AmApAc Artists Land On NACC Year-End Charts
Last year was a busy one for A man A plan A canal, full of a lot of exciting music. A few of the records we worked hard to promote had great chart runs, including Sunny War, Fruit Bats, and Keturah. Sunny War’s Anarchist Gospel was #2 on NACC’s year-end Folk chart, and the album was also #53 […]
Jared Jones Praises June McDoom For Father/Daughter Records
Father/Daughter Records asked some friends at the end of 2023 to send them their favorite tracks of the year, and Winspear’s Jared Jones wrote about June McDoom’s Judee Sill cover, “Emerald River Dance,” from her new EP With Strings. Jones wrote, “I first heard June McDoom last year and have been eagerly awaiting more new music from her since her […]
Particle Kid Goes To Guitar World
Micah Nelson – Willie Nelson‘s son, who also goes by the moniker Particle Kid – was recently interviewed by Guitar World about recently becoming a member of Neil Young‘s band Crazy Horse. Fans of Young and Nelson will be stoked to read about how Micah has integrated his sound into the legendary band. He also speaks about his own sound, and the artists […]
Bobby Bazini Will Hit Québec Hard This Spring
Bobby Bazini has a spring tour lined up, and he’s also booked some dates in Québec for this fall. The Québecois artist released Pearl last year, earning critical acclaim for a release described by Atwood Magazine as “Cinematic, soulful, and smoldering, Pearl aches with heated passion and raw vulnerability as Bobby Bazini finds clarity and catharsis.” Read more here, […]
June McDoom Shares Another NTS Playlist
June McDoom, whose new With Strings EP is at radio now, has wasted no time getting started in the new year. On January 2, the Brooklyn-based ingénue issued a new installment in her series of NTS guest DJ spots devoted to “trips into vintage soul, alt-pop, R&B, experimental sounds and more.” Hear what June McDoom has been digging right here.
Rose’s Pawn Shop Adds Shows
Rose’s Pawn Shop, whose album Punch-Drunk Life came out last Spring, has added a few more dates to their live itinerary. According to Americana Highways, the band’s new album features “12 exceptional songs with tight well-written stories, hard-fought battles, facing a crossroads, dealing with loss, acquiring resolve, redemption & survival — drenched in the musical clarity that is […]
The Ladies Of… Receive End-Of-Year Plaudits From The Big Takeover
The Big Takeover’s Marcel Feldmar included The Ladies Of…’s album Coming Out Of Our Tenderness on his Top 10 list from 2023. Feldmar writes, “The first time I heard [The Ladies Of… singer] James Hall was during a very hard time in my life. 1989 and I randomly found a cassette copy of Museum. That album pulled me up and out of […]
Rose’s Pawn Shop Schedules Shows
Rose’s Pawn Shop, whose album Punch-Drunk Life came out this past Spring, will continue to support the LP with tour dates into next spring. According to Americana Highways, the record – at radio now – “12 exceptional songs with tight well-written stories, hard-fought battles, facing a crossroads, dealing with loss, acquiring resolve, redemption & survival — drenched in the […]
Grimy Goods Has The Goods On June McDoom’s Dreamy New EP
Grimy Goods writes that “what makes With Strings so unique in the context of June McDoom’s discography thus far is how it seemingly captures her starting to fall in love with music production. In her own words, McDoom said, ‘My first EP, June McDoom, was hugely inspired by the minimal sound of the 60s and 70s folk era. I wanted to […]
Sunny War Lands On Year-End Lists
Sunny War’s breakthrough album Anarchist Gospel was a huge radio hit this year, topping the NACC Folk chart for several weeks and getting close to the top of the NACC Top 200 and NACC R&B charts. It’s no surprise that the record is now popping up on a lot of year-end lists, including the ones made by Louder […]
PRP Includes Fruit Bats On Its Year-End List
The Portland Radio Project says that Fruit Bats‘ new album A River Running To Your Heart is among the best of the year. “The impeccable Fruit Bats inspired and delighted us this year with A River Running to Your Heart… [which is] filled with high points…Fruit Bats – an extraordinary indie band with ten albums behind them – continue to […]
