KXT premieres Paul Slavens' "theatrical" new single in advance of his weekend birthday extravaganza

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Happy birthday to Paul Slavens!

โ€œโ€™X (On My Heart)โ€™ is a theatrical number that tells the story of a man who wants to know more about a mysterious woman who left him with a note and a sense of longing." That's KXT's Local Show blog talking about the new single by the "Denton-based composer, musician, and all-around entertainer.โ€

The first single from ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ. ๐˜๐˜ (June 24, State Fair Records) is out now and you can watch the eye-popping video too! Check it out here!

Paul plays a record reveal show - also his birthday party, with cake! - this Sunday, May 22. RSVP on Facebook and get tickets here!

Immersive Atlanta nails the love lying beneath Sloan Brothers' new LP and premieres Dream Tent's new remix

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"Sloan Simpson may not covet the spotlight, but he sure knows how to share it."

Wow, Immersive Atlanta nails the love lying beneath the surface throughout the entire Sloan Brothers project, including this remix by Gene Woolfolk III (aka Dream Tent) of the title track "System Update," premiering now!

"The result is a pulsing effort that recontextualizes the song as a sprawling dance-inflected freakout. Here, Woolfolk takes Simpsonโ€™s lurching desert rock stomp and reveals the disco heart pumping within."

Click for your life!

Adobe & Teardrops hails Caitlin Cobb-Vialet for her "complex arrangements" and "deep personal lyrical style"

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Thanks to Adobe and Teardrops for spotlighting Caitlin Cobb-Vialet's "Disco Ball" video!

"Cobb-Vialetโ€™s theatrical training shows...While the song sports the bold melodies of a Broadway number, Cobb-Vialet twists the form into a clever, complex pop composition."

About Caitlin's debut album ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ, out now:

"Expertly crafted pop-leaning narratives that echo the tuneful and complex arrangements of artists such as Sia and Regina Spektor, while leaning hard into a deep personal lyrical style."

I mean, I hope that's enough to get you to click for your life. Thank you, citizens of social media.

Independent Clauses premieres CLIFFWALKER's "Punching Clocks," which "delightfully teeters on the edge of chaos"

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When I saw that Stephen at Independent Clauses was posting regularly again, I had to send him this track from the instrumental Portland-based bass & vibes duo of Cliff Hayes (Buellton, CARCRASHLANDER) and A. Walker Spring (Old Time Relijun).

Together, they are CLIFFWALKER.

As Stephen states, "The interplay of the leads produces the experience of a spy-movie chase scene. The piece delightfully teeters on the edge of chaos, if only because itโ€™s rare to hear this sort of combo go at it."

Loving this. Check it out! The debut EP Painted Gray Sky is out on June 24.

Caitlin Cobb-Vialet's "riveting, unconventional" voice shines on "Disco Ball," which premieres today on MAGNET

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Thanks to MAGNET Magazine for this wonderful piece on Caitlin Cobb-Vialet this morning, accompanied by the long-awaited premiere of the video for her epic tune "Disco Ball" which, despite any grains of salt one may take from my constant effusive praise, is actually better than I say!

And now you SEE the song. It's a VIDEO. Go over there NOW.

Hobart Rowland says, "With a voice thatโ€™s as malleable and conversational as it is riveting and unconventional, the 25-year-old singer/songwriter has invited comparisons to Regina Spektor and Fiona Apple with ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ (War Chant), a surprisingly poised, brutally honest debut that blows by in just 26 minutes."

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previews Sloan Brothers' LP

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"That spirit of adventure is evident throughout the album, and is one of its finest qualities."

Many thanks to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for chatting with Sloan Simpson about the debut Sloan Brothers album!

๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜œ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ is available everywhere digitally next Friday, May 13 via Science Project Records and what better day than today to pre-order the vinyl which arrives on Friday, July 1.

What I'm trying to say is, "Did You Know It's Bandcamp Friday?"

Sloan and Robert Schneider from The Apples in stereo sing this little ditty of an unauthorized theme song to remind you! Today, itโ€™s available on all streaming platforms, because we thought it'd be fun to unwittingly ensnare the big(ger) daddy streamers to do our dirty work!

To summarize: Read the article, hear the tune, buy the record!

The SF Chronicle compares Caitlin Cobb-Vialet to Regina Spektor and Andrew Bird

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In the San Francisco Chronicle, venerable scribe Adrian Spinelli says that if Caitlin Cobb-Vialet "reminds you of Regina Spektor, then your ears are working," and that there is "an Andrew Bird-like dramedy built into her songwriting that makes you smile and reverberate with emotion."

