NPR’s All Songs Considered Feature The Barr Brothers’ “Beggar In The Morning”
All Songs Cosidered has featured the new music video for The Barr Brothers‘ “Beggar In The Morning” as today’s ‘First Watch.’ The video shows The Barr Brothers as skeletal figurines performing the lead single off their debut record to a skeletal audience. The figures were created by artist Stephan Bircher who uses road-kill bones & scrap metal to create his pieces. […]
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Gary Clark Jr. – The Bright Lights EP (Warner Bros) We Are Augustines – Rise Ye Sunken Ships (Oxcart – turnout) 400 Blows – Sickness and Health (Org Music) Ry Cooder – Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down (Nonesuch) Going For Adds 10/10 & 10/11 Björk – Biophilia (Nonesuch – One Little Indian) Coming Soon: Brite Futures – Dark Past (turnout) Yael Meyer – Everything Will Be Alright (Kli)
New Film Screening Opportunity: Nirvana – Live At The Paramount
A man A plan A canal brings you another free and exclusive screening opportunity with Nirvana – Live at the Paramount. Fresh off the release of Nevermind, Nirvana performed on Halloween in 1991 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle to a sold-out crowd that recognized, early on, the brilliance within a band that would eventually […]
Going for ADDS – Gary Clark Jr.
Going for adds this week we have the new release from Gary Clark Jr., The Bright Lights EP. Gary has received praise from Rolling Stone and The Los Angeles Times for his virtuosic playing and blues vocals. The Wall Street Journal recently wrote he “may be the city’s next big music star” thanks to “his blend of blues, soul and rock, mixing fluid, muscular guitar with […]
“The Barr Brothers” Paste Album Stream
Our add for last week was the self-titled debut from The Barr Brothers. The group’s full-length is a record rooted in folk that uses the studio’s boiler room setting and homemade instruments to make for a unique listen. The record features guest appearances from members of Land of Talk & The Low Anthem. Paste Magazine is currently streaming the full album here. […]
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We Are Augustines – Rise Ye Sunken Ships (turnout) 400 Blows – Sickness and Health (Org Music) Björk – “Crystalline / Cosmogony / Virus” (Nonesuch – One Little Indian) – digital servicing only Ry Cooder – Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down (Nonesuch) Going For Adds 10/3 & 10/4 Kasabian – Velociraptor! (Sony UK) Coming Soon: Brite Futures – Dark Past (turnout) Yael Meyer – Everything Will Be Alright (Kli)
Catching Up With Graham
What a spectacular weekend. I checked another MLB ballpark off the list by finally going down to San Diego to see a game at Petco. They were hosting the Dodgers this weekend, and I was lucky enough to see Clayton Kershaw win his 21st game of the season. Last night I was invited out to […]
New Music from Gary Clark Jr.
