New Music From Jessica Lea Mayfield
This uncommonly mature 21-year-old singer-songwriter’s Nonesuch debut balances the warm-hearted with the cold-blooded. Tell Me is a stunningly forthright 11-song set that addresses late-night longing, serial heartbreak, and intoxicatingly dangerous liaisons conducted in dimly lit barrooms or roadside motels. By the end, the only heart intact is Mayfield’s own. It’s as if she’d stripped the […]
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Carolina Chocolate Drops / Luminescent Orchestrii – s/t (Nonesuch) – ADDING 2/7 & 2/8 The Low Anthem – Smart Flesh [sampler] (Nonesuch) AfroCubism – AfroCubism (Nonesuch) Lord Huron – Mighty (self-released) The Autumn Defense – Once Around (Yep Roc) Steve Reich – Double Sextet / 2×5 (Nonesuch) Rhys Chatham – A Crimson Grail (Nonesuch) Neil Young – Le Noise (Reprise) Black Keys – Brothers (Nonesuch) Coming Soon: Neon Hitch
All about Jessica Lea Mayfield
Kent, Ohio native Mayfield, at least as she portrays herself on record, could have walked out of a darkly dramatic Black Keys murder ballad like “Ten Cent Pistol.” In fact, many of the duo’s fans first learned of Mayfield through a soulful duet with Auerbach, “Things Ain’t Like They Used To Be,” that memorably closed […]
New Music From Carolina Chocolate Drops / Luminescent Orchestrii
The Carolina Chocolate Drops are back with a new four-song EP, their first release since 2010’s critically acclaimed Genuine Negro Jig, which was nominated for a Best Traditional Folk Album Grammy. This new EP is a collaboration with the New York City–based Romanian gypsy punk band Luminescent Orchestrii, along with human beatboxer Adam Matta; it […]
Lord Huron – “The Stranger” Video Premier
Pitchfork just premiered the new Lord Huron video for the song “The Stranger”.Go here to check it out. Thanks to those of you that have been supporting their newly released Mighty EP. This was a digital servicing only. Let us know if you need us to resend the download information to you. The band is currently on […]
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The Low Anthem – Smart Flesh [sampler] (Nonesuch) Jessica Lea Mayfield – “Our Hearts Are Wrong” (Nonesuch) AfroCubism – AfroCubism (Nonesuch) The Autumn Defense – Once Around (Yep Roc) Steve Reich – Double Sextet / 2×5 (Nonesuch) Neil Young – Le Noise (Reprise) Black Keys – Brothers (Nonesuch) COMING SOON: Jessica Lea Mayfield – Tell Me (Nonesuch)
More About Carolina Chocolate Drops / Luminescent Orchestrii
The project began when both the Luminescent Orchestrii and the Carolina Chocolate Drops, longtime admirers of each others’ music, were performing at the Folk Alliance festival in Memphis, TN. Every day in Memphis, the Lumiis would set up in the hall and do a short set for the passersby. One day the Lumiis’ Sxip Shirey noticed that the […]
Jessica Lea Mayfield – “Our Hearts Are Wrong” – Going For Adds
Last week we digitally serviced “Our Hearts Are Wrong” from Jessica Lea Mayfield’s forthcoming album Tell Me. Dan Auerbach of the acclaimed Black Keys takes production and performance credits on the album. This heart-heavy country folk artist was named one of five best new artists by SPIN for January. “Our Hearts Are Wrong” goes for adds 1/17 & 1/18. If you did not receive your […]
The Low Anthem – Smart Flesh [sampler] – Going For Adds
The Low Anthem has been causing quite a stir at radio and television. Recently, the band performed on the Late Show with David Letterman as well asSoundcheck on New York public radio station WNYC. Indie music blogVisibal Voice says of the group: “The Low Anthem were already my favorite band, and they’re only getting better. Based solely on this […]
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The Autumn Defense – Once Around (Yep Roc) AfroCubism – AfroCubism (Nonesuch) Lord Huron – Mighty (self-released) Steve Reich – Double Sextet / 2×5 (Nonesuch) Infantree – Would Work (Vapor) Neil Young – Le Noise (Reprise) Black Keys – Brothers (Nonesuch)
