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Kelly Hogan

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:23:04 +0000



Kelly Hogan
I Like To Keep Myself In Pain
Anti-


 ADDS 5/22/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
“KELLY HOGAN RULES!” – M. Ward
On her debut album for ANTI-, “singer’s singer” Kelly Hogan takes her vast experience working with Neko Case, Andrew Bird, Mavis Staples, Drive-By Truckers, The Mekons, and so many others, and molds that into something both new and instantly classic.  I Like to Keep Myself In Pain finds Hogan curating an ambitious collection of songs, many written specifically for her, from a who’s who of indie songwriters, including M. Ward, Vic Chesnutt, The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt, The Mekons' Jon Langford, The Handsome Family, Freakwater's Catherine Irwin, John Wesley Harding, Robbie Fulks, Gabriel Roth, Robyn Hitchcock, and Andrew Bird. She is backed on the album by an all-star group of musicians: R&B legends Booker T Jones and James Gadson (Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye, Beck), as well as talented young lions Gabriel Roth (of Daptone Records, The Dap-Kings) and Hogan's long-time collaborator Scott Ligon (of the newly resurrected NRBQ).  The result is an album that captures the country-soul elegance of albums like Dusty In Memphis while updating the sound with a modern literary sensibility.	
I Like To Keep Myself In Pain is Kelly Hogan’s first solo record in eleven years and her loyal fanbase is anxiously awaiting the release and upcoming tour.
#      Song Name / Written By

1.	Dusty Groove (Catherine Irwin of Freakwater)

2.	We Can't Have Nice Things (Jack Pendarvis/Andrew Bird)

3.	I Like To Keep Myself In Pain (Robyn Hitchcock)

4.	Haunted (Jon Langford of the Mekons)

5.	Daddy's Little Girl (M. Ward)

6.	Golden (Kelly Hogan)

7.	Ways Of This World (Vic Chesnutt)

8.	Slumber's Sympathy  (Gabriel Roth)

9.	Plant White Roses (Magnetic Fields)

10.	Sleeper Awake (John Wesley Harding)

11.	The Green Willow Valley (Handsome Family)

12.	Whenever You're Out Of My Sight (Robbie Fulks)

13.	Pass On By (Margaret Ann Rich)
Stream the first single courtesy of Pitchfork here! 


RIYL: Neko Case, Jenny Lewis, Cat Power

TRY: #2, 4, 5, 9



Full Album Available Here:

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More Info Here:

http://anti.com/artists/view/89/Kelly_Hogan

http://kellyhogan.com/

http://twitter.com/#!/hoganhere

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kelly-Hogan/199788236743377

http://hoganhere.tumblr.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Hogan

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kelly-hogan-p87250



Twelve
admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:09:57 +0000




Various Artists
Twelve: The Best of IMP's 100 Songs Project 2011
Independent Music Project


 ADDS 5/22/12
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The 100 Songs Project was launched in 2011 and garnered contributions from 72 talented bands and artists from around Brisbane, Queensland (Australia). The resulting 100 tracks, which were recorded over a period of 100 hours, serve to highlight the amazing songwriting coming out of the Sunshine State.
And it’s all happening again this year from May 20-25. To celebrate, twelve of the best songs from 2011 will be released this month on the “Twelve” compilation which was launched at the Brisbane Powerhouse on March 31.
Musicians and bands have now applied for 2012’s event which will see three studios at QUT’s Gasworks Studio operating for 16 hours a day-they’ll be able to participate in the project and record their song for free.
“The 100 Songs project is a key activity of QUT’s Independent Music Project which was formed to contribute meaningfully to the fabric of the music industry. 100 Songs lets us look at new models of doing business and creating real music with real artists and showing that locking musicians and other creatives in a room for 100 hours can result in some amazing music,” said project head Professor Phil Graham.
Last year’s event saw participating artists enjoy airplay on 4ZZZ, triple j and other local and national stations, with artists like Ben Salter, Art of Sleeping and Cold and Need also making the cut on the “Twelve” compilation.
The project is supported by a host of industry partners including MGM Distribution, Music Sales Australia, Sounds Like Brisbane, 4ZZZ, Q Music and Arts Queensland.
#      Song  /  Artist

1.	Give Up The Fight / Cold And Need

2.	Shoulders / Art Of Sleeping

3.	Dead Air / Blonde On Blonde

4.	The Way I Used To / Brianna Carpenter

5.	16 Days / Lion Island

6.	(The Sun Also Rises) / Big Dead

7.	Count Them / Desert Ghost

8.	Whiteboard / Ben Salter

9.	Tough Is Love / Amela

10.   Abattoir 5 / Friends Of Ben

11.   Street Lights / My Cerulean Heart

12.   Hold On, Bold One / Pear And The Awkwa... 


TRY: #1, 2, 7, 12


Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

http://www.implabs.net/100-songs/

https://www.facebook.com/IndependentMusicProject

http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/node/6322






Cowgill
admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:05:06 +0000




Cowgill
Side One Of Planted
Self-Released


 ADDS 5/22/12
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COWGILL - an eclectic, indie folk rock sextet hailing from Boston - is set to release its Kickstarter-funded debut, Side One of Planted, on May 17th. Penned by frontman Paul Cowgill and arranged by the band, the music hovers between an upbeat pop sensibility and a darker folk rock side, with their first single drawing comparisons to... "...Wilco’s current discography with its lush arrangement of strings, acoustic guitars, and plodding drum lines." - MP3.COM
The band’s inventive song structures take listeners on a familiar yet unpredictable journey with this diverse collection of songs. Their blend of indie rock and folk music nimbly hops between many forms - from 60s rock to newgrass - and none are spared on this release. These tunes will appeal to fans of Dr. Dog, The Head and the Heart, Radiohead, and The Shins alike.
COWGILL is Paul Cowgill (vocals, acoustic guitar), Mike Truskowski (piano, backup vocals, trombone), Dan Weissman (mandolin, backup vocals, trumpet), Leeann Hackett (violin), Ryan Rivers (bass guitar) and their newest member, Joe Pess (drums).
The band will celebrate the release of their debut with a show at The Middle East Upstairs in Cambridge, MA on 5/17. Recording for the second half of Planted begins in the Fall, after a multi-week through the Midwest and East Coast.
“...it’s the musicians and instrumentation that encompass Paul Cowgill’s folksy pop melodies that truly differentiates this indie- rock sextet.” “[Paul] has the ability to sing with the genteelness of a folk idol while retaining a controlled manic energy just beneath the surface, waiting to erupt into one of his many pop- laden choruses.” - ALLSTON PUDDING
"...they're fully equipped with everything from trombones to mandolins to guitars. They're also bringing along "Extra Gravity" to bring us back down to Earth after they levitate us with the new single." - BAEBLE MUSIC
“Well constructed indie rock...plenty of heart and passion” - BEEHIVE CANDY