<p> A man A plan A canal brings you another free and exclusive screening opportunity with Nirvana – Live at the Paramount. Fresh off the release of Nevermind, Nirvana performed on Halloween in 1991 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle to a sold-out crowd that recognized, early on, the brilliance within a band that would […]
The Barr Brothers and We Are Augustines – US Tours
The Barr Brothers were our add this past week. Their self-titled debut brings innovative instrumentation to intricately crafted folk songs. Make sure you’ve checked out the album, we’d love for it to get some spins and chart at your stations. We Are Augustines are starting to wrap up their US tour this month. Their full-length is still in rotation […]
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400 Blows – Sickness and Health (Org Music) Björk – “Crystalline / Cosmogony / Virus” (Nonesuch – One Little Indian) – digital servicing only Kasabian – “Switchblade Smiles/Days Are Forgotten” (Columbia Records) Ry Cooder – Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down (Nonesuch) Going For Adds 9/26 & 9/27 Gary Clark Jr. – The Bright Lights EP (Warner Bros) Coming Soon: Kasabian – Velociraptor! (Sony UK) Brite Futures – Dark Past (turnout) Yael Meyer – Everything Will Be […]
The Barr Brothers Going For Adds
The debut full-length from Canadian group, The Barr Brothers, is our add this week. Brad and Andrew Barr use folk songs to explore noise and space. Accompanied on harp by Sarah Page, the group utilizes unique instruments like the Waterphone, Fretless Peanut Bowl Banjo, and the Electric Tool Box Guitar to achieve a sound all their […]
400 Blows ‘Sickness & Health Tour’ – Dates w/ Melt Banana
Fresh off their dates with The Butthole Surfers, 400 Blows are gearing up to go back on the road as they make their way to CMJ this year. The group will also playing dates with Japanese punk-noisemakers, Melt Banana. We’d love to set up an in-studio, interview, or guest DJ slot with your station. Let us know if […]
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We Are Augustines – Rise Ye Sunken Ships (Oxcart – Turnout) Ry Cooder – Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (Nonesuch) Kasabian – “Days Are Forgotten / Switchblade Smiles” [singles] (Sony UK) – digital servicing only Björk – “Crystalline / Cosmogony / Virus” (One Little Indian)” – digital servicing only Coming Soon: Gary Clark Jr. – The Bright Lights EP (Warner Brothers) Kasabian – Velociraptor! (Sony UK)
New Music from The Barr Brothers
This week we have the self-titled debut from The Barr Brothers. We sent the single, “Beggar In The Morning,” a few weeks back which received attention from sites like Consequence of Sound & Nylon Mag. The Montreal band recorded the album in a boiler room at the foot of Mount Royal, an extinct volcano near their home. The album […]
Ry Cooder: CMJ Biggest Mover!
Thanks to all the stations that helped make Ry Cooder the biggest mover on the CMJ charts this week. Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down moved from #186 to #53! The record is another stand-out release from guitar legend Ry Cooder as it blends Americana, Jazz, Folk, Blues, and Mariachi. Thanks to stations like CFRU, KAFM, KALX, KBCS, KBOO, KCSB, […]
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We Are Augustines – Rise Ye Sunken Ships (Oxcart – Turnout) Kasabian – “Days Are Forgotten / Switchblade Smiles” [singles] (Sony UK) –digital servicing only Ry Cooder – Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (Nonesuch) 400 Blows – Sickness and Health (ORG Music) Björk – “Crystalline / Cosmogony / Virus” (One Little Indian)” – digital servicing only Going for ADDS 9/19 & 9/20: The Barr Brothers – The Barr […]
Going for ADDS – New singles from Kasabian – digital servicing only
Last week we digitally serviced two new singles from Kasabian‘s upcoming record Velociraptor! The tracks “Days Are Forgotten” and “Switchblade Smiles” display what the band knows what to do best: blend rock and electronic elements into their own unique sound. This is the second record that Dan the Automator (Gorillaz, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Dr. Octagon)produces for Kasabian and the album […]
For Your Consideration: A man A plan A canal
CMJ is less than two months away! We’d love to meet you there; let us know if you plan on attending this year. As you probably know, with the festival comes annual awards that go out to stations & promotors. We’d love it if you nominated us for any of the categories below: Promoter Of […]
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We Are Augustines – Rise Ye Sunken Ships (Oxcart – Turnout) Ry Cooder – Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (Nonesuch) 400 Blows – Sickness and Health (ORG Music) Björk – “Crystalline / Cosmogony / Virus” (One Little Indian)” – digital servicing only Going for ADDS 9/19 & 9/20 The Barr Brothers – The Barr Brothers (Secret City)
New Music from Kasabian – Digital Servicing Only
Today we’re excited to service two new singles off Kasabian‘s upcoming record, Velociraptor! The bands last album, West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum,was called Album of the Year by Q Magazine and nominated for a Mercury Prize. Dan the Automator (Gorillaz, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Dr. Octagon), returns as producer on Velociraptor! as the band continues to blur the line between electronic and rock. Their singles “Switchblade Smiles” & […]
