RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 11/11/2020 ONR feat. Sarah Barthel (of Phantogram) “Must Stop” The title track from his upcoming EP Pronounced like “honor” Building at Alternative and going for AAA adds now Early at KTBG and WCLX Over 700,000 streams on Spotify already “‘Must Stop’ is a song about being repeatedly hurt. About a lack of self-worth, a desperation to be in love and to be loved by someone, anyone — and the blows you can take when you leave yourself so open.” - ONR (Robert Shields) Grizfolk feat. Kyle Gass (of Tenacious D) “All I Want For Christmas Is A Rock Show” An original track that encapsulates everything we’re all feeling after being without concerts since March “Stuck at home, all alone // Tired of staring at my phone // All my favorite concerts // Went from sold out to postponed // I’m feeling lonely // I’m so lonely” This is a cathartic song that you can play even before the holiday sesson kicks in Dispatch “May We All” The first single from their forthcoming 2021 album First week: WXRV, WNCS, WCLZ, WPYA, KVYN, KRSH, WAPS, WZLO, KROK, KCLC... Early: WFUV, WRNR, WXPK, KCSN, KVNA, WERS, KJAC, KYMK, WCLX... “‘May We All’ led with this idea of what it means to be forsaken and what that might look like to different demographics in our country.” - Chadwick Stokes in Amercian Songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan “Up All Night” The first single from Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!, due 2/5/21 First week: WPYA, WFPK, KVYN, WAPS, WUIN, KNBA, WYCE, WCBE... Early: WRLT, KCSN, WEHM, KJAC, WJCU, KPIG, KTAO, KRML “‘Up All Night’ is half party anthem, half cautionary tale. It’s inspired by the times I’ve wondered if I need to get help with my drinking and what it meant that I was worrying about things in the first place?” - Aaron on the track Semisonic “Basement Tapes” The second single from their You’re Not Alone EP First week: WRNR, WFUV, WXPK, WFPK, KROK, WMWV Early: KCMP, KCSN, WEHM, WTMD, KJAC, KLRR, WOCM, WBJB, KSLU “A blazingly catchy and colorful rocker that could be about the nascent days of any rock band.” - Minn. Star Trib “The arrangements are streamlined yet sturdy, from the propulsive “Basement Tapes” to the memorable title track.” - Under The Radar Edie Brickell & New Bohemians “My Power” The first single from Hunter And The Dog Star, due February 19 New: WDST, KSUT, WZLO, WFIT ON: WFUV, KCSN, WEHM, WCLX, WYCE, WCBE, WKZE, WOXL, WHRV, KRCL “A funky mid-tempo rocker steeped in ’70s pop and vintage Lou Reed.” - Dallas News Edie says the songs on the album represent “the mystery of self-expression, loyalty, companionship and love in the darkest sky just before dawn.” Julien Baker “Faith Healer” The first single from Little Oblivions, her third solo album, due February 26 New: Music Choice, KUTX, WAPS, KTSN ON: WRLT, KCMP, WFUV, WPYA, WFPK, WYMS, KVOQ, WNRN, KTBG, KRML, WYCE, KXCI... Julien is also one third of Boygenius with Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus “Not only the most richly produced, pop-aware release of Baker’s career, but also her most unsparingly honest in its messiness.” - Rolling Stone Hailey Knox “A Boy Named Pluto” Her new single, out now ON: KCSN, WDST, WCLX, WYCE and KSLU Check out the fantastic claymation video on my site Livestream performances every Tuesday at 9pm ET Guested on American Songwriter’s Bringing It Backward podcast “Her adept guitar playing and versatile vocals are refreshing in an age of computer generated radio hits” - Artvoice Adrianne Lenker “Zombie Girl” The new single from songs, out now Album already on KCMP, WFUV, KEXP, WFPK, KTBG, WYCE, WCBE, SiriusXM Loft, KSMF, KRCL... Big feature in The New Yorker: “Lenker writes often about time and loss—how to cling to what we need and let go of everything else. For her, songwriting is a way of externalizing specific experiences or memories and pinning them in place, like a butterfly under glass.” Michael Franti & Spearhead “Work Hard And Be Nice” The follow up to his #1 AAA single “I Got You” BDS Indicator 10*, JBE Tracks 22* New: KRVB, WCLZ, KPND, KSUT ON: WRLT, WXRV, WMMM, WFUV, Music Choice, WNCS, WPYA, WCNR, KVNA, KRSH, WTMD, KXT, WDST, WEHM, WCOO, KTSN, WUIN, WTYD... “Franti’s mission, musical & otherwise, is convincing people they can” - Billboard His Stay At Home Concert World Tour continues Prateek Kuhad “Cold/Mess” The first single from his Cold/Mess EP, out now New: KXT, KVNF ON: KJAC, KTBG, WRSI, KRSH, KBAC, WCLX, WCBE, WMVY, WUNC Prateek is from India and this song has found international acclaim already Barack Obama picked it as one of his favorite songs of 2019 Over 10 million streams on Spotify and 10 million views on YouTube Has appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone India Romy “Lifetime” From the solo record from Romy Madley Croft of The xx Mediabase 50*, BDS Monitored New & Active, JBE Public 40* New: WPYA, WHRV ON: KINK, WXRV, WFUV, KCMP, Music Choice, WFPK, KTBG, KVOQ, WYMS, WNCS, KJAC, KVNA, WAPS, WCNR, KVYN, WZEW, KYMK, WCLX, WYCE, KCLC... The xx’s “On Hold” was a top 10 AAA hit Tons of great single reviews already from NME, Billboard, Stereogum, UPROXX and more Ron Gallo “HIDE (MYSELF BEHIND YOU)” From PEACEMEAL, due 2/12/21 ON: WRLT, WXPN, KCSN, KJAC, WCNR, WEHM, WNRN, WCLX, WLKR, WJCU, WYCE, KROK... “HIDE is about being with someone because how they make you feel or the idea of them rather than who they really are. Sometimes we say “I love you, I want to be with you” but maybe we really mean “I don’t like me, I don’t want to be with myself and you can help distract me from me.” - Ron Zach Heckendorf “Waves” The new single from HAWK TALK, out now New at WYCE ON: WCNR, KRSH, KMMS, WCLX, WOCM, WCBE, KSLU November 303 artist at KVOQ! 303 Magazine writeup: “Touches on the difficulties of enduring change and coming out on the other side more weathered and wise.” Westword: “The stuff of earnest young men with big feelings, singing danceable songs with catchy hooks.” 50 States livestream tour on now Ivan & Alyosha “Everybody Breaks” From their self-titled album, out now New at WCNR ON: KCSN, WNRN, WEHM, KEXP, WCLX, KSMF, KNBA, WCBE, WJCU, KROK, WOCM, WYCE... “Refreshing dynamicism and undeterred folk rock swagger... unveils the fragility of the human spirit without missing a beat. Ivan & Alyosha’s new video is fun, provocative, and above all, engaging: A thrilling introduction for new listeners, and a welcome visual for longtime fans.” - Atwood The Grahams “Don’t Give Your Heart Away” The second single from Kids Like Us, out now ON: KCSN, WCNR, KVYN, WCLX, KBAC, WYCE, KROK, KPIG, KRML, KLRR, WMWV, WEXT, KUWR... Watch the beautiful somewhat-autobiographical video on my site ““Don’t Give Your Heart Away” is as much a cautionary tale for our daughter as it is a reflection on the emotional turmoil we were enduring to have her.” - The Grahams Matt Costa “Slow” From the new album Yellow Coat, out now New at KVNF ON: WRNR, Music Choice, WTMD, WCLX, WDST, WLKR, KROK, WCBE, WJCU, KNBA, KSMF, WYCE, KRML, KKAL, Acoustic Cafe, KRCC, KXCI... “I’ve heard it’s not what happens in dreams but how you feel about them. Some you don’t want to let go and you hope the light of day comes slow” - Matt Costa Check out the fantastic video on my site Katie Pruitt “Look The Other Way” Her new single, out now ON: WCLZ, KCSN, WYEP, KJAC, WCNR, KTSN, WCLX, WDST, KCLC, KSMF, KROK, WCLY, WYCE, WOXL... “Deals with the ongoing issue of complacency and how we all play a role in it. I wanted to confront that complacency head on, both culturally and within myself. We have two choices when we witness evil being done: we can look the other way, or we can ask ourselves what we can do to stop it.” - Katie Tiny Desk last month ZZ Ward “Giant” Her new single, out now Mediabase 39*, BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator 21*! New at WDST ON: KGSR, WRLT, KRVB, Music Choice, KCSN, KVNA, WPYA, KTBG, WCNR, KPND, WCLX, WZEW, KYMK, KTHX, KTSN... “Whether it was an ex-lover that I never felt good enough for or knowing I had to find the giant inside of myself to overcome feelings of self-doubt, writing these songs helped me get to a place of acceptance.” - ZZ Trevor Hall “never gonna break your heart” The first single from IN AND THROUGH THE BODY, out now New at KUWR ON: WCNR, KRML, KLRR, WCLX, KNBA, WBJB, KMMS, KROK, WYCE, WCBE, KSMF, KDNK, KDTR, WFIT, KAXE... Tour dates start in April, including Red Rocks Did a livestream from the Boulder Theatre Produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Hiss Golden Messenger), with additional instrumentation from Phil Cook (Megafaun) and Matthew McCaughan (Bon Iver) Darlingside “Ocean Bed” From Fish Pond Fish, out now BDS Indicator #40! New at WERU ON: KCSN, WTMD, KTBG, Music Choice, WERS, WFPK, WNRN, KMMS, KNBA, WCLY, WEXT, WJCU, KBAC, WYCE, KROK, WBJB, KLRR, KMTN, KSMF... “Darlingside embody wonder and human connection in their gorgeous third album, a fresh and moving breathe of life that inspires and uplifts, energizes and delights.” - Atwood MXDWN gives the lowdown on Adrianne Lenker’s songs “Others have tried to encapsulate her, yet they always come up short. She never fails to elude. Adri- anne Lenker’s bandmate from Big Thief, Max Oleartchik, spoke of her having “confidence that there’s some kind of spirit or force she can listen to.” In her newest LP songs, this seems still to be true. Every track she conjures through her guitar, her “instrument of witchcraft,” otherworldly pageantries come forth through finger-picking melodies that seem to mimic the flight patterns of the winged menagerie thrumming in the landscape from which she draws. Her music is characterized by a signature stripped- down aesthetic: she has only her guitar, her voice and the serendipitous entrances of the natural periph- ery. This deeply introspective LP presents Lenker at her most vulnerable, splayed out and open raw. The charm of the album lies in its analog, and liberal recording. The first track, “two reverse,” opens with Lenker’s preparatory shifting in a creaky wooden chair, a pregnant silence follows, then enters a warm, cascading guitar riff while a maraca keeps the pace. “Whoa, that’s cool” she remarks after an outtake she includes at the beginning of “forwards beckon rebound,” that song that contains the ob- scure titular refrain. In “zombie girl,” windchimes interlace with the notes of the guitar while the birdsong from outside collaborates with Lenker, Lenker delighting the ability to enchant the birds to join. A fly buzzes around the microphone in the coda. Or, in “half return,” she aspires a breath in the denouement that seems to suck the song back into that which let it out, refusing to sever it, leaving only an ephemera. She has a demonstrably preternatural command of her music as if it’s something more than simply music, more like an invis- ible entity only she can befriend and enliven. Other than her complex multi-harmonic guitarwork, her lyricism and vocal delivery are what lends her that preternatural quality. In the transporting, almost psychedelic track, “ingydar,” her voice sounds less human and more like a sprite who sees the other side where the stagehands and essences reside, often journeying back to tell of them. “Everything eats and is eaten,” she repeats, touching on the theme of interconnectivity that also appears on “dragon eyes,” wherein she sings “I don’t want to change you/ I don’t want to change… you are changing me/ you are changing.” Everything is in a communal flux, she realizes. In “not a lot, just forever,” she again invokes the felt bond: “through your eyes I see/ the smile you bring to me/ to your joy I tether… intertwined, sewn together.” The found sounds from her natural surrounding still layer on top of her lyrics, showcasing her immersive connection to nature. (People can find her lyrics on her website against a looping video of a rain-flecked tree.) Considering the natural elements of her songs, one might think she finds inspiration from the empirical. But, Lenker attributes a visual aspect to her creative process that comes from her interior rather. When reflecting on her mode of songcraft, she envisions “translucent ribbons flowing in a riverlike way–they’re multicolored,” and she’ll pluck some as they flow by, to “braid” them in. “Light blue, dark blue, gray/ crimson trail/ straight through, stay don’t stray,” Lenker sings in “two reverse,” seeming to select such colors from her inner river. She remembers as a child her father telling her about inspiration, “he would always talk about the muse and how it will visit you if you put your soul in a certain state.” In Lenker’s songs, one can imagine her in a patch clearing in the forest, sitting on a downed bough hunched over her guitar listening to the gurgle and percolation of a nearby brook. Serenely she taps into an earthbound lode. It is as organic, elemental and lonely as the bucolic setting she draws from and gives a voice to.” - MXDWN, 11/10/2020 Kill Your Stereo shouts high praise for the new Julien Baker single “Snake oil traders is a term that dates back as far as the Californian Gold Rush period of the 1840’s and 50’s in the U.S. These people had a “miracle” cure-all product that was anything but; fooling ignorant and desperate customers out of pocket. In part, Julien Baker’s latest track addresses the mindset of these kinds of people, attributing them as deceptive modern-day drug-dealers who provide the scratch for their users’ itch, knowing that it’ll only hurt these people even more so. Using those individuals when they’re at their most vulnerable, tired and isolated, as we see from the four characters in the below music video. ‘Faith Healer‘ talks about how easy it can be for relapses to occur; whether back into drug use, or into other forms of vices and addictions. About those sadly stuck in trying to find the next high, no matter what it costs them. (The intro: “Oh, what I wouldn’t give if it would take away the sting a minute. Everything I love, I trade it in. To feel it rush into my chest.”) More than that, it’s about the “faith healers” – those untrustworthy snake oil salesmen – who peddle their own healing or recovery methods, but are only enabling the user and their pain. Something Julien runs with further as an allegory for mental, emotional or spiritual healing; religious leaders enabling a kind of placebo effect with their “healing hands” as they take advantage of those who are lost and in need of assistance. (The chorus: “Faith healer, come put your hands on me. A snake oil dealer. I’ll believe you if you make me feel something.”) Like many other songs of hers, it’s a metaphor that’s multi-faceted, delivered in a way that’s clear and concise, but can be related back to the listener’s own experience without being too generalised. A highly effective lyrical and songwriting tool that the Tennessee artist is adept in; why her last album, 2017’s masterful ‘Turn Out The Lights‘ was and is so touching. Much like her 2019 dual-single release of ‘Sucker Punch‘ and ‘Tokyo,’ ‘Faith Healer‘ sees Julien exploring new instrumental textures. (With most of the instruments written and recorded by her as well.) No longer resting with piano, guitar and her vocals, this first taste of her next record is dotted with more layers, percussion, various effects; showing her musicality and arrangements are growing and maturing along with Julien herself. Julien’s third album, ‘Little Oblivions,’ is out February 26th, 2021 and could very well be an early AOTY contender for next year. And I hope I am right.” - KillYourStereo, 10/28/2020 Blasting out next week: Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard “Christmas Is Coming” RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 11/11/2020