Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
"REVELATION" (WASHINGTON POST) CORB LUND SETS SXSW SCHEDULE
Corb Lund – the descendent of four generations of Albertan
ranchers, former punk/metal player, and whipsmart songwriter of – has been
added to the lineups of the Lonestar Music official showcase, Lonestar Music
day party, and New West Records day party.
9pm Wednesday March 13 - Corb Lund, Lonestar Music Official
Showcase, Black Heart, 86 Rainey Street, open to badge and wristband holders
only
2:30pm Thursday, March 14 – Corb Lund, New West Records Day
Party, Threadgills, 301 West Riverside Drive, private but please contact me to
RSVP.
4:15pm Thursday, March 14 – Corb Lund, Lonestar Music Day
Party, St. Vincent De Paul parking lot, 1327 South Congress Ave., open to the
public
Amid raves from NPR, NY Times, UNCUT and others, Corb Lund
scored a personal best with a #13 debut on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and
a #60 debut on the Billboard Indie Chart for his "breakthrough"
(Washington Post) album 'Cabin Fever' (New West Records). The album also
debuted at #1 on Billboard's Canadian Top 200 albums chart. In the Nashville
Scene's 13th Annual Country Music Critics' Poll, Corb Lund is the #10 male
vocalist and 'Cabin Fever' is the #20 best album of 2012. He will open a show
in April for country royalty Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley. Here's what
the press have said:
"Impressive… great songs… Lund finds glory in tough
work, spotting characters most people would overlook, and celebrating them with
colorful sketches… Corb Lund's ironic humor and keen sense of American culture
is similar to Hayes Carll." – NPR
"An album of pithy mischief and roguish charm." –
NY Times
"This is another terrific chapter in what's become a
rich catalouge of orthodox country" - Uncut 9/10
"A breakthrough [and] a doozy… Lund is a revelation,
laconic and scary smart, with a devil’s eye for details." – Washington
Post
"As if strolling out of the American West itself, caked
with layers dusty guitar riffs and rugged vocals, comes Corb Lund’s latest
work… The album’s 12 tracks drip with cowboy speak." – Paste Magazine
"Corb Lund has one up on the alt-country competition in
that he’s been an actual cowboy, and his songs sometimes seem like the
soundtrack to a Western directed by Quentin Tarantino." – MTV Hive
"Corb Lund's 'Cabin Fever' is the best country record
this year." – The Oregonian
Friday, March 8, 2013
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN JOINS BROOKLYN VEGAN SXSW DAY PARTY
Camper Van Beethoven – indie rock originators celebrating
their 30th anniversary and first album in nine years 'La Costa
Perdida' (429 Records) – have been added to the Brooklyn Vegan SXSW Day Party
Wednesday at 4pm at the old Emo's (603 Red River St. at E. 6th
Street).
Reviews have been ecstatic as Pitchfork called the album
"delightful," Consequence of Sound "easy to love," The
Newark Star-Ledger "bewitching," Pop Matters "sure to satisfy,"
and Blurt "a wonder to behold."
Other musicians have also toasted Camper Van Beethoven.
Britt Daniel's Divine Fits have recently covered CVB's "I Was Born In a
Laundromat" both in concert and as a b-side to a recent single.
"The first time we heard CVB, we knew they were
destined for greatness."
- R.E.M.
"Each member of Camper is a thoughtful songwriter, and
a master of his instrument, with a totally unique vision, and together they
have a balanced, egoless, and dynamic chemistry that's created many of my
favorite songs."
- Doug Martsch (Built To Spill)
"Camper Van Beethoven, very much an essential '80s band
traveling on their own arc, punctuated the beginning of my college career. They
served it up with panache. 'Sometimes,' 'I Don't See You,' 'Ambiguity Song,'
'Circles,' 'Dustpan,' 'The History of Utah,' 'Still Wishing to Course'--all
songs that ended up on assorted song cassette tapes in vain attempts to
increase overall coolness. They made California cool to a Virginian. It was
some good, reliable shit. As they wandered east, they backed it up with great
live action. They were good musicians. That was weird. They were sarcastic.
That was appealing."
- Bob Nastanovich (Pavement)
"I've kind of come back to a lot of the more American
music that got me going in the first place – R.E.M. and Camper Van Beethoven
and all these bands that borrowed from more American traditions like Neil Young
and the Byrds."
- Colin Meloy (The Decemberists)
"I've been a Camper Van Beethoven fan since the mid
80's. 'Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart' is actually one of my very
favorite albums of that era and one that I still pull out now. I know this one
will be a keeper"
- Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers)
Thursday, March 7, 2013
SXSW 2013 Must-Sees Camper Van Beethoven, Corb Lund, & John Murry
Wednesday March 13
4pm – Camper Van Beethoven, Brooklyn
Vegan Day Party, old Emo's, 603 Red River St., open to the public
"Delightful" (Pitchfork) indie rock originators
Camper Van Beethoven's 'La Costa Perdida' (429 Records) debuted at #174 on the
Billboard Top 200, #3 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and #1 on the
Alternative New Artist Album chart, as the band celebrates its 30th
anniversary.
