NYLON Premieres L.A. Witch’s “Drive Your Car” Video
“Nothing,” writes NYLON in a sensational headline, “is as cool as L.A. Witch‘s ‘Drive Your Car’ video.” The clip, for a track taken from the band’s self-titled debut on Suicide Squeeze, is “as effortlessly cool as they come. Who knew all you’d need was some badass whips, a killer all-black wardrobe, and an unbothered attitude […]
Camille Shares Pitchfork Playlist Highlighting Voice and Percussion
French singer/performer Camille has garnered quite a bit of praise for the delicate and innovative manipulations of voice and percussion that she employs so effectively on her new album OUÏ. She’s now created a new Spotify playlist titled Voix et Percussion (Voice and Percussion), from a mix she made for Pitchfork Radio in partnership with Sonos during […]
Billboard Interviews Mickey Hart and Shares “Auctioneers”
“I didn’t want it to sound like a standard record by any stretch of the imagination,” former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart recently told Billboard about his new solo release RAMU. “I didn’t want to use cliche elements that you would normally put in a pop or rock ‘n’ roll (album)… I pulled out a […]
The Stranger Celebrates The Holidays With Dude York, On Tour Now
When you got your copy of Dude York's new album Halftime For The Holidays, was your first reaction to ask, "What the f*ck?" Well, that's exactly what a patron at a local Seattle JCPenney asked the band as they left the store this summer carrying armloads of Santas and sports memorabilia. They'd been there to […]
The Boston Globe Explores The Barr Brothers’ New England Roots
The Barr Brothers are a Canadian band, but brothers Andrew and Brad Barr weren’t born in the Great White North. Rather, they got their start in New England. “In the mid-’90s, as Berklee College students,” writes The Boston Globe, “they rocked [local venues] the Middle East, the Paradise, and Somerville Theatre” in an “avant-rock jam-trio” […]
A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed Loves SISTERS’ Wait Don’t Wait
A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed has a review of SISTERS’ new LP Wait Don’t Wait, calling the collection “a lively set of indie-pop. In fact, the band manages to hop over a few genre labels with a nice sort of ease.” The review compares the Portland-based duo to The Eurythmics and says Wait Don’t Wait […]
Hear Our Holiday Playlist, Featuring Dude York and More, on Spotify
Dude York‘s “Break Up Holiday” is your newest seasonal anthem, with soaring pop punk melodies and wry lyrics about heartbreak at Yuletide. The song opens up the brand new A man A plan A canal Holiday Playlist on Spotify, featuring Christmas and Hanukkah music from AmApAc-associated acts as well as some other holiday classics chosen […]
New Video From Overcoats on NPR – Touring With Tennis in 2018
NPR’s First Watch recently shared the video for “I Don’t Believe In Us,” one of two bonus tracks appended to the new deluxe edition of Overcoats‘ stunning 2017 debut, Young. Writes NPR, “The song’s pastel-colored music video, co-directed by Aaron Vasquez and Sinjun Strom, daydreams of liberation from circumstances which no longer fulfill us. Cycling […]
Tom Tom Mag Talks with L.A. Witch’s Ellie English – KEXP Features “Baby In Blue Jeans”
Tom Tom Mag, a fantastic webzine focusing on “drummers, music, and feminism,” calls L.A. Witch “psychedelic, haunting, swirling, hazy, [and] intoxicating… The moment the needle hits their self-titled debut, there’s a time warp to a familiar unknown.” The band has just completed a US tour, and Tom Tom talked to drummer Ellie English about touring, […]
Mount Eerie and The Magnetic Fields Make Early Year-End Lists
It’s hard to believe that it’s already the end of 2017, but it is. And along with the ending of the years comes the annual onslaught of Year-End lists. We’ve had the pleasure of working with a lot of very talented artists this year who definitely deserve recognition, and we’re please that Mount Eerie and […]
Dude York, On Tour, Brings Holiday Spirit To Stereogum
A lot of bands do album streams these days, and Dude York is no exception. But since their new LP Halftime For The Holidays is so Very Special, the Seattle-based trio went even further than a stream by adding a visual of a festive Yule Log so listeners can get into the visual feel of […]
Bandsintown Gives SISTERS a Big Break and Shares “Scene Here”
Bandsintown has chosen SISTERS for a “Big Break” feature, hosting the exclusive premiere of the band’s new video. Also included is an interview with the duo about their new album Wait Don’t Wait and how they remain relentlessly positive in the face of recent dark political and cultural events. Perhaps unsurprisingly, considering the band’s residence […]
Relix Loves Mickey Hart’s New LP
“On his latest solo release, RAMU, Mickey Hart’s created a deliciously meandering, melodic exploration, with a whole cast of more contemporary voices adding some ecstatically fun spice to the global drum experience.” This is according to Relix, which reviewed the former Grateful Dead drummer’s new record – a “12-song collection [of] total, free-wheeling fun—all lunging […]
Paste Features The Barr Brothers, Who Are On Tour Now
“Queens of the Breakers,” writes Paste of the newest album from The Barr Brothers, “holds fast to hope and shows both a continuation and an evolution for one of the most creative bands out there today.” According to the site, the album runs the stylistic gamut “from American blues and acoustic folk to digi-percussion 808s and psychedelic […]
Dude York Goes For Adds
Dude York’s 2017 has been one for the history books. The trio of Peter Richards (guitar, vocals), Claire England (bass, vocals) and Andrew Hall (drums, vocals) crashed out of the gates with Sincerely, a finely crafted set of punky power pop that perfectly balanced brattiness with introspection while bleeding anthemic riffs and hooks. That record took […]
The Washington Post Says Mickey Hart Sounds Like “A Performance of the Smithsonian”
The Washington Post has review Mickey Hart‘s RAMU, writing that “there’s plenty of movement on Mickey Hart’s 14th studio album, as the Grateful Dead drummer extends his prolific solo career centered on his amazing approaches to percussion, knowing expeditions into world music and the cross pollination between music and sciences.” The review praises Hart’s use […]
Camille Issues “Lasso” Video and Hits New NACC Peak
Camille has released "Lasso," a video from her new album OUÏ. The clip, co-directed by Camille and Olivier Montoro (the team behind her recent "Seeds" video), was also made at L'Axe Majeur, just outside of Paris. Camille calls it "an uneven merry-go-round that captures and frees at the same time." Watch it right here. The LP […]
Ani DiFranco Plays A Tiny Desk Concert
Ani DiFranco recently performed a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR, ripping through a live set for which "she brought hell of a backing band, with drummer Terence Higgins and singer/violinist Jenny Scheinman joined by none other than Ivan Neville on keyboards." The performance is electric, as DiFranco submits searing takes of two cuts from her […]
The Barr Brothers Share “It Came To Me” With Brooklyn Vegan
Brooklyn Vegan has “It Came To Me,” the new video from The Barr Brothers‘ Queens of the Breakers. As the site explains, “Andrew Barr of The Barr Brothers and his wife Meghan have put on a music festival in Meghan’s hometown of Shigawake, Quebec, for the last nine years. It’s part of an agricultural festival […]
New Music From Dude York
Dude York’s 2017 has been one for the history books. The trio of Peter Richards (guitar, vocals), Claire England (bass, vocals) and Andrew Hall (drums, vocals) crashed out of the gates with Sincerely, a finely crafted set of punky power pop that perfectly balanced brattiness with introspection while bleeding anthemic riffs and hooks. That record took […]