RIYL: Dr. Dog, The Head and the Heart, Radiohead, The Shins, Wilco

TRY: #1, 5, 3



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More Info Here:

http://www.cowgillmusic.com/

https://www.facebook.com/cowgillmusic

https://twitter.com/#!/cowgillmusic

http://www.youtube.com/cowgillmusic

http://cowgillmusic.tumblr.com/






Cadence Weapon
admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:59:37 +0000




Cadence Weapon
Conditioning [SINGLE] 
Upper Class


 ADDS 5/22/12
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Included in the download below is the first single "Conditioning" which includes the album version, the Grimes remix, and an instrumental version, all going for Hip Hop adds and for those of you who add singles, on 5/22/11!



Cadence Weapon continues to firmly establish his legacy as a sonic pioneer while constantly pushing the rap and electronic music envelope. Following his critically acclaimed, Polaris Music Prize nominated albums Breaking Kayfabe and Afterparty Babies and a two year term as Edmonton’s Poet Laureate, he returns with a brand new album, Hope In Dirt City out on Upper Class Recordings on May 29th.
Roland Pemberton was born with hip hop in his DNA. His father, Teddy Pemberton, a Brooklyn native and the muse for Cadence Weapon's acclaimed sophomore album, Afterparty Babies, was a pioneering college radio DJ and in 2010 was inducted into the Hall Of Fame during Canada's National DJ Awards, the Stylus Awards. He’s credited for introducing hip-hop to Rollie’s hometown of Edmonton, Alberta through his show, The Black Experience In Sound on CJSR-FM.
Following in his father's groundbreaking footsteps, Rollie discovered he wanted to rap at the tender age of 13. Pemberton first gained massive grassroots support for his mixtape “Cadence Weapon Is The Black Hand”. He soon followed up with his explosive debut “Breaking Kayfabe” and the album yielded instant praise and notoriety culminating in nominations from the Polaris Music Prize, the Canadian Indie Awards and “Best Rap Album of 2006” at the Plug Independent Music Awards, and won the CBC Radio 3’s Bucky Award.
Pemberton has performed with Public Enemy, De La Soul, Mos Def, Questlove, Kool Keith and Lupe Fiasco and toured extensively with acts as diverse as Jurassic 5, Final Fantasy, Islands and Buck 65. He’s played internationally renowned festivals such as Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, Roskilde, Pitchfork Music Festival, Incubate and Germany’s Splash! Festival. He’s remixed Grimes, Roots Manuva, Chad VanGaalen, Kid Sister, Busdriver, Disco D and Stars and made acclaimed bootleg mixes of tracks by Ciara (“Oh”) and Rick Ross/Simian Mobile Disco (“Hustlin’ Hustler”). He inked deals with labels Epitaph and Big Dada. Most impressively, this was before he reached age of majority.
Deemed by Dazed and Confused as "hip hop's saviour", Cadence Weapon is changing the game. Hope In Dirt City is a clearly defined and emotionally mature statement of intent that represents the culmination of these experiences.
Composed of a unique hybrid of psychedelic soul, old school rap, IDM and mutant disco; Hope In Dirt City is a groundbreaking achievement in hip-hop. Cadence Weapon has returned to bring rap back to its essence.

All Versions of Single Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

http://www.cadenceweaponmusic.com/

http://twitter.com/#!/cadenceweapon

https://www.facebook.com/cadenceweapon

http://www.last.fm/music/Cadence+Weapon

http://upperclassrecordings.com/cadenceweapon






Silversun Pickups
admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:15:45 +0000




Silversun Pickups
Neck Of The Woods
Dangerbird 


 ADDS 5/15/12
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The new Silversun Pickups album Neck Of The Woods is out now on Dangerbird Records.  The album contains 11 tracks and was produced by Jacknife Lee (R.E.M., U2, Weezer) at his studios in Southern California’s Topanga Canyon.   Check out Spin.com’s exclusive behind-the-scenes photo gallery and interview with Silversun Pickups frontman Brian Aubert about the making of the album here: http://tinyurl.com/7xjreqd
Neck of the Woods sees Silversun Pickups lighting out for the territories, stretching the boundaries of their exhilarating psychedelia with confidence, invention, and undeniable ambition. Having long made their bones as masters of widescreen power, the Los Angeles-based band’s third Dangerbird Records album takes their filmic vision to another level entirely – this is full-on IMAX rock ‘n’ roll, in stereoscopic 3D and Sensurround. From the low-frequency thrust and motorik pulsebeat that drives “Mean Spirits” to the mesmerizing first single, “Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings),” the album fairly detonates with high definition creativity. Roomier rhythms and judiciously applied electronic shadings form a blissed out base camp for the band’s electrifying aural adventures, the elegiac landscapes of Neck of the Woods revealing an unbridled expansion of the already impressive Silversun Pickups sound.


