Zella Day Goes for Adds with Kicker
Intimate yet expansive, Zella Day‘s new album Kicker is rich with Western and psychedelic imagery from the remote Northern Arizona mountain town where the musician was raised. These elements blend with electronics and lush, hard-hitting cinematic orchestrations to create a magic of Day’s own invention that is reminiscent of Stevie Nicks’ mysticism and Lana Del […]
Aqueduct Goes for Adds with “Simpleanimal”
Seattle-based indie pop outfit Aqueduct is set to release Wild Knights, their first release since 2007’s Or Give Me Death. The record was critically acclaimed, leading to performances on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and with the likes of The Flaming Lips, Apples In Stereo, and Modest Mouse. Since then, frontman David Terry has been crafting what would […]
American Songwriter and Charleston Scene Heap Praise on KaiL Baxley – On Tour Now!
American Songwriter is head-over-heels for KaiL Baxley‘s new long-player, A Light That Never Dies, writing, “Most of this is like nothing we have heard before.” In his effusive review, here, Hal Horowitz notes that, “It has been so long since soul music has pushed boundaries… so it comes as a pleasant surprise to hear… KaiL Baxley’s […]
Idolator and Buzzbands Love the Bird and the Bee
The Internet lit up this morning with the release of Beck‘s new single “Dreams,” an up-tempo and funky departure from Morning Phase. The song was co-written and co-produced by Greg Kurstin, one half of LA’s the Bird and the Bee, and sounds excellent when spun back-to-back with their new single “Will You Dance?” That song is […]
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NEEDS – NEEDS (File Under: Music) CHAPPO – Future Former Self (Votiv) Fool’s Gold – Flying Lessons (ORG Music) Elohim – “She Talks Too Much” [digital single] (B3SCI) Young Empires – “So Cruel” b/w “The Gates” [digital single] (Votiv) POWERS – “Beat Of My Drum” [digital single] (B3SCI) Mr. Robinson – Bury Me Good EP […]
New Music from Aqueduct
After an eight-year wait, Seattle-based indie pop outfit Aqueduct is set to release his next full-length album, Wild Knights. Aqueduct earned widespread critical appreciation with 2007’s Or Give Me Death, performing on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and sharing the stage with the likes of The Flaming Lips, Apples In Stereo, and Modest Mouse. Since […]
Elohim “She Talks Too Much” On The Fader & All Things Go
Elohim‘s dreamy, electro-pop style makes “She Talks Too Much” the perfect go-to song for your summer playlist. As mentioned in All Things Go, here, “bubbly samples, sassy lyrics and an elastic, thumping baseline make ‘She Talks Too Much’ a perfect earworm for warmer days and nights.” “It’s about someone everyone knows. Words are powerful. They can […]
Young Empires on The Fader – “So Cruel” Video Premiere – On Tour Now
Young Empires have been entrancing listeners with two singles from their upcoming full-length debut. Fader recently premiered the danceable pop track “So Cruel,” and described the single as “pure, smooth electro-pop bliss, sounding as much like an after-hours crash of a tune as it does something you’d throw on while getting ready to paint the […]
The Staves Peform on WFUV – “Teeth White” Stereogum Video Premiere
The Staves performed “Black & White,” and “Steady” from their album If I Was recently on WFUV. Produced by Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), the wistful harmonies that describe the stripped down emotions on the album come across effortlessly in this exclusive performance; watch it here. Just yesterday, The Staves premiered their “Teeth White” video, which they […]
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Fool’s Gold – Flying Lessons (ORG Music) KaiL Baxley – A Light That Never Dies (Forty Below Records) POWERS – “Beat Of My Drum” [digital single] (B3SCI) NEEDS – NEEDS (File Under: Music) CHAPPO – Future Former Self (Votiv) Mr Robinson – Bury Me Good EP (Palawan Productions) The Bird and the Bee – “Will […]
New Music from Zella Day
Intimate yet expansive, Zella Day’s new album Kicker is rich with Western and psychedelic imagery from the remote Northern Arizona mountain town where the musician was raised. These elements blend with electronics and lush, hard-hitting cinematic orchestrations to create a magic of Day’s own invention that is reminiscent of Stevie Nicks’ mysticism and Lana Del Rey’s art-damaged darkness. Kicker follows last […]
CHAPPO Premieres “Hang On” Video on NPR, Chats with reddit
Thanks to all the stations who have added CHAPPO’s Future Former Self into rotation. Thanks to your support, the album spent five weeks in the Top 100 of the CMJ Radio 200. On Monday, the band released a new video for the song “Hang On,” which was premiered by NPR. “Hang On” stars CHAPPO’s singer, Alex Chappo, as […]
Stereo Embers Calls KaiL Baxley “Astonishing.” US Tour Begins Today!
