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Mapache on songwriting, collaboration and their new album Swinging Stars
Petal Motel contributor and author, photographer, wanderer, and all-around brilliant creative Roberto Johnson was kind enough to interview Clay Finch and Sam Blasucci about their new record, Swinging Stars. Mapache has been dear to my heart ever since I saw Sam and Clay singing under the stars at Landers Brew Co. (RIP) here in the desert, long before it became my home. Mapache is integral to the overall web of…
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Golden Brown – “Withywindle”
The exquisite front range rockstar Golden Brown is back with Wide Ranging Rider, out September 8th via Inner Islands. The beautiful video by Sia Urroz is as lovely as the song, featuring Stefan’s amazing children Lola, Oscar, and Scout, who are the cutest, most lovable creatures I’ve ever seen (you can follow them on Instagram, I love them so much!). Be sure to pre-order Wide Ranging Rider on Bandcamp, and…
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Rose Haze – “Slow Decay”
Today, Bay Area-based band Rose Haze shares the premiere of the video for their new song, “Slow Decay.” What was Kate Ramsey’s alter-ego is now a full band, with misty, swirling guitars and synth, and timeless, soaring vocals, reminiscent of Swervedriver, sweetly discordant rather than saccharine. Shoegaze is alive with Rose Haze! Explore Rose Haze’s discography on Bandcamp. “Slow Decay” is very much a shoegaze wall of sound cloaked in…
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Late Summer Bandcamp Shopping List
It’s late summer and thinking of seasons changing brings my stress levels up, but thank goodness, music is on the way to save me. Here’s a list of a few beautiful new releases that are coming out around this time. Bandcamp Friday is September 1st, so add these to your cart and check out then! Seasons Shifting by IKSRE & anthéneA gorgeous collab between two prolific ambient composers- soothing and…
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Jerry David DeCicca – “Manzanita Bay”
One of our very favorite Texas-based troubadours has announced the release of his fifth solo album, New Shadows, out on September 21st. True porch music (Jerry literally wrote the album on his front porch,) he describes the album as “literary-goth and avant-Americana meditation, absurd and ruminative,” which sounds like true Jerry music and is exemplified extraordinarily in Manzanita Bay – a little broody, a little dance-y, and absolutely nails the…
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Nightblooms – “Matters of Time” (feat. Chessa Rich)
Petal Motel is excited to premiere the song “Matters of Time” from Nightblooms, the nom de plume of artist Sam Logan. The Greenboro, NC dweller is releasing his debut album, The Slow Decline, in a series of three installments, the first being the EP Night Blooms in the Apocalypse, out 9/1/23 via Sleepy Cat Records. Instrumentally, the first single is perfected indie pop bliss, lyrically, it plumbs familiar depths. I’m…
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A Conversation with Thomas Oliverio from Tommy and the Ohs
This review and Q&A were written by Nick, who runs The Third Eye psychedelic rock blog. Nick is a Philadelphia-area native who recently moved to Tennessee with his wife and two fuzzy children. Since moving to his new home, Nick’s enjoyed being surrounded by honky-tonks in the Nashville area, listening to WMOT Roots Radio, and being closer to the birthplace of country music. MARIPOSA GOLD by TOMMY AND THE OHS…
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Tan Cologne – “Visitation”
Elated for news of more ethereal, moody, gorgeous sounds from Tan Cologne, my favorite pair of Taos-dwelling true artists. Lauren Helene Green and Marisa Macias recently returned from a residency in Puglia, Italy where they recorded a new EP to come soon, and today share this video straight out of my dreams. I was listening to their most recent LP just yesterday and marveling at how they’e cultivated such a…
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GospelbeacH – I’ll Close My Eyes / York Blvd.
My favorite living band, GospelbeacH, shares a duet of singles today. “I’ll Close My Eyes” is reflective and wistful, while “York Boulevard” is bouncing and boisterous, a companion piece to 2017’s “Kathleen” from Another Summer of Love, calling attention to that magnificent main drag in Highland Park. I'll Close My Eyes & York Blvd. by GospelbeacH While work continues on the follow-up to 2019’s Let It Burn, GospelbeacH is sharing…
