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Kate Tucker & the Sons of Sweden – The Shape the Color the Feel (Red Valise) Doug Gillard – Parade On (Nine Mile Records) Falls – Into The Fire EP (Verve) Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana – Mehliana: Taming the Dragon (Nonesuch)
Record Store Day is this Saturday, April 19th – RSD Sampler Going For Adds
Last week, we sent out a digital sampler to get you excited for Record Store Day, with tracks from Wild Feathers, The Last Internationale, four tracks from special Red Bull Sound Select artists, and more. Chuck D from Public Enemy is this year’s Record Store Day Ambassador, who just sat down with KCRW‘s Raul Campos to talk about […]
Doug Gillard – Rave Reviews
We can all agree that Doug Gillard‘s musical career is pretty enviable. He’s been a part of bands like Guided by Voices, Death of Samantha, and Nada Surf, earning a solid reputation for his impressive guitar skills in other bands, but not quite the same acclaim for his own work. As The Big Takeover explains in […]
Bend Sinister Bring “Animals” to Studio Q
Bend Sinister recently dropped by Studio Q to take part in their Friday Live show! The Canadian band played tracks off of their latest album like “Fancy Pants” before sitting down to talk about the record and their songwriting process. Studio Q says Animals “…sees the veteran 4-piece break into their vintage record collection to […]
Record Store Day Contest!
This week, we are hosting a contest to get you ready for all the releases that will be in record stores across the country on Saturday, April 19th! If you’d like a chance at winning a bundle of great vinyl, all you have to do is give us a list of the top 3 things […]
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Arc Iris – Arc Iris (Anti-) Falls – Into The Fire EP (Verve) Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana – Mehliana: Taming the Dragon (Nonesuch) Kate Tucker & the Sons of Sweden – The Shape the Color the Feel (Red Valise) Bonson Berner – Passport (Forty Below Records) The Black Keys – “Fever” [single] (Nonesuch)
At Triple-A Radio: Withered Hand – Album Review – New Adds
New Gods by Withered Hand continues to pick up new plays and Adds each week! Dan Willson is the artist behind the moniker and he’s joined by an impressive list of fellow-Scots including King Creosote, The Vaselines’ Eugene Kelly, Belle and Sebastian’s Stevie Jackson and Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison. Bad Sounds Magazine gave the album an 8.9 review, heralding the single “Black Tambourine” for “…the sort of infectious […]
New Music From Record Store Day – Digital Servicing Only
Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1000 independently owned record stores in the US and thousands of similar stores internationally. This is a day for the people who make […]
Arc Iris – For Folk’s Sake Review – Paste Magazine Video Premiere
The people over at For Folk’s Sake are raving about the new solo album from Arc Iris, the solo project of former Low Anthem member Jocie Adams. “The mixture of styles that have come together to make this record is mind-bogglingly expansive. Cabaret-folk, Klezmer, swing, and country all battle for attention. Arc Iris have come in strong with an […]
Kate Tucker & the Sons of Sweden Video Premiere – New Peak at CMJ
Kate Tucker & the Sons of Sweden have been hard at work with their visual album, The Shape the Color the Feel. This month, they’ll be in New York to shoot a video for another song off their latest album. Last month, Esquire premiered the video for “Best Friends’ Love”, calling the band, “Equal parts folk […]
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Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana – Mehliana: Taming the Dragon (Nonesuch) Bonson Berner – Passport (Forty Below Records) Doug Gillard – Parade On (Nine Mile Records) Falls – Into The Fire EP (Verve) Bend Sinister – Animals (File Under: Music)
Doug Gillard Going For Adds
Doug Gillard‘s presence in the Ohio and New York music scenes is undisputed. During his eight-year career with Guided By Voices, Gillard had one solo release, the acclaimed Malamute Jute EP. Once Guided By Voices disbanded in 2004, Gillard was ready to branch out as a solo artist. In 2005 he released Salamander, his first full-length album under his own name. […]
Bonson Berner – JamSphere Magazine Review
The release of Bonson Berner‘s new album Passport has come with high praise. JamSphere Magazine gives the album 5 out of 5 saying, “Passport is a phenomenal indie rock album. I have never listened to an album over and over as much as this one, without getting bored for one moment. If all artists took their albums as […]
Arc Iris – NPR All Things Considered Feature
Jocie Adams, the former member of The Low Anthem, has released her debut solo album under the moniker Arc Iris. Last week she was mentioned on NPR‘s All Things Considered. With much praise they said, “Drawing from cabaret, classical, country, folk, Latin and pop styles, Arc Iris features cello, banjo and brass alongside a rhythm […]
Secret Colours – Impose Magazine Feature
With the recent release of Positive Distractions Part I and the upcoming release of Positive Distractions Part II, singer Tommy Evans sat down with Impose Magazine to discuss both projects. Of the band, Impose states, “From these places that follow the paths’ individual view points and the shared consciousness, Secret Colours use their pop poetics in attempt to […]
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Kate Tucker & the Sons of Sweden – The Shape The Color The Feel (Red Valise) Falls – Into The Fire EP (Verve) Bend Sinister – Animals (File Under: Music) The Donkeys – “Scissor Me Cigs” (Easy Sound Recording Company) Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana – Mehliana: Taming the Dragon (Nonesuch) The Black Keys – […]
At Triple-A Radio: Withered Hand – Echoes and Dust Interview
Following the release of his new album New Gods, Withered Hand‘s Dan Willson sat down with Kevin Scott of Echoes and Dust to talk about the new album. Dan says, “I feel every song I have written has represented the physical world I inhabited at the time as well as my own inner world. I try to […]
New Music from Doug Gillard
Doug Gillard‘s presence in the Ohio and New York music scenes is unreputable. After his involvement in Guided by Voices and Nada Surf (as well as an array of notable collaborations with the likes of Richard Buckner, My Dad is Dead, and Yuji Oniki), Gillard has now released his third official solo album, Parade On. Notwithstanding his […]
Kate Tucker & The Sons Of Sweden – Top 200 Debut and “Looking Around” Video
Big shout out to Bearcast, KJHK, KUMD, VIC Radio, WAMH, WBWC, WDWN, WVMW, and many others who helped Kate Tucker & The Sons of Sweden debut on CMJ‘s Top 200! To go along with their new album The Shape The Color The Feel, the band just released a new video for their track “Looking Around.” Check it […]
Bend Sinister – Verb Magazine Interview
The album by Bend Sinister continues to find new fans at CMJ, with KFSR, KSSU, WITR, WAMH, and more making it a top 30 record at their station. Verb Magazine reached out to the band to get the story behind the new album, Animals. Verb says it’s “an album made by four musicians eager to explore new sounds, investigate […]
