PREMIERE
“Dreamy and earthy... always with heartfelt emotion.” The Big Takeover premieres the lyric video for "In Tune With The Moon" by Blesson Roy (ex-Idaho, Pete Yorn). The "Time Is A Crime" EP is out May 8th.
J Hacha De Zola Covers Billie Eilish For Cover Me Songs
SONG POST
"As he does with every cover he touches, he brings his old-weird-America eccentricity to the cover." Cover Me Songs includes J Hacha De Zola's cover of Billie Eilish's "Bury A Friend" in its "Full Album" story about When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?. Hacha De Zola is working on lots of new music now., more news soon.
Terry Borden (formerly of slowcore pioneers Idaho, Pete Yorn's band Dirty Bird) debuts as Blesson Roy
PREMIERE
"A child of the 1970s, whose love of AM pop radio has served him well... may be setting the pace for a new sound in a new decade." Jedd Beaudoin at PopMatters is the first to write about the new music from Blesson Roy, the project of Terry Borden, former member of slowcore pioneers Idaho and Pete Yorn's band Dirty Bird. Check out "In Tune With The Moon," available everywhere this Friday. "Time Is A Crime" EP out May 8th via Slow Start Records.
Kathleen Grace and Larry Goldings release live studio video performance of "Where Or When" single
PREMIERE
"In a world of overstuffed compositions and performances, this is a wonderfully restrained and sparse moment," says PopMatters today of this studio performance video from Kathleen Grace and Larry Goldings. The song is the 1937 classic "Where Or When," shot live in one take and featuring Goldings on this cool bit of kit called the Pocket Piano. The album version appears on the collaborative release Tie Me To You, out April 17th.
Former members of Seattle-based favorite Carissa’s Wierd to release long-delayed album as Figg
NEWS
Figg, the Seattle-based duo of Robin Peringer and Gilden Tunador, was originally scheduled to release its debut album a decade ago. Peringer’s musical past is like a giant quilt of the Northwest music scene, having played guitar in Modest Mouse, 764-HERO, Love as Laughter and many more luminaries of the region.
When he teamed up with Tunador, the duo found local admiration and ultimately national attention as part of the (intentionally misspelled) band Carissa’s Wierd.
It seemed like the right moment for Figg’s debut. Unfortunately shoved, then shelved, the album’s champions went away, a music industry story heard too many times. Jump to a decade later, and now, a new moment has emerged for Peringer and Tunador.
Figg’s self-titled debut, sounding fresh as ever, will finally see a national record release, following a brief stint online that earned the album's lead track a 2017 "Song of The Day" nod from Seattle's KEXP, on June 12th, 2020.
Kathleen Grace premieres the original tune "Everywhere" via American Songwriter
PREMIERE
Kathleen Grace will release her collaborative album with Grammy®-nominated jazz pianist Larry Goldings on April 17th. The album, Tie Me To You, is comprised of their unique take on some classics, but this tune, "Everywhere" is a Grace original. American Songwriter has the premiere today, the song will be streaming everywhere this Friday.
Samantha Sidley chats with Forbes about "Interior Person"
INTERVIEW
Samantha Sidley chats with Forbes: “It’s beautiful that lesbians and gay people can listen to my songs and say, I needed this,” she says. Sam's debut album Interior Person is out now from Release Me Records. Listen to “I Like Girls” below.
Atwood Magazine features Cabane's "Tu ne Joueras Plus à L’amour" as "Today's Song"
SONG POST
"Brilliantly unique... eclectic and somehow perfect," says Atwood Magazine in its "Today's Song" feature on Cabane's "Tu ne Joueras Plus à L’amour," featuring vocals from Bonnie “Prince” Billy. The debut album Grande Est La Maison is out now.
Former member of slowcore pioneers Idaho, Pete Yorn's Dirty Bird, to release debut EP as Blesson Roy
NEWS
Life-long “music lover and music doer,” Terry Borden is a child of 1970’s California who accomplished 250-plus tour dates a year throughout the early 2000’s as a member of slowcore pioneers Idaho and singer-songwriter Pete Yorn’s backing band Dirty Bird. On May 8th, Terry will release the “Time Is A Crime” EP, the first music from his own dreamy pop project, Blesson Roy. First single “In Tune With The Moon” out April 10th from Slow Start Records.
Chance Emerson shares "A Different Dark" music video via For Folk's Sake
PREMIERE
Jonathan Frahm at For Folk's Sake premieres "A Different Dark," the new video by Chance Emerson, which "features a restless Emerson and company traversing urban and natural landscapes alike. It’s an adventurous cut that showcases a textured message of self-discovery." Chance's debut album The Raspberry Men is out now.
Folk Radio says Cabane has "created one of this years most beautiful pieces of work."
ALBUM REVIEW
Beautiful words in today from Folk Radio about Cabane's Grande Est La Maison: "Thomas Jean Henri has created one of this years most beautiful pieces of work. This is music of uncommon grace and nuance. Never maudlin or overwrought with emotion, it is a gentle elixir."
Alex Lilly's new video for "2% Milk" feature synchronized swimmers, '50s America and an alien arrival.
PREMIERE
Alex Lilly's 2% Milk (the album) came out in early 2019 and now Billboard premieres "2% Milk" (the video) which features "synchronized swimmers, '50s America and an alien arrival." Along with her own music, Alex recently co-wrote much of Samantha Sidley's debut album, has been a member of Beck and Lorde's bands, and also takes on projects like arranging a 50-person, all-female choir for this piece (http://bit.ly/ALEX-50) spotlighting the lack of female producers in popular music. New music coming from Alex Lilly in 2020.
Poet, novelist, songwriter D.B. Rouse shares title track from "Nobody" EP, out tomorrow
PREMIERE
Songwriting is just one of poet and novelist D.B. Rouse's skills. The title track of the new four-song EP "Nobody" is streaming today over at V13 and it's available everywhere tomorrow.
Cabane's new collaboration with Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy) featured in The New York Times
SONG POST
"An atmospheric wisp... with glimmers of Leonard Cohen and Serge Gainsbourg." Jon Pareles at The New York Times has includedf the new Cabane collaboration with Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy) in the latest edition of The Playlist. Click to hear "Take Me Home, Pt. 2" from Grande Est La Maison, out this Friday.
Samantha Sidley performs "Butterfly In My Ass" and more at Paste Studios in NYC
SESSION
What's "Butterfly In My Ass" about? Samantha Sidley's wife, producer, drummer, and co-writer of the song (with Alex Lilly), Barbara Gruska, explains: “My grandmother gave my grandfather a painting of a naked woman, which got passed down to my mom, and then to Sam and me. We went to pick it up, and there was a piece of paper at the bottom, covering something. I asked my mom about it and she said, ‘Apparently there’s a lewd sentence on the painting.’ When I unscrewed the frame and pulled the paper out, Sam and I giddily read the sentence aloud: ‘I have a butterfly in my ass.’ Jackpot!” Watch Sam perform it for Paste Magazine.