Binnie Klein and Chris Frantz Get Talking
In a new and engaging Talkhouse conversation, Binnie Klein and her fellow DJ on WPKN, Chris Frantz, the Rock N Roll Hall of Famer who has had massive hits with both Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club. The two discuss old New York, new music, and more. The two go deep into Klein’s recent musical release, the collaborative album The Quiver by In These Trees and Tartie, […]
Patrick Watson Unveils New Video with November Ultra
Patrick Watson has released the music video for “Silencio,” featuring November Ultra. The song was inspired by a period during which Watson – an Award-winning artist that has released several beloved albums of explorative cinematic pop over the past two decades – couldn’t speak or sing for nearly three months. “Silencio” explores some of the impressions that came […]
It’s Psychedelic Baby Interviews Greg Lisher
It’s Psychedelic Baby has an interview with Greg Lisher, and it’s full of insights and details about Lisher’s long musical career as a guitarist in Camper Van Beethoven. There are a lot of nuggets for CVB fanatics in the interview, along with content about how Lisher created his new solo album Underwater Detection Method. It’s an instrumental, largely-electronic affair, […]
New Music From Leif Vollebekk
Multi-instrumentalist Leif Vollebekk has revealed a captivating acoustic version of “Peace of Mind,” the original version of which is featured on his critically-acclaimed new record Revelation. “’Peace of Mind (Morning)’ felt like it wanted its own space, separate from the album version,” says Vollebekk. “There’s something about a mountain that always makes you feel at ease. It can […]
Greg Lisher Drives On The Transformation Highway
Greg Lisher will be on the air today (Thursday, November 21) on Transformation Highway with John Malkin on KZSC 88.1 FM in Santa Cruz, California. It’ll be streaming worldwide here. The longtime Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom guitarist is promoting his fourth solo album – Underwater Detection Method, his first electronic-leaning LP, which is at radio now via Independent Project Records.
Billboard Interviews Laurie Anderson
Billboard writes that Laurie Anderson‘s new album, Amelia, “delves into legendary aviator Amelia Earhart’s ill-fated final flight. But while questions such as ‘what really happened to Amelia Earhart?’ and ‘where did her plane crash?’ have recurred throughout popular culture for nearly 90 years, Amelia isn’t interested in answers, or even asking questions. Instead, Anderson – through her indelible mixture of storytelling, […]
New Music From Tipula
Tipula’s Raw Tapes debut, Greening, took shape as Eldar Brantman and Dana Dunietz began playfully fusing trip-hop, vocal jazz and classic funk in Eldar’s home studio. With no deadline, slowly Greening emerged. “Creation is necessary for me; like breathing,” says Dunietz. Necessary, but not a burden. These eight tracks sound like two friends enjoying each other, trading melodies between keys and vocals, lightly bouncing over […]
XS Noise Shares Sun Atoms’ Collaboration With Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock
XS Noise has Sun Atoms’ collaboration with Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, “Narco Polo.” The song is on the band’s new album Everything Forever, and an FCC Clean radio edit is available of the track. XS Noise has more details about how the collaboration happened, explaining, “Not completely out of the blue, there has been a chain of amicable […]
Beams Streams Again
Fans of Beams’ album Requiem For A Planet might have noticed that the album – released earlier this year to solid reviews – was not available on streaming services for a while. That situation has fortunately been remedied, and Exclaim has a story behind what happened. According to Exclaim, “In July, an AI playlister named Chartmob added one of […]
Sun Atoms, Writes Willamette Week, Makes “Shoegaze At Its Most Propulsive”
Willamette Week says “Portland band Sun Atoms’ new album, Everything Forever, should appeal to fans of shoegaze at its most propulsive, where walls of guitars meet a thundering rock chassis: think Ride’s latter-day albums with Erol Alkan, or My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless-closing ‘Soon.’” Read more here. Sun Atoms performs live in Portland at McMenamin’s Mission Theater on December 11.
Leif Vollebekk Shares His “Peace of Mind”
Leif Vollebekk has released his new music video for “Peace Of Mind and says, “[The] first time I saw the Rockies I was about 11. It’s one of the few things in life that remains as immense and sublime today as it did when I first saw it. A great mountain range instils calm and peaceful […]
New Music From The Ladies Of…
With songs filled with power-hungry guitar riffs, impeccable vocals, and thunderous grooves, The Ladies Of… is a musical cocktail that combines the vibe and sounds of David Bowie, Spoon, Bleachers, and The Killers, complete with a vigorous shake and a plastic sword garnish. Birthed in 2012, the band is made of a group of writers and performers from around the […]
AllMusic Gets Funky With Ohio Players
In its review of Ohio Players‘ album Pleasure, AllMusic notes that the record came as “their popularity was growing — slowly but surely — and those who were hip to the band recognized them as one of the most cutting-edge acts in the funk field. A lot of bands were providing funk in 1972, but not many of them […]
Brooklyn Vegan Covers Sun Atoms
Brooklyn Vegan has coverage of the new Sun Atoms album, Everything Forever. The site explains, “The album was produced by Peter G Holmström (Dandy Warhols) and mixed by Jagz Kooner, who got his start with the late great Andrew Weatherall and has worked on records by New Order, Massive Attack, Björk, Oasis and more. The album also features appearances from Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, Jasno […]
New Music From Ohio Players
Founded in 1968 by Armen Boladian, Detroit’s Westbound Records proved to the world that thrilling sounds were still coming from Detroit, after Motown left the city. From humble beginnings, this important independent label soon grew to be a powerhouse that influenced music worldwide. Now, the legendary label has teamed up with vinyl specialist label Org Music to re-launch with a […]
Greg Lisher Goes On Paltrocast
Greg Lisher, who is at radio now with his new solo album Underwater Detection Method, recently sat for a Zoom interview with Darren Paltrowitz about the origins of the album and which electronic influences came to play in its creations. Lisher, who is known for his guitar work in seminal acts Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom, explores […]
The Big Takeover Shares Sun Atoms’ “Ceiling Tiles”
The Big Takeover recently shared Sun Atoms‘ “Ceiling Tiles,” part of the Portland, OR act’s second album Everything Forever, at radio now from Little Cloud Records. The band says, “The lyrics are about living life unknowingly and questioning how readily we come to see people as characters and life as entertainment. ‘In a world full of plastic plants, you […]
Anderson Vision Highlights Greg Lisher’s New Release
Anderson Vision has coverage of Greg Lisher‘s new album, Underwater Detection Method, which is at radio now from Independent Project Records. The site writes, “After his 2020 release, Songs from the Imperial Garden, a collection of acoustic instrumental tracks, Lisher decided it was time to explore uncharted musical territory. With Underwater Detection Method, he delves into the world of synthesizers […]
Afterimage’s Faces To Hide Is “Tantalizing,” Writes The Tone Arm
The Tone Arm writes that Afterimage‘s Faces to Hide – at radio now from Independent Project Records – “is a document of an often-overlooked corner of the Los Angeles underground scene. It’s a reminder that there were bands crafting dark, urgent, and experimental sounds that could rival anything coming out of Manchester or New York.” Read more about the set, which […]
New Music From Sun Atoms
Sun Atoms is a project from Portland, Oregon’s Peter Holmström (The Dandy Warhols, Pete International Airport), Jsun Atoms (The Upsidedown, Daydream Machine), June Kang, Mars de Ponte, Derek Spencer Longoria-Gomez, and Eric Rubalcava. The band channels luminary influences including Leonard Cohen, The Cure, Moon Duo and Nick Cave into an amalgamation that combines psychedelic, dark wave and post-modern pop. Their sophomore LP Everything Forever realizes […]
