Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Folk singer Linda Draper’s just-released seventh studio album “Edgewise” recalls legends Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez.

Johnny Cash-inspired single “Shadow of a Coal Mine” debuts via Popmatters, vinyl edition of album released today.

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Linda Draper as photographed by Shervin Lainez

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“Shadow of a Coal Mine” is the latest single and video from Linda Draper’s seventh album Edgewise




  
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[VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlPoIpToZF8

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Check out the premiere of the latest Linda Draper single “Shadow of a Coal Mine” via Popmatters

Brooklyn-based folk singer Linda Draper released her seventh studio album Edgewise on May 21st and “Shadow of a Coal Mine,” the latest single from the Matt Keating-produced record, has now made its premiere via music discovery website Popmatters.  A music video for the song, shot on the fly in the studio where the album was mastered, has also been posted.

“I've always been fascinated with songs that are written from the perspective of the ‘bad guy,’” says Draper of the song.  “Johnny Cash always did this incredibly well, and so when the lyrics started pouring out for this song, I decided to construct the perspective as if the bad guy (or ‘girl,’ as it were) was me.”

Described by American Songwriter as “What great artists sound like when their music is stripped down to its elements,” Draper’s tunes evoke memories of female singer-songwriter legends such as Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez, and Draper’s timeless voice lends itself well to the vinyl edition of Edgewise which just been released by Planting Seeds Records (available here.)

Draper’s distinctive sound was also recently noticed by one of New York radio’s most revered figures; WFUV and SiriusXM DJ Vin Scelsa, who spun a track from Edgewise on his long-running “Idiot’s Delight” program (listen here.)

“With Edgewise, I feel myself returning to the roots that originally sparked my enthusiasm for music,” Draper says, referring to her childhood growing up in a musical household with parents and siblings who are all musicians (father Frederick Draper is a classical guitar virtuoso who studied with Andres Segovia.)

Linda Draper is available for interviews.  Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Linda Draper
Edgewise
(S/R – Out Now)



Track Listing:

01. Glass Palace
02. Right On Time
03. Hollow (STREAM | DOWNLOAD | MP3 | VIDEO)
04. Edgewise
05. Take It From Me
06. Sleepwalkers
07. Shadow of a Coal Mine (STREAM | DOWNLOAD | MP3 | VIDEO)
08. Blackbird
09. Live Wire
10. In Good Hands
11. So Long

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Linda Draper Links

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Monday, June 3, 2013

DC-duo Midnight Faces (feat. Saxon Shore founder Matthew Warn) releases latest single from upcoming debut LP.

Check out “Holding On” via Under The Radar, My Old Kentucky Blog, MTV Buzzworthy.  New tour dates announced.

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Midnight Faces (L-R): Philip Stancil, Matthew Warn. Photo Credit: Alexandra Warn.

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Grab and repost the latest Midnight Faces single “Holding On” now:





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Listen to Midnight Faces

“Holding On” via Under The Radar
“Holding On” via My Old Kentucky Blog
“Holding On” via MTV Buzzworthy
“Feel This Way” via Baeble Music
“Feel This Way” remix via Earmilk

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“We dialed in that chimey ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ sound on the Juno over a driving Moog bass line,” says Matthew Doty of Midnight Faces (now known by his married name Matthew Warn) about the sound of the band’s new single “Holding On”. The track is taken from the DC-based duo’s upcoming debut album Fornication, out June 18th.

Warn first began making music with childhood friend Jonny Pierce (of The Drums) when they both were barely into their teens. Warn went on to co-found post-rock instrumental pioneers Saxon Shore with Josh Tillman (of Fleet Foxes and Father John Misty), releasing three EPs, along with two full-length albums produced by Dave Fridmann (MGMT, Tame Impala, Flaming Lips.)

“I had been writing new music during Saxon Shore’s hiatus, with no idea as to where the songs would end up,” says Warn. He soon asked future Midnight Faces bandmate Philip Stancil to take a shot at adding vocals to a couple of his new tunes.  “That’s when things started to fall into place,” Warn explains. “Our influences seemed so different, but that’s what makes us unique. It’s like Tom Petty fronting The Cure.”

Midnight Faces recently completed its debut full-length album Fornication in Los Angeles with producer Jason Martin (The Drums, Cold War Kids, Starflyer 59) and will tour the US, Asia and Europe with a full band upon the release of the record this summer.  The band has announced a handful of dates for June and July.  See below for details.  Fornication is scheduled for release on June 18th, 2013.

