Samantha Sidley talks with Bay Area Reporter in advance of her show at Rickshaw Stop

INTERVIEW

Samantha Sidley chatted with The Bay Area Reporter ahead of tonight's performance in San Francisco at Rickshaw Stop with Alex Lilly and The Bird and the Bee!

"Sidley assumes that most of her audiences are LGBTQ, but says that she would welcome straight audiences because love is universal,” The Reporter reports. “She notes that gay people have had to listen to music from a straight perspective for a long time and have been able to relate to the music. Why then, couldn't straights relate to a song from a lesbian perspective?"

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Matt Micucci of JAZZIZ conducts a Q & A with Samantha Sidley, whose Interior Person LP comes out soon

INTERVIEW

"Samantha Sidley’s Interior Person (out via Release Me Records on September 13) feels like a breath of fresh air. But it is also its meticulously crafted sound, which blends vintage jazz with more modern pop elements, that makes it such an outstanding debut."

Matt Micucci spent some time chatting with Sam for JAZZIZ. Enjoy!

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Simone White shares Hilma af Klint, Saul Bass-influenced new video for "The Beep Beep Song"

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These references are accurate. Director, Elsa Grayson: “My goal for ‘The Beep Beep Song’ video was to interpret Simone White's lyrics and interlace them into a rhythmic story via two-dimensional visual abstraction. We drew inspiration from Simone's love of the color palettes from Hilma af Klint’s paintings, and my fond appreciation for the film title work of Saul Bass.” See it now at Brightest Young Things here.

LANDROID covers Plastic Bertrand's "Ça Plane Pour Moi;" Hear it now at The Big Takeover

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"Desert duo LANDROID (from California) delight with a vocally warmer and sonically post-punk take on a Plastic Bertrand classic." Check out LANDROID's cover of "Ça Plane Pour Moi" at The Big Takeover here. Debut album Imperial Dunes is out on Sept. 13th.

Simone White chats with Atwood Magazine about "The Beep Beep Song," upcoming new album

INTERVIEW

"Times change, but some things – like the power of love, or the magic of this 12-year-old song – stay the same." Simone White chats with Atwood Magazine today about reviving "The Beep Beep Song" for the latest Audi® R8 campaign, what the song meant to her then and now, and her upcoming new album Letter To The Last Generation, out Oct. 18th.

Hear Simone White's late-summer jam at Brooklyn Vegan

SONG POST

Simone White's late summer jam "Don't Turn Your Back On Love" is a collaboration with Samuel Bing of Fol Chen and you can check it out now over at Brooklyn Vegan. Simone's new album Letter To The Last Generation is out on Oct. 18th.

The Southern Sounding and the "synth-pop elation" of "Tonight" by The Late Innings

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"A brilliant blend of synth-pop and indie rock instincts, a sound as elusive as it is compelling,
says The Southern Sounding. “Sinex creates this noise as a way to explore the lines connecting the glistening AM radio pop of the late ‘70s to the shivering synth atmospheres of new wave. It’s a welcome blast of new wave nostalgia, DIY college rock unconformity and synth-pop elation." New single "Tonight" by The Late Innings out today. Thanks always to The Southern Sounding for the kind words!

Samantha Sidley uses her playful 'vocal weightlessness' to ask you to 'Listen!!'

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Vocalist Samantha Sidley, and songwriters Alex Lilly and Barbara Gruska, share details about "Listen!!," the latest single from Sam's upcoming debut album. Go to All About Jazz, follow the instructions of the song title, and stay tuned for Interior Person, out Sept. 13th from Release Me Records. See Sam on tour with The Bird and The Bee all across the US right now.

BLUNDERBUSST shares another track from band's upcoming EP, out tomorrow

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Reno's BLUNDERBUSST returns from a five-year hiatus with a new six-song EP and double 7-inch tomorrow courtesy of Slow Start Records. Today, hear "James Alex Chilton" from the new record, which Pure Grain Audio calls "Their best material to date," and adds, "Let’s just hope it doesn’t take another five years to hear more from this refreshingly unique band."

The Late Innings earns a rave review from Babysue; New album out Sept. 6th

ALBUM REVIEW

Praise for the upcoming album by The Late Innings and main-man Vincent Sinex from the venerable Babysue zine. "Wild Places spins like a best of collection. Sinex is influenced by 1980s bands like XTC, Magazine, and Echo and the Bunnymen, but his own music is much more accessible. This talented fellow uses ideas and sounds from his favorite bands as a diving board to create his own upbeat feelgood musical universe. The more we spin this one the more absorbing it becomes."

The Late Innings shares music industry mini-drama "Last Resort" with Spill Magazine

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The new single from The Late Innings is a music industry mini-drama. “‘Last Resort’ is about the manager of a rock star who needs to extricate his client from a precarious situation,” says Vincent Sinex. “The long-suffering manager, who has come to rescue of the rock star time and time again, is once again put to the test when the police call upon him to deal with the star, a just-past-his-prime rocker who has holed himself up in the top floor suite of a building that is set to be demolished.” Listen now via The Spill Magazine.

Samantha Sidley chats with Refinery29, shares luxurious music video for "I Like Girls"

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Today, Refinery29 premieres the luxurious and fun music video for Samantha Sidley’s career-defining anthem, “I Like Girls,” written by Alex Lilly along with Sam’s wife and the album’s producer, Barbara Gruska. Interior Person is out Sept. 13th from Release Me Records. See Sam will be on tour with The Bird and The Bee starting Aug. 11th.

LANDROID is a Grimy Goods "Hot Band Alert;" See desert duo's "Yellow Sea" video now

VIDEO POST

LANDROID is a Grimy Goods "Hot Band Alert," and not just because they're from the desert. "The track and accompanying video is an ode to the odyssey of the afterlife—or at least whatever comes next. Between Gillespie’s haunting croons, which puncture in sublime fashion through the melancholy and wonder of the film... and Gordon’s otherworldly melodics, LANDROID split-the-difference somewhere between Pink Floyd and Beach House."

Simone White collaborates with Audi ® again for update to artist's "The Beep Beep Song"

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"A two-minute dreamlike exploration of love and time... One can't help but feel weightless, elevated while listening." Simone White chats with PopMatters about giving her charming single "The Beep Beep Song" a second life. Click to check out the premiere of this two-minute gem and hear it everywhere this Friday.

JAZZIZ covers Samantha Sidley's cover of a "buried" Beach Boys "treasure"

FEATURE

“Out-and-proud vocalist Samantha Sidley pays tribute to The Beach Boys with a sumptuous, jazzy version of a buried treasure from the band’s iconic, prolific discography."

If you haven't hear Sam's version of "Busy Doin' Nothin'" yet, what have you been busy doin'? Nothin'? Boom! Really though, go over to JAZZIZ and listen to this 142 times. Her US tour with The Bird and the Bee and Alex Lilly starts Aug. 11!

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