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"Anyone who came of age in the era of early MTV and the British Invasion’s second wave might just feel a kinship with 'Desertion.'" Gini Mascorro at KXT in Dallas for the public radio premiere of the new single from MOTORCADE! Debut album out on Idol Records Jan. 19th.
"A lovely combination of sizzling electro-pop and haunting vocals," is how MAGNET describes "Tornado" by Italian Beaches. The track from the band's new album on Desperate Spirits is the the magazine's latest MP3 AT 3PM.
"Ultimately, the music video leaves us with one amazing feeling: community," says Anie Delgado of Popdust in the website's premiere coverage of "Forgetting About Me," the first music video from Mark Bryan's recently-released third solo album, Songs of The Fortnight.
"It’s all done in a surprisingly polished manner for a band’s debut single. Well, until you learn that this band of Dallas music vets collectively has years of experience as players in acts such as St. Vincent, The Apples In Stereo, The War On Drugs, Daniel Johnston and more." Central Track on the latest MOTORCADE single "Desertion," out now.
Dallas-based music discovery website Central Track has picked "Call For Cull" by Margaret Chavez as one of its songs of the week today. The track is the first single from the upcoming solo debut by Marcus William Striplin, best-known as the co-founder and vocalist of the Dallas band Pleasant Grove. "A Loupe," produced by Erik Wofford (Explosions In The Sky, The Black Angels) arrives on Jan. 19th, 2018 via Goliad Media Group.
The first single from the upcoming solo debut "A Loupe" (Jan. 19th, 2018 via Goliad Media Group) by Marcus William Striplin of Pleasant Grove is "Call For Cull." Recorded under the name Margaret Chavez (a memorial tribute to Striplin's mother), The Daily Country has re-posted the track today.
"Bursts out of the gate with clever poetry, witty imagery, and engaging guitar work," says Atwood Magazine today about Jeremy Bass. "Trees For The Forest" is the first track taken from The Greatest Fire, which follows-up Bass' pair of 2015 EPs, and is a more rocking turn for the classically trained guitarist. Album out Jan. 19th from Jungle Strut Music.
Moon Darling is MAGNET Magazine's MP3 At 3PM with the title track from the upcoming "By The Light of The Moon" EP. Psychedelic 70's-styled grooves with wicked guitars.
"Doses of '80s-like brooding co-mingle with uplifting choruses. Suggests great things to come from the Dallas-based outfit," says scribe Jedd Beaudoin over at PopMatters about "Desertion," the new single from the upcoming debut album by MOTORCADE (Jan.19, Idol Records.) The band features gentlemen that have recorded and or/been in touring bands with St. Vincent, The Apples in Stereo, The War On Drugs, and Daniel Johnston. RIYL: Depeche Mode, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Echo and the Bunnymen.
"A Loupe," the debut solo album by Marcus William Striplin, co-founder and vocalist of Pleasant Grove arrives Jan. 19th, 2018. Recorded under the name Margaret Chavez, in tribute to Striplin's mother, the album is a culmination of the talents that had Uncut Magazine noting his band's “mark of excellence in modern Americana.” Here now is "Call For Cull" via Speak Into My Good Eye.
Joshua Pickard at Nooga.com calls out the "bluesy sound that harkens back to that classic ’70s rock howl" in his post of the title track from the upcoming "By The Light of The Moon" EP by Moon Darling, out Jan. 26th.
"Recover" by MOTORCADE is the MP3 At 3PM at MAGNET, which describes the song as "a charming piece of indie rock that recalls Phoenix and Tame Impala, a thick mass of guitars and synthesizers from which a sharp hook emerges.” Debut album coming Jan. 19th from Idol Records.
Another single (and interview) from Dream System 8 has just premiered over at EARMILK. Erica Elektra's UK pronunciation of "mobile" on this tune earns her Fanatic's undying praise, and now everyone gets to hear it. Look for "Shine A Little Light" where all songs are streamed this Friday. Album coming from Minty Fresh in early 2018.
"A shockingly approachable and bare bit of psych pop." Listen to "Against The Light" by ATTEMPT (aka Trevor Tremaine of Hair Police) over at MAGNET. Latest EP out now from Desperate Spirits.
Marcus William Striplin of Dallas-based band Pleasant Grove has announced the release of his first solo album. "A Loupe" (Goliad Media, Jan. 19th) arrives under the name Margaret Chavez, a tribute to Striplin's mother, and is a 32-minute, continuous ten-song cycle that highlights the writing and vocals that the Dallas Observer previously described as “songs of broken hearts and broken voices,” and the UK's UNCUT dubbed a “mark of excellence in modern Americana.”