The Witzard Interviews Vic Ruggiero
Vic Ruggiero, the longtime frontman of The Slackers whose fun, classic-sounding album Stuff In My Pockets is at radio now from ORG, recently did an interview with The Witzard. He explains that the record combines three different sessions and shares how each of them came about, while also diving a bit into the significance behind the album’s songs. The interview also […]
WNCW Picks Sunny War As Peak Of The Week
Charlotte’s WNCW FM featured Sunny War‘s Anarchist Gospel as its Peak of the Week last week. Music Director Martin Anderston wrote, “War’s fiery intensity is certainly one of the album’s strengths; another is the musicianship: from her own guitar picking, to the work of producer Andrija Tokic (Hurray for the Riff Raff, Alabama Shakes, the Deslondes). He and Sunny recruited Allison Russell, Dave Rawlings, and Jim James among […]
The Alternate Root Notes The “Vitality and Fresh Enthusiasm” Evident On The New Rose’s Pawn Shop LP
The Alternate Root has published a glowing review of Punch-Drunk Life, which is at radio now from Rose’s Pawn Shop. The album, the site writes, teems with “an obvious vitality and a fresh enthusiasm… It’s a sound flush with riveting guitars, the frenzy of fiddles and soaring harmonies, all well-synched at an irresistible pace, It is, in short, a life-affirming […]
Obscure Sound Says Ghost Party Invokes “Bliss-Inducing Nostalgia”
“With the colorful new track ‘Severed Hands,’” Obscure Sound writes, “Texas-based band The Ghost Party dig firmly into their ’60s psych-forward influences… ‘Severed Hands’ hypnotizes with its dazed vocals, gentle guitar jangles, and lingering organs. A jumpy guitar line meshes with wordless, aptly ghostly vocals for a chilling effect, culminating in a gorgeously soaring guitar line that adds further […]
Sunny War Performs For CBS Saturday Morning
Sunny War made her TV debut in January on CBS Saturday Morning, sitting for an interview and performing three songs from Anarchist Gospel. The new album has been #1 at NACC Folk for the past three weeks, and last week it got to a new peak of #16 on the NACC Top 200. We’ve seen lots of airplay on […]
Wesleyan Argus Interviews WESU About June McDoom
Last month, WESU presented a June McDoom concert at WestCo Cafe in Middletown, Connecticut. The Wesleyan Argus caught up with WESU music directors Clara Martin and Sam Rapkiewicz in advance of the show and got their take on McDoom’s self-titled EP. When the June McDoom EP was released, I was blown away,” Rapkiewicz told the Argus in an email, continuing, “my co-music director, Clara Martin, listened to […]
Allmusic Says The Great White Sea Eagle Includes “Some Of The Most Beautiful and Moving Music” Of James Yorkston’s Career
AllMusic has a review of the new album by James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra. “During the early planning sessions for what became The Great White Sea Eagle,” the site explains, “the duo [of James Yorkston and Second Hand Orchestra leader Karl-Jonas Winqvist] decided they could use a female voice to add contrast and harmony. To […]
New Music From Matt Holubowski
Matt Holubowski, from Hudson, Québec, has come a long way since his 2014 debut Ogen, Old Man, a collection of folk songs inspired by his many trips and experiences around the world. His next release – Solitudes, a collaboration with fellow Québecois Connor Seidel, sold over 45,000 copies and racked up 17 million streams, earning a Gold record […]
American Pancake compares Ghost Party To The Burrito Bros. and Spiritualized
American Pancake is into “Severed Hands,” the first single from Ghost Party. “The Ghost Party’s ‘Severed Hands’, ” the site writes, “opens up with a perfectly jangly sonic exhale; so casually catchy that you might find yourself bobbing your head and easing into relaxation… Inspired by early psych and garage rock, The Ghost Party meshes that signature […]
Sunny War – #1 At NACC Folk and #16 Overall – Plays Jimmy Kimmel Live
Sunny War was on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to perform a rendition of Anarchist Gospel standout track “No Reason.” See that here. The album has been having a great run at radio, reaching #1 at NACC Folk for the third week in a row this week while hitting a new peak (#16) on the NACC Top 200. Much appreciation […]
