The New York Times Praises Alex Lilly’s New LP
The New York Times has a glowing review of Alex Lilly's debut LP 2% Milk. Writes the paper, "Lilly delivers structural and emotional complexity with deceptive nonchalance." It continues, giving readers a sense of why Alex Lilly is so exceptional. "Lilly’s songs are full of musicianly gamesmanship," The Times says. "They’re synth-pop built around a […]
Cleveland Scene Adores The Barr Brothers
The Cleveland Scene has a review of a recent Barr Brothers live performance. The band, writes the Scene’s Eric Sandy, “blends old-world musical traditions with a knack for supreme rock ‘n’ roll songwriting.” Their live set in Cleveland was riveting, according to Sandy, and the group’s new harpist – Eveline Gregoire-Rousseau, who joined after the departure of […]
Alex Lilly Goes For Adds
Alex Lilly is a Renaissance Female. In addition to writing, producing, and playing in her own musical projects – including Obi Best, The Living Sisters, Touché, and Zero DeZire – the LA-based Lilly has established a notable career on the road in the touring bands of esteemed musicians like Beck, Lorde, Ry Cooder, and the […]
Naked Giants Hit The Road, With And Without Car Seat Headrest
Naked Giants are back at it, with a tour starting next month that will last more than a month and involve several shows with Car Seat Headrest. The band will be doing double duty on those dates, not only opening for CSHR but playing in Will Toledo‘s live ensemble. See the dates below: 2/1 – The […]
Alex Lilly Goes On Tour
Alex Lilly, whose critically-acclaimed new album 2% Milk is on the way to stations this week, has announced some tour dates for the springtime. The LA-based artist is starting things off with a date this January in North Hollywood, and will be playing dates through March. See below for the full itinerary: 1/20 – The Federal […]
The Guardian Draws Deserved Attention To Thirdstory
The Guardian has included Thirdstory‘s “Still In Love” among its list of “best songs from 2018… that you didn’t hear.” That headline is a bit presumptuous, considering how much support Thirdstory’s album Cold Heart found with the NACC panel last year, but we’re glad they’re getting props nonetheless. According to the Guardian, “‘Still in Love’ is […]
Alex Lilly Explores Her Influences and Training With Keyboard Magazine
Keyboard recently talked to Alex Lilly, whose album 2% Milk will be released this month. Lilly, who has played in Beck‘s touring band, explained that the artist had a big impact on her. “Beck’s Sea Change,” she said, “left a big impression as did Midnight Vultures. I remember copying out string parts by hand while blasting […]
Down Dirty Shake Plays “Woman” For Jam In The Van
Down Dirty Shake is poised to make a strong impact at radio this month with their full-length self-titled debut album. The lead single “Woman” has already gotten some significant play, as DJs around the country are falling in love with the psyched-out, Desert Rock sound of the group The Bay Bridged has described as “part […]
The Smoking Flowers Tour In Alabama
The Smoking Flowers continue to promote their 2018 LP Let’s Die Together, and they’ll start 2019 with a short jaunt to Alabama followed by a set in their hometown. Released on Bandaloop Records, the album finds the East Nashville duo exploring themes of resilience and passionate love. Musically, they rock hard enough to have been compared to […]
Down Dirty Shake Goes For Adds
Based in San Francisco, Down Dirty Shake seamlessly blends the sounds of Latin, psych, soul, pop, and garage rock. The group was founded by AJ Ayez (vocals, keys), Kyle DeMartini (guitar, vocals), and Aaron Grimes (drums, vocals) while the three were high school classmates in Merced, CA, and in the ensuing years the band’s style […]
Culture Collide Shares An Intimate Video From Inara George
Culture Collide writes that Inara George‘s new record finds the longtime bird and the bee singer “exploring ambitious new territory. Perhaps nowhere on the album is this more apparent than with the track ‘A Bridge,’ in which George does away with all instrumentation and pop influence, choosing to experiment with the hypnotic and spiritual nature […]
Park Ave Lauds Tobias The Owl
Aly Crase of Park Ave has a glowing review of a recent Tobias The Owl performance that also includes a brief interview with the band’s Elijah Dhavvan. According to the site, “The sound was huge and the songs melodic” during the band’s set at The Conor Byrne Pub in Seattle. Read the review here, and check […]
Steve Reich Talks About Music With Essential Tremors
Essential Tremors, a show on WYPR, describes itself as a forum “in which musicians and other creators talk about the songs that shaped who they are.” Steve Reich appeared on a recent episode, which can be heard right here. According to the show’s description, Reich “long ago transcended the ‘minimalist’ tag to stand as one […]
Sunny War Plays The Kennedy Center – Watch The Full Concert
Sunny War has had one heck of a year, and she capped it off with a late-November performance at the Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts in Washington, DC. According to the Kennedy Center’s site, War is “a master of fingerstyle guitar with a superb clawhammer technique.” She’s also a tremendously gifted songwriter with a […]
The Barr Brothers Announce Full-Album Shows
The Barr Brothers have just announced some full-album shows in Canada. According to Jambands, “The Barrs will play all of their 2011 self-titled record, 2014’s Sleeping Operator and 2017’s Queens of the Breakers over the three nights” at two separate venues – one in Toronto and one in Montréal. According to the band, “Nostalgia, as […]
Dude York’s Christmas Album Is Still Good
Do you remember Dude York‘s Halftime For The Holidays, which we delivered last year with a big helping of Christmas cheer? Stereogum said, “It’s a mix of pumped-up originals that act as sardonic takes on classic holiday songs, and it’s a whole lot of fun.” The good news about Christmas albums is that they can […]
Thriftys Plays The Bay Area This Month
The legendary Elbo Room in the Mission District of San Francisco is closing this month after three decades in business, meaning that The City will have one fewer spot for up-and-coming indie artists to play in front of people. It’s sad indeed, but fortunately there are still a few more shows and fortunately Thriftys gets […]
Glide Magazine Profiles Inara George
Glide Magazine has an interview with Inara George, whose Dearest Everybody is at radio along with her duet with Charlie Wadhams. George explains that the album is made of “songs that I wrote for friends, for special people, and sort of as a gift mostly; for people who had lost someone or as kind of […]
Inara George & Charlie Wadhams Go For Spins
When she announced the formation of her new label Release Me Records, Inara George (the bird and the bee, The Living Sisters), she told VoyageLA that her goal was “exposing some very talented people, that I’ve had the pleasure of working with, to the world.” One such person is Charlie Wadhams, a longtime George associate. […]
Inara George Discusses Loss With The SF Examiner
The San Francisco Examiner has a feature on Inara George‘s new solo album, Dearest Everybody. The album is pre-occupied with loss, as George explains to the Examiner: “The whole record is just different versions of saying goodbye to people, and there are only a few songs about my dad (Little Feat‘s Lowell George, who died when […]