7pm – Camper Van Beethoven, Copyright Alliance, El Sol y La
Luna, 600 E 6th St., RSVP required
9pm - Corb Lund, Lonestar Music Official Showcase, Black
Heart, 86 Rainey Street, open to badge and wristband holders only
"A revelation" (Washington Post), Corb Lund is the
descendent of four generations of Albertan ranchers and former punk/metal
player. In the Nashville Scene's 13th Annual Country Music Critics' Poll, Corb
Lund is the #10 male vocalist and 'Cabin Fever' is the #20 best album of 2012.
'Cabin Fever' is out now on New West Records.
Thursday, March 14
2pm – David Lowery, Big Data: The New Oil or the New Snake
Oil?, Room 9ABC, Will Mills (Head of Music, Shazam), Brett Alperowitz (VP,
A&R Republic Records), Marie-Alicia Chang (Co-Founder & Head of
Business Dev Musicmetric), Alex White (CEO Next Big Sound):
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2013/events/event_MP4094
2:30pm – Corb Lund, New West Records Day Party, Threadgills,
301 West Riverside Drive, private
4:15pm – Corb Lund, Lonestar Music Day Party, St. Vincent De
Paul parking lot, 1327 South Congress Ave., open to the public
Friday, March 15
2:45pm – John Murry,
Daily Havoc Day Party, Hole in the Wall, 2538 Guadalupe St. (front stage), RSVP required
The "Masterful" (Baeble Music) John Murry – the
southern literature-inspired songwriter, William Faulkner's second cousin, and
darling of UK music scene – has been named a Next artist by NPR's World Café,
which praises his music as music "alluring, emotional and
infectious." 'The Graceless Age' comes out April 2 on Evangelina Recording
Co.
5pm – David Lowery, Who's Ripping Me Off Now? Panel, Convention
Center, Room 10AB, 500 E Cesar Chavez St. Also with Daryl Friedman (Chief
Advocacy & Industry Rel Officer The Recording Academy( and East Bay Ray
(Artist Dead Kennedys).
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
"ARTIST OF MAJOR STATURE" (AMERICAN SONGWRITER) JOHN MURRY TO PLAY U.S. ALBUM RELEASE SHOW FOR 'THE GRACELESS AGE' APRIL 14 AT THE MAKE OUT ROOM
"ARTIST OF MAJOR STATURE" (AMERICAN SONGWRITER)
JOHN MURRY TO PLAY U.S. ALBUM RELEASE SHOW FOR 'THE GRACELESS AGE' APRIL 14 AT
THE MAKE OUT ROOM
"ALLURING" (NPR) 'THE GRACELESS AGE' OUT APRIL 2
IN THE U.S. ON EVANGELINE RECORDING CO.
John Murry will play a hometown album release show for 'The
Graceless Age' April 14 at the Make-Out Room. His debut album, already out in
the UK to great acclaim and BBC airplay, is due in the States April 2. 'The
Graceless Age' was co-produced by San Francisco's Tim Mooney, of American Music
Club and Sun Kil Moon, who passed away last year; this was the last project
that he finished.
US buzz has already begun. Murry will play at
NON-COMMvention May 15 on the Emerging Artists stage, following Kurt Vile.
Baeble Music called 'The Graceless Age' "masterful" and NPR World
Café labeled it as "alluring." Most recently, American Songwriter
gave it 4.5 stars (out of 5), calling him "the real deal as a songwriter,
full of trenchant observations and slyly affecting melodies and possessing an
ingratiating ne’er-do-well personality that acknowledges his past mistakes even
as he prepares to make them all over again." It continues, "There is
subtle invention at play in the music as well, with some indie-rock touches
adding rough edges to the folky melodies. In that respect, it’s reminiscent of
'Sea Change,' Beck’s lovely downer."
WHO: John Murry
WHAT: Hometown album release show for 'The Graceless Age'
WHEN: April 14, 2013
WHERE: The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San
Francisco, CA
TICKETS: TBA
Monday, March 4, 2013
DREAM-POP TRACK BY CORREATOWN TO BE FEATURED IN NEW TINA FEY/PAUL RUDD FILM "ADMISSION," OUT MARCH 22 ON FOCUS
LA dream pop/indie pop band Correatown's track "Shine
Right Through" will be featured in the upcoming Tina Fey/Paul Rudd feature
film "Admission." Hear the track in this postable mp3:
It's not her first time on the silver screen or on
television. Her voice was featured in the Sony Pictures film “Walk Hard: The
Dewey Cox Story” on the song "Let's Duet." She's had songs in How I
Met Your Mother, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty and the film "The Lucky
One," starring Zac Efron. The song "Further" was included on the
Grey's Anatomy Soundtrack Vol 4.
Correatown also recently scored its first film, indie
feature Sassy Pants, which was released last October.
'Pleiades' is out now on Highline Records.
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