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| WV official SXSW 2014 showcase march 13, 2014 |
| If you're in Austin on March 13th, we hope you can join us for our official SXSW showcase featuring Dawn Landes, Ava Luna, Diane Coffee, Lushlife, Abram Shook, and Aisha Burns. The event will take place at Austin's famous Driskill Hotel (604 Brazos St). |
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| NEW ALBUM BY CHRISTOPHER TIGNOR WITH RACHEL GRIMS & JOHN ASHBERY |
| Christopher Tignor's new album Thunder Lay Down In The Heart, featuring the string ensemble A Far Cry, opens with a rare reading by Pulitzer Prize winning author John Ashbery, and concludes with a rework of the album's title track by Rachel Grimes of the band Rachel's. |
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| NAT BALDWIN • IN THE HOLLOWS • stereogum PREMIERE + TOUR |
| In The Hollows is Nat Baldwin's followup to 2011's People Changes. Despite his busy schedule recording and touring as the bass player for Dirty Projectors, Nat found time to write and record his most soulful and ambitious collection of songs to date. Below you can check out the title track "In The Hollows" which premiered on Stereogum. Date and venue info for Nat's forthcoming tour in support of In The Hollows is available here. |
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| DAWN LANDES PREMIERES VIDEO FOR "BLUEBIRD" (FEAT. STORYBOARD P) |
| The Wall Street Journal recently premiered the video for the title-track from Dawn Landes' new album Bluebird here. In addition to dates supporting Steve Earle, The Autumn Defense, plus a hometown celebration in New York at Joe's Pub, February 26 and a performance at SXSW 2014, Landes has announced she and her band will be supporting Bryan Ferry on his upcoming April, West Coast tour of North America. Date and venue info is available here. |
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| AVA LUNA • ELECTRIC BALLOON • "DAYDREAM" on stereogum |
| We're excited to welcome Ava Luna to the WV family! Their forthcoming album Electric Balloon will be available in March. Stereogum premiered the opening track "Daydream", and said it's "..a jumpy and angular piece of funk music that hits a peak once a manic saxophone line appears, making it a must-listen for anyone who isn’t afraid to admit they love Trout Mask Replica." You can stream or download "Daydream" below. |
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| LUSHLIFE's "toynbee suite" • SHAKING THROUGH SESSION |
| Episode 8 in the Shaking Through 2013 Series features Lushlife. Directed by Peter English. Produced by Brian McTear. Arranged by Joshua Stamper. Director of Photography Phil Bradshaw. Edited by David Milstein and Sean Huber. Camera Operators Peter English, Larry DeMark, and David Milstein. Production Supervisor Nicky Devine. Production Coordinator Sean Huber. Field Audio Matt Schimelfenig. |
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| STONE JACK JONES • ANCESTOR • "State I'm in" on Noisey |
| Nashville's Stone Jack Jones is pleased to announce his third full-length, Ancestor, produced with Roger Moutenot (known for his work with Yo La Tengo, Sleater Kinney, They Might Be Giants, et al) and featuring collaborations with Patty Griffin, members of Lambchop, and Courtney Tidwell. Ancestor filters Jack's lifetime of experience into songs that use the esoteric narratives of an American rambler to elucidate the celestial worlds within each of us. Check out the song "State I'm In" via Noisey here. |
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| DAWN LANDES • BLUEBIRD out in 2014 • "Love song" on WNYC |
| Dawn Landes' new record Bluebird was produced in collaboration with good friend Thomas Bartlett, and features contributions from Tony Scherr, Rob Moose, and Norah Jones. Press coverage of Bluebird will understandably present this album as Dawn's answer to her ex's "divorce record". However, like any great songwriter, she abstracts her personal narratives enough to leave them open to interpretation and a larger meaning. Check out "Love Song" which premiered on WNYC below. |
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| ABRAM SHOOK'S SUN MARQUEE • "Distance" on Rolling Stone |
| Propelled by an impeccable bass groove, and inspired by artists like Shuggie Otis, Serge Gainsbourge, and Chico Buarque, Abram Shook's solo debut Sun Marquee distills lessons learned and questions unanswered into an accessible collection of pop songs. Check out the song "Coastal" via Indie Shuffle here, read about and watch the video for "Coastal" via Texas Monthly here, and listen to "Distance" via Rolling Stone here. |
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| Diane Coffee's Debut • My Friend Fish |
