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Futurebirds – Hotel Parties (Easy Sound Recording Company) Lianne La Havas – Blood (Nonesuch) Lael Neale – I’ll Be Your Man (Liberal Arts) Aqueduct – Wild Knights (Aqueduct Music) Glint – Introvert EP (Votiv) Lost in Stars – Once You Were Fire EP (self-released)
New Music from Jacob Snider
There is something enchanting about the potential for boundlessness that can come with making art, but rarely do artists feel free enough to truly make what they want. Jacob Snider’s Carrier (featuring Armand Hirsch), though, is an ambitious, untethered debut full of transcendent moments. Recorded in Los Angeles by legendary producer Tony Berg (Blake Mills, […]
Gary Clark Jr., Reviewed by Consequence of Sound, Debuts Video with NPR, Jumps to #27 at CMJ
Conseqeunce of Sound has a review of the Story of Sonny Boy Slim, Gary Clark Jr.’s stunning sophomore release. According to CoS, the new album smoothes some of the “wayward fire” of Clark’s 2012 debut Blak and Blu. Compared to that record, CoS says, Sonny Boy Slim is “more driven, with sharper eyes on the […]
Paste Streams Futurebirds’ “Hotel Parties” as the Band Goes on Tour
“Futurebirds have returned,” proclaims Paste Magazine in its recent feature on the band. And we have reason to be excited. The follow up to 2013’s Baba Yaga is the band’s strongest LP yet, chronicling their love/hate relationship with life on songs that shimmer, jangle, and twang. Comparing the new record to the band’s previous effort, […]
The Staves Share “Steady” Video Via Stereogum
Steregum has the premiere of the newest video from the Staves If I Was, entitled “Steady.” According to the site, “The Brian & Karl-directed clip sets their intricately arranged folk music against a picturesque, subtly violent vision of suburban discontent. It makes their anxieties feel palpable, represented here by an ominous smoke that comes through […]
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Fever the Ghost – Zirconium Meconium (Complicated Game) Tarmac Adam – In Place (Onesize Records) Lianne La Havas – Blood (Nonesuch) Lael Neale – I’ll Be Your Man (Liberal Arts) Aqueduct – Wild Knights (Aqueduct Music)
Futurebirds Go for Adds with “Hotel Parties”
Much has changed over the course of three LPs, two EPs, and one live record, yet Athens-based indie rockers Futurebirds keep going. Described by Stereogum as “a meditation on life on the road and the liminal space between performing onstage and trying to relax back into everyday existence afterward,” the band’s new album Hotel Parties […]
Young Empires Debut “Uncover Your Eyes” on Billboard, Share Video Faves with MuchMusic, Seek CMJ Peak
Young Empires is on a roll, hitting a new CMJ peak last week with debut album The Gates while also wrapping up a September-long tour of North America. The trio recently debuted “Uncover Your Eyes,” the triumphantly anthemic closer to The Gates, with Billboard. Bassist Jake Palahnuk told the magazine, “The song is about personal […]
Gary Clark Jr. Enjoys Strong CMJ Chart Debut, is Reviewed by the AV Club, and Shreds on Conan
Gary Clark, Jr. is off to a good start at CMJ, debuting last week just shy of the Top 50 on the Radio 200 with his sophomore album The Story of Sonny Boy Slim. The AV Club has a great review of the album, here, which contrasts it with Clark’s 2012 debut Blak and Blu. […]
Tarmac Adam Debuts Video for “Begin to Mend”
Tarmac Adam has produced a new batch of optimistic, forward-thinking pop-rock songs to follow up on 2013 album The History Effect. In Place, the band’s new album that is currently at radio and will be available to the public on October 2, is another superbly crafted, rich, and soulful journey that exhorts listeners to reach […]
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Fever the Ghost – Zirconium Meconium (Complicated Game) Glint – Introvert EP (Votiv) Lianne La Havas – Blood (Nonesuch) Lael Neale – I’ll Be Your Man (Liberal Arts) Aqueduct – Wild Knights (Aqueduct Music)
New music from Futurebirds
Much has changed over the course of three LPs, two EPs, and one live record, yet Athens-based indie rockers Futurebirds keep going. Described by Stereogum as “a meditation on life on the road and the liminal space between performing onstage and trying to relax back into everyday existence afterward,” the band’s new album Hotel Parties […]
Fever The Ghost Collaborate with Flaming Lips, Play on Sage and Sound
The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne is a huge fan of Fever the Ghost, so much so that he brought the band on tour, collaborated with them on last year’s With a Little Help From My Fwends LP, and once described their music as “just not of this dimension.” But Coyne isn’t the only Flaming Lip who likes Fever the […]
MTV IGGY Interviews Alpine’s Lou James
“Just being cool in my own skin at the moment is making me happy,” says Lou James in a recent interview with MTV IGGY. In the interview, James – who is the co-singer of Alpine along with her counterpart Phoebe Baker – discusses the process of making the band’s new LP Yuck, the struggles, annoyances, and […]
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Young Empires – The Gates (Votiv) Gary Clark Jr. – The Story of Sonny Boy Slim (Warner Bros.) Tarmac Adam – In Place (Onesize Records) Lianne La Havas – Blood (Nonesuch) Lael Neale – I’ll Be Your Man (Liberal Arts)
Fever the Ghost Goes for Adds
It’s been just over a year since Fever the Ghost began its ascent, starting in LA’s underground scene, releasing the celebrated EP Crab in Honey, touring with Sean Lennon, Temples, and Flaming Lips, and turning heads with a leadoff collaboration with My Morning Jacket and J Mascis on the Lips’ With a Little Help from […]
Gary Clark Jr. Looks For Strong Debut, Issues “The Healing” Video, Is Reviewed by Rolling Stone
Gary Clark, Jr. is hoping for a strong debut this week on the CMJ Radio 200 for his sophomore album, The Story of Sonny Boy Slim. His debut, Blak and Blu, was a Top 10 CMJ record back in 2012, and Sonny Boy Slim takes his sound in bold new directions. Now he’s released a video for lead single […]
Tarmac Adam is “In Place,” Premieres “Walk Tall” Video and Looks for CMJ Debuts
Australia’s Tarmac Adam is back, releasing their album In Place as a follow up to 2013’s The History Effect. That album got the band off to a great start on American noncommercial radio, making it to #66 on the CMJ Radio 200. That success led the band – which features Crowded House‘s Nick Seymour on bass […]
Young Empires Have Top 100 Debut, Perform on KXRN and Q
Young Empires is making a big impression on the charts. The Toronto trio’s debut album, the Gates, was in the Top 5 at The Thing, KBVR, WMCZ, and WONY, at bowed at #68 in its first week on the CMJ Radio 200. The group has been on tour – with dates still to come this week in Cincinnati and […]
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Lianne La Havas – Blood (Nonesuch) Glint – Introvert EP (Votiv) Lael Neale – I’ll Be Your Man (Liberal Arts) Aqueduct – Wild Knights (Aqueduct Music) Futurebirds – “twentyseven” [digital single] (Easy Sound Recording Company)
