My Old Kentucky Blog premieres the new single from Magic Magic Roses — listen to “Dusk” below, the title track from their forthcoming album, out next month on Plume Records:
“Sonically, it would be hard not to bring up comparisons to Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval’s static vocal delivery. The song resonates quickly and melds well with the autumnal winds and colors outside your window.”
John Calvin Abney premieres the visuals for “Way Out” from his new album Far Cries and Close Calls today on The Bluegrass Situation:
I was…thinking about friends and family and strangers and acquaintances that had ventured so far into the dark that they couldn’t find their way to any source of light. I started to write about times that led me in and out of the mire. I had lost some people that were important to me, love and lack thereof had sent me reeling, and this song appeared.
Thanks to The Daily Listening for making BRUMBY’s gorgeous “Leave a Light On” Song of the Day!
BRUMBY returns with the warm, synth-laced single “Leave A Light On,” gliding through a disarming performance, equal parts forlorn and hopeful, wielding chiming guitars and cathedral-sized chants.
“It’s always exciting releasing new music. But for us, there is something special about this release,” says Oliver Tingey, frontman for Brumby. “We have been holding back for two years, writing and tossing dozens of songs. The result is ‘Leave A Light On’ and a slew of forthcoming singles that we are really proud of. We cannot wait to share them with our fans.”
The long-awaited single “Leave A Light On” premieres today on GroundSounds!
Truthfully, there’s something special here…If SIRES doesn’t become the next big thing, I’d be a bit disappointed. For all those looking for a refreshing listen –a series of emotional lines mixed with a variety of inspired alt rock melodies –look no further. Few albums are so universally palatable and yet equally fun to listen to. I’m sold, on Soul for Sale.
Surviving the Golden Age wrote a fantastic review of SIRES new album ‘Soul For Sale,’ out now on Station 1 Records.
Creative Loafing Tampa recommends tonight’s PLEASURES show at The Bends for their tour kick-off and the premiere of their new horror short film “You’re Gonna Get It”:
“Our favorite psych-rock hellbringers, Pleasures, stage a film premiere within the walls of one of the busiest dives just off Central Avenue.”
“If SIRES did sell their soul for this rock and roll, they got their money’s worth. They’ve crafted an album packed with smart, bright classic hooks as well as dark, lusty bombastic rhythms: an impressive juxtaposition”
Thanks to Little Village Mag for the great review of SIRES’ new album Soul For Sale, out this Friday on Station 1 Records!
Hear the beautiful new track “In Time,” the first single off Dusk, the forthcoming album from San Francisco dreamy folk band Magic Magic Roses due out at the end of the year on Seattle’s Plume Records:
I started writing ‘In Time’ on a plane to Hawaii, and much of the song takes its cue from being there and searching for shells on the beach. It’s a funny activity, because you are searching and searching and sometimes you don’t find anything, and sometimes you think you’ve found something spectacular, and then you take it home and you realize it’s just a normal rock or something. You have to trust that the ocean will bring you some wonderful treasure someday. I was thinking about this process as a metaphor for relationships…the song again relates to the idea of reckoning – recognizing when something isn’t right and moving on…throwing it back in the ocean!
Check it out over at Vents Magazine!
Head over to The Vinyl District to watch the new music video from SIRES for “My Everything,” a track about destructive obsession—obsession with image, people, and perfection to the point where anything less than perfect violates your looking glass self. “My Everything” is off the forthcoming album Soul For Sale, out October 21st on Station 1 Records:
With a booming drum beat that goes back to early rock, covered by overlaid choruses and harp strings, the new track from the Iowa band SIRES carries legacy in its sound, even as its big production video looks at something more modern—cyber bullying and its effects…the band isn’t long for merely the cornfields of central Iowa.
Matt Jordan’s new single “Take the Lead” premieres today at The Shotgun Seat! Check out the “strong and sultry” track.
