Vice Says Alpine is Among the Best of 2015; Broadsheet Features the Band
Vice‘s Noisey blog starts its list of 2015’s 15 best albums so far with a disclaimer: “Lists are dumb.” But we beg to differ, because Noisey’s list includes some incredibly smart choices – including Yuck, the sophomore album from Australian six-piece Alpine. The posting says that “Yuck is wall-to-wall wonder… a record that sneaks up on […]
Zella Day Talks with Idolator and Hits the Road, Playing Lollapalooza 2015
“As much as this music is for me,” Zella Day told Idolator in a June interview, “I’m making it for other people.” And it’s in that vein that she takes interviewer Mike Wass through a long and winding conversation about her upbringing, the symbolism in the song “Hypnotic,” and the years between her first forays […]
New Music from Fever the Ghost – Digital Servicing Only
Just over a year after making a mark on LA’s underground scene and releasing the celebrated EP Crab in Honey, Fever the Ghost has become ascendant. Coming after tours with Sean Lennon, Temples, and Flaming Lips, their debut album Zirconium Meconium demonstrates that the band’s success is not a result of hype. Rather, it stems from their […]
NEEDS interviews in Vice and Earshot!
“NEEDS is a sinister, ferocious juggernaut of an album,” writes Vice’s Alex Hudson about the debut LP from Vancouver post-hardcore act NEEDS. The praise comes as preface to an interview with singer Sean Orr, who says he wanted the album to sound “really sharp and nice and sexy” when the band took it to Noise […]
Kathryn Calder Talks Yogurt, Mustard with the Georgia Straight
If you’re like most music fans, you spend a lot of time wondering about all of the foods, condiments, and mysteries your favorite artists keep in their refrigerators. Fortunately for all of us, the Georgia Straight is keeping tabs. Canada’s largest urban weekly recently featured Kathryn Calder in its long-running “What’s In Your Fridge?” column, and […]
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Jeremy and the Harlequins – American Dreamer (Harlequins LLC) Fool’s Gold – Flying Lessons (ORG Music) The Bird and the Bee – Recreational Love (Rostrum Records) Alpine – Yuck (Votiv) POWERS – “Beat Of My Drum” & “Loved By You” [digital single] (B3SCI)
New Music from Young Empires
Toronto’s Young Empires are offering a three-song preview of a debut album that draws from ageless themes of love, loss, rebirth, and redemption. Combining late-night soul, Technicolor pop, and vibey beats, the trio has crafted a mature departure from the songs included on 2012’s Wake All My Youth EP. Bassist Jake Palahnuk says, “There’s more struggle on this […]
Zella Day Shows Pandora Around, Makes Naked Noise – Top 40 at CMJ!
Zella Day‘s intimate approach to songwriting can lead listeners of her new album Kicker to feel like they know her very well, yet nothing compares to the intimacy of actually hanging out with her! That’s what Pandora did for a recent interview with Day, meeting the singer-songwriter at home she shares with housemate and musical […]
Alpine is Reviewed on Press Play, Premieres Song with Stereogum – Jumps to #56 at CMJ
Press Play loves Alpine’s new album Yuck, giving it four out of five stars for being “so damn pleasurable.” In the brief review, available here, the site praises the vocal interplay between co-singers Phoebe Baker and Lou James and declares that the band exists “on the more fun end of the indie-pop scale.” “Yuck,” says […]
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Sam Cohen – Cool It (Easy Sound Recording Company) Jeremy and the Harlequins – American Dreamer (Harlequins LLC) POWERS – “Beat Of My Drum” & “Loved By You” [digital single] (B3SCI) Elohim – “She Talks Too Much” [digital single] (B3SCI) Fool’s Gold – Flying Lessons (ORG Music) Lael Neale – “Born in the Summer” [digital […]
Lael Neale Goes for Adds with “Born in the Summer” [single] – Digital Servicing Only
