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 […]
New Music from Elohim – Digital Servicing Only – Get it Here
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 120,000 times […]
Fool’s Gold is Featured in Millennial Mag, Shares Music on Consequence of Sound – Breaks at CMJ Top 40
Fool’s Gold‘s vivacious third album Flying Lessons edged into the Top 40 of the CMJ Radio 200 this week. Last summer, the band talked to Millennial Magazine about the making of the album. After touring relentlessly around the world to promote their first two records, the band stepped back in 2012 to take their time on […]
Vetiver Talks Records with WFUV, Announces Dates With Wilco
The Alternative Side, on New York’s venerable WFUV 90.7, has good things to say about Vetiver‘s new album Complete Strangers, which features “a hazy, summery vibe that drifts from track to track.” TAS’s Kara Manning talked with Vetiver’s Andy Cabic for an installment of Five Essential Albums that includes favorites from Shuggie Otis and Nick DeCaro. Check […]
Ghost Against Ghost Mesmerizes with Checkpoint Charlie
Checkpoint Charlie, the new EP from Ghost Against Ghost that serves as a sample of an upcoming two-hour opus composed by avant gardist Christopher Bono, is a gorgeous piece of screaming guitar, abstract vocalizations, and massive orchestration provided by the Prague Philharmonic. Go here to watch the video trailer for the EP that was uploaded […]
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Mr. Robinson – Bury Me Good EP (Palawan Productions) NEEDS – NEEDS (File Under: Music) CHAPPO – Future Former Self (Votiv) Built to Spill – Untethered Moon (Warner Bros. Records) Sam Cohen – Cool It (Easy Sound Recording Company) Kathryn Calder – Kathryn Calder (File Under: Music) Kuroma – Kuromarama (Votiv) DTCV – Uptime! (Unsatisfied […]
KaiL Baxley – Going for Adds with A Light That Never Dies
KaiL Baxley, the South Carolina native whose 2013 double EP Heatstroke/The Wind and the War was nominated by NPR as Album of the Year, presents an album of swinging and soulful swagger: A Light that Never Dies. The genre-bending LP features co-production from Eric Corne, whose recording credits include Lucinda Williams, Glen Campbell, Kim Deal, […]
Young Empires Going for Adds with Digital Singles – “So Cruel” and “The Gates”
To give us a taste of what’s to come on their upcoming debut LP, Toronto-based indie pop outfit Young Empires has released singles “So Cruel” and “The Gates.” According to bassist Jake Palahnuk, the band’s aim is “to be the thing that people connect to and feel good about.” The first single, “So Cruel,” is […]
CHAPPO Featured on Baeble Music, Reviewed on AllMusic – Going for New CMJ Peak
Baeble Music has a feature on New York psychedelic art poppers CHAPPO, which includes a SoundCloud stream of their new album Future Former Self. Author Don Saas has been a fan of the band for a long time, so he’s extremely proud to report, “CHAPPO have evolved past their East Village boho roots into a […]
Sam Cohen Goes Off Track, Gets Reviewed by Last Week’s Album
Sam Cohen, the multifaceted multi-instrumentalist whose solo debut Cool It is at CMJ Radio 200 for a fourth week in a row, has done session work for the likes of Shakira, had scary experiences in the New York subway, and toured the nation in a school bus powered by vegetable oil. He talks about all of […]
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Fool’s Gold – Flying Lessons (ORG Music) Built to Spill – Untethered Moon (Warner Bros. Records) NEEDS – NEEDS (File Under: Music) Ghost Against Ghost – Checkpoint Charlie EP (Our Silent Canvas) Mr. Robinson – Bury Me Good EP (Palawan Productions) Vetiver – Complete Strangers (Easy Sound Recording Company) Kathryn Calder – Kathryn Calder (File […]
New Music From Young Empires – Digital Servicing Only
Toronto-based indie pop outfit Young Empires is set to follow up their EP, Wake All My Youth, with a debut full-length album later this year. Between tours, Young Empires have been working relentlessly to refine their sound as a group, devoting all their energy to their much-anticipated debut album. To give us a taste of […]
