The new year is kicking off with a herd of earworms, including the debut full-length from jazz-funk dancehall drifters Mafard, whose first single, βFinger Lickinβ Chicken Pickinβ Mexican,β has been stirring the controversy pot.
An unreleased version of the Shambles song βAll Sortsβ appears on a new compilation, Sweet Relief 3, from Michigan-based JAM Records. Built around a backing track produced in 2002 by Gregory Page, players include Bart Mendoza, Jeff Berkley, Cathryn Beeks, Derek Duplessie, Danny Cress, and Dylan Martinez.
Also out this week is the newest two-disc edition of Powerpop Planet (Volume 3), from Colorado-based Pop Geek Heaven, featuring tracks from locals Neon Cough (βWorld of Tomorrowβ), True Stories (βHearts on Sleeveβ), Normandie Wilson (βNobody Loves You Like I Doβ), and Scott Mathiasen & the Shifty Eyed Dogs (βOh Miseryβ).
Hard-rock trio Brothers Weiss (cofounded by former Family Wagon guitarist Ryan Weiss) will premiere their five-song Conversations EP in City Heights on January 10 at the Soda Bar.
Acoustic troubadour Tom Brosseau is debuting Grass Punks on the 11th at Swedenborg Hall in University Heights, where heβll appear with the albumβs producer and guest player Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek, Fiction Family).
Switchfoot continues their mainstream invasion with Fading West, due January 14 from big-time Atlantic Records and tying into their same-named surfing/tour documentary. The second full-length from up-and-comers Trouble in the Wind, Slide Rock, drops the same day, featuring 16 songs mixed and recorded by the band and preceded by its first single βTaken.β
Lo-fi grads Dum Dum Girls have a new full-length due to drop on January 28 called Too True, with its first single βLost Boys and Girls Club.β
Jake E. Leeβs new band Red Dragon Cartel got off to a rocky start with a lambasted concert debut at Hollywoodβs Whiskey A Go Go, with singer Darren James Smith posting an online apology for his poor showing. Their self-titled album (Leeβs first in two decades) is due for release January 28 via Frontiers Records, and theyβve already scored a slot at UKβs 2014 Download festival, happening June 13 through 15 and headlined by Aerosmith, Linkin Park, and Avenged Sevenfold. That ainβt too bad.
The new year is kicking off with a herd of earworms, including the debut full-length from jazz-funk dancehall drifters Mafard, whose first single, βFinger Lickinβ Chicken Pickinβ Mexican,β has been stirring the controversy pot.
An unreleased version of the Shambles song βAll Sortsβ appears on a new compilation, Sweet Relief 3, from Michigan-based JAM Records. Built around a backing track produced in 2002 by Gregory Page, players include Bart Mendoza, Jeff Berkley, Cathryn Beeks, Derek Duplessie, Danny Cress, and Dylan Martinez.
Also out this week is the newest two-disc edition of Powerpop Planet (Volume 3), from Colorado-based Pop Geek Heaven, featuring tracks from locals Neon Cough (βWorld of Tomorrowβ), True Stories (βHearts on Sleeveβ), Normandie Wilson (βNobody Loves You Like I Doβ), and Scott Mathiasen & the Shifty Eyed Dogs (βOh Miseryβ).
Hard-rock trio Brothers Weiss (cofounded by former Family Wagon guitarist Ryan Weiss) will premiere their five-song Conversations EP in City Heights on January 10 at the Soda Bar.
Acoustic troubadour Tom Brosseau is debuting Grass Punks on the 11th at Swedenborg Hall in University Heights, where heβll appear with the albumβs producer and guest player Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek, Fiction Family).
Switchfoot continues their mainstream invasion with Fading West, due January 14 from big-time Atlantic Records and tying into their same-named surfing/tour documentary. The second full-length from up-and-comers Trouble in the Wind, Slide Rock, drops the same day, featuring 16 songs mixed and recorded by the band and preceded by its first single βTaken.β
Lo-fi grads Dum Dum Girls have a new full-length due to drop on January 28 called Too True, with its first single βLost Boys and Girls Club.β
Jake E. Leeβs new band Red Dragon Cartel got off to a rocky start with a lambasted concert debut at Hollywoodβs Whiskey A Go Go, with singer Darren James Smith posting an online apology for his poor showing. Their self-titled album (Leeβs first in two decades) is due for release January 28 via Frontiers Records, and theyβve already scored a slot at UKβs 2014 Download festival, happening June 13 through 15 and headlined by Aerosmith, Linkin Park, and Avenged Sevenfold. That ainβt too bad.
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