Atwood Premieres Bobby Bazini’s “Waterfallin'”
Atwood Magazine recently premiered the second advance single from Bobby Bazini’s upcoming album. According to the site, “Intoxicating, immersive, and moving with a graceful, gradient flow… a truly mesmerizing tempest. It’s the kind of all-consuming track that washes over us, pouring its might not only on our ears, but into the very depths of our very souls. […]
No Depression Applauds Fruit Bats’ Ability to Conjure Place
In a recent review of the new Fruit Bats album, A River Runnging To Your Heart, No Depression writes, “As has always been the case in his more than 20-year career, Eric D. Johnson is exploring the chapters of life with a deeply felt sense of place. Whether the sun-soaked ease of Los Angeles, which Johnson called home for so many […]
York Calling Says Occurrence’s Slow Violence is “A Special Album”
York Calling says Occurrence‘s Slow Violence, at radio now from Archie and Fox Records, “is a beast of a double album that includes 22 tracks and the band’s heart and soul… Slow Violence is such an ambitious effort, and there are few bands that could pull it off. Occurrence do it with apparent ease (though I’m sure it wasn’t easy!) Do yourself […]
New Music From Leslie Medford
Special occasions require special songs, and “Leslie’s Dream” is a slice of moody, brooding psych with a motorik heart and a throbbing political conscience. This rare new recording comes from Leslie Medford, the maverick leader of 80s San Francisco psychedelic journeymen The Ophelias, a band described by the venerable David Fricke as “modernists steeped in the vintage, local ethos […]
Bobby Bazini Performs In Québec This Week, Announces Fall Dates
Bobby Bazini has performances coming up, and V13 has the details. Bazini also has two singles at radio now from his upcoming album Pearl. According to V13, the album’s title track “marks a musical renaissance for the artist known for his smooth vocals and unique sound that blends soul and folk elements.” Hear it, and get […]
Spill Reviews Fruit Bats’ New LP
On A River Running To Your Heart, writes Spill, “All the main elements that make Fruit Bats music so appealing remain — Eric D. Johnson’s almost impeccable songwriting that touches so many musical bases, while at the same time keeping that folk pop base that the band is so good at. This time around though, Johnson adds another production layer […]
RGM Catches Up With Occurrence
RGM recently caught up with Occurrence, whose album Slow Violence is at radio now, to talk about a lot of things including the record’s creation. “After a two-year separation, the three of us were finally back together last fall in our studio in NYC,” the band explains. “We released an album in August 2021 called I Have So Much Love […]
Spirituality and Health Features Sunny War’s New LP
According to Spirituality and Health, “Sunny War’s third album Anarchist Gospel brings together Americana roots, Delta blues, ecstatic gospel, and electric folk with the energy and directness of punk rock. The eclectic singer, born Sydney Lyndella Ward, moves from despair to renewal with rhythmic guitars and banjo, forward-thinking lyrics, and an uplifting choir that includes Allison Russell, Jim James, David […]
Metro Weekly Says A River Running To Your Heart Is “Fruit Bats At Their Best”
Metro Weekly writes that “A River Running to Your Heart is one of those records that goes at its own pace on its own terms, and is completely effortless to follow along with. With its polish and easy rhythms, it wraps its joy, melancholy, and flashes of profundity in gentle, easy-listening indie folk. The relatively simple melodies […]
June McDoom Is KCRW’s Today’s Top Tune
Today’s Top Tune from KCRW is “On My Way” from June McDoom. The station says, “June McDoom takes a unique approach to her style of dreamy folk music. Featuring vintage analog experimentation, “On My Way” has an overall tender yet supernatural, cinematic quality from an emerging singer-songwriter.” Check out the tune and the feature here.
York Calling Talks Slow Violence With Occurrence
York Calling recently interviewed Occurrence, whose album Slow Violence is at radio now. They discuss the creation of album tracks “Heels Over Head” and “Fudge,” their influences, the local scene in New York, and how the pandemic has impacted their work. About the LP, the band explains, “The album is the most personal thing we’ve made. […]
New Music From Dren McDonald
Pterous features six tracks, but there are literally hundreds and hundreds of layers of guitars that weave together to create the textures within the tapestry of each piece. McDonald, who is known for composing music for video games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Gunman Taco Truck as well as for his collaborative polyheDren project, says, “This recording began with some sketches of […]
Atwood Magazine Says The New Fruit Bats LP Represents Eric D. Johnson’s “Fullest Creative Vision To Date”
Atwood Magazine has coverage of Fruit Bats’ A River Running To Your Heart, the tenth album from the project and the most-added LP at NACC this week. According to the site, “A representation of Eric D. Johnson’s fullest creative vision to date, [the LP] blends folk melodies, bright synth layers, and wistful vocals with concepts of the sense […]
The SoCal Sound Catches Up With Sunny War
Last month, Andy Chanley of KCSN The SoCal Sound caught up with Sunny War backstage at SXSW, who performed at the station’s Radio Day stage. According to War, “it’s been fun” to play Anarchist Gospel songs live, particularly because she has to play different versions of the album’s songs depending on whatever iteration of her band is accompanying her at a given performance. See the […]
No Treble Screens Keturah’s New Video With Playing For Change
No Treble has shared the live music video of Keturah‘s “All The Way From Africa,” the second advance single from her upcoming US debut album out in May via Hen House Studios. The site notes that the band, called Playing For Change, “includes Kaveh Rastegar on bass, Mermans Mosengo on drums, Jason Tamba on acoustic guitar, and Magatte Sow on conga.” See the clip right here.
Joyzine Features Occurrence
Joyzine likes “Universe Moves So Fast,” one of the singles from Occurrence‘s new album Slow Violence. “The track,” the site writes, “is built on a frenetic beat with bubbling synths and it’s only the vocal line and guitar riff that float in at half the pace.This creates a glorious tension between the feeling that the track is […]
IGGY Mag Raves About Ghost Party
France’s IGGY Mag writes that “Severed Hands” by Ghost Party “will mark the minds of those who will listen to it. It’s a title that deserves to be in your daily playlist… “Severed Hands” is a one-of-a-kind song. With poignant lyrics and a captivating melody, this song promises to be one of The Ghost Party’s most defining songs. The […]
New Music From Bobby Bazini
With over a decade of success including multiple JUNO and ADISQ Award nominations, Platinum records, tens of millions of streams and sold-out shows, Bobby Bazini returns on August 25 with Pearl, a new album and something of a musical renaissance. Pearl was inspired by learning about how pearls are formed by oysters to protect themselves from foreign objects, which reminded Bazini of […]
New Noise Praises Fruit Bats’ “Memorable and Buoyant” New Album – Most Added At NACC
In its review, New Noise Magazine writes, “Reemerging with the release of their tenth album, A River Running to Your Heart, Fruit Bats have hit a new ripened sound that we’ve been waiting for. The album is a true expression of home, belonging, and emotion—common themes they often write about but have perfected this time… Eric D. Johnson has always paid attention to […]
Canadian Beats Goes Deep With Matt Holubowski
Canadian Beats explains that “Matt Holubowski built the universe of his new long player from the inspiring poem, Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand by EE. Cummings. For the artist, it’s about spring, which slowly and sometimes with difficulty, ends up bringing the flowers back to us: ‘It’s been a reminder for me…to accept that some things take a long time […]