Away From Life Enjoys Vic Ruggiero’s New LP
Away From Life recently reviewed Stuff In My Pockets, Vic Ruggiero‘s new LP that is at radio now via ORG Music. According to the site, “on this [album] he leads us into a world of blues, ska, reggae and rock’n’roll. You get to hear almost all the influences that make him up or inspire him. There are great songs […]
Buzzbands Shares “Old Time Pugilist” by Rose’s Pawn Shop, Who Will Be Appearing at SXSW This Week
Buzzbands recently shared the new video for “Old Time Pugilist,” the lead track on the new Rose’s Pawn Shop LP Punch-Drunk Life. According to the site, “What better way to celebrate their first album in eight years than lead it off with a song about perseverance?” Read more, and see the clip, right here. Punch-Drunk Life cracked […]
Sunny War Shoplifts at Rough Trade NYC
Sunny War recently performed at Rough Trade NYC and participated in the shop’s longrunning Shoplifting web feature that highlights artists as they shop in the iconic store. War grabbed picks by Junior Murvin, A Tribe Called Quest, J Dilla, The Plasmatics, and The Damned. Find out what she has to say about each record right here. […]
Tinnitist Compares Vic Ruggiero’s Songs To “The Finest Pearls From The Late ’60s”
Tinnitist has a profile of Vic Ruggiero, the longtime Slackers frontman who has contributed to ska and punk projects including Rancid, The Transplants and Roger Miret and the Disasters. There’s “no ska” on his new solo album, however. As the site explains, “Folk, blues, rock ‘n’ roll, country, soul, garage, glam and proto-punk characterise his solo work, and so it’s no wonder that Stuff In […]
Gus Englehorn Is Blurbed At The Propaganda Site
The Propaganda Site recently published a blurb about Gus Englehorn, who it describes as “a puckish singer-songwriter who combines bits and pieces of the ’90s indie rock scene with his unabashed penchant for what might be described as wildly liberating weirdness… Despite all the manic energy his work exudes and all the imaginative shifts and turns he takes, […]
Clash Interviews James Yorkston and Nina Persson
According to Clash Music, “James Yorkston and Nina Persson are – on paper – a bit of an odd couple. One is a folk-hewn Scottish songwriter, whose quiet intensity has resulted in a singular catalogue. The other is Swedish, someone who took The Cardigans to international rock-pop stardom. New album The Great White Sea Eagle thrives on these differences, however, unlocking hitherto […]
New Music From Ghost Party
From Houston, Ghost Party is an indie psych revival group consisting of singer-songwriter/guitarist McCullough Ferguson, who has shared stages with Roky Erickson, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Night Beats as the lead guitarist of Flower Graves (Wallflower Records); drummer Victor Sanchez; and bassist/keyboardist Kendrick Ballard. Ghost Party pays homage to the godfathers of psych rock while advancing the form with a few modern twists and turns. […]
AmApAc Artists Travel to Austin for SXSW
Artists from A man A plan A canal will be in Austin next week during the South by Southwest Music Festival, and we are super-excited for all of them. Sunny War, whose Anarchist Gospel has been #1 at NACC Folk for two weeks in a row, has a few shows, as does Québecois heartthrob Gus Engelhorn, the bluegrass-inflected Rose’s Pawn Shop, and Fruit […]
Gus Englehorn Releases A Cowboy In Paris Documentary
Experience Gus Englehorn‘s 2022 tour with A Cowboy in Paris, “an autobiographical documentary film by Estée Preda and Gus Englehorn capturing life on the road while they were touring Europe during fall 2022. Shot on super 8 film in a peculiar and laconic cinema vérité style, the documentary strings together a series of live performances punctuated by mundane moments captured […]
Ava Live Radio Features Nima Kazerouni’s “Lush” Single “Never Enough”
AVA Live Radio writes that “Nima Kazerouni’s new single ‘Never Enough’ has a lush feel with soft warm vocal layered over beautiful flowing synths and a mix of analogue instruments… The singer adds variety to the single with a more empathetic tone in areas that build the song to add interest to the flow. There is […]
