New Music From Gus Englehorn
Gus Englehorn’s sophomore album may be the cutest, heaviest, strangest rock’n’ roll record that will be released this year. The Montréal-based singer-songwriter’s Secret City debut is an outsider opus that sparkles with Dadaist spirit – a playful juxtaposition of isolation, alienation, and mildish OCD. Surprising, paranoid, and studded with synths and strings, Dungeon Master is deeper than a cellar […]
Alison Clancy Chats With Allston Pudding
Alison Clancy recently chatted with Allston Pudding, the Boston-based blog, for a podcast wherein she “talks comfort in darkness, communing with ghosts and her spiritual relationship with art and performance.” Listen to it here, or wherever you enjoy podcasts. Clancy recently released Mutant Gifts, an intimate EP recorded live, via Independent Project Records. It’s at radio now.
Sunny War Hits The Road
Sunny War, whose album Simple Syrup is at radio now and who features on Particle Kid’s Time Capsule (also at radio), is going on the road yet again. See this engaging and compelling artist live: 5/7 – Austin, TX – Stateside Theatre 5/14 – Joshua Tree, CA – Joshua Tree Music Festival 5/18 – New York, […]
Julia Bhatt Confides With Melodic Mag
“All my life I’ve fallen in love with other people’s music,” says Julia Bhatt in a far-reaching interview with Melodic Mag. “That’s what I kind of hope happens with my music for somebody… That they can actually feel it. I know that kind of sounds like cheesy, but like, when you get sad you have a song you listen […]
Patrick Watson’s New LP is “Sweet And Passionate,” According To Mystic Sons
According to Mystic Sons, new Patrick Watson LP Better In The Shade is another accomplished addition to the career musician’s oeuvre. “For those that know his work well,” the site writes, “Better In The Shade feels like a proficient progression of his material to date. More of that sweet and passionate aesthetic remains the staple of this new collection, as he […]
New Music From polyheDren
The Residents, Nels Cline (Wilco), Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, Devo), and Iva Bittová are just a few of the artists performing on the first collaborative album, Psychic, from composer and producer Dren McDonald’s polyheDren project. McDonald spent the 90s running Vaccination Records Co. while playing in a few San Francisco Bay Area bands. He eventually wound up writing music for […]
Astr0mag Interviews Julia Bhatt
About Julia Bhatt, Astr0mag writes, “Raised on a stimulating and expansive musical diet, Bhatt creates fun, breezy indie-pop music reflecting on her life in Miami and her on-going struggles with depression.” The site has an interview with the young musicmaker, who has two singles at radio right now. Check it out here!
Particle Kid Unveils “Mycorrhiphone” Video Via Amplify
Particle Kid has released another video from the sprawling just-released Time Capsule LP. About “Mycorrhiphone,” Micah Nelson ways, “I think this song is about… having consciousness? Being a … person? Whatever place it’s coming from, it makes me feel super good when I hear it! It’s also fun to play. Uplifting. I think it would be a good […]
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 […]
Particle Kid Talks To The Thirteenth Floor and Song Facts About Time Capsule
Digging Particle Kid? Check out an interview the musician did with New Zealand-based blog The Thirteenth Floor about Time Capsule, his just-released 2xLP opus featuring a grip of rad guests including Margo Price, Sean Ono Lennon, J Mascis, Sunny War, and Willie Nelson. Check it out here. Want to get even more in-depth? Song Facts has a track-by-track breakdown with creator Micah Nelson. Enjoy that here, and […]
The Vinyl District Gives Zachary Cale A Great Review
The Vinyl District recently published a glowing review of Skywriting, the new offering from veteran musician Zachary Cale. Years of musical experience “[haven’t]hardened the man or adversely affected his music, which is bold on his latest with the help of astute full-band backing, and yet supple in accord with the artist’s emotionally invested yet unruffled approach. The […]
Combo Chimbita Goes West
Combo Chimbita, fresh off the release of the stunning LP IRÉ and a tour in support of labelmate Lido Pimienta, have announced new tour dates on the US West Coast (as well as one a little later in Chicago). For more coverage of IRÉ, visit our page here. If your station hasn’t supported it yet, get […]
NPR’s Bob Boilen Calls Patrick Watson “An Outstanding Storyteller”
NPR Music writes that “Patrick Watson is an outstanding storyteller and on his new song, ‘Height of the Feeling,’ he’s joined by singer Ariel Engle (also known as La Force) and a mix of modular synthesizers to flesh out his sound.” The song was featured on a new mix by Bob Boilen, alongside the surprise new track from Pink Floyd. Listen now […]
Record Crates United Says Zachary Cale Is A “National Treasure”
“We’ve already seen great things from Zachary Cale,” writes Record Crates United, “but based on the strength of the songwriting on this most recent outing, it’s only a matter of time before he is acknowledged as the national treasure that he truly is.” The site has a review of Skywriting, which is out now via ORG and going for radio […]
New Music From Particle Kid
On the sprawling epic Time Capsule, 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 […]
Brooklyn Vegan Premieres Zachary Cale’s “Page By Page” Clip
Brooklyn Vegan contends that Zachary Cale‘s new LP Skywriting is “one of his most fleshed-out, robust sounding albums to date, inspired by time on the road and packed with memorable songs and sparkling arrangements.” The site has the premiere of Cale’s video for “Page By Page,” which Cale says “could be seen as a metaphor for living the art […]
Declunk Chats With The “Self-depreciating” Julia Bhatt
Declunk has an interview with Julia Bhatt, whose uplifting single “Cotton Candy” is at radio now. According to the site, she “is somewhat self – deprecating regarding her talents” and says “I’m not sure if I ‘know’ I have talent. I often find myself relying on other people and their words of encouragement to lead me. I am […]
Folk Radio UK Says Patrick Watson “Never Ceases To Amaze”
Folk Radio UK likes the new LP from Patrick Watson, Better In the Shade, that is going for NACC Chart adds next week. “Patrick Watson never ceases to amaze,” the site writes, “and his new album, Better in the Shade, surprises again and again. His slightly dishevelled look seems at odds with music that tends to be much more […]
Rockeros VIP Shares Yael Meyer
Rockeros VIP says Yael Meyer‘s new EP Huracán “is a deep, dark and light journey, going through the emotions that connect us all and make us human.” The site notes Meyer’s career as a songwriter whose music has been featured in hit Netflix shows, and it also highlights how the new EP – which “represents a stage of total […]
New Music From Patrick Watson
Patrick Watson composes, performs and records his albums with his long-time bandmate and collaborator Mishka Stein. The recipients of Canada’s Polaris Music Prize, in addition to multiple JUNO and Polaris nominations, Watson and his band have toured on all continents, on occasion playing with full orchestras to bring their rich music to life. Their most recent tour saw the band […]