RIYL: We Were Promised Jetpacks, Minus The Bear, Smashing Pumpkins

TRY: #3, 6, 8


   Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) by Silversun Pickups 
Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

http://www.silversunpickups.com/

http://www.dangerbirdrecords.com/

http://www.dangerbirdrecords.com/artists/silversun-pickups

https://www.facebook.com/silversunpickups

https://twitter.com/#!/SSPU






Latvian Radio
admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:11:01 +0000




Latvian Radio
Kill the Static
Belpid 


 ADDS 5/15/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
Latvian Radio's own brand of lyrically charged indie-power-pop has been a mainstay on college radio since it's first album "Happiness Above A Hardwood Floor" in 2006.  Their second release "Seven Layers Of Self Defense" spent five straight weeks on the CMJ top 200 charts. Absolute Power Pop had it on their year end list for best albums of 2009.  Their brand new release "Kill The Static" picks up where the first two critically acclaimed records left off while adding layers of lyrically charged and introspective songwriting backed by sonically dense and impossibly catchy instrumentation.  The press has linked Latvian Radio to Elvis Costello & The Attractions, The Replacements, Brendan Benson, early REM, Big Star and The Decemberists. 
"Heartfelt, clever lyrics and sonically intelligent, the boisterous Latvian Radio relishes and underground garage sound with the feel of sunshine pop." - Amplifier Magazine
"Latvian Radio-Kill the Static. This New York band snuck into my 2009 Top 100 with Seven Layers of Self-Defense, which at the time I didn't actually review. Rest assured they'll place significantly higher at the end of this year, however, as their latest disc Kill the Static is a joyous power pop delight. The best way to describe their sound is a mix of Shins-like indie pop, Brendan Benson and Elvis Costello. The title track is one of the standouts here - catchy, driving and pleasantly agreeable, while "Cigarettes & Soda" combines a new wave beat and sunshine-y pop. Elsewhere, "Dead Weight" could pass for a Replacements-styled rocker, and "Out of Your Mind" is a tasty treat that makes use of horns. A highly enjoyable disc that's perfect for the summer to come." - Absolute Powerpop 


RIYL: Elvis Costello, Brendan Benson, Replacements, Big Star, The Decemberists

TRY: #1, 2, 3, 4, 7


Kill the Static by Latvian Radio
Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

http://www.latvianradio.net

http://latvianradio.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Latvian-Radio/178659225495335

http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/371/latvian-radio/






Alcoholic Faith Mission
admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:43:26 +0000




Alcoholic Faith Mission
Ask Me This
Old Flame / Pony Rec 


 ADDS 5/8/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
Highlighted by MTV, Brooklyn Vegan, Esquire, and New York Times, Alcoholic Faith Mission completed Ask Me This last fall with producer Tom McFall (R.E.M., Weezer, Stars). 
Though the members hail from Denmark, the band was actually formed in Brooklyn in 2006 by high school friends Thorben Jensen and Sune Sølund. When the pals stumbled upon Brooklyn’s Apostolic Faith Mission Church, they reasoned that alcohol was as necessary an elixir as religion is for the pious. Thus, their own Alcoholic Faith Mission came to be.   
“Brooding lyrics and crying-in-your-beer folk-balladeer singalongs…[Alcoholic Faith Mission] wreck your heart with carefully calibrated bombs of acoustic sorrow.” – MTV 
"...AFM wield the handling of six members, a multitude of instruments and styles and pop songwriting then coalesced it into something altogether unique. But what is uniqueness without listenability and enjoyment? Which is where AFM succeed in droves. Not only do they embrace a unique brand of European pop but they make it sound effortless and fulfilling to listen to. That’s the kind of faith you won’t get from many bands." - Stereo Subversion


RIYL: Broken Social Scene, Efterklang, The Antlers, Stars

TRY: # 3, 6, 2, 9


   Into Pieces - ALCOHOLIC FAITH MISSION by PonyRec 
Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

http://oldflamerecords.com/

http://www.ponyrec.com/

http://bighassle.com/publicity/alcoholic-faith-mission

http://alcoholicfaithmission.com/

https://www.facebook.com/alcoholicfaithmission

https://twitter.com/#!/_afm_

http://www.youtube.com/user/alcoholicfaith

http://www.last.fm/music/Alcoholic+Faith+Mission






Glen Hansard
admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:03:04 +0000




Glen Hansard
"Love Don’t Leave Me Waiting" [SINGLE]
Anti-


 ADDS 5/8/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
Over 20 years in the making, singer songwriter Glen Hansard will release his first ever solo album, Rhythm and Repose, on Anti- Records on June 19. Best known for his work with The Frames, The Swell Season and in the feature film Once, for which he won an Academy Award, Rhythm and Repose is Hansard’s debut solo album and first album of new material since his 2009 release Strict Joy with The Swell Season. 
In recent months Hansard has been seen in the documentary The Swell Season which has toured the film festival circuit this year, contributed two songs to the blockbuster soundtrack, The Hunger Games, and been active in the promotion of Once, The Musical which successfully opened on Broadway on March 18 to rave reviews, including the New York Times who explains, “what was always wonderful about ‘Once,’ its songs and its staging, has been magnified.” Hansard will support the new record on a U.S. tour. 
Rhythm and Repose is a result of Hansard’s last year and a half of living in New York City. The album was recorded by Patrick Dillett (David Byrne, Arto Lindsay, Laurie Anderson) and produced by Thomas Bartlett (Doveman, The National, Antony and the Johnsons). The record features the musical talents of Brad Albetta (Martha Wainwright) on bass, Ray Rizzo on drums, Nico Muhly and Rob Moose on strings (Bon Iver, Y Music), David Mansfield on slide guitar (Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Tour), Javier Mas (Leonard Cohen touring band) and half of Bruce Springsteen’s current horn section. Assisting on vocals are Cristin Milioti (Once, The Musical), Sam Amidon, Marketa Irglova and Aida Shahghasemi (Marketa Irglova touring band). 
Hansard is celebrated as the principal songwriter and vocalist/guitarist for the Irish group The Frames, who have established themselves as one of the most influential bands in Ireland. Hansard garnered a reputation as not only an unparalleled front man, but also for his dedicated following and his grounded, real-life songs. Whether he’s busking the streets of Dublin, where he got his start, or at the Hollywood Bowl, Hansard is always earnest and in-the-moment.
Hansard is also one half of the acclaimed duo The Swell Season. In 2007, he and Czech songstress Markéta Irglová took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Falling Slowly” off the Once soundtrack. Hansard and Irglová continued the success of Once with the 2009 release Strict Joy under the namesake of The Swell Season.


