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RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 8/1/2012 Susanna Hoffs “Raining” From her new album Someday, also featuring “Picture Me,” “November Sun,” and more In stores and going for adds now Full cd, produced by Mitchell Froom, just hitting your desk “Above all else, the prevailing tone of Hoffs’s work on Someday is one of sincerity, making the album a moving homage to the music she grew up with.” - Slant Magazine Sarah Jaffe “Mannequin Woman” From her album The Body Wins Single on PlayMPE and going for adds now! Early at KXT, WFIV and KSLU Toured with Norah Jones earlier this year, just finished dates with Blitzen Trapper More shows coming soon! “Jaffe has completed the transition from ‘musician’ to ‘artist,’ and she wears it well.” - NPR Joshua Radin “Underwater” BDS & FMQB Most Added! First week: KPRI, KRSH, WCBE, WVMP, WNRN, WFIV, WJCU, KFMU, KSPN, KLCC... Extensive tour with A Fine Frenzy begins October 11 - see the complete list of dates on page 2 In stores now! “Underwater is – without doubt – one of the best records you’ll hear this year, offering music to enrich a lifetime.” - IndieLondon Jesse Harris “Rocking Chairs” (w/Norah Jones) BDS Indicator & FMQB Most Added! First week: WFUV, WCBE, WNRN, WFIV, KSUT, KFMU, KSPN, KNBA, KXCI, KKCR Early: WTMD, WVMP, KBAC, WNCW, KUWR... His new album Sub Rosa in stores now On tour with Jesca Hoop in August Other guest appearances on the album include Conor Oberst, Melody Gardot, Bill Frisell and Nick Zinner Robert Cray Band “(Won’t Be) Coming Home” Charlie Mars “Let The Meter Run” FMQB Tracks 33*! New: WXPK, WCBE, KMTN Full cd in the mail now FMQB Tracks Debut 47*! New: WEHM, WNTI, MPR In stores 8/14 ON: KRSH, WBJB, WNKU, KDBB, WAPS, KOZT, KPIG, KROK, KFMU, KSPN, KYSL... ON: WRNR, KRSH, WFUV, WMVY, WJCU, KCLC, KSMT, WBJB, WCBE, KOHO... Tour Aug-Dec Five time Grammy winner, 15 time nominee, 12+ million albums Playing at Friday’s cocktail party in Boulder Touring with Steve Earle this fall Dave Matthews Band “Mercy” Kate Miller-Heidke “Ride This Feeling” BDS Monitored 3*, Indicator #1 for three weeks so far! In stores Sept 11 Opening the entire Ben Folds Five tour in September and October BDS Monitored panel CLOSED OUT! Summer tour going on now In stores now ON: KRSH, WCNR, KHUM, WFIV, KCLC, WVMP, WCBE, Produced by Steve Lillywhite Over 37 million cds & dvds sold to date WYSO, MSPR, KSLU, WBSD, KSMF, KAXE Single on PlayMPE, full at radio ZZ Ward “Put The Gun Down” Walk The Moon “Anna Sun” BDS New & Active! FMQB Tracks 30* ON: Sirius, WRNR, WXPK, WCLZ, KCSN, BDS New & Active! Indicator 25*! New: KBCO, WXPK, WCLZ ON: KFOG, KTCZ, WXRV, KRSH, KKXT, KPND, WZEW, WCOO, WTMD, WEXT, KTAO, KMMS, KSMT, KCLC, KPRI, WRLT, KRSH, WLCE, WFPK, KCSN, KCMP, KDBB, WFIV, KSKI, KMTN, WNKU, WDST... KYSL, KSMT, KROK, WVOD... Video online now Late Night Lounge in Boulder Massive at Modern Rock! US tour going on now Played Letterman Matisyahu “Sunshine” The Fixx “Anyone Else” From Spark Seeker, in stores now BDS Indicator 27* FMQB Public Debut 50*! Their 10th studio album, Beautiful Friction, in stores now! Original lineup New: WFIT, WMNF ON: KFOG, KTHX, WNCS, WYMS, WCNR, KSMT, WYCE, DMX, New: Music Choice, KCSN ON: KPRI, KCKC, WZEW, WCOO, KTHX, KRSH, KPND, WNKU, WMWV, KNBA, KROK, KTAO, WFIV, WVOD... On tour now with Dirty Heads WTMD, WCNR, KCLC, KSPN, KTAO, KYSL, KSKI, KFMU, KMTN, WBJB, WOCM... Graffiti6 “Stare Into The Sun” MC Yogi “Give Love” BDS Monitored #16! ON: Dave-FM, WXRV, KINK, WRNR. CIDR, WNCS, From his new album Pilgrimage, in stores now New: KDNK ON: KFMU, KSPN, KTAO, KRVB, KTHX, WQKL, KCKC, WCLZ, WRLT, WCOO, KPND, KRSH, WZEW, WVOD, KCLC, KXCI, WCBE, WOCM, KHUM, WYCE, WNCW, KSLU, WFIV, KKCR... WWCT, WYMS, WAPS, WFPK, KKXT, WYEP, WVOD... Video added to MTV Hits Playing Wanderlust Festivals A great blend of hip hop sounds with the themes of Yoga The Chris Robinson Brotherhood “Rosalee” Morning Parade “Headlights” From Big