Post Trash Says June McDoom Offers “Something Truly Great”
Post Trash is out with a review of With Strings, June McDoom‘s newly-released four song EP. “It is something in McDoom’s voice and light, airy approach that carries her music here. While some artists use string arrangements to cover up some possible deficiencies, McDoom and her friend Sammy Weissberg, who helped her with the arrangements, use the strings as […]
Offbeat Says The Ladies Of… Hit “The Sweet Spot Between Lovingly-Crafted Throwback and Exuberant Sleaze”
Brett Milano of Offbeat Magazine recently reviewed Coming Out Of Our Tenderness by The Ladies Of…, writing, “I’m digging the heck out of this album, which hits the sweet spot between lovingly-crafted throwback and exuberant sleaze. [The band avoids] staying in one groove for too long. The rap breaks are blended with garage stomps, disco-styled chants, a hyperactive rhythm section and […]
New Music From Torn Boys
1983, the first-ever release from Stockton, California’s Torn Boys, the now legendary band featuring Jeffrey Clark, Kelly Foley, Duncan Atkinson, and a 19 year-old Grant-Lee Phillips, is set to be released in February by Independent Project Records. The comprehensive archival ten-track set of rare, unreleased studio and live tracks documents the short but eventful life of Torn Boys, a group […]
Higher Plain Hails June McDoom For Her “Innate Skill with Sound Design”
Higher Plain Music recently reviewed June McDoom‘s new EP, With Strings, explaining that McDoom set out to “rerecord a couple of tracks rearranged for strings and harp. This was to spark a more stripped-down approach to songwriting but truth be told, McDoom’s innate skill with sound design and love for some ghostly undertones takes this release into the lush […]
Patrick Watson Announces Live Dates And Releases Video
Four years after his sold-out concerts at MTelus in Montréal, Patrick Watson will be back with new tour dates. Concerts with the Orchestre FILMHarmonique, led by Francis Choinière have also been announced for November 2024 in Toronto and Montréal. The latter will be a great opportunity for fans to rediscover Patrick Watson’s songs with singular orchestration. The announcement […]
Flood Mag Recommends June McDoom’s New EP, Which Features “Luscious Accompaniment”
“On June McDoom‘s With Strings,” FLOOD writes, “her follow-up to 2022’s self-titled debut EP, the NYC-based songwriter revisits ‘The City’ and ‘On My Way’ … With Strings reinterprets these songs with the addition of luscious accompaniment from a chamber orchestra, creating decadent and flowery sonic landscapes fit with trilling harp melodies, wrenching violins, and soaring string arrangements crafted by McDoom and […]
Nitai Hershkovits & Rejoicer Share Video From Puzzles Comp
Nitai Hershkovits & Rejoicer have a rad video out for “side sidemi,” their contribution to the new Puzzles Vol. 5 compilation released by Raw Tapes. The video features direction, animation, and painting by Zoë Medcraft as well as production, animation and post-production by Felix Colgrave. Colorful, clever, and cute, the clip stars a clique of ants that go quite far. See […]
Paste Says “Put Shiva Burlesque On Your Shopping List”
Paste Magazine recommends the new reissue of Shiva Burlesque‘s Mercury Blues + Skulduggery that is now available on vinyl from Independent Project Records. “The easy path would be to dismiss this simply as a stepping stone for Grant-Lee Phillips to find his path with Grant Lee Buffalo and his still strong solo career, but the crushed velvet beauty of this music deserves a standalone chapter. […]
June McDoom Shares Thoughts Of Inspiration With The Creative Independent
The Creative Independent recently posted a fascinating interview with June McDoom, whose new EP With Strings is at radio now from Temporary Residence Ltd. In it, McDoom speaks of her urge to share her inspirations with the world while pushing boundaries into the future. She says, “I think about connecting to a listener who is listening to music on their own, and […]
