Pluralone Goes Deep on KROQ
Josh Klinghoffer, aka Pluralone, recently spoke to Nicole Alvarez of legendary Los Angeles station KROQ about all sorts of things including his musical upbringing. “I had a Fisher-Price turntable, which I still have,” he reveals, “and I remember playing this Pink Panther disco album… it was a kids album but it had versions of Pink Floyd’s ‘Another Brick In The Wall,’ and Billy Joel songs.” […]
For The Rabbits Praises The “Claustrophobic Intimacy” of Caitlin Cobb-Vialet’s Music
For The Rabbits has the video for “Ask Me,” one of the standout tracks on Caitlin Cobb-Vialet’s debut LP Endless Void. The site writes that “the video taps into the same sense of almost claustrophobic intimacy, [with] shots of Caitlin at the piano in her own home, accompanied by details of the life she’s made there, the artwork […]
Furious.com Gives Savage Republic’s History
Savage Republic‘s Tragic Figures was recently re-released by Real Gone Music, and we sent it to radio a couple of weeks ago. Interested in learning more about the Savage Republic story? Furious.com has a detailed history of the band, which breaks down their influences and includes quotes from the band. According to Bruce Licher, one of the group’s founders […]
David Hillyard Chats With Cinepunx
In a recent interview with Cinepunx, David Hillyard explains that technology was a big player in the creation of the new David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7 album, Plague Doctor. “it was before vaccination. It was in the middle of it, late spring 2020. We were in different rooms. It was really lucky that the sound guy adjusted to quarantine and […]
New Music From Julia Bhatt
From September 2019 to early March 2020, Julia Bhatt experienced a whirlwind of life-changes: she released her first three singles (“Tall,” “Marco,” and “I’m Cool”), turned 18, and graduated high school. Just as she was really getting started – with the announcement of her first-ever tour, nonetheless – the COVID-19 pandemic brought everything to a standstill. […]
The Vinyl District Applauds The Stylistic Spectrum Covered On Savage Republic’s Classic Debut
According to The Vinyl District, Savage Republic‘s “Tragic Figures has held up spectacularly well… [they] hit the ear like a cross between Keith Levene-era Public Image Ltd and early Sonic Youth at their most strung out and textural, but with a substantial influx of industrial whack-clatter-general abrasion, and on top of that, a whole lot of tribal drumming.” According to the review of […]
Hornpod Hits Up Ska/Reggae Legend Larry McDonald, of David Hillyard & The Rocksteady 7
Percussionist Larry McDonald is a key ingredient of David Hillyard & The Rocksteady 7‘s sound, and the experienced player features prominently on the group’s new set – Plague Doctor, at radio now from Org Music. McDonald recently spoke with Hornpod: A Ska Podcast, to “talk about Larry’s days in pre-ska Jamaica all the way up to his recent work […]
East Bay Express Features Caitlin Cobb-Vialet
About her debut LP Endless Void, Caitlin Cobb-Vialet recently told The East Bay Express that “the songs, and the album title, all represent me owning all my mixed feelings about relationships and my right to process my emotions as I see fit. I was initially writing songs as part of a healing process. I was in a relationship where I […]
The Fire Note Shares Gus Englehorn’s Tale Of “Police Brutality, I Suppose”
The Fire Note has shared Gus Englehorn’s “Run Rabbit Run” video, plucked from his new Secret City release Dungeon Master. “This one is another story I dreamt up about someone who gets arrested on one of those boardwalks on the east coast, like New Jersey’s Wildwoods,” he says. “Down at the police station, the man is […]
The Globe and Mail Details Patrick Watson’s Story
The Globe and Mail has a new feature on Patrick Watson, whose Better In The Shade is at radio now from Secret City. in it, Watson explains how a Justin Bieber TikTok helped make his song “Je te laisserai des mots” an Internet phenomenon. The article also explores Watson’s career, during which “he’s managed to […]
Upstarter Recommends David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7
