It's Psychedelic premieres "As if," the ethereal and mystical new single from Ivory Fields' upcoming debut

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Guys! I swear, when I start living inside the version of BLADE RUNNER that takes place in the desert, and I'm being driven around by Daryl Hannah in a sand rover, this track by Ivory Fields is what I want playing on infinite.

"As If" hits it out of the dune with this ethereal, mystical, Earth-is-actually-outer-space thing that I need right now (and you need it too, I promise).

Duophonic vibes from Mahadev (Gangi, Fake Estates) and Ale (Pharaohs, Languis, dublab.)

Thanks to It's Psychedelic Baby for the premiere on this one! Hits all streamers this Friday. Debut album out October 28 via Simballrec / Office of Analogue and Digital. Pre-save now.

Photo by Jeanette Getrost.

Alex Lilly releases a new, sexy song about books: "Pure Drivel"

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I got to use the phrase "nerdy booty call" in a press release and I am so pumped.

The new Alex Lilly single "Pure Drivel" is out today on Release Me Records and it is A BOP… which is what kids say and also why Alex has been demonstrating the TikTok choreography!

On TikTok yourself? Dance with a book ANYWHERE and use this song as your soundtrack because this song is about BOOKS, not just BOOTIES. It’s also inspired by Alex's pandemic book club:

"It was an interesting club as we mostly drank and smoked and never finished a single book (I’m not proud of this fact!) But it was a break from boredom and @beck read us the first chapter of 𝘔𝘰𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘪𝘤𝘬.”

New album 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘚𝘪𝘯 is out October 21. Click for your life!

Hear the "night-kissed" new tune from the crushedvelvets, compared by Stereo Embers to Julee Cruise and The Jazz Butcher

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Good morning! Tremendous words today from Alex Green at Stereo Embers about Dani Meza's latest as the crushedvelvets: "Dreamy and soulful shuffles that have all the night-kissed grace of Julee Cruise and the poetic finesse of The Jazz Butcher."

Man, "night-kissed" is something I'd steal if Alex hadn't given it to us. I'm really proud to be working on this project rooted in personal struggle and survival. The groove truly is in the heart here. Read more about Dani and hear the night-kissed tune (already using it!) "Dig To Me" now.

The second EP in a series of three by the crushedvelvets hits streamers tomorrow.

Alex Lilly's "Frank" leads RIFF Mag's new music mix

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Have you heard the new Alex Lilly song about Barbara and John, Samantha and Vikram?

Inara, Daiana, Alice and Juan? Anna, Eleni, Amber and Alex's dead cat Hank? The song is named after a man in a burning chair at the bar. It's called "Frank."

Give a listen over at RIFF and be sure to look our for the new Alex Lilly album 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘚𝘪𝘯, out October 21 on Release Me Records!

Buzzbands shares Alex Lilly's "decidedly whimsical" song "Frank"

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I have a new policy here at Fanatic! When posting about Alex Lilly on Wednesday, follow up by posting about Alex Lilly on Thursday!

In accordance, here's another chance to hear "Frank" from Alex's upcoming new album 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘚𝘪𝘯, out October 21 from Release Me Records.

Thank you BuzzBands.LA for posting about this song, which is SO VERY Los Angeles itself as it turns Alex's real-life friends into lyrics. Kevin Bronson writes, "Lilly introduces the album on a decidedly whimsical note — and she’s exceptional at that. She name-checks almost a dozen of her friends (and her late cat)."

Keep your ears peeled for Inara George, John Vanderslice, and Eleni Mandell for starters. The rest I will leave for you to puzzle out when you're done with Wordle.

Mxdwn premieres "Frank," from Alex Lilly's just-announced and stunning new LP Repetition Is A Sin

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I've been cooling my jets waiting to talk about the new Alex Lilly album and now I don't have to wait anymore!

Alex has made one of my fave albums here. 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘚𝘪𝘯 just speaks to so many aspects of what I adore about awesome songwriting, production, and life in general.

I'll be saying lots more about it in the months to come, but for now, please enjoy the album cut "Frank," in which Alex turns her friends into her lyrics! Listen for mentions of Inara George, John Vanderslice, and so many others.

So fun! So fab! Thanks to the fine folks at mxdwn for the post. 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘚𝘪𝘯 is out October 21 via Release Me Records!

Ghettoblaster speaks with CLIFFWALKER's Cliff

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Hey!! How are you?!

That's my less-mild Daniel Johnston impression. Like it?

Check it out: Cliff Hayes from CLIFFWALKER chatted with Ghettoblaster Magazine about the duo's debut EP Painted Gray Sky recently.