Members of Midnight Faces are available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Midnight Faces Live

06/07 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
06/29 Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar
07/07 Washington, DC @ Red Onion Records In-Store, 3PM
07/07 Washington, DC @ DC9 w/ Cayucas, Record Release Show
07/08 Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory

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Midnight Faces
Fornication
(Broken Factory, June 18th)


Track Listing:

01. Fornication
02. Crowded Halls
03. Holding On (STREAM | DOWNLOAD | MP3)
04. Feel This Way (STREAM | DOWNLOAD | MP3 | REMIX)
05. Give In Give Out
06. Kingdom Come
07. Now I’m Done
08. Identity
09. Turn Back
10. Heartless

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Midnight Faces Links

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Brooklyn-based studio duo TKTTSM (“ticketism”) to expand into a live six-piece at NYC’s Mercury Lounge, May 31st.

Band gets two name-drops in Entertainment Weekly, debuts NAOAN remix of “Eyeyeye” single via Beats Per Minute.

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Johanna Stahley of TKTTSM as photographed by Brittany Sturrett.

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“Eyeyeye” is latest single from TKTTSM.  Click to the NAOAN remix and the original album version.


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 See TKTTSM’s all-new live show at NYC’s Mercury Lounge on Friday, May 31st.  More info here.

Check out the premiere of the NAOAN remix of “Eyeyeye” by TKTTSM via Beats Per Minute!

Brooklyn-based psychedelic pop-rock duo TKTTSM (pronounced “ticketism”) has now expanded to a six-piece ensemble. The band will bring its high energy show to the Mercury Lounge on Friday, May 31st.  All of the gymnastic instrumentation, Bjork-like vocals, and Crosby, Stills & Nash harmonies found on the band’s debut album will be on full display, exploding from the stage with precision and emotion.

TKTTSM songwriters Johanna Stahley and Owen O’Mahony share their love of pop, noise, experimentation, and improvisation on TKTTSM’s self-titled debut.  Most of the album’s lyrics were co-written with a stream of consciousness approach.  The instrumentation and skewed pop vocals that color these catchy songs are a perfect representation of the band’s love of exploration, animals, and freedom; and their dislike of politicians, financial institutions and any other power hungry villains.

“Since the release of the album, we have been searching for the right players to help us bring our vision to life,” says Stahley of the band’s new live lineup, which includes Jacob Colin Cohen on drums, Matt Cusack on bass, Reinder Oldenburger on guitar, and Lauren Zettler on synths. “They turned out to be more than great players – each is such a creative force!,” Stahley says.

To celebrate the band’s upcoming show, TKTTSM is making a new remix of its “Eyeyeye” single available for free download via Beats Per Minute.  The reworking of the track is by Nate Tannenbaum of the New York City based production team NAOAN, which has previously collaborated on remixes for I Am Lightyear and No Way Josie.  NAOAN is now working on the upcoming single “50 Cent Lemonade” by Lubrication.

“‘Eyeyeye’ might be my favorite song on the album,” Stahley says. “I was so deep in thought driving through Queens that I got lost and ended up in the projects. That’s when the lyric “fists punching in the sky-eye-eye” popped into my head. It was a strong image, like some kind of apocalyptic last stand against the end of time.”

TKTTSM released its debut album in the fall of 2012 to airplay on nearly 150 non-commercial radio stations, including spins on KCRW from veteran DJ Gary Calamar.  Calamar, who is also the Music Supervisor for Showtime’s “True Blood” and “Dexter,” among other television shows and films, went on to mention he was “digging” TKTTSM in a January, 2013 Entertainment Weekly article titled “The Best Songs On TV This Season.”  TKTTSM was mentioned in Entertainment Weekly again in March, 2013 alongside MSTRKFT, SBTRKT and MS MR.

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TKTTSM
S/T
(Sumxuni Records)
Out Now


Track Listing:

01. Calisthenics
02. Plastic Fantastic (STREAM | DOWNLOAD | VIDEO | REMIX)
03. I Wanted To
04. Edumication
05. Eyeyeye (STREAM | DOWNLOAD | REMIX)
06. Dear Diary
07. Japanteup
08. Porcupine
09. Focus

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TKTTSM Links

INFO : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : BANDCAMP

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