Saturday, October 14, 2017

@HummingHouse w/ @beccamancari Thurs. 10/19 @BlueberryHillMO @DuckRoom

Happening this Thursday, October 19th at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room is an all-ages show featuring Nashville, Tenessee's
Humming House along with Becca Mancari. It takes place from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Tickets are available for $15.00 in advance or $18.00 the day of show. Minors incur a $2.00 surcharge. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook. Below are links to the artist's websites and socials. Continue on for the latest on these two featured acts.

- Humming House Online:

Website - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram

- Becca Mancari Online:

Website - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Spotify

Nashville band Humming House recently released their third full-length album Companion via Soundly Music. The follow-up to 2015's Revelries, the new album finds the Music City quartet expanding their sound into a new territory, creating sonic landscapes that remain compelling and honest while still maintaining a sense of intimacy that is derived from their roots of making music as friends all together in the same room. Companion is available everywhere for stream or purchase via Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, and more HERE.

"Companion is our third studio album and a redefinition of the Humming House sound," frontman Justin Wade Tam told American Songwriter who featured a special preview of the full album yesterday. "Our goal was to embrace where we’ve been as a band while simultaneously attempting to remove the barriers of genre and instrumentation. On our last album, we set out to arrange pop songs with solely acoustic instruments. While we enjoyed the exercise and are proud of it, we wanted to dive deeper."

"The album's 12 tracks seek to be just as the LP's title suggests: musical companions for trying times," continued American Songwriter. "Thematically, many of the songs on Companion achieve a sense of universality by daring to venture into the deeply personal."

The story of Companion mirrors the story of the band: it's one of collaboration, experimentation, and showing up for each other over and again. There are songs of hope and of desperation so that the prevailing mood is one of exchange and balance. While their established acoustic sound still centers the creative impulses of the songs, the added electric influence and expanded instrumentation imbue the new songs with a dynamism that is irresistible.

The lead single "Takin' Over" was the first taste of the record to be released back in July; Baeble warned listeners "Beware, it's wildly infectious" and Billboard called it "a lively jaunt of a tune" with "infectious ebullience." It was followed by the album's title track paired with a heartwarming crowd-sourced video. It debuted on Huffington Post who raved "Humming House, consistently shining as an energetic band filled with uplifting, infectious tunes, up the ante on Companion.Glide Magazine also recently stated "Over years of touring, the group has managed to craft a sound that is incredibly tight but also unbelievably catchy."

Watch the video for "Takin' Over" HERE.

Watch the video for "CompanionHERE.

The first half of the album is infused with catchy indie/rock, especially on songs such as "Can't Stay Away," "Takin' Over," and "Make It Through." These new songs adhere to Humming House's desire to move you and is emblematic of those moments in our lives where the rhythm of the things that we love - music, friends, family - commandeer our bodies until we're compelled to move in joy. "Sign Me Up" and "Companion" nod to Paul Simon, while later tracks like "Silver Lining," "Find What Waits," and "London" gesture to the band's long engagement with classical composition and songwriter-driven melodies so strong in the realm of Americana.

Humming House is Justin Wade Tam, Bobby Chase, Joshua Wolak, and Benjamin Jones. The band formed organically out of jam sessions that Tam held in his living room in East Nashville - evidence that some of the best projects come from spontaneous collaboration and the subsequent seeing it through. Now, three albums and six years later, Humming House continues to embody what is best about the Nashville each transplant chooses to call home.

Track List:

01) Companion

02) Takin' Over

03) Hope In My Head

04) Make It Through

05) Sign Me Up

06) Can't Stay Away

07) Silver Lining

08) London

09) I Want It All

10) Fall In The Water

11) Wishing Well

12) Find What Waits

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The Nashville-based singer and songwriter Becca Mancari recently released her debut album Good Woman today via Gold Tooth Records. The album is now available for streaming and purchase via all major retailers

Good Woman was featured as an NPR Music First Listen written by Ann Powers who said, "Her voice, sometimes feminine and sometimes echoing beyond easy gender categories, is the voice of a quiet observer coming to realizations that matter. Some of the songs on Good Woman are joyful and jangly, others moody, but they always exude exquisite self-awareness."

