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Joe Santa Maria Works With Woodwinds & Electronics on 'Echo Deep'
by Michael Major - October 31, 2023 LA-based outsider artist Joe Santa Maria explores the combination of woodwinds and electronics on his latest album 'ECHO DEEP.' Joe Santa Maria, a fiery alto saxophonist with a strong command of post-bop vernacular, took a detour from earlier acoustic jazz releases The Illustrated Man (2012) and Int...
DESERT DAZE Moves To 2024 & Announces DAZE IN THE CITY
by Michael Major - July 13, 2023 Organizers will also celebrate the Desert Daze community this fall with DAZE IN THE CITY: a concert odyssey from October 10 - 15, 2023 at multiple venues across Southern California featuring Les Claypool's Frog Brigade, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Melody's Echo Chamber, The Black Angels, The Dandy...
MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER Releases Lost Album 'Unfold'
by Michael Major - September 30, 2022 Melody’s Echo Chamber releases, Unfold the lost follow-up album to her self-titled debut Melody’s Echo Chamber, which includes seven rare and unreleased tracks. Recorded and co-produced with Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker in Perth, Australia, and finished in the South of France. Plus, check out upcoming...
Melody's Echo Chamber Shares New Single 'Norfolk Hotel'
by Michael Major - September 27, 2022 Recorded and co-produced with Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker in Perth, Australia, and finished in the South of France, it became a cornerstone of the new wave of psychedelia on its release in 2012, with melodic singles like ‘I Follow You’ and ‘Crystallized’ balanced with the more experimental ‘Quand vas...
Melody's Echo Chamber Announces 'Unfold' LP & Shares Title Track
by Michael Major - August 23, 2022 Melody’s Echo Chamber the project of French musician Melody Prochet, announces Unfold the lost follow-up album to her self-titled debut Melody’s Echo Chamber, which includes seven rare and unreleased tracks. The album will be released alongside the 10th-anniversary edition of Melody’s Echo Chamber....
Melody's Echo Chamber Releases New Single 'Alma'
by Michael Major - April 06, 2022 Today Melody’s Echo Chamber releases “Alma”, the last single to be taken from her magnificent forthcoming third studio album, Emotional Eternal. The accompanying video was directed by Hyoyon Paik (Chlöe) whom Melody also collaborated with on the video for lead track “Looking Backward”. Watch the new...
Pachyman Releases New Single & Super 8 Video 'El Benson'
by TV News Desk - June 15, 2021 Pachyman will play a hometown record release show at LA’s Zebulon on August 13. He will make his NYC debut opening for four Black Pumas shows at Brooklyn Steel on September 13, 14, 15 and 16....
Winter Teams Up With Jorge Elbrecht for 'Violet Blue'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 10, 2021 “Violet Blue” is a heavenly slice of shoegaze. Where her album invoked Melody's Echo Chamber and the Cocteau Twins, the new track mines the gauzy bliss of My Bloody Valentine. The product of a collaborative relationship with indie pop alchemist producer Jorge Elbrecht, 'Violet Blue' will be followed...
LA-Based Band All Things Blue Share New Single 'CHAD'
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 14, 2020 Los Angeles-based dream punk duo All Things Blue are excited to present their new single 'Chad' the first song to be lifted from their debut full-length album, Get Bit, due later this year. ...
Liz Brasher Releases New Single LOVE FEATS, Plus Announces Debut Album On Fat Possum Records In 2019
by Tori Hartshorn - October 17, 2018 Following a breakout year for Liz Brasher, including cross country tours with rock and roll legends The Psychedelic Furs and The Zombies as well as Red Wanting Blue, today she's announced her follow up to the Outcast EP from earlier this year with a debut full-length album coming on Fat Possum Recor...
Trumpeter Cuong Vu Rekindles Chemistry With Bill Frisell on Second RareNoise Release, 9/28
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 18, 2018 As a follow-up to 2017's acclaimed Ballet: The Music of Michael Gibbs, Seattle-based trumpeter Cuong Vu joins forces once again with guitar great Bill Frisell, bassist Luke Bergman and drummer Ted Poor on the boundary-pushing quartet outing for RareNoiseRecords, Change in the Air. With all the membe...
