Louder Classic Rock Shares L.A. Witch’s New Vid
Louder Classic Rock says “let us pump rock medicine into your official listening orifices,” which is kind of gross and not really an image they ought to have conjured. Nonetheless, their taste is at least good in the sense that they like L.A. Witch, whose “Motorcycle Boy” made their recent list of “Tracks Of The […]
New Music From Samantha Sidley
Samantha Sidley‘s 2019 debut album Interior Person, recorded in her childhood bedroom by her wife Barbara Gruska and featuring intimate songs penned for Sidley by Gruska, Inara George, and Alex Lilly, put the Los Angeles-born chanteuse on the map. The Los Angeles Times called it “a sweet, funny, tastefully arranged vocal-jazz disc about same-sex romance” and […]
The Scotsman Gives Four Stars To James Yorkston And The Second Hand Orchestra
The Scotsman gives four stars to The Wide, Wide River, the newest release from countryman James Yorkston. “The Wide, Wide River is the product of a three-day recording session in Stockholm in December 2019 with the Second Hand Orchestra, a freewheeling Swedish string band who approached the session with next to no prior knowledge of […]
The Smoking Flowers Share “Patriocrisy” Video
The Smoking Flowers have released a video for “Patriocrisy,” the title track of the newest EP from the East Nashville duo. The video came out on January 20, when the band wrote on Facebook, “Today was the final day of the 45th POTUS’s tenure in office, but as we all are aware, hypocrisy in patriotism […]
Analogue Trash Shares “Get A Rocket” By Melpo Mene
Analogue Trash recently shared “Get A Rocket,” one of three singles recently released by Melpo Mene. “The Swede spent much of the last few years in America, working in TV and pop, but here he returns to his indie roots,” the site notes. “The song reflects on mortality and questions surrounding religious tradition, he says, […]
New Music From The Smoking Flowers
There are not enough words to describe the intrinsic chemistry Kim and Scott Collins possess. As The Smoking Flowers, the East Nashville-based couple has discovered what some duos spend their entire careers trying to find: a fascinating marriage between artistic talent and subtle sensuality that pierces the attention of anyone in the same room as […]
Folk Radio Lauds James Yorkston As One Of The Greats
“There is space all over” The Wide, Wide River, writes Folk Radio UK about the new album by James Yorkston and the Second Hand Orchestra. “Thinking space, breathing space – space to be interpreted by the musicians and also by listeners. It is a minimal aesthetic that owes something to the determined restraint of krautrock, […]
Cheers To The Vikings Says Skål To Melpo Mene
Cheers To The Vikings recommends the “unique” sound of Melpo Mene. “The minute we heard this song (“Once Had It All,” which we digitally serviced last week to radio), we couldn’t get it out of our heads! Melpo has a voice that stays long in your head after the song ends. The guitars are wonderful […]
Flaming Lips Plot More Bubble Bops
The Flaming Lips continue to be the only viable live band in America, thanks not only to a catalogue full of dope jams but also to their longstanding use of plastic bubbles as part of their stage extravaganza. We’ve been reporting about the handful of bubble shows the band has been performing in Oklahoma City, […]
Alt Citizen Explores L.A. Witch’s New Clip
Alt Citizen writes that “L.A. Witch subvert the solitary mythos of the traditional motorcycle narrative on their latest single, ‘Motorcycle Boy,’ into a tragic expression of devotion to the restless outcasts compelled to practice the thundering art of rebellion.” The site has a great feature on the video for the new song, noting that “L.A. […]
B. Wurtz Duets With Himself At Home
Acclaimed visual artist B. Wurtz, who just released his first musical album via Hen House Studios, recently performed a duet of one of the songs on the LP… with himself! See Wurtz’ “duet home video,” featuring him playing along live to a live recording of himself playing along… whoa. It’s right here! Some Songs is […]
Vanyaland Digs L.A. Witch’s “Motorcycle Boy”
“L.A. Witch hit the desert highways alongside the ghosts of the past in their new visual for ‘Motorcycle Boy,” writes Vanyaland, joining the chorus of websites singing the praises of the trio’s new video. “If 2021 becomes the year of the rock and roll motorcycle video,” the site writes, “then we’re in for a fun ride.” […]
New Music From Melpo Mene
Swedish-born, Los Angeles-based Melpo Mene (pronounced men-ay) brings an unparalleled authenticity and self-awareness to his music. His music offers warm synths, atmospheric guitars, sensitive vocals, and generous words for a sort of humble yet authoritative therapy. Mene has seen numerous successes over the past years; he wrote the original theme song for the second season of […]
Wayne Coyne Tells Popmatters About Worry, Freetime, and American Head
Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips is often very generous during interviews, and a recent one with Popmatters is no exception. The conversation took place last year, as the band was beginning to promote new LP American Head. “Like the best work the band have done, there is an honest quality to it, a sense […]
Under The Radar Premieres The New Video From James Yorkston And The Second Hand Orchestra
As Under The Radar reports, “There Is No Upside” was the first song James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra recorded when they got together to play in Sweden for the sessions that would become new LP The Wide, Wide River. “I simply asked the band to react to what I was singing,” Yorkston says, […]
Braids’ Raphaelle Standell-Preston Talks with NZCA Lines On Talkhouse
If you like Braids‘ frontwoman Raphaelle Standell-Preston, then you’ll want to check out her conversation with producer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Lovett (aka NZCA Lines) on a recent Talkhouse podcast. Braids’ album Shadow Offering, which they worked on for a long time, came out near the beginning of the global pandemic. “It was this interesting place that we […]
New Music From James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra
James Yorkston is a prolific writer who has worked with a wealth of talent over his two-decade career including Four Tet, Alexis Taylor, KT Tunstall, Rustin Man, Simon Raymonde, Norma and Mike Waterson, Martin Carthy, Max Cooper, David Wrench and others; and James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra’s The Wide, Wide River is the result […]
Mxdwn and New Noise Enjoy L.A. Witch’s “Motorcycle Boy”
Mxdwn digs “Motorcycle Boy,” the new music video from L.A. Witch that was released just yesterday. “Sade Sanchez’s vocals slink across the track, helping to create a wicked feel to the track. The girls dance in a ’50s rock ‘n roll aesthetic during portions of the video, heavy guitar riffs and clanging drums amplifying the track’s […]
Pluralone Speaks With The Vinyl Guide
Josh Klinghoffer, the brains, hands, and voice behind Pluralone, is a veteran musician who has spent time in the LA underground with Dot Hacker, on stage at festivals and arenas with The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and in the studio with the likes of Warpaint, PJ Harvey, and Butthole Surfers. It’s no surprise, then, that […]
Secret Meeting Shares Leif Vollebekk’s “Long Blue Light”
“Canadian songwriter Leif Vollebekk has been quietly prolific since the release of his last long player – the acclaimed New Ways – in November of [2019],” Secret Meeting notes. “Inspired by a willingness to document the inspirations of sex, violence, tenderness and rebirth, Vollebekk has used the time afforded him in 2020 to revisit some […]
