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"Dirty Jerzee" is what J Hacha De Zola calls the New Jersey of his youth, which still inhabits his mind and music to this day.
It's not Bruce Springsteen's Jersey, that's for sure!
Hear it on the new single "A Day In Secaucus, New Jersey," out now from the upcoming album 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘈 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦, arriving June 9 on Caballo Negro Records (distributed by Slow Start Records via The Orchard). Find the whole song via the link, and check out the album trailer below.
The Chapin Sisters make you long to return to a place you may have never been before.
“Bergen Street” is the new single (March 31, Lake Bottom Records) from Abigail and Lily Chapin, the sibling members of what looks like a folk music dynasty, but in reality, is a proud family that has been making music for decades in the most humble of traditions.
Father Tom Chapin is a Grammy®-winning singer-songwriter, late uncle Harry Chapin is a legendary artist and social justice activist (his #1 hit “Cat’s In The Cradle” is a timeless classic), and grandfather Jim Chapin was an esteemed jazz drummer.
The sisters’ first new music since 2017’s Ferry Boat full-length, “Bergen Street,” which describes a stretch of Brooklyn road with its everyday “soot in the window ruts” and “air that smells of the tire dust” is an example of this humble and expertly crafted music-making.
It is voiced with stirring sisterly “blood harmony” in a way that only a family band – especially one with such a long history – can do.
“Movie Jail” is a phrase refering to unspoken sanctions imposed on a director after a career failure or refusal to join a lucrative project. One might assume a band bearing this name has rejected entertainment for its own sake, but the truth is a bit more complicated. Despite a noisy veneer, Movie Jail finds its center in an unabashed love of hooks, melodies, and solid grooves.
From the weird musical hinterlands that gave the world Slint, Hair Police, and Cage The Elephant, the Lexington, Kentucky-based Movie Jail offers further proof that college towns can provide fertile creative ground.
The five-piece group will release its self-titled debut EP on March 3, 2023 via Desperate Spirits Records.
I love seeing 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦 by I Was A King (beautiful jangle pop from Norway) on Big Takeover Magazine editor Jack Rabid's "200 Best Albums of 2022" at #9!
“The previous two records were very band-oriented,” the band’s Frode Strømstad says. “We felt that doing it as a two-piece this time would be a fresh approach, playing instruments we normally don’t play just to get some different ideas and textures and keeping it as simple and organic as possible.”
Hello! More love today for the lovely "Sweet Things" by I Was A King.
York Calling says the tune reminds of "the sort of folk-rock music that became popular in the 60s and 70s."
Remember the old Elektra Records logo with the butterfly from that era? That's my jam. I am personally reminded of that by this song.
Listen. It's a beauty.
New Pacifico single coming this Friday!
Check out the John K. D. Graham-directed video for "Afterglow" now over at Big Takeover! Click for your life.
Graham explains, “It’s a bit of motion collage that makes use of cut paper and video footage. I am a fan of Terry Gilliam, and his style was what I wanted to attempt.”
According to the band’s Matthew Schwartz, "The song is about someone losing their sight later in life, coming to terms with that change, and realizing that they have everything they need.
"We were lucky to have Peter Randall — bassist with The Kooks, Seal, and Adele — join us on this one.”
All-new Pacifico album 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 arrives February 10 on Pacifirecords. Limited vinyl bundles: are available at https://pacifico.bandcamp.com/album/self-care.