Thanks to JP’s music blog for reviewing SIRES’ forthcoming album Soul For Sale, out on October 21st from Station 1 Records!
“[‘Soul For Sale’] was produced by Brandon Darner (Imagine Dragons) and carries an edgier pop rock sound with some great vocal work between the three members.”
Head over to Impose for the premiere of the new music video from PLEASURES!
“With their new video for ‘Gemini Twin,’ PLEASURES hold nothing back. Directed by Robert Jensen, a stop motion video takes the viewer into desolation and desire, a constant amalgam of confusion– exactly what the song’s subject matter entails.”
“The subtle electronic production that starts and builds underneath the track lifts the whole song into transitory realms where the distant guitar melodies collect and swirl like low-hanging fog.”
Beautiful review of Cubits’ debut single “Oh Well That Ends Well” by Trey Reis over at DSM Shows. Catch Cubits and Mailboxes on tour now, in Fairfield, Iowa at The Arbor Bar tonight!
SIRES played some new songs off their forthcoming album with The Des Moines Register’s Juice while riding with Des Bike Pedicab — check it out below, and catch the band’s Des Moines pre-release party tonight at Wooly’s!
Thanks to Glacially Musical for reviewing SIRES’ forthcoming album Soul For Sale, out on October 21st on CD, vinyl and digital from Station 1 Records!
“Old school pop music. Check it out because coelacanths.”
Massive…vocals, chugging guitars, pounding drums, a dollop of feedback and doused with a pop sheen…Sires sound like the Holloways if they’d only…listened to The Beatles and The Datsuns for a decade and decided to give it another go. ‘She’s into Me’ is a fun romp through heartache and redemption.
Thanks to This Year In Music for the great review of SIRES lead single “She’s Into Me” from their forthcoming full-length Soul For Sale, out on 10/21 on Station 1 Records!
SPOILER ALERT: This music is unlike anything you’ve ever heard…Cubits have come out of the gate with guns a’blazing, immediately introducing listeners to a unique blend of hazy, entrancing melody based music that pulls from any number of genres to create something that is all its own.
Fantastic piece from Atwood Magazine, premiering “Oh Well That Ends Well,” the debut single from Fairfield, Iowa electronic shoegaze trio Cubits, who will be hitting the road with The Mailboxes next month.
PLEASURES homecoming show tonight at Fubar Downtown! Tampa Bay Times previews the show:
At WMNF’s Tropical Heatwave in April, Sarasota’s Pleasures blasted New World Brewery with a typhoon of digitally twisted prog-rock that blew away the patio. Wanna know what you missed? Catch ’em at 8 p.m. Sunday at Fubar, 658 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. It’s something of a homecoming show for the quartet, which features Sons of Hippies’ Katherine Kelly on lead vocals and guitar, following a short tour behind their latest album F—ed Up Dreams Come True.
Creative Loafing Tampa previews tonight’s PLEASURES homecoming show at Fubar Downtown:
Just like that, Pleasure is back. After a five-week tour that took the greater Bay area psych-rockers through the Sunshine State, up through the midwest and right through the butthole of Texas, frontwoman Katherine Kelly & co. return to the ‘Burg (who cares what the cool kids call it) for a homecoming show that also serves to celebrate the release of their 2016 LP, Fucked Up Dreams Come True, which plays like a variety hour where the devil gets a hold of an MPC while every demented soul he’s been left with in hell fills the figurative studio with strange howling noises all running through a pedal board only an octopod could navigate. The effort is a pure dance party, and it takes all kinds of cajones to go on the road the way Pleasures does, so buy them a shot or three at this rager. Experience that m-fer below.
The Alternate Root Magazine premieres Levi Parham’s new music video “I’m Behind Ya” off his new album These American Blues, out now on Music Road Records!
“I had been talking to a friend who was struggling with personal dilemmas, and the words ‘I’m behind ya’ just came out. Sometimes, just having someone on your side can make the world of difference.”
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