The Nashville Scene published an in-depth interview with Mancari that touches working with producer Kyle Ryan, the everlasting influence of Lavender Country's Patrick Haggerty and traveling the world with her family as a child. 

Rolling Stone Country recently premiered the "gorgeous, panoramic" video for "Golden," the third single to be released from the forthcoming album. American Songwriter said "Golden" "...begins on a gentle note before swelling to a sparkling, layered chorus evocative of the song’s bittersweet message."

The Fader recently shared the video for "Summertime Mama" and called the album "nine beautiful and buoyant tracks." The video features guest appearences fromBermuda Triangle, Becca's band with Brittany Howard of the Alabama Shakesand Jesse Lafser. The band recently released their first single, "Rosey."

NPR Music's Jewly Hight premiered "Arizona Fire" and said, "...the symbolic spaciousness that can be found in the music of Becca Mancari, an important new voice emerging from Nashville's indie country, folk and rock circles, is striking."

Rolling Stone Country named Mancari one of 10 New Country Artists You Need To Know and called her music, "The spacey soundtrack for sunbaked afternoons, full of atmospheric Americana, hazy folk-rock and songwriting that drifts, drawls and draws you in."

Becca Mancari is currently on the road with Humming House and will tour with her band Bermuda Triangle in early October. The Good Woman album release show will occur on November 12 at 3rd and Lindsley with support from Good BuddySun Seeker and special guests. Find a full list of upcoming tour dates below.

Good Woman Tracklist:

1) Arizona Fire

2) Waiting So Long

3) Summertime Mama

4) Golden

5) Long Way Down

6) Dirty Dishes

7) Devil's Mouth

8) Kitchen Dancing

9) Good Woman

@thestrumbellas w/ @NoahKahan Wed. 10/18 @TheReadyRoom

This Wednesday, October 18th at The Ready Room is an all-ages show featurung The Strumbellas (Lindsey, Toronto), plus Noah Kahan (Stratford, VT). The show goes from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Tickets are  $20.00 in advance or $25.00 the day of show. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook. Visit the artists online at the links below and continue on down this article for more on the artists.

- Visit The Strumbellas online:

http://www.thestrumbellas.ca/

- Visit Noah Kahan online:

http://www.noahkahan.com/

- The Strumbellas Biography:

When the crowd is singing along with the last chorus after hearing a song for the first time and twitter lights up with those same lyrics in the days following a performance, you know it's a song that connects. With poignant, yet sing-along-able lyrics and undeniable rock-noir musical undertones, Spirits, the first single from The Strumbellas forth coming album, embodies the essence of what has been attracting fans from North America to this Lindsey, Ontario-bred band.

The journey has been a whirlwind since the release of the band's 2012 debut album "My Father & The Hunter". The Strumbrella's sound - haunting lyrics, fused with infectious, danceable melodies - won them both fans and critical recognition. A year later they followed up with "We Still Move On Dancefloors", which earned the band six awards, including a JUNO award and a Sirius XM indie award, as well as a spot on the Polaris Music Prize Long List. And of course, there's been touring. Lot's of touring.

In early 2015, the Strumbellas, off the road and ready to record again, set up shop at downtown Toronto's Lincoln County Social Club to record the new album with LA Producer/Engineer, Dave Schiffman, (Johnny Cash, Haim, Weezer.)
During three recording sessions during the first half of 2015, Schiffman and the band harnessed a vivid sound that was itchin' to get out of them. Bigger. Bolder. Beckoning.
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- About Noah Kahan:

Noah’s currently on tour supporting The Strumbellas and just released a new single, “Hurt Somebody” which was produced by Joel Little (Khalid, Lorde) and got over 590k streams in its first week – pretty impressive numbers considering the first week streams of seasoned artists like Arcade Fire (547k), Vance Joy (669k), The Killers (845k), and Beck (763k). Noah’s story is equally incredible, an American singer-songwriter from Stratford, VT (population 1045) who against the advice of friends and family decided to defer his college acceptance to pursue a career in music. At 20 years old, Noah recently released his debut single, “Young Blood” which exploded in popularity on Spotify, debuting at #5 on the US Viral Chart and surpassing 15 Million streams in less than 5 months. Noah has since performed sold out shows with Ben Folds, Anderson East, and toured the U.S. with Milky Chance.

