "Her intensity, grace and fire is contagious," the site writes in a review of the quartet's new LP Ahomale, "and her powerhouse voice is an instrument to be reckoned with. In a way, Oliveros is a vessel, a spirit medium channeling both […]