KaiL Baxley‘s A Light That Never Dies is off to a great start at radio, finding spins at stations spread across the US and making its debut on the CMJ Radio 200 this week at #143. Stereo Embers just reviewed the album, calling it an “instant classic” while heaping praise upon its emotive core and […]
POWERS Goes Viral & Draws Attention from the Guardian and the 405
“Beat Of My Drum,” the new song from POWERS, is doing extremely well in the digital realm. The track has been played 170,000 times on SoundCloud and has hit #1 on Spotify’s Viral Hits chart. According to the UK’s Guardian, POWERS is a duo with “an impressive pedigree” of work. “Beat Of My Drum” was included […]
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Mr. Robinson – Bury Me Good EP (Palawan Productions) Elohim – “She Talks Too Much” [digital single] (B3SCI) Young Empires – “So Cruel” b/w “The Gates” [digital single] (Votiv) Fool’s Gold – Flying Lessons (ORG Music) NEEDS – NEEDS (File Under: Music) The Bird and the Bee – “Will You Dance?” [digital single] (Rostrum Records) […]
Elohim Goes for Adds with “She Talks Too Much”
It’s only been a few short weeks since the Fader premiered the debut single from Los Angeles’ Elohim, but “She Talks Too Much” is already making a global impression. Bloggers around the world have embraced the song’s lush synths, bubbly vocals, and punchy beats, and the song has already been played more than 130,000 times […]
Fool’s Gold Impresses Ear to the Ground: “First great album of 2015.” AV Club Debuts Single “Wildflower”
Ear to the Ground Music is enamored by Fool’s Gold‘s new LP, Flying Lessons, calling it “the first great album of 2015.” Reviewer Matt Simon says it’s the kind of album that “makes you wonder how you ever existed without it… Flying Lessons,” he writes, “will speak to musical tastes across the various musical landscape before […]
NEEDS Gets Props from The Punk Site and Louder Than War
Earlier this year, NEEDS was praised by NPR’s All Songs Considered for its sound and the video for the song “We Forgot the Records to Our Record Release Show.” Though it’s a rare and impressive feat for a hardcore band to find support from NPR, don’t think it’s because the band doesn’t make true punk music. According to […]
DTCV Tells All to Northern Transmissions, Plays Northwestern Shows
DTCV, the postpunk duo whose album UPTIME! has been hanging out on the CMJ Radio 200 for the last seven weeks, recently did a longform interview with Northern Transmissions. Check out the link here to learn the origins of the band, why guitarist James Greer is shy about highlighting his prior membership in Guided by Voices, and […]
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CHAPPO – Future Former Self (Votiv) Mr. Robinson – Bury Me Good EP (Palawan Productions) Ghost Against Ghost – Checkpoint Charlie EP (Our Silent Canvas) KaiL Baxley – A Light That Never Dies (Forty Below) Built to Spill – Untethered Moon (Warner Bros. Records) Sam Cohen – Cool It (Easy Sound Recording Company) Young Empires […]
