Desert Sun runs a fabulous feature with Dani Meza of the crushedvelvets

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"The aneurysm affected his vertebral vein, so he isn't able to put as much pressure on his vocal cords or play instruments with the same intensity, but all of his attributes and innovative spirit emerge on each song."

I'm so happy that Dani Meza from the crushedvelvets recently got the opportunity to tell his story to Brian Blueskye of the Desert Sun, which is the daily paper in Indio — the town famous for Coachella where Dani grew up and still lives.

Click the image for the article and also video of the two talking music at Finders Keepers Records.

A full-length album by the crushedvelvets is in the works to follow-up Dani's trio of 2022 EPs called, "dreamy and soulful shuffles that have all the night-kissed grace of Julee Cruise and the poetic finesse of the Jazz Butcher," by Alex Green of Stereo Embers.

Fanatic Promotion · the crushedvelvets - Neon Nights (Chinatown)

Pacifico's "eerily understated" new single premieres via Treble

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"Harbors a stormy undercurrent, reminiscent of both Elliott Smith and Radiohead at their most eerily understated."

"Complicated, Confiscated" is the latest single by Pacifico, out this Friday on Pacifirecords. Many thanks to Treble for premiering it this morning.

This one really gets me, as Matthew from Pacifico has so openly discussed writing this song as a mantra to get himself through crippling bouts of depression. He explains, "Each single, like every song on 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦, deals with a different form of self care. These songs deal with anxiety, depression, grace, patience, and drawing healthy boundaries."

Fanatic Promotion · Pacifico - Complicated, Confiscated

KQED shines a spotlight on Caitlin Cobb-Vialet

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Thanks to NPR member station KQED for spotlighting the "impassioned and sometimes painful emotions" of Caitlin Cobb-Vialet's signature song "Disco Ball," which is playing in my mind right now!

Caitlin will be performing at Cornerstone Berkeley on Tuesday, January 31. Debut album 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘥 is out now. See the unforgettable "Disco Ball" video now.

Lexington-based Movie Jail to release its kinetic, jittery, groovy debut EP mixed by John McEntire of Tortoise

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“Movie Jail” is a phrase refering to unspoken sanctions imposed on a director after a career failure or refusal to join a lucrative project. One might assume a band bearing this name has rejected entertainment for its own sake, but the truth is a bit more complicated. Despite a noisy veneer, Movie Jail finds its center in an unabashed love of hooks, melodies, and solid grooves.

From the weird musical hinterlands that gave the world Slint, Hair Police, and Cage The Elephant, the Lexington, Kentucky-based Movie Jail offers further proof that college towns can provide fertile creative ground.

The five-piece group will release its self-titled debut EP on March 3, 2023 via Desperate Spirits Records.

The Big Takeover includes I Was A King on its "Best Albums of 2022" list

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I love seeing 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦 by I Was A King (beautiful jangle pop from Norway) on Big Takeover Magazine editor Jack Rabid's "200 Best Albums of 2022" at #9!

“The previous two records were very band-oriented,” the band’s Frode Strømstad says. “We felt that doing it as a two-piece this time would be a fresh approach, playing instruments we normally don’t play just to get some different ideas and textures and keeping it as simple and organic as possible.”

Listen here!

Queen City Sounds and Art shares the video for Pacifico's "tenderly psychedelic" single "Afterglow"

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Here we go 2023!

Queen City Sounds and Art describes "Afterglow" by Pacifico as a "tenderly psychedelic chamber pop song" with "beautiful acoustic guitar work and quietly luminous vocals and string arrangements that sound both melancholic and at peace."

A lovely thought to start the week, eh?!

Click the image to read more and to check out the stop-motion collage video.

𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 - the first Pacifico album in five years - is out February 10 (day before my birthday, fam!) with a record release show to follow (first full band show in a decade!) at Smith's Olde Bar in Atlanta on February 18.