INTERVIEW
Rush Week chats with Atwood Magazine about the debut album Feels, out now on Madrid's legendary indie-pop label Elefant Records.
Dallas Observer shares photos from recent Peelander-Z tour stop
SHOW REVIEW
"Invades." "Obliterates." Some fantastic photos from the Peelander-Z tour stop at Dan's Silver Leaf in Denton, TX courtesy of Ed Steele Photography and the Dallas Observer!
Peelander-Z leader chats with the Austin Chronicle
INTERVIEW
Peelander-Yellow (aka Kengo Hioki) chats with the Austin Chronicle ahead of tonight's tour wrap-up show at Austin's Barracuda club. The band's new album Go PZ Go is out now on Chicken Ranch Records!
Peelander-Z delivers an epic show on Minneapolis tour stop
SHOW REVIEW
"Peelander-Z Takes Bizarre To A Whole New Level And Creates What Could Be The Show Of The Year At The Turf Club," says Minneapolis-based Twin Cities Media. The current Peelander-Z tour in support of new album Go PZ Go on Chicken Ranch Records continues tonight in Oklahoma at Mercury Lounge in Tulsa.
Hear the entire debut EP from Sleepspent at The Big Takeover
ALBUM STREAM
Debut EP from El Paso's Sleepspent out this Friday on Slow Start Records! Hear it now over at The Big Takeover. Sleepspent plays a release show at The Lowbrow Palace on Friday, too. Tour starts June 8th. Shoegaze-y, dreampop-y sounds produced by Chris Common (Minus the Bear, Chelsea Wolfe.)
the black watch shares "Oh You Little Witch" with PopMatters
PREMIERE
Happy release day to the black watch! "The Paper Boats" EP is four songs that stand apart from a brand-new album already cooling on the rack for consumption later this year (news soon!) For now, give a listen to "Oh You Little Witch" over at PopMatters. Scribe Jedd Beaudoin says the song is "buoyed by a Manchester-style bassline, sparse but chiming, uplifting guitars and spacious drums that lift the song as much as John Andrew Fredrick's singular, charming vocal delivery."
Gregory Ackerman shares third single from upcoming debut album at PopMatters
PREMIERE
The third single from Gregory Ackerman's And Friends (produced by Pierre de Reeder of Rilo Kiley) drops this Friday on V2 Records / Munich Records. Hear "Don't Need Nothin'" today over at PopMatters. Writer, Jonathan Frahm says, "“Bathed in Californian moonlight, reminiscent of folk and soft rock music coming from the West Coast in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Ackerman’s gentle voice is soothing straight out of the gate.”
Sleepspent shares second single from upcoming EP with All Things Go
PREMIERE
"Deep, focused vocals seem to glide effortlessly through a dense fog as a rhythm of soft strings keeps us on target. This may be the perfect soundtrack to the morning." Thanks out to All Things Go for sharing the second single from the upcoming EP by Sleepspent, out May 4th on Slow Start Records.
The Fretless shares video of opening "Artfarm" cut with Mother Church Pew
PREMIERE
“The Canadian band is pushing traditional music to a new place, and on a serious mission to find and convert fans unfamiliar with ‘progressive’ traditional music.” Mother Church Pew posts video of the opening cut from the new live album by JunoⓇ Awards-winners, The Fretless. Live at The Artfarm was recorded in front of a handful-sized audience, seated just feet from the band, with no overdubs.
New EP by the black watch out April 27th. Hear "The Paper Boats" at Treble
PREMIERE
When an author is also a songwriter: "A hazy and dreamy pop gem that merges gorgeous melodies with John Andrew Fredrick’s narrative storytelling." The new EP by the black watch is out on April 27th. Here now is the title track "The Paper Boats" courtesy of Treble.
Metal Mother to release first new music in five years
NEWS
The now Los Angeles (formerly Oakland)-based one-woman powerhouse Tara Timberman - known as Metal Mother - has announced the release of a new EP "Pagan Jazz," her first new music in five years. Arriving on June 1st, Timberman says, "'Pagan Jazz' is inspired by and written for the warehouse party world and all the absurd and whimsical fairies it attracted. I’ve lost many friends in the last couple years, including many close friends in the Ghost Ship fire. It’s taken everything I have to keep the magic, wonder, and weirdness alive in life."
Peelander-Z shares "You Have Nice Tee Shirts" music video with PopMatters
PREMIERE
"To peel away the layers and explain what's so much fun about the group's particular and peculiar brand of rock 'n' roll is like trying to explain why an ice cream cone or air-conditioned room are refreshing on a hot summer's day." There have been so many attempts to describe Peelander-Z over the years -- Jedd Beaudoin's hot take like this really resonates. Check out the premiere of the music video for "You Have Nice Tee Shirts" (directed by Toto Miranda of The Octopus Project) at PopMatters. The band's ninth album is Go PZ Go, out tomorrow on Chicken Ranch Records.
Rush Week shares "Be Like Mike" single with MXDWN
PREMIERE
"A loving homage to the classic pop of the 80s." Thanks out to MXDWN for dropping another single from the debut album by Rush Week. Check out "Be Like Mike" now and listen up for the Feels full-length coming this Friday from Elefant Records.
Hear Sleepspent's "Come Smile With Me" at Innocent Words
SONG POST
Thanks to Innocent Words for sharing Sleepspent's "Come Smile With Me" single. Debut EP "It's Better If You Don't Speak Or Think" is out May 4th on Slow Start Records.
"You Have Nice Tee Shirts" by Peelander-Z premiere via The Big Takeover
PREMIERE
Monday mornings are super active with Peelander-Z. Now: The Big Takeover premiere of "You Have Nice Tee Shirts" from the upcoming new album Go PZ Go, out April 6th on Chicken Ranch Records. Plus: Tour dates throughout April and May.