INTERVIEW
"Going crazy on stage is what J Hacha De Zola does best." NJ.com's Jim Testa chatted with Hacha De Zola ahead of his show this Friday at WFMU's Monty Hall supporting The World/Inferno Friendship Society. RSVP: http://bit.ly/JHDZ-0621.
From the desert town of Landers, California comes new duo LANDROID
NEWS
Cooper Gillespie (vocals, guitar, bass) and Greg Gordon (drums, sequences) of LANDROID are veteran performers that have traveled the world as professional musicians. Now they live in the California town of Landers. Population: 2,632.
The music that Gillespie and Gordon are making as LANDROID, so named as a reference to their new home, is as vast as the environment in which it was created.
Influences on the Imperial Dunes sound include: David Lynch, David Bowie, outer space, X, Cocteau Twins, William Blake, Blade Runner, Led Zeppelin, Buddy Rich, scuba diving, Portishead, Pink Floyd, Angela Carter, the ocean.
Following years of playing variations on the Los Angeles-based punk and rock hybrid, Gillespie and Gordon settled in a desert land and became a desert band. The duo’s debut album Imperial Dunes arrives on Sept. 13th via their own Mojave Beach Records label.
The Pinx share music video for "Mercy!" single at Cowboys & Indians
PREMIERE
In its premiere coverage of the music video for “Mercy!,” Cowboys & Indians Magazine describes Sisters & Brothers, the latest album from Atlanta-based band The Pinx, as a collection of "shameless Southern-simmered, whiskey-soaked rock anthems."
Reno's BLUNDERBUSST returns from five-year hiatus with new EP on Aug. 9th
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
PREMIERE
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."
The Rad Trads visit Paste to perform "Thumbtack" and three new tunes
SESSION
The Rad Trads visited the Paste Magazine studios yesterday. The guys performed a few new tunes, along with "Thumbtack," from the album (On Tap" | Hornblow Recordings) they'll be supporting on the road all summer long.
Brooklyn-based art rock band Tolani shares "You and I" single
PREMIERE
The debut self-titled album from Brooklyn-based art rock band TOLANI is out on June 14th. Hear the single "You and I" now at Torched Magazine. Record release show June 15th at PIANOS. Tix: http://bit.ly/TOLANI-061519.
Alex Lilly chats with Irvine Weekly about "2% Milk" debut album
INTERVIEW
“Alex Lilly Confronts Ambivalence on 2% Milk”
Alex Lilly recently chatted with journalist Zoë Elaine about Lilly’s debut album 2% Milk (out now, Release Me Records) for Irvine Weekly.
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.
Ryan Traster shares "New Again" single with Glide Magazine
PREMIERE
"Reminiscent of pop-tinged classic rock acts like Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne, the song proves to be an instant earworm." Glide Magazine doesn't lie! "New Again," the first single from Ryan Traster's upcoming album Choses Obscures (July 19th, Slow Start Records) really sticks.
Gregory Ackerman preps new EP for fall release; Drops new "Cooler Heads" single
NEWS
Gregory Ackerman will release the first single from his upcoming new Munich Records EP "Stresslove" on June 14th. Meanwhile, he's just dropped a tune with Keenan McDaniel called "Cooler Heads," along with Fantastical Beings artwork by Italian painter, Anna Mond.
Debut album from Ryan Thompson & The Delicate Hounds out this week. New track at Americana Highways now.
PREMIERE
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
NEWS
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
PREMIERE
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.