TRY: #1


   Glen Hansard - Love Don't Leave Me Waiting by antirecords 
Single Download Available Here:

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More Info Here:

http://anti.com/artists/view/90/Glen_Hansard

https://www.facebook.com/GlenHansardMusic

https://twitter.com/#!/glen_hansard

http://www.youtube.com/artist/glen_hansard

http://www.last.fm/music/Glen+Hansard






Warm In The Wake
admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:02:48 +0000




Warm In The Wake
Night Wounds
Beta Cloud


 ADDS 5/8/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
Warm in the Wake get set for their fourth release, Night Wounds, this spring. Recorded and mixed in Birmingham and Atlanta and mastered by Jeff Lipton (Arcade Fire, Magnetic Fields, Spoon) at Peerless Mastering in Boston.
"Alabama natives Chris Rowell (vocals), James Taylor, Jr. (drums), and brothers Andy and Daniel Barker (bass and keyboards, respectively) ... guided their sound into the kind of lush, cosmic, folky terrain that nodded to rootsiness of alt-country rockers like Wilco and the psychedelic swirliness of acts like the Apples in Stereo and XTC." - Margaret Reges / ALL MUSIC GUIDE
"It's as if Brian Eno suddenly started knob-twiddling for an unknown Southern band's porch jam....That promise of excitement is what makes the spaced-out stretches of this LP worth contemplating for hours on end." - MAGNET 
"Cool, melancholic harmonies, analog synths and strummed guitars add intriguing layers to this somewhat psychedelic yet bucolic mid-tempo indie/Americana....the band's hypnotic melodies and floating vocals are spellbinding." - AMERICAN SONGWRITER 
"Name-checking famous mythologists & noted archipelagos, there is no lack of intellectual rigor here, but Warm in the Wake know when to ditch the pens and set off a slow-burning Southern pyschpop bonfire that crackles and pops with Eels/Grandaddy/CSNY-inspired goodness long into the night." - AM NEW YORK 
”Incorporating the rich melodic hooks of the Beatles and XTC, the lyrical twists of Neil Young and Dylan, and sonic effects reminiscent of early Roxy Music, American Prehistoric expands and already big tent.” - NO DEPRESSION 
"It begins like the opening credits to PBS's Cosmos and then swoops into a groove that's like nothing so much as The Smiths in their fighting prime, full of Johnny Marr worthy peels of electric exclamation and fronted by a singer who knows how to flow....Like My Morning Jacket (a Stateside kindred spirit), they betray very little of their Southern roots, opting instead to soar far and wide, building quivering bodies of lush, compelling sound. Their jangle stew bubbles with enough flutter and wow to keep you putting this one on for months, discovering a fresh thoughtful line, honeyed riff or beatific piano line with each spin." - JAMBASE


RIYL: The National, Wilco, Teenage Fanclub, Band of Horses, Midlake

TRY: #1, 3, 4, 9, 11


   Bored, Blessed, or Hexed by Warm in the Wake 
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http://warmwake.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Warm-in-the-Wake/189627650212

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fup_3h88sxE

http://www.last.fm/music/Warm+in+the+Wake

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/warm-in-the-wake-p646354






Marriages
admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:16:32 +0000




Marriages
Kitsune
Sargent House


 ADDS 5/1/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
“If first impressions are everything, Marriages are in great shape. Kitsune is a muscular, beautifully marbled slab of mood-rock” -- Spin
Marriages is a new band comprised of Red Sparowes members Emma Ruth Rundle (vocals, guitar), Greg Burns (bass, synthesizer) and David Clifford (drums). Their sound is a singularly sensual kind of heavy, dramatic rock, but perhaps the most stark contrast to their other band, Marriages employs vocals in their songs. Their music is also considerably darker and more experimental, drawn from a wide range of styles and ideas. Emma’s breathy, understated delivery provides a focal point – the eye of the proverbial storm. A haunting presence, as elusive as it is alluring, her voice is a shore upon which waves of overdriven bass, thunderous drums, and cosmic guitars and synths swell and crash.
Kitsune is their 6-song debut release, a short introduction of an album whose undeniably epic proportions suggest massive things to come. Recorded with the formidable Toshi Kasai (Melvins, Red Sparowes, Tool) at the controls, Kitsune presents a collection of poignant, emotionally-charged tracks that wriggle free of easy classification. The comparisons are diverse; Cocteau Twins and Zola Jesus would appear to be as influential as Boris and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The songs came together quickly as the band wrote and played their first shows in November 2011 and wrapped recording in January 2012.
Album opener "Ride in My Place" sets the tone, immediately revealing the undulating, reverb-cloaked darkness at the band’s core. Sounding not unlike PJ Harvey fronting an overdriven rendition of Pink Floyd’s "Echoes", the fittingly-titled song arrives as a fully-formed companion piece for expansive landscapes, perhaps traversing the vastness of the American west. Hardly overstaying its welcome, the track soon gives way to "Body of Shade", whose cryptic “My body gone forever...” lyric suggests a sort of transcendence echoed in the music itself -- Clifford’s steady backbeat, the tense rhythm and the swirling interplay of synth and cascading guitars recalling the finer moments of The Verve’s early recordings. Opening with a celestial keyboard loop and quickly gaining weight, third track "Ten Tiny Fingers" builds upon a heavy dirge-like rhythm punctuated by Rundle’s vocals, which by now clearly occupy a place among esteemed peers such as Chelsea Wolfe and label mate Lisa Papineau. The song’s cryptic, claustrophobic lyrics, contrasted with a loose (but by no means less thunderous) atmosphere and sense of impending collapse bring to mind The Cure, circa Pornography. The next track, "Pelt", is borne from the decaying remnants of "Ten Tiny Fingers". A menacingly hypnotic three-minute meditation on minimalist doom, it serves as the perfect introduction to the distorted, bass-driven hard rock and wailing psychedelia of instrumental track "White Shape". Seven-minute closer "Part the Dark Again" is a song whose cinematic scope recalls precisely the kind of grandiosity Red Sparowes are synonymous with, taken to its logical extreme. The impassioned, struggling-against-the-odds sentiment of the vocals (“Part the darkness in my heart”, “Don’t say it’s nothing...”, etc.) takes things over the top emotionally, culminating in a soaring, melancholic riff that grinds to a halt far earlier than you’d expect. Throughout, Rundle unassumingly steps to the forefront, showcasing her unique talents as a guitarist often overlooked within Red Sparowes' three guitar onslaught.
Kitsune is an exciting debut release from a band well aware of their potential, harnessing the skills to fulfill it. Marriages are an expansive, visionary development, a unique combination of elements, a sound signposting the path ahead... Kitsune will be available on LP, CD and download via Sargent House on May 1st, 2012.


