Posts Tagged ‘New York’

ANAMON – ” Stubborn Comfort “

Posted: September 26, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Hailing from Rochester, a city on the Southern shore of Lake Ontario in New York state, Anamon are a three-piece led by frontwoman and songwriter Ana Emily Monaco. The band are set to put out their debut album, Stubborn Comfort, in November, and have this week shared the title track from it.

Stubborn Comfort is in some ways a song of two halves, the opening finds Ana alone in an almost folky setting with just a twanging guitar for company, but as the drums roll in and the pulsating bass takes flight you’re taken into a world of lo-fi country-rock. It’s a track that seems to touch on various familiar musical ideas, but fuses them into a sound that is unmistakably Anamon’s own. The story behind their upcoming debut album goes thus: the band went into the studio at 7pm carrying an 8-track recorder and left at 5am with a mix of the album. Keep up this prolificy, and quality, and Anamon are going to win over an awful lot of people in no time at all.

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Stubborn Comfort is out November 10th. 

HILLARY CAPPS – ” Last Call / Magic “

Posted: September 23, 2017 in MUSIC
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Singer/songwriter Hillary Capps combines thoughtful lyricism with clean, soaring vocals and catchy melodies – captivating audiences with her alluring alternative pop songs.
Capps “plays like the young vivacious New York City transplant she is” – M Music and Musicians
on the debut album The Wishing Forest. “Hillary Capps is a singer-songwriter with an arresting voice, and a sense of lyrical scope that injects her indie-pop songs with surprising weight” 

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The COUNTY LINERS – ” Mary Jane Dunphe and Chris McDonnell in the The County Liners “

Posted: September 18, 2017 in MUSIC
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Whether fronting the blazing punk band Vexx or the synth-pop duo CC Dust, Mary Jane Dunphe inhabits her projects with a knurly otherworldliness — her voice contorts and screams like an alien sent to reset the planet with rock ‘n’ roll. Bedridden by an ankle injury in the winter of 2016, she teamed up with best friend Chris McConnell to write a batch of country-rock songs that buck like an old pickup. Mary Jane Dunphe And Chris McConnell In The County Liners is the first EP from The County Liners, rounded out by fellow Olympia, Washington-based musicians Mirce Popovic (Trans FX) and Riley Kensington.

Mary Jane Dunphe takes the lead on “Love Letter,” a snaggle-toothed truckin’ song written to a long-lost love. With a little bit of Rolling Stones swagger, it also channels Lucinda Williams’ own particular strain of lonesome country blues, not only in its vocals, but also in how there’s no easy answer to the simple question the song poses: “How are you?” Maybe it’s a last-ditch effort, maybe it’s a half-hearted attempt at finding meaning in a listless life, but it’s likely a bit of both, as Dunphe howls over rusted twang, “And I hope this reaches you on time / Just dropping a line / Could I be it for you, one more time? / If ever at all.”

releases November 17th, 2017

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CUT WORMS – ” Like Going Down Sideways “

Posted: September 17, 2017 in MUSIC
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Based out of New York, where he relocated to two years back from his native Chicago, Cut Worms is the pseudonym of songwriter Max Clarke. Signed to the ever reliable Jagjaguwar Records imprint, Cut Worms are hotly tipped as one of the most exciting new acts on the planet, and have this week detailed the release of their debut EP, Alien Sunset. The record showcases a collection of what could loosely be termed demos, recorded over the last few years with side A focusing on his time in Chicago and side B being his New York recordings.

Ahead of that release, Cut Worms have also shared the video to their new single, Like Going Down Sideways. The track is a beautifully lo-fi offering, Max’s multi-tracked vocals accompanied by walls of fuzzy guitars and twanging lead-lines. It’s the vocal though that is consciously pushed front and centre, like Harry Nilsson or Scott Walker before him, there’s the flourish of an old-time crooner, but lurking beneath the surface is the raw, melodic equivalent of a mischievous glint in his eye. With the debut album, “proper and polished”, due next year, Alien Sunset is a thrilling insight into the world of Cut Worms, that serves as both an introduction and a water mark for wherever Max’s music goes next.

Alien Sunset EP is out October 20tth via Jagjaguwar Records .

YUMI ZOUMA – ” Willowbank “

Posted: August 28, 2017 in MUSIC
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Yumi Zouma’s music – budget-plush, instantly poignant – sounds placeless. It could have come from anywhere, and yet it was made everywhere – or at least in countries as far-flung as France (Charlie Ryder), America (Josh Burgess) and New Zealand (Kim Pflaum), where the three members live. It’s a very modern way of operating, via Dropbox. They used to live together in a house in Christchurch, until it was destroyed in the city’s 2011 earthquake. They used that terrible event as the impetus to scatter, but their connection lingers in the songs they file-share into existence. It’s dreampop, only this time there is a good reason for them to be making hazy, drowsy music – it was often assembled in half-waking states after the demos arrived across conflicting time zones.

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You would never know that Ryder and Burgess (who works in NYC for Captured Tracks, specifically on the label’s Flying Nun catalogue) used to be in NZ disco-punks Bang! Bang! Eche! They’re all about softness, hardly sharing rock’s essential mistrust of the mellifluous, flaunting Pflaum’s cut(i)e vocals, which rarely reach beyond a whisper. If you measure a band’s worth, their ability to convey authentic emotion, by volume and technique, be warned that Pflaum is more Sarah Cracknell than Sarah Vaughan. Her voice works perfectly as part of Yumi Zouma’s music.

GRACIE and RACHEL – ” Elastic Heart ” Sia Cover

Posted: August 26, 2017 in MUSIC
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We put our spin on Sia’s “Elastic Heart” with producer and friend, John Fredericks (John The Baptist), which we premiered earlier this week .
It’s a song that moves us in its fierce empowerment to bounce back from what brings you down and is a reminder that each of us has the strength within to own the heart we want to own. We’re excited to officially release the song into the world today on all digital services!.

We are ecstatic to announce we’ll be extending our fall tour to join forces with the sensational San Fermin. The live performance experience is our absolute favorite and we are over the moon to get to share our debut record in so many beautiful cities, night after night. 

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E.STREET BAND – ” Palace Theatre Albany 1977 / Rochester New York “

Posted: August 7, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Bruce Springsteen has just released two new concerts into his ever-growing list of shows available as made-on-demand CD-Rs and digital downloads at nugs.net.  The first  show is from February 7th, 1977 in Albany, New York and the second is from the next night, February 8th in Rochester, New York.  They are significant as no soundboards from this portion of Bruce Springsteen’s touring career have ever surfaced before, and because they also feature a song which sees its first official release here:  “Action in the Streets.”

The years 1976 and 1977 were a bit trying for Springsteen.  After the breakthrough success of Born to Run in 1975, he and the E Street Band embarked on a long tour to promote the album.  The touring was to have lasted about a year and then work was to begin on a new album.  However, Springsteen became involved in litigation with his former manager Mike Appel and was barred from entering the studio.  Therefore, in order to bring in revenue, the tours continued.

These two concerts kick off what was to become the last leg of the tour, as the various lawsuits would be settled in May of 1977 and Bruce and his band would immediately begin work on Darkness on the Edge of Town.  The Darkness song “Something in the Night” is performed both nights with alternate lyrics from the later album version.  Two songs eventually cut from the album are also featured: “Rendezvous” and “The Promise.”  “Backstreets” from Born to Run also features expanded lyrics in its mid-section.  Springsteen covers Eddie Floyd one night with “Raise Your Hand.” In addition, the soul-tinged “Action in the Streets” makes its first official release with these two recordings.  Despite being performed at every show during this 1977 tour, Springsteen never laid it down in the studio.  Springsteen and The E Street Band are joined here by The Miami Horns in a different line-up from the one that recorded with fellow New Jersey musician Southside Johnny.

These two shows come from Front of House mix tapes recorded by Chas Gerber.  There are a couple of dropouts due to the tapes being flipped during the performances.  However, between the two shows, a complete version of each song is available.  The digital transfers and restoration were made by John K. Chester and Jamie Howarth, using the Plangent Process.  The concerts have been mastered by Jon Altschiller.

KATIE VON SCHLEICHER – ” Sh*tty Hits “

Posted: July 23, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Don’t let the name of Katie Von Schleicher’s newest album, “Shitty Hits”, put you off—the songs it contains are neither. Her music—a darker take on Americana that calls to mind Lee Hazlewood and Mazzy Star—should be hits in another world’s Top 40, no question, but they’re definitely not crap.

Range is key throughout Shitty Hits. One of the album’s quietest songs, “Mary,” is nestled at the heart of the album, and is immediately followed up with the big, easy-going swagger of “Life’s A Lie.” Other songs carefully invert expectations: “Paranoia” starts with bass and vocals only, suggesting a bleaker approach, but then shifts into a lovely, downright uplifting full arrangement and chorus before concluding with a big—but not ham-fisted ending. That makes the slow doom grind of “Nothing” hit harder, with growling tones underscoring its final two minutes, like a threat.

If the album has a standout track, it’s “Soon,” an intimate performance which showcases Von Schleicher’s precise creative control. You can hear that focus in the way gentle drum taps cut through the arrangement, the way the keyboards and guitars complement and echo each other, the way saxophone carefully emerges towards the end, and the way that ending is sudden, but not abrupt. It’s the work of someone who knows exactly what she wants, and has the vision and skill to realize it.

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FLORIST – ” If Blue Could Be Happiness “

Posted: July 20, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Florist is a friendship project that was born in the Catskill Mountains. For a simple folk song, “What I Wanted to Hold” packs a big punch. It’s our first preview of the new Florist full-length, which is called If Blue Could Be Happiness and is released later in September.

“It’s a contemplative journey, mostly about impermanence and how important it is to recognize that as the dominant theme of life,” Emily Sprague said of “What I Wanted to Hold”

Here you can listen to the first single from our new album “If Blue Could Be Happiness” .. so excited to start sharing this with all of you. making this record was the hardest and the best thing that i’ve ever done in my life. there is so much inside of it, good and sad, and like the last album, it was for us to make and now it’s for all of you to take in and keep close. – emily

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florist is a friendship project between emily, rick, jonnie, and felix

SON LUX – ” Remedy “

Posted: July 10, 2017 in MUSIC
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“Remedy” by Son Lux takes on weighty political issues with deftly measured artistry. And, like most of Son Lux’s work, it is deceptively complex. For example, while opening track ‘Dangerous’ sounds like a fairly straight-forward chamber-pop on the surface, the layers in evidence when you listen closely are startling, a mind-boggling musical lasagna over which Ryan Lott pours his tremulous vocals like a thin but potent Béchamel sauce.

The grinding mechanisms at play go up another gear on the intentionally disjointed ‘Part of This’, which finds Lott left exhausted by recent political events and yet determined not to let his outrage fade. Over stuttering clockwork rhythms, he moves from the denial of “I don’t want to be a part of this” to the acceptance of “Now I have to know the body count”, finally reaching the promise of retribution: “Now I have to know the bodies count”. The dynamic, defiant ‘Stolen’ follows, before the title track wraps things up with song seemingly about the healing power of music. Needless to say it proves its point by dint of its very existence. And with all profits from Remedy going to the Southern Poverty Law Center, .

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