Billboard Premieres Isador’s “Falling” Video
Billboard has the premiere of “Falling,” the debut video from Isador. Writes the magazine, “When Warren Heller was growing up, he felt pressured to follow a life trajectory that was predetermined for him. And under the moniker Isador, the alt-rock musician composed a dark riff on that time in his life with his new track, […]
New Music From Naked Giants
A three-piece garage rock wildebeest from Seattle, Naked Giants combine spontaneity with a stylistically-diverse catalog to create a sound that sets them apart from the average band. Bringing together influences from the likes of Ty Segall and The Sonics – as well as Pink Floyd and even Spinal Tap – with an audible energy that gets crowds […]
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 […]
Blake Hazard Shares “Before The Ice” Via Buzzbands
Buzzbands recently shared the video for "Before The Ice," a sultry single from Blake Hazard's new Possibilities At Sea LP. According to the site, the former Submarines member "makes glass-half-full pop songs — on the surface, spry, sunny things that make you think she’s allergic to frowns — and her new album Possibilities at Sea […]
KCRW and Consequence of Sound Showcase Kan Wakan’s “Tuesday”
Kan Wakan‘s “Tuesday” was KCRW’s Top Tune on Halloween, and the station praised it for being “meticulously crafted.” The track, which features Rachel Fannan and Avi Buffalo, can be streamed here. Consequence of Sound has also gotten behind the track, premiering it recently along with an interview with project mastermind Gueorgui Linev. Linev’s production – […]
Frequency 21 Applauds SISTERS’ Unique Talents
Andrew Vait and Emily Westman "certainly aren’t short of uniqueness and talent," writes Frequency 21 in a recent review of the duo's new LP under their moniker SISTERS. The LP, Wait Don't Wait, is "a celebration of multi-genre influence," says F21, "channeling inspiration that spans from smooth jazz to 80s synth pop… [and] showcasing pleasing bursts of […]
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 […]
KUTX Shares Barr Brothers Video From UTOPIAFest
KUTX, from Austin, traveled to UTOPIAFest in Utopia, Texas in September. According to its website, the festival is “a unique campout festival… offering mind-blowing musical performances and West Texas Hill Country sunsets. Presented in a natural amphitheater on the 1,000-acre Four Sisters Ranch, UTOPiAfest is a true alternative to the large multiple-stage festivals that often […]
Overcoats Perform For Baeble and Continue Tour
Baeble Music has video of a rad concert from Overcoats, performed in Brooklyn for the site’s Bands and Brews series and consisting of 10 songs. According to Baeble, “their harmonies blend together to make indie electro-pop music that not only sounds pretty on the surface, but permeates a true sense of self-empowerment… sure, Overcoats’ voices […]
Blake Hazard Goes For Adds
Blake Hazard started playing the subways of New York City in her teens, graduating to smaller clubs in the city before making her way to Boston to study at Harvard University. There, she continued to play live, eventually starting a relationship with John Dragonetti and moving to LA with him. They broke up, but reunited after hearing […]
Mickey Hart Goes For Adds
A Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Drummers of All Time,” The Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart is an accomplished writer, painter, musicologist, and expert on the history and mythology of drums. He’s won World Music Grammys for his percussive albums Planet Drum (1991) and Global Drum Project (2007); […]
SISTERS Rule, Writes CityArts
SISTERS’ stellar Wait Don’t Wait LP made its NACC debut last week, landing at #129. According to CityArts, the duo’s “voices soar [and] their optimism inspires” across an album that is “full of stimulating yet concise songwriting” and “easily enjoyable.” Writes the rag, “The album sports many qualities from the bright side of vintage, from the […]
WFPK Talks To A Barr Brother
“This new record is one of the best records of the year… I cannot stop listening to it!” That’s WFPK’s Kyle Meredith on Queens of the Breakers, the third album from The Barr Brothers that he describes as “a great combination of rock, blues, and trance in the styles of John Cale and Mississippi Fred […]
Stereofox Shares “Tuesday” From Kan Wakan
Stereofox has shared “Tuesday,” a track from Kan Wakan‘s epic Phantasmagoria album. “The track is absolutely gorgeous,” writes the site, “and a perfect way to soothe all worries. It feels like the soundrack of a fairy tale situated in a golden-coloured, Autumn forest. The vocals, combined with the spacious strings sounds craft a really, really […]
New Music From Mickey Hart
A Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Drummers of All Time,” The Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart is an accomplished writer, painter, musicologist, and expert on the history and mythology of drums. He’s won World Music Grammys for his percussive albums Planet Drum (1991) and Global Drum Project (2007); […]
Camille Appears on PRI’s The World
Camille was featured on PRI‘s The World last week, talking about a new album “that is primitive and classical, yet modern and electronic.” OUÏ was an immediate chart-topper in Camille’s home country of France this summer, and the just-out Nonesuch edition is the renowned experimentalist’s first official US release. The World spoke to Camille about the […]
L.A. Witch, On Tour, Talks With Bad Luck
Bad Luck recently interviewed L.A. Witch about the trio’s debut album, finding out how it was made and getting the backstory on the band’s DIY years when they were spray-painting their own burned CDs. Now, the band is signed to Suicide Squeeze, which the article says they feel is “like a family” to them. Enjoy their […]
Simon Doom Goes To KXRN
KXRN, located in Laguna Beach, California, is really gaining a reputation for hosting top notch artists for in-studios and intimate interview sessions. We’re stoked that they’ve been so supportive of so many AmApAc artists, including Simon Doom. Doom, who performs in Kuroma and released the awesome solo Babyman LP this year, recently stopped by KXRN to […]
New Music From Blake Hazard
Blake Hazard started playing the subways of New York City in her teens, graduating to smaller clubs in the city before making her way to Boston to study at Harvard University. There, she continued to play live, eventually starting a relationship with John Dragonetti and moving to LA with him. They broke up, but reunited after hearing […]
Red Guitar Music Loves Ani DiFranco and Her New LP
Red Guitar Music takes a deep dive into Ani DiFranco‘s Binary in a recent review, praising her history as a DIY icon and contending that “Binary sees her unafraid as ever to tell it like it is and stick it to the man.” The review praises the arrangements of Tchad Blake, who brings out DiFranco’s […]
