Beyond The Sound Interviews Wages, Buzzbands Premieres “Rattlesnake”
Beyond The Sound recently interviewed Wages members Nick Byron Campbell and James DeDakis about the band’s new LP, Glace. The interview is full of insights, as the band explains its varied process for writing songs and creating a dynamic “flow” to their releases. According to Campbell, the band’s adopted home of Los Angeles is “inspiring” because […]
New Music from Woods and The Men: Live at Pickathon – Digital Servicing Only
This year’s Pickathon, the outdoor weekend music festival at Pendarvis Farms in gorgeous Happy Valley, Oregon, recently concluded. According to VICE, Pickathon is “the dreamiest music festival ever,” based on a “homespun, magical fairy forest vision” that brings musicians and fans together in one of “the prettiest, chillest, and most enjoyable” environments for a festival […]
All The Real Girls Get Love From The Northwest Music Scene
All The Real Girls’ Elk City features an impressive roster of musicians, including members of Built To Spill, Death Cab For Cutie, The Long Winters, Pell Mell, and the Lashes along with producer John Goodmanson (Sleater-Kinney, Los Campesinos!). Northwest Music Scene says the record “lives up to the high expectations set having such a long list […]
The Decider Breaks Down Rodrigo Amarante’s Emmy-Nominated Narcos Theme, “Tuyo”
The Decider has the lowdown on “Tuyo,” Rodrigo Amarante‘s Emmy-nominated theme for the Netflix series Narcos. “Whether or not you speak Spanish,” the site writes, “the story behind the enthralling opener goes a little deeper than your average introductory credit.” The Decider goes on to parse the lyrics, providing each of them line-by-line along with […]
Revival Interviews The So So Glos
Revival has a short and not-exactly sweet interview with The So So Glos, who let their punk side show with evasive and seemingly-sarcastic answers. When asked about their influences, the quartet responds by listing the Ninja Turtles, Fiona Apple, and Notorious BIG. When asked “Who are the So So Glos?” the band replies, “You, me and […]
New Music from Boreal Sons – Digital Servicing Only
It’s been three years since Boreal Sons, the Calgary-based sublime art-rock band, have released a record. On their upcoming album Everyone, the result is a product of refinement and loss. After a 2014 UK tour in support of debut LP Threadbare, Boreal Sons lost guitarist Logan Gabert and chose not to replace him but to […]
The Chico News Review Interviews Tacocat
Tacocat recently sat down with the Chico News Review in advance of their July show at California venue Duffy’s Tavern and talked extensively about their collective feminism. “I know a lot of women in bands who are very strong feminists but who think, when it comes to their music, they don’t wanna talk about it […]
Rodrigo Amarante Goes For Adds With “Tuyo”
Brazilian multi-instrumentalist and singer Rodrigo Amarante recently earned an Emmy nomination, in the Outstanding Original Title Theme category, for the theme he composed for Netflix‘s critically-acclaimed drama Narcos. Amarante, a rock musician who co-founded the popular Brazilian band Los Hermanos as well as Little Joy (with the Strokes’ Fabrizio Moretti), has continued on “Tuyo” to explore the […]
Fences Goes For Adds With “Pale Paper”
As Fences, Chris Mansfield pours his everything into writing musical missives that hold a mirror to his foibles, his heart, his hurt, and his confusion. While studying experimental jazz at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, his roommate turned him on to Elliott Smith, which led to what Mansfield calls a “super crazy awakening.” The fragility […]
The Low Down Under and Wolf In A Suit Praise Wages
The Low Down Under has no shortage of good things to say about Wages‘ new LP Glace, which it claims is one of “the year’s finest” debuts. The album is full of “warmth,” says the site, which goes on to proclaim that “Glace does the enviable trick of being at once completely undemanding on the […]
Electronic Musician Features To Emmylou
Electronic Musician has a write-up on To Emmylou, a diverse collection of Emmylou Harris covers lovingly recorded by a grip of Los Angeles-based musicians including The Silver Lake Chorus, Wires in the Walls, and Little Red Lung. “This tribute is meant to shine a light on her impeccable record as one of the finest songwriters […]
Pigeons and Planes Premieres Anna of The North’s “Sway” Video
You may have already seen the beautiful and alluring video for Anna of the North‘s “Baby,” which features chanteuse Anna Lotterud in a despondent mood while waiting for a call that never comes. While that video is full of bright colors, the duo’s video for “Sway” has a different visual feel. According to Pigeons and Planes, […]
New Music From Fences – Digital Servicing Only
As Fences, Chris Mansfield pours his everything into writing musical missives that hold a mirror to his foibles, his heart, his hurt, and his confusion. Drawn to experimental jazz, he ignored pop and rock music as a young man and went to school at the prestigious Berklee College of Music to study double bass. It […]
Rogue Wave Plays For Paste
Because of “Rogue Wave’s gradual, stripped down feel,” writes Paste Magazine, “we knew they would be a good fit for one of our sessions in our studio.” So Paste invited bandleader Zach Rogue and longtime musical associate Pat Spurgeon to its studio, where the duo performed a trio of tracks from current LP Delusions of Grand […]
The Arizona Daily Sun Applauds Fruit Bats, On Tour Now
Fruit Bats‘ Absolute Loser is “an album that begs for summer spins and repeated listens,” says the Arizona Daily Sun, which ranks the album among its “Favorite Albums of 2016 — so far.” Reviewer Seth Muller has been a fan of the band for a decade, and he reckons that this new LP is “one […]
Catching Up With Graham
Just had the most amazing weekend up in Oregon for Pickathon. Friends have been telling me for years that I need to go to this festival, and wow, they were right. Not only did I get to see three days of incredible music, but I was invited to DJ at the festival. I had a […]
New Music From Rodrigo Amarante – “Tuyo” From Netflix’s Narcos – Digital Servicing Only
Brazilian multi-instrumentalist and singer Rodrigo Amarante recently earned an Emmy nomination, in the Outstanding Original Title Theme category, for the theme he composed for Netflix‘s critically-acclaimed drama Narcos. Amarante, a rock musician who co-founded the popular Brazilian band Los Hermanos as well as Little Joy (with the Strokes’ Fabrizio Moretti), has continued on “Tuyo” to explore the […]
Westword Lauds Tacocat For Empowering Other “Girl Bands”
Westword has a thinkpiece on Tacocat, whose Lost Time has been the soundtrack to our summer. Written by Denver-based musician and festival creator Bree Davies, the feature opines on the challenges of being a female rock musician and the “very complicated and exhausting regimen of completely made-up rules that many of us have been ignoring for decades […]
Music Week Shares So So Glos UK Album Details
The So So Glos are poised to make a splash across the pond, as Kamikaze (released this July in the United States) is making its UK debut on September 30. Music Week Magazine has the details on the LP, which “features some of the Glos’ rawest songwriting yet that includes themes surrounding heartbreak, hurricanes, feminism, climate […]
All The Real Girls Talk to AmApAc
All The Real Girls‘ Elk City has been having a great run at radio, steadily moving up the CMJ Radio 200 to hit a new peak at #90 last week in its sixth week on the chart. We recently talked to Peter Donovan, the man behind the band, about ATRG’s history, the process of creating […]
