STRATEGIC ARTIST ADVOCACY SINCE 1997
Many thanks to Relix for chatting with Abigail and Lily of The Chapin Sisters about their recent singles "Bergen Street" and "All Through The Night," and about how growing families can change the timeline of album-making.
Personally, I want that album soooooon!
"'All Through The Night' was originally written as a lullaby for the eldest child of Abigail of The Chapin Sisters but when you take a closer listen, you can hear why it has become an anthem."
"All Through The Night" is "Today's Top Tune" for September 12 at KCRW! Listen now!
"The gorgeous singalong tune is... a warm embrace of positive affirmations... the intimate nature of its delivery makes a memorable mark."
Thank you to Jonathan at PopMatters for the thoughtful words this morning about "All Through The Night," the latest single by The Chapin Sisters, out this Friday, August 18.
The lullaby-turned-anthem that Abigail wrote for her daughter features the contributions of Rusty Santos (Animal Collective) and Noah Kittinger (Bedroom).
Thanks to The Brooklyn Eagle for posting about "Bergen Street" by The Chapin Sisters. But also, how about the photo at the top of the feature of Uncle Harry Chapin with one of my all-time heroes Gilda Radner?!
Wow! 😍😍😍
"'Soft Exchange' simmers at the edge of lush art pop and melodic indie rock, carried by meditative keys and meandering guitar lines.
“Karl Blau’s soft vocals and the band’s instrumentation gently craft a pastoral scene and the results fit effortlessly into the track’s hazy summer backdrop."
Thanks to Under the Radar for the kind words about my favorite song from the debut EP by Opal Eskar! See the premiere at the link.
Vinyl at Bandcamp!
Check out The Chapin Sisters, with an acoustic preview of their next single "All Through The Night" on The Great American Folk Show via Prairie Public Radio!
Click for your life… and see the video for the duo’s most recent single, “Bergen Street,” below!
"Karl will continue to be one of our country’s finest songwriters, coast to coast."
Thanks to KEXP for chatting with Karl Blau about the debut EP (out now) by Opal Eskar, his new collaborative project with Heyward Howkins and Chet Delcampo of Later Fortune along with Charlie Hall and Robbie Bennett of The War On Drugs.
Click the link for the full article, or hear it on the air tomorrow (Saturday, May 20). Listen to the EP and buy vinyl here.
"Leaving Brooklyn, coming back as visitors and discovering both familiarity and estrangement inspired The Chapin Sisters' new song."
Abigail and Lily chat with BK Reader today about "Bergen Street," their first new music in five years.
"Growing up, art and music permeated Lily and Abigail’s lives. With GRAMMY-winning singer Tom Chapin as a father and folk-rock musician Harry Chapin — of ‘Cat’s in the Cradle’ fame — as an uncle, it’s no surprise that music accompanied the sisters’ artistic lives."
Click for your life!
"Intricate indie rock guitars, silken new wave synths, jazzy chord changes, and a love for irresistible pop melody."
What else do you need?!
Hear another track from the debut EP by Movie Jail before it drops this Friday on Desperate Spirits!
Thanks to Under the Radar for premiering "Stop At The Mark" which you can listen to during your lunch break, when you're picking up the kids from school, while walking the dog...
I'm out of suggestions!
A comedian is bombing so badly that his microphone decides to make an escape. Comedy is not pretty!
Have some fun watching the "Call The Neighbors" video from Movie Jail over at MAGNET! Hobart Rowland proclaims it a "hooky sonic barrage,” and damn if that's not what I need after my bowl of egg whites and spinach.
Debut EP (mixed by John McEntire of Tortoise who also contributes vibraphone) out March 3 on Desperate Spirits! "Call The Neighbors" single is out now and available here.
Good day!
Matthew Schwartz of Pacifico chatted with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the new Pacifico album 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 ahead of this Saturday's release show at Smith's Olde Bar.
Writer Matthew Smith calls the new Pacifico music "Ultra-catchy... compelling and cohesive."
See Pacifico this Saturday, February 18 at 8PM ET w/ support from Perfect Animal, Tiny Banshee, and Kick Snare Crash. Sponsored by WREK 91.1 FM, Criminal Records Atlanta & Terminus Tees | $12 ADV / $17 DOS.
David Byrne digs "Pure Drivel" by Alex Lilly! Check it out on his "Music For Valentines" playlist.
Alex's latest album 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘚𝘪𝘯 is out now on Release Me Records!
Matthew Schwartz from Pacifico chats with SPIN today about a topic I am also too familiar with: The debilitating ways of the music industry!
The new Pacifico album 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 is about all manner of personal struggles with well-being. In this lengthy interview, writer Amanda Peukert focuses in particular on the single "Comatose," which makes the music biz its subject.
Schwartz says of the industry, "You’ve got to be the loudest person in every room, and, for me, that just isn’t healthy; I don’t like that." Amen!
"The aneurysm affected his vertebral vein, so he isn't able to put as much pressure on his vocal cords or play instruments with the same intensity, but all of his attributes and innovative spirit emerge on each song."
I'm so happy that Dani Meza from the crushedvelvets recently got the opportunity to tell his story to Brian Blueskye of the Desert Sun, which is the daily paper in Indio — the town famous for Coachella where Dani grew up and still lives.
Click the image for the article and also video of the two talking music at Finders Keepers Records.
A full-length album by the crushedvelvets is in the works to follow-up Dani's trio of 2022 EPs called, "dreamy and soulful shuffles that have all the night-kissed grace of Julee Cruise and the poetic finesse of the Jazz Butcher," by Alex Green of Stereo Embers.
Thanks to NPR member station KQED for spotlighting the "impassioned and sometimes painful emotions" of Caitlin Cobb-Vialet's signature song "Disco Ball," which is playing in my mind right now!
Caitlin will be performing at Cornerstone Berkeley on Tuesday, January 31. Debut album 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘥 is out now. See the unforgettable "Disco Ball" video now.