Aipate Interviews Melpo Mene
Aipate has an interview with Melpo Mene, whose new LP Vernalagnia is at radio now. According to the site, it contains “10 important songs. Not only does Vernalagnia signify a rebirth for Melpo Mene as an artist, it also reflects deeply on human experiences… From the powerful vocals to the expressive instrumentation, Melpo Mene did […]
Pluralone Tells Spin How He Feels About Mother Nature
SPIN recently shared the details about Mother Nature, the new EP from Pluralone released on Earth Day. Josh Klinghoffer, the man behind the project, gave the magazine this perfectly sensible explanation of the impetus behind the project: “If someone said, ‘Mother Nature, thoughts?’ there are a few preposterous things that would come to mind, one is […]
Leif Vollebekk Shares New Music Video
Last week, Leif Vollebekk shared a new video directed by Tracy Maurice for the song “Never Be Back,” from his most recent album New Ways. According to Vollebekk,”I wouldn’t have ever written a song like this without all those long drives spent listening to Nebraska or ‘Ghost of Tom Joad.’ You know, with all those […]
Under The Radar Debuts Sunny War Video
Under The Radar writes, “Replete with dextrous acoustic licks, bluesy vocals, and quietly powerful lyricism, ‘Losing Hand’ encapsulates all of what makes Sunny War so instantly affecting. She wears her pain on her sleeve, exorcising it with blues poetics and her trademark fingerpicked stylings.” The site has the premiere of the video, from War’s newest […]
The Fratellis’ New LP Is “Staggeringly Strong,” Writes The Belfast Telegraph
The Belfast Telegraph calls Half Drunk Under A Full Moon, the new one from The Fratellis, “a staggeringly strong and varied set… Back with a head full of ideas, a belting title and an urge to party post-lockdown, The Fratellis are ready to blow away the blues. From the opening semi-nonsensical title track, with its delirious, Neil […]
BCTV Reviews The Flaming Lips
Evan Cardinal of BCTV.org admires the “sentimentality and the production value” of American Head, the most recent LP from The Flaming Lips. “The sixteenth installment from the Flaming Lips is a tightly-knit concept piece where each song transitions into one another seamlessly,” Cardinal writes in his review, which notes that it has a “a dreamier […]
New Music From Pluralone
Josh Klinghoffer has been busy since his 2019 departure from The Red Hot Chili Peppers. After a decade long tenure playing guitar for the seminal Southern California funk rockers, the multifaceted multi-instrumentalist dove headfirst into his new solo project Pluralone. A couple of singles (featuring his former bandmate Flea) were followed by 2019’s LP To Be […]
The Smoking Flowers Play Streaming Show Tonight
The Smoking Flowers are streaming a virtual performance tonight (Thursday, April 22 at 8pm Central Time) from The Five Spot in East Nashville in celebration of Patriocrisy, their new record at radio now. From the band: "Thanks Spotify, StageIt, and The Five Spot for hosting our virtual album release earth day show tomorrow night. You […]
Atwood Talks With Inara George About Dev Marvelous and Sweet Relief
Atwood Magazine spoke to Inara George about the newest edition of her Road Angel Project series, Road Angel Project Presents Dev Marvelous x The Bird and The Bee, in a recent feature alongside the premiere of the track "La La La." According to the site, "Just as interesting as the song itself is how this collaboration came to be. […]
Express and American Songwriter Cover The Fratellis
Express compares The Fratellis to everyone from Roy Orbison to The Eagles to Motown in a new review of Half Drunk Under A Full Moon. Read it here! One of the highlights of the album is "Six Days In June." American Songwriter shared the song's video along with an interview with Jon Fratelli. According to […]
Glide Mag Tells The Story Of Sunny War’s “Hardscrabble Ascendence”
Glide Mag notes that Sunny War has had a "remarkable run" of releases recently, and she's certainly not slowing down anytime soon. The site has a review of her new record Simple Syrup, "another vibrant, seemingly casual group of songs, this time more focused on group interplay with her artistic group of friends and touching […]
New Music From Melpo Mene
In Greek mythology, Melpomene was one of the nine Muses, or goddesses of song. When the Muses were assigned specific artistic and literary spheres, Melpomene was named Muse of Tragedy. Her name was derived from the Greek verb melpomai meaning “to celebrate with dance and song.” The Stockholm-born Melpo Mene (pronounced men-ay) left his native Sweden in 2013 for a move to Los Angeles. Equally […]
Gigwise Is Giddy For The Fratellis
The Fratellis have a new record, Half Drunk Under A Full Moon, and Gigwise is here for it. Of course, they’d be here for any Fratellis disc, as the band has “never made a bad album. Although outsiders will refuse to look past Costello Music’s breakthrough anthem ‘Chelsea Dagger,’ the more committed listener will know that […]
Cover Me Calls Dev Marvelous “Pulsing, Vivid, and Joyful”
Cover Me Songs has highlighted “La La La,” from Dev Marvelous‘ new bird and the bee covers album. “Dev Marvelous explores this melange of cool sounds on ‘La La La,’ a breezy cover of a song from The Bird and the Bee’s 2007 self-titled debut record. Elegant electric piano stabs, tinges of nouveau samba, a […]
Bad Feeling Shares “Two Shimmering Slabs” From Braids
Bad Feeling Mag says “Slayer Moon” and “2020,” the newest releases from Montréal-based trio Braids, are “two shimmering slabs of electro-pop, offering up a welcome mix of dancefloor-ready rhythms with just enough melancholy that seems appropriate for these times.” The site has a link to the band’s recent “WWWorld premiere” of the songs – check […]
Riff Riffs With Jon Fratelli
Riff magazine has an interview with Jon Fratelli, the frontman of Scottish three-piece The Fratellis. The site even reveals his real name — click through, here, to learn what it is! Fratelli tells Riff about the making of the band’s new LP, Half Drunk Under A Full Moon, which felt almost “premeditated” due to how […]
Sunny War Chats With The Digital Fix
In a recent chat interview with Sunny War, whose Simple Syrup is at radio now, the singer/songwriter told The Digital Fix that she hopes to have a catering company one day. Fortunately for all of us, she still has a lot of music to make first! War told the fix about the making of the […]
Under The Radar Praises The “Otherworldly” Track “A Flower Blossomed” By Beams
In advance of Ego Death‘s release last month, Under The Radar premiered Beams‘ single “A Flower Blossomed.” The site praises the song’s harmonies and “driving rock” sound, on which “otherworldly spiraling melodies blossom around the band’s psychedelic textures, as the triumphant lyrics celebrate growth with touching imagery.” Read more about the track, which closes the […]
Mike Viola Joins Adam Schlesinger Tribute Lineup
Mike Viola, whose new album Godmuffin is at radio now, will be appearing as part of a star-filled tribute to Adam Schlesinger on May 5. Schlesinger, the multifaceted songwriter and frontman of Fountains of Wayne, died last year near the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic. Viola – who worked on several projects with Schlesinger and sang […]
New Music From Dev Marvelous
“It is always so incredibly flattering to have someone play or record a cover of a song I wrote, no matter what,” says Inara George of The Bird and The Bee. So, when Louisville-based producer, singer-songwriter, and pianist Devon Moore (aka Dev Marvelous) sent her an album’s worth of reinterpretations of The Bird and The […]
