FEATURE
If you haven't seen the latest Alex Lilly video for "Spirit," featuring the enigmatic Highland Park Clowns, you can do that right now over at Visual Atelier 8!
"Baroque, colourful... emanating beauty."
Click for your life!
Alex Lilly is named by mxdwn as the Best New Artist of 2022
FEATURE
Let's start out 2023 with another quick look at 2022, as Alex Lilly has been named the Best New Artist of 2022 by mxdwn!
Check out some incredible and fun photos of Alex by Piper Ferguson and an in-depth interview by Eve Pierpont.
"Her latest record... goes beyond hitting the mark. 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘚𝘪𝘯 is a beautiful and emotionally honest album that is more than worth praise."
Facts.
𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘚𝘪𝘯 is out now on Release Me Records!
Adam Bernard praises Alex Lilly's "must hear" new LP
REVIEW
Writer Adam Bernard has kind words today, listing Alex Lilly’s 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘚𝘪𝘯 among his “must-hear albums of 2022” and calling it “one of the most wonderfully quirky indie pop albums I’ve heard in years."
Out now on Inara George’s Release Me Records label, this album has not a single track that doesn't make me laugh, cry, or laugh-cry.
Alex has got it like that. Click for your life, and if you’re in LA go see Alex tomorrow (Saturday, December 17) at the Permanent Records Roadhouse.
MAGNET includes Caitlin Cobb-Vialet on its year-end list
NEWS
It’s always cool to start the week with a "best" anything, but it is especially sweet when one of your fave records of the year is "best!"
Loving Caitlin Cobb-Vialet on the MAGNET Magazine list of Best Singer/Songwriter Releases of 2022 for her debut album 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘥.
This album continues to deliver delights as the year closes and will do so for years to come. Listen here, it's extraordinary.
Click for your life!
In a new review, mxdwn compares Alex Lilly to Kate Bush and XTC
REVIEW
Gracious words about the new Alex Lilly album 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘚𝘪𝘯 from Caroline Birmingham at mxdwn today!
"Inspired by predecessors Kate Bush and XTC... Alex Lilly is not afraid to go against the grain.
"An ever-evolving, psychedelic texture that supports clever, snappy lyrics and doesn’t sacrifice popular appeal. Lilly has made a beautiful home among the unconventional."
Click for more, and listen to 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘚𝘪𝘯 (out now on Release Me Records) here.
Alex plays Permanent Records in Los Angeles on Dec. 17!
The Austin Chronicle is listening to Jenny Parrott's "Pregnancy Choir," which reveals "a beautiful glimpse into motherhood"
FEATURE
"An all-vocal album... Pregnancy Choir digs in – clawing back layers to reveal a beautiful glimpse into motherhood. Joyful, somber, chaotic, and dissonant all at once… an internal chorus grapples with the realities of pregnancy, from the thrill of life to the policing of women's bodies."
Lovely words today from the Austin Chronicle about Jenny Parrott!
Read more, and and listen to Pregnancy Choir in full here.
Up To Hear compares Pacifico's "Afterglow" to work by George Harrison
TRACK FEATURE
"Pacifico has just given us an epically beautiful song, 'Afterglow,' and it is definitely not one to miss."
I agree 100% with Up to Hear on this one!
Writer John Michie goes on to compare the slide guitar work on the tune to George Harrison and concludes, "This is a fantastic song that displays real craftsmanship."
Click for your life!
Melinda Sullivan teaches Alex Lilly to tap in the new video for "Melinda"
PREMIERE
Today, Melinda is in the house (to teach Alex Lilly how to tap)!
Alex had this cool side hustle during the early pandy where she took commissions to write what she calls "jingles for humans" (and even some pets). She says, "I have a hetero-girl crush on the supremely talented and unique Melinda Sullivan. Melinda's man asked me to write a jingle for her.
"Her jingle is a true story! We appeared in a music video together, pretended to kiss, and... oh, those lips! We also played at The Gardenia. The song is a play-by-play! I was delighted when she agreed to give me a tap lesson for the 'Melinda' video."
"Melinda" also features saxophone by James King from Fitz and the Tantrums, drums by Barbara Gruska from Belle Brigade, and bass by Gabe Noel. The new Alex Lilly album 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘚𝘪𝘯 is out October 21 on Release Me Records.
