New Music From Dude York – Digital Servicing Only
Dude York makes heavy pop for heavy times. The band was born in a garage in Walla Walla, Washington – a secluded berg known for long, hot summers and slow, cold winters – before singer/guitarist Peter Richards and drummer Andrew Hall moved to Seattle and met bassist Claire England. In the Emerald City, the three-piece […]
Fruit Bats Go For Adds
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 Bats’ album, 2011’s Tripper. Yet The Glory of Fruit Bats, a totally-new collection of originals sprinkled with a few cover songs, comes less than a […]
The Line Of Best Fit Says Nico Muhly & Teitur Present “Bottomless Charm”
The Line Of Best Fit has given Nico Muhly & Teitur‘s Confessions 8 out of 10 stars, writing that the new LP is “chamber music for the 2016 everyman.” The review says the lyrics on the album, which are taken from confessional Youtube videos, cause a “net effect [that] is one of skewed thoughtfulness and […]
KEXP Premieres My Goodness’ “Islands”
Seattle’s KEXP has long been a booster of local band My Goodness, so the station was a natural fit to premiere the band’s song “Islands” earlier this autumn. Interviewed for the feature accompanying the premiere, band members Andy Lum and Joel Schneider explained how their new material differs from their earlier music, which Music Director Don […]
W Magazine Premieres Anna Of The North’s “Us”
W Magazine has the premiere of Anna Of The North‘s “Us” video, which is comprised of “a series of vignettes, [put together in] an attempt to depict the multiplicity of contemporary relationships.” The premiere takes note of singer Anna Lotterud‘s graphic design background, which she has employed in the clip to “underline the somber edge to […]
New Music From 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 than […]
Devendra Banhart Announces US Tour
Devendra Banhart released his critically-acclaimed ninth album, Ape In Pink Marble, earlier this year. Produced with the same team with whom he created his Nonesuch Records debut Mala in 2013, Ape In Pink Marble is influenced by Japanese koto music as well as Brazilian tropicália and finds the playful freak-folk pioneer in fine form on […]
NPR Features Allen Tate
NPR‘s Bob Boilen has a stream of Allen Tate‘s “Being Alone,” which premiered on All Songs Considered in advance of new LP Sleepwalker. After describing Tate’s voice as “deep” and “dreamy,” Boilen explains that the album was written in Copenhagen and produced by Tate’s longtime friend and San Fermin bandmate Ellis Ludwig-Leone. He also shares a […]
Impose Magazine Premieres Kuroma’s “Tennessee Walker”
In a recent interview with Impose Magazine, Kuroma‘s Hank Sullivant explains how spiritual changes informed the music on the band’s new LP, The Dark Horse Rides Again. “I wrote this album after I was confirmed into the Roman Catholic Church,” he tells the magazine, exposing a narrative that sets him apart from many rock stars. […]
My Goodness Goes For Adds
Islands, the new EP from Seattle’s My Goodness, illustrates a major sonic leap for the band. Formed by Seattleites Joel Schneider and Andy Lum after a chance encounter at SXSW, My Goodness has made considerable strides since recording the rocking, bluesy 2014 LP Shiver & Shake live in the studio with Rick Parashar (Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Blind Melon). […]
Pill Friends Go For Adds
File Under: Music has released the third single in its One Song At A Time series, from Pennsylvania five-piece Pill Friends. The song, “Holy Like You,” follows the band’s February LP Child Sacrifice. It’s a lo-fi midtempo rocker, with chugging guitars and earnest vocals that the AV Club has compared to “one of Modest Mouse’s down-trodden […]
Devendra Banhart Talks to The Observer, Goes on KALX Today at 11am PST
In a long and involved interview with The Observer, Devendra Banhart discusses his creative process as well as the intersections – or lack thereof – between his music and visual art. One of the most interesting parts of the conversation between Banhart and interviewer Justin Joffe is their discussion of the intersection between Japanese music and tropicália, […]
The Revue Praises Ablebody’s Refreshing, Sweeping Nostalgia
The Revue appreciates how “artists [are] making nostalgia sound refreshing and inviting has increased,” mentioning the likes of Tame Impala and Whitney as examples. But, says the website, “While these musicians made some fantastic albums… very few have taken as sweeping of an approach as Ablebody.” It goes on, “The summery, light melodies of the […]
Flagpole Reviews Kuroma’s New LP
Flagpole has a review of Kuroma‘s The Dark Horse Rides Again, comparing the band to Tame Impala and Melody’s Echo Chamber and saying the album “hits the ground running and rarely revisits the same territory, oscillating between kinetic barnburners, angelic ballads, and smooth sailers.” The review compliments singer Hank Sullivant’s voice, an “airy tenor [that] […]
New Music From My Goodness
Islands, the new EP from Seattle’s My Goodness, illustrates a major sonic leap for the band. Formed by Seattleites Joel Schneider and Andy Lum after a chance encounter at SXSW, My Goodness has made considerable strides since recording the rocking, bluesy 2014 LP Shiver & Shake live in the studio with Rick Parashar (Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Blind Melon). […]
Pickathon Starlight Series Kicks Off With Fruit Bats
“Humbug Mountain Song” is one of the high points on Fruit Bats 2016 LP Absolute Loser, and the band’s performance of the song was among the high points at the idyllic Pickathon festival earlier this year. That’s why Season 2 of The Starlight Series, a monthly video series of performances from Pickathon being put online […]
The Monitor Reviews Tacocat
The Monitor has a new review of Tacocat‘s Lost Time, calling the band’s singer Emily Nokes a “nasty woman” who is making her voice heard. “With a resilient sense of melody and balanced diet of sass, snark and smarts,” writes the McAllen, Texas-based paper, “Nokes makes short work of anonymous internet trolls, mansplainers and boyfriends […]
New Music From Pill Friends- Digital Servicing Only
File Under: Music has released the third single in its One Song At A Time series, from Pennsylvania five-piece Pill Friends. The song, “Holy Like You,” follows the band’s February LP Child Sacrifice. It’s a lo-fi midtempo rocker, with chugging guitars and earnest vocals that the AV Club has compared to “one of Modest Mouse’s down-trodden […]
Paste Interviews Allen Tate and Shares “Don’t Choke” Video
In a recent interview with Paste Magazine, Allen Tate explained how his job as the male lead singer of San Fermin impacts his work as a solo artist. “When the band is touring on an album cycle, we play close to 200 shows a year… so it was a question of where there was space to […]
Drowned In Sound Features Ablebody
Drowned in Sound has a lengthy feature on Ablebody, which goes in-depth with band mastermind Christoph Hochheim as he explains the process behind the creation of the band’s new LP Adult Contemporaries. Drowned in Sound gives a history of the band, whose members have played with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and The Depreciation […]
