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 […]
New Music From Pluralone
For the better part of the past two-plus years, Rock N Roll Hall of Famer Josh Klinghoffer (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dot Hacker, Ataxia, Warpaint, etc.) has been creating. He released his first solo album, To Be One With You, under the Pluralone moniker in late 2019 to plaudits and landed an opening slot on Pearl Jam’s Gigaton world tour. Then the pandemic struck. […]
Broadway World Announces Julia Bhatt’s “Cotton Candy,” which goes for NACC Adds Next Week
“I have to promote all the time on TikTok and Instagram and I have to watch numbers rise and fall and it’s just brutal,” Julia Bhatt tells Broadway World of the effect social media has on her. “Unfortunately, that’s the music industry now so I have to adapt.” Of course, Bhatt has adapted, using the online portals to corral […]
Indie88 Shares Gus Englehorn’s “Exercise Your Demons” Video – See Him at SXSW
“Exercise Your Demons,” the new single from Gus Englehorn, is, according to Indie88 FM, “a playful tune with driving percussion and perfectly unpredictable vocal lines. Directed by Estee Preda, the accompanying video sees Gus Englehorn preaching for people to exercise their demons. As the clip progresses, he begins leading the crowd in a flashy, ’80s-inspired exercise video.” […]
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. […]
Flood Shares a Solo Gus Englehorn Performance – See Him At SXSW This Week
Flood Magazine has a new live performance from Gus Englehorn, part of its Neighborhoods Sessions series. The site says, “With his sophomore record, Dungeon Master, scheduled for release next month, Englehorn is leaning into the musical persona he presented back in 2020 with his Secret City Records debut, most recently sharing the relatively amped-up single ‘Exercise Your Demons.’ For his ‘Neighborhoods’ […]
Sunny War’s With the Sun Gets Record Store Day Reissue
It seems like just yesterday that we were promoting With The Sun, Sunny War‘s acclaimed 2018 release. The album was a major success at radio, finding airplay on shows like World Café and yielding a Tiny Desk Concert. Now, the LP is due for a Record Store Day reissue on brown vinyl. Go here to find out where to buy this new, precious […]