RIYL: Blonde Redhead, Boris, Red Sparowes, Zola Jesus, PJ Harvey

TRY: #1, 2, 3


Kitsune by Marriages
Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

 http://www.sargenthouse.com 

http://marriagesband.com/

http://marriagesband.tumblr.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MarriagesBand

http://marriagesmusic.bandcamp.com/

http://twitter.com/#!/MarriagesBand






Skip The Foreplay
admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:54:14 +0000




Skip The Foreplay
Nightlife
Epitaph


 LOUD ROCK ADDS 5/1/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
Known for their distinct musical style, which mashes up elements of dubstep and house with pop and metal-core, the ground-breaking Montreal - based band Skip the Foreplay has been electrifying audiences with their intoxicating blend of hardcore heaviness and dance floor energy since 2010. "Aside from having one of the greatest names in history, Skip The Foreplay are simply Satan's delivery system for music of mass destruction," offers Epitaph founder and President Brett Gurewitz.  Skip The Foreplay has made a serious impression on audiences while appearing with the likes of Hollywood Undead, Lamb Of God, NOFX, and Alesana. The band toured with Falling In Reverse for a tour this January and February before spending the summer conquering America on the 2012 Warped Tour.  The band recently created an internet sensation with their stunning and delightfully seditious cover of the song “Champagne Showers” by the popular electro pop duo LMFAO. The new version retains all the seductive dance floor hooks of the track, while adding some serious heaviness that includes massive bass drops, breakdowns, and cerebral electronic remixes.  It has over 500K combined views on YouTube.  
Skip The Foreplay are playing the entire 2012 Vans Warped Tour.


RIYL: Attack Attack, Skrillex, Falling In Reverse

TRY: #10, 13


Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/289/Skip_The_Foreplay

https://www.facebook.com/Skiptheforeplaymtl






A Silent Film
admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:05:22 +0000




A Silent Film
Sand & Snow
Creative Media


 ADDS 5/1/12
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SAND & SNOW, the sophomore album from Oxford quartet A Silent Film, is an exciting eleven-song collection of expansive pop-rock. The band’s favorable comparisons to Coldplay, The Killers, and Snow Patrol has caught the attention of countless fans and critics.
First single “Danny, Dakota & the Wishing Well” is a marquee moment on SAND & SNOW, an epic rock song bursting forward with powerful emotional hooks and a soaring chorus, that showcases the fresh confidence and depth in the songwriting throughout SAND & SNOW.

 

In addition to national tours with One Republic, The Temper Trap, Smashing Pumpkins, and Athlete, A Silent Film became the longest charting band on Sirius XM’s Alt 18 Countdown, was spotlighted as an “iTunes’ Discovery Download Of The Week,” and sold over 75,000 digital singles.

 

SAND & SNOW, out June 5th, was self-produced in the band’s new home of Phoenix, AZ and mixed by Catherine Marks with Alan Moulder for AMC Recordings (The Killers, Death Cab For Cutie, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Foo Fighters)
ON TOUR NOW!  Contact us for any and all opportunities!

http://asilentfilm.com/shows


RIYL: Temper Trap, Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Civil Twilight

TRY: #3, 4, 2


   Danny, Dakota & the Wishing Well by asilentfilm 
Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

http://asilentfilm.com/

http://twitter.com/#!/asilentfilm

https://www.facebook.com/asilentfilm

http://www.last.fm/music/A+Silent+Film

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Silent_Film_(band)






Pennywise
admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:54:53 +0000




Pennywise
All or Nothing
Epitaph


 ADDS 5/1/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
Pennywise return to their true home – and return to fine mid-90s punk-rock form – with All or Nothing, their incendiary new collection of twelve songs.  Writing with renewed passion and commitment, the legendary Hermosa Beach foursome seamlessly integrate new singer Zoli Teglas (Ignite) into their fearsome sonic assault, playing harder and faster than ever to deliver their best album since 1997’s Full Circle.
“We knew we were up against a lot, and we needed to write the best record we’ve ever written,” says Bassist Randy Bradbury. “And I think we may have just done that. That will be for the fan’s to decide but we are really proud with the way this record came out. I haven’t felt this excited about a Pennywise album since Full Circle."
“It felt like we got to go back to our roots in the songwriting process,” adds guitarist Fletcher Dragge. “There was a lot of passionate discussion between everybody. In the old day that’s how our best records got made, lot’s of yelling and smashing s***. And as a result the music started sounding like an old school Pennywise record. At the end of the day this is just a loud hard fast aggressive punk rock record and that’s what we do best.”
Formed in the South Bay of Los Angeles, a neighborhood with a rich punk rock history, Pennywise began in 1988. The band would go on to amass an international following through relentless touring and a melodic high energy sound merging melodic surf punk, blistering hardcore and the classic punk of their youth. The group has solidified their place in punk history with songs like the raging “F*** Authority,” “Alien” and the band’s now legendary ode to brotherhood and departed friends “Bro Hymn.”


