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Shot using two VHS cameras, Later Fortune’s “ransom note” video for the synth-y cover of David Bowie's 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 cut "Win" premieres today! The duo of Chet Delcampo and Heyward Howkins are sharing the clip and chatting with MAGNET Magazine about it this morning. Click for your life!
“Lateral To The Devil” b/w/ “Win,” the upcoming single from Later Fortune, arrives Feb. 11th, 2022.
Hilarie Sidney (currently of The High Water Marks, co-founder of Elephant 6 Recording Co. and The Apples in Stereo) is this week's guest on the Stereo Embers podcast!
Host Alex Green calls new album 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 (out this Friday via Minty Fresh) a "blast of hook-laden numbers that careen and roll mightily away with jangling precision and indie rock smarts... a stirring collection of spry pop anthems that's both spellbinding and rousing."
I'm not going to argue with any of that one bit. Check out Alex's chat with Hilarie, yo!
Linda Draper recently chatted with Guitar Girl Magazine about her new album 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘱𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬, also sharing the new video for the LP-closing acoustic version of her protest song “Tether.” As she explains, "The video illustrates how politics and media… [create] cycles of division [that] have repeated themselves throughout time." See it now.
Later Fortune’s cover of David Bowie’s “Win” is over at my favorite cover songs site Cover Me as one of their "Best Cover Songs of January."
"The duo of Chet Delcampo and Heyward Hawkins, collaborators with Karl Blau & War on Drugs band members, wrap a hazy gauze around this Bowie deep cut, bringing in Depeche Mode influences."
J Hacha De Zola keeps evolving! First, with last summer's epic 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘥𝘦𝘯, and now - as he finishes the follow-up album - this four-song "visual" EP dropping on Friday called “Not Acoustic,” out this Friday. Today, It’s Psychedelic Baby is screening "Strange" for us, the first of four tunes from his catalog shot solo and live-to-camera in the studio. This is J in character but raw, poised but imperfect.
Today, Clout has some things to say about Caitlin Cobb-Vialet that we are 100% agreeing with over here!
"Distinctive and effortlessly engaging... candid and intimate in a really warm and conversational way... 'Not Enough' feels like a living thing."
Debut album Endless Void (produced by Jim Greer) is out May 6.
New music from Linda Draper this morning over at The Boot! The acoustic version of Linda's protest song "Tether" closes her new album 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘱𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬, out this Friday.
"Evoking the righteous political folk storytelling of Joan Baez,” the site says, “the song is a powerful testament to the frustration and mourning many people have experienced throughout the pandemic. Over building fingerstyle guitar and a barebones backing fiddle, Draper's voice takes center stage to express exactly how she feels."
Release show this Friday in Brooklyn at Pete’s Candy Store. RSVP here. 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘱𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 album pre-save here.
Good day, brave souls of the internet! While you are consuming your coffee and Wordle (you know you do it!), please click on over to our friends at Glide Magazine for the premiere of "Win," a synthy cover of the David Bowie deep cut by Later Fortune aka Philly-based musicians Chet Delcampo and Heyward Howkins.
Glide says it's "a truly stirring rendition that would make Bowie smile." If it would make Bowie smile, then it's bound to make you feel some kind of way, yes? I don't know if Wordle accepts proper nouns, but with Bowie being five letters, perhaps all of this can make some kind of sense.
“Lateral To The Devil” b/w/ “Win,” the upcoming single from Later Fortune, arrives Feb. 11th, 2022.
Hey earthlings! You know what? The High Water Marks single "Fantastic Machine" is out tomorrow (pre-save: https://smarturl.it/xj9q2m) and it's streaming this morning over at the very awesome Treble Zine!
This is for all kids of Earth, but especially for those Elephant 6 Recording Co. and The Apples in Stereo fans out there who have been following the musical projects of Hilarie Sidney over the years.
New album 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is out February 4 on Minty Fresh!
When Caitlin Cobb-Vialet sits down at her grand piano in San Francisco, it feels like you are sitting on the bench right next to her.
The young songwriter and multi-instrumentalist creates immediate intimacy in the opening moments of her upcoming debut album Endless Void, arriving via War Chant Records on May 6th, 2022.
The songs are often fleeting (album opener “Not Enough” clocking at a slim two minutes, for example), but it doesn’t matter; Cobb-Vialet imparts so much feeling in such a small amount of time.
I’m moving to Oregon
With Noah forever
I’ll see you on Facebook
Or maybe I’ll mute you
Whatever
Does a proper name ever pop up in an album opener? Or the mention of a social media platform? It doesn’t matter that you don’t know Noah (and you don’t want to know Facebook.) This sentiment is powerful and timeless, even when expressed in the vernacular of the day.
Endless Void, the debut album by Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, arrives via War Chant Records on May 6th, 2022.
Sloan Simpson has been recording for over two decades. Until now, none of the music has been his own.
This changes with the release of his debut album System Update (May 13th, 2022, Science Project Records) under the name Sloan Brothers.
The Athens, Georgia-based musician played rock and jazz guitar growing up, but was frustrated by the hit his talents took when a serious car accident sidelined him. Simpson sold all of his guitars and quit the instrument.
With music still in his blood, if not in his grasp, Simpson began to document, through live taping, the local scene in his new hometown of Atlanta, eventually relocating to nearby Athens after years spent driving between the two as part of his recording endeavors. His new hobby had become a good habit.
Simpson explains, “I asked my friend Robert Schneider (co-founder of The Apples In Stereo and Elephant Six Recording Co.) if he would record backing vocals on the song “Into My Mind,” and he agreed. As I kept writing more songs, I would ask more friends I knew from recording shows over the years to contribute guest parts.”
After half a lifetime taking home tapes of the personal struggles of others in song, it’s about time that Simpson is giving us the same opportunity with his unexpected, thrilling work.
System Update, the debut album by Sloan Brothers arrives on May 13th via Science Project Records,
Linda Draper on her latest single "All In Due Time," out today: "As the last couple of years unfolded, the ripple effect of this pandemic has hit people in different ways. I wrote this song with that in mind."
Thanks to The Bluegrass Situation for the premiere on this one. Read and listen there or find it on your streamer of choice right here: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/LindaDraper-AllInDueTime
Today in the Orlando Sentinel: Linda Draper talks spontaneity. Like, how about the time she thought it would be fun to learn to line dance, took a line dancing class that evening at Cowboys, and then filmed her first attempts and included them in her new “’81 Camaro” video?
Yeah, she did that!
The tune is on Linda’s upcoming album 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘱𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬, out later this month. Pre-save at https://smarturl.it/y2fm3o.
The one-man wrecking crew Adam Bernard ((of Adam’s World) was one of the first to the party on J Hacha De Zola; now East of Eden, the latest crystallization of J’s tunes, has landed on Adam's "Must Hear" list. He notes J’s sonic journey from a Frank Zappa-inspired psycho into an “absolutely fantastic” purveyor of Doors-type blues-psych.
It don't stop in the two-two! See you on the other side… I made two more references to The Doors there, I hope you enjoy.
“In her charming new video, Linda Draper bids farewell to New York and takes a deep dive into nostalgia and Americana." Gotta give thanks to Rachel over at Adobe and Teardrops for this post of the “’81 Camaro" video, which depicts that tiny sliver of time this summer when peeps were back to cruising in cars, going to carnivals, and line dancing.
I’m also partial to Linda’s selfie acoustic version, where she’s interrupted by the door buzzer. New album Patience and Lipstick is out January 21!