![Lael Neale Goes for Adds with “Born in the Summer” [single] – Digital Servicing Only](https://amanaplanacanal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/IllBeYourManCoverResize-150x150.jpg "Lael Neale Goes for Adds with “Born in the Summer” [single] – Digital Servicing Only")
Raised in the pastoral hills of Virginia, Lael Neale takes musical inspiration both from the solitude of idyllic pastures and the energy of Los Angeles, where she currently resides. On her upcoming debut album, Neale navigates through her own winding search for essence and meaning, detailing experiences that we all can recognize in our own lives. […]
Alpine Debuts Video with Stereogum, Shares Bonus Track in NYLON interview – Going for New CMJ Peak
Stereogum has the new video for “Damn Baby,” the third single from Alpine‘s new album Yuck. But while the previous singles, “Foolish” and “Come On,” have been soothing and smooth, the site calls “Damn Baby” “a loud and brassy feel-good song… full of upbeat pop sensibilities.” See the minimalist black-and-white video, which features the Australian […]
CHAPPO, Praised by New Noise Magazine, Tours the Western US
New Noise Magazine reviewed CHAPPO‘s album Future Former Self and described it as, “Abstract and yet easy to digest.” Author Shrum praises the band for its eclectic style, which seamlessly mixes a variety of genres with glee. Though the album is “bizarre,” he writes, there’s also “something for everyone to love” on an LP that is “enjoyable, […]
Fool’s Gold Sound Dessert Interview
Los Angeles-based world-dance-pop act Fool’s Gold recently sat down with Sound Dessert to talk about their colorful and energetic summer album, “Flying Lessons.” The band talked about the inspiration behind their new album, falling in love at the Catacombs while touring, and their favorite Pantone color. Fool’s Gold also told the story behind the incredible […]
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Jeremy and the Harlequins – American Dreamer (Harlequins LLC) Zella Day – Kicker (Pinetop/Hollywood) Sam Cohen – Cool It (Easy Sound Recording Company) POWERS – “Beat Of My Drum” & “Loved By You” [digital single] (B3SCI)
New Music From Lael Neale – Digital Servicing Only
Lael Neale is set to release her debut album, I’ll Be Your Man, on July 10th. Raised in the pastoral hills of Virginia, Neale takes musical inspiration both from the solitude of idyllic pastures and the energy of Los Angeles, where she currently resides. A songwriter who wrote everything on her debut, Neale navigates through her own […]
Zella Day Jams in the Van, Gets Featured in the New York Times – Climbing at CMJ
Zella Day went to Austin for SXSW a few months ago and filmed a session with Jam in the Van. That solar-powered music discovery vehicle has been filming intimate performances with musicians all around America for more than three years, and Day dropped by to contribute a performance of standout tracks “1965” and “Hypnotic.” Watch the colorful, […]
NEEDS Creates Chaos, Makes a Digital Mixtape
The members of NEEDS, the Vancouver-based post-hardcore band with song titles like “We Forgot the Records to Our Record Release Show” and “The Only Good Condo is a Dead Condo,” are no strangers to chaos. “So far nothing really is off limits, but we’ve been working on what we call controlled chaos,” bassist Glenn Anderson […]
Elohim Wows Stereogum and Indie Shuffle
“She Talks Too Much,” the first single by masked and anonymous LA-based electropopper Elohim, is popping up on radio playlists around the country and blowing up online. Stereogum approves of the track, saying it has “a real sense of sweep to it” and “goes all liquid in the chorus.” Read the review, and listen to […]
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Alpine – Yuck (Votiv) Jeremy and the Harlequins – American Dreamer (Harlequins LLC) POWERS – “Beat Of My Drum” & “Loved By You” [digital single] (B3SCI) The Bird and the Bee – “Will You Dance?” [digital single] (Rostrum Records) CHAPPO – Future Former Self (Votiv) Elohim – “She Talks Too Much” [digital single] (B3SCI) KaiL Baxley […]
