New Music From Yummi Wisler Guitar Combo
For Tel Aviv-based Raw Tapes artist Yummi Wisler, playing guitar has always meant freedom — from expectations, from doubts, from the banality of the real world. Wisler grew up adoring blues icons, such as Charley Patton or John Lee Hooker — at a time when everything on the radio was ruled by synthesizers. In the early 2000’s, hungry for something more organic […]
Mary Halvorson Hits #1 At NACC Jazz
Mary Halvorson‘s Cloudward is currently the #1 album on NACC’s Jazz chart! Thanks to the stations that charted it this week to either jazz or Top 30: CFRU, CFUV, CJSW, CKUT, KBEM, KFFP, KGLT, KMUD, KVMR, KXRY, KZUM, WFHB, WFWM, WHFR, WKNC, WLFR, WODU, WORT, and WWUH. We really appreciate your support! Out now on Nonesuch, Cloudward has been praised […]
Audiofuzz Says foamboy Has Extended Their Sonic Landscape
Audiofuzz writes that, on their new album Eating Me Alive, foamboy “extend their sonic landscape while maintaining the emotional depth and pop roots that garnered them recognition from indie circles and beyond. Their music offers a candid look into the highs and lows of personal experiences, making [the album] a compelling listen for those who appreciate music that combines […]
Mia Dyson Plays Australia’s ABC For International Women’s Day
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has an interview with and performance from Mia Dyson, who “has been writing, recording and performing since she began playing shows around the Surf Coast Shire in Victoria in 2000.” According to the site, Dyson “has just released a powerful new album, Tender Heart, a ten song collection which processes in real-time the […]
Cactus Lee Plays SXSW
Cactus Lee is an Austin-based band, so it’s no surprise they’re at South by Southwest this week. According to Raven Sings The Blues, Cactus Lee’s Caravan – at radio now from ORG Music and Aquarium Drunkard – is “a studio fresh album that’s got one foot in the Americana crate and another in the country coffers. Produced again by Kyle Crusham, the record sidles into […]
WCBE in Columbus, Ohio Features Mia Dyson
WCBE FM’s Mike Foley recently spoke to Mia Dyson about Tender Heart, her new LP at radio now. The site writes, “On Music Journeys, the Australian musician shares how the songs came together before and after that life-changing moment, the mental side of recovery, and advice for all of us to maintain a sense of gratitude.” Listen to […]
American Pancake Applauds The “Honest Reflections” Of Gregory Ackerman
American Pancake recently shared Gregory Ackerman‘s new single “Breaking My Heart,” writing that “It might be Ackerman’s vocal countenance that faintly smiles at you while holding both sharp bits of melancholia and a self aware warmth (like giving a hug to someone who needs it) or it might be the magnetism of the sonic structure and production […]
KXSU Hypes Sleepytime Gorilla Museum’s “Sophisticated, Intelligent, And Theatrical” Live Performance
KXSU in Seattle was able to send a station member to see Sleepytime Gorilla Museum in concert earlier this month at The Crocodile Club. “Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.” Cameron Kidd wrote, “put on the most sophisticated, intelligent, and theatrical show I have ever seen. Dressed in bright red, thoughtfully designed costumes that seem to have descended from the excitement […]
Remezcla Highlights Izzy Savides
“There’s a lot going on in the world of producer, musician, and singer-songwriter Izzy Savides,” Remezcla contends, “but they manage to nail quite a few musical references at first listen. The 18-year-old contrasts subdued Billie Eilish-influenced vocals with Remi Wolf-like levels of mischief while channeling a refreshing art-rock attitude on their latest material.” Check out the full feature here. […]
New Music From foamboy
Foamboy is a Portland-based pop duo comprised of producer Wil Bakula and vocalist Katy Ohsiek, who worked together for many years in other projects before creating their debut pop album, My Sober Daydream, in 2020 and releasing it in 2021. My Sober Daydream launched the duo into a new stage of their careers, earning recognition from KCRW, Consequence of Sound, and Week in Pop. Foamboy […]
Mxdwn Says The New LP From Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Is “A Real Experience”