- LINKS: 

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | SOUNDCLOUD|PRESS RELEASE

- LISTEN TO NOAH’S NEW SINGLE “HURT SOMEBODY” HERE

- WATCH NOAH’S VIDEO FOR “YOUNG BLOOD” HERE

- WATCH THE ACOUSTIC VIDEO FOR “SINK” HERE

“[Hurt Somebody] is more scaled back with just a muted guitar melody and stomping rhythm, but it allows the songwriter to showcase his ability to blend mature themes with a folk-pop twist.” – Billboard

“Noah Kahan has one of the voices, like Angel Olsen, in which it sounds like his heart is singing rather than his mouth.” – Audio Fuzz

 

Brawls In The Briar by #AdamOstrar Now Available

A veteran band leader of the last twenty years, and a songwriter of considerable output, Adam Ostrar (formerly Adam Busch) now presents his second solo record Brawls In The Briar, after a career spent at the helm of art rock ensembles The Curious Digit (Jagjaguwar), Manishevitz (Jagjaguwar) and SONOI (Meno Mosso). Here's a couple of recent reviews on his latest effort.

The overall sound is welcoming, warm and comfortable, with Busch's unpretentious vocals drawing the listener in and the gentle melodies keeping them around and encouraging further listening"-  KCRW

“The record’s ten songs encompass the many things that have made Busch’s music with his old bands Manishevitz and Sonoi appealing: rustic acoustic picking, glowing brass fanfares, Eno-esque atmospherics, and power-pop waltzing. And he replaces the jittery qualities of his earlier work with a warm sense of wonder—it’s not only the most accomplished record of his career, it’s the most appealing”Chicago Reader

- Listen to Adam Ostrar "Brawls In The Briar" by Meno Mosso Records #np on #SoundCloud

Biography:

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Ostrar moved to Chicago in 1999 where he remained until 2014. During this time period as primary songwriter he released four Manishevitz albums on Jagjaguwar. He later formed the band SONOI with fellow Manishevitz alumni Ryan Hembrey and drummer Pierce Doerr.

In 2015, after relocating to Austin, he began his solo career with River of Bricks(Meno Mosso). Many of those songs emerged during a period spent studying guitar with African music scholar Nathaniel Braddock, who began teaching him a variety of finger style forms by way of repertoire including African, American Primitive, and British Folk icons Bert Jansch and Davy Graham.

In 2017, Ostrar signed on with Super Secret Records. He headed out to Southwest Texas to record at famed music studio Sonic Ranch. Joining him in this project were Wil Hendricks (Califone), Michael Krassner (Boxhead Ensemble) and Stephen Patterson (White Rabbits, Spoon, Hamilton Leithauser).

Ostrar meticulously edited and demoed versions until he felt the songs were fully fleshed out and were ready to record with the band. The recordings were cut live in five days with no rehearsals.

Brawls in the Briar opens with the melancholic bounce of “Enemy” and sets forth the theme of cognitive dissonance that resonates with each additional track. Ostrar mixes referential, autobiographical and subversively political themes often and elegantly within the same song.  Brawls is built atop a bedrock of vintage folk, open tunings, twelve string guitars, organ swells, synth pads, piano swagger, bossa nova rhythms and the gorgeous violin work of occasional guest Josh Hill on the Tim Buckley-esque “Drinking from a Candle”. Ostrar’s early influences–Lou Reed, Robert Wyatt, Caetano Veloso–still impact his work.

- Visit Adam Ostrar online.

