Gus Englehorn Answers A Question For Scene Point Blank
Gus Englehorn is currently in Europe supporting Dungeon Master, which is at radio now from Secret City and is totally Canadian Content if that’s the kind of thing that gets your station’s heart aflutter. He also did a one-question interview recently for Scene Point Blank, saying, “I got the name for the album from this guy who came up to […]
Patrick Watson Tours US
Patrick Watson is currently touring in the United States. The Canadian singer-songwriter is at radio with Better In The Shade, out now via Secret City. Exclaim notes that, via its use of electronics, the album “provides a welcomed counterpoint to the rest of his discography.” See the video for “Height Of The Feeling” here. See Watson live: 10/14 – Seattle, WA […]
Enigma Online Screens Jason Bajada’s “Walt Disney”
Enigma Online has the video for “Walt Disney,” one of the highlights of Jason Bajada‘s new album Crushed Grapes. The site says, “Featuring some of what has established him as an artist who can be frank and straightforward in an almost soothing way, ‘Walt Disney’ begins with Bajada’s attempt at freeing himself from a past toxic relationship. Through […]
Creature Canyon Plays San Diego’s Soda Bar
Creature Canyon just completed an epic US tour, and now it’s time for the road-calibrated San Diego band to celebrate the release of their new album Remarks in front of a local audience. They play Soda Bar this Friday, October 14. Get tickets here. Remarks is at radio now. Get Creature Canyon – called “fresh” by Paste and “musical adrenaline” by Buzzbands.la – on […]
Glasse Factory Applauds Julia Bhatt’s Dancing Keyboard and Jumping Lyrics
According to Glasse Factory, Julia Bhatt’s “style is immediately shown right at the beginning of ‘Fighting Type.’ Introduced with a dancing keyboard, the lyrics jump in and express their wonderings, asking if everything is a game, and if this game sets itself up for you to fail or succeed. It speaks on the fragility of being […]
iogi and Rejoicer Release New Video
iogi and Rejoicer have released an additional music video from their debut collaborative EP Too Much Too Soon. The clip for “Speeding Slower” – like the ones produced for “Not A Remedy” and “A Thing Like You” – was animated by Dana Roth and features fluid art that flows into itself. Enjoy it here. Too Much Too Soon, on Raw Tapes, is […]
Close Up Interviews Creature Canyon
Close Up Culture has an interview with Creature Canyon, who are excited about the future. “Expect a lot more CC music in the near future,” the band says, “as we’re going to be around for a while and we aren’t slowing down anytime soon. I’d say within a five-year span one of our top goals is to be […]
Alchemical Records Highlights Julia Bhatt’s “Playful Cynicism”
Alchemical Records has featured “On My Shoulder,” from Julia Bhatt‘s debut LP it is what it is. Writes the site, “As the opening track, it bounces and flounces with a playful energy despite the more depressing lyrical content. This is the kind of song that will subvert expectations in every line… The nearly paradoxical sense of playful cynicism makes […]
Sunny War Chats With VIE Mag
In a recent interview with VIE Magazine, Sunny War says, “I’m not sure if I fully know how to translate my ideas or experiences into songs yet, but I do write a lot. I don’t have any rituals, but I try to keep writing as an exercise. I don’t always write lyrics with the intent to share them, and I think […]
New Music From Jason Bajada
Jason Bajada is an artist who can be frank and straightforward in a soothing way, and his new nine-track album offers a contemplative appreciation of the places where life takes us. A California sun and Brooklyn road trips fill the Montréal-based singer-songwriter’s evocative lyrics on Crushed Grapes, written in New York, Montréal, the Magdalen Islands, and Los Angeles […]
iogi and Rejoicer Share the Video For “Not A Remedy”
See the video for “Not A Remedy,” from iogi and Rejoicer, here. The video, animated by Dana Roth, features some cool morphing effects, and the track comes from the duo’s new collaborative EP Too Much Too Soon. Recorded at Stones Throw in Los Angeles, the record is at radio now from Raw Tapes.
StreamStand Interviews June McDoom
“Growing up in South Florida and raised by a large Jamaican family,” StreamStand writes, June McDoom “unexpectedly found a love for folk music in her teens and started writing and singing songs out of that inspiration.” The Youtube channel has a long interview feature with McDoom, which also includes a few live performances. Check it out here; McDoom’s debut single […]
Mxdwn Applauds Creature Canyon’s Live Act
Mxdwn has a review of a recent performance by Creature Canyon, who continue their US tour tonight with a date in Philadelphia. According to the site, “Musically, the secret weapon of the band is the mixture of unique guitar and keyboard/organ tones, the steadiness of the bass and drums, and a strong lead vocalist. All these combine […]
The Nuance Praises Julia Bhatt’s “Strong Voice”
About it is what it is, The Nuance Magazine writes, “While every song on the album displays Julia Bhatt’s ability to play to a stylistic range, “Karma” and “Confetti” particularly subvert genre lines and create a truly authentic sound. Fans of Remi Wolf, Bea Miller, and any other artist with a strong voice and the potential to redefine music for […]
Flood Shares June McDoom’s “The City”
According to Flood, June McDoom‘s single “The City” is “a soft mediation on personal change and familial history, and how the two play into each other. The hazy, minimal, and lightly psychedelic instrumentation pairs well with McDoom’s nearly whispered vocals—distancing herself here from her experience as a trained jazz singer—as the five-minute track progresses.” Read more, and […]
Meet Creature Canyon on Wolf In A Suit
Wolf In A Suit has a feature on Creature Canyon, whose LP Remarks is at radio now. The site says the band has “a sound that is intoxicating and inviting. The talented 5-piece understand the musical needs of the modern-day rocker and offer an adventure with each and every track they put forth. They are one of those special […]
New Music From iogi & Rejoicer
Too Much Too Soon, the new EP from iogi and Rejoicer, is a burst of creativity caught on tape — a five-day session at Stones Throw Studios in Los Angeles that blossomed into a five-song EP fusing the styles of both Tel Aviv musicians into a colorful kaleidoscope of beats and grooves. Too Much Too Soon was born in 2019 when […]
Northern Transmissions Transmits Patrick Watson’s New Clip
Patrick Watson has a new video, for Better In The Shade track “Height Of The Feeling,” and Northern Transmissions has it. The site quotes director Arizona O’Neill, who says, ”after two years of feeling isolated during the pandemic…we wanted to make a video that reflected how jarring it is to return to social activities. In the black and white […]
Pluralone Plays For Lightning 100
Pluralone, currently at radio with This Is the Show and on tour opening for Pearl Jam, recently stopped by Nashville’s Lightning 100 for a stripped-down performance of a couple of highlights from the record: the title track and “Offend.” Check those performances out right here Pluralone has one more date – not a plural one, a single one – on his Pearl […]
Post Trash Digs June McDoom
Post Trash digs June McDoom, writing that “the music McDoom writes is uniquely her own [and] weaves together disparate ideas into fully realized singer/songwriter space. There’s plenty going on within her world, but at the core is her incredible voice, powerful yet gentle, utterly beautiful and seeping with heart and depth… She’s not afraid to experiment with […]