On new LP Of The Last Human Being, mxdwn writes, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum “create an indescribable atmosphere that makes listening to this album a real experience… Sleepytime Gorilla Museum truly cannot be categorized into a genre. While much of this album can fall into rock, calling it rock would be a disservice to the amount of genres they swap through and […]
Rolling Stone Australia Features Mia Dyson’s “Profound” New Album
Rolling Stone Australia has a feature on Mia Dyson‘s new album, Tender Heart, which was crafted after a near death experience and is at radio now. Read the whole review here. “It’s a profound album,” the site writes. “It’s gentle and thoughtful and you can listen to it without knowing any of the depth of experience and love behind […]
Chicago Reader Raves About Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
According to Chicago Reader, “If you aren’t still in thrall to Sleepytime Gorilla Museum from their first go-round, then I can only assume you don’t know who they are—and now that they’ve reunited after 13 years, you have the enviable opportunity to see them for the first time. SGM play ‘rock,’ in a certain sense, but their gloriously […]
Dusted Digs Mary Halvorson’s Cloudward
Dusted Magazine notes that, on Mary Halvorson‘s new album Cloudward, the celebrated guitarist “has worked with a band dubbed Amaryllis: Halvorson, Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Jacob Garchik (trombone), and Adam O’Farrill (trumpet). Over the course of their relatively brief tenure, they have cohered into a formidable ensemble, energetically collaborating with stalwart commitment to Halvorson’s compositions. There are […]
Particle Kid Announces Tour
Micah Nelson, also known as Particle Kid, has announced a new tour. According to a four-star All Music Guide review, Particle Kid’s most recent double album Time Capsule “collates five years’ worth of songwriting, sonic investigation, and whim-chasing… There is something a little charming about Micah Nelson‘s warts-and-all behemoth, which, in this age of singles designed for maximum virality, feels like […]
New Music From Gregory Ackerman
LA-based Gregory Ackerman, who was once signed by V2 off of a cold email back in 2018, is following 2023’s EP Mhm Okay, which was featured on platforms like For Folk’s Sake and appearing in major editorial playlists, with another folky gem: the Brand New Life EP, due in May 2024. The first single, “Breaking My Heart,” was produced […]
Cactus Lee Announces Tour
Cactus Lee, whose album Caravan is at radio now from ORG Music and Aquarium Drunkard, will be on tour this April. KUTX calls the group “an Austin based Americana project crafting modern music akin to the generation-spanning sounds of quintessential Texas music. Featuring ornate arrangements similar to the likes of Gene Clark, Caravan is their most sonically expansive version of the project […]
Presto Music Reviews Mary Halvorson
According to Presto Music, “Mary Halvorson is, in many ways, a fully-fledged embodiment of living, breathing talent and skill — and not simply on account of her receving the prestigious MacArthur Grant in 2019. Breaking down musical boundaries as instintly as she concocts and identifies them, listening to her work is akin to undertaking a blindfolded taste-test in an […]
New Music From David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets)
Independent Project Records and David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) have announced the release of the triple album Tracks From the Attic on digital, CD, colored vinyl LP, and Super Deluxe Box Set Art Edition formats on May 3. The first single and video, for “Oh No! Not Another Songwriter!,” are out now. Hand-picked by David J himself, Tracks From […]
Double J Cites Mia Dyson’s “Mature and Thoughtful Perspectives” In A New Review
Double J writes that “From where we stand, it seems like Mia Dyson has never had too much trouble writing incredible songs. Since exploding out of the gates with her glorious 2003 debut Cold Water, she’s gifted us with a string of incredible albums that have shown off her enviable guitar skills, and her mature and thoughtful perspectives on […]
