The LA Times Shines a Light on Sunny War
Earlier this year, The LA Times pointed to Sunny War‘s album With The Sun as one of LA’s best offerings of 2018. Wrote the site, “She works with a lilting vibrato that recalls the great jazz vocalists of the 1950s, and as she maneuvers her fingers across her guitar, she doesn’t need to shout to […]
Popmatters Shares Alex Lilly’s “Pornographic Mind”
Popmatters recently premiered “Pornographic Mind,” the second single from Alex Lilly‘s forthcoming 2% Milk LP. As the site puts it, “The tune is a combination of classic AM radio pop, of the kind that has inspired Lilly’s sometime bandmate Inara George, as well as breezy, late ’80s synthesizer pop, think Madonna with a more poetic […]
The Country Blues Says Sunny War Is One Of The Genre’s Most Exciting New Voices
While Sunny War might be a new face at radio, she’s been on the radar of certain music fans for a while now. We recently dug up this article from The Country Blues, which eloquently explains the appeal of War and deftly indentifies the creative promise that she’s since brought to fruition on her new […]
B-Sides and Badlands Gives A Nod To Inara George
B-sides and Badlands approves of the new Inara George LP, giving Dearest Everybody a four-out-of-five rating and exploring the album’s heavy themes. “Three years in the making,” the site writes, “Dearest Everybody culls together decades-worth of experiences, as George processes her father’s death, handles relationships with her mother and three children, and soothes her own […]
Alex Lilly Goes For Adds
Los Angeles-based artist 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 – she’s established a notable career on the road in the touring bands of esteemed musicians like Beck, Lorde, Ry Cooder, and the […]
UPROXX Praises The Multi-Faceted Sunny War, Who Hit #59 at NACC And #4 at NACC Folk Last Week
About Sunny War, UPROXX writes, “It’s impossible to boil Sunny War’s music down to a fixed genre or style: her repertoire spans everything along the spectrum, from country blues to punk… The lyrics Sunny, born Sydney Lyndella Ward, writes aren’t short of nuance, either. Some of the themes in her music pay homage to her […]
NPR Tells Inara George’s Story
An NPR feature on Inara George includes high praise from Shirley Manson, the vocalist of Garbage. Manson said, “When she sent [new LP Dearest Everybody] to me, I said, ‘You’ve made the best record of your career, in my humble opinion!’” In addition to this quote, the article details George’s musical history and how she […]
Brooklyn Vegan Premieres Winter & Triptides’ New Video
Brooklyn Vegan has the premiere of “Desaparecidos,” the new video from Winter & Triptides. The site explains, “Earlier this year, Brazilian singer/songwriter Samira Winter and Glenn Brigman released Estrela Mágica, their debut as Winter & Triptides, which mixes tropicalia and sunshine psych into one lovely record. One of the LP’s best cuts is “Desaparecidos,” which […]
Cecilia Della Peruti Makes Her Directorial Debut With Gothic Tropic’s “Your Soul”
“Your Soul” is the newest video from Gothic Tropic‘s Fast or Feast, and it’s also the first video directed by the band’s mastermind Cecilia Della Peruti. According to Paper Magazine, Peruti’s music “Embracing harder sonic textures and her vulnerability [in] a combination that makes [her] accessible melodies deeper, darker, and rooted in truth. From this place, […]
Inara George Goes For Adds
On the day Inara George turned five years old, she attended the wake of her father, musician Lowell George, the beating heart of the band Little Feat. As anyone who has lost a parent or a close loved one knows, the grief – as well as the gratitude that their lives touched yours – spreads […]
The New York Times Shares Sunny War
Earlier this year, Sunny War was featured in a New York Times playlist along with the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Thom Yorke. The Times calls “If It Wasn’t Broken” a “minimal lament, which uses just acoustic guitar picking, fiddle and a backup vocal here and there. It’s both lived-in advice and a kind of […]
Thriftys Makes A Big Jump At NACC
Thriftys made the biggest week-to-week jump of any self-releasing artist on this past week’s NACC Radio 200, as Automatic Thought made it the way to #113 after debuting last week at #169. We appreciate the chart support the record found from AM 1700, CHMR, DMPulse, KBLU, KJHK, KMSC, KPFT, KWUR, KXLU, WCSF, WDWN, WMEB, WNCW, […]
LA Record Premieres The “Punchy And Engaging” New Alex Lilly Single
LA Record recently premiered “Distracting Me,” the lead single from Alex Lilly‘s upcoming LP 2% Milk. The magazine says the song “is a light (but not slight) pop song with a punchy beat and engaging twisty-turny melodies, written about how romance re-orders priorities—and how every so often the unexpected choice turns out to be the […]
Positive Feedback Has An Affirmative Response To Sunny War
Positive Feedback writes that “Sunny War’s voice, her guitar and all that glorious accompaniment is delivered with a full, rich and gorgeous sound that makes [new album With The Sun] one of the biggest surprises of 2018, a timeless folk album that you’ll keep playing for years.” The glowing review delves into the album, comparing War […]
Naked Giants Plot 2019 Tour
Naked Giants are gearing up to tour Europe with Car Seat Headrest, operating both as the opening act for the tour and also as the lynchpins of Will Toledo‘s sprawling live band. After that, the bands will come back to the states to continue their aural assault on the homeland. Check out the dates below, […]
Alex Lilly Goes For Adds
Los Angeles-based artist 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 – she’s established a notable career on the road in the touring bands of esteemed musicians like Beck, Lorde, Ry Cooder, and the […]
One Chord To Another Is “Seriously Addicted” To Sunny War
Sunny War may describe her sound as “folk punk,” but that didn’t keep her off the radar of self-professed “Finnish pop” site One Chord To Another. Writes the site, “The lead track of [new LP With The Sun] is ‘If It Wasn’t Broken’ and I’ve been seriously addicted to it. This broken-hearted song is actually quite […]
Thriftys Debuts At NACC
Thriftys busted into the NACC Radio 200 last week, getting its start at #169 with Automatic Thought. It was the debut album’s first week on the charts, and it was the highest-charting debut of any self-release on the Radio 200 this week. Thanks to CHMR, DMPulse Media, KMSC, KWUR, KXLU, WCSF, WGBK, WIDB, WLIG, WMCX, […]
Beehype Says Leyya is “Ultra-Catchy”
Beehype says Leyya’s single “Wannabe” is notable for its “jungle beat and ultra-catchy chorus. Leyya could’ve been a sound-a-like in chilly, bedroom electro-pop, but the duo adds a couple of special ingredients to an established sound. That’s why they sound so accessible while offering different layers of depth.” The site says the song is “truly […]
New Noise Hails The “Magic” Of The Smoking Flowers
New Noise Magazine writes that The Smoking Flowers’ Let’s Die Together is “an album that has a unique ability to fuse loud, thriving ’90s rock guitars with a vintage feeling akin to their Nashville home.” The site’s review of the album cites the undeniable connection between bandmates Kim and Scott Collins, a married couple who’ve […]
