RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 7/25/2018 Aaron Lee Tasjan “Heart Slows Down” The first single from Karma For Cheap, in stores 8/31 Added early at WRLT, KJAC, WDST, WFIV, WYCE, WDVX The album was Co-produced by Tasjan along with Jeff Trott (Sheryl Crow) and Gregory Lattimer (Albert Hammond Jr) Playing Thursday in Boulder! On tour: 7/25 Cleveland, 8/5 Little Rock, 8/7 Oklahoma City, 8/11 Park City, 8/14 Council Grove KS... Lucie Silvas “Kite” The first single from E.G.O., in stores 8/24 “...rafter-shattering vocals and genre-defying musical landscapes” - Rolling Stone Early adds at WRNR and WFIV New Paste Studios session online now On tour this fall with Cam: 9/27 Birmingham, 9/28 Atlanta, 9/29 Charlotte, 10/4 Washington DC, 10/5 Philadelphia, 10/6 Boston, 10/7 NYC, 10/16 Kansas City, 10/17 OK City... Greta Van Fleet “When The Curtain Falls” Most Added! First week: WXRT, KCMP, WRLT, WPYA, WXPK, WFPK, WYEP, KJAC, KTBG, KVNV, WYMS, WAPS, WZEW, WWCT... Headlining the Fox on Friday in Boulder “Following the eight-track EP From the Fires, the band leads with their energetic side on the new song.” - Paste Tonight Show on Thursday (7/26)! World tour on now: 7/27 FloydFest, 7/29 NYC, 7/31 Cleveland, 8/1 St. Louis, 8/3 & 4 Lollapalooza The Devil Makes Three “Bad Idea” Their first original song in five years, and the first single from Chains Are Broken, their 7th studio album, in stores 8/24 First week at WEXT, WNRN, WMWV, KHUM, KTAO, WMVY, KRVM, KDEC Early adds at KPIG, KRSH, WFIV, WCBE, KRML, WHRV Playing at The Fox on Wednesday night in Boulder! Extensive national US tour running in October and November Slightly Stoopid “If You Want It” The first single from Everyday Life, Everyday People, out now New: KROK, KYSL, KDEC, WHRV, KDNK Early adds at WWCT, WUIN, KBAC, WBJB, WFIV, KRML, WYCE, WFIT, KRCC Already building at Alt! First week Soundscan: #9 national, #1 Reggae, #2 Alt! Slightly Stoopid is the 66th highest grossing band in the world, with over 300,000 tickets sold for this summer’s tour alone Wilderado “Sorrow” The first single from their Favors EP, out now Most Added! First week: KCSN, WAPS, KJAC, KPND, KCLC, KSPN, WVOD, KTAO, WCBE Early: WFIV Playing at the Friday night cocktail party in Boulder August tour with Rainbow Kitten Surprise, fall tour with Sure Sure 15mm+ streams for Wilderado helped earn them slots at Bonnaroo, Sasquatch, and ACL + dates with Band of Horses and Judah & The Lion Best Coast “Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows” Perfect for a hot day! Their take on the Lesley Gore classic, from their Amazon Originals exclusive kids album Best Kids Added this week at WFIV, KVOQ/Open Air and WCBE “Asked about her goal with Best Kids, [Bethany] Cosentino said she wanted to make ‘a re- cord for kids that isn’t your typical children’s album — something that had a bit of an edge but was also joyous and fun and upbeat.’” - LA Times Mondo Cozmo “Tonight Tonight” The first single from his new ep Your Motherf**ker, out now Mediabase 42*, BDS Monitored New & Active, FMQB Tracks Debut 50*! New: KGSR, KINK, WPYA, WVOD, WLKR, KTAO, KLRR, KRML, WBSD Already on WMMM, WXPN, KCSN, KXT, Music Choice, WZEW, KPND, WFPK, KJAC, KVNV, KVNA, WDST, WEHM, WCOO, WOCM, KCLC, KYSL, WCNR... Complete EP with FCC clean versions of all tracks on PlayMPE Paul Cauthen “Resignation” The first single from his Have Mercy ep, out now Paul is formerly of the band Sons Of Fathers New: KUTX Already on WAPS, KDRP, WNCW, WKZE, WYCE, WFIV, WFHB, WUMB, WCBE, KHUM, WBJB, KUWR, KAXE, WDVX, WERU, MSPR, WHRV July tour dates with Cody Jinks “Texas-born singer-songwriter Paul Cauthen is breaking out of the local scene with some bold new outlaw-influenced goodies” - KUTX Interpol “The Rover” The first single from Marauder, their first album since 2014, in stores 8/24 BDS Monitored New & Active, FMQB Public #45! New at KRSH ON: WRLT, KCMP, KCSN, WZEW, KJAC, Music Choice, WYEP, WYMS, KUTX, WPYA, WFPK, WAPS, KVNV and more Closing in on 200 mm total artist streams to date Played Colbert US dates: 8/23 Philadelphia, 8/24 Brooklyn, 9/11 Boston, 9/14-16 Chicago, 9/16 Detroit... Passenger “Hell Or High Water” The first single from Runaway, in stores 8/31 Mediabase 21*, BDS Monitored 25*, Indicator 20*, FMQB Tracks #25! ON: KBCO, WXRV, KINK, WMMM, WCLZ, KCSN, WRLT, WPYA, WQKL, KVNA, KPND, KVNV, Music Choice, WNCS, WZEW, KJAC, WXPK, KTHX, WXCT... Playing the LL Bean Summer Festival, the Newport Folk Festival and then coming back to the US for a full run this fall Bastille “Quarter Past Midnight” The first single from their upcoming album Mediabase 16*, BDS Monitored 17*, Indicator 12*, Top 3 at Alternative! 20MM+ on Spotify! ON: KBCO, WXRT, WTTS, KGSR, KINK, WMMM, WXRV, CIDR, WRLT, WXPK, WNCS, KRVB, KVNV, WPYA, Music Choice, WQKL, WAPS, WYEP... Globally, Bastille has sold upwards of 15 million adjusted singles and 6 million adjusted albums American Aquarium “Tough Folks” From Things Change, out now ON: KCSN, WFPK, KVNA, KJAC, WAPS, WCBE, KROK, WBJB, WUIN, WNCW, KNBA, KYSL, KMMS, WFIV, WEXT... “Like the rest of Things Change, “Tough Folks” offers hope and positivity, positioning both as antidotes for the modern-day blues.” - Rolling Stone On tour: 7/26 Houston, 7/27 New Braunfels TX, 7/28 Dallas, 7/29 Lubbock, 7/30 Roswell, 8/1 Taos, 8/2 Denver, 8/3 Laramie... Jungle “Happy Man” Their new single, available now Mediabase 25*, BDS Monitored 20*, Indicator 17*, FMQB Public 17*! New: WRSI, KSKI, WUSM ON: KGSR, KINK, WRNR, WRLT, WFUV, KRVB, WQKL, KCMP, KUTX, KXT, Music Choice, KTBG, WFPK, WYEP, WXCT, WPYA, KJAC, WXPK, WYMS, WCLZ, WDST, KVNA, KVNV, WERS... Big jumps in streams and Shazam! Jungle’s last album sold 100K+ with nearly 150M total artist streams AHI “Breakin’ Ground” Prounounced like “EYE” The first single from In Our Time, out now ON: KTHX, WTMD, KVNA, KRSH, KYSL, WFIV, WSGE, WYCE, KSUT, WCBE, WMVY, WDVX, WEXT, WUMB, KDEC, MSPR, KRVM, WBSD, Acoustic Cafe, WERU, JPR Already played NPR’s Tiny Desk Full band tour: 8/17 Seattle, 8/20 Los Angeles, 8/23 Bozeman “In Our Time has the potential to become another sleeper hit” - PopMatters Bahamas “No Expectations” The second single from Earthtones, out now ON: WXRV, Music Choice, WRLT, KXT, KTHX, WPYA, WFPK, KUTX, KCSN, KJAC, KPND, WZEW, KRSH, WNRN, KVNA, WJCU, WVOD... “This is the work of ravenous, restless musicians who refuse to be pigeonholed.” - Exclaim More touring in August: 8/21 Red Rocks, 8/25 InCuya Music Festival, 8/31 Bumbershoot, 9/1 Snowmass CO, 9/28 Ohana, Oct: ACL Billboard catches up with Lucie Silvas for the “Kite” premiere “British singer-songwriter Lucie Silvas is making a triumphant return with her fourth album, E.G.O. Set to be released Aug. 24, the LP kicks off with an uplifting track titled “Kite,” premiering on Billboard today (May 31). Combining her poignant songwriting with her love of girl power, Silvas felt the best way to help listeners feel her personal strength was through a high-flying metaphor. “I wanted to capture a woman’s inability to be held down,” Silvas told Billboard of the inspiration for the “Kite” angle of the song. “That even without any real sense of direction of where she is going, she wants to be free to just go wherever the wind takes her. Her spirit can get her in trouble sometimes, but it’s what keeps her feeling alive.” “Kite” is both the lead single and opening song of the 12-song E.G.O., all of which Silvas co-penned. The album -- whose title is an acronym for Everybody Gets Off -- sees Silvas explore both her influences and her vulnerability while maintaining a soul-funk, country-tinged vibe, making for a diverse collection of thoughtful tunes. Though she decided to name the album after the title track that addresses the conceited tendencies of fame, Silvas felt quite liberated during the entire creation process of E.G.O.,​ especially writing “Kite.” “I had the musical freedom to go where I wanted, and that’s what made me happy,” she asserts. “It felt nostalgic to relive my childhood influences in some of these songs, and it’s empowering to put my own spin on them.”” - Billboard, 5/31/18 Coming up... 8/6: ISLAND “The Day I Die,” Ziggy Marley “Circle Of Peace,” Joey Dosik “Don’t Want It To Be Over”... 8/13: Caroline Rose “Jeannie Becomes A Mom” Greta Van Fleet’s Pittsburgh show: “They Can Shred” “So, has anyone told Greta Van Fleet that they sorta kinda sound like some other band? Kidding. Yes, in fact, that’s all they hear, because, at this point in their young career, Greta Van Fleet is the Led Zep- pelin tribute band that writes its own songs. So far, there have been less than 10 of them released, but the radio play and the buzz was enough to sell out the 5,000-plus Stage AE Outdoors in one day, a big leap from their Pittsburgh debut in October at The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls to about a hundred people. We can all agree that GVF is not the most original-sounding band to come down the pike, but the quartet is demonstrating on this tour that there was some serious work being done at the classic-rock-friendly Kiszka household in Frankenmuth, Mich. With the oldest members singer Josh and twin brother and guitarist Jake just hitting drinking age, GVF is a retro blues-rock powerhouse. They didn’t just show up Wednesday night to recite the eight songs on their EP and then peace. They jammed out for 95 minutes, including a climactic, set-closing deep dive that went on for a big chunk of that. In the crowd, there were everything from kids to 60-year-old guys (without kids), many wearing Greta Van Fleet T-shirts, happy for a Led Zeppelin experience outside of the usual ZoSo, Jason Bonham or Get the Led Out. The band’s first display of confidence was taking the stage and just putzing around for a minute or two without launching right into a song. “I’d ask you how you’re doing, but I think it’s pretty evident,” Josh said, sensing the hyped atmosphere. Finally, Jake hit the Page riff Page never wrote with the snarling opening to “Highway Tune,” the radio track that fooled listeners into thinking it’s a new Zep song the way John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band had us thinking it was The Boss in ‘83 with “On the Dark Side.” Three things jumped out right away: The curly-haired Josh can totally wail like Plant live; Greta, with younger brother Sam on bass and Danny Wagner on drums, is a unit with four equally strong pieces (like you know who); and Jake, well, he might just be the young guitar god people have been waiting for. And he looks cool, too. His rhythm playing on “Highway Tune” was relentless and he ramped up the solo tenfold from the recorded version. One song later, on “Edge of Darkness,” he swung for the fences, unleashing a long, blistering solo recalling not only Page, but Hendrix and the Skynyrd boys. He did some of it behind his back, without muffing a note. Like John Paul Jones, but shirtless, Sam made his move to organ on “Flower Power,” one of the moodier blues songs in the vein of “Your Time is Gonna Come.” The newest entry was “When the Curtain Falls,” a punchy single from the forthcoming debut that comes with another kick-ass riff and screeching-cat vocal. Greta did insert one cover, and it wasn’t a Zep song. “Do we have any fans of the blues out in the audience tonight? Thank you for that,” Josh said, in what I could have sworn was a British accent, and with that they ripped through Howlin’ Wolf’s “Evil” with the stage ablaze in red. All the best of ’em played slide as well, and so did Jake, who displayed those chops quite impressively on “Mountain of the Sun,” which had his brother singing, “Lady lay sweet sunshine/I’m gonna call you up, make you mine.” One of the slightly cringe-worthy things about his lyrical approach, we should note, is that his come-ons are mostly derived from ’70s re- cords. Who calls anyone but their mom “mama”? I didn’t time “Lover Leaver Taker Believer,” another unreleased song, but it was their “Dazed and Confused” blowout, running somewhere between 12 and 20 minutes and varying between utterly shapeless parts and really big, fiery ones. “There’s no ceiling, no second floor,” Josh noted during the encore. “I think we’re safe.” They narrowed it back down to radio-friendly for the final songs with the more signature one-two punch of “Black Smoke Rising” and “Safari Song,” climaxing in a drum solo before the coda. “That sounded like Jack White,” someone said, and, yeah, the whole thing wasn’t far removed from the fellow Michigan rocker’s own take on Zeppelin. Now, we wait to see what Greta Van Fleet can do with a full-length debut album, but in the meantime, they came, they con- quered and proved to 5,000 people, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that they can shred.” - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7/19/18 Rolling Stone spotlights Aaron Lee Tasjan for the “Heart Slows Down” premiere “On August 31st, Aaron Lee Tasjan will release Karma for Cheap, the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2016 album Silver Tears. Tasjan has already previewed a couple tunes from the record, and today he re- leased another, “Heart Slows Down.” “Heart Slows Down” is a gently psychedelic rocker with shades of Tom Petty’s melodicism, the Beatles’ off-kilter pop arrangements, and a healthy dose of Yardbirds-esque jangle. In the chorus, Tasjan offers, “Honey if your heart slows down, I will always be around,” a message that stands in warm contrast to other lyrical images like “doctor’s drugs” and “bones rattl[ing] like a dropped tambourine.” Much of Karma for Cheap grapples with speaking up and reaching out, as heard in previously released songs like “If Not Now When.” In a recent interview with Rolling Stone Country, Tasjan said of the album, “I wanted to work really hard lyrically to create a record that wasn’t drawing lines in the sand from a humanitarian point of view. Trying to say something that’s more of a comfort, and to try and be a cheerleader to the people who are on the front lines of all this stuff.”” - Rolling Stone, 7/20/18 RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 7/25/2018