Buzzbands highlights Ivory Fields, which "combines the talents of Two of LA's more plucky sonic explorers"
FEATURE
Some Ivory Fields love over at BuzzBands.LA!
"Ivory Fields combines the talents of two of L.A.’s more plucky sonic explorers... Ivory Fields’ self-titled album, out Oct. 28, combines densely layered synths, beats, guitars and vocals in a way that at first blush seems amorphous — defiantly avant-garde swathes of sound that hint at dream-pop and dark, left-field techno."
Click for your life!
Charleston Home & Design tours Mark Bryan's gorgeous new studio
FEATURE
Good morning!
The conversation about this feature story for Charleston Home + Design Magazine started two years ago as Mark Bryan was still in construction on his studio.
I absolutely love how the final piece turned out! On stands locally now, or you can check it out right here.
Many thanks to Micaela Arnett and Paige Taylor for seeing this through. The beautiful photography is by Callie Cranford.
Favorite local band? SUSTO!
Alex Lilly's "Melinda" was developed from her series of "theme songs for humans"
PREMIERE
"Melinda" lives!
Alex Lilly had this cool side hustle during the early pandy where she took commissions to write "theme songs for humans." Some of these songs, including this cut "Melinda," got developed into full productions on Alex's upcoming new album 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘚𝘪𝘯 (October 21, Release Me Records).
Alex says, “Melinda is an incredible tap dancer and her hubby contacted me about writing a jingle in her honor. I was delighted as I’ve always been slightly (healthily) obsessed with her."
The tune also features saxophone by James King from Fitz & The Tantrums, drums by Barbara Gruska from Belle Brigade, and bass by Gabe Noel.
Click (or tap) for your life!
Alex Lilly issues hard-hitting Banned Books Week statement
FEATURE
Did you know this week has been Banned Books Week?
Alex Lilly's current single and video, "Pure Drivel," features the chorus "I know you canceled all your plans, so come over, let's read some books that got banned." And this week, Alex has more words to say on the subject that hit home and hit hard. Click for your life to read her full statement.
Be sure to watch the "Pure Drivel" video, too, which was shot in Berlin (featuring choreographed dances with books!) at the Bezirkszentralbibliothek (District Central Library), which doesn't typically allow such things!
The new Alex Lilly album 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘚𝘪𝘯 is out October 21 on Release Me Records.
Release show that evening in Los Angeles at Gold-Diggers with special guests The Living Sisters (feat. Inara George, Eleni Mandell, Alex Lilly, and Becky Stark of Lavender Diamond). Tickets available at the link!
MOTORCADE celebrates their new LP with a Kessler Theater show and more Texas dates, including with the Toadies
UPDATE
I know you are probably asking yourself, “What's up with MOTORCADE?!” I’ll tell you:
They have a release show at the Kessler Theater on Friday (limited tix still available)!
They play Texas dates with The Toadies later this summer!
𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘐𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 is out now on Idol Records!
Atwood and Central Track have been raving about “Slip,” from the album!
That's four answers to your one question. I feel like that's a lot, so I hope you feel good about it. Click for your life!
Caitlin Cobb-Vialet is ready for two special performances in the Bay Area this week
SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT
Two Caitlin Cobb-Vialet performances in the Bay Area this week! Come out to The Lost Church in Santa Rosa this Thursday, June 16 and The Sunshine Prophecy in Oakland on Friday, June 17.
Out Now: Caitlin's outstanding debut album 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘥 including the opening two-minute emotional smasher "Not Enough" and the hits-you-in-your-feels-until-you're-horizontal basher "Disco Ball." More info, music, and survival tips at the link. Click for your life!
ATWOOD describes MOTORCADE as "masters of balancing chaos with control;" hear the surging, dramatic track "The Slip" now
TRACK FEATURE
More from MOTORCADE today! I have been a total pest about this song "Slip," so it is satisfying to read Mitch Mosk of Atwood Magazine's "Today's Song" thoughts about it: "Everything’s surging forward with dramatic, volatile force, and yet MOTORCADE are calm, cool, and collected: Masters of balancing chaos with control, they shine with charming post-punk passion... [‘Slip’ is] a sign of turbulent times; an anthemic, emotional rallying cry in the darkness; a valiant outpouring of self-expression in a sea of overwhelming futility and frustration."
Check out the full review! And if you are in Dallas, come out to the Kessler Theater on June 24 to see MOTORCADE live (with FIT supporting!) Tickets on sale here.