Radio Milwaukee Interviews Devendra Banhart
WYMS, a non-commercial station in Milwaukee, recently conducted an interview with Devendra Banhart. Throughout the course of the interview, Banhart exudes a quizzical unpredictability that has become predictable from the quirky freak-folk pioneer, opining about Japanese death poems and sharing an idea for social media to come paired with biological devices that gave electroshocks to […]
Nico Muhly and Teitur, Featured by The Atlantic, Make a Strong Debut at Radio 200
Last fall, The Atlantic chose “Describe You” by Nico Muhly & Teitur for a Track of the Day feature. The magazine describes Confessions, the duo’s new LP released on Nonesuch Records last year, as “a quirky, charming mix of songs combining Teitur’s winsome voice and Muhly’s baroque string textures.” Check out the feature, and hear the […]
New Music From Slow Hollows – 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 […]
CLRVYNT Shares Dude York’s “Black Jack”
“Power-pop addicts, meet your new favorite band: Dude York,” writes CLRVYNT, going further to say that “the Seattle-based riff-rock trio is powered by the grit of the Reatards and the hooks of Van Halen.” The website has a stream of “Black Jack,” the first single released from the band’s upcoming Sincerely LP. CLRVYNT notes that […]
IMPOSE Premieres Wallgrin’s “Ae’aea” Video
IMPOSE has the premiere of “Ae’aea,” the new song/video from Canadian experimentalist Wallgrin. The video, which is the fourth release in File Under: Music‘s excellent One Song At A Time series, was directed by Matt Leaf and “begins with a thundering waterfall, setting the dramatic tone for the song and its visual counterpart. As Wallgrin’s gorgeous […]
DGO Mag Reviews The Glory of Fruit Bats
“Absolute Loser is a fantastic record that will rightly be on (or atop) many a critics’ Best of 2016 list, mine included,” writes Jon E. Lynch of DGO Mag about Fruit Bats‘ comeback album, which surfaced last Spring. Fruit Bats’ latest release – entitled the Glory of Fruit Bats and sent out into the world […]
Grimy Goods Interviews Allen Tate
In a recent interview with Grimy Goods, Allen Tate provides an in-depth look at the process behind his solo album Sleepwalker and explores how his participation in the experimental indie-pop collective San Fermin has shaped him as a musician. “I’m such a better musician now just by being around everyone in the band,” he says […]
Boreal Sons Talk Reconfiguration With VUE Weekly
VUE Weekly has a feature on Boreal Sons, whose You & Everyone LP is currently at CMJ. The band lost its guitarist before the making of the new album, a topic that VUE discussed in depth with the keyboardist/singer Evan Acheson. “At the beginning we had no idea what we were doing or how we were […]
Wallgrin Goes For Spins
File Under: Music has released the fourth single in its One Song At A Time series, a track called “Ae’aea” from experimental-art pop project Wallgrin. The solo project of composer, violinist, and vocalist Tegan Wahlgren, Wallgrin applies her talent to exploring the space between extremes of beauty and dissonance, expressed through layers of strings and […]
Naked Giants Premiere “Easy Eating” Video on IMPOSE
Naked Giants look like absolute maniacs in the video for “Easy Eating,” performing with nutso energy in a golden room while a janitor stares at them. IMPOSE has the video, which was made to support the boys’ current R.I.P. EP. According to the band, “The janitor in the video originally had an in-depth backstory – his […]
Devendra Banhart Joins Concert For Standing Rock
Last week, we told you about Devendra Banhart‘s upcoming tour, which will take him throughout North America in 2017. The songwriter behind this year’s amazing Ape In Pink Marble has added a final 2016 date, however, to benefit the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota. As Rolling Stone reports, “After months of protests, the […]
Ocean Park Standoff Are On The Verge
On The Verge, a show created by the Boston University chapter of Verge Campus and broadcast every Sunday morning on WTBU, recently interviewed Ocean Park Standoff‘s Ethan Thompson. In the text accompanying the extensive discussion, the show’s Neela Mahaghagh writes that the band is “a curiosity… They are strange and unique, but perfectly catchy for […]
New Music From Wallgrin – Digital Servicing Only
File Under: Music has released the fourth single in its One Song At A Time series, a track called “Ae’aea” from experimental-art pop project Wallgrin. The solo project of composer, violinist, and vocalist Tegan Wahlgren, Wallgrin applies her talent to exploring the space between extremes of beauty and dissonance, expressed through layers of strings and […]
Devendra Banhart Expands North American Tour
We previously announced some tour dates for Devendra Banhart, whose Ape In Pink Marble reached the Top Ten at CMJ earlier this year and stayed there for weeks. Banhart recently expanded that tour to extend all the way into springtime, with dates that take the ethereal freak-folk pioneer all across the US and into Canada. […]
The Pines Play For KUMD
The Pines released Above The Prairie earlier this year. According to PopMatters, the album “feels like a roots art record; at times you’re asked to consider what Radiohead might sound like if driven by wood and steel rather than ones and zeros.” No Depression said the record is “a call and response between the universe […]
AmApAc Artists Are Featured On CMJ’s Year-End Charts
CMJ has released its year-end charts for 2016, and several A man A plan A canal artists have been included. Bowing highest on the Top 200 list is Tacocat, whose Lost Time made it to #8. In a testament to the album’s longevity at Radio 200, it’s the highest-charting album that did not peak at […]
The Flaming Lips Prep For 2017 With New Video, Annouce Tour
The Flaming Lips are set to release Oczy Mlody in January, adding to their already-impressive discography of off-kilter and mind-expanding psych rock. To prepare audiences, the band has released lead single “The Castle,” and Stereogum says the song “finds the Lips veering away from the darkness that has characterized their recent albums toward gentle, beautiful […]
Cover Me Songs Premieres My Goodness’ Take On Tom Petty’s “You Don’t Know How It Feels”
Cover Me Songs has the premiere of “You Don’t Know How It Feels,” a Tom Petty cut from Wildflowers that My Goodness recorded for their recent Islands EP. Drummer Andy Lum told the site, “We were listening to a lot of Tom Petty on our last US tour, great driving music – so we decided […]
Tacocat and Fruit Bats Land On Paste’s Year End List
2016 is coming to a close, which means it’s time for critics and fans to complete their lists of favorite albums from the past year. Medium Rotation is collecting lists from around the radio world to publish on its site, and you have until December 8 to send your list to the site. Click the […]
Hear Glory of Fruit Bats – Digital Servicing Only
Absolute Loser – Eric D. Johnson‘s stunning return to The Fruit Bats moniker, released earlier this year to critical acclaim and major radio success – came five years after the last Fruit Bat’s album, 2011’s Tripper. Yet The Glory of Fruit Bats, a totally new collection of originals sprinkled with a few cover songs, comes less […]
