12_2015

Chill

PULGAR 1

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Premium is the glistening debut album from New York-based Sam Evian. Sam describes the album as; “an analogue dream in a digital world.” Like flowing water, its cool surface entices and refreshes - then reveals hidden emotional depths. The sound of Premium recalls a sunbaked cassette of Pet Sounds or All Things Must Pass, composed with glowing guitar chords, aching pedal steel, Wurlitzers and iconic 20th-century synths. Inspired by the soulful classic sounds of Jackson Browne, Shuggie Otis, Sly and the Family Stone and The Band, as well as contemporary influences such as Cass McCombs, Broadcast, Cate Le Bon, and Chris Cohen, this is music meant for a close-up experience; spacious, dreamy, fun, and disarmingly open and honest. 

That musical community included the group that recorded Premium. The album’s nine songs reflect the casual, relaxed atmosphere Sam created for himself at Figure 8, gathering his friends to record in off hours, capturing moments of offhand inspiration and laughter. There was Austin Vaughn on drums (Here We Go Magic, Luke Temple), a long-time friend from North Carolina School of the Arts, and Brian Betancourt on bass (Hospitality, Here We Go Magic, Luke Temple). They were joined by Michael Coleman on keys, a prolific player and producer, as well as being Figure 8’s studio manager. Pedal steel was provided by Dan Iead (Cass McCombs), and recorded at New York’s legendary Magic Shop studios in the days just before it closed. The tracks were some of the very last recordings in the room that had witnessed sessions by David Bowie, the Ramones, Blondie, Real Estate, Kurt Vile and generations of others. Other guest performers include vocalists Cassandra Jenkins and Hannah Cohen, Shahzad Ismaily, Eddie Barbash (the saxophonist on the Colbert show) and Steve Marion (aka Delicate Steve).

Premium is filled with contrasts. With emotional depth and an intriguing combination of sounds, this is classic music for a modern mood.

Sam Evian - Premium

Summer Starting

Sam Evian- Sleep Easy

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New Music for June 16, 2016

Daylight

William's problems (Sunset EQ Extended)

from the upcoming EP "Diamonds", out April 7
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MALKY - Diamonds

Boehm feat. James Vincent McMorrow - Wicked Games

Start All Over Again

Dunes - "Runner" from Bitter Charm out March 12, 2016 on Negative Space
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Recorded, Produced and Mixed by Alex DeGroot at Seahorse Sound Studios. Mastered by Andrew Schubert at Golden Beat Recording Studio.
Original artwork by Matt Lifson.

RUNNER

“We find and leave traces for the future. The lives that cross our paths and the lives we lead just as much as the dreams and visions we share – growing to be from what this future will be inspired and made of. This is the journey these songs are about.”

Melancholic German singer/songwriter CONNY OCHS has completed his third full-length album, Future Fables, now confirmed for release this February via Exile On Mainstream on February 29th, 2016.

Earlier in 2015, having released Freedom Conspiracy (Exile On Mainstream) with fellow Scott “Wino” Weinrich (St. Vitus, The Obsessed, Shrinebuilder) and completed some touring across Europe, CONNY OCHS returned to the studio at the end of the Summer, once again with producer/engineer/studio owner Thommy Krawallo, with whom his previous album, Black Happy and both collaborative albums with Wino were created in full analog fashion. The Kabumm Studio had just relocated from its historic location in a former East German and Soviet government radio complex in Berlin, to the wilderness of a rural Brandenburg village. OCHS went in with a bag full of sketches and licks, inhaling the raw atmosphere of the surroundings, a yet unfinished house full of instruments and equipment in the middle of nowhere, also trying to find its place. This unstable environment birthed a new start for him, letting in much more than a breeze of fresh air by widening his instrumental repertoire to drums, electric guitars, piano, bass and organ. The lyrics and stories circulate more than ever around people encountered and journeys undertaken over the past years – the album title referring to our tendency to give an unwritten future some kind of tangibility through dreams and visions.
 
CONNY OCHS struck out on his own as a solo musician at the turn of the millennium, after having spent many years fronting heavier bands (such as Zombie Joe, Baby Universal) in his native Germany. OCHS’ solitary venture saw him make a marked departure from the direct sounds of modern rock, letting the influences of revered folk singer/songwriters like Woodie Guthrie, Townes van Zandt, Nick Drake and others inform his firm new direction across the course of multiple solo LPs and collaborations. Alongside his savvy combinations of acoustic and electric guitars, CONNY owns an incredibly natural voice; soulful and dynamic, with a clean style that can bring about absolute joy, or of purely melancholic end-time inner blues. His songs focus on the interplay between storytelling and visions – this he carves into the rough edges of his organic and sparkling music. Keeping his approach pure and from the heart, CONNY OCHS reaches a stark authenticity that draws you in and makes you a part of the music, his travels and struggles, and his search for freedom in life and song.

