The Little Ones – KCRW’s “Today’s Top Tune” & CMJ New Peak
The Little Ones have had an exciting week. First, their latest, The Dawn Sang Along, jumped twenty spots to #31 at CMJ after making an impressive debut last week. Secondly, KCRW featured their song “Little Souls” a couple days ago as “Today’s Top Tune”. KCRW says “The SoCal band’s brand of rocking pop is in top […]
The Flaming Lips – Pitchfork Interview
The Flaming Lips‘ multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd spoke to Pitchfork recently about their upcoming record, The Terror. As the creative force behind the album, Steven touched upon the origins of the record’s “dreary and bleak” tones. He also revealed that the group took a different approach compared to their collaborative Heady Fwends effort by staying “insulated” and […]
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New Music From Keaton Henson
You hear a voice in a room. It is tender and gentle, but it bites at your bones. You hear a guitar’s golden echoes, creating a cocoon you can’t leave. You hear the voice of a 24-year-old man whose songs, artwork and poetry are known by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. The […]
Lianne La Havas – “Elusive” & “Gone” Music Video Premiere
Lianne La Havas has released two new videos as a two-part narrative set to album tracks, “Elusive” and “Gone”. Beginning with the thrill of finding new love and ending with the destruction of bitter separation, “Elusive” and “Gone” explore the bi-polar nature of finding and losing someone. The videos were produced by La Blogothèque‘s Matthieu […]
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The Little Ones Debut – #51 at CMJ!
The newest record from The Little Ones is quickly taking off with stations. The immediate quality of “Argonauts” sets the tone for one of the most diverse indie pop records you’ll hear this year. Caribbean rhythms, West African guitar, twee tones, and Beach Boys sensibilities are wrapped with the production work of UK jangle-pop torchbearer David […]
Yellow Red Sparks AltSounds Album Review
This past week, Yellow Red Sparks held steady in the Top 60 at CMJ. The record’s gentle sway, great hooks, and raw talent have been tugging at the ears & heartstrings of DJs across the country since its release. AltSounds reviewed the record saying, “It’s always refreshing to discover an album which you instantly fall […]
Tarmac Adam Absolutepunk Album Review
Thanks to all of the stations that reported Tarmac Adam as one of their Top 5 Adds this past week. The group uses the twelve songs on The History Effect to meditate on time and life. The tracks have a confident, but never overbearing, tone with enough pop sensibilities to have you humming the tunes […]
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Tarmac Adam – Going for Adds
Tarmac Adam is the creation of Melbourne, Australia-based songwriter Matt O’Donnell and multi-instrumentalist Steve Paix. Later, Rueben Alexander joined to play drums, and the group was completed with the arrival of Crowded House bass player, Nick Seymour. The Crowded House connection is part of the ‘history effect’ that colors this album. Nearly ten years ago, […]
Yellow Red Sparks – Biggest Mover on the CMJ Top 200
It’s been a long road for Yellow Red Sparks. Starting out in the lonely stretches of Idaho, singer/songwriter Joshua Hanson settled down in LA and found a group of friends to play with and an enthusiastic following that has blossomed and propelled them into becoming the biggest mover on this week’s CMJ charts. The record impressively debuted […]
Hidden Towers Announce US Tour
Hidden Towers are ready to bring their classic metal powerhouse live show to the US. They’ll be crossing the country playing songs off their debut album Olympus Mons this spring. Check the dates below and contact us if you’d like to witness these songs live or have them visit your studio for an on-air interview/in-studio. 03/21 […]
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New Music from Tarmac Adam
Tarmac Adam began its musical journey back in 2003. Featuring the rhythm section of Paul Hester and Nick Seymour from Crowded House, their debut became an underground cult favorite on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. It received airplay on several outlets in the US without ever having been released in America. But before Tarmac […]
The Little Ones – “Argonauts” Video Premiere on Consequence of Sound
Just before we had the chance to service The Little Ones latest full-length effort, Consequence of Sound premiered the music video for their catchy single “Argonauts”. The video shows four guys on surfboards shredding some SoCal waves while, most importantly, wearing lucha libre masks. Watch the video below! Let’s give The Little Ones a big first week […]
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The Little Ones – Going for Adds
Last week we sent you The Little Ones highly anticipated sophomore full-length, The Dawn Sang Along. This week that album is going for Adds! KCRW is featuring a stream of the release in this week’s Album Preview; so if you haven’t checked it out yet, click here. The group’s new album The Dawn Sang Along is powered […]
Yellow Red Sparks – Daytrotter Session
While on tour last fall, Yellow Red Sparks made a stop in Illinois to record a rousing Daytrotter session which included three songs from their self-titled debut and one unreleased track. Daytrotter writes of songwriter Joshua Hanson‘s storytelling lyrics: “He creates people who want the good life, but there’s no sure way to arrive at it.” The […]
A man A plan A canal at The Grammys
Congrats to all of our artists that were nominated and to those that took home Grammys last night. Dr. John won Best Blues Album, Bjork won for Best Recording Package, The Black Keys won for Best Rock Album, Best Rock Performance, and Best Rock Song, and Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys won Producer of […]
