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Fiver with The Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition – Jr. Wreck
Fiver is the alias of the enigmatic musician Simone Schmidt, a masterful songwriter and storycrafter, a legend in Canada, who today releases their final single prior to the release of their self-titled album on Friday, May 7th via You’ve Changed. Throughout 2017-2018, Toronto-based Simone Schmidt (Fiver) arranged the music in a small white house in Scotch Village in unceded Mi’kma’ki, along with the Bianca Palmer (drums, percussion), Nick Dourado (lap…
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Heavy Mellow : A Mix by Greg Loiacono
This Saturday, sharing this amazing mix curated by our friend and musical favorite Greg Loiacono. He didn’t make it for us specifically but it’s got so many favorites we asked if we could share. Also, I’m kind of on vacation so keepin’ it easy and breezy with this excellent soundtrack. Thanks so much to Greg, who has most recently released a single with Jamie Drake, the doo-wop duet “Bound to…
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Sarah Louise
I first became a fan of Sarah Louise’s floral fingerstyle acoustic guitar playing on her albums Deeper Woods and Field Guides, and remained intrigued by her more maximalist turn on 2019’s Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars, but nothing prepared me for Earth Bow. Sarah’s latest album is a sparkling, expansive exploration of meaning and melody, and also Sarah Louise’s most electronic record yet. As an admitted die-hard, erm, curmudgeon about electronic music, this conversation…
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Wes Tirey : An Interview by Lou Turner
Petal Motel is pleased to publish our first contributor who isn’t Lara. Musician, poet, and writer Lou Turner was kind enough to conduct this wonderful interview with the most talented Wes Tirey about his latest album, The Midwest Book of the Dead, out April 30th on Dear Life Records. The Midwest Book of the Dead by Wes Tirey Like most of us, Wes Tirey had a tough 2020. The Asheville-based…
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Cancion Franklin – Just Made Rent
My favorite NYC blues-rocker is back with a new single, “Just Made Rent,” a song for everyone who has: A) Just made rentB) Drinks too much C) Is in a little bit of debt D) All of the above Option B is how I came across Cancion’s music. Up until the pandemic, he had a monthly residency at 11th Street Bar, the best pub in New York City, where he…
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Rhiannon Giddens – They’re Calling Me Home
They're Calling Me Home (With Francesco Turrisi) by Rhiannon Giddens They’re Calling Me Home is timeless, and simultaneously very much of the times. Recorded in just six days by Rhiannon Giddens and her partner Francesco Turrisi in the midst of lockdown, the collection of originals and traditional tunes creates a beautiful impression of yearning. Themes of wistfulness and, well, being called home ring true. Perhaps most obviously on “Waterbound,” Giddens…
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breathing light
Things are looking up, right? Concerts are being planned, the vaccine rollout is going swimmingly in the US, I even quit my old job and got a shiny new one. Everyone should be on cloud nine. But no, unfortunately, it seems that after a year of discomfort (thankfully that’s all it was) and disinterest, the problem isn’t fear or a bad job or lack of socializing or events – it’s…
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Ki Oni – Stay Indoors and Swim
Stay Indoors and Swim by Ki Oni Los Angeles ambient artist Ki Oni is here to satisfy your need for twinkling, therapeutic, synthetic-nature-vibes to quiet your incessant inner monologue. Stay Indoors and Swim was originally released as a three-song EP last year and is now expanded to an eight-track album by Ki Oni, the stage name of the artist Chuck Soo-Hoo. Reminiscent of the inside of an aquarium, it’s no…
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Jesse Aycock
Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Jesse Aycock. Jesse is a talented and in-demand multi-instrumentalist who has shared a stage with the Secret Sisters, Elizabeth Cook, and of course, he was a member of Hard Working Americans along with Todd Snider, Dave Schools, Neal Casal, Chad Staehly, and Duane Trucks. Jesse is also a singer and songwriter who just released his third solo album on Horton Records. The self-titled album is dedicated to Neal…
