The News and Review Loves Holy Oak’s Alt-Folk Sound
Chico, California’s News & Review has a feature on Holy Oak‘s new Second Son album, stating that “in a world of straightforward confessional songs, it can be refreshing to hear epic lyrical landscapes spanning tales of vampires, street performers and talking flowers.” This is what Neil Holyoak provides over the course of Second Son, which […]
Exclaim! Recommends Kronos Quartet
Exclaim! recently reviewed Folk Songs, the new album from Kronos Quartet that includes guest vocals from Nonesuch labelmates Sam Amidon, Olivia Chaney, Rhiannon Giddens, and Natalie Merchant along with arrangement help from the venerable Nico Muhly. According to the review, “The Quartet’s versatility can be seen in the contrast between the first two songs [“Oh Where” […]
KAYE Goes For Adds
KAYE was born in Honolulu and spent her childhood all over the globe, relocating to Singapore, Hong Kong, Arizona and Michigan all before she turned 18. The musically-obsessed teenager grew into a virtuosic adult, releasing an album under her full name, Charlene Kaye, and then becoming the lead female vocalist in the New York-based indie rock collective […]
CHOU Interviews Holy Oak
Neil Holyoak, who records and performs under the name Holy Oak, recently did a call-in interview with the No Filter show on AM station CHOU in Quebec. The interview is full of insights about the musician’s life and the making of his new album Second Son. According to Holyoak, the “slow, dark” timbre of the […]
WYCE Chooses Kronos Quartet As “Artist of The Day”
Kronos Quartet was featured on Tuesday, July 25 as WYCE‘s “Artist of the Day.” The quartet, which has been playing together for decades, recently released the Folk Songs LP with guests Natalie Merchant, Sam Amidon, Rhiannon Giddens, and Olivia Chaney (Offa Rex). In their brief piece, the station highlights this record and details some of the […]
Coast Modern Goes Track-By-Track with Consequence of Sound
Consequence of Sound has a track-by-track rundown of Coast Modern‘s debut album, complete with a stream of new single “Frost.” “‘Frost’ is the band’s most stripped-back song to date, leaving behind the psychedelic synth lines of previous singles in favor of some lo-fi acoustic guitar,” writes CoS. “The soft track caps off the upcoming LP, […]
New Music From KAYE – Digital Servicing Only
KAYE was born in Honolulu and spent her childhood all over the globe, relocating to Singapore, Hong Kong, Arizona and Michigan all before she turned 18. The musically-obsessed teenager grew into a virtuosic adult, releasing an album under her full name, Charlene Kaye, and then becoming the lead female vocalist in the New York-based indie rock collective […]
107.7 The End Praises 2017 LPs by My Goodness and Dude York
Seattle’s 107.7 The End has included Scavengers, by My Goodness, amongst its list of best local albums from 2017. Calling the album a “step forward,” the article’s author also declares the album’s title track “one of the best songs I’ve heard all year.” Sincerely, the new album from Dude York, is also on the list […]
KEXP Selects Cloud Control For “Song Of The Day” Honors
Cloud Control’s “Rainbow City” has been swooped up by KEXP and given a “Song Of The Day” feature. The station says, “‘Rainbow City’ comes out with a gorgeously produced video, a surreal color-fest that meets the expectation of a song about rainbow anything. The song sees riffs float through a gossamer miasma of synths and […]
Simon Doom Shares Favorite Records With Discogs
Simon Doom‘s Simon O’Connor has eclectic and often-obscure musical taste, as evidenced by a recent interview with the musician on Discogs. O’Connor, Discogs writes, has created a “unique brand of power pop that’s as innovative as it is accessible” on new LP Babyman. In the interview, he delves into his influences by sharing the first […]
WQHS Reviews Overcoats’ Breakthrough Debut LP
WQHS, the student-run station at the University of Pennsylvania, has a review of Overcoats’ Young. According to the review, the duo creates “beautiful songs of sadness and longing… [with] a unique style that makes you want rock back and forth to the beat.” The reviewer continues, “Overcoats’ songs are about relationships, not just romantic but also familial. […]
AllMusic Positively Reviews Kronos Quartet
AllMusic has a four-star review of the new LP from Kronos Quartet, calling Folk Songs “a smart and emotionally effective exploration of the folk tradition that respects musical history without being chained to it, and it’s an experiment the Kronos Quartet would do well to repeat in the future.” The album features an impressive set […]
My Goodness Releases “Islands” Video, Hits the NACC 200
My Goodness has a new video, for Scavengers standout track “Islands.” In an interview with KEXP last year, band member Andy Lum said, “In the past we’ve drawn most of our creative energy from volume, which is a lot of fun, but doesn’t leave a lot of room to grow. We basically explored ways we […]
Gold Flake Paint Praises Gothic Tropic’s Fast or Feast
Gold Flake Paint raves about Gothic Tropic in a review of their new album, Fast or Feast. The album’s lyrics are inspired by frontwoman Cecilia Della Peruti‘s own struggles and experiences with relationships and adolescence but, according to the site, she seems to find the silver lining in any bleak situation — “every breakthrough and small victory becomes […]
Overcoats Share “Leave The Light On” Video
Overcoats have a new video, which was directed by Charlotte Hornsby and Jesse Ruuttila and filmed at New York’s Rockaway Beach. The video is for “Leave The Light On,” a track from the duo’s stunning debut album Young. According to The AU Review, “Exuding excitement and charm, there have been many moments on the album […]
BUST Hires Tacocat’s Emily Nokes
BUST Magazine, which has been a “fierce, funny, and pro-female” force in media for the past two-and-a-half decades, has a new music editor: Emily Nokes, who is also the singer of Tacocat! In an article introducing her to readers, BUST wrote, “She’s smart, she’s feminist, has impeccable taste, and she gives no f*cks about expressing […]
Kronos Quartet Goes For Adds
For more than 40 years, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet—David Harrington and John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello)—has combined a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagine the string quartet experience. In the process, Kronos has become one of the world’s most celebrated and influential ensembles. The group has performed thousands […]
Soundblab Goes Crazy Over Gothic Tropic
According to Soundblab, Gothic Tropic‘s new album is “killer.” The site contends that Fast Or Feast “checks all the boxes. Vocals. Songwriting. Solos. And it sounds so good from a production standpoint. I mean, this stuff is original, but also honed and polished—star-making machinery.” Comparing bandleader Cecilia Della Peruti’s guitar playing to Pat Metheny and […]
107.7 The End Profiles My Goodness
“Things are different now,” wrote 107.7 The End last year in a detailed feature on Seattle’s My Goodness. The band started as the project of singer/guitarist Joel Schneider before developing into a true collaboration between Schneider and drummer/keyboardist Andy Lum. Now, they’ve blossomed into a four-piece and replaced much of their original blues-rock sound with […]
For Folk’s Sake Recommends Overcoats’ Young
Overcoats’ Young is “a complete album, not just a collection of songs they happened to be working on at the time.” This is according to For Folk’s Sake, which published a review of the album last month. “There’s a satisfying comfort in the way the duo steers melodies and tones,” the site writes, also lauding […]
