Me and My Friends Shows Some Love For Pluralone
Red Hot Chili Peppers newsletter Me and My Friends has a lovely review of This Is The Show, the new LP from former RHCP member Josh Klinghoffer. “We grow more comfortable as artists, and sometimes that leads to stagnancy, but Josh only seems to be growing more confident in his comfort,” the long review concludes. “He seems to be hiding […]
NYS Music Shares Leif Vollebekk Show Highlights
NYS Music has pictures and words from Leif Vollebekk‘s set at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY last week. According to the review, “From the start he was one thing: connected. Leif was connected to his music, through his body, to his instruments, and to the sounds he and his band make. During each song of his set Leif […]
New Music From Yael Meyer
Yael Meyer has been a staple of the Latin American and US indie pop scene for more than a decade. “Known to belt out music and combine electronica, pop and folk sounds in unprecedented ways,” according to Thread MB, her music has been described by Entertainment Weekly as a “bouncy, ebullient electropop that should appeal to the considerable number of […]
Via Vox, Pluralone Takes To IG Live
Pluralone’s Josh Klinghoffer will be doing an Instagram Live session tomorrow (Thursday, April 7) to promote new LP This Is The Show. Tune into the VOX Amplification IG Live feed at 4 PM EDT (1 PM PDT). It’s right here. VOX writes, “Dynamic multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, & producer Josh Klinghoffer has released his third studio album under the moniker Pluralone… […]
Buzzbands Tells Particle Kid Fans To “Open Wide”
Buzzbands.la has advice for those anticipating Particle Kid‘s upcoming Time Capsule LP. “Open wide,” the site advises, “because it’s massive, not just in its 26 tracks and 100-plus-minutes runtime but stylistically… Try to imagine the 2042 world. Then watch the new videos for ‘All One Day (Shadow of the Sun),’ which features Jim James and Willie Nelson, and the album closer ‘Amerikan […]
Classic Rock History Says Pluralone Is “A Wonder To Behold”
Classic Rock History is all in on Pluralone, going super deep in a massive review of This Is The Show that concludes that the new LP’s “illumination of many uncomfortable but ever-present facets of the human experience – belief systems about to fall in on themselves, radically opposing perceptions of the world shoehorned into misshapen and undersized confines within […]
Julia Bhatt’s New Single, According to Lock Mag, Is “Peaceful” with “Unique Vocals”
Lock Mag says “Cotton Candy” by Julia Bhatt is a “peaceful new track… A guitar-led single that showcases Julia’s unique vocals, it’s a delightfully lightweight track from the 20 year old. We’re keeping Julia on our radars for sure.” The site notes that “her debut album it is what it is will be released independently this July.” We’re looking forward […]
Cleveland Scene Shares Combo Chimbita Pix
Combo Chimbita and Lido Pimienta are currently on tour, and Cleveland Scene has an awesome photo set provided by photographer Emanuel Wallace from the show they played last week at Mahall’s 20 Lanes in Lakewood, OH. The New York-based quartet is known for passionate, fiery live performances – captured with aplomb on new LP IRÉ, at radio now from ANTI- Records – […]
New Music From Patrick Watson
Montréal-based musician Patrick Watson, the recipient of Canada’s Polaris Music Prize, in addition to multiple Juno and Polaris nominations, returns in 2022 with a new album called Better In The Shade. According to the artist, “This album is about negotiating a world where you don’t know what’s real anymore. I really spent a lot of time reading to improve my […]
Dublab Interviews IPR’s Bruce Licher
Last week, Dublab aired an interview with Bruce Licher, the man behind Independent Project Records. As Dublab explains, “For more than forty years, he has crafted creative sounds as guitarist with Savage Republic, Scenic, and other bands and projects. Licher continues to create his singular music, devising unusual tunings and harmonics without parallel in the mainstream or underground. His letterpress […]
Live For Live Music Shares Particle Kid’s New Tracks With Willie Nelson
Live For Live Music has news about Particle Kid‘s two new singles featuring his father, Willie Nelson. The site writes that one of the songs, “Amerikan Lyfe,” showcases “the traditional roots deeply embedded in Micah’s writing by way of his father. No matter how far-out or underground he gets, he is still a Nelson. On ‘Amerikan Lyfe,’ Micah […]
Bandcamp Daily Calls Half String “Essential”
Bandcamp Daily recommends A Fascination With Heights by Half String, saying it’s an “essential release” and writing that “songs like ‘Momentum’ employ a glorious tangle of gossamer guitars and a swaying cadence to create dreamy, college-rock lullabies, all of them grounded in understated vocal melodies. It’s also worth springing for the vinyl, which not only comes with a detailed […]
Buzzbands Highlights Pluralone
Buzzbands has a review of Pluralone’s new LP This Is The Show, which is at radio now and going for NACC debuts this week. According to the site, “Josh Klinghoffer’s head-voice whine has more in common with Billy Corgan than any of the Smashing Pumpkins’ singer’s contemporaries that Klinghoffer’s moonlighted with through the years, but on songs like […]
Combo Chimbita, On Tour Now With Lido Pimienta, Tells FLOOD About IRÉ
FLOOD has a track-by-track rundown of Combo Chimbita‘s IRÉ featuring insights from the band. Released in January the record has been taking the radio world by storm. As FLOOD says, it “channels two years of pent-up energy into playful Afro-Caribbean rhythms and psych-cumbia textures with the resulting record proving to be considerably more fun than most others of its […]
New Music From Particle Kid Featuring Willie Nelson, Jim James, & More
On his latest project, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Particle Kid (J. Micah Nelson) pulls listeners down the rabbit hole to experience the music he’s been making over the past five years. Described by Rolling Stone as a “trippy troubadour” and a “musical polymath who combines an indie DIY aesthetic with a questing hippie spirit and a relentless work ethic,“ […]
Ghettoblaster Covers Julia Bhatt’s New Single Release
Ghettoblaster has coverage of Julia Bhatt‘s new single “Cotton Candy,” which is at radio now and presages her upcoming debut LP it is what it is. According to Bhatt, “I like so many different genres of music and try to incorporate them into different songs, so I don’t really know what to call myself.” Enjoy “Cotton Candy” here now, and add […]
The Young Folks Review Pluralone’s “Excellent” New LP
According to The Young Folks, Pluralone‘s “excellent” new LP This Is The Show (at radio now) “is difficult to classify but is superb, rife with misty flowing hues, beguiling rhythms, and the allure of exceptional composition.” The site gave the album an 8 out of 10 – read the full review here! Thanks to all of the stations that included […]
Columbus Alive Previews Combo Chimbita’s Show As They Prepare To Hit The Road With Lido Pimienta
Columbus, Ohio’s Ace of Cups is hosting Combo Chimbita this Friday, March 25, and Columbus Alive has a preview of the show. In the feature, singer Carolina Oliveros speaks about the band’s new LP IRÉ: “Each album we’ve made helps me grow… the songs we make definitely play a key part in our healing, whether that’s from a place […]
Gus Englehorn Announces Canadian Tour Dates
Gus Englehorn, fresh off a US tour that included a stint at SXSW, is headed out on a multi-province stand that will take him across Canada in April and May. Englehorn’s upcoming album, Dungeon Master, will be released on April 29 via Secret City Records. In Canada? See Gus! 4/7 – Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre 4/8 – Saskatoon, […]
Niche Music, Out Out, and If It Be Your Will Highlight Particle Kid
Particle Kid‘s “Along The Timey Road” is getting some attention, including from Niche Music – here – and Japanese site Out Out, here. If It Be Your Will has a quote from Micah Nelson about the idea behind the song – “the idea is essentially a letter/transmission from the future-self to the present-self, in hopes the message to stay humble will be received […]
