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Grandaddy to Drop 'Blu Wav' LP on Friday
by Michael Major - February 13, 2024 Blu Wav is inspired by the overwhelming beauty of nature to the mundane moments that spark life's strongest memories. It was conceived as Grandaddy maestro Jason Lytle was driving through the Nevada desert, and Patti Page's 'Tennessee Waltz' came across the classic country station on the radio.... 
Grandaddy Shares New Single Ahead of February Album
by Michael Major - January 24, 2024 Legendary indie-rock band Grandaddy will release their hotly anticipated first new studio album in 7 years Blu Wav via Dangerbird Records. Final album preview single 'Long as I'm Not the One' is a heartbreak ballad set to a deceivingly lush, comforting composition that chugs along and envelops liste... 
Slothrust's 'Pony' Added to Spotify Rock Covers Playlist
by Michael Major - October 31, 2023 Slothrust — the duo composed of principal songwriter, guitar player, and unrepentant aesthete Leah Wellbaum and drummer Will Gorin — recently unveiled their brand new EP entitled I Promise, out now via Dangerbird Records. Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!... 
Slothrust Share New EP 'I Promise'
by Michael Major - October 20, 2023 Slothrust shares new EP and 'Maybe Maybe' visualizer, announces tour with The Front Bottoms and 2024 dates. 'I Promise' EP out now via Dangerbird Recs. The pair additionally celebrates their new release with the drop of the EP's focus track and final single, 'Maybe Maybe,' alongside a brand new dedi... 
Video: GRANDADDY Unveils 'Derek Spears' Live Video From 2008
by Michael Major - August 24, 2023 This new collection offers fans an opportunity to hear & own a digital version before its physical release as part of the Sumday Twunny 20th Anniversary Boxed Set – which includes the remastered original album, a complete 4-track demo version titled Sumday: The Cassette Demos, and Sumday: Excess Bag... 
Grandaddy Releases 'Derek Spears' Single Digitally For The First Time
by Michael Major - August 03, 2023 Grandaddy’s Sumday Twunny limited edition 4-LP boxed set is slated for release on September 1 via Dangerbird Records. The collection includes the remastered original album as well as a complete 4-track demo version titled Sumday: The Cassette Demos, and Sumday: Excess Baggage. ... 
Hank May Unveils 'I'm Just A Lover Now' From New Album 'Tails'
by Michael Major - August 02, 2023 In anticipation of the album, May shares the new song “I’m Just A Lover Now” with an accompanying music video. Much of Tails came to fruition whilst May was wandering the streets of Los Angeles, spending time with friends and absorbing even the smallest of details around him. “ Le confirms a residen... 
Grandaddy to Release 'Sumday: Excess Baggage' Rarities Collection
by Michael Major - July 12, 2023 Modesto, CA’s influential indie-rock group Grandaddy have announced a special digital release of the Sumday: Excess Baggage, a thirteen-track collection of rarities and b-sides from the Sumday-era that unfolds like a lost Grandaddy album. The band has also unveiled lead single “The Town where I’m Li... 
Jordi Announces Debut Album 'Sorry I'm Late'
by Michael Major - June 28, 2023 Jordi, has officially announced her upcoming debut album ‘Sorry I’m Late.’ She releases the song and music video for “Odd Day.' ‘Sorry I’m Late’ was recorded with Joe Reinhart (Algernon Cadwallader / Hop Along). “Odd Day” follows the release of the additional singles “so easy” and “Clear”, released ... 
MILLY Cover Sebadoh's 'Not A Friend'
by Michael Major - May 31, 2023 First conceived as a solo project by Connecticut-based songwriter Brendan Dyer, since relocating to LA, Milly’s lineup has solidified around Dyer and core collaborators Yarden Erez & Conner Frankel. After supporting DIIV and Swervedriver on national tours, the band's debut album Eternal Ring was rel... 
GRANDADDY Announces 'Sumday Twunny' 20th Anniversary Boxed Set
by Michael Major - May 12, 2023 Sumday Twunny, a limited edition 4-LP boxed set, will be released on September 1 via Dangerbird Records. The collection includes the remastered original album as well as a complete 4-track demo version titled Sumday: The Cassette Demos, and a 13-song set of rarities and B-Sides titled Sumday: Excess... 
Murray A. Lightburn Releases New LP 'Once Upon A Time In Montreal'
by Michael Major - March 31, 2023 Murray A. Lightburn, the longtime frontman of Montreal’s acclaimed The Dears, returns with his deeply personal new solo album, Once Upon A Time In Montreal, available digitally, along with a vinyl edition available online and in stores via Dangerbird Records. Lightburn will celebrate in his hometown... 
Jordi Releases New Single 'Clear'
by Michael Major - March 15, 2023 A driving rock anthem that explores overcoming self-doubt through the simple but time-tested acts of intentional forward momentum, Jordi and producer Joe Reinhart (Algernon Cadwallader / Hop Along) carve out space for deep breaths and room to think things through. Watch the new music video now!... 
