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Upupayāma shares “Hopsa-japapé” from upcoming vinyl release on Centripetal Force/Cardinal Fuzz
At the very end of last year, Appenine forest-dweller, dreamer, and musical magician Alessio Ferrari released Upupayāma digitally. Now, Centripetal Force (North America) and Cardinal Fuzz (UK/Europe) are pleased to announce the upcoming vinyl release of Upupayāma’s self-titled debut. The album is being presented in a 350 copy vinyl pressing, 150 of which will be available on red and 200 of which will be on black. The record will be made available for preorder on June 11th, with a release date of July 13th. Alessio’s ideas for songs are so multifaceted and meta, and the sound reflects the somnambulist premise…
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Subversive to Care – an AAPI Charity Benefit Compilation
Paul is Dead Records is releasing a star-studded, bandcamp-exclusive compilation of contribution from over 50 artists who are close friends and family members of the label. The compilation aims to bring attention to the alarming increase in hate crimes and general animosity and racism towards Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, to call on others to actively stand in solidarity with AAPI people, and to do everything possible to combat racism in all its nefarious forms. Contributors include Jolie Holland, surferblood, wake up, Holland, birddog, ,spaceface, the natvral, eternal summers, and so many more. Paul is Dead head Evan Mui says, With…
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Nyxe – “Love Me Destroy Me”
LA native Pam Shaffer, aka Nyxe, is a podcaster, therapist, writer, and a musician who has just released the latest single from upcoming album, The Lovely Unknown. Listen here! Songwriting has been a way for her to process her own thoughts and feelings after delving into tricky emotional landscapes with clients. Her podcast, Why Not Both, is filled with conversations with artists who, like her, juggle a variety of careers, interests and passions. Her discussions with artists like Madame Gandhi, Aurora and Sudan Archives inspired many of the songs on The Lovely Unknown. Recorded alone at home, The Lovely Unknown features…
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Ifeanyi Elswith – “Fefestyle”
Last week, 22-year-old rapper Ifeany Elswith shared the music video for “Fefestyle” from last year’s Everything Festyle with Rosebud Allday. The video is the result of the need to create during pandemic-induced inertia. The video reflects the mood of Ifeanyi’s music as well – namely, cruising with your friends with good tunes blaring. Ifeanyi’s most recent album is a radically cool, elegantly produced vocal-forward R&B gem. Her voice takes center stage, smooth and sensual when she sings, laid-back and winking while she raps. Each track on Everything Festyle is sonically astounding, and her raw honesty and confident lyrics are aspirational. You…
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Stevie Weinstein-Foner – “Give Me A Song”
Stevie Weinstein-Foner shares the video for the gorgeous second single, “Give Me A Song” off upcoming album Wondering, out 6/18 on Wild Kindness Records. Stevie’s music is Californiana at its finest. With lovely, canyon-country acoustic strums, Blythe Gruda’s climbing complementary vocals, and a Bluebird-like picked coda, “Give Me a Song” is a cinematic marvel, and a promising taste of what to expect from the full-length record. “Give Me A Song” is a prayer, an asking, for the thing that the song itself is giving. As a songwriter, I sometime question the usefulness of my craft, like, what are songs good…
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Cameron Knowler announces Places of Consequence, premieres “Puerto Suelo”
Petal Motel is so excited to announce the release of Cameron Knowler’s upcoming solo album, Places of Consequence. The album will be out on American Dreams on July 16th (>>Pre-order here!<<). Knowler’s musical vision is strongly tied to location, and the album acts as a transportive vessel, exploring the intersection of place and sound. On the heels of the highly acclaimed album with Eli Winter, Anticipation, and following two previous full-length solo releases, Cameron’s latest album retains his deliberate, thoughtful playing style, yet as you can hear in “Puerto Suelo,” a certain enigmatic element is present, a desolate, intriguing echo…
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classic and modern new age essentials : Guest Mix by Luke Schneider
You may have noticed that my interest in electronic, ambient and new age is growing, and Nashville Ambient Ensemble is partially to blame for that. In my conversation with Michael Hix and Luke Schneider a few weeks back, Luke mentioned that *all* he listens to is private issue new age music. As my interest in the genre grows, and considering my fondness for Luke’s solo work as well as my daily habit of waking up to NAE’s Cereulean, I thought, who better to ask for recommendations? I asked Luke to make a mix of new age essentials and he totally…
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wake up – “i gotta getaway”
Today, Highland Park’s wake up releases the video for “i gotta get away” from their album tigers can’t be choosers released via Paul Is Dead records in February. The video features the band’s frontman’s fiancé Kathryn Grace as a young woman fed up and frustrated with city life, who decides it’s time to flew the coop and live the cowboy life. wake up is the recording project of multidisciplinary artist Evan Mui and a rotating cast of friends. the band’s original lineup recorded tigers can’t be choosers in 2014. however, relocations, lineup changes, and the band’s new lineup focused on new material, and so the…
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Greg Loiacono – “What Can I Say”
Our favorite NorCal crooner is back with another retro-pop swooner, streaming everywhere today via Blue Rose. “What Can I Say” is the third single in a series of four Greg recorded last summer. Loiacono is accompanied on “What Can I Say?” by Mikael Jorgensen (Wilco), Pat Spurgeon (Rogue Wave), Charles James Gonzalez and Emilie Raines, while it was recorded at Coyote Hearing in Oakland, CA and mixed at Echo Magic in Ojai, CA by Scott Hirsch (Hiss Golden Messenger). “As ‘What Can I Say?’ formed the delicate singing style kept working with the melody and the pleading lyrics, so I…
