STRATEGIC ARTIST ADVOCACY SINCE 1997
"The Rad Trads perform music that's a confluence of excellent musicianship, deft writing and one wicked sense of humor," says Jedd Beaudoin of PopMatters. All five guys in this band are songwriters who take lead vocals on their own compositions. Here's the video for "Thumbtack" from the new album On Tap, out now from Hornblow Recordings. The Rad Trads play The Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles tonight.
The upcoming debut album by Loose Wing (March 22nd) reminds of early Kill Rock Stars and K Records releases. The Seattle-based foursome is comprised of local vets of the scene, led by Claire Tucker of Black Nite Crash. The first single is "Beverly," which Atwood Magazine describes as "'a ghostly elegant expression of sorrow, self-doubt, and searching."
Brooklyn’s Phil and the Osophers, essentially the one-man project of Phil Radiotes, has dropped a new single “Bee Liner,” which is available via the current Relix Magazine sampler, and on all streaming services. The forthcoming music video for the tune promises to be epic.
"The video makes use of the Fairlight CVI, “an amazing, long lost video synthesizer from the 80s,” Radiotes says.
Furthermore, while explaining more about the Fairlight CVI, Radiotes casually mentions the following: “I was first introduced to it when I was super young. I did a music service video to Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad.’”
Naturally, this footage has now been dragged out of retirement.
“I have to brace for the reaction to it,” Radiotes says. “That video has been put on at family events, to my embarrassment. But I guess it’s the perfect companion piece to ‘Bee Liner,’ so perhaps it’s time to have it out there.”
ALBUM REVIEW
L.A. Weekly has named the new Fawns of Love record its "Album of The Week" today. "Joseph creates gorgeous swathes of moody, melancholic music — one layer on another, all designed to swim through the consciousness while also framing the beautifully understated vocals of Jenny."
Fresh off a handful of dates in China, Brooklyn-based band The Rad Trads will take its buzzed about show to the west coast next month.
The upcoming shows bring the globe-trotting group’s singular take on rock n’ roll that mixes punk rock energy, horn drenched soul, and jazz precision, to San Francisco, Los Angeles, festival dates, and more.
On Tap, the latest album by The Rad Trads, is out now on Hornblow Recordings.
Denton, Texas is the home of Chris Welch & The Cicada Killers, introduced as the “fabulous Cicada Killers” on “Cicada Sweat,” the James Brown-inspired opening track of Shook, the north Texas band’s upcoming sophomore album, which follows-up its 2017 debut Faded & Frayed.
The pronouncement is the only vocal on the song, an improvisational moment that the band loved and kept, but it’s all that’s needed: The Cicada Killers’ unique brand of soul, shimmy, and shake speaks for itself.
The comedic music video for the album track “Shoenapper” is already circulating. Shook by Chris Welch and The Cicada Killers arrives on Feb. 22nd, 2019 preceded by the single and music video “Borrowed Repertoire”.
"In a landscape littered with overwrought pop stylists banking on social media currency, Alex Lilly is the genuine article," says Scott Sterling of FLOOD Magazine with the premiere of Lilly's new video for "Pornographic Mind," the second single from her debut album 2% Milk, out now everywhere!
The Joy of Violent Movement has re-posted J Hacha De Zola’s “boozy take on salsa,” “On A Saturday” from his upcoming John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Waxahatchee)-produced fourth album Icaro Nouveau, out March 8th on Caballo Negro. The post also goes into detail about the inspirations and methods behind the new album.
Loose Wing is a new Seattle-based band fronted by songwriter Claire Tucker. The four-piece group will issue its self-titled debut album on March 22nd, consisting of nine songs that fearlessly explore themes of anxiety, isolation, intimacy, and teen angst that has yet to be outgrown. Despite the weighty subject matter, Tucker’s tunes maintain an easy confidence throughout the album, with melodies that often remind of a Neko Case or PJ Harvey-fronted R.E.M., which despite that band’s origins in the furthest continental corner (Athens, GA) from the home of grunge, has always maintained a spiritual tie to Seattle. Other contemporary influences on Loose Wing include Kate Bush and Guided by Voices.
"Through heartache, rejection, workplace harassment and pervasive disillusionment, Alex Lilly’s songs keep their cool on her debut album, 2% Milk." Jon Pareles with a glowing review in The New York Times. Record release show tomorrow at Gold-Diggers in L.A. 2% Milk is out this Friday via Release Me Records.
Alex Lilly heads out on tour with KOLARS this late winter / early spring. Check the flyer below for dates and pick up advance tix at alexlillyland.com. Alex's debut album 2% Milk is out Jan. 11th. You can hear the single that PopMatters calls "Madonna with a more poetic bent" here: https://fanatic.lnk.to/AlexLilly-PornographicMind.
"'December' is built upon the shoulders of The Cure and Slowdive with its swimming guitar lines and washes of hazy, bright synths. Jenny’s pillowy, echoing vocals are also reminiscent of Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser and Enya. In this incarnation, Fawns of Love have perhaps unlocked the best supergroup combination with their own return." - BuzzBands.LA
Debut album from Jane Frank is out this Friday. "Her voice carries lightly over the instrumentals, creating a certain magical feeling that is absolutely perfect," says Imperfect Fifth today. Listen to "Fight or Flight" and check out the whole record The Big Squeeze later this week!
Jane Frank's debut is one of those little albums that could. Soundblab proclaims: "Utterly charming. Bouncy, straightforward indie pop, but with some surprising depth."
More from D.B. Rouse this morning: Imperfect Fifth loves the fact that this song is based around D.B.’s concept that soup is possibly the only food you can steal a bite from and not have anyone know.