| We'll never know the whole truth about what happened when Foxyen drummer and former Disney child actor Shaun Fleming moved from the West Coast suburbs to New York, but whatever it was fractured his psyche, opened it up, and gave birth to Diane Coffee. Diane's incredible debut LP My Friend Fish is now available. You can check out the track "Hymn" below, and watch Austin Kearns' video for "Green" above. |
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| FATHER JOHN MISTY joins botany on "Laughtrack" |
| Botany's Spencer Stephenson: "I produced the track using a lot of Brit-folk samples, as I was a huge Fleet Foxes fan trying to bridge the gap between that style and my own for the sake of the collaboration. It didn't fit into the overall scheme of Lava Diviner, but I didn't want it to rot on my computer, so I remixed it and set it free." You can stream or download "Laughtrack" below. The photo above is "Josh in Emil Newton’s House Big Sur, CA" by Emma Elizabeth Tillman. |
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| NAT BALDWIN'S DOME BRANCHES on Tiny Mix Tapes, A.V. Club, & Pithchfork |
| Dome Branches: The MVP Demos, features Nat's bandmate from Dirty Projectors, David Longstreth on guitar and electronics, Djim Reynolds on guitar, Nathan Horton on drums, Tim Keiper on drums, Matt Bauder on Clarinets, Jessica Pavone on viola. You can read more and check out "Look She Said via Pitchfork here, listen to "Lake Erie" via The Onion's A.V. Club here, and read more via Tiny Mix Tapes here. |
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| Botany'S Lava Diviner (Truestory) on Fader, XLR8R, DAZED DIGITAL, & MORE |
| Lava Diviner (Truestory) follows Texas native Spencer Stephenson aka Botany on an intensely personal journey, easily moving past stale tropes of beat-based music, while bringing to life a fully-realized, album-length outpouring of profound human emotion. Check out tracks and read more on FADER, XLR8R, Dazed Digital, The Line of Best Fit, and Dummy. |
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| Aisha Burns On NPR's World Cafe, BUST, and american songwriter |
| We're proud to announce the release of Life in the Midwater by Balmorhea's Aisha Burns. According to BUST her music is "Haunting in the vein of Glasser’s Cameron Mesirow but with the Americana roots of Gillian Welch...". You can check out the World Cafe feature here, and read about the song "Requiem" on American Songwriter here. |
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| Infinity Caller By Grooms on SPIN, Stereogum, and NOISEY |
We're proud to announce the addition of Grooms to the WV roster. You can check out the first single from their new album Infinity Caller on SPIN here and the first video, also for "I Think We're Alone Now" is available via Stereogum here. You can also stream the full album on Vice's Noisey here. and view Cora Foxx's video forInfinity Caller on Noisey here.
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| Stereogum premieres ÚLFUR'S "Heaven in a wildflower" video |
| Máni Sigfússon's video for "Heaven In A Wildflower" by Icelandic artist Úlfur, creates a world in which a "wolfpack" (Úlfur whose name means "wolf" in Icelandic) performs a mysterious cult ritual. The video was shot at Rauðhólar, a cluster of rootless volcanic cones that only exist in Iceland and on Mars. You can stream the audio below, and check out the video above. |
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| FADER and SPIN Feature New Music by Luxury Liners |
Carter Tanton wrote the material for They're Flowers, his debut under the Luxury Liners moniker, while touring as a member of Lower Dens. You can check out "Valley High" on FADER here, or opening track "Caribbean Sunset (Luxury Liners Rework)" on SPIN here.
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| Ghosts Go Blind on SPIN, Pitchfork, & Soundcheck |
According to SPIN Ola Podrida's Ghosts Go Blind is "...an electric, often heartbreaking indie-rock record..." You can read more and listen to the track "Staying In" here, check out the track "Speed of Light" on WNYC's Soundcheck here, or read the Pitchfork review here.
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| New Balmorhea Video For "Pyrakantha" |
| Shot at twilight over the course of 42 days from November 2012 - February 2013.
Colin Kennedy's video for "Pyrakantha" follows professional skateboarder Danny Garcia as he navigates Los Angeles in the final moments of daylight. You can check it out above or here. |
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| NPR Premieres Video for Lushlife's "Magnolia" by LAMAR+NIK |
| "Every word to "Magnolia" (188) was handmade using cardboard (discarded from grocery stores), hot glue guns, and paint pens. Random people at over 65+ locations...were used as rappers throughout the video. The video...wound up costing a little under $80." – LAMAR+NIK |
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