Upstarter recommends Plague Doctor, the newest release from David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7, for anyone “interested in expanding your Ska/Rocksteady collection.” The site says that “mid-tempo, danceable instrumentals are the bread and butter of this release, which makes for great direct listening as well as more casual ambient listening. If you were to throw this […]
Americana Highways Highlights Caitlin Cobb-Vialet’s Joan of Arc Fixation
Americana Highways writes that “Caitlin Cobb-Vialet’s songs create the powerful feel of desperation that confronts us all too often in life.” The site has the video for “Joan To Catherine,” a standout song on Cobb-Vialet’s new Endless Void LP. “Joan of Arc was one of my quarantine fixations,” she tells the site. “I wrote ‘Joan To Catherine’ from […]
Plainly and Painfully Touts the “Visceral and Vehement” Gus Englehorn
Plainly and Painfully is way into Gus Englehorn’s track “Exercise Your Demons.” The site writes that “the Alaska by-way-of Montreal singer-songwriter has bottled a sample of corrosion and blood in this one, a cocktail forged from the extraction of the heart and its subsequent erosion… The tissue sample of a track is a pleasantly scalding synthesis […]
Bandcamp Lauds Zachary Cale’s Songwriting Chops
Bandcamp writes that “Zachary Cale’s brand of folk rock sits somewhere near the midpoint between Kurt Vile’s breezy, mystical jams and the quietly simmering intensity of Amen Dunes. And therein lies his magic: Cale is a multi-dimensional song-conjurer, capable of crafting songs that saunter and shimmer on the surface, but hold deeper, darker insights that reveal themselves upon […]
Mike Wagner Interviews Low Level Clouds
The Mike Wagner Show has a long, conversational interview with Christopher Coats of Hawaii’s Low Level Clouds. LLC’s self-titled LP is at radio now, and while it is a debut it isn’t the first chapter in Coats’ long musical story. He tells a bit of that story on the show, and also gives details about the writing and recording […]
The Arts Desk Celebrates The Meticulous Details In IPR’s Half String Reissue
The Arts Desk compares Half String to The Smiths, Slowdive, and Chapterhouse in a review of the band’s new Fascination With Heights reissue, at radio now from Independent Project Records.The review – here – pays special attention to the gorgeous and intricate packaging by IPR, writing that “even the most ardent fan could not ask for more!” The digital version of the LP is at radio now […]
New Release From Savage Republic
Welcome to the world’s first (and only) post-punk-industrial-trance-psychedelic-surf album! The fact that it takes so many adjectives to describe Savage Republic‘s Tragic Figures lets you know just how unique of an album it is. Sure, there are echoes of other artists, like krautrock legends Can, post-punkers Public Image Limited (Savage Republic opened for PiL on their 1982 West Coast dates), avant-garde […]
Punk News Says David Hillyard Makes “Solid Ska”
Punk News recommends the newest David Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7 album, which “shows [Hillyard] coming into his own as a band leader. On their latest release, Plague Doctor… the combination of ska, jazz, and what sounds like South American rhythms made this the perfect album to check out as temperatures started rising [this spring]. This sounds poised to […]
Americana UK Shares Caitlin Cobb-Vialet’s “Gorgeously Tuneful” Track “Ask Me”
Americana UK has raved about Caitlin Cobb-Vialet. “The San Francisco songwriter delivers intriguing lyrics,” the site writes, “full of personal details and images, in a gorgeously tuneful but conversational style that feels like she is baring her soul to you, sharing her secrets and herself. It is this exposed vulnerability and intimacy that makes her music so […]
Exclaim! Says You Oughta Know About Gus Englehorn
Exclaim! digs Gus Englehorn‘s “intriguing, off-kilter vocal delivery and melodic sound reminiscent of ’90s indie rock and ’80s post punk. His Dadaist and surrealist subject matter is often mirrored by the eerie visuals courtesy of his partner and drummer Estée Preda.” According to the site, Englehorn’s one of eight emerging Canadian artists you oughta know this month. Get the […]
