Obscure Sound Raves About Always You And Shares “Have It Your Way” Video
Obscure Sound likes Always You and writes that “fans of sophisti-pop in the vein of Prefab Sprout and Aztec Camera will easily fall for the project’s sound, evidenced by the immediate ‘Have It Your Way.’ Suave vocals and jangly guitar flickers engage initially, driving to a replay-inducing hook — ‘and your temper said I don’t need […]
Eric D. Johnson Chats With Monster Children
Monster Children spoke with Eric D. Johnson before his performances earlier this summer at the Newport Folk Festival. Johnson participated in the festival both as Fruit Bats – his longtime project, which is at radio currently with The Pet Parade – as well as in Bonny Light Horseman. According to Johnson, things are going pretty […]
Upset Praises L.A. Witch’s “Inviting” Sophomore Release
According to Upset, “On L.A Witch‘s second album Play With Fire, the band provide the soundtrack to enchanting barren deserts, painting images of misadventures in the sweltering heat of their namesake capital. As with all great second albums, the band’s sonic soundscape has grown further, this time a confident step from the jangly desert rock […]
Phil Elverum Shares His Elliott Smith Stories
Phil Elverum was recently a guest on My Favourite Elliott Smith Song, an awesome podcast about DIY home repair tips. Just kidding – it’s an awesome podcast about artists’ favorite Elliott Smith songs! Elverum, who has released music under the names Mount Eerie and The Microphones (among others), picked “I Didn’t Understand” from XO. Apparently, […]
Yes Weekly Compares Jeffrey Dean Foster To Multiple Musical Icons
Yes Weekly had a lot of good things to say about Jeffrey Dean Foster in a recent article hyping an August performance in Winston-Salem. "I’m Starting to Bleed was mastered by Dave McNair, another recurrent figure in Foster’s fold, who’s worked with the likes of David Bowie, Bob Dylan, and Patti Smith," the article notes. "Influences […]
We All Want Someone To Shout For Praises Always You’s Summer Energy
“Today we focus our ears on Always You‘s ‘Have It Your Way,’” writes We All Want Someone To Shout For. “The song brandishes some big time West Coast summer energy, with some love-longing themes and a retro feel that feels plenty appropriate. The track dips into the well of 80s classics and does so while […]
PopMatters Picks Left Vessel
Back in June, PopMatters picked “This Year Be” by Left Vessel as one of the best new songs of the week. “Natural sounds of the woods are carefully layered within the gentle guitar fingerpicking,” the site wrote, describing its “dreamy vocals and harmonies, and swells of strings. The song builds slowly, gently unfolding as it […]
Under The Radar Recommends Jeffrey Dean Foster
Under The Radar recently published a favorable assessment of the new Jeffrey Dean Foster EP, I’m Starting To Bleed. According to the site, “The EP’s uplifting, cinematic title track… and the resonant, acoustic ‘When Was the Last Time,’ elicit Snow Patrol, Band of Horses, and One Eskimo alterna-rock, while ‘Tell Somebody’ (with its ‘Pinball Wizard’ […]
Records I Like Shares The “Delightful” Video For Always You’s “Black City Nights”
Records I Like reports a fondness for Always You, whose new album Bloom Off The Rose is currently at radio. “The track (‘Black City Nights,’ from the new LP) sticks with the 1970s/early 1980s vibes that adorned Hold Out and has a beat reminiscent of some of Blondie’s disco excursions whilst the deadpan vocals tell […]
Chaos Control Interviews Lanterna
Henry Frayne, the guitarist behind Lanterna, told Chaos Control that on his new LP Hidden Drives, “I was definitely reaching back to some songs that have been in my notebooks and on cassette tapes for a long time. And by the seventh album, I guess it was about time to sort of grab some of those […]
New Music From Sol y Canto
Sol y Canto’s mission is to create music and performances that move, delight, excite, and connect – connect the audience to the richness of Latin American culture; connect individuals, Hispanic and non-Hispanic, to each other through shared experience of music, poetry, humor and a joyful, playful vibe; and connect us all to our hopes and […]
The Winston-Salem Journal Highlights Jeffrey Dean Foster’s Work To Benefit The Shalom Project
I’m Starting To Bleed, the new EP from Jeffrey Dean Foster, is a fundraiser for the Shalom Project, based in Winston-Salem, NC. Foster is the program manager for the non-profit organization, which also offers medical care, a free clothing closet and food pantry, and a mentorship program to help people rise from poverty. “Everybody has a […]
AllMusic Profiles Bloom Off The Rose By Always You
On Bloom Off The Rose, AllMusic writes, Always You provides an “updated, dreamy take on 1980s U.K. new wave/sophisti-pop — think Prefab Sprout, China Crisis, the Dream Academy… [with its] ringing synths, extended chords, and melodic guitar lines.” Overall, “despite the album’s very consistent palette, it’s remarkably varied.” Read the review here; get the record […]
Shoutout LA Interviews Sunny War About Taking Risks
According to Sunny War, “nothing great ever happens to people unwilling to take risks.” The up-and-coming songwriter recently told Shoutout LA about being 21 and working as a mall janitor. According to War, “I was very depressed because I had no time to pursue music and thought I’d work at the mall forever. The big […]
KVNF Loves Schwey
KVNF’s Candy Pennetta writes that Schwey’s new record, Schwey 2: Cyber Soul, is perfect for those “looking for that summer breeze with a hint of laid back funk, a lot of soulful and thoughtful lyrics and a true appreciation of the power of nature and music.” She continues, “The band from Vancouver will have you […]
Parties With Townies Looks At The Career of Left Vessel’s Nick Byron Campbell
Last year, Parties With Townies did an interesting run down of Nick Byron Campbell‘s musical career, sharing thoughts about songs Campbell wrote as early as 2001. Among them is “Please Don’t Stop,” which the site describes as “a sad and hopeful and brilliant and beautiful song about breaking up.” It appears on Campbell’s first album as […]
Real Tasty Music Goes Deep With Always You
Bloom Off The Rose, the new album from Always You (fka Ablebody) is “a captivating synth-pop and soft-rock journey through heartbreak and longing.” These are the words of Real Tasty Music, which has a nice interview with brothers behind the band that tracks them back to their days performing “trumpet duets of our favourite TV show themes […]
All Songs Considered Features Lanterna
Bob Boilen of All Songs Considered has included Lanterna in a recent mix that also features AmApAc alum Steady Holiday along with other rad musicians. Of “Aix,” from Lanterna’s new LP Hidden Drives, Boilen writes, “{it’s] a calming moment from an artist I used to play while directing All Things Considered back in the ’90s. […]
New Music From Jeffrey Dean Foster
Jeffrey Dean Foster has slogged it out in the trenches with The Right Profile, The Carneys, and The Pinetops; been courted by Clive Davis; scored an entire Angus MacLachlan film; racked up accolades from all the right magazines; and shared a label with Whitney Houston. Now, with not much more than a pile of home […]
Schwey Plays “NPC Luv” For YouTube Audience
Schwey has a rad living room performance of "NPC Luv" on their YouTube page. The track appears on the group's new LP, Schwey 2: Cyber Soul, which was released earlier this year on 604 Records and is currently aiming for radio spins. See the live, one take version right here.