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CONNY OCHS "Wake Up"

Prod. Offshore Sounds
Mixed and mastered by Empire, Alive
Artwork by Aimée Barkany

Humble Humble

Mother Song

Prelude/High Tide

Produced and mixed by Alexander Wieser, Sonobelle Recordings
Mastered by Roland Schwarz, RSMastering
Band: Gregor Ollmann, Alexander Kaiser, Ronald Gaisbauer, Thomas Berger
Novapol Records 2016

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Ilvy

Juliana Hatfield covers "Needle In The Hay" for "Say Yes! A Tribute To Elliott Smith" out now on CD, LP, Cassette, and Digitally. Order today from Amazon, iTunes and everywhere fine records are sold.

Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith

Needle In The Hay (Elliott Smith Cover) by Juliana Hatfield

Avers – 'Omega / Whatever' – Out July 29th via Egghunt Records
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With four songwriters, four singers, and 11 tracks of guitar-saturated rock & roll, Avers' second album, Omega/Whatever, is proof that there's strength in numbers.

The record shines new light on a band that made its first splash with 2014's Empty Light. Avers supported that debut release by leaving their hometown of Richmond, VA, and crisscrossing the country on tour, opening for bands like Foo Fighters and J. Roddy Walston along the way. They made a national splash during the 2015 SXSW Festival, too, with everyone from Esquire Maga-zine to The Daily Beast listing them as one of the week's breakout bands.

Two years after Empty Light's release, Omega/Whatever finds them returning to their unofficial headquarters — Montrose Recording, a modern studio located on a historic Richmond plantation and operated by bandmate Adrian Olsen — and creating another self-produced album of rumbling rock, shot through with pop hooks, layers of percussion, and coed melodies from four different vocalists. It's a mix of old and new, much like the studio that birthed it.

It's an album about balance, too, centered around the struggles of living in the modern world. There are songs about divorce, technology, late nights, corrupt politicians, and societal norms, all delivered by a group of songwriters who share their creative duties equally. Olsen, Alexandra Spalding, James Mason, and JL Hodges trade off vocal duties, too, with multi-instrumentalist Charlie Glenn pitching in on keyboards, harmonies, and swells of electric guitar. There's no consistent frontman, no singular leader, no main guitarist. Those roles are fluid, which makes Omega/Whatever very much the product of a band, not just one bandmate's vanity project.

Like the album that came before it, Avers' second release came together during a series of in-spired sessions at Montrose, with each song beginning as a fledgling idea brought to the table by one of the band's four writers. The entire group would then pitch in, turning that idea into something nuanced and layered. Avers would ultimately finish each song as a collective unit, recording the track the same day it was written. The result is an "infectious" and "ebullient" (The AV Club) sound that not only reintroduces the band, but not also offers an insider's look at their creative process.

Mixed by Peter Kadis (The National, Kurt Vile) and mastered with Greg Calbi, Omega/Whatever is a battle cry from a band that's fighting the good fight.

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July 29 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry (Album Release Show)
Aug 3 – Washington, DC – DC9 Nightclub
Aug 4 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
Aug 5 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda's

Everything Hz

Artist: STUART NEWMAN
Track: One Big F (radio edit version)
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One Big F (radio edit) - STUART NEWMAN

Remix of Bat For Lashes - Sunday Love

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Bat For Lashes - Sunday Love (Icarus Remix)

from the album Premium - out 9/30/16
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Sam Evian - Cactus

Sam Evian - Dark Love
from the album Premium - out 9/30/16
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Premium

Sam Evian - Dark Love

Sam Evian - Big Car

Sam Evian - Carolina

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From the forthcoming album, For Evelyn, out June 24, 2016 (Dine Alone Records). Pre-order now: http://hannahgeorgas.com

Hannah Georgas - Waste

Elizabeth Cook - Exodus of Venus
Street Date: June 17, 2016
Agent Love Records / Thirty Tigers

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01 Exodus Of Venus

Now That The Light Is Fading

Alaska

Sam Evian - Sleep Easy from forthcoming debut LP Premium.
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Sam Evian - vocals, vocoder, electric guitar,  Nashville guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar
Brian Betancourt - bass guitar
Michael Coleman - Wurlitzer, Yamaha CS-15
Austin Vaughn - drums, shakers
Dan Iead - pedal steel guitar

'Sleep Easy' written by Sam Evian (ASCAP)

Sam Evian: producer, engineer, mixing
Michael Coleman: assistant engineer
Matt Boynton: mixing ('Sleep Easy')

Recorded at Figure 8 Studio in Brooklyn, NY
Mixed at Magic Shop (RIP)
Additional mixing at Flying Cloud Studio

Mastered by Heba Kadry at Timeless Mastering

Sleep Easy

Sam Evian - Sleep Easy

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Hardcore Heartbreak

'Young' is out now via Four Thieves: http://smarturl.it/SBYoung

Artwork - Becky Bick & Daisy Emily Warne

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Sea Bed - Young

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Produced by Julio Reyes Copello

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Chairlift Something Demos
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Grown Up Blues - DEMO

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