Tank and the Bangas Play an Electrifying Set From Their New LP, ‘Red Balloon,’ on ‘Live From My Den’
By Jem Aswad New Orleans quartet Tank and the Bangas are such a fun group of people that even over a zoom line from New York, we were all laughing our heads off within minutes. We’re just going to get the basics out of the way here and let you get straight to the video, because ...
Beth Orton Interview: ‘I was losing words. I didn’t remember the week before’: Beth Orton on Chronic Illness, MeToo and Motherhood
[Guardian] On her brilliant new album, Orton ploughs her deepest emotions – and doesn’t hold back. She talks about living with Crohn’s disease, her identity struggles and the limits placed on women In aspirational Hampstead in north London, Beth Orton says people don’t know what to make of her. “Everyone’s poking you with sticks,” she ...
Rural Singer-Songwriter Margo Cilker’s Pandemic Hustle is Paying Off
[NPR] By KIRK SIEGLER Listen here BOISE, Idaho — Margo Cilker’s songs bring listeners to the West’s more forgotten places: from the 99 freeway through California farm country south to Tehachapi Pass to the north and Jordan Valley, Ore. “Took a room at the old Basque hotel, it was like a kind of prayer when ...
How a Pickup Truck and a Little Magic Helped Soccer Mommy Make Her Best Album Yet
[Rolling Stone] The indie rocker on her experimental new album Sometimes, Forever, feeling like Sylvia Plath, and the joys of being off social media By ANGIE MARTOCCIO Sophie Allison listens to a lot of country radio. “I hear all these songs about guys and their trucks,” the singer-songwriter behind Soccer Mommy says, calling from her Tennessee ...
The Heavy Heavy Sign to ATO, Release Expanded EP and New Video, Playing First US Shows
[Brooklyn Vegan] Back in 2020, Brighton, UK duo The Heavy Heavy released their debut EP Life and Life Only, a five-song collection that pulls from vintage psych-rock, folk-pop, electric blues, and other late ’60s / early ’70s sounds, and now they’ve signed to ATO, who just re-released the EP with two bonus tracks: a single edit of “Miles ...
