“ENTIRELY INTRIGUING” (AV CLUB) UK INDIE SINGER MARY EPWORTH EARNING RAVES AFTER PACKED NATIONAL TOUR FOR ‘DREAM LIFE’ (HIGHLINE RECORDS)

After raves from UK outlets like Q, MOJO, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Diva, Mary Epworth’s indie-psych-folk-pop masterpiece ‘Dream Life’ has crossed the pond to the US. Epworth most recently performed on a 36-date nationwide tour with Welcome To Night Vale which saw many nights sold out. ‘Dream Life,’ previously released in the UK, was out last week on Highline Records in the US. She performs Friday in LA at Hotel Café before returning to her native UK. Here’s what we’re reading:

"Her blend of baroque pop and West Coast folky psychedelia is appealing." - Brooklyn Vegan

"A blend of Chelsea Wolfe and Mirah, Epworth puts out evocative and dreamy tunes inspired by nature and imbued with fuzzy guitar and plaintive synths. It's a little bit folk, a little bit rock, and a little bit psych, all forming together into a mix of sounds that's entirely intriguing... Fans of acts like Cat Power and Lana Del Rey should find something to enjoy for sure” – AV Club

“Soaring, expansive folk music connected by an underlying thread of keys and synths.” - Village Voice

“On her debut LP, ‘Dream Life,’ Epworth pairs the Dusty Springfield template of vintage American soul-pop made cloudly and wounded like a misty, British Sunday afternoon with some hefty riffs, traces of unexpected kraut-drone, some ’80s Kate Bush sweep and wheat field country melodies… really cool, fairly dark sonic choices.” – CMJ

“Atmospheric pysch-pop… [Epworth’s voice is] a potent blend of sweetness and power.” – Wall Street Journal

"Effervescent" - Chicagoist

“This folk sound is but one of many detours taken by ‘Dream Life,’ which also incorporates psychedelic and kosmische influences.” – Pop Matters

“Brace yourself before you listen.” – Surviving The Golden Age blog

THE ICYPOLES AT FOREFRONT OF AUSTRALIAN INDIE INVASION

RAVES IN BLACK BOOK, PASTE, AV CLUB, ETC. FOR NEW ALBUM ‘MY WORLD WAS MADE FOR YOU’




Alongside Courtney Barnett, Scott & Charlene's Wedding, Twerps, Lost Animal, and The Stevens, the Icypoles are an Australian indie invasion. The new album ‘My World Was Made For You,’ featuring covers of David Lynch’s “Just You” (from Twin Peaks) and Martika’s “Love, Thy Will Be Done,” co-written by Prince, is out now on Highline Records. Black Book is streaming the entire album.

Here’s what we’ve been reading about the Icypoles:

“7.7… a little dreamy… understated intimacy.”
- Eric Danton, Paste Magazine, May 15, 2014

“Sounds a bit like the XX merged together with some old doo-wop style girl groups.”
- Marah Eakin, AV Club, April 16, 2014

“A sweet treat [with] a sinister vibe… Led by Isobel Knowles, formerly of Architecture In Helsinki, the Melbourne quartet serves up retro-flavored tunes in the vein of the Brunettes, Soko, and the Boy Least Likely To.”
- Katie Chow, Black Book, May 1, 2014

“Delicious… Severely cool… The magic is in their surprising sense of melodic timing and coy delivery that plays out in our heads like a Mona Lisa smirk set to some kind of sarcastic retro choreography.”
- Charity Painter, The Wild Honey Pie, April 18, 2014

“Reminiscent of The Blow, with handclaps, singsong vocals and a slightly jagged, funky bassline.”
- Lizzie Plaugic, CMJ, May 6, 2014

CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN ADDS ADDITIONAL TOUR DATES AS AV CLUB PREMIERES NEW MUSIC VIDEO, WALL STREET JOURNAL POSTS FEATURE

Since Camper Van Beethoven played the Brooklyn Vegan party at SXSW, the band continues to gain attention for its new album 'La Costa Perdida' (429 Records) and its thirtieth anniversary.

The Wall Street Journal ran a Q&A with David Lowery this week in he talks about the band's "strange song structure"; "the secret weapon of Camper"; and writing as a team.

The AV Club premiered a new music video for "Someday Our Love Will Sell Us Out," during the filming of which the band crashed a rental car.

Camper has also added additional spring tour dates:

May 9—The Firebird—St. Louis, Missouri

May 10—The Cubby Bear—Chicago, Illinois

May 11—Majestic Theatre—Madison, Wisconsin

May 12—The Intersection—Grand Rapids, Michigan

May 16—State Theatre—Falls Church, Virginia

May 18 –Hatch Memorial Shell – Boston, Massachusetts

June 14—The Bluebird Theatre—Denver, Colorado

June 19—Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk—Santa Cruz, California