The Young Folks Compare Devendra Banhart’s New Album, Now #11 at CMJ, to a Good Friend
The Young Folks blog says that on Ape In Pink Marble, Devendra Banhart‘s new LP, the songwriter “serves up some delicately sensible lyrics provocative enough for personal, philosophical epiphanies to brew.” The songs on the album, according to the review, “can croon you to a more peaceful, rejuvenated sense of self… Ape In Pink Marble is […]
Fruit Bats Embark On Tour
Fresh off the success of this year’s magical comeback LP Absolute Loser, which peaked at #5 on the CMJ Radio 200, Fruit Bats are set to embark on yet another tour that begins next week and stretches all the way into December. Here are the dates! 10/15 – Lipton’s Chef Fest – Chicago, IL […]
New Music From Georgie
Georgie is a fresh singer from Nottingham, England with a classic sensibility that belies her 21 years. Her music is being released by Richmond, Virginia’s Spacebomb Records, a label “shaped around traditional models and time-honored ways” that calls itself “a house band, a unified crew of arrangers and musicians, artists, scribes, vibe-gardeners and business men […]
WRUV Celebrates Boreal Sons’ “Minimalism”
WRUV 90.1, the radio voice of The University of Vermont, has added Boreal Sons‘ new LP You & Everyone to rotation and posted a web review praising the album. “This album is loaded with rich, minimalist melodies and the most unconventional arrangements,” the station writes. “It adds an element of drama to the tracks. This […]
Coast Modern Takes Over AOL’s Instagram at The Meadows Music Festival
AOL Music just published a feature on Coast Modern, the indie pop duo of Luke Atlas and Coleman Trapp. The group has been touring throughout the year, with opening slots over the summer with BØRNS, The Temper Trap, and The Wombats as well as a large number of festival performances. AOL met up with the band […]
Ablebody Goes For Adds
Ablebody, comprised of identical twins Christoph and Anton Hochheim (The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Depreciation Guild), draws from the raw richness of the 60s; the melodicism of soft 70s pop; and the sophisticated side of romantic 80s synth pop to create a sound suspended between decades. The LA-based duo has been active […]
Coast Modern Goes For Adds
Luke Atlas and Coleman Trapp met while working as Los Angeles-based songwriters, fellow rats in the race to land songs with mainstream pop artists. After more than two years of peddling some great, some terrible, and some very weird creations, they received little more than fleeting glances before a discouraged Trapp escaped for the mountainous […]
Skye Wallace Goes For Adds
Skye Wallace is used to ambitious missions. The Vancouver artist once crisscrossed Canada by train to seek inspiration for a dark and layered album, Living Parts, chronicling the lives of characters moving through some of the more tragic tales of Canadian history. While this could’ve been the start of a path to the platonic ideal […]
KPCC Interviews Devendra Banhart About LA’s Impact On His Art
KPCC‘s The Frame recently had a long conversation with Devendra Banhart about how living in Los Angeles was an inspiration to him as he created his new LP, Ape In Pink Marble. Listeners can hear the whole thing on KPCC’s website, which also has some choice excerpts. “Los Angeles is a beautiful and really private place,” Banhart […]
Dusty Organ Features Boreal Sons
Dusty Organ has shared “What Becomes,” the lead track from Boreal Sons‘ new LP You & Everyone. Calling the track “dark” and “lush,” the site draws attention to the fact that the band has shedded a guitarist since releasing its last album. But rather than feeling emptier, tracks like “What Becomes” show how the band […]
New Music From Coast Modern
Luke Atlas and Coleman Trapp met while working as Los Angeles-based songwriters, fellow rats in the race to land songs with mainstream pop artists. After more than two years of peddling some great, some terrible, and some very weird creations, they received little more than fleeting glances before a discouraged Trapp escaped for the mountainous […]
Tiny Mix Tapes Reviews Devendra Banhart
“Time has proven Devendra Banhart to be a songwriter in a class of his own,” writes Tiny Mix Tapes in its review of the songwriter’s new Ape In Pink Marble LP. The review casts the new record as an evolution, noting that “his music has never felt rushed or bogged down by ego, but rather […]
Stereogum Premieres Tacocat’s Video For “The Internet”
Tacocat‘s Lost Time has been one of the great joys of 2016 – it’s a technicolor blast of poppy girl-powered punk that gleefully smashes the patriarchy with wryly humorous lyrics and shout-along choruses. Though its chart peak was last semester, the album is still going strong at stations around the country because its deep enough to […]
New Music From Skye Wallace
Skye Wallace is used to ambitious missions. The Vancouver artist once crisscrossed Canada by train to seek inspiration for a dark and layered album, Living Parts, chronicling the lives of characters moving through some of the more tragic tales of Canadian history. While this could’ve been the start of a path to the platonic ideal […]
Exclaim Shares Francis Cheer’s “Northern Semantic”
Exclaim! has the premiere of Francis Cheer’s “Northern Semantic,” one of several standouts on new LP Black White and Grey. According to the site, which is one of the most-read media sites in Canada, the song “is a sprightly folk rock number built on busy percussion, interwoven guitars and [John Francis] Gerrard‘s unique vocal delivery.” Listen […]
Boreal Sons Tour Canada
Boreal Sons’ You & Everyone is being picked up by DJs around North America, with stations in both the US and Canada embracing the album like the two twins depicted on its cover are embracing each other. The band is also on tour throughout Canada, with tour dates over the next couple of weeks in support of […]
New Music From Ablebody
Ablebody, comprised of identical twins Christoph and Anton Hochheim (The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Depreciation Guild), draws from the raw richness of the 60s; the melodicism of soft 70s pop; and the sophisticated side of romantic 80s synth pop to create a sound suspended between decades. The LA-based duo has been active […]
Devendra Banhart Is Selected by KCRW For Today’s Top Tune
KCRW has selected Devendra Banhart‘s “Saturday Night” as Today’s Top Tune. The song is taken from Ape in Pink Marble, Banhart’s first album since 2013’s Mala – which went all the way to #1 at CMJ. In its short feature, the station notes that Banhart is an “accomplished visual artist” and that his “songs are […]
WRUV and The Musical Hype Like Fences
WRUV has added Fences‘ new EP To The Tall Trembling Trees, praising the 6-song collection from Christopher Mansfield in a review on the station’s website. Calling Mansfield a “very talented singer,” the review says the EP “packs an emotional punch” and compares it to Ben Folds and Bleachers. Read the review here. The Musical Hype […]
The Decider Delves Deep Into Rodrigo Amarante’s “Tuyo”
Rodrigo Amarante has told The Decider about the process behind creating “Tuyo,” his gorgeous theme for Netflix‘s Narcos series. Although the riveting drama is about cocaine, the site says Amarante’s song is “arguable the most addictive” thing about it. The feature goes in-depth, with Amarante explaining how the show’s creators gave him freedom to create […]
