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The Honeydogs are back. Four years after What Comes After comes ... Love & Cannibalism .  Adam Levy and his band recorded the album at The Pearl Studio in Minneapolis with producer John Fields (Semisonic, Rooney) . Love & Cannibalism will be out April 16, 2016. The album opens with a straight rocker : Vermillion Billows (Shouldn't Take It So Hard). Devices sums up classic Honeydogs sound with soul and jazz influences. Art & Vandalism goes into your ears and gets stuck in your brain (careful!) - it's such an ear-worm. Wheels has a classic (maybe 1970s) touch - the ending is magnificent. Gorgeous harmonies accompany Left Alone . Yet another bad-ass ear-worm.  And then comes Sandstorm : My gosh - this is such a strong song. By the way: the intro reminds me of Bleu's Redhead. Again a hard rocking track: Blue-Backed Speller . The guitar work is stunning, reminds me sometimes of Brian May's Queen sound.  Look Through The Sun (Photokeratits) , ...

Paul Steel is back with a new record. The PledgeMusic campaign for April & II is out now. Paul explains:   "‘April & I’ the first time round was a pre-emptive teenage rebellion against all the musical sacrifices I suspected I’d have to make once I’d signed a record deal. That was in 2007.  I’m nearly 30 now, I have facial hair, hypothyroidism, occasional back problems and I’ve been working as a commercial pop writer and producer where my own personal musical sacrifice has earned me a living. However, more and more I’ve been craving that rush you get from making music for its own sake. After a few years of nothingness, I had a thought. Then shortly after another different thought appeared. Then another. And another. By the end of 2014 I could count at least 20 different thoughts and observations roughly speaking! This giddy feeling of infinite possibility and inspiration took me straight back to the ‘April & I’ days so it made sense for this ne...

Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones recorded an album together with the help of our co-writer Bill DeMain and producer Mike Viola . It’s called Little Windows and will be out April 1, 2016. On their debut collaboration, Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones give listeners ten engaging views of the joys and sorrows of love and the vagaries of the human heart - from wide-eyed wonderment (" Wondering ") to lingering nostalgia (" I Thought That We Said Goodbye "), from promises (" Make A Wish On Me ") and pleas (" Don't Remind Me ") to sad self-deception (" Better At Lying "). Teddy and Kelly first sang together at LA's Club Largo in 2011. A George Jones song. The harmony blend was goosebump good. It seemed only natural to do more. The songs create complex emotions with simple honesty, that measure up to those by favorite artists like the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly and Sam Cooke.

Alexz Johnson and Bleu team up for a new record: Johnson & McAuley - Illuminated Dream .   Track Listing:  01 Illuminated Dream 02 The Promise 03 Heartbeat (Beatin’ You Up) 04 The Secrets You Keep 05 Diametrical 06 No More Fear Pre-Order via PayPal: US Shipping - Black Vinyl Album International Shipping - Black Vinyl Album US Shipping - PINK Opaque Vinyl Album International Shipping - PINK Opaque Vinyl Album

Won't Make It Out Alive is the new video of To Hell With You from Bleu :  

Serving in the US Navy as an air traffic controller, Dave Munro sent home demos written during deployment. Band mate Casey Sullivan met Dave soon thereafter, and the two founded Air Traffic Controller . Their third record BLACK BOX is out now. Listen to BLACK BOX here:   BLACK BOX - digital iTunes Spotify BLACK BOX - CD Digipack ATC PayPal

"Legendary" is a kind of inflationary phrase. But sometime it fits quite well: Linda Perhacs ’ record Parallelograms is one of those. Released in 1970 it wasn't a big hits back then, but became a record in great demand. The original vinyl release was quite rare, but also quite badly pressed. Perhacs says: “ I could only bear to listen to it once. I then threw my copy of my own record away. ” In 2003 a CD release followed and in 2010 she began slowly again making music. 2014 - after 43 years - her second record finally was made. With producers (and Perhacs fans) Fernando Perdomo and Chris Price the stunning follow-up The Soul of All Natural Things was released. Presently Perhacs will be self-releasing her third album. She has decided to go without a label to get the music straight to the people. Joining her on her new album will be co producers, Pat Sansone of Wilco and The Autumn Defense, and Fernando Perdomo . Guests will include Chris Price, ...

Air Traffic Controller - Black Box (Release: March 11, 2016) Johnson & McAuley - Illuminated Dream (Release: April 8, 2016) Hotel Lights - Get Your Hand in My Hand (Out Now) Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones - Little Windows (Release: April 1, 2016) Kerosene Stars - A Million Little Trees EP Linda Perhacs - The Dancer (Release: TBA) The Dancer by Linda Perhacs The Honeydogs - Love & Cannibalism (Release: April 16, 2016) Travis - Everything at Once (Release: April 9, 2016)