"Edgy, pulsating... The melodic bass work from Hayes adheres to A. Walker Spring’s enthralling guitar and synth lines. In total, Painted Gray Sky naturally moves from track to track with shadowy underlining that is compelling and progressive." This is accurate!

The instrumental pairing of Cliff's bass and Walker's vibraphone is a sound that I have been here for all year long. I love it! Please give a look-see and a hear-hear (is that the ear version of what eyes do? I don't know.)

D Magazine interviews Dallas staple Paul Slavens

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I'm never going to stop posting Paul Slavens photo shoots because I need to make sure every Kroger in the Dallas area turns into an impromptu autograph signing for Paul.

So, today, this two-page spread in D Magazine with lovely images by photographer Marc Montoya.

One of the perverse joys I get out of my job is writing an artist's bio and then subsequently reading interviews where the artist is questioned about the details I brought up. It's like me (not a journalist) getting an actual journalist to do my dirty work.

Anyway, that'll do it for another post about someone else that I made about me! Paul's new album 𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴, 𝘝𝘰𝘭. 𝘐𝘐 is out now on State Fair Records.

With a new video premiere, Beats Per Minute compares The March Divide to a bevy of heavy hitters including Big Star and Fountains of Wayne

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With all due respect to Jared Putnam, the story here is: “This clip just so happens to star a puppet that could have been a background extra in Labyrinth.”

Yes! Maurice, the puppet star of The March Divide's “Tension In The Air” video (worked by director Hector at Subharmonic City Productions) is back, staring in the clip for “Corduroy,” a deep cut from the new album 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴, out now on Slow Start Records.

Beats Per Minute writer Josh Pickard says, “The song brings to mind the jangling echoes and chunky rhythms of bands like Big Star and Cheap Trick, but also lays some of its earnest adoration at the altar of mid-90’s alt-rock (I’m looking at you Gin Blossoms and Matthew Sweet) — a rumbling sound which was repurposed in the early aughts by bands like Fountains Of Wayne and Sloan.”

How could you not listen to that at work?!

Dallas Morning News publishes a big, fat feature on Paul Slavens

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Did you know that the hold music at The Dallas Morning News is The Dream Academy's instrumental version of The Smiths classic “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want,” as heard in Ferris Bueller's Day Off? I know because I had to get around the paywall to bring you this big, fat article about Paul Slavens in yesterday's paper! Thanks to Thor Christensen for the thoughtful words and to Shafkat Anowar for the fantastic photos!

Thor writes, “His new album, 𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴, 𝘝𝘰𝘭. 𝘐𝘐 (State Fair Records), shows off his dazzling songwriting talents as he jumps from Parisian classical-jazz (‘Naomi‘) to razor-edge bebop (‘Queenie‘) to new-wave cabaret (‘X on My Heart‘).”

It's been a sincere pleasure for me to work on this album by a master of his craft. Click for your life… paywall, sorry!

V13 premieres "I Wanna Hate You" and notes The March Divide's deftness for blending "melody, levity, and popular appeal"

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“The perfect blend of melody, levity, and popular appeal... pop-rock gems with lots of fun melodies and hooks.”

In their premiere coverage of the “I Wanna Hate You” video by The March Divide – in which a perfectly nice picnic goes perfectly wrong – V13 also calls the tunes on the new album 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴, “Sarcastic for sure, certainly humorous,” but also “rather confessional.” I love that!

𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 is out now on Slow Start Records. Jared Putnam's got lots of tour dates coming up that are also included in the article… Click for your life!

CLIFFWALKER gets vibey with the visuals on "Pulling Threads," viewable now via Glide Mag

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“I'm hiding from the cops.” Man, such a vibe of a visual to open the new video for “Pulling Threads” by CLIFFWALKER.

The instrumental music of the bass (Cliff Hayes of CARCRASHLANDER) and vibraphone (A. Walker Spring of Old Time Relijun) duo is so dangerous-sounding, after all.

To wit, Glide Magazine says, “This unique pairing of vibes, bass and synth... feels like it could be the score of an 80s sci-fi thriller.”

Then we have this rave throwback to the “gloving” phenomenon going on during the rest of the show. I love this thing! Go and watch!

The debut EP Painted Gray Sky is out now. You can listen at any of the entities that use your money to do bad things.

Dallas Observer takes a deep dive into Paul Slavens' new LP

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Many thanks to Danny Gallagher at the Dallas Observer for this deep dive on 𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴, 𝘝𝘰𝘭. 𝘐𝘐 and wide-ranging interview with Paul Slavens about it.

This record encompasses so many styles, genres, nuances and niches. It's the perfect soundtrack to whatever weird alcohol and meat-fueled weekend you have planned for yourself.

Out now on State Fair Records.

Listen here!