Sonny Smith Goes For Adds
For years, the incredibly prolific Sonny Smith has built his own brand of indie-folk and rock & roll. With a dozen albums to his name and a handful of related projects — including multiple stage plays, a full-length musical and his nationally-recognized art installation, “100 Bands” — under his belt, Smith has grown into a cult […]
The Barr Brothers Discuss Parenthood and Music with Georgia Straight
In a lengthy recent interview with The Georgia Straight, Andrew Barr of The Barr Brothers explained how fatherhood has impacted how each of them has been able to make music. “Things got really hectic for a while,” he told the paper, because both he and his brother Brad had children. “I wouldn’t say we were […]
KEXP Posts Full Dream Syndicate Session
If you think The Dream Syndicate sounds amazing on their new LP, How Did I Find Myself Here?, you should definitely see them perform live. The veteran rockers emit an effortless cool onstage, and their variety of lively post-shoegaze translates perfectly in a live setting. Though the band’s tour is almost wrapped up, fans can fortunately […]
Live In Limbo Interviews San Fermin
Live in Limbo recently posted an interview, conducted last year, with San Fermin mastermind Ellis Ludwig-Leone. The video interview, conducted during last year’s Wayhome Festival in Ontario, touches on a lot of different topics. Fans of the band will be interested to hear about the themes of the album, to find out how Ludwig-Leone approaches songwriting, […]
The Sacramento Bee Cites Dude York As One Of 2017’s Best “Overlooked” Bands
Did you sleep on Dude York‘s fantastic 2017 LP Sincerely? It did amazingly well at college and specialty radio – it peaked in the Top 5 at both NACC and Specialty and is still charting at a handful of stations almost a year after its release. Apparently the gospel isn’t completely out though, because The […]
Live 4 Ever Praises The Barr Brothers’ New LP
“Queens Of The Breakers,” writes Live 4 Ever about the new Barr Brothers LP, “isn’t merely a collection of excellent songs (although it is full of them). Instead, it is a carefully considered and deliberate whole. This is a record that works and is better if listened to from start to finish to truly understand […]
The Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn Talks With The Intelligencer
How Did I Find Myself Here? is The Dream Syndicate’s first album since the 1980s, but it’s been regarded as a rebirth for the band and has garnered major critical acclaim.“This album feels more like our debut,” band leader Steve Wynn told Pennsylvania’s The Intelligencer in an interview. “The material was made as a Dream […]
Diffuser Lists The Magnetic Fields, The Flaming Lips, and Mount Eerie Among the Best of 2017
Three AmApAc artists were on Diffuser‘s list of the 25 best albums from 2017. On The Flaming Lips‘ Oczy Mlody, the site commented, “As they have done to brilliant effect time after time, the Flaming Lips again placed an overlay of Technicolored wonderland on the real world.” Writing about Mount Eerie‘s tragic A Crow Looked […]
Wayne Coyne Reviews The Year With Stereogum
Wayne Coyne, whose band Flaming Lips released the excellent Oczy Mlody at the beginning of last year, re-capped 2017 in a December interview with Stereogum. In a free-wheeling conversation that touches on silly topics like Miley Cyrus, Blake Shelton, and Fyre Fest as well as serious issues like Nazi-punching and the tenets of non-violence. Check out the […]
RI Central Praises The New Dream Syndicate LP
RI Central says How Did I Find Myself Here? “hopefully begins a new chapter” for The Dream Syndicate, writes RI Central. Leader Steve Wynn’s “grandiose approach to songcraft is obvious right out of the gates,” according to the site, and is relentless throughout the LP’s runtime. “The Dream Syndicate… sounds like a band reborn in all […]
Overcoats Tour US
Overcoats just don’t stop! The duo, which won plaudits in 2017 for blending electronic and folk elements on the sonically-ambitious album YOUNG, is continuing with a relentless tour schedule in the new year. They’re in Indiana tonight, and they’ve got shows into February: 01/15 – HI-FI Indy – Indianapolis, IN 01/16 – The Majestic Theatre […]
The Barr Brothers Share Trip Tales with Clash Music
Clash Music says The Barr Brothers’ “fresh, folk-hewn take on songwriting is born for the concert effect, with their impactful songwriting echoing around venues across the globe.” The band tours a lot, and Clash talked to Brad Barr about some of his most enduring tour memories. Barr has this advice to young touring acts just getting started on […]
KEXP Uploads Full L.A. Witch Performance
L.A. Witch recently performed on KEXP, Seattle’s premiere non-commercial station. The LA-based three-piece tore through a four song set culled from their 2017 self-titled debut and answered interview questions from host John Richards. We told you about the set when it happened back in October, but now it’s been archived online. Watch it again – […]
The Dream Syndicate Finishes Tour With Two Dates in Texas
The Dream Syndicate still has two dates to go on its US tour! The band plays later this month in Texas, bringing to an end a string of electric shows that have delighted audiences who have loved the band for years along with others who discovered the band for the first time with 2017’s How […]
The Barr Brothers Perform on CBS This Morning, Announce February Dates in Québec
CBS This Morning hosts a “Saturday Session” each week featuring musical performances from bands like The Barr Brothers, who showed up this Saturday to play two songs from the bands’ 2017 LP Queens of the Breakers. “Hideous Glorious” and “Defibrillation.” The band has some European dates this month before returning home to their native Québec for a string […]
KEXP Reviews Dude York’s Holiday LP
KEXP has declared Christmas “the most pop-punk of holidays,” which explains why Dude York has issued a Christmas LP this season. Writes the station, “In the spectrum of holidays, Christmas hits with the same immediacy and mass appeal as its kindred spirit genre — both also have some serious haters who just ‘don’t get it, […]
UPROXX Interviews Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart, who has been in the Grateful Dead for five decades and has won several Grammys for his solo percussive work, says his new album RAMU might be “the best record” he’s made. This is according to an interview with UPROXX, which talked to the prolific musician about the album’s creation as well as […]
The Barr Brothers Explain Queens Of the Breakers To WaPo
The Washington Post reports that the process behind The Barr Brothers‘ The Queens Of The Breakers was neither smooth nor effortless. As the band “raced to finish their third album,” the paper writes, “they had two other deadlines looming. They were renovating a house they had just bought together and Andrew’s wife was due to give […]
The Grammys Nominate Tinariwen For Best World Music Album
One of the great pleasures of our year has been working with Tinariwen, the North African collective whose album Elwan did well at both Radio 200 and the World chart. In recent years, the group’s homeland in a Saharan mountain range has been transformed into a conflict zone. While the songs on Elwan evoke those […]
Overcoats Add Tour Dates and Interview with Scarlet and Black
Scarlet and Black has an interview with Overcoats, whose debut album Young is currently at radio with a deluxe edition featuring two additional songs. In the interview, the duo delves into their origin. According to band member Hana Elion, “we bonded over mutual love of anthropology and cheese puffs.” JJ Mitchell, her musical co-conspirator, added, […]
