Sunny War Speaks With The Bluegrass Situation
Sunny War will be performing today – Wednesday, September 16 – on the Shout & Shine livestream show from The Bluegrass Situation. Stream it on the site, or on its Facebook or Youtube pages, starting at 4PM PDT. In advance of the show, War spoke to The Bluegrass Situation and discussed everything from how she developed […]
L.A. Witch Reminds Us We Can Feel Good, Writes The Chicago Reader
“If it were released in any other year,” The Chicago Reader writes, “L.A. Witch’s new Play With Fire would be the perfect album to blast through the car stereo with the wind in your hair while indulging in an adventure with your best pals.” While that’s a bit too carefree for 2020, the site tells […]
Pekoe Cat Shares Lyric Video For “Call Centre Girl”
“I’ve got an angel on the line,” sings Pekoe Cat’s Kyle Woolven on “Call Centre Girl,” “I’m in love, I confess.” The song is featured on Pekoe Cat’s new Menace EP, and like the title track from that record it has a video directed by Juno-nominated creator Johnny Jansen. It’s colorful and full of dancing, and […]
The New Yorker Joins The Bananagun Craze
“The Melbourne quintet Bananagun,” writes The New Yorker, “bears the hallmarks of one of the sundry sixties acts whose work slipped through the cracks of time, only to be salvaged, decades later, by sharp-eared record collectors.” The venerable magazine compares the Australians’ debut to Os Mutantes, noting that, “In an era defined by weightiness, Bananagun […]
Indie Band Guru Goes Gaga For David Newton’s New Band
Indie Band Guru digs the new LP from David Newton and Thee Mighty Angels. According to the Guru, “Fans of indie rock young and old alike really can’t beat what David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels are putting together for the world in A Gateway to a Lifetime of Disappointment this summer… 2020 has been […]
New Music From Dennis Davison (The Jigsaw Seen)
The Book of Strongman is the debut solo album by Dennis Davison, who was the lead singer and songwriter in the Grammy-nominated band The Jigsaw Seen. The band released nine masterful albums throughout their history, and were featured on numerous compilations and collections including the seminal Children of Nuggets box set. Davison’s songs can be […]
See The Video For Pekoe Cat’s “Menace”
The video for “Menace” – the title track from the new EP by the Ontario-based psychedelic pop songwriter Pekoe Cat – was animated by Juno nominee Johnny Jansen. The video places Pekoe Cat’s Kyle Woolven in the midst of a bonkers virtual world that may just drive you wild. Lots of eyeballs! Get into it right here. Menace […]
So Young Praises The “Fevered, Fervid, and Flawlessly Fervent” Bananagun
So Young Magazine writes that, “In a world slowly fading back into black and white, The True Story Of Bananagun is a space for evolution; a captivated environment in which bell-bottoms chime literally, and genres are but a social construct built constructively, to be re-designed by five pals and a fisheye lens. Packing punch to […]
Leif Vollebekk Amazes While Playing Glenn Gould’s Piano
Last year, Leif Vollebekk performed a version of his hit song “Transatlantic Flight” on the Glenn Gould Piano in the Roy Thomson Hall lobby in Toronto as part of the Variations series. According to the Roy Thompson Hall website, “on display in the north lobby is Glenn Gould’s CF II Yamaha Concert Grand Piano, the […]
New Music From Alex Lilly, Dannielle De Andrea, Larry Goldings, and Mike Viola
Following her “Sex In Cars” duet with Dave Grohl, Inara George has curated Road Angel Project: Volume 2 in partnership with Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, which will receive all the proceeds. “I reached out to some of my musician friends to see if anyone had a track that they’d like to donate to the cause,” George says. […]
L.A. Witch – On The Rise At NACC – Gets The Nod From Gigwise
Gigwise digs the sophomore LP from L.A. Witch, which made it into the NACC Top 20 this week. The site writes, "Confidence rattles through the spine of Play With Fire, unyielding in the determined onwards march of Ellie English’s drumming and Irita Pai’s bass-playing; Sade Sanchez’s haunted call the ever-burning flame that twinkles through the […]
Earbuddy Premieres David Newton’s Pet Shop Boys-inspired “In Love And War”
Earbuddy recently premiered “In Love And War,” which opens the new LP from David Newton and Thee Mighty Angels. Newton told the site how he was inspired to create the song. “I’m not normally a hippy/spiritual type, more of a punk rocker,” he said, “but I had a dream a few years ago that I […]
The 885 Shares Sunny War’s Live Performance From Last Month in Los Angeles
The 885 in Southern California has a treat for fans of Sunny War – a full, hour-long concert featuring a full band and performed in-person for their Pershing Square “At-Home Concert Series”. The site shares a bio that explains why War is so special, noting that “it’s no secret that great art comes from the […]
Phil Elverum Talks To Rolling Stone
“It comes off as sounding almost improvisational, but I agonized over every word, believe it or not,” Phil Elverum tells Rolling Stone in a recent interview. The magazine describes Elverum’s new record as The Microphones, called The Microphones In 2020, “A gorgeous story-song about being a young musician coming of age in the Nineties and […]
American Songwriter Interviews L.A. Witch
“The new L.A. Witch LP is terrific,” writes American Songwriter. “It throbs with talent. It’s a record great on first listen and better on the fifth. Each song is a success but so is the completion of the record, itself, say the members. Between tours, personal schedules and quarantine, the band only had about two […]
Raven Sings The Praises Of Maston’s Bananagun Remix
Raven Sings The Blues recently shared the Maston remix of Bananagun‘s “Out Of Reach,” telling readers that Frank Maston’s handiwork “strips away the crackled production and slows the song down into a sultry bit of swooning soul. The chiming guitars are replaced with a gauzy soul-jazz aesthetic and a heavier emphasis on the bass. It’s a […]
New Music From Pekoe Cat
Blending together the sounds of lo-fi bedroom pop, progressive rock and 80s disco revival from his Belleville, Ontario basement, producer and comedian Kyle Woolven became Pekoe Cat after being inspired by his musical family to push the limits of his creative capabilities. Learning to play as many instruments as possible to avoid the social interaction […]
Music Existence Describes The David Newton And Thee Mighty Angels LP As Filler-Free
“Filler is nowhere to be found” on the new LP from David Newton and Thee Mighty Angels, according to Music Existence. The site loves A Gateway To A Lifetime Of Disappointment, the debut full-length release from the former Mighty Lemon Drops member. “I’ve listened to this album all the way through a few times now,” […]
Hot Press Presses Phil Elverum for Answers
Hot Press lives up to its name with a scorching Phil Elverum interview detailing The Microphones in 2020. During the back-and-forth, Elverum explains, "I don’t think about the name at all ever. I wish my project didn’t have to have a name. At the same time I just don’t want to use ‘Phil Elverum’….The amount of […]
Yahoo! Finance Shares “Sex In Cars” Duet By Inara George Featuring Dave Grohl
Inara George's new duet with Dave Grohl is turning heads, even at Yahoo! Finance. Perhaps that's because the "Road Angel Version" of "Sex In Cars" is also a financial story, as all proceeds it generates will be donated to the COVID-19 Relief Fund at Sweet Relief. “As the pandemic hit and it became very clear that live […]
