So Many Wizards Going For Adds
LA-based So Many Wizards are releasing their debut record, Warm Nothing, on boutique label JAXART. The band is part of the vibrant Los Angeles DIY music scene, rooted at all-ages venues like The Smell and Pehrspace. After releasing two EPs and a 7" that received attention from Pitchfork, Aquarium Drunkard, and Filter Magazine, the group […]
Yael Meyer Music Video Premiere; See Her Tonight at School Night!
Yael Meyer has released a brand new video for her lively track "Used To Be" this week. The video shows Yael dancing amongst friends & features choreography by Sophie Olson who is best known for her work with She & Him. Watch the video here here. For those in Los Angeles, Yael will be performing […]
Ry Cooder on Tavis Smiley
Ry Cooder's Election Special arrived just in time for the RNC in Florida. If you missed it, Cooder shared his thoughts on the Republican Party over at The Guardian just before the release of the record. Then on Labor Day, when most of America took the day off, Cooder appeared on PBS's Tavis Smiley to […]
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New Music from So Many Wizards
LA-based So Many Wizards are releasing their debut record, Warm Nothing, on boutique label JAXART. The band is part of the vibrant Los Angeles DIY music scene, rooted at all-ages venues like The Smell and Pehrspace. After releasing two EPs and a 7" that received attention from Pitchfork, Aquarium Drunkard, and Filter Magazine, the group […]
Mount Eerie’s “Ocean Roar” Music Video Premiere
Ocean Roar, which you received digitally last week, is the second of two releases from Phil Everum's Mount Eerie. The album's title hints at the songs heavier tendencies, calling to mind his ventures into black metal. Elverum still "remains somber" on the title track and even brings a "hopeful vibe to the mix" says Consequence […]
Lianne La Havas Breaks Top 50 and “Forget” Video Premiere
The last time we checked in with Lianne La Havas, her debut record was hovering right outside of the top 50 on CMJ’s Top 200. This week finds Is Your Love Big Enough? at #46 on the charts and continuing to pick up. Make the record available if you haven’t already and suggest it to […]
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Ry Cooder – Election Special (Nonesuch) The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends (Warner Bros) Infantree – Hero's Dose (Vapor) The Daredevil Christopher Wright – The Nature of Things (File Under: Music) Onuinu – "Happy Home" / "Ice Palace" – (Bladen County/BadCopBadCop) Gaz Coombes – Here Come the Bombs (Hot Fruit) Imaginary […]
Mount Eerie Going for Adds – Digital Servicing Only
After the tour behind his album Wind's Poem, deemed the "loudest album (he's) ever made", Phil Elverum returned to Anacortes, WA to start working on new music. About two years later, he emerged from a church-turned-recording studio called "the Unknown" with not one, but two new albums. May 2012 saw the release of Clear Moon, […]
Ry Cooder: Four Stars in Rolling Stone
The new politically charged record from Ry Cooder is "protest music delivered with a patriot's gifts – the American-roots beauty and expert fire in [his] playing – and long memory". Rolling Stone shared these thoughts in a four-star review you can read here. Election Special serves as a wake up a call for the 2012 […]
Yael Meyer Live at School Night on 9/10!
After releasing her sophomore record last year, playing Lollapolooza Chile, and touring the east coast, Yael Meyer returns to her home in Los Angeles to play a special show at School Night at Hollywood's Bardot. The weekly event is put together by KCRW's Chris Douridas and has hosted such acts as Moby, Kimbra, Tycho, Lucinda […]
CMJ Awards 2012 – For Your Consideration
A man A plan A canal is excited to see you all at CMJ this year! What would make the trip extra sweet would be coming home with some oversized poster board. Help nominate A man A plan A canal for the following awards: Promoter of the Year: Erik Felix – A man A plan […]
New Film Screening Opportunity – Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
A man A plan A canal is excited to present free film screening opportunities for Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best – a quirky, dark comedy about a recently dumped twentysomething from New York who is on the verge of giving up on his goal of becoming a musician when his friend convinces him to go […]
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Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough? (Nonesuch) The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends (Warner Bros) Infantree – Hero's Dose (Vapor) The Daredevil Christopher Wright – The Nature of Things (File Under: Music) Onuinu – "Happy Home" / "Ice Palace" – (Bladen County/BadCopBadCop) Gaz Coombes – Here Come the […]
New Music from Mount Eerie
After the tour behind his album Wind’s Poem, which is what he deemed was the “loudest album (he’s) ever made”, Phil Elverum returned to Anacortes, Washington to start working on new music. About two years later, he emerged from a church-turned-recording studio called “the Unknown” with not one new album, but two. May 2012 saw […]
Lianne La Havas: New Peak at CMJ
Let’s face it, we really are ecstatic about Lianne right now. She’s currently touring on her lovely debut Is Your Love Big Enough, with several European dates in October and American dates with John Legend in November. The New York Times sang her praises in their Playlist column, commenting on her “innate sense of confidence […]
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Ry Cooder – Election Special (Nonesuch) The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends (Warner Bros) Infantree – Hero’s Dose (Vapor) The Daredevil Christopher Wright – The Nature of Things (File Under: Music) Onuinu – “Happy Home” / “Ice Palace” – (Bladen County/BadCopBadCop) Gaz Coombes – Here Come the Bombs (Hot Fruit) Imaginary […]
Going for Adds – Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder‘s Election Special is a wake up call for the 2012 US Election. Produced by himself, this album is politically charged, from the ode to Mitt Romney’s dog “Mutt Romney Blues” to “Kool-Aid”, a song for “all the many Zimmerman’s” of the world. Where as his prior releases have him dabbling in genres such […]
Onuinu Music Video “Happy Home”
Gearing up for a West Coast/Southwest/Midwest tour with Starf*cker, as well as the release of his debut album, Onuinu‘s music is truly about to hit the dance floor. His new music video for “Happy Home”, directed by Andrew Sloan, shows Dorian Duvall (the man behind Onuinu) on a mission to connect dots he’s created in order […]
New Track off Mount Eerie’s “Ocean Roar” – Digital Servicing Coming Soon
One of Mount Eerie‘s biggest assets is that the project’s sound is always evolving. No two albums in his catalog sound the same, though there are always traces of sounds from what has been created and released previously. Prefix has recently debuted the title track from Mount Eerie‘s new album Ocean Roar, the second of two […]
