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Harpooner – Let’s Hear the World Together : A Guest Mix
Musician Harpooner, the nom de plume of Scott Schmadeke, picked songs from all the countries he’s going to this summer while he’s taking an artist residency in Turkey to make this playlist for Petal Motel. Harpooner’s sophomore release, In Two Minds, was released on Cold Lunch Reords on on April 30. The album is smooth, silky “chamber pop” in the vein of Blake Mills or Damien Jurado, while Schmadeke’s voice at…
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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…
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Starlight Cleaning Co.
Rachel Dean and Tim Paul Gray, both accomplished performers, songwriters, and recording artists in their own rite, released their debut record together as Starlight Cleaning Co. just last week on Sofaburn Records. Produced by Bart Davenport and engineered by Joel Jerome, the duo recorded the album at their home studio, the very same in which Vetiver recorded last year’s gorgeous Up On High. The sounds on this record span many…
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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,…
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David John Morris
David John Morris found himself taking Red River Road to Gambo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada and smiled to himself. It was one fortuitous signal among many along the way that led him to this place. Inside the Abbey, the Cornish songwriter became a temporarily ordained Buddhist monk and spent several months inside sans musical means of expression. After several months, he made a compelling argument to the elders and…
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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,…
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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”…
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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…
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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…