RIYL: Bad Religion, Millencolin, Anti-Flag

CLEAN: #2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12

DIRTY: #1, 5, 6, 8, 9

Clean edit of #5 on DL page below!


   Pennywise - Let Us Hear Your Voice by Epitaph Records 
Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/56/Pennywise

http://pennywisdom.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pennywise

http://twitter.com/#!/pennywise






Yuna
admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:48:42 +0000




Yuna
Yuna
Fader


 ADDS 4/24/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
Music is one of the most powerful forces of unification. It has the power to heal, the power to help, the power to inspire, and the power to change.
Yuna understands the importance of music and has the ability to write songs that transcend any and all boundaries. With her soft vocals and warm acoustic guitar, this singer-songwriter crafts intriguing and infectious ruminations on life, love, and so much more.
Growing up in Malaysia, Yuna was first inspired by the universal appeal of acts like No Doubt, The Cranberries, and Fiona Apple. At the age of 19, while in law school, she picked up a guitar and began to fervently write. She released her self-titled EP in Malaysia in 2008. The single “Deeper Conversation” became a massive success and went on to win the title of Best English Song at the 2009 AIM Awards, Malaysia’s national music awards. Yuna swept the ceremony, garnering Best Pop Song and Song of the Year for her Malay song, “Dan Sebenarnya”.
Yuna joined FADER Label in summer 2010 and released her digital EP Decorate in March 2011, which had fans, critics from Billboard, KEXP, The New York Post, and even Russell Simmons himself, who raved, “an amazing new singer…her music is incredible”, all instantly praising her talents.
Also in 2011, SPIN featured Yuna in their Buzzcatcher piece, “Eight Bands You Need to Hear Now” and she gave a stellar performance before a packed audience at MTV Iggy’s “Best New Band in the World” concert in New York City. Yuna was a finalist in the “Best New Band in the World” competition and the show aired live on MTV’s HD Screen in New York’s legendary Times Square and was also streamed live worldwide on MTVIggy.com.
In 2012, Yuna releases “Live Your Life”, the first single from her forthcoming full-length album. It started getting airplay immediately at Sirius – The Loft, KCRW and KROQ. The music video premiered on MTV2 and was featured on the homepage of VEVO.com. Yuna’s self-titled album will be released on April 24, 2012.


RIYL: Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor, Rachael Yamagata, Kate Bush, Ingrid Michaelson, Laura Marling, Janelle Monáe, Lily Allen

TRY: #12, 1, 2, 9, 10


   Live Your Life by Yuna Music 
Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

http://www.yunamusic.com/

https://twitter.com/#!/yunamusic

http://yunatakesphotos.tumblr.com/

https://www.facebook.com/yunamusic

http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/17/video-yuna-live-your-life/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ZiMr36vyU&feature=youtu.be

http://www.vevo.com/watch/yuna/live-your-life/US4HB1290001

http://myona.com/2012/02/22/yuna-nominated-nickelodeon-kids-choice-awards-2012/

http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/pharrell-introduces-his-favorite-new-singer-yuna-malaysias-best-kept-secret/






Bad Veins
admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:28:10 +0000




Bad Veins
The Mess We've Made
Modern Outsider


 ADDS 4/24/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
Cincinnati duo Bad Veins is set to release their highly anticipated new album The Mess We’ve Made on April 24th via a new deal with Austin, TX’s Modern Outsider Records.  The new album was recorded over a three month period at Audiogrotto, a church turned recording studio, in Newport, Kentucky and is the follow up to their breakout self-titled debut album that was released on Dangerbird Records in 2009. 
Bad Veins – Benjamin Davis (vocals, keyboard, guitar, etc,) and Sebastien Schultz (drums) – formed in 2006 and quickly gained widespread buzz even before they released an album due to their legendary live shows.  The duo takes the stage in pseudo-army uniforms with Seb thrashing with the enthusiasm of 2 punk drummers on his kit and Ben crooning stilly on his mic.  They are joined on stage by a vintage megaphone, a reel-to-reel tape player nicknamed Irene (often counted as the third band member), and a telephone where another mic should be. 
Their incredible live shows led them to NYC for the CMJ Festival in 2007 where Bad Veins were considered one of the breakout bands for that year.  It was that same year they started crisscrossing the US, relentlessly performing and building a cult following among fans and critics alike.  In 2008 Bad Veins won the first ever “Target Music Maker Award” at the Tribeca Film Festival and soon after they earned themselves spots touring with a variety of noteworthy artists including Frightened Rabbit, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Maps & Atlases, Two Door Cinema Club, and more.
In addition, their self-titled debut album released in 2009 won numerous accolades.  Dan Harris of ABC Amplified picked the album as #7 in the “Best Albums of 2009” and wrote that Bad Veins were “criminally under-appreciated.”  USA Today’s Pop Candy called the album’s closing track “Go Home” one of the Top 20 Songs of 2009.  Also, the lead single “Gold and Warm” was the music for a video segment on Good Morning America called “Your Three Words” and the song is going to be featured in the blockbuster film Chronicle – out February 3rd via 20th Century Fox – and in the official soundtrack. 
On April 24th 2012 Bad Veins will follow up their impressive debut with the release of The Mess We’ve Made on Modern Outsider Records.  Plans already have the band on the road and will keep them out and playing live for a majority of 2012. 
Check out the video for "Dancing On TV" (#8) here: http://youtu.be/C4nZfjQYgEs


RIYL: Phoenix, Pulp, Franz Ferdinand, Grouplove

TRY: #8, 1, 2, 4, 7


   Dancing On TV by Bad Veins 
Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

http://www.modernoutsider.com/BadVeins.aspx

https://www.facebook.com/badveins

http://twitter.com/#!/badveins

http://badveins.net/






Robert Francis
admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:56:40 +0000




Robert Francis
Strangers in the First Place
Vanguard


 AAA ADDS 4/24/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
Robert Francis returns to his American audience after finding huge success in Europe.  His single "Junebug" hit #1 in France and reached Top 10 in both Germany and Switzerland.  He now returns with a new US album on May 22nd featuring the single "Heroin Lovers" (which includes a guest appearance from The Heartbreakers' guitarist Mike Campbell) impacting April 23rd.