- Brawls In The Briar Track Listing:

1. Enemy

2. Another Room

3. Warlock

4. Spare Me

5. Drinking From A Candle

6. Hammered White And Barking

7. Cossacks In The Building

8. Hot Air

9. Boy

10. Color Of Bone

11. Cindy Tells 

Friday, October 13, 2017

Spotlight: @thereallostgod - Call For Mixtape Submissions #HipHop #Rap

The Real Lost God is a hip-hop, rap artist who is now a 22 year old native of St. Louis, MO. living in Los Angeles, CA.  He just announced a call for Diverse Talent "The Lost Tape" an unsigned music artist mixtape that will feature 18 different artists. There is no due date set for this project. Submissions may be sent to: theofficiallostgod (AT) yahoo (DOT) com

If you checked out the September 2017 New YouTube Releases post you may have stumbled on his videos recently. If not, then posted below is some music and video of his to experience.

- Listen to Who Really Got Next (WRGN) by Thereallostgod #np on #SoundCloud or on YouTube

- Listen to Numb by Thereallostgod #np on #SoundCloud or on YouTube

- Watch : Lost God "Night Time" Video

- Watch: Lost God "Unfortunate Events" Video

- Watch: Lost God "Wizard" (Jalen Vaughn) Video

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Sat. 10/14 is @KDHX Fest in @GrandCenter: 30th Birthday Celebration

Saturday, October 14th in Grand Center will be a street party and live music festival called KDHX Fest to commemorate their 30th Birthday Celebration. It will feature two outdoor stages at Grand and Washington. There will be food trucks, family friendly activities, a ceremony celebrating volunteers and more. The event kicks off at 11:00 am. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook. The full schedule image is HERE, as well. In addition, they may still need more volunteers, so if you are free and want to help out let them know in the discussion section of the event above on Facebook or contact KDHX. Visit the artists and DJ's online and view the scedule listing below. Happy birthday KDHX and thank you for 30 years of excellence. For more on the historical significance if the station visit them online as they have been sharing pictures and such from their origins to now. In addition, St. Louis Magazine just did a feature and interview about the festival and radio station, plus GO! Magazine also.

11:00 am - Old Salt Union @ The Stage At KDHX  (Airing live on KDHX.)

11:30 am - Marquise Knox @ Main Stage

12:00 pm - Orlandez of "Night Grooves" live spin @ The Stage At KDHX

12:15 pm - Saint Louis Steady Grinders @ Strauss Park Stage

12:45 pm - Whoa Thunder @ Main Stage

1:00 pm - Chris of "The Future Is Now" live spin @ The Stage At KDHX

1:30 pm - Diesel Island @ Strauss Park Stage

2:15 pm - Rev. Sekou & The Holy Ghost @ Main Stage

2:45 pm - Ital K. of "Ital Rhythms" live spin @ The Stage at KDHX

3:15 pm - The Vigilettes @ Strauss Park Stage

4:00 pm - DJ Iceman of "Deep Krate Radio" live spin @ The Stage at KDHX

4:30 pm - Kevin Bowers' Nova @ Main Stage

5:45 pm - Saint Boogie Brass Band @ Parade To Urban Chestnut's Official After Party

Monday, October 9, 2017

Horizons: @gooddeedmusic Album Release Show 10/14 @SophiesSTL

St. Louis indie act The Good Deeds finished their second album 'Horizons' this past July. The album release show is happening at Sophie's Artist Lounge & Cocktail Club in Grand Center on Saturday, October 14th from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The event is free and is also kid friendly. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook.

A dash of indie, a hint of blues, a pinch of Americana and a whole lot of heart and soul. The Good Deeds are a fun-loving folk band that wants to share their music with people of all ages.

- Stream/Purchase music by The Good Deeds online:

https://gooddeedmusic.bandcamp.com/releases

Free #Jazz Show w/ @erinbodeband 10/12 @cyranoscafe

This Thursday, October 12th there is a free jazz show with Erin Bode and her band performing at Cyrano's Cafe & Wine Bar in Webster Groves. The doors open at 6:00pm and the band plays from 8:00pm to 10:00 pm in their private event space.

Cyrano's will be offering their full service from their food and dessert menu. This is a free event, so keep in mind the seating will be in a first come first serve basis. For more details on the show visit HERE for the Facebook event page.

The Erin Bode Group creates music forged from the Americana of its members' midwestern roots, infused with jazz grooves and made magic by Bode's bell-like voice. Sophisticated arrangements and attention to phrasing, both vocal and instrumental, further distinguish the band's fresh sound.

