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"'Bundled Up Blues' sounds like the story of terrible things that occurred so long ago that laughing about it is not only permitted but encouraged. It’s a joyful, playful sound built on the blues." This from Alt77 on this crackerjack of a tune by Alberta & The Dead Eyes!
I will never get tired of thoughtful takes on music that I represent. For me, it is never about the outlet, it is about the writer.
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Hello! Look, I can't keep praising The High Water Marks all of the time or you’ll be like, "Josh, you're their publicist. We need an objective point of view!"
Fair.
Here's what Will at We All Want Someone To Shout For says today about the first two singles from the upcoming 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘧 (out June 9 on Minty Fresh): "Wicked good... All the best elements of charming 90s power pop... in all the ways you'd expect from a band involving Hilarie Sidney, the co-founder of iconic Elephant 6 Recording Company. Sugary vocals, tight guitar riffs, and an infectious presence that simply soars."
That's it, there it is!
Now you can use your eyes to listen to the new single by The High Water Marks! Watch "An Imposed Exile" during your "work" hours!
Nathan at Austin Town Hall says: “I’m all about the execution of perfect pop... the melodic nature of the vocals galloping atop those fuzzy jangling guitars is just absolutely sublime."
Hilarie says: "It was a big year for us because we all got to record in Kentucky together and we played our first show together in Oslo with Pavement. I wanted to make a video with us in it and this one is like our greatest hits of 2022."
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘧 (17 tracks!) is out June 9 from Minty Fresh.
If you want your brain taken over by an earworm, I am offering you this opportunity!
As Joshua Pickard writes in Beats Per Minute: "Trouble From The East" by The High Water Marks is a "rocker of sustainable emotional malleability, using blissed-out guitar riffs and pop-centric harmonies to examine the impact of war and nuclear annihilation. Calling Norway home, the band knows firsthand about the perceived threat of violence from just across geographical lines."
Don't be afraid! Click for your life!
Chris J. Norwood might not be “cool,” according to himself at least, but Fair Shakes And Just Desserts says he and his wife Carrie make “simple, honest, beautiful music.” Link in bio to the review of single “I Need You (To Quit Breaking My Heart),” which the site compares to Jonathan Richman, Marshall Crenshaw, and The Smithereens. The full LP is due August 20 from State Fair Records.
Inara George's new tune "Brother," written for her brother to commemorate his 50th birthday, is "Today's Top Tune" at KCRW. It's part of Inara's new bundle of new songs "The Youth of Angst," streaming everywhere now.
"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.
"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.
"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.
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.
Ryan Traster has a new single "Lost in a Sound" out today via Slow Start Records and it is the "Song of the Day" over at Minnesota Public Radio's The Current. Go and listen to what Austin Town Hall calls "those classic 80s left-of-the-dial pop touches" that make you "immediately feel like you’re home." Traster's new album Choses Obscures is out July 19th and he plays a record release show at the Turf Club in St. Paul on Sat., July 6th.
Samantha Sidley likes girls and Jazziz Magazine likes Samantha Sidley. Listen to the low-key anthem "I Like Girls," featured over at Jazziz here: http://bit.ly/SIDLEY-JAZZIZ. Tour with The Bird and The Bee and Alex Lilly launches Aug. 11th. Sidley's debut album Interior Person arrives via Release Me Records on Sept. 13th.
“Seattle has produced an unquantifiable amount of outstanding indie rock, and now Loose Wing are serving as an example that the area’s still got it. The Seattle group channels early R.E.M. vibes with the guitar sound on “Moving Blankets,” and they show off their versatility with some smartly incorporated strings on “Beverly.”
Alex Lilly's "Pornographic Mind" is "Today's Top Tune" at KCRW in Los Angeles. "Alex Lilly has been on the touring circuit with the likes of Beck, Lorde and master guitarist Ry Cooder for years, so it's a pleasure to hear her debut full-length album." Lilly will be touring with KOLARS starting tomorrow night at the Casbah in San Diego. See her in Los Angeles at The Echo on Friday.
Brooklyn’s Phil and the Osophers, essentially the one-man project of Phil Radiotes, has dropped a new single “Bee Liner,” which is available via the current Relix Magazine sampler, and on all streaming services. The forthcoming music video for the tune promises to be epic.
"The video makes use of the Fairlight CVI, “an amazing, long lost video synthesizer from the 80s,” Radiotes says.
Furthermore, while explaining more about the Fairlight CVI, Radiotes casually mentions the following: “I was first introduced to it when I was super young. I did a music service video to Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad.’”
Naturally, this footage has now been dragged out of retirement.
“I have to brace for the reaction to it,” Radiotes says. “That video has been put on at family events, to my embarrassment. But I guess it’s the perfect companion piece to ‘Bee Liner,’ so perhaps it’s time to have it out there.”