Song Premiere: The Slowdown reveal new track “Right on TV” on Secret Note

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Secret Note premieres the new song from The Slowdown, “Right on TV”, off their forthcoming sophomore full-length Digital Gold, out next month on Celebrity Narrators!

The Slowdown’s latest single, “Right on TV” takes the listener through a slow burn groove drawing influence from all over the classic and contemporary spectrum shepherded by the resonant vocals of singer Sam Hoskins. Serge Gainsbourg in his Jen Claude Vannier phase is written all over this track with a gritty, funky, spaced out experimental goodness. As if Bowie and Iggy were getting loaded on the town nightclubbing in a Daft Punk Studio 54.

Check out “Right on TV” here!

// The Slowdown media page //

The Pitch previews Kentucky Knife Fight show

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The Pitch previews Kentucky Knife Fight’s show in Kansas City at Record Bar:

Kentucky Knife Fight is far less treacherous than the name implies. The St. Louis band blends rowdy barroom blues with rowdier rock and roll. Jason Holler’s singing is just gruff enough to stand out against all the shrieking guitars.

// Kentucky Knife Fight media page //

New song: Molybden – “Woman Who Left Behind” on The Joy of Violent Movement

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Molybden’s beautiful new song “Woman Who Left Behind” is up over at The Joy of Violent Movement:

The desert city of Marfa, TX is 62 miles from the Mexican border, and the city has developed a reputation for it’s minimalist art scene, and was interestingly enough, where most of the most disturbing sequences of both No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood were shot.

The Austin, TX-based singer/songwriter Tess Seipp, who writes, records and performs under the moniker of Molybden was raised in Marfa, TX and in some way, the locale has heavily influenced her work as you’ll hear on the hauntingly sparse and eerily beautiful “Woman Who Left Behind,” which will appear on Seipp’s four song 7 inch Woman Who Left Behind slated for a February 25 release through Berniece Rode Records.

As you listen to the track, you can tell that it was recorded on analog tape, as it has a warm, dustiness of old analog complete with it’s imperfections and creative techniques to create certain effects — e.g., to create the reverb on the backing vocals were captured by having Seipp sing into the crevices of the back of a piano in the studio during the backing vocal tracks.

Check it out here!

// Molybden media page //

Kentucky Knife Fight on Northwest Arkansas Tuned In

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NWA Tuned In details Kentucky Knife Fight’s show in Fayetteville, AR:

Named as the best rock band in St. Louis by the Riverfront Times for the third straight year, Kentucky Knife Fight had a busy 2013. They toured with Murder by Death and Lucero also recorded music for the upcoming PBS series “America: From The Ground Up.” The quintet visits Smoke & Barrel Tavern for a Saturday night show with locals Don’t Stop Please.

// Kentucky Knife Fight media page //

The Sound of Confusion reviews Borrowed Beams of Light album

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The Sound of Confusion reviews Borrowed Beams of Light’s new album On The Wings of a Bug:

On The Wings of A Bug is filled with glittering noisy pop tunes with a light folkish layer, as well as other key influences such as Lindsey Buckingham, Destroyer & Robyn Hitchcock. There is no evidence of lurking shadows in this collection; these songs are made to be physically and mentally addictive. You will find yourself listening to these songs over and over again…This album is covered with catchy hooks and memorable songs. It’s a joyous and harmonious listen; a vibrating euphoria of pop that revisits a basket of influences…well-crafted and built for playlists everywhere. I highly recommend this frothing assortment of songs that is simply sweet and jubilant.

Read the whole review here!

Kentucky Knife Fight in Sync Weekly

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Sync Weekly previews Kentucky Knife Fight’s show in Little Rock:

“St. Louis, 5-piece, punk-blues wrecking crew Kentucky Knife Fight” visits Stickyz. That’s the word from the band’s publicist, and let’s lean on the band’s publicist for more about Kentucky Knife Fight: “If there is a jukebox at the end of the universe, you will find Kentucky Knife Fight between The Stooges and Tom Waits. The electric Americana band specializes in telling stories about desperate people doing desperate things in places they shouldn’t be.” The opening acts are local bands Catskill Kids and post-rock, instrumental band Mainland Divide. There’s a $5 cover for the 18-and-up show with the music starting at 8:30 p.m.

// Kentucky Knife Fight media page //

Kentucky Knife Fight van stolen days before tour

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Well, this is terrible. Kentucky Knife Fight’s tour van was stolen earlier this week, and was found at a scrapyard after having been sold for parts and demolished. They have successfully secured a loaner tour vehicle and kicked off the tour as scheduled last night in Cincinnati. Riverfront Times has the details – check back there or on the band’s facebook page for updates and fundraiser info.

// Kentucky Knife Fight media page //

Weld Birmingham feature article on England in 1819

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England in 1819 are featured in this week’s issue of Weld in Birmingham, where they kick off their winter tour this Sunday!

The band’s synthetic atmospheres are sumptuous and cinematic, bringing the Drive or Blade Runner soundtracks to mind as readily as they do, say, Chvrches, Sigur Ros, or even Beach House. While not quite a synthpop band, England in 1819 strike an obliging, accessible balance between formless ambience and melodic song structure…it’s the subtle layers the brothers have worked in that really impress. Each part of each song, whether it’s Andrew’s haunting, mournful voice or tactically deployed French horn from Dan, is meticulously balanced and arranged. England in 1819 excel at establishing a mood, but it’s the nuanced craftsmanship that really sets them apart.

England in 1819 seem to have a passion for the beautiful things that’s weighted down by a sense of somber resignation. Their greatest tool for expressing that anxiety is Andrew Callaway’s voice, which at its finest recalls the pleading tones of OK Computer-era Thom Yorke and, at times, even Bryan Ferry. When the band’s tortured Romantic approach hits home, Callaway’s vocals sound like a ghostly plaint hovering amid a lush, ethereal sea of sound…There’s every indication that this show’s attendees will be going to see a band poised for great things.

Read the entire piece here!

// England in 1819 media page //