Huge, if true. And it is!

So, take your working ears to the link and listen to "Ask Me" from the debut album ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ, out May 6 via War Chant Records.

The March Divide, about to head out on tour, premieres "I Wanna Hate You" on New Noise

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Hola! Jared Putnam is about to head out on a month of The March Divide tour dates (including a bunch with Slow Start Records labelmates BLUNDERBUSST.) 

To kick it off, another single from the new album ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด drops this Friday. You can head over to New Noise Magazine right now to hear opening cut "I Wanna Hate You." Putting it mildly, damn!

Ahead of The High Water Marks' vinyl release, Under The Radar premieres their new Monty Python-inspired video

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Do you need more incentive to go and pick up your vinyl copy of ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด, the new album by The High Water Marks, available this Friday, April 29 from Minty Fresh?!

How about a fantastic video for the fantastic song "Fantastic Machine," premiering right now over at Under the Radar?

Director Scott Fitzpatrick says, โ€œWhen I look at The High Water Marks artwork, it gives me a sense of Monty Python's Flying Circus, mixing old photos with cartoons and doing it well."

Now that you're under the spell of our insistent commercial come-on, go right here and exchange your moolah for music.

Cailtin Cobb-Vialet's new single, writes Glide, "reveals a young artist able to remain composed while being vulnerable"

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Thanks to Glide Magazine for the Caitlin Cobb-Vialet love!

"Disco Ball" is one of those songs that sticks with you long after the dealing's done. If you dig emotional vocals over piano playing that evokes hope and pathos at the same time, get with this!

Caitlin's debut album ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ, produced by Jim Greer, is out via War Chant Records on May 6.

Also: San Francisco peeps! Andrew St. James & Fast Times Presents: Caitlin at Make-Out Room on Thursday, April 21! 6:30PM, $10.

KXT shares new visual goodness from The March Divide and Subharmonic City

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Even more The March Divide and Subharmonic City Productions visual goodness! Let's not forget "Mauriceโ€ either!

Meet Maurice now (it's a puppet, okay?! A crazy puppet!!), starring in the "Tension In The Air" video, via our friends at Dallas NPR affiliate KXT.

๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, the sixth album by The March Divide, is out June 10 via Slow Start Records.

East Bay Express shares appreciation for Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, whose debut LP is coming May 6

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Caitlin Cobb-Vialet is in print this week!

Pick up a copy of the East Bay Express in the Berkeley, Oakland, or East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay or use your screen thing that you are holding.

Here, Caitlin chats about the vision and construction of her debut album ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ, out May 6 via War Chant Records.

Wanna see what it's all about? Caitlin plays a record release show that evening at Starline Social Club.

Ghettoblaster premieres the video for The March Divide's new "full-on rock song"

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Well, would you look right here! The March Divide and Subharmonic City team up once again for a music video, this time for "I'm Not Perfect," the lead single from the upcoming ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด album out June 10 via Slow Start Records).

The peeps over at Ghettoblaster Magazine are presenting this one today, thank you! And thanks to Jared's producer, Mike Major, for making this song such a rocker, since my notes on everything are always "bring up the tempo, turn up the vocals." Jared explains, "Writing sad songs about loneliness comes naturally to me and this song was an idea that would check that box. When Mike listened to my rough demo, he heard it as a full-on rock song."

It's Psychedelic Baby premieres Sloan Brothers' grooving new single, "Anxiety"

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The name of this post is "When Sloan Brothers Got Groovy.โ€ Despite the actual title, "Anxiety" is a synth and bass pocket that is actually freeing.

Sloan Simpson's story behind the tune is tougher, though, and he's tougher for it. You can read about it while you listen over at It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine. The single is out this Friday, April 15, with the ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜œ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ album coming May 13 from Science Project Records.

Pre-order on Bandcamp here. You can pick up the unauthorized Bandcamp Friday theme song "Did You Know It's Bandcamp Friday?" while you're there, too!

The Big Takeover praises Jared Putnams knack for urgent melodies in its premiere of the March Divide's "Tension In the Air"

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โ€Tension In The Air," the brand-new single by The March Divide is out! Listen to it before, after, and in-between listening to the Wet Leg record.

Many thanks out to the hard-working peeps of Big Takeover Magazine for this post!

"Putnamโ€™s urgent melodies, wrapped in just-slick-enough production, draw you in and keep you there. 'Tension In The Air' is one of The March Divideโ€™s best examples of this trick to date."

๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด out on Slow Start Records on June 10.