Brooklyn Vegan has the premiere of Michael Andrews' ethereal Allen Toussaint cover featuring Inara George, from the new Road Angel Project release due tomorrow

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I swear to God, I can listen to Inara George sing a dishwasher owner's manual. This beautiful cover of Allen Toussaint’s "Southern Nights" by Michael Andrews of The Grey Boy Allstars, on which Inara guests, is just perfect for this today. Hear it now over at Brooklyn Vegan and be sure to stream it lots starting tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 26) as the song hits all DSPs as part of the fifth edition of the 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, Inara's charity initiative with Sweet Relief.

Find and follow this Spotify playlist to stay up-to-date with all releases in the series.

Parade premieres Mark Bryan's new lyric video, featuring vintage VHS footage of Hootie and The Blowfish

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This is fun! Thanks to Parade today for premiering the lyric video for Mark Bryan’s "A Little More Rock N Roll," featuring VHS footage from 1993 of a pre-fame Hootie and the Blowfish on a road trip to Buffalo, NY for a gig opening for Dread Zeppelin.

The song is from Mark's upcoming new solo album Midlife Priceless, out April 2 from Stone Point Records (distributed by Slow Start). Pre-order the CD/LP here and use code "MIDLIFEPRICELESS" for 15% off.

Under The Radar premieres "Should've Known Better," the new Blesson Roy video featuring a biker who biffs

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A masked Los Angeles, featuring a cyclist who biffs it and a liquor store parking lot dancer who clearly does not… “It’s basically the designed cinematic and aural engaged focus, rhythm, and pacing of a real ’climactic’ human moment,” says director Tom Gorai (aka Sweeten) of “Should’ve Known Better,” the new video from Blesson Roy.

Under The Radar Magazine just premiered the clip, writing that the song conjures the “bright tones and sweet melodies of Britpop. Amidst a jangly guitar-led instrumental and sharp vocal hook, Terry Borden takes listeners on another trip back through his record collection, showing his ability to incorporate and synthesize styles as both a creator and a fan."

Find the song on Think Like Spring, out now via Slow Start Records.

Mike Viola completes his monster movie trilogy with a Twilight Zone-inspired new video streaming at the Big Takeover

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On the Godmuffin ballad “We May Never Be This Young Again,” The Big Takeover writes, “Mike Viola’s lightly wistful, aching vocals float over the slow sway of a gentle drum beat, ticking cymbals pace, and softly strummed guitar lines.”

The song soundtracks the third installment of Viola’s monster movie trilogy, which isn’t a monster movie at all but instead a sci-fi Twilight Zone inspired story featuring an aura that visualizes the malaise that ordinary domestic distress brings. It's a beautiful and stirring way to represent the song’s Fifties-esque sonic overtones. Directed with grace by Silvia Grav.


Samantha Sidley shares cover of Disney classic "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" with Jazziz

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“I arranged the song so it would feel trippy and retro – like an atomic aged dream. It’s one of my favorite songs to sing.” Jazziz Magazine has just posted Samantha Sidley’s rendition of the Disney classic "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" as part of its "Week in Jazz" column. Once again, Sam knocks it out of the park with a vocal performance that'll melt your hardened heart. Track available everywhere this Friday via Release Me Records.

Source: https://www.jazziz.com/jon-batiste-jean-mi...

See lyric video for latest Blesson Roy single "Should've Known Better" at V13

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Great writeup at V13 on Blesson Roy’s new lyric video for “Should’ve Known Better!” The site writes, Think Like Spring finds Blesson Roy in his zone, emphasizing his lifelong love of music, both as an artist and as a fan.” The video was put together by the extraordinarily talented Hector Gallardo at Subharmonic City, who has done quite a lot to help shape the Blesson Roy visual world.

About the LP as a whole, V13 contends that “ultimately, Think Like Spring is an album focused on positivity and renewal, a very topical theme that comes at an important time where the allure of negativity is all too tempting. We could rest on our laurels and sulk. Or we could take an optimistic tone, and work towards bettering ourselves, just as Blesson Roy has done with his latest creation.” The record’s for sale on Bandcamp via Slow Start Records - use code “ThinkLikeSpring” for a 20% discount at checkout!

Source: https://v13.net/2021/01/blesson-roy-aims-t...

Blesson Roy's "Thousand" video was filmed "untraditionally but brilliantly," writes Culture Collide

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See Blesson Roy’s new video, for “Thousand,” at Culture Collide. They say the video was “filmed untraditionally yet brilliantly” by director Jenna Pace, working due to COVID with a scaled-back crew of just herself and her husband.

”Thousand” is from Think Like Spring, which came out Nov. 27 and is available from Slow Start Records. Order it now on Bandcamp and use discount code “ThinkLikeSpring” for 20% off.

See the video for "World To Save," the "airy and poignant" song from frigidkitty, on Glide

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Congratulations to frigidkitty on the release of Indulgence, out today on Desperate Spirits. Glide Magazine has the video premiere for the dreamy “World To Save.”

On the track, Kim Conlee “lets her airy and poignant vocals come front and center and hover over the music,” the site writes. “At its core, this is slow-burning pop music with a touch of Americana, which might come to mind given the visuals that feature Conlee driving through sunny pastures in a cowboy hat and serenading us in front of a darkly lit desert landscape.” Directed by Danny Coy.

Magnet premieres Mike Viola's new lyric video, which reminds us that time is but a construct

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Of his song “We May Never Be This Young Again,” Mike Viola tells MAGNET, “the overriding idea is that time is a construct. The past is right here, and it’s available to me. It’s not nostalgia—it’s the sights and sounds and tactile elements of my formative years. You can look through everything, and it’s a mess, but you can access that stuff. I think that comes with age.”

The site has the lyric video for the track, which Viola compiled using footage from his days in The Candy Butchers.

Mike Viola shares final single before release of epic "Godmuffin" album on Dec. 11th. Hear it now via Brooklyn Vegan.

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Don't be sad that there will be no more singles from the new Mike Viola album Godmuffin after this Friday, be happy that you can hear the last one right now at Brooklyn Vegan! "We May Never Be This Young Again" is "a gorgeous, old-fashioned slow-dance number." Album arrives Dec. 11th via Grand Phony. You can also check out Mike's latest monster movie-themed video for "Ordinary Girl" here: https://bit.ly/MV-OG.

Source: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/mike-viola-t...

Mike Viola continues monster movie-themed video trilogy with "Ordinary Girl" directed by the Bennett Sisters

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The second video in Mike Viola's trilogy of monster / horror movie-themed clips is out today! See "Ordinary Girl" now over at Under the Radar. Directed by The Bennett Sisters, starring Vanessa Barros Andrade, and photographed by Silvia Grav, the video, "follows a suburban teen horror fan as she awakens to the horror and wonder of a mysterious new power." The new Viola album Godmuffin is out Dec. 11th via Grand Phony.

Source: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premi...

Treble Zine premieres Another Bummer's "dreamy, gently psychedelic country-pop" contribution to The Road Angel Project

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Treble Zine calls “Outside,” by Another Bummer, “a gorgeously dreamy, gently psychedelic country-pop song with a sense of dusty openness and a kind of melancholy romanticism.” The song appears on Volume 4 of The Road Angel Project, the newest edition of a series curated by Inara George to benefit the Sweet Relief Musician’s Fund’s COVID-19 relief efforts.