Catching Up With Graham
After having one of my summer trips canceled, I’ve managed to keep plenty busy as of late. My bowling team won our league championship last week, which was a ton of fun. I bowled a 187, 193, and a 202 to finish the season with a 179 average. I also saw Guns N’ Roses at […]
New Music From KAYE – Digital Servicing Only
KAYE was born in Honolulu and spent her childhood all over the globe, relocating to Singapore, Hong Kong, Arizona and Michigan all before she turned 18. The musically-obsessed teenager grew into a virtuosic adult, releasing an album under her full name, Charlene Kaye, and then becoming the lead female vocalist in the New York-based indie rock collective […]
Rodrigo Amarante Is Featured on All Songs Considered
Brazilian singer-songwriter Rodrigo Amarante recently got an Emmy nomination for “Tuyo,” the song he wrote and performed as the theme to Netflix‘s Narcos. Last August, the song was included in an All Songs Considered mix curated by Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton and featuring fellow musicians Julia Holter, Death By Unga Bunga, Foals, and more. […]
New Single from Kan Wakan “Molasses” – Digital Servicing Only
Kan Wakan is Gueorgui Linev—the producer, composer, synthesizer scientist, film score fanatic and multi-instrumentalist whose full-length debut Moving On, dissolved the genre-breaking electronica of Massive Attack, Air and Zero 7 into a bottomless sea of 20th century minimalism, psychedelic soul and ambient atmosphere. It’s been two years since the release of the highly acclaimed Moving […]
Tobias The Owl Goes For Adds
Elijah Dhavvan, who goes by the moniker Tobias The Owl, isn’t a typical singer/songwriter. His rich vocal tone, knack for writing heartfelt lyrics, and keen sense of melody have set him apart from the pack. Dhavvan proudly carries traditions inspired by his Moroccan ancestors — from the deeply spiritual tones of classical Sufi music to […]
Woods / The Men: Live at Pickathon Goes For Adds
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 “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 […]
Boreal Sons Go For Adds
It’s been three years since Boreal Sons, the Calgary-based sublime art-rock band, have released a record. Their upcoming album You & Everyone, 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 move forward as a […]
Allen Tate Goes For Adds
Allen Tate first received acclaim as the lead singer of San Fermin. Bandleader Ellis Ludwig-Leone wrote about half of San Fermin’s songs for Tate’s distinctive baritone voice, which has been described as “sterling,” “gorgeous,” and “golden” by the likes of Rolling Stone and NPR. With the band, he has performed sold-out shows across the world […]
PopMatters Premieres Wages’ “Super Perfect Dreams,” The Daily Listening Shares “Gotta”
“[‘Super Perfect Dreams’] is a wonderfully spacey end to a wonderful album,” writes PopMatters for its recent premiere of the new track from LA quartet Wages. The Glace closer has a sound “easily (and appropriately) described as ‘crystalline,’” as its “casually undulating melody and harmony conjure images of cosmic seas or technicolor caverns.” The premiere includes […]
Buzzbands Premieres A Song From To Emmylou
Buzzbands has premiered a song from the To Emmylou compilation released earlier this summer in tribute to Emmylou Harris. “Appropriately,” writes the site’s Kevin Bronson, “Phoebe Bridgers appears on the album. The 21-year-old, whose early work suggests the singer-songwriter as an inheritor to Harris’ legacy, takes on the 1993 paean to regret ‘Prayer in Open […]
New Single From Allen Tate – Digital Servicing Only
Allen Tate first received acclaim as the lead singer of San Fermin. Bandleader Ellis Ludwig-Leone wrote about half of San Fermin’s songs for Tate’s distinctive baritone voice, which has been described as “sterling,” “gorgeous,” and “golden” by the likes of Rolling Stone and NPR. With the band, he has performed sold-out shows across the world […]
Fruit Bats Perform on KEXP Tomorrow, Announce New Tour Dates
Fruit Bats‘ Absolute Loser has been an absolute hit, leading to great reviews, landing on several lists of the best albums of the first half of 2016, and finding solid radio plays across the country. One station that’s been really digging the LP is Seattle’s KEXP, which gave the band a “Song of the Day” […]
New Music From Tobias The Owl
Elijah Dhavvan, who goes by the moniker Tobias The Owl, isn’t a typical singer/songwriter. His rich vocal tone, knack for writing heartfelt lyrics, and keen sense of melody have set him apart from the pack. Dhavvan proudly carries traditions inspired by his Moroccan ancestors — from the deeply spiritual tones of classical Sufi music to […]
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 […]
