Tinariwen Goes For Adds
Road movies often unfold the same way, with characters traveling in search of truth while reconnecting with a past that has – of course – been erased. Tinariwen‘s Elwan has a similar story, coming from a band that has been triumphantly touring the world at the same time as the frontiers that encircle their desert home have […]
The Flaming Lips Earn Positive Reviews from The Independent and CoS
The first reviews of The Flaming Lips‘ Oczy Mlody are coming in, and they’re overwhelmingly positive. The Independent gives the new LP four out of five stars, writing that the album is “a lovely, silly, serious work that draws one in despite the bursts of utopian cosmo-babble… But buried amongst the cosmic fairytale whimsy and […]
Slow Hollows, On Tour With Cherry Glazerr, Make CMJ Debut And Get Review From Eleven PDX
Slow Hollows had a strong CMJ debut last week with Romantic, which landed at #51 on Radio 200 after being the fifth-most added release in the week prior. Get them spinning at your station and help them break the Top 30 in their second week! According to Eleven PDX, the record is a “tight nine-track […]
Village Voice Interviews Allen Tate
Comparing the work on Allen Tate‘s new solo LP to the work he does as a vocalist in baroque-pop outfit San Fermin, Village Voice wrote, “Whereas San Fermin sounds like the soundtrack of a Prohibition-era music hall or a bawdy artists’ salon, Sleepwalker is the record of a poet’s attic, a solo hike on a […]
Brooklyn Vegan Shares Dan Deacon’s Rogue Wave Remix
Brooklyn Vegan has shared the Dan Deacon remix of Rogue Wave‘s Delusions of Grand Fur standout “What Is Left To Solve?” The feature includes a quote from Zach Rogue, who explains his reaction to hearing the mix for the first time: “At first, the mix sounds like he threw it into a washing machine on […]
New Music From Tinariwen – Digital Servicing Only
Road movies often unfold the same way, with characters traveling in search of truth while reconnecting with a past that has – of course – been erased. Tinariwen’s Elwan has a similar story, coming from a band that has been triumphantly touring the world at the same time as the frontiers that encircle their desert […]
Rokia Traore is Nominated for a “French Grammy”
Rokia Traoré‘s Né So was one of the most successful records we promoted to CMJ New World last year, peaking at #1 and spending 19 weeks on the chart on its way to ranking as the #5 record at New World for the whole year. The album has also been critically acclaimed, and it was […]
The World Features Mariza
The name of Mariza‘s most recent album is Mundo, so it’s appropriate that the famed Portuguese fado singer got a recent feature on PRI’s The World. “‘Mundo’ is an invitation to people to get inside of my world,” Mariza told the program, “my music world, my personal world because I can’t separate them both. I’m […]
The Flaming Lips Go For Adds
Oczy Mlody, the highly-anticipated new album from The Flaming Lips, is here. Three-time Grammy Award winners, the band is one of the most enduring, influential, unpredictable, and universally-respected groups of their generation or any other. They have been cited as the ultimate live attraction and life-affirming festival band who continue to dazzle audiences with their over-the-top, maximalist, high-energy onslaught on the […]
Slime Girls Go For Adds
File Under: Music has released “Meteor Showers” by Slime Girls, the fifth audio/visual single in its One Song At A Time series. According to Consequence of Sound, which premiered the song, the speedy, propulsive emo track features “a blast of synths and straightforward guitar hooks that definitely falls on the more intense side of the […]
VICE Interviews and Streams Slow Hollows LP, Going For Debuts This Week
VICE has an interview with Austin Feinstein, the 18-year-old Angelino whose band Slow Hollows recently released Romantic and is touring the country with Cherry Glazerr. In addition to his work with the band, Feinstein has also collaborated with Frank Ocean and Tyler, The Creator. In the interview, he explains how he came to work with those […]
Naked Giants, Praised By The AZ Daily Sun, Cover Talking Heads With Car Seat Headrest
The Arizona Daily Sun has mentioned Naked Giants‘ “Twist” among its top ten songs of 2016, writing of the R.I.P. EP track, “It’s rock and roll in the spirit of pirate radio.” Check out the feature right here. The boys in Naked Giants aren’t just making news with their own songs; recent live dates have […]
Circuit Sweet Features Wallgrin Video
Wallgrin‘s video for “Ae’aea,” directed by Matt Leaf and released last month as part of File Under: Music‘s One Song At A Time series, has been featured on Circuit Sweet. According to the site, Wallgrin’s music is “unique and visionary. Wallgrin blends dance music with elements of traditional folk and Celtic pop, relying on her […]
New Music From The Flaming Lips
Oczy Mlody, the highly-anticipated new album from The Flaming Lips, is here. Three-time Grammy Award winners, the band is one of the most enduring, influential, unpredictable, and universally-respected groups of their generation or any other. They have been cited as the ultimate live attraction and life-affirming festival band who continue to dazzle audiences with their over-the-top, maximalist, high-energy onslaught on the […]
Wolf In A Suit Features Allen Tate’s “Wrapped Up”
Wolf In A Suit, which recently featured Allen Tate‘s “Wrapped Up,” wrote that the song is “melodious [and] soft yet powerful.” According to the site, the San Fermin frontman-turned-solo artist “brings an honest outlook of life, as this track showcases a much familiar feeling while maintaining that sense of truth that is undeniable; instead of […]
Tacocat Makes The Most of the Worst Year Ever
“Tacocat, my band, has been with me longer than any pet, partner, job, or hair color,” writes Emily Nokes in a recent essay for The Stranger. “This was the year we were able to do it bigger and better than before.” Nokes then takes readers along with the band as she recounts the ups-and-downs of […]
New Music From Slime Girls – Digital Servicing Only
File Under: Music has released “Meteor Showers” by Slime Girls, the fifth audio/visual single in its One Song At A Time series. According to Consequence of Sound, which premiered the song, the speedy, propulsive emo track features “a blast of synths and straightforward guitar hooks that definitely falls on the more intense side of the […]
MXDWN Loves Slow Hollows, Their New Record is Fifth Most Added at CMJ
MXDWN has a review of Slow Hollows’ Romantic, which contends that the album “combines nostalgia, lo-fi, and pop” to sound “familiar and new all at the same time… It’s all music that has been done and exhausted before, [but] Slow Hollows take on the genres is refreshing…” “Romantic is everything one would hope and imagine […]
CoS Shares Allen Tate’s “YDNF”
“YDNF,” one of the singles from Allen Tate‘s stellar Sleepwalker LP, has been featured on Consequence of Sound. The song, CoS writes, “exemplifies his gravitation toward a more contemplative brand of indie pop [as compared to his work as a vocalist in the band San Fermin] that pushes his velvety baritone to the fore. The […]
Slow Hollows Go For Adds – Digital Servicing Only
The rock project from 18-year-old collaborator on Frank Ocean‘s ‘Blonde,’ ‘Endless,’ and Tyler, The Creator‘s ‘Cherry Bomb’ January-February tour opening for Cherry Glazerr Romantic is the third album from Slow Hollows, the LA-based post-pop project of 18-year-old Austin Feinstein. Written during his senior year of high school and between his contributions to Frank Ocean‘s Blonde (on “Self Control”) and Endless […]