- Stream Erin Bode online:

https://www.erinbode.com/listen

- Watch Erin Bode online:

https://www.erinbode.com/video

Perpetual Luau: #PatrickRecob Free CD Release Show 10/11 @Knuckleheadskc

Blues artist Patrick Recob is launching his  Perpetual Luau CD Release Party at  Knuckleheads Saloon this Wednesday, October 11th. It is a free show scheduled to take place frim 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook. The concert is going to be filmed in it's entirety and he has multiple guests joining him on stage for the show. Recenty, NPR and Kansas City's KCUR interviewed him and declared his new CD reflects a state of bliss perpetual. Read more on that HERE. There is an n-depth interview including a video on the making of the album. Patrick Recob creates taditional blues for a new millennium.

Visit Patrick Recob online at:

https://www.patrickrecobmusic.com/

Sunday, October 8, 2017

#KCMO Double Album Release Feature: @CIMINOband w/ #BaloneyPonyz 10/13 @VoodooLoungeKC + @davidgeorgeband w/ @MajorMattUSA 10/14 @thebrickkcmo

Kansas City, Missouri hard-rock act CIMINO is dropping their fouth release "Cimmetry" since the band's inception in 2007. They are keeping rock music alive and are going from the regional level entering the world stage garnering positive reviews and acclaim. Sharing the stage with them is Kansas City metal giants Baloney Ponyz with their original lineup. It all goes down on Friday, October 13th between 8:00 pm and 12:00 am at The Voodoo Lounge. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook. Visit the bands online below. Just past their links is the second part of this feature.

Cimino:

http://www.ciminoband.com/

Baloney Ponyz:

http://www.baloneyponyz.com/

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Saturday, October 14th brings the Kansas City singer/songwriter David George as he will be celebrating his "Won't Let Go" EP Release at The Brick in Kansas City, MO. His band's music features an alternative-rock blend. This effort marks the third EP by David George. You may have seen the initial album announcement HERE on the blog last month.bAlso appearing that night will be Major Matt Mason. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook. The show takes place from 9:00 pm to 12:00 am.

David George:

https://www.davidgeorgeband.com/

Major Matt Mason:

https://majormattmasonusa.bandcamp.com/

Major Matt is also playing in Schwervon (Shawnee, Kansas) and this next show is also happening the following week, so it just makes sense to share it here also. Schwervon is an indie-rock band and they are releasing a 7" vinyl on Friday, October 20th at The Brick in Kansas City.  Emmaline Twist (KC) is a post-punk, shoegaze group that is also on the bill and the show happens from 10:00 pm to 1:00 am. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook. Look out for a follow up article on this particular show here. Visit the artists on this show below.

Schwervon:

http://www.schwervon.com/

Emmaline Twist:

http://www.emmalinetwist.com/

BEAMS: The @PotomacAccord Listening Party 10/12 @TickTockSTL + Free Album Release 10/19 @STLpubLibrary

The Potomac Accord is a three-piece indie rock band that formed in the year 2000 and have toured extensively in the U.S.  Andy Benn plays piano/synth, plus guitar and some additional percussion. He is also the vocalist. Joe Willis plays tbe bass and Jerry Green plays percussion.

This Thursday on October 12th at The Tick Tock Tavern from 8:00 pm to 12:00 am is the BEAMS Album Listening Party. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook.

- Stream/Purchase music by The Potomac Accord below:

http://www.thepotomacaccord.bandcamp.com

The following week happening on Thursday, October 19th is the BEAMS Album Release Show at the St. Louis Public Library from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. It's free and all ages are welcome. All guests receive a free sticker and download code. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook.

Recently, St. Louis Magazine spoke with Andy Benn of the Potomac Accord and included a preview to what is now the group's third album to date.

In addition, Rock Paper Podcast previewed three of the new tracks and also recorded an interview including stories from the group behind the new songs recorded at Sawhorse Studios.

'BEAMS' Tracklisting:

1. Bigger or Better 05:40

2. Fiends 05:42

3. Bounce 05:36

4. Artist Right 04:18

5. The Rendering 07:30

6. Reset 05:58

7. This is War! 04:06