Built to Spill Going For Adds
Built to Spill’s new single, “Living Zoo” is a haunting zany track off the band’s upcoming record, Untethered Moon. Fronted by Doug Martsch, Built to Spill create resonate and sonorous songs that have endured and endeared since their start in 1992. Untethered Moon is the band’s first album since 2009 and with new bandmates, Steve Gere […]
Buxton US and SXSW Tour – Going for New Peak at CMJ
Buxton’s third release Half A Native is a record of growth and progress. Buxton was born and raised in Houston, but made the trek out to Los Angeles to work with fabled producer/engineer Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Vetiver, Beachwood Sparks, Jonathan Wilson). The shift helped Buxton to craft their most realized album to date, a […]
All This Week: Kate Pierson Live on Late Night with Seth Meyers – “Guitars and Microphones” Music Video Premiere
The ever-influential Kate Pierson will sit-in with Fred Armisen and his 8G Band (Late Night‘s house band) all this week! The B-52s‘ member will be in town to promote her debut solo album, Guitars and Microphones. For more information along w/ local listings, click here. The music video for the self-titled track went out today, […]
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Howlin Rain – Mansion Songs (Easy Sound Recording Company) Little Helen Rose – Live at The Monkey Room (Self-released) CHAPPO – Celebrate EP (Votiv)
New Music from Young Buffalo
There’s nothing typical about the Oxford, Mississippi-based rock act Young Buffalo or the story behind their debut album, House. Although the group’s songwriters Ben Yarbrough and Jim Barrett didn’t begin playing under the Young Buffalo moniker until 2009, they started writing music together as teenagers and never ceased evolving. The band—which now also features drummer […]
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Buxton – Half A Native (New West Records) Kate Pierson – Guitars and Microphones (Lazy Meadow/Kobalt) Howlin Rain – Mansion Sons (Easy Sound Recording Company) Little Helen Rose – Live at The Monkey Room (Self-released) CHAPPO – Celebrate EP (Votiv)
New Music from Bonson Berner – Digital Servicing Only
Bonson Berner mix the modern sounds of South America with a fresh electro-tinged take on classic new wave. Once an architect, mastermind, Lisandro “Pato” Aloi, has had a long and intense relationship with art and music. From his part in avant-garde Argentine rock band Siga la Flecha (“Follow the Arrow”) to photography, to poetic lyricism; […]
Howlin Rain Kicks Off Tour – The 405 Album Review
Howlin Rain, the blues-folk-psych-rock brainchild of San Francisco’s Ethan Miller, started their North American yesterday near their hometown of Eureka, CA. Their fourth studio album, Mansion Songs, was recorded at The Mansion (Ty Segall, Mikal Cronin, and Thee Oh Sees) with Eric Bauer, and chronicles Miller at his most vulnerable – both as an artist and […]
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Kate Pierson – Guitars and Microphones (Lazy Meadow/Kobalt) Buxton – Half A Native (New West Records) Little Helen Rose – Live at The Monkey Room (Self-released) CHAPPO – Celebrate EP (Votiv) Kathryn Calder – “Take A Little Time” [digital single] (File Under: Music) Sam Cohen – “Let the Mountain Come to You” [digital single] (Easy […]
New Music from Built to Spill – Digital Servicing Only
One of the most endearing and enduring bands of its generation, Built to Spill, has announced their new album, Untethered Moon. The band, fronted by Doug Martsch, creates resonate and sonorous songs that Stereogum says, “exist on a continuum between two poles: snappy, twee-inflected pop songs and vast, mind-altering classic rock soundscapes.” Hailing from Boise, Idaho, Built to […]
Kate Pierson LA Times Album Review – Debuts in Top 100 at CMJ
Randall Roberts of the LA Times recently gave Kate Pierson’s record, Guitars and Microphones, a glowing review. Roberts notes that Pierson’s beloved and influential past is reignited here, “Fans of her essential B-52s work will find comfort in these 10 songs.” This being her first solo album, “Mod synthetic jams such as ‘Bottoms Up,’ ‘Crush Me with Your Love’ […]
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Howlin Rain – Mansion Songs (Easy Sound Recording Company) Buxton – Half A Native (New West Records) CHAPPO – Celebrate EP (Votiv) Little Helen Rose – Live at The Monkey Room (Self-released)
Little Helen Rose Going for Adds
Soulful siren Little Helen Rose releases her debut EP Live at the Monkey Room this week. The EP captures Little Helen Rose at her most sincere. She’ll sing with her toes dipped in the muddy waters of blues, country and soul, and her fingers on her tenor sax – armed to rip through a solo whenever there are 16 […]
Buxton Premieres “Half A Native” Single – Looking for Debuts
We’re still looking for debuts on Half a Native, the 3rd album from Buxton. That title-track was given an exclusive premiere by Entertainment Weekly which you can check out here. The dreamy folk rock tune offers soothing melodies and gentle hooks, ideal for fans of Woods and Vetiver. The guitar played by singer Sergio Trevino was picked up […]
Death and Taxes Streaming CHAPPO EP – Close to Charting
Let’s keep CHAPPO‘s Celebrate spinning and get the EP onto those charts. We’re so close! Death and Taxes Magazine featured the EP a few weeks ago and the tracks are still streaming here. Of the EP, Death and Taxes had this to say – “CHAPPO’s sound is part ‘jam-band’, part ‘disco’; a peculiar hybrid where psychedelia is […]
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Howlin Rain – Mansion Songs (Easy Sound Recording Company) Kate Pierson – Guitars and Microphones (Lazy Meadow/Kobalt) Kathryn Calder – “Take A Little Time” [digital single] (File Under: Music) Sam Cohen – “Let the Mountain Come to You” [digital single] (Easy Sound Recording Company)
New Music From Little Helen Rose
The debut EP by country, rock, soul siren Little Helen Rose is steeped in tradition. Ironically enough, that is what makes Rose’s Live at The Monkey Room so refreshing. The 4 song EP captures Little Helen Rose at her most sincere, recorded live with no overdubs, no fixes – all in one take. At a […]
Buxton – New Peak at CMJ – FCC WARNING Track #3 & Track #11
Five-piece Buxton’s third studio album, Half A Native, charted this week at #72 at CMJ Radio 200! Known locally for their rustic sound, Buxton’s music thrives as an innovative blues-psych-rock counteraction to a largely hip-hop and country dominated Texas music scene. Half A Native is a record of progress, with added elements of jangly-psych, honky-tonk, ambience […]
Kate Pierson “Bottoms Up” Stereogum Premiere
Stereogum premiered the track “Bottoms Up” from Kate Pierson’s (The B-52s) new album, Guitars and Microphones! The record is Pierson’s first solo album, and works to marry party rock, psychedelia with socio-political punk. Stereogum calls the song, “A short but sweet injection of cinnamon sweet rock with a muscular riff courtesy of Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi. Valensi […]
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CHAPPO – Celebrate EP (Votiv) Howlin Rain – Mansion Songs (Easy Sound Recording Company) Kathryn Calder – “Take A Little Time” [digital single] (File Under: Music) Sam Cohen – “Let the Mountain Come to You” [digital single] (Easy Sound Recording Company)
