New Music From Lanterna
Hidden Drives is Henry Frayne‘s latest offering as Lanterna, a mostly instrumental side project begun some thirty years ago by the guitarist and member of multiple Champaign, Illinois groups including Lodestone Destiny, The Syndicate, ¡Ack-Ack!, Area, and The Moon Seven Times. In May of 1991 in an Urbana, Illinois living room studio Frayne met with […]
Schwey’s “Very Groovy” Track “Who Says” Makes Its Way To Death Or Desire
Schwey's new album, Schwey 2: Cyber Soul, is at radio now, and the album's "Who Says" is getting a positive reaction online. One site that digs the song is Death Or Desire, which calls it "a very groovy track that will certainly grasp your ears. Starting the track with an upbeat sound leading onto their […]
Grateful Web Enjoys The Contraptionists
Grateful Web has a review of Working Man's Dread, the new LP from The Contraptionists. The site writes that "these songs tell a story and paint a picture even if there’s a little bit of coloring outside of the lines. You know, that two-man, one-man band, thing… The songwriting on Working Man’s Dread is personal and […]
Loud and Quiet Says The Wide, Wide River Is A Testament To Music’s Connective Power
Loud and Quiet writes that The Wide, Wide River, from James Yorkston and the Second Hand Orchestra, is “a testament to the connective power of music – people who otherwise would be nations away bonding over a love of creation… It works on songs that are ominous (like album highlight ‘A Very Old-Fashioned Blues’ with its […]
Dive Index Shares New Video Via Spill
Will Thomas of Dive Index recently told Spill Magazine about the making of his video for the newly-remixed “Wish I Had a Pulse” with Natalie Walker. It “features a collection of spring blooms that sprung up over the past couple months around the studio in Ojai – pin cushion protea, grevillea, iris, eucalyptus, aloe and […]
QRO Says The Fratellis Are “So Enjoyable”
QRO Mag writes that Half Drunk Under A Full Moon, from The Fratellis, is “so enjoyable.” According to the site, “Years removed from their British buzz breakthrough, The Fratellis are still putting out records, and haven’t lost their smile… Like America’s acclaim for the Midwestern nice Ted Lasso, we’re all looking for the big love these […]
Sunny War Plots New England Tour
Sunny War has kept busy during the pandemic. In addition to playing plenty of shows that were live streamed over the Internet, she recorded and released lots of music including her newest LP Simple Syrup. Now, she’ll finally be able to perform her new songs for live audiences on tour. Here are the dates, starting in […]
The Late Late Show Archives Leif Vollebekk’s Performance
Last week, Montréal’s Leif Vollebekk made his first appearance on television in the United States, on CBS’ The Late Late Show with James Corden. Vollebekk performed “Long Blue Light,” his most recent single, which he originally recorded during the sessions of his 2019 album New Ways. Enjoy his performance from the Late Late Show here […]
New Music From Schwey
With roots in the youth DIY scene of East Vancouver, British Columbia, Schwey is known for playing engaging, energetic live shows that couple tight pop arrangements with serendipitous dance jams. In its formative years, underground DIY venues were the only option for underage people to have a good time; thus, the band crafted its soulful […]
Melpo Mene’s “It’s Electrical” Is An Indie Pop Sensation, Writes Last Day Deaf
“It’s Electrical,” according to Last Day Deaf, is “an indie pop sensation with lush vocals and transcendent strings, which explores the artist’s thoughts on therapy and suicide prevention.” The song comes from Melpo Mene‘s new LP Vernalagnia, which is currently available from Hyperextension and at radio now. Check out the track, along with others on […]
Samantha Sidley Sings For CISLA
Samantha Sidley recently appeared at a virtual gala for Communities in Schools Los Angeles. The organization is a branch of the national Communities in Schools and aims to ensure that every public school student in Los Angeles has the resources needed to reach their full potential. For her part, Sidley performed a stripped-down rendition of […]
Americana UK Likes The View From Fruit Bats’ “Balcony”
Americana UK says Fruit Bats’ “The Balcony,” from new LP The Pet Parade, “is a song about patience in isolation, waiting for the world to change while staring out at an empty street.” The site has the video for the song, which was made by the band’s Eric D. Johnson and his wife Annie, who […]
Leif Vollebekk Is Set To Play CBS’ The Late Late Show
Montréal’s Leif Vollebekk is set to perform tonight (Wednesday, May 26) on CBS’ The Late Late Show. As News-in-24 notes, “This is the first television performance in the United States for Vollebekk, who will perform his most recent single, ‘Long Blue Light,’ released last November. Host James Corden himself invited Leif on his mission. The […]
New Music From The Contraptionists
Paul Givant and Stephen Andrews are The Contraptionists: a two-man, one-man band, a sonic high-wire act driven by percussive precision, soaring, jangling, thumping instrumentation, and bold melodies fused with harmonies. An industrial folk-grunge experiment conceived and crafted in the booming halls of their loft on the edge-of-downtown-Los Angeles in a former factory, they bring fire, […]
Decoded Premieres Refolded From Dive Index
Decoded Magazine last week premiered Refolded, the new remix album from Dive Index. Check it out here! As the site notes, the set looks at songs from last year’s Waving At Airplanes, featuring Natalie Walker and Merz, in a new light. It’s an “intimate seven-track dialogue, exploring themes pertinent to the human condition, missing connections, […]
The Black Opry Praises Sunny War’s “Perfect Mix” Of Sonic Style and Justice Advocacy
According to Black Opry, “Sunny War is the perfect mix of folk, punk, and social justice. She uses both her music and her free time to uplift communities and sets a shining example for what it means to be an artist that makes a difference.” Read the site’s full feature here! War’s new album Simple […]
Melpo Mene Shares “It’s Electrical” Video
Melpo Mene has been getting tons of positive attention for his new single "It's Electrical," which closes out the just-released LP Vernalagnia. York Calling says the song is "dreamy," and Buzzbands contends that it "succeeds on simple grace and beauty." Now, the artist has released a new video for the song. Check it out here, […]
The Daily Record Shares Fan Reactions To The Fratellis’ Remix
The Daily Record has a roundup of fan reactions to the new Rudimental remix of “Need A Little Love” by The Fratellis. According to one fan quoted in the piece, it’s a “great remix of a superb track from a stunning album by a top bunch of guys.” Someone else says “It just gets better […]
New Music From Dive Index
Refolded: Waving At Airplanes Remixes is the sixth full-length album from electronic composer/producer Will Thomas’ collaborative Dive Index project. The original Waving At Airplanes appeared in spring of 2020, at the height of the early pandemic turmoil. Exposé Online described it as “stellar, full of imaginative touches and interesting echoes,” while Electronic Sound compared it to […]
Wayne Coyne Shares His Warmth With WXPN
According to Raina Douris of World Cafe on WXPN, "The most memorable live show I've seen was by The Flaming Lips. It was in June 2012… The week before, there was a shooting in one of Toronto's popular malls… The city was shaken. Despite this, thousands of people still gathered to watch The Flaming Lips […]