A Banksy Film – Exit Through The Giftshop – Available for Screening
Celebrated graffiti artist Banksy gives us a first hand look at the world of street art through the lens of an eccentric shopkeeper-turned-filmmaker who attempts to capture many of the world’s most infamous vandals on camera. It’s when the camcorder is turned back on its owner, however, that we experience the wildly unexpected results of what happens when fame, money, […]
New Music From Jessica Lea Mayfield – “Our Hearts Are Wrong”
AmApAc brings you “Our Hearts Are Wrong“, the first single from singer/songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield’s sophomore album Tell Me. “It’s subtle, somewhat more briskly paced and packing less dusky sparkle…drier in production and affect overall, though the key now, as it was then, is Mayfield’s vocal, which is still very much a worthy focal point.” writes Stereogum of […]
Coming Soon: Carolina Chocolate Drops
Carolina Chocolate Drops / Luminescent Orchestrii (Nonesuch): Romanian Gypsy Melodies and Southern Strings collide! A collaboration between “The Drops” and “the Lumii”, along with beat-boxer Adam Matta, this is sure to be one of the most flat-out fun EP’s of 2011.
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Lord Huron – Mighty (self-released) The Low Anthem – Smart Flesh [sampler] (Nonesuch) Rhys Chatham – A Crimson Grail (Nonesuch) Steve Reich – Double Sextet / 2×5 (Nonesuch) AfroCubism – AfroCubism (Nonesuch) The Autumn Defense – Once Around (Yep Roc) Infantree – Would Work (Vapor) Neil Young – Le Noise (Reprise)
About Jessica Lea Mayfield
“I’m actually really shy,” insists Jessica Lea Mayfield. “Not musically, but personally.” Kent, Ohio, native Mayfield broke onto the scene on the soulful duet with Dan Auerbach, “Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be,” that memorably closed the 2008 Black Keys disc, Attack & Release. Auerbach discovered Mayfield through her 2005 EP White Lies, self-pressed […]
The Low Anthem – Smart Flesh
Having toured for two years since their last album Oh My God, Charlie Darwin,The Low Anthem are back with new music from their forthcoming album, Smart Flesh. The band has had plenty of time to write songs, experiment with arrangements, and day-dream the scope of this recording project. What they had in mind was a massive undertaking. Ten […]
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AfroCubism – AfroCubism (Nonesuch) Lord Huron – Mighty (self-released) The Autumn Defense – Once Around (Yep Roc) Steve Reich – Double Sextet / 2×5 (Nonesuch) Infantree – Would Work (Vapor) Neil Young – Le Noise (Reprise) Black Keys – Brothers (Nonesuch) Coming Soon:
Catching Up With Graham
Happy New Year! Hope you had a wonderful holiday season and that 2011 has been treating you well so far. I’m recharged (aside from the jet lag) from a fantastic vacation to United Kingdom. My good friends Dave and Helen were getting married in Wales and I had the honor of being one of the […]
Going For Adds – Rhys Chatham – A Crimson Grail
Going for Adds this week is Rhys Chatham’s A Crimson Grail. This unique piece features 200 electric guitars, 16 electric basses, 5 conductors, and 1 percussionist. “The work’s greatest allure is in passages where melody, harmony and rhythm are virtually absent, when all you hear is the visceral roar of plucked strings.” says the New York Times. […]
Infantree Video Premiere – “Mourning Glory”
Infantree is proud to bring you their latest video “Mourning Glory” taken from their debut album Would Work. You can check out the clip now on Infantree’s Vimeo Channel While Infantree is hard at work making new music, they’d like to thank those who have supported their music thus far, and reach out to new fans as well by making themselves available […]
