Twangville Talks To Megan Palmer About Take Good Care
Nashville's Megan Palmer opened up to Twangville in a recent interview promoting her new EP Take Good Care, going so far as to quote a lyric from the very first song she wrote. She also talks about her new batch of songs, which was co-written with her coworkers at Vanderbilt Medical Center as they coped with the […]
Sunny War Explains Simple Syrup To American Songwriter’s Basic Folk Podcast
Sunny War goes track-by-track on her new LP Simple Syrup on the latest episode of American Songwriter’s Basic Folk podcast, which can be found here. According to the podcast, “Talking to Sunny is an absolute trip: she has lived through incredible trauma and addiction, but approaches life with a sharp sense of humor. This is all coming […]
Michael Doherty Says The Contraptionists Are Great
According to Michael Doherty’s Music Log, Working Man’s Dread by The Contraptionists “is a damn good album.” Doherty dives deep into the record, explaining that “these songs are narratives about interesting characters and situations, taking place in a mixture of past and present, and employing elements of folk music, mixing it with pop and rock […]
New Music From Patrick Watson
“So, I have some new music for you… the inspiration for these three pieces came the last time I was walking the streets of Lisbon. It’s my favourite place to wander it just generally feels like the streets are singing this wonderful melancholic sound for your walk, that pulls you into small winding roads, that […]
WMOT Profiles Megan Palmer’s Take Good Care
WMOT has a Liner Notes feature on Megan Palmer's new Take Good Care EP. As the site notes, Palmer is one of the "East Nashville music community’s in demand musicians, known for violin, guitar, keys and vocals," and Take Good Care – which Palmer co-wrote with her fellow nurses in reaction to the pandemic – features […]
The Calgary Herald Praises Schwey’s Diverse Sound
The Calgary Herald recommends Schwey's new record, Schwey 2: Cyber Soul. "Fans with a taste for space funk with a moon boot placed firmly in classic late ’70s/early ’80s R&B will be nodding along to the offbeat grooves," the site writes, praising the group's collage-like aesthetic while saying Schwey "knows how to keep it in […]
L.A. Witch Announces Las Vegas Show and Teases More
L.A. Witch is back. The fearsome threesome is returning to live performance for the first time in 2021 with a show over Fourth of July weekend in Las Vegas. According to their Instagram, more dates are coming! See the announcement here. The band’s 2020 LP Play With Fire is a stunner that builds upon the dirty, […]
New Music From Gregory Ackerman
“I used to feel like I was the only one that should have a say in my process,” says Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Gregory Ackerman of his music. “I’ve since discovered that both life and music get better the more people you share them with.” As such, Ackerman asked Pierre de Reeder of Rilo Kiley to […]
Leif Vollebekk Performs On The Late Late Show and Announces World Tour
Leif Vollebekk is thrilled to finally announce new North American and European concert dates. After having to postpone much of his New Ways tour dates due to the global pandemic back in March 2020, Vollebekk can’t wait to get back on the road and reunite with his fans, in the biggest concert venues he’s ever […]
CJLO Interviews Braids
"It’s a shame that Braids didn’t get a chance to perform their new songs in front of in-person audiences," CJLO writes, "because Shadow Offering is definitely their most live-friendly album." The station's website has an in-depth interview with the Montréal-based three piece, whose album Shadow Offering came out in the midst of the pandemic's darkest […]
Pluralone’s Josh Klinghoffer Tells Artist Waves About His Musical Journeys
"I basically spent 20 years touring and hustling around the world," Josh Klinghoffer recently explained to Aritst Waves, and "[COVID] was the first break I’ve had in 20 years. The world slamming on the brakes – allowing me time to breathe and write songs was a gift for me. Sure, there was a ton of […]
Glide Profiles Lanterna
Glide Magazine recently spoke with Henry Frayne, whose Lanterna project just released a new LP called Hidden Drives. “I’m still pretty excited about creating these sounds and working on these songs,” he told the magazine. “I’ve been happy with keeping this project going because I think there is more to say. I always do feel […]
Schwey Tells Next That They Make “Acoustic EDM”
In a recent Q&A session with Next, the members of Schwey said that they consider themselves “acoustic EDM” and have had a hard time shifting gears during the pandemic. “The thing that’s really different about this album,” the band says, in reference to Schwey 2: Cyber Soul, “is that we never performed any of these […]
New Music From Megan Palmer
At six years old, Megan Palmer sat down at a piano with her grandfather to learn “Heart and Soul”. Now, she has built a rich body of work, weaving heartstrings together with her multi-instrumentalist skills. Take Good Care is a soul-stirring, genre-busting document of hope by an artist, a survivor, and a healer, that brings […]
Lanterna Streams Via Brooklyn Vegan
Hidden Drives, the new LP from Lanterna, is now streaming on Brooklyn Vegan. The site notes that it’s “the seventh Lanterna album and first since 2015’s Backyards, which finds Henry Frayne exploring some new sonic territory, while Frayne says, “Hidden Drives features more electric guitar and synthesizer than previous efforts. Most of the songs were written on […]
VENTS Premieres “Working Man’s Dread” By The Contraptionists
VENTS Magazine writes, “With technical skill and creative bravado The Contraptionists combine a working man’s grit with a rambling man’s fervor to create a big, layered sound with just two bodies. The duo make music out of American reflections, the dreams and nightmares seen in a far off motel room’s broken television screen. Stylistically and lyrically […]
Making Ways Talks To Fruit Bats And Annie Beedy About Art and More
Making Ways, a podcast about “the art of music,” recently spoke to Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson and his wife and creative collaborator, photographer Annie Beedy, who “talk all about their work together that pairs his music with her vivid documentary-style photography.” They’re also joined by Daniel Murphy, who serves as the art director for Merge Records. […]
Elmore Gives The Contraptionists A Glowing Review
Elmore Magazine’s Peter Lindblad praises The Contraptionists’ “gnarly, rough-and-tumble folk-rock machinery” in a recent review of the duo’s new Working Man’s Dread, which he awards a rating of 90 (out of 100). “Without much of a break, both busily beat out percussion via their feet, as singer-songwriter Paul Givant plays banjo and guitar, with Stephen […]
Casablanca Sunset Praises Schwey’s “Who Says”
Casablanca Sunset writes, "Blending the mellow movement of elevator jazz and the chatter of a group of homies, Schwey’s freshest single 'Who Says' is delectably dope.[It] grooves its way through simple soundscapes and downtempo ragtime melodies. Cool, calm, and collected, the track is a carefree joint with syncopated tempos that flutter to the flow of freeform […]
Audiofemme Highlights Sunny War
Audiofemme writes that Sunny War‘s “Simple Syrup captivates from the beginning,” as “War’s voice, lyrics and delivery are packed with wisdom and astute observations. The site delves into the new LP, released recently by Hen House Studios with ORG Music. The site also gets some quotes from War herself, who says about the last year’s […]
