David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s Here Lies Love – Looking For Support
We’d love it if you could give an extra push to Here Lies Love this week as we’re looking to crack the Top 20 on the CMJ charts. “‘Here Lies Love‘ is a fountain of funk and dance music that’s entirely accessible, great fun and can easily be enjoyed a song at a time.” – The Wall […]
Also At Radio
The Black Keys – “Tighten Up” (Nonesuch) Carolina Chocolate Drops – Genuine Negro Jig (Nonesuch) Caetano Veloso – zii e zie (Nonesuch) The White Stripes – Under Great White Northern Lights (Warner Bros) Blunt Mechanic – World Record (Barsuk) The Magnetic Fields – Realism (Nonesuch) Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté – Ali And Toumani (Nonesuch) VoicesVoices – Animal Battles Series Vol.1 (How To Fight)
Catching Up With Graham
I had a fantastic, fun-filled weekend. My good friend Wes from Barsuk was in town for the Phantogram show. On Saturday we had a delicious brunch and went up to the Griffith Observatory. That night I went out for Mexican food and then to the Dodger game. Andre Ethier hit a 3-run HR and they […]
Host The Dead Weather Live Event On Your Site Tomorrow
Dead Weather fans can tune into “Screaming Vinyl Live,” a 24 hour listening party for Sea of Cowards tomorrow at 10 a.m. PST. The new album is out May 10th but this is the first place to hear it in its entirety. You can share it with your listeners on your station’s website by following the directions here. Embeddable […]
Hank III’s Rebel Within
Hank III‘s new album Rebel Within will be in stores May 25th, but you can get your copy right now. We’re going for adds on the album next week, May 3rd & 4th. ‘[Williams’] new album continues the synthesis of punk and country-western that has defined his career. [He] has greatly improved his songwriting…and the production is […]
Thanks For Supporting David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s Here Lies Love
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim‘s impressive 22-track song cycle about the life of former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos and her childhood servant, Estrella Cumpas has been a huge hit on college radio so far. It seems that you dig all the guest vocalists as much as we do (among others – Santigold, Florence Welch, Sia, […]
Also At Radio
Caetano Veloso – zii e zie (Nonesuch) The White Stripes – Under Great White Northern Lights (Warner Bros) The Black Keys – “Tighten Up” (Nonesuch) Carolina Chocolate Drops – Genuine Negro Jig (Nonesuch) VoicesVoices – Animal Battles Series Vol.1 (How To Fight) The Magnetic Fields – Realism (Nonesuch) Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté – Ali And Toumani (Nonesuch)
Blunt Mechanic on KEXP
Blunt Mechanic was recently featured on KEXP‘s Music That Matters podcast. Below is a tracklist of the entire podcast. Click here to download it and enjoy! From the KEXP website: “Sunny days are ahead both in the sky and on the airwaves, and Cheryl Waters is loving all the new music in 2010. Here is a great sampling […]
The Black Keys “Howlin’ For You”
The Black Keys marked Record Store Day 2010 with a limited edition 12″ vinyl single featuring two tracks off their forthcoming album, Brothers. We already sent you side A, the Danger Mouse-produced “Tighten Up,” which Pitchforknotes for “the soulful bounce of organ and guitar interplay.” Rolling Stone gives it four stars, saying the band has “never sounded tighter or funkier.” On […]
Carolina Chocolate Drops on Tour
Thanks to all of you who have supported Genuine Negro Jig. The album continues to climb the CMJ Top 200 and “Hit ‘Em Up Style” was featured as a NPR Song of the Day. Go here for the feature on the track. In other news, the band will be on tour through the summer and fall, so see […]
Everest On Approach Approaching
Everest’s second album, On Approach, will be coming to you soon. You’ll be getting a single for the lead track “Let Go” and the full album shortly after. On Approach was recorded at Prairie Sun Recordings in Cotati, CA.
Hank III: Coming Tomorrow
The digital servicing for Hank III‘s Rebel Within will be coming at you tomorrow.
Caetano Veloso On Morning Edition
This past Sunday, Jacki Lyden interviewed legendary Brazilian musicianCaetano Veloso for NPR’s Morning Edition. If you weren’t able to catch the story live, you can listen to it here. There is also a video on that page of Veloso singing and playing with his mother and sister. You should have zii e zie, his 41st full-length album, at […]
Thanks For Supporting David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s Here Lies Love
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim‘s impressive 22-track song cycle about the life of former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos and her childhood servant, Estrella Cumpas has been a huge hit on college radio so far. It seems that you dig all the guest vocalists as much as we do (among others – Santigold, Florence Welch, Sia, […]
The Dead Weather Video and Tour Dates
Check out the brand new video for “Gasoline” from the forthcoming full-lengthDead Weather album, Sea of Cowards. We recently sent out both singles, “Die by the Drop” and “Gasoline” so please get in touch if you need us to resend them. Look out for the full album in mid-May. Congratulations to the winners of last week’s poster giveaway: […]
Hank III Rebel Within Adding Next Week
We’ll be digitally servicing this album to you this week. You may have already received a physical copy in the mail. The CD does not come in a jewel case.Download a tray card here if you’d like to put it in one so that it’s easier to find it in your music library. “[Hank Williams III‘s […]
Also At Radio
Blunt Mechanic – World Record (Barsuk Records) The White Stripes – Under Great White Northern Lights (Warner Bros) The Black Keys – “Tighten Up” (Nonesuch) Carolina Chocolate Drops – Genuine Negro Jig (Nonesuch) VoicesVoices – Animal Battles Series Vol.1 (How To Fight) The Magnetic Fields – Realism (Nonesuch) Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté – Ali And Toumani (Nonesuch)
Catching Up With Graham
What a nice and relaxing weekend in Southern California. On both Saturday and Sunday I went to Unique LA, the largest independent design show in the country. There were over 300 designers and artists showing and selling their work and thousands of people in attendance.
The Dead Weather “Gasoline”
The new album from The Dead Weather, Sea of Cowards, is coming in mid-May. Here’s another track for you to enjoy while you anxiously await the release of the album.
Caetano Veloso On NPR This Sunday
NPR’s Jacki Lyden will interview Caetano Veloso this Sunday, April 25, on Morning Edition. If you’re unfamiliar with the Bob Dylan of Brazil this would be a good introduction to one of the founders of the Tropicalismo movement. Caetano Veloso’s zii e zie, his 41st full-length and winner of a Latin Grammy in 2009 for Best Singer-Songwriter album, should be at your […]
