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 […]
FLOOD and Indie Shuffle Recommend “Gotta” By Wages
Wages, who just released their debut LP Glace, are being praised for subverting expectations. Along with its premiere of album track “Gotta,” FLOOD Magazine wrote, “At first blush, [it] sounds like your average stadium-ready indie anthem: a slow knit of synths climb toward a vague light, gathering in a tighter nap as they approach their […]
Rolling Stone Reviews To Emmylou
Released June 3rd, To Emmylou is a long-overdue recognition of the “Godmother of Americana Music,” Emmylou Harris. Rolling Stone Country has described the album as “an eclectic tribute to the Grammy-winning songbird’s original compositions from several up-and-coming bands based in Los Angeles.” While Harris is best known for her legacy of making classic country music, this album far exceeds the […]
Idolator Shares Anna Of The North’s “Baby” Video
Anna of The North makes beautiful music, but Idolator says her video for “Baby” is “every bit as sleek, stylish and understated” as the song itself. “Who else,” the site asks, “could sprawl face-down over furniture and still look cool?” According to Idolator, the Norwegian Scandipop duo is “one of synth-pop’s most exciting new talents” […]
Wages Go For Adds with Glace
Though Glace is Wages’ first full-length, the compositional maturity and arrangements found across its 11 tracks reflect the long, fruitful journey the Los Angeles-based band has taken to get here. At the band’s core are Nick Byron Campbell and James DeDakis, two instrumental polymaths who began their collaboration across the continent in a band called […]
Kuroma Goes For Adds with “A Day With No Disaster”
Kuroma, the Georgia-based affiliates of MGMT and The Whigs whose 2015 album Kuromarama charmed listeners with its candy-coated psychedelic sound, returns this fall with The Dark Horse Rides Again. The band, which has toured with Tame Impala, Jarvis Cocker, The Walkmen, and more, has been growing upwardly since its 2007 full-length debut Paris, and the new LP reveals […]
The Donkeys “Theme From The Endless Summer” – Going for Spins
Earlier this year, The Donkeys released mini-album Midnight Palms, which peaked at #35 on the CMJ Top 200 and was met with rave reviews by AllMusic and PopMatters. In support of the release, the band is hitting the road for “The Endless Summer Tour,” a title that nods to the cult-classic 1966 surf film The Endless Summer. In […]
Meet Emmylou Harris, the Subject of Fantastic Tribute Compilation To Emmylou
We recently serviced To Emmylou, an 11-track compilation of Emmylou Harris cover songs created by a diverse collection of 10 different Los Angeles-based underground artists. Harris, who has won 13 Grammy Awards and collaborated with everyone from Dolly Parton and Neil Young to Bright Eyes, is a musical legend whose impact cannot be overstated. Born in Alabama […]
