Band Weblogs

Momentum has been building ever since lead single “John Q. Lonely,” went to radio in June. The track was #1 Most Added for two consecutive weeks at Triple A radio and can be heard on such influential stations as Sirius/XM Loft, KPRI in San Diego and WYEP in Pittsburgh …

NPR Music, together with five partner radio stations, is exclusively live webcasting and broadcasting dozens of performances from George Wein’s Folk Festival 50 and CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 next month in Newport, RI, offering four days of music by some of the country’s most acclaimed artists …

NPR Music is streaming a new album of live recordings from the complex and unpredictable singer Bjork, one week ahead of its official release …

St. Vincent’s new album ‘Actor’ (4AD), released last week snagged the #90 spot on the Billboard Top 200 and #9 on the Billboard indie chart. The album has been receiving rave reviews from critics with NPR describing it as “a surreal sonic wonderland” and last week’s New York Times claiming St. Vincent’s music “defies categories” …

NPR Music’s “Live in Concert from All Songs Considered” series will webcast upcoming live concerts with three acclaimed indie music acts: Animal Collective on Monday, May 11; Dan Deacon on Sunday, May 17; and St. Vincent on Friday, May 22, 2009 …

Citing Bobbie Gentry, Gram Parsons, and Emmylou Harris as influences, The Tall Pines would make the legends of the past proud with their authentic mix of twang and soul that harkens back to the hey-day of the Nashville and Memphis music scenes while remaining uniquely current in their sound …

The Decemberists have launched their ambitious new album ‘The Hazards of Love’ (Capitol Records) today March 17, 2009 with a weeklong exclusive sale of the digital album through the iTunes Store …

Steeped in the fingerpick-guitar rudiments of folk music, inspired by the expressionism of classic jazz vocalists, and finding common ground in the minimalism and ear-taunting of the avant garde, with ‘Beasts of Seasons’ (February 24, 2009, HUSH Records) Laura Gibson offers up an intimate affirmation of mortality; both vulnerable and courageous, ordinary and extraordinary …

NPR Music will present a South by Southwest showcase headlined by The Decemberists at Stubbs on Wednesday, March 18, 2009, kicking off the opening night of this year’s SXSW Music Conference and Festival in Austin, TX …

I’ve been enjoying Brett Dennen’s new “Make You Crazy” track from his upcoming release ‘Hope for the Hopeless’ out October 21, 2008. The song features the legendary Femi Kuti …

Juliana Hatfield will celebrate the release of ‘How To Walk Away’ – her 10th solo album in a remarkable 20-year-career – and the publication of her memoir, entitled “When I Grow Up,” with a tour launching September 9th, 2008 at IOTA in Washington, DC …

The July 8th, 2008 edition of the New York Post will feature a link to a free MP3 download from tripnotica artist Costanza Francavilla …

Now that Rolling Stone “surprise find” and recently NPR-approved instrumental quintet My Education has released ‘Bad Vibrations’, its fourth and finest record in a soon-to-be 10-year career …

Aimee Mann’s seventh solo release to date, ‘@#%&! Smilers’, is a return to form after the artistic detours of 2005’s concept album ‘The Forgotten Arm’ and 2006’s Christmas CD …

Having just been selected as Filter Magazine’s, “Undiscovered Artist Of The Month” for March 2008, Backlight Records recording artists Holler, Wild Rose! …