 

Robert's introduction to music was blessed from the start:

 * Ry Cooder gave him his first guitar at the age of 9

* John Frusciante took him on as his only guitar student

* Martin Pradler--who Produced Robert's forthcoming Strangers In the First Place album--has worked in various capacities on albums for Sting, Ron Wood, Mavis Staples, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and...Ry Cooder (to bring it full circle).
Preview the first single "Heroin Lovers" here!

Feel free to share this link on your sites/social networks/with your listeners!  


TRY: #8, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6


Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

 http://www.robertfrancisofficial.com 

http://twitter.com/#!/RobertFrancisHQ

https://www.facebook.com/robertfrancisofficial

http://vanguardrecords.com/artists.html?controller=artists&task=view&id=196






Lightships
admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:34:12 +0000




Lightships
Electric Cables
Domino / Geographic


 ADDS 4/24/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
Lightships is the brain child of Teenage Fanclub singer, songwriter, bassist and founding member Gerard Love. Light- ships is very much a band and Gerard sought out a cast of Glasgow-based friends to help shape the sound. Playing with him are Dave McGowan (guitar, Teenage Fanclub), Brendan O’Hare (drums, from the first incarnation of Teenage Fanclub), Tom Crossley (flute, International Airport and The Pastels) and Bob Kildea (bass, Belle & Sebastian). Electric Cables is an album of tender, observational songs, played with an invigorating and easy sense of purpose: the sound of friends enjoying one another’s company and allowing ideas and experiments to flourish. It’s a complex and rewarding record that you’ll want to keep coming back to!
Early praise for Lightships: 
“the sort of album whose deceptively placid presentation belies the richness of detail and sense of purpose at work here.. a more lush, cerebral rendering of the same pop ethos. Love still knows what it takes to keep the wheels rolling.” PITCHFORK 
“The Man behind the Teenage Fanclub’s most beloved songs. Electric Cables does not disappoint.” MOJO 
“Love’s song writing is wholly distinctive...a record to cuddle up to & cherish.” THE GUARDIAN 
“Bliss bliss bliss - get Loved up and float away” UNCUT
Watch the video for the first single here: "Sweetness In Her Spark" 
Or stream it here:  http://soundcloud.com/dominorecordco/lightships-sweetness-in-her


RIYL: The Clientele, Teenage Fanclub, Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura, Yo La Tengo

TRY: #3, 5, 9


Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

http://lightships.tumblr.com/

http://www.dominorecordco.us/artists/lightships/

https://www.facebook.com/lightships.music

http://www.last.fm/music/Lightships

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/8nd3

http://www.metacritic.com/music/electric-cables






Liars
admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:38:22 +0000




Liars
"No 1. Against the Rush" (SINGLE)
Mute


 ADDS 4/24/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
First single from the new album WIXIW, out 5/22!  
Liars – Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and Julian Gross – have announced further details of their eagerly awaited new album. Titled WIXIW (pronounced “wish you”), the 11-track album will be preceded by a single, No.1 Against The Rush.
Recorded in LA, self-produced by the band with additional production from Daniel Miller and mixed by Tom Biller, the album, is hard to shake, tough to pin down, and impossible to get out of one’s head even after an initial listen. Simultaneously the most accessible and most challenging release from these iconoclasts, it is both a summation of Liars’ work up to now, and a complete break from anything you’d ever heard the band do previously.
“If we aren’t confusing people, it’s not us,” Andrew laughs. “If we aren’t confusing ourselves with what we do, then we’ve failed.”


TRY: #1 (radio version and album version both available on downloads page)



Download Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

http://www.liarsliarsliars.com/

http://mute.com/artists/liars

https://www.facebook.com/LiarsOfficial

http://amateurgore.tumblr.com/

http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/609/liars/






Patrick Watson
admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:12:31 +0000




Patrick Watson
Adventures In Your Own Backyard
Domino


 ADDS 4/17/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
"Okay, easy prediction here, since the best show I saw at SXSW was Patrick Watson: I predict Patrick Watson will release one of the best albums of 2012. Unlike the brilliant 2009 release Wooden Arms, this new record Adventures in Your Own Backyard is going to be a hit. Watson is going on the road opening for Andrew Bird, and Bird’s audience will appreciate his story songs — tales wrapped in finely arranged swatches of piano melodies perfect percussion and the right does of guitar and violin." - Bob Boilen @ NPR Music 
Patrick Watson first broke through to audiences in 2006 with his album Close to Paradise. The album went gold in Canada and won numerous awards, including the Polaris Prize. It saw international release in September 2007 and has since sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. Watson also began to receive attention around the same time for his song “To Build a Home,” which he performs with Cinematic Orchestra on their 2007 album, Ma Fleur.  
Fittingly, the seeds of his own band were cinematic and collaborative in nature, having begun as a multi-media project entitled Waterproof9 with Quebec visual artist Brigitte Henry. His core four-piece band of Watson (vox, keys), Mishka Stein (bass), Simon Angell (guitar) and Robbie Kuster (drums) began to take shape in the wake of the self-released Just Another Ordinary Day in 2003, and before long buzz on their live show had lead to performances with an impressively diverse group of artists, from Phillip Glass and Steve Reich, to Feist. In the summer of 2006, they were invited on a European tour with the late James Brown, just before the release of Close to Paradise.
His 2009 album, Wooden Arms, saw the band expand in the live setting to include a string quartet—not surprisingly, considering the lush arrangements present on all the albums. Indeed by this time Watson himself had established a reputation as a producer and composer of film scores, in addition to role as, band-leader, piano-player and singer-songwriter. The Wooden Arms tour fittingly culminated in 2011 with a collaborative performance with Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, which saw the renowned symphony performing Watson’s songs alongside the band.
Watson’s latest offering, entitled Adventures in Your Own Backyard, is in his own words, an effort on the band’s part to “make the kind of music we would want to listen to at home.” The album’s title is both a nod to this sentiment, and to the fact that it was recorded almost entirely in Watson’s apartment in Montreal. Both Close to Paradise and Wooden Arms were recorded over long periods of time, in many different places—Wooden Arms is especially scattered in its geography, with a number of the songs having been informed by the band’s extensive travels in the wake of the success of Close to Paradise. 


