Reno's BLUNDERBUSST returns from five-year hiatus with new EP on Aug. 9th

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The 15-year career of the noisy, Reno, Nevada-based shoegaze-pop band BLUNDERBUSST has included more time off than on. The group sticks to an edict of not only letting the songs be what they want, but also when they want. The band formed in 2005, released its first album in 2010, and a follow-up EP in 2014.

Essentially, BLUNDERBUSST makes music when the time is right, and that time has arrived again as the band returns with a new EP this summer. Songwriter Jen Scaffidi (vocals, guitar), Carolyn Gates (drums), and Carson Cessna (guitars/synths) will release “Monarch of the Mountain,” which may or may not precede its next vacation, on Aug. 9th via San Antonio’s Slow Start Records. The six-song collection will be available digitally and as a 2x7”.

The Late Innings to release late 80's / early 90's influenced "Wild Places," Sept. 6th

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Is Vincent Sinex a pseudonym?

It may be hard to convince you otherwise after listening to Wild Places, Sinex’s upcoming new solo album as The Late Innings, out Sept. 6th. The Los Angeles native’s music sounds like his name. It rides that edge of time when the late 1970s became the early 1980s. When pop became new wave. When AM became FM.

“I have been recording since my early 20’s when I first got a four-track cassette recorder, a couple of guitars and a drum machine,” Sinex says. “I was inspired by the performances in the 1982 concert film ‘Urgh! A Music War,’ which captured the energy, intensity, and diverse sounds of 80’s new wave bands. When I saw groups like XTC, Magazine, and Echo and The Bunnymen in that film, it made me want to pick up a guitar and try to make that kind of music myself.”

Gregory Ackerman shares first single from upcoming "Stresslove" EP with Americana Highways

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Gregory Ackerman's upcoming "Stresslove" EP (Oct. 4th, Munich Records) is comprised of "love songs for those who have fallen out of love." The first single is "We've Got A Runner," streaming today over at Americana Highways, which describes it as "a stirring percussive ensemble, over moving vocals and guitar, and an enticing harbinger of the upcoming EP."

Source: https://americanahighways.org/2019/06/13/s...

Ryan Thompson profiled in Submerge Magazine

INTERVIEW

"It's Never Too Late For A Debut" is a feature story about Ryan Thompson & The Delicate Hounds in the latest issue of Submerge Magazine. Writer Ronnie Cline gets in-depth with Ryan about his journey from "Playing Honkytonk To Pulling Heartstrings" that resulted in the fantastic new album Waiting on a Ghost, out now.

Source: http://submergemag.com/music/ryan-thompson...

Debut album from Ryan Thompson & The Delicate Hounds out this week. New track at Americana Highways now.

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The debut album by Ryan Thompson & The Delicate Hounds is out this Friday. “One listen to Waiting On A Ghost and you’ll be transported to a lazy country summer afternoon," says Americana Highways this morning about "Dreamin' & Wishin'", one of the more heavily country music influenced cuts on the record.

L.A.-based jazz vocalist to release debut album "Interior Person" Sept. 13th

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Samantha Sidley is a jazz vocalist from L.A. and she likes girls. “I Like Girls” is the first song, first single, and the first words you’ll hear on Sidley’s debut album Interior Person, out Sept. 13th from Release Me Records. The album features songs written for Sam by some of her favorite women: Inara George, Alex Lilly, and Sam's wife, Barbara Gruska. Check out an impromptu performance of "I Like Girls" below (foot to fax machine at 2:33!) The official "I Like Girls" single drops June 21st.

Oliver Kennan's "Oh Boy" out today, New video for "The Tinkerer" premieres

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Record release day for Oliver Kennan. Oh Boy is available everywhere now from Hornblow Recordings. The music video for new single "The Tinkerer" is streaming over at Imperfect Fifth today, too: "A complicated relationship, lots of curls, and some quick choreography make for a stellar visual experience." Scroll down for tour dates launching this Tuesday at Haymarket Lounge at City Winery Boston.

Source: http://imperfectfifth.com/oliver-kennan-th...

Jared Putnam of The March Divide chats about writing "I Got Lost" with Pure Grain Audio

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Jared Putman of The March Divide has a new run of tour dates starting today that will take him through the end of July. Click over to Pure Grain Audio for itinerary, as well as a guest blog entry from Putnam about writing and recording his new single "I Got Lost". You can watch the lyric video there or below.

Source: https://puregrainaudio.com/reviews/guest-b...

Gregory Ackerman is finalist in International Songwriting Comepetion; New single and EP coming soon

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Congrats to Gregory Ackerman: "Ten Little Indians/And Then There Were None," from his 2018 V2 Records / Munich Records album And Friends, was a top 10 finalist in the International Songwriting Competition out of nearly 20,000 submissions. Stay tuned for a brand-new single and news about Ackerman's next EP coming soon.

Source: https://americansongwriter.com/2018/03/gre...