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The Microphones – Reissues (P.W. Elverum & Sun) John Vanderslice – Dagger Beach (Tiny Telephone) The Pastels – Slow Summits (Domino) Sam Amidon – Bright Sunny South (Nonesuch)
John Vanderslice – NPR Music Video Premiere
John Vanderslice‘s Dagger Beach was recorded in his own Tiny Telephone studio located in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District. Therefore, it is only fitting that the music video for one of the album’s highlight tracks, “How The West Was Won”, showcases said studio. The video’s director, Jake Wachtel, describes Tiny Telephone as “an awesome, inspiring […]
Mia Dyson – NPR’s “Here and Now” Feature
Mia Dyson is back in her adopted home of Southern California after playing dates throughout the east coast earlier this summer. While on the road, she spoke to NPR affiliate WBUR on their show Here and Now. In the feature, we learn the role Eurythmic‘s Dave Stewart played in her career and the winding road […]
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The Microphones – Reissues (P.W. Elverum & Sun) The Pastels – Slow Summits (Domino) Sam Amidon – Bright Sunny South (Nonesuch) Anchoress – Set Sail (Defiled Under Music) Cloud Control – “Dojo Rising” [digital single only] (Votiv)
John Vanderslice – SF Weekly Interview/Album Review
John Vanderslice‘s newest album Dagger Beach peaked at #34 on the CMJ charts last week. In his interview with SF Weekly, he talks about how leaving his label Dead Oceans allowed him to create a record that “gave up altogether on choruses, bridges, and pop song structures”, claiming that making music “had to feel risky again.” Vanderslice did […]
The Microphones – “It Was Hot, We Stayed In The Water” Album Review
It’s been thirteen years since It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water debuted and its recent reissue has done nothing but remind people how incredible the album and The Microphones are. A review of the reissue by PopMatters points out that The Microphones did not fit in with their popular musical landscape of the time, and the […]
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The Pastels – Slow Summits (Domino) Sam Amidon – Bright Sunny South (Nonesuch) Anchoress – Set Sail (Defiled Under Music) Cloud Control – “Dojo Rising” [digital single only] (Votiv)
John Vanderslice – KEXP & KMET Features – New Peak at CMJ
After reaching a new peak at #39 this past week at CMJ with Dagger Beach, John Vanderslice has proven himself yet again with his well received new album. His song “How The West Was Won” earned “Song of the Day” at KEXP a couple weeks ago because of its “metaphor for the push-and-pull relationship at hand” in tandem with a “groove” […]
The Microphones’ “Reissues” – Including “The Glow Pt. 2” – Now Streaming on Pitchfork Advance
The Microphones are reissuing five albums on vinyl: Song Islands; Don’t Wake Me Up; It Was Hot, We Stayed in The Water; Mount Eerie; and The Glow Pt. 2. Pitchfork named The Glow Pt. 2 the best album of the year in 2001, calling it “one of the decade’s finest passion projects, every word a plea, every chord another gust of wind.” Pitchfork is […]
Bombino’s “Nomad” – CMJ & Rolling Stone Best Albums of 2013 (So Far)
Tuareg artist Bombino‘s newest album, Nomad, has been listed as one of the best albums of the year, and it’s only July! Produced by the Black Keys‘ Dan Auerbach, Nomad was named as one of Rolling Stone‘s “Best Albums of 2013” in their mid-year report here. It was also listed in “CMJ‘s Top 20 Albums […]
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The Pastels – Slow Summits (Domino) Sam Amidon – Bright Sunny South (Nonesuch) Anchoress – Set Sail (Defiled Under Music) Cloud Control – “Dojo Rising” [digital single only] (Votiv) Mia Dyson – The Moment (The Co-Op)
New Music From Anchoress “She Devil” (Radio Edit)
Thanks to all of you who have been spinning Anchoress‘ new album, Set Sail! The track “She-Devil” had an FCC warning on the album, but we now have a Radio Edit for your station. Anchoress is thrilled to premiere their music video for “She-Devil“! The video, directed by the band’s drummer Chris Lennox-Aasen, is described by Aasen as […]
Graham MacRae Premieres Music Video For “Wait”
Thank you to everyone who has been supporting Graham MacRae‘s newest album Dundrearies which recently peaked at #62 on the CMJ charts! We are also excited to announce that Baeble Music just premiered his “kaleidoscopic” new music video for “Wait.” Check it out here!
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Sam Amidon – Bright Sunny South (Nonesuch) The Pastels – Slow Summits (Domino) John Vanderslice – Dagger Beach (Tiny Telephone) The Microphones – Reissues (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
The Microphones – Reissues – Going For Adds
The Microphones came out of K records in Olympia, Washington, bringing a unique lo-fi sound to the then-grungey Northwest. Phil Elverum and Co. produced five highly acclaimed studio albums with K under the name of The Microphones, including The Glow Pt. 2, which was named Pitchfork’s Album of the Year in 2001 and one of […]
John Vanderslice – WUGA “Just Off The Radar” Interview
John Vanderslice‘s new album Dagger Beach debuted at #53 on the CMJ charts this week. In this interview with Just Off The Radar he speaks about how one of the album’s highlights, “How The West Was Won” was born out of a mistake during the recording process. He also chats about his “obsessive” interest in David Bowie […]
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The Pastels – Slow Summits (Domino) Sam Amidon – Bright Sunny South (Nonesuch) Anchoress – Set Sail (Defiled Under Music) Mia Dyson – The Moment (The Co-Op) The Crackling – Mary Magdalene (File Under: Music)
Music From The Microphones – “Mount Eerie” – Digital Servicing Only
Named after a lone mountain in Phil Elverum‘s hometown of Fidalgo Island, Washington and released in 2003 by K, Mount Eerie is a story of death, the universe, and all of the questions that come with it. Told through 5 parts, each track is another part of Mount Eerie‘s linear narrative about Elverum‘s journey of […]
John Vanderslice – Consequence of Sound Album Review
Written after a difficult break-up and time spent in the wilderness, John Vanderslice‘s newest album, Dagger Beach, “is one of his most personal works” according to Consequence of Sound. Known for being close with his listeners, demonstrated through a recent string of living room performances, Dagger Beach “plays out like a therapy session with the […]
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Sam Amidon – Bright Sunny South (Nonesuch) The Pastels – Slow Summits (Domino) Anchoress – Set Sail (Defiled Under Music) Mia Dyson – The Moment (The Co-Op)
