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Eleven minutes of Reverse Engineered Urban Junkyard Reductive Synthesis from Mr. J Hacha De Zola The "UnPOPular" EP is J's take on hits by Billie Eilish, Halsey, and Lorde, which Ghettoblaster Magazine proclaims "are now his," showing off his deep respect and love for these songs and songwriters. Streaming everywhere today.
Samantha Sidley has just released a cover of the Ry Cooder track “Drive Like I Never Been Hurt.” Closed Captioned says “you need to hear its beautiful tones. What Sidley does here is not only take a beautiful song from Cooder’s catalog to cover, but she makes it her own… She’s an incredible singer." Thanks for the love!
These references are accurate. Director, Elsa Grayson: “My goal for ‘The Beep Beep Song’ video was to interpret Simone White's lyrics and interlace them into a rhythmic story via two-dimensional visual abstraction. We drew inspiration from Simone's love of the color palettes from Hilma af Klint’s paintings, and my fond appreciation for the film title work of Saul Bass.” See it now at Brightest Young Things here.
"Desert duo LANDROID (from California) delight with a vocally warmer and sonically post-punk take on a Plastic Bertrand classic." Check out LANDROID's cover of "Ça Plane Pour Moi" at The Big Takeover here. Debut album Imperial Dunes is out on Sept. 13th.
"A brilliant blend of synth-pop and indie rock instincts, a sound as elusive as it is compelling,
says The Southern Sounding. “Sinex creates this noise as a way to explore the lines connecting the glistening AM radio pop of the late ‘70s to the shivering synth atmospheres of new wave. It’s a welcome blast of new wave nostalgia, DIY college rock unconformity and synth-pop elation." New single "Tonight" by The Late Innings out today. Thanks always to The Southern Sounding for the kind words!
Vocalist Samantha Sidley, and songwriters Alex Lilly and Barbara Gruska, share details about "Listen!!," the latest single from Sam's upcoming debut album. Go to All About Jazz, follow the instructions of the song title, and stay tuned for Interior Person, out Sept. 13th from Release Me Records. See Sam on tour with The Bird and The Bee all across the US right now.
Reno's BLUNDERBUSST returns from a five-year hiatus with a new six-song EP and double 7-inch tomorrow courtesy of Slow Start Records. Today, hear "James Alex Chilton" from the new record, which Pure Grain Audio calls "Their best material to date," and adds, "Let’s just hope it doesn’t take another five years to hear more from this refreshingly unique band."
The new single from The Late Innings is a music industry mini-drama. “‘Last Resort’ is about the manager of a rock star who needs to extricate his client from a precarious situation,” says Vincent Sinex. “The long-suffering manager, who has come to rescue of the rock star time and time again, is once again put to the test when the police call upon him to deal with the star, a just-past-his-prime rocker who has holed himself up in the top floor suite of a building that is set to be demolished.” Listen now via The Spill Magazine.
Today, Refinery29 premieres the luxurious and fun music video for Samantha Sidley’s career-defining anthem, “I Like Girls,” written by Alex Lilly along with Sam’s wife and the album’s producer, Barbara Gruska. Interior Person is out Sept. 13th from Release Me Records. See Sam will be on tour with The Bird and The Bee starting Aug. 11th.
"A two-minute dreamlike exploration of love and time... One can't help but feel weightless, elevated while listening." Simone White chats with PopMatters about giving her charming single "The Beep Beep Song" a second life. Click to check out the premiere of this two-minute gem and hear it everywhere this Friday.
Described by MXDWN today as "inspired by the desolation and isolation of the desert," the vast sound of LANDROID now has a fantastic visual accompaniment. The music video for "Yellow Sea" is more like a short film. Be on the lookout for the Imperial Dunes full-length out Sept. 13th.
"With many Beach Boys songs, it seems impossible to record a version that betters Brian Wilson’s immaculate original productions. I’d argue Samantha Sidley’s jazzy version surpasses the original."
Hell to the yes, Cover Me! Check out Sam's cover of "Busy Doin' Nothin'" now. The track is streaming everywhere tomorrow. Her US tour with The Bird and The Bee and Alex Lilly launches Aug. 11, while Sam's debut album Interior Person is out Sept. 13t from Release Me Records.
Is is 2019 or 1979? "Glistening synths waves, grounded by sonorous trumpets. Irresistibly catchy." Glamglare weighs in on the The Late Innings with the premiere of "Our Secret" from the upcoming album Wild Places, out Sept. 6th. Single available everywhere now.
"Imagine if Aimee Mann decided to pick up Adam Franklin’s guitar and made the most lucid decision to create songs within a spectrum of sound where the only prerequisite was listed as, 'Challenging post-dreamy shoegaze.'" Hear the title song from BLUNDERBUSST’s new 2x7" EP over at Ghettoblaster Magazine now. The track is everywhere tomorrow and orders for the vinyl version (see it here: http://bit.ly/MOTM2X7) go live tomorrow, as well.
"You ever press play on a track and immediately feel like you’re home; you immediately get that feeling of maximum comfort?" Austin Town Hall is talking about "Lost in a Sound," the upcoming new single from Ryan Traster. It'll be everywhere on Friday, but you can listen here right now. Traster's new album Choses Obscures is out July 19th from Slow Start Records.