Mediocre Unleash Punchy 'Pop Song Baby' Single
by Michael Major - March 08, 2023 Originating in Los Angeles, queer Boston-based rock duo Mediocre announced their Dangerbird Records debut EP and lead single 'To Know You're Screwed is to Know a Lot' to acclaim. Piper Torrison (She/They) and Keely Martin (She/Her) are thrilled to share new album cut “Pop Song Baby” and official vid... 
Murray A. Lightburn Shares 'Once Upon A Time In Montreal'
by Michael Major - February 22, 2023 Murray A. Lightburn, the longtime frontman of Montreal’s acclaimed The Dears, returned last month to announce his latest solo album, the deeply personal Once Upon A Time In Montreal, arriving via Dangerbird Records. Murray has shared the title-track single, along with a video created by the product... 
Mediocre Announce 'To Know You're Screwed' EP
by Michael Major - February 15, 2023 Mediocre has announced their Dangerbird Records debut EP To Know You’re Screwed. Originating in Los Angeles, the Boston-based rock duo Piper Torrison (She/They) and Keely Martin (She/Her) immediately get to twisting the lyrical knife with lead single 'To Know You're Screwed is to Know a Lot'.... 
Murray A. Lightburn Returns With 'Dumpster Gold'
by Michael Major - January 19, 2023 The album, which Lightburn jokes is an audio version of a biopic, was inspired by the passing of his father, a jazz musician from Belize who moved to Montreal via New York to reconnect with his teenage sweetheart. The two were married for 56 years, until he passed in April 2020 in a Quebec nursing h... 
Hataałii Shares New Single 'President's Got Me All Night Long'
by Michael Major - November 09, 2022 The music he makes as Hataałii is at turns witty and world-weary, sunny but endearingly solipsistic, tapping into the nihilism of The Replacements’ Paul Westerberg as well as the gorgeously romantic sleaze of Chris Isaak, if either of them had to deal with the anxieties of constantly carrying a mobi... 
Milly Release Debut Album 'Eternal Ring'
by Michael Major - September 30, 2022 Los Angeles band MILLY release their highly anticipated debut album Eternal Ring, set for release via cult indie label Dangerbird Records (Grandaddy, Swervedriver). Produced in LA with Gleemer’s Corey Coffman, Eternal Ring is kinetic, physical, and often a little bit volatile — a mixture of emo musi... 
Hataałii Shares New Single 'Land Of Poor Chance'
by Michael Major - September 21, 2022 Hataałii is sharing his latest single “Land Of Poor Chance,” the follow up to his 2021 self-titled LP and his first release for Dangerbird Records. The song is the first of several singles recorded in Los Angeles with producer Joel Jerome for Dangerbird’s Microdose singles series. and comes paired w... 
MILLY Share New Single 'Marcy' From Debut Album 'Eternal Ring'
by Michael Major - August 31, 2022 Los Angeles band MILLY have shared the third single from their highly anticipated debut album Eternal Ring. Produced in LA with Gleemer’s Corey Coffman, the forthcoming Eternal Ring is kinetic, physical, and often a little bit volatile. “Marcy” comes on the heels of previous single “Ring True.'... 
MILLY Share New Single 'Ring True'
by Michael Major - July 27, 2022 MILLY have shared the second single from their debut album Eternal Ring. Produced in LA with Gleemer’s Corey Coffman, the forthcoming Eternal Ring is kinetic, physical, and often a bit volatile — a mixture of emo music and 90s-indebted indie that tastes as if it’s been fermenting for years, feeding ... 
Jacob Turnbloom Shares New Single 'Ray's Occult'
by Michael Major - July 20, 2022 SoCal artist Jacob Turnbloom is sharing his second single for Dangerbird Records Microdose Series. “Ray’s Occult” is a brooding, simmering fever dream that finds Turnbloom rejecting modernity. Last month, he shared the sun-soaked, harmony-laced “Balboa Park”, an ode to his hometown of San Diego.... 
MILLY Share New Single 'Nullify' & Announce Debut Album
by Michael Major - June 23, 2022 Produced in LA with Gleemer’s Corey Coffman, “Nullify” finds MILLY in full-blown pop mode, the melodic-but-mystifying influence of classic avant-garde indie progenitors like Pavement clear to see. The forthcoming Eternal Ring is kinetic, physical, and often a little bit volatile — a mixture of emo m... 
VIDEO: Joel Jerome Shares 'When You Land' Live Video
by Michael Major - June 22, 2022 Jerome shares a live performance of “When You Land,” shot at the label’s HQ. He recently appeared on KCSN’s 88FIVE live session, as well, performing songs from the record and opening up about its creation process. “I really enjoyed playing a few songs from the album at our dear Dangerbird Records he... |
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