New Music From Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart may be known for putting freak-folk on the musical map, but his style has evolved since being discovered by Swan’s Michael Gira back in 2002. After setting the precedent for acts like Woods, Yeasayer, Bowerbirds, & tUnE-yArDs – Banhart continued exploring his experimental tendencies, home recording-trickery, and Southern American influences he pulls from […]
The Little Ones – Filter Album Review
The fun and effervescent new tracks from The Little Ones have “summertime written all over them”, Filter writes in their review for The Dawn Sang Along. The group “stays true to their signature sound, [but] adopts surf guitar licks (“Boy on Wheels”), tropical tones (“Catch the Movement”), bossa nova beats (“Art in the Streets”) and a […]
Keaton Henson Video Premiere for “Sweetheart…”
Keaton Henson‘s new video “Sweetheart, What Have You Done To Us?” begins with a raw close-up of Henson before slowly zooming out to a backdrop of the endless sea touched by a gray horizon. As you are lost in the beauty of the landscape, Henson set against the vast ocean exudes the feeling of isolation […]
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Tarmac Adam – The History Effect (Onesize Records) Yellow Red Sparks – Yellow Red Sparks (ORG Music) The World Record – Come On Summer EP (Squid Vs. Whale) Hidden Towers – Olympus Mons (Defiled Under Music)
The Crackling Going for Adds
The Crackling may come off as a folk-rock band, but the members that back-up creative leader Kenton Loewen is what sets them apart from their peers. Associated acts include Mother Mother, Be Good Tanya’s, Dan Mangan Band and more. On their sophomore full length, Mary Magdalene, due next month, The Crackling bring their unmistakable darkened warmth […]
Coming Soon: Devendra Banhart’s “Mala” – Going For CMJ Adds 3/18 & 3/19
Tomorrow we will be digitally servicing Devendra Banhart‘s eighth studio album, Mala. Known for his gypsy-freak-folk-pop sound and Southern American styles, his last album, What Will We Be, was critically acclaimed by the likes of Rolling Stone and Los Angeles Times. He has collaborated with fellow musicians including Antony and the Johnsons, Beck, Vashti Bunyan, Os Mutantes, Swans, […]
Slam Dunk – Daytrotter Session & PopMatters Review
While on tour last winter, Slam Dunk stopped in San Francisco to record a Daytrotter session that is as frantic and full of energy as their album Welcome to Miami. “Slam Dunk is the kind of band that is…out for stirring up some trouble. It’s up for screaming at the top of its lungs…In listening, […]
A man A plan A canal SXSW Artist Schedule
SXSW 2013 is so close we can taste the breakfast tacos! If you’re going to be out there and haven’t already sent over your contact info, please do! This is one of the few opportunities a year we have to meet a bunch of you and we’d love to catch-up in person. Here is a […]
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The Little Ones – The Dawn Sang Along (Branches Recording Collective) The World Record – Come On Summer EP (Squid Vs. Whale) Keaton Henson – “Lying to You” b/w “Sweetheart, What Have You Done To Us” [digital single] (ANTI-) Yellow Red Sparks – Yellow Red Sparks (ORG Music) The Flaming Lips – “Sun Blows Up […]
A man A plan A canal SXSW Artist Schedule
SXSW 2013 is so close we can taste the breakfast tacos! If your doing to be out there and haven’t already sent over your contact info, please do! This is one of the few opportunities a year we have to meet a bunch of you and we’d love to catch a show and catch up […]
Also At Radio
The World Record – Come On Summer EP (Squid Vs. Whale) Yellow Red Sparks – Yellow Red Sparks (ORG Music) The Little Ones – The Dawn Sang Along (Branches Recording Collective) The Flaming Lips – “Sun Blows Up Today” [digital single] (Warner Bros) Tarmac Adam – The History Effect (Onesize Records)
New Music From The Crackling – Digital Servicing Only
In April 2011, The Crackling released their debut album, the critically acclaimed Keep Full Ambitious. The group is now poised to release their sophomore full length Mary Magdalene next month. Kenton Loewen‘s The Crackling bring its unmistakable darkened warmth and invitation to the sometimes bleak, often challenging, yet mostly hopeful subject matter found in their new album. Lush with texture, […]
A man A plan A canal at SXSW 2013
SXSW is next week where you can expect to catch Graham from A Man A Plan A Canal along with some of our featured artists. It should be fun times for all with a ton of great music in the sunny Lone Star State. In Austin, you’ll be able to catch AmApAc artists The Flaming […]
Keaton Henson Video Premiere for “Lying to You”
Keaton Henson‘s new album Birthdays isn’t out until later this spring but we already have a new music video for one of the tracks that were digitally serviced to radio last week. “Lying to You” is a simple, yet powerful video featuring a teenage girl that solitarily paces through the neighborhoods of LA. The video was directed […]
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Yellow Red Sparks – Yellow Red Sparks (ORG Music) The Little Ones – The Dawn Sang Along (Branches Recording Collective) The World Record – Come On Summer EP (Squid Vs. Whale) The Flaming Lips – “Sun Blows Up Today” [digital single] (Warner Bros) Tarmac Adam – The History Effect (Onesize Records)
The World Record Going for Adds
“Sure, name checking a band as the West Coast heir apparent to Big Star is a bold statement, brave in fact, but that’s exactly how I’ve been hailing The World Record of late”. – Aquarium Drunkard During the mid-2000s, Andy Creighton, the creative force behind The World Record, found himself in an array of burgeoning […]
Keaton Henson Going for Adds
Keaton Henson is a 24-year-old UK singer, songwriter, and artist who creates art that bites at your bones. A product of the dying days of the 1980s, his heroes then were artists and illustrators like Edward Gorey; his heroes now are songwriters like Randy Newman and Loudon Wainwright. All three reveal the kind of artist Keaton […]
Tarmac Adam – Amazon “Arist on the Rise” & Examiner Interview
Matt O’Donnell of Tarmac Adam recently gave an exclusive interview to Examiner to talk about their latest album The History Effect. O’Donnell shared his early musical influences, which range from The Smiths to The Church to REM & explained their new album offers “a layered palette that rewards a range of listening contexts.” Check the full […]
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Hidden Towers – Olympus Mons (Defiled Under Music) Yellow Red Sparks – Yellow Red Sparks (ORG Music) The Little Ones – The Dawn Sang Along (Branches Recording Collective) The Flaming Lips – “Sun Blows Up Today” [digital single] (Warner Bros) Gary Clark Jr. – Blak & Blu (Warner Bros)
New Music from The World Record
“Sure, name checking a band as the West Coast heir apparent to Big Star is a bold statement, brave in fact, but that’s exactly how I’ve been hailing The World Record of late”. – Aquarium Drunkard Back in 2003, Andy Creighton, the creative force behind The World Record, found himself in an array of burgeoning […]