RIYL: Jeff Buckley, Andrew Bird, Plants & Animals

TRY: #2, 4, 5, 9


   Patrick Watson - Into Giants by DominoRecordCo 
Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

http://www.adventuresinyourownbackyard.com/

https://www.facebook.com/patrickwatsonofficial

http://twitter.com/#!/patrickwatson

http://www.dominorecordco.com/artists/patrick-watson/

http://www.secretcityrecords.com/albums/adventures

http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/437/patrick-watson-wooden-arms/






Archie Powell and The Exports
admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:35:24 +0000




Archie Powell & The Exports
Great Ideas In Action
Good Land


 ADDS 4/17/12
 DIGITAL ONLY
"With simple melodies and sardonic lyrics, Archie Powell and the Exports' new album, Great Ideas in Action, may well be the soundtrack to this summer. The group released its first EP (Loose Change) in 2009, and its debut album, Skip Work, followed a year later. Skip Work was praised for its addictive hooks, lyrical wit and sophistication. Buried beneath catchy, raucous rock 'n' roll, the album's emotional content reflected the nervous energy and anxiety that the band members say they felt graduating college.  On their second album, Archie Powell and the Exports sound more self-assured, but Great Ideas in Action retains the youthful quality that made Skip Work so endearing. It seems that the band has settled into its groove and focused on perfecting its craft: the sort of self-aware, semi-serious songs that demand comparison to early Weezer and Elvis Costello. Hear "Metronome" and "Bend over Backwards" on today's episode of World Cafe: Next." - World Cafe / NPR 
“The band particularly excels at capturing the unease of entering your 20s and struggling with a range of newfound problems: changing friend’s career decisions and teenage love dissolving as grownup responsibilities encroach. Lyrically astute and driven by a nervous energy…” Chicago Red Eye
Has bemused cynicism and ennui ever been so fun? Archie Powell & the Exports have made a career of grafting prismatic power pop and sardonic, dark looks at the world outside into guileless songs with hooks galore. Archie Powell makes it look simple; he is incapable of writing an un-danceable tune, whether he turns a jaundiced eye on the culture of self-medication or whipping up a 3 minute heist story. Great Ideas in Action (out May 1, 2012) is the band’s third release of deceptively sophisticated songs. Blink and its killer catchy rock, blink twice and its social commentary that is sad, biting, funny but ultimately incredibly honest. Powell’s writing could easily come from someone twice his age but it never feels studied - his humanity just shines through and demolishes any doubts about where he stands.
It’s not hard to find stories in the news about the thousands of debt-ridden young people who are getting out of college and finding that there is nothing out there for them. While Archie claims he was an art student and knew what he was getting into, he’s written a pretty great protest song for his peers in “Job Fair”, singing “Hey baby, please can you cut some slack? You know I’ll settle up tomorrow if you got my back, I’ve been running out of luck cuz it’s about who you know, and all my resumes are fake and I don’t know where to go.” Some of the subjects of Powell’s songs are swimming in elicit pills - he gives bald depictions but from an obviously empathetic viewpoint. Meantime, keyboards are swirling and unique musical arrangements are charging forward and listeners are carried away but song craft that echoes Elvis Costello pumped with the energy of early Replacements. 
The album was produced, engineered and mixed by Justin Perkins (formerly of Yesterday’s Kids, The Obsoletes and Screeching Weasel) at Howl Street Studios and The Mystery Room in Milwaukee during the Fall of 2011, it is set for release on May 1, 2012. The band recorded 14 songs before paring it down to the essential 11 including the title track, which Powell says is a Calvin & Hobbes reference (anyone who can describe the strip in question is entitled to free admission to Exports shows for life.)
Archie Powell is the son of a violin prodigy who played in the Chicago Symphany Orchestra before landing as a permanent member of Milwaukee’s orchestra. He started playing guitar at 11 and writing “awful” songs at around 15.  Immediately following college, he and keyboardist Ryan started the Exports, bassist Adam joined after they recorded their first EP and they rounded out the permanent line-up with drummer RJ. The band’s first recorded effort was a digital freebie called the Loose Change EP that expanded their audience to a national level. It was followed by Skip Work, their debut full length, which drew praise from Boston Phoenix, Powerpopaholic, Radio Free Chicago and My Old Kentucky Blog among others. 
The band began touring nationally in support of Skip Work, leaving a trail of empty bottles, broken hearts and hilarious tour videos in their wake. Great Ideas in Action is a group effort but as the songwriter and frontman of the band, it’s inevitable that it be a strong reflection on Powell. “I guess the duality between a pop rock aesthetic and the darker lyrical content kind of speaks to how I carry myself socially. I’m a pretty upbeat individual if you give me a quick once-over, but there are a few poor souls out there who have clearance cards to the super classified bad parts of my brain. They exist, you just gotta dig deeper, I guess.”
Oh, and did we mention Archie is in Chicago's hottest 30 under 30!?


RIYL: Elvis Costello, The Replacements, Weezer, Sloan

TRY: #1, 2, 9, 12

DIRTY: #3, 7


   Archie Powell & the Exports - "Metronome" by Western Publicity*------- 
Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 
More Info Here:

http://www.archiepowellandtheexports.com/

https://www.facebook.com/archiepowellandtheexports

http://twitter.com/#!/archiepowell

http://www.youtube.com/exporttv

http://www.last.fm/music/Archie%2BPowell%2B%2526%2BThe%2BExports

http://archiepowell.bandcamp.com/