The Times-Standard Covers Dren McDonald
The Times-Standard has the details about Dren McDonald’s new LP Pterous. As the site explains, “The recording required a process that McDonald refers to as “completely inefficient” as he used over 35 different instruments to create the sound on this record, and recorded them from at least three different distances for every recorded take. At least five different […]
Ronan Delisle Is In A Mood
Ronan Delisle has released a video for “Guess I’m In A Mood,” the final track on his new album Heavyweights In The Ring, which is at radio now. The clip features Delisle as he moves through several locales in his native Los Angeles, including the illustrious LA River. It was directed by SNEAL and Ben Neufeld. See it here. Heavyweights In The […]
Find No Enemy Says Occurrence Is “Truly Unique and Captivating”
Find No Enemy writes that Occurrence’s “‘Heels Over Head’ is a wildly weird and wacky piece of music that is also strangely cheerful and positive. The song is an ode to the power of love, and Occurrence brings this message to life with a colorful electronic arrangement that is both heavy and pulsating. The percussive beat is infectious, […]
New Music From Kat Niles
Cool Air is the first release from LA-based singer-songwriter and composer Kat Niles. The three-song EP moves through sprawling landscapes and half-remembered fever dreams to the depths of the self. Her voice is deft and potent, with an elastic range uncommon for its warmth and darkness. The arrangements feel wild and organic, grown around imagistic lyrics that […]
Fruit Bats, Whose New LP Americana UK Calls A “Low Key Beauty,” Hit #6 At NACC
Hell yes! Thanks to the stations that charted Fruit Bats this week and helped A River Running To Your Heart make it to #6 on the NACC Top 200. Americana UK says “A River Running to Your Heart is a low-key beauty of a record, a small and lovely triumph for a too often despondent and agitated world. It is a record […]
Principle Music Says Occurrence’s “Fudge” Is “A Masterpiece”
Principle Music calls”‘Fudge” by Occurrence “an amazing track filled with love, lust and tension. Written to be explicit in nature, this awesome piece was a project built out of the remanence of failed creative flows gone by, that were able to be connected, expanded and finally found their place to build into this masterpiece… As the track progresses so […]
Skriber Hails Matt Holubowski For His Wisdom
French site Skriber has a review of Matt Holubowski’s new album Like Flowers On A Molten Lawn and writes, “Some will see in his lyrics the wisdom of a man who has fully integrated existence for what it is, and what it entails, in particular an end. When others will perceive the stigmata of a timeless period that profoundly upset […]
Spectrum Culture Explores Fruit Bats’ New LP, #10 At NACC
According to Spectrum Culture, Fruit Bats’ new LP A River Running To Your Heart “does a good job of mixing tempos while keeping to a consistent style. It’s sort of an updated Wild West sound. It’s softer around the edges, blurred, and this creates a nicer set of songs. Sometimes country music has a way of pushing the boundaries in […]
Dren McDonald Talks To Bobby Owsinski
Bobby Owsinski recently chatted with Dren McDonald, whose new album Pterous is at radio now from Appearing Records. That album is a beautiful set of layered instrumental guitar music, but McDonald has had a long career working on video game music and may also be familiar to listeners thanks to his electronically-oriented collaborative project polyheDren. “During the interview,” Owsinski explains as a […]
WWAM Praises Occurrence For Their Lyrical Complexity And Musical Novelty
We Write About Music has an essay on Occurrence’s song “Universe Moves So Fast,” from Slow Violence, at radio now. The lyrics, according to the site, are “complex… [and cover] deep themes… The actual music portion is as impressive as ever too, although we were definitely a bit surprised by its lofi feel and aesthetic. The vocal portions were […]
New Music From Keturah
Malawian singer and songwriter Keturah, a powerful new voice for Southeast Africa, has announced that her self-titled debut album will be released on May 19 via Hen House Studios. Raised in the rural countryside, Keturah set out on foot at 14 years of age, having lost her parents, and trekked to Blantyre, Malawi’s second largest city, looking for a recording studio. […]
American Songwriter Gives Plaudits To Fruit Bats’ New Disc
American Songwriter says the new Fruit Bats album is “supremely tasty” and writes that the band “specialize in effusive indie rock, bolstering an approach that’s articulate, and sophisticated, and yet never reticent when it comes to delving into the arena occupied by intelligent power pop. In other words, they share a sound that easily transcends the usual prefab […]
Acoustic Guitar Dissects Sunny War’s “No Reason”
Acoustic Guitar recently explored the riff that fuels Sunny War’s hit song “No Reason.” The site explains, “War plays ‘No Reason’ in the key of G major, with a fourth-fret capo transposing it to B. The song is based on a curious riff that, with its pull-off ornaments and static harmony, has a non-Western vibe. At […]
Occurrence Sits Down With Music Arena GH
Music Arena GH recently spoke with Occurrence, whose album Slow Violence is at radio now, and touched on topics including the origin of the trio’s name, the bandmembers’ musical backgrounds, and the creative process that fuels the band’s output. “There are lots of dark nights of the soul,” they say. “Then eventually there is a song.” Read the full […]
Shindig! Shares Leslie Medford’s Dream
Shindig! has the kaleidoscopic video for Leslie Medford’s “Leslie’s Dream.” The site writes, “The story of The Ophelias was short and characterised by frequent line-up changes, the one constant being Leslie Medford, the band’s lynchpin with a love of Shakespeare and out-of-time music. Now hit fast forward: after long years of musical retirement, Leslie Medford re-emerges from the green of […]
New Music From Ronan Delisle
Ronan Delisle is a guitarist, songwriter, and producer living in Los Angeles. His music combines a confessional lyricism with nuanced songcraft, often elevated by sonic textures that defy categorization. His most recent recording Heavyweights In The Ring is intimate yet expansive, immersing listeners in brooding yet determined sonic worlds that hinge on sinuous guitar and vocal familiarity. This […]
Secret Meeting Reviews Fruit Bats’ A River Running To Your Heart, #10 This Week At NACC
In a new review, Secret Meeting writes that “On his latest album, A River Running to Your Heart, Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson joins the dots of a twenty plus career. But instead of attempting to provide a potted history, he allows for hazy half-thoughts and hair-brained detours, as he traverses the sounds and themes that have made him one […]
Alan’s Journal of Musical Things Shares Bobby Bazini’s “Pearl”
Alan’s Journal of Musical Things recently included Bobby Bazini’s “Pearl” on one of its “More Music From The Inbox” features. According to the site, it’s a “majestic soul/folk song.” Alan also shares Bazini’s statement about the song, which serves as the title track of Bazini’s upcoming new album. “‘Pearl’ is what started the whole creative process for […]
Illustrate Says Occurrence Will Touch Your Heart
Illustrate Magazine writes that “Occurrence’s album Slow Violence is an electronic voyage of music and poetry. It’s an expression of sound that’ll touch your heart, especially for fans of the genre… The entire album is a blend of folktronica. In it, evocative tales are sung, while the rhythm is set to a digital charge.” The magazine dives into the […]
June McDoom Plays In Brooklyn This Weekend & Sets Vinyl Release Show For May 23rd
June McDoom will play at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this Sunday, May 7 as part of the Long Play Festival, an annual three-day music festival in venues all around downtown Brooklyn. According to the site, “June McDoom is an emerging singer-songwriter based in New York City. Her unique approach to folk music incorporates influences of early soul, reggae, and […]
