STRATEGIC ARTIST ADVOCACY SINCE 1997
One of the world's most enduring indie pop labels, Elefant Records, has signed Philadelphia duo Rush Week for the release of its debut album Feels. The band, formed in 2016 by Rachel K. Haines and producer James Benjamin Thomas, updates "the NU Disco, Soul and R&B sounds from the end of the seventies and beginning of the eighties," according to the label. Feels will be preceded by the single and music video for "Feelings" in early March.
Variety reports: Altered Innocence and Fanatic have teamed up for the US release of Yony Leyser's Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution later this year. Started in the 1980s as a fabricated movement intended to punk the punk scene, Queercore quickly became a real-life cultural community of music and movie-making radical revolutionaries.
"An effortless song that flows with sincerity and simplicity." "Keep Falling" is the first single from And Friends, the debut album by Gregory Ackerman (produced by Pierre de Reeder of Rilo Kiley.) The tune lands tomorrow courtesy of V2 / Munich and you can check out the lyric video today.
"Powerful lyrics filled with astute observations, self-awareness, and hope," says The Daily Country this morning about Jeremy Bass in its "Essential 8" feature and premiere of the music video for "1,000 Yrs" The classically trained guitarist's new album The Greatest Fire is out now via Jungle Strut Music.
Yahoo Entertainment has posted the new "fun and stunning animated clip done solely with paper and pencils" by Jimbo Matison for the Peelander-Z tracks "Go PZ Go / Yeah Yeah" from the band's upcoming new album "Go PZ Go" out April 6th on Chicken Ranch Records. Tour announce coming soon.
Los Angeles area songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gregory Ackerman has announced the upcoming release of his debut album. And Friends, produced by Rilo Kiley bassist, Pierre de Reeder, will arrive on May 25th courtesy of V2/Munich. Ackerman is scheduled to play The Mint in Los Angeles this Fri., Feb. 2nd.
Go over to The Vinyl District to read an interview with Jenny and Joseph of Fawns of Love and to hear the A-side of their upcoming new 7-inch "Zine Days," which can be pre-ordered at Bandcamp. It's housed in a 3-D sleeve and comes complete with 3-D glasses.
The "dreamy" new single from the upcoming debut album by Dream System 8 is "It's All Happening," happening now at Magnetic Magazine. This one was written by Erica Elektra (Hearts of Palm UK), one half of the vintage synth-having duo also featuring multiple Emmy® winner David Klotz (Music Editor of Stranger Things, Game of Thrones, American Horror Story, and more.) Debut album We Sleep Again is out 2/23 from Minty Fresh. Single hits streaming services tomorrow RIYL: Vangelis, The Human League, TANGERINE DREAM, Duran Duran.
"The video, directed by the band, conjures arena-ready ambiance, indebted as much to smoke and lights as Michael Julian Escobar’s androgynous voice and his Page/Plant hair. Augmented by vintage organ, a loose-grooving rhythm section and back-alley, cig-smoking swagger, the video puts the right band in the right place, having a damn good time." - Jonathan Zwickel, City Arts Magazine (Seattle)
Gini Mascorro at KXT in Dallas gave a "What's New" spin to "Call For Cull" by Margaret Chavez, taken from the debut solo album by Marcus William Striplin of Pleasant Grove, this week. The nationally recognized and influential station also posted the track on its weekly playlist rundown. "A Loupe" is out now on CD/LP/DIGI via Goliad Media Group.
"Featuring a collection of plucked banjo rhythms, shivering guitar tones and a subtle percussive shuffle, the song rises to meet the croon and shake of Bass’ voice, an ephemeral and affecting thing that completely immerses itself in these languid melodies and poignant internal conversations." See the latest music video from Jeremy Bass today over at Nooga.com. "We Will Be You" is from the just-released The Greatest Fire, out now via Jungle Strut Music. #RIYL: Iron & Wine, Neko Case, Calexico
Michelle Nuño of Moon Darling is featured in Tom Tom Magazine today. The new Moon Darling EP "By The Light of The Moon" is out this Friday.
"Perfectly blends the best of the ’80s while offering up intriguing and impressively original songwriting. The band’s musicianship and songwriting chops are evident throughout 'Deliver,' as it is a strikingly original composition despite heavy influences from three decades ago." - mxdwn on MOTORCADE
The Bluegrass Situation with one of the quieter numbers from "A Loupe," the debut album by Margaret Chavez (Marcus William Striplin, co-founder of Pleasant Grove in memorial tribute to his mother.) The album, produced by Erik Wofford (Explosions in the Sky, The Black Angels) is out tomorrow via Goliad Media Group.
Hear "Don't Rise" by Moon Darling at New Noise Magazine now. The Seattle-based psych-rock foursome's latest EP "By The Light of The Moon" is out Jan. 26th.