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Jackson + Sellers – “Hush”
Check out the single “Hush” from Jackson + Sellers’ upcoming debut, Breaking Point. This rocking, edgy-Americana duo record is dangerously good- their harmonies electric, the musicianship powerful and timeless. Aubrie Sellers and Jade Jackson slid into one another’s DMs over the pandemic after a brief meeting at Americanafest, and watched their idea for a potential collaboration blossom into something magnificent. Citing Plant & Krauss (especially apparent on this song) and Nirvana as inspiration, the two song sirens are a cosmic pairing, writing deeply personal lyrics and exchanging ideas and stories while writing from one another’s perspectives intuitively. Their debut album…
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Kareeta – Buttons
Today the newly-formed band Kareeta premieres the first single, “Buttons” from their upcoming self-titled debut album. Buttons by Kareeta Kareeta rose from the swamps and southern delta heat during the uncertain spring of 2020. Emerging as a fully formed amalgamation of the music that shaped its core, the band settled out west in California and recorded its debut LP with producer and musician Greg Loiacono at the controls. The music is an all-night drive pushing you deeper into the dial with broken characters and stories of red sky redemption silhouetting every ache. The bandmembers, including Chuck Harris on vocals and…
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Ryan Pollie – The Shore House
Ryan Pollie just released his first song in two years! Produced at his home in Eagle Rock and featuring a rippin’ guitar solo by Michael Rault, the song is instantly relatable and while sounding sweet and radio-friendly, makes the heart hurt just a touch with its sentimental, wistful message. Inspired by my father, The Shore House is a story about a man raising children in suburbia. Thecharacter grew up at the shore and always thought he would see his kids grow up next to thebeach as well. Now stuck in the mundanity of a predictable suburban life, he dreams of…
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George is Lord – Behind That Locked Door
Today, California’s premiere George Harrison tribute band George is Lord shares the first single from their upcoming self-titled collection of George songs, from both his solo and Beatles catalog. The band consists of Anna Pomerantz, who did not consider herself a Beatles fan until she re-listened while learning to play drums, Anna’s drum teacher Lindsay Glover on guitar, Cody Porter playing bass and Sam Blasucci (of Mapache and Grateful Shred) onlead guitar. “One of the first songs we learned was ‘Something.’ I’ve actually spent most of my life hating the Beatles, but hearing them again for the first time through…
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Hayden Pedigo – “Carthage”
Check out the latest single from Hayden Pedigo’s upcoming album, Letting Go here. Gotta be honest with you, I haven’t listened to it because I am waiting to listen to the album in full this weekend on a road trip through the desert, where an album I know will be this special will sound best, rather than while typing on a laptop or washing dishes. I suggest you listen to it now, though! Go for a walk, look at some trees, and go. Stay tuned for my full review closer to release date! EDIT 9/10:Hayden has informed me that the…
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Maria Taylor – “It’s Coming For You”
My azure bae has shared a new song today, hot on the heels of a very recent Azure Ray album release. “It’s Coming For You” induces waves of nostalgia for those who came of age listening to Maria’s charming vocals and reverb-laden guitar solos from the likes of the Breeders. “It hasn’t been the easiest couple of years for kids and parents. I spent the last year and a half writing and releasing a new Azure Ray record, which I am really proud of. It wasn’t easy finding time to focus, with all of us home all of the time.…
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Maurice Louca – Higamah (Hirudinea)
Saet El Hazz (The Luck Hour) by Maurice Louca Maurice Louca has shared the second single from upcoming album Saet El-Hazz (The Luck Hour) The droning, hypnotic single is a stunning endcap on a collection of songs drawing heavily on Arabic music, psychedelic folk, and freeform jazz. Saet el Hazz is a coded saying in Egypt to refer to a good time and usually implies a great deal of debauchery. “When you mention to someone that you’ve had a saet hazz, there are no questions asked. It is what it is.” The initial spark for Saet El-Hazz was Louca’s desire to collaborate with…
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Adeline Hotel announces The Cherries are Speaking, goes deep in Q&A on the album
Our friend Dan Knishkowy, known to the world as Adeline Hotel, is back at it with The Cherries Are Speaking—his second album of 2021 and a complete departure from February’s Good Timing, a collection of interwoven guitar wanderings. Featuring Macie Stewart from Ohmme on strings, and V.V. Lightbody, Caitlin Pasko and Eric D. Johnson of Fruit Bats on harmonies, Cherries is a totally fresh direction, understated yet profound and resonant with Dan’s piano playing coming to the forefront to enhance his intellectual lyricism. You can hear the title track today and read on to learn more about the new album,…
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Pelt announces new album, Resistance Reticence, as part of Three Lobed’s 20th anniversary series
The next release up from the always-great Three Lobed Recordings’s 20th anniversary series is… drumroll please… PELT! Everyone’s favorite freak folk ensemble has returned, bridging the gap between drone and folk, past, present and future, tradition and invention. Resistance Reticence is available now for pre-order and out in the world on October 29th. The two sides of Resistance Reticence are aural tapestries, sonic abstract paintings – the kind of thing that at first glance would make you think, “I could do that”-but you didn’t-and you realize you wouldn’t, and probably couldn’t-and therein lies their genius. Today you can hear a…
