Rudy, The Big Booty Reindeer

BNQT is the new indie super-group conceived and led by Eric Pulido of Midlake and featuring Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses, Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, Fran Healy of Travis, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy with backing from other Midlake members McKenzie Smith (drums), Joey McClellan (guitar) and Jesse Chandler (keys).

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Volume One

BNQT - Restart

The first track from "A Crow Looked At Me" by Mount Eerie
(ELV040 from P.W. Elverum & Sun, March 24th, 2017)

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"Real Death" by Mount Eerie (from "A Crow Looked At Me")

From the album I Can Feel The Night Around Me out May 5, 2017 on Western Vinyl

Bandcamp: https://nightlands.bandcamp.com/
iTunes: http://hyperurl.co/4472hz
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NIGHTLANDS
Twitter https://twitter.com/nightlands
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nightlands/?hl=en
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TOUR DATES
Mon. May 8 – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret
Tue. May 9 – Seattle, WA @ The Sunset
Wed. May 10 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
Fri. May 12 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Sat. May 13 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
Fri. May 19 – Washington, DC @ DC9
Sat. May 20 – New York, NY @ Rough Trade
Mon. May 22 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott
Wed. May 24 – Toronto, ON @ Garrison
Thu. May 25 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas
Fri. May 26 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Spring Sound Series @ The Warhol
Sat. May 27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas

Nightlands, the project of Philadelphia-based Dave Hartley (best known as a core member and longtime bassist of The War On Drugs), will release his third album, I Can Feel the Night Around Me, on May 5th. Immediately following, he and his band will head out on a North American tour.  Continuing the tradition of previous Nightlands releases Forget the Mantra (2010) and Oak Island (2013), I Can Feel the Night Around Me showcases Hartley's ability to layer his voice and conjure some of the most beautiful virtual choirs in modern music.

I Can Feel the Night Around Me

Nightlands - "Lost Moon"

Joseph Childress - S/T is the artist's second LP release, following his 2013 collection of home recorded demos titled The Rebirths. The tracks on this second album are borne from Joseph's adventures throughout the West: working on a cattle ranch in Wyoming, riding trains and living out of his car. His poignant lyrics about loneliness and the western landscape are right at home with a stronger country sound that defines itself on the record's opening track "My Land."

For this new record, Childress traveled to Portland to record with veteran Americana musician and producer Mike Coykendall, known for his work with artists M. Ward, Bright Eyes, Jolie Holland, She & Him and Old Joe Clarks. Two reels of 1" tape were consumed at Coykendall's home studio, Blue Rooms. Joseph began with tracking guitar and vocals solo. Additional musicians Aaron Robinson (Linda Perhacs, Sean Rowe, Bridget St. John), Joey Ficken (Swords), Tom Lucas (Crooked Jades) and Coykendall layered guitars, percussion, fiddle and bass to create a hearty mountain band that pivots between spartan country, gritty pop, and outsider americana. The results are a close sound that follows in the tradition of earlier troubadours: Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Kate Wolf; and modern alt-country artists: Jason Molina, Flatlanders and Will Oldham, without feeling derivative. The album is permeated with authenticity in his delivery of psychedelic memories and emotional landscapes. Joseph explains, "I tried to keep it very organic, not a lot of special treatments. My goal was to make it sound as if we were playing in your living room."

In tracks like "White Castle Creek Mother" and "I Am the Dust”, Joseph's acoustic guitar and vocals hang in the air with such intimacy that you do feel that he's playing in a small room just for you (in fact Joseph was living and composing in a closet bedroom in San Francisco at the time these tracks were recorded). In the song "Leaving the Barren Ground" Joseph paints a picture of bitter heartbreak with lines like "You threw my love to the ground"  and "This was neither of our plans/to be each other's end" that have a weary sincerity rivaling any track of Springsteens'. Joseph's romantic despair and cautious optimism are a snapshot of a modern journeyman's life, a man who is confronting the myths of the West while attempting to create his own. Coykendall's production, with the mixing assistance of Chris Arnold (The American Opry) and mastering by Weasel Walter (The Flying Luttenbachers), clears a spot for you along the rafters of an old barn somewhere deep in the Oregon night, allowing you to peer down and witness Joseph and his band playing their hearts out just for themselves.

Purchase

Joseph Childress - Virginia Bound

Produced and Mixed by Chad Copelin
Drums and Percussion by James McAlister
Mastered by Voyager Mastering

Feels Good

Exclusive track debut from Oklahoma City-based band Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards. "Deserve" is a new 2017 single.

More on the song here: http://newsok.com/article/5553828

Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards - "Deserve"

Pastoral Radio Hit

Melter

Guud

Bleverly Hills - THANGS ft Miillie Mesh (Featured on HBO's BALLERS)(prod. Blev)

Pin Chucker, Editor for Look@OKC, ‘Videotographer’, Concert Photographer, ‘America Ninja Warrior,’ and ‘My name is Dave and I like to Party’ are all great ways to describe Nathan Poppe. 
If there is music in Oklahoma, he is likely there in some capacity. Whether he is writing a piece, taking pictures, making a video, or simply there to enjoy the band, Nathan Poppe is there. 

Nathan started out making videos in conjunction with his friends at student newspaper at his university. With them, he made somewhere close to two hundred music videos and really got a feel for making videos. From there he says that he really started making videos by just showing up to events and people kept seeing him show up at events and from there people were impressed by his ability to always be there. He attributes his success to constantly showing up. 

“Showing up is 80 percent of life.” - Woody Allen.

Check out the full show notes at voiceoftheartistpodcast.com

Nathan Poppe: The Man Who Wants To Marry Oklahoma. 2.11

The Middle of Nowhere is the brainchild of Nathan Poppe and his NewsOK blog. Also, it's a depository of everything that makes the Midwest unique. The coasts have a massive amount of influence on the country, but everything winds up funneling its way to the middle. That's where we come in. We're here to feature exclusive track debuts from artists living in the Midwest.

Send track submissions to: npoppe@oklahoman.com

Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards - "Deserve"

The Middle of Nowhere

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