Sunny War Talks Shop With Acoustic Guitar
In a recent interview with Acoustic Guitar, Sunny War talked about how busking on Venice Beach influenced her musical style. “I think the best thing is that you learn how to be really rhythmic on your own,” says War. “Busking is like practicing with a metronome. I started playing a lot of covers that I […]
Glide Shares The Michigan Rattlers’ “Evergreen”
According to Michigan Rattlers, the title track of their new LP Evergreen is “about the fear of letting something slip through your fingers before you’ve had a chance to hold it in your hands and really appreciate it for everything it’s worth.” The band shared their thoughts about the song with Glide Magazine, which recently […]
Julietta’s “Smooth Sailing” Premieres On The 405
The 405 recently had the distinct privilege of being the first to share Julietta‘s “Smooth Sailing,” her fourth music video. The song, which comes from the album of the same name, is described by the site as a “sleek track that steers through a sea of gleam pop with Julietta’s honest lyrics serving as the […]
Michigan Rattlers Talk To The Petoskey News-Review
Evergreen, the debut LP from Michigan Rattlers, is currently at radio and aiming for spins. Before the album’s release, the band talked to The Petoskey News-Review, a newspaper in their old stomping grounds of Northern Michigan, about the band and the process behind making the album. According to the band, producer Johnny K was crucial to getting the […]
Vice Premieres and Interviews Sunny War
According to Vice, the new LP from Sunny War “is an absolute triumph of folk-punk.” The site has the premiere of “Gotta Live It,” the second video to emerge from the stunning 13-song set. War tells Vice that the song “is a very personal song about my struggle with alcoholism, my dysfunctional love life and […]
Michigan Rattlers Go For Adds
Lifelong friends and Deep North natives, Michigan Rattlers play heavy-hearted Americana folk-rock with an aching dose of Midwestern nice. Graham Young (guitar) and Adam Reed (upright bass) began writing music and performing together in their Northern Michigan high school, and eventually reunited in Los Angeles after a few years apart. Their self-titled debut EP attracted glowing reviews from No Depression, Bluegrass Situation, […]
Sunny War, Praised by Afropunk and Called “Essential” by Bandcamp, Seeks NACC Debuts
Afropunk calls Sunny War‘s With The Sun “an album where the most defiant moments tend to be the quietest, demanding you listen close.” In an article accompanying a premiere of the LP earlier this year, the site wrote that “impressive guitar chops [get] a workout beneath a heartbreaking vocal delivery. The album came from an effort to put less […]
The Smoking Flowers Play West Coast and Southwest Shows
The Smoking Flowers are continuing their Western US jaunt, with a few recently-announced dates their fans may have missed. Meanwhile, their album Let’s Die Together is continuing to pick up new adherents at radio across the land. Get it from our download page if you don’t have it already. If you’re near any of these shows, do yourself […]
Tidal Interviews Julietta
Julietta was recently interviewed by the folks at Tidal, who say her new LP Smooth Sailing “traverses themes of self-discovery and preservation amongst accessible, yet experimental leaning production.” The site asks Julietta about the making of the album and her musical background, as well as how she was able to make the record sound cohesive. Read all about it right here. […]
Sunny War Goes For Adds
Los Angeles-based street singer, guitarist, and roots music revolutionary Sunny War has always been an outsider with the drive to define her place in the world through music and songwriting. She started life in Nashville, learning the blues from a local guitarist, and became a punk upon moving to Los Angeles in her teens. But though she […]
Tobias The Owl Plays “1729” For Sofar Sounds
Tobias The Owl regularly tours throughout the Pacific Northwest, and last year he stopped by Portland, Oregon for a Sofar Sounds performance. One of the songs he played, “1729,” has since been featured on his new LP A Safe Harbor For Wayward Echoes. See his intimate backyard rendition right here. Get A Safe Harbor For Wayward […]
Winter Premieres New Video Via Grimy Goods
Winter has released a new video from Ethereality, for the song “You Don’t Know Me.” According to the video’s director Molly Adams, “We wanted to carry the song’s message while paying homage to the teen house parties in the movies we grew up loving. The video itself is about feeling lost in the crowd at […]
New Music From Michigan Rattlers
Lifelong friends and Deep North natives, Michigan Rattlers play heavy-hearted Americana folk-rock with an aching dose of Midwestern nice. Graham Young (guitar) and Adam Reed (upright bass) began writing music and performing together in their Northern Michigan high school, and eventually reunited in Los Angeles after a few years apart. Their self-titled debut EP attracted […]
She Shreds Explores Sunny War’s Music and History
“It seems that wherever Sunny War focuses her musical talents,” She Shreds writes, “she reveals the good that can come from being true to oneself.” The site explores the Nashville-born, LA-based artist’s development as a guitarist and songwriter, including candid statements from War about growing up as a street kid and finding sobriety. Check out […]
Buzzbands Talks To Kan Wakan About His Well-Received New LP
Buzzbands has an in-depth interview with Gueorgui Linev, the composer who unloaded the new Kan Wakan LP Phantasmagoria Vol. 1 last month. Fans may remember that the album was originally slated for a triple-LP release last year, and Linev explains to Buzzbands why it wasn’t put out that way. Describing the music on the album, Linev […]
Bandsintown Shares Mainland’s “Hometown” Video
Bandsintown has the premiere of “Hometown,” the new video from Mainland’s most recent EP Villians. The site’s an appropriate place for the premiere, considering the video’s subject matter. “Starting off in SF and making their way through cities like Phoenix, Houston, Kansas City, and Cleveland, the guys got to play their new music in venues […]
Kan Wakan Goes For Adds
Kan Wakan takes the formulas of Bristol-era cinematic electronica, jazz, and celestial soul and dissects them, slowly evolving unique hybrids that are rooted in communal clarity. The project features Bulgarian-born multi-instrumentalist Gueorgui Linev along with a rotating cast of talented vocal collaborators. As a highly-regarded producer with Thundercat and Moses Sumney credits to his name, […]
World Cafe Premieres Sunny War’s “If It Wasn’t Broken”
WXPN’s World Cafe has thrown its weight behind Sunny War, writing that she’s “a fantastic guitar player… Citing influences as diverse as Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Tracy Chapman, Joan Armatrading and Black Flag, the songs on War’s forthcoming album, With The Sun, evoke a wondrous, breathless beauty and are filled with hypnotic, acoustic calm. Her songs […]
Eclectic Arts Believes In Tobias The Owl
Eclectic Arts has a review of the new Tobias The Owl album, A Safe Harbor For Wayward Echoes. According to the site. “Tobias The Owl is on the verge of something here… [due to his] ability to connect with the listener and invite them to think, to ponder, what was being presented by this artist. […]
Sunny War, On Tour Now, Is Re-Broadcast On World Cafe
Today, World Cafe is re-broadcasting Sunny War‘s appearance from earlier in the year. World Cafe can be heard on over 200 radio stations nationwide. The complete list is available here. You can check your local station’s Program Schedule for the World Cafe broadcast time. To listen live online, fans can hear the WXPN Philadelphia stream at 2pm ET at XPN.org by choosing WXPN […]