Moon Ritual, in stores now! BDS Indicator 15* FMQB Tracks 28*! In stores now! ON: KINK, KCSN, DMX, KRSH, WDST, WOCM, WFIV, KROK, ON: KPND, KRSH, WNKU, WYEP, WMVY, KMMS, WYCE, KFMU, WVMP, WNRN, WJCU, KSMT, KSKI, KDBB... Mediabase Alt 26*! Great press KBAC, KOHO, WJCU, WBJB, WDST, KTBG, Music Choice, KNBA, WFIV... Touring with Civil Twilight in August 8/20 Leno appearance confirmed Joshua Radin announces fall tour dates with A Fine Frenzy 10/11 Santa Rosa, CA 10/30 Philadelphia, PA 10/12 San Francisco, CA 11/1 Toronto, ONT 10/13 Newport Beach, CA 11/2 Montreal, QUE 10/16 Portland, OR 11/3 Boston, MA 10/17 Vancouver, BC 11/5 Charlottesville, VA 10/18 Seattle, WA 11/7 Durham, NC 10/20 Edmonton, AB 11/8 Atlanta, GA 10/21 Calgary, AB 11/9 Nashville, TN 10/23 Winnipeg, MB 11/10 Birmingham, AL 10/25 Minneapolis, MN 11/12 Houston, TX 10/26 Chicago, IL 11/13 Austin, TX 10/27 Detroit, MI 11/14 Dallas, TX 10/29 New York, NY 11/16 Los Angeles, CA NY’s Daily News breaks down the new Susanna Hoffs album “People paint rock of the ’60s as a free-for-all, marked by wailing guitars, screaming vocals and drum volleys volcanic enough to bring down the heavens. But that’s only half the story. Right alongside all those freak-out power trios and gut-busting blues singers stood prim folk-rockers and fine pop stars — artists shaped by hippie culture but who retained a sense of melody and arrangement that connected them to a tamer time. We’re talking the summery jangle of Simon and Garfunkel, the loungy chic of Burt Bacharach, and the Edwardian pomp of the early Bee Gees. It’s that sift of sounds that shaped the entire inner life of Susanna Hoffs. While the result peeked out frequently in her work with her ’80s band the Bangles — remember, they even had a hit by covering Simon and Garfunkel’s “Hazy Shade of Winter” — never has Hoffs so fully and lovingly drawn on her influences as she does on her latest CD, Someday. It’s her first solo flight in far too long. In the meantime, Hoffs has toured with the remnants of the Bangles. They even released an album in 2003 (the surprisingly ample Doll Revolution). But 16 years have passed since the star went out on her own. Hoffs most recent record- ings have been several collaborative CDs with Matthew Sweet, covering the most melody-mad power-pop hits of the ’60s and ’70s. Consider them K-tel collections for hipsters. Lest anyone should miss the fetish object of Hoffs’ latest work, she released it on an imprint named Baroque Folk — the very term coined by critics for hits like the Bee Gees’ “Holiday” or the Zombies’ classic 1968 song cycle “Odyssey and Oracle.” The album’s first track, “November Sun,” brings back the tone and style of those works with a nostalgia that’s both un- ashamed and exacting. While the song (co-written with The Heartbreakers’ Mike Campbell) starts with a spare acoustic guitar, soon Hoffs and ace producer Mitchell Froom sweep in frilly strings. By the time they reach the bridge, they’ve added on fruity flutes, autumnal French horns, and even a harpsichord (which is as baroque as it gets). The strings in “Always Enough” sound like they could have just fallen off the Tallahatchie Bridge in “Ode to Billy Joe,” while “Picture Me” has a Bacharach-like flurry of woodwinds that could make Dionne Warwick weep. At 53, Hoffs sounds as girlish and vulnerable as ever. Small wonder you could imagine songs like “Always Enough” or “Hold- ing My Breath” being covered by Lulu or Cilla Black back in the day. As studiously retro as such references may be, the album never feels like an intellectual exercise or an act of regression. The melodies have a faithful ache, and the arrangements a meticulous charm, that fully earns their sources’ beloved company.” - NY Daily News 7/17/12 Coming Up... 8/13: The Whigs “Waiting,” Citizen Cope “Something To Believe In”... 8/20: Ben Folds Five “Do It Anyway,” Slightly Stoopid “Top Of The World,” Somebody’s Darling “Cold Hands”... 8/27: John Hiatt “All Right Now,” