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RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 6/4/2014 No Sinner “Boo Hoo Hoo” Jamie Scott “My Hurricane” The first single from Boo Hoo Hoo, in stores 6/24 and on your desk now The title track from his upcoming solo album, on PlayMPE now BDS Indicator Most Added early! Before add date: WJCU, KBAC, Early: WXRV, WFIV, KBAC, KDBB Jamie is the Graffiti6 frontman WCBE, WOCM, WUIN, WBJB, KUNC, WFIV, KPIG, WYCE, KDBB... and has written hits for 1D, Michael Kiwanuka and many others Wakey!Wakey! “Wake Up (Lily, I Love You...)” Bernhoft “Come Around” The first single from Salvation, in stores 7/22 and on your desk now The first single from Islander, in stores 6/24 On PlayMPE New: WEZZ New: WOCM, WFIV, WCBE “A voice so striking it resonates around the room ON: WXRV, WTMD, KROK, WFIV, WOCM, WCBE, Music Choice, KSLU, KRVM galvanising everybody within earshot” - NME Tons of upcoming tour dates Just did VH1 Big Morning Buzz, Conan coming on 6/17, NPR coming Echo & The Bunnymen “Holy Moses” The Bamboos “Avenger” The first single from Metortites, in stores and on your desk New: KROK FMQB Public #32! Fever In The Road in stores and on your desk now ON: KCSN, WFPK, WBJB, WDST, WVOD, WFIV, WOCM, KSKI, KDHX, KDEC, New: KFMU, KSPN, KRCC, KDTR Already on WXRV, KEXP, KCRW, WTMD, KRCC, KSLU, KDBB, MSPR, WFIT, KVNF, WNTI... US tour dates in August KSMT, KHUM, WFIV, WYMS, WJCU, WEZZ, WYCE, WBJB, KCLC, WCBE... Cage The Elephant “Take It Or Leave It” Nikki Lane “Right Time” BDS Indicator 8*, nearing top 10 at Alternative! New: WCOO, WWNU, WAPS From All Or Nothin’, in stores now BDS Indicator New & Active! FMQB Public 8*! Already on: KINK, WTTS, KPND, WZEW, WMMM, WEHM, KCSN, WERS, WYMS, New: KCMP, KXT, Music Choice... Already on: KRSH, WFUV, KUTX, KEXP, SiriusXM WVOD, KLRR, KSKI, KSMT, WEZZ, WWCT, WNRN, KTBG... Lots of festivals coming Loft, WCNR, WEZZ, WEXT, KTBG, WFIV, WUIN, WYCE, WNKU... Lots of touring Vampire Weekend “Step” David Gray “Back In The World” BDS Indicator New & Active! FMQB Tracks 42*! New: KINK, KRSH, WZEW, WEZZ, BDS Indicator 6*, FMQB Tracks 16*, Public #14! In stores 6/17 WCNR ON: WXRV, WRLT, KCSN, WCOO, WRSI, KFMU, KSPN, WVOD, KHUM, August tour! New: KRVB, KRSH, WZEW, KSPN, KFMU ON: WXPK, WEZZ, WERS, KROK, WFIV, KCLC, KOHO, WMVY, KMMS, KSMT, WMSR... On tour with Cults KTHX, WXPN, WFUV, KCSN, WFPK, WEHM, WCNR, WTMD, WYEP, WNKU, WDST... Passenger “Scare Away The Dark” The Wind & The Wave “With Your Two Hands” Mediabase 28*, BDS 27*, Indicator 23*! Extensive US tour in August From their album From The Wreckage FMQB Tracks 33*! ON: WRLT, WNCS, New: WAPS, WCNR ON: KBCO, KINK, KGSR, CIDR, WXRV, KRVB, WRLT, WMMM, KPRI, KUTX, KPND, WCOO, WWNU, KRSH, KTHX, WYMS, WCNR WEHM, WNKU, WCLZ, WQKL, WNCS, WCOO, KRSH, KCSN, KPND, WWNU... In stores Tuesday KBAC, KRML, KSMT, WUIN, WEZZ... Summer tour with Jamestown Revival Augustana “Ash & Ember” Johnnyswim “Home” Mediabase 30*, BDS 30*, Indicator 24*, FMQB Tracks 22*! New: KSNO BDS Indicator New & Active, FMQB Tracks 40*! Video added to VH1! Already on: KINK, WXRV, WMMM, KRVB, KPRI, WRLT, WNCS, WXPK, KCSN, New: WZLO Already on: WXRT, WRLT, KRSH, WCOO, KPND, WCNR, WNRN, WZEW, KRSH, WEZZ, WCOO, KPND, WCLZ, WTMD, WTYD, WCNR, WNKU... WCBE, WVMP, KNBA, KFMU, KSPN, KCLC, WNKU, WWNU, WOCM, KRML... Ziggy Marley “I Don’t Wanna Live On Mars” Kings of Leon “Wait For Me” FMQB Public #41! In stores now Tons of TV Tour kicking off soon Mediabase 16*, BDS 16*, Indicator 11*! Alternative #17! ON: SiriusXM Loft, KPND, WYMS, WNKU, KRSH, KFMU, KSPN, KSMT, KMMS, ON: KFOG, WXRT, KINK, KBCO, WXRV, KPRI, WRLT, WCLZ, WNCS, KCSN, WERS, KROK, WUIN, KRML, WFIV, WKZE, WMWV, WTYD, WYCE, Music Choice... KXT, WMMM, KPND, WQKL, WWNU, WCOO... Major tour schedule in August Bastille “Bad Blood” Bleachers “I Wanna Get Better” Mediabase 11*, BDS 11*, Indicator #19, 2* at Alternative! BDS Indicator 13*, 4* at Alt! New: WLCE... ON: KGSR, WXRV, KBCO, New: CIDR ON: KFOG, KINK, KBCO, WXRV, KGSR, WTTS, WXPK, KRVB, KCSN, WZEW, KROK, WCNR, WJCU, KSKI, WFIV, KCLC, WMSR, KMTN, KPRI, WERS, WCLZ, WZEW, WQKL, WMMM... Over 400,000 albums sold! KFMU, KSPN, KSMT, KRML, WEZZ... Performed on Seth Meyers already Run River North “Monsters Calling Home” The Hold Steady “Spinners” The first single from their self-titled debut Playing in Boulder! Mediabase #45, BDS Indicator #14, FMQB Public #13 Conan 7/22 Already on: KCSN, WCOO, WDST, WEXT, WCBE, KSMT, WNRN, KCLC, ON: KINK, WCLZ, WXPK, WZEW, KTHX, KCMP, WXPN, WFUV, KCSN, KFMU, KSPN, WFIV, WBJB, KRCL, Mood Media, KXCI... On tour now KEXP, WCOO, KPND, WCNR, WERS, WYEP, WWCT, KUTX, WFPK... David Gray announces his summer tour schedule for the US 8/1 Boston, MA 8/13 Indianapolis, IN 8/23 Troutdale, OR 8/4 New York, NY 8/15 Cleveland, OH 8/25 Redmond, WA 8/5 Upper Darby, PA 8/16 Cincinnati, OH 8/28 Oakland, CA 8/7 Columbia, MD 8/17 Rochester Hills, MI 8/29 Reno, NV 8/8 Charlotte, NC 8/18 Chicago, IL 8/30 Las Vegas, NV 8/9 Nashville, TN 8/20 Denver, CO 8/31 San Diego, CA 8/11 Raleigh, NC 8/21 Salt Lake City, UT 9/3 Los Angeles, CA 8/12 Atlanta, GA 8/22 Boise, ID Paste connects for an in-depth conversation with Ian McCulloch “I’ve been fairly open about stuff,” notes Echo & The Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch. “It’s been ups and downs. Quite a lot of downs. The downs have lasted a long time, to be honest. It was one of those things where I never thought I was depressed. Just melancholic.” He’s speaking about the events leading up to the writing and recording of Echo and The Bunnymen’s new album, Meteor- ites. But that declaration could be extrapolated to cover his career as a whole. At its core, Echo & Bunnymen has always been about McCulloch’s exploration of emotions at polar ends of the spectrum: Love and hate. Lust and devotion. Loneliness and oppression. “I’m the yo-yo man, always up and down,” McCulloch sang on 1984’s Ocean Rain track “Yo-Yo Man.” If there’s one thing that’s certain it’s that he will say and sing whatever he’s thinking. Hey, they don’t call him “Mac the Mouth” for nothing. It’s been five years since Echo & The Bunnymen’s last album, 2009’s The Fountain. Emotionally, a lot has changed for Mc- Culloch. He’s been tamed by both vocal issues that have forced the band to shuffle a number of live dates and an extended bout of introspection that led him carve out much of the rock ‘n’ roll excess from his life. As a result, he chooses his words carefully, starting with the obvious lede—he’s ready to let fans in on certain aspects of his life. “I was looking back on my dad and childhood,” he says simply. “I’ve always enjoyed the solitary gloom. It’s something you get used to. It defines you.” Finally ready to explore these emotions, he took to noodling in his Liverpool flat, working out his feelings as he developed new tracks. The songs were then brought to his writing partner and Bunnymen guitarist, Will Sergeant, where they were fleshed out with additional instrumentals. Despite the intense nature of his sonic sketch sketches, McCulloch never considered releasing the album as a solo project, as he did with 2013’s Holy Ghosts. As McCulloch reveals, the j’en sais quoi of the material demanded it become a band album. “I sensed there was an element of ‘woe is me,’” he says. “That’s a phrase I’ve been using a lot. But there was also a sense that these songs were the Bun- nymen.” The pair infused new energy into the trademark Bunnymen sound, balancing McCulloch’s ennui with flourishes of strings that often suggest a latter-day follow-up to their 1984 album, Ocean Rain. He calls Meteorites his most honest album to date. It’s easy to see why—nearly all of the straightforward lines play like a therapy session laid bare. “Hope, where is the hope in here?/Can it be found among all the ghosts in here?” McCulloch howls on the opening title track against a haunting orchestral and guitar backing that suggests an impending cathartic release. On “Is This Breakdown” he plays the voices in his head, his vocal pleading, “Is this a breakdown? I don’t think so” looped and layered into a backing choir. Just don’t mistake the “personal” tone of the material as an attempt by McCulloch to explain himself. Although he makes it clear that he appreciates having an audience after making music for so many years, he doesn’t particularly care if listeners “get him.” After all, he’s already accomplished what he wanted to simply through the writing and recording process. “I don’t like therapy or the idea of being understood,” he says, audibly recoiling at the thought. “I find when you do a good thing and someone pats you on the back, I hate it. Especially when that good thing is just an ordinary good thing. If you’re like me and you don’t drink for a week, people go ‘Oh, that’s fantastic!’ That would make me want to drink more! If someone says, ‘Your songs are the greatest songs ever,’ that’s fine.