Cuong Vu's Change in the Air feat. Bill Frisell Out in Late September on RareNoise
by Tori Hartshorn - August 30, 2018 RareNoiseRecords was founded in 2008 by two Italians, entrepreneur Giacomo Bruzzo and music producer Eraldo Bernocchi. Located in London, the label's mission is to detect and amplify contemporary trends in progressive music, by highlighting their relation to the history of the art-form, while choosi...
Liz Brasher Heads Out With The Psychedelic Furs And Joins With The Zombies This Fall
by Tori Hartshorn - July 31, 2018 Liz Brasher's debut EP showcased her robust voice, accompanied by her technical guitar playing and allegorical songwriting, with her inspirations stemming from a myriad of musicians, wandering from Pops Staples to surf guitar icons The Ventures. Brasher has a punch to her playing that comes out on t...
Melody's Echo Chamber New Album BON VOYAGE Out Today
by Tori Hartshorn - June 15, 2018 Bon Voyage is a collaborative record between Prochet and Dungen's Reine Fiske and The Amazing's Fredrik Swahn with Melody sculpting and producing the sessions as well as encouraging the players around her to experiment, often with instruments that might be less familiar to them. It also features spe...
Liz Brasher's Debut EP OUTCAST Out Now via Fat Possum Records
by Macon Prickett - May 25, 2018 Liz Brasher's debut EP for Fat Possum Records sees this new fiery vocalist and band leader digging into her past and present to create music that is as timeless as it is refreshing. It's a diverse sound rooted in the influence of Brasher's two homes: her adopted hometown of Memphis; and her childhoo...
Liz Brasher Announces West Coast Tour with The Zombies + Debut EP OUTCAST Out Now
by Macon Prickett - May 21, 2018 Liz Brasher has just finished up a wildly successful stint on the West Coast in the midst of her 44-date cross country run and is excited to announce she will be heading back in the fall for a tour with the venerable, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees, The Zombies in September. More information on...
Fat Possum Records Release Liz Brasher's Fiery Garage Soul Debut EP OUTCAST Tomorrow
by Macon Prickett - April 26, 2018 Liz Brasher's debut EP for Fat Possum Records sees this new fiery vocalist and band leader digging into her past and present to create music that is as timeless as it is refreshing. It's a diverse sound rooted in the influence of Brasher's two homes: her adopted hometown of Memphis; and her childhoo...
Norfolk's Broads Release Animated Video for CLIMBS, Plus New EP
by Tori Hartshorn - April 13, 2018 British electronic duo Broads have revealed their new video for 'Climbs' feat. Milly Hirst, the lead track off their 11-track album 'Field Theory'. This is well timed with the low key release of their new 'Tiamat+3' EP. Not long ago, the band also unveiled a new video for 'Us & The Buzzing'. ...
Liz Brasher Shares Title Track From Her OUTCAST EP
by Macon Prickett - April 09, 2018 Liz Brasher's debut EP for Fat Possum Records sees this new fiery vocalist and band leader digging into her past and present to create music that is as timeless as it is refreshing. It's a diverse sound rooted in the influence of Brasher's two homes: her adopted hometown of Memphis; and her childhoo...
NorfolkEelectronic Duo BROADS Release FIELD THEORY Album Today, 2/16
by Macon Prickett - February 16, 2018 British electronic duo Broads are releasing from their 11-track album 'Field Theory' via Humm Recordings. Timed for the occasion, they also unveil a new video for 'Us & The Buzzing'. Not long ago, the band revealed singles 'Let Me Take it From Here' and 'Climbs' , which features mesmerizing vocals f...
British Electronic Duo BROADS Premiere New Single LET ME TAKE IT FROM HERE From Upcoming Album
by Macon Prickett - February 08, 2018 British electronic duo Broads have released 'Let Me Take it From Here', the second single from their 11-track album 'Field Theory', which shall be released via Humm Recordings. This follows up the first single 'Climbs' featuring mesmerizing vocals from Milly Hirst with an xclusive brand-new b-side '... |