STRATEGIC ARTIST ADVOCACY SINCE 1997
Austin Town Hall on The Enigmatic Foe: "Throw around references like The Go-Betweens and The Church, and you can bet you’re going to catch my attention... I tend to hear this more of a blend between Britpop and late 90s college rock… and I don’t mean that negatively, as clearly I’m here enjoying the shit out of this tune."
Album out this Friday! Pre-order your copy of The Original Plan at enigmaticfoe.bandcamp.com.
Visit Bad Copy to stream the newest advance single, “Ms. Fortune and Her Mate,” from The Enigmatic Foe’s upcoming 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯. The site writes that this is “music that sticks,” due to Jared Colinger’s penchant for “articulating those all-too-common solitary feelings of self-doubt and inauthenticity.”
Just a few more weeks until the full LP’s July 30 release.
Who knew sociopathy could sound so good? According to Fair Shake and Just Desserts, “perky percussion and stabby synths aside, … there's definitely an endemic level of sociopathology going on behind that turbulent mix that can't even be concealed behind the catchy hook [of God of Love’s ‘Take You Seriously.’] … It may not be a total shock to learn that the first song that came to my mind when spinning ‘Take You Seriously’ was a similarly noisy number that sprung forth from two pretty dark genius minds, Leonard Cohen and Phil Spector.”
Single available now via Red Zeppelin. In Dallas on July 30? See God of Love with Abbreviations and Bayleigh Cheek at The Double Wide.
J Hacha De Zola is reaching lots of new listeners with his fifth album 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘥𝘦𝘯, where his eccentricities as a musician and performer have found just the right mix with his endearing songwriting.
Today, Rock & Roll Globe’s J. Poet writes that he’s “created a new sonic landscape… His warm baritone is at the center of the mix, and the comforting harmonies that grace the tracks suggest the cheery vocals of the soul and doo-wop hits that provided his inspiration."
More coverage of Chris J. Norwood’s new video for “I Am Not Cool,” this time in a White Noise roundup on Dallas’ Central Track. According to its website, “Central Track covers everything the young, outgoing Dallasite is interested in,” which does sound pretty cool, in actuality…
The song is the title track of Norwood’s new LP, which is on its way from State Fair Records. Pre-order now.
Loving the latest edition of the Ranking The Beatles podcast, in which Mike Viola talks about a Beatles cut that kinda creeped me out as a kid. I dunno, like… My mother should know 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵, exactly? Anyway, Mike handles chatting about this tune quite deftly, you should listen!
Spoiler: Mike is not the walrus. His album Godmuffin, though, was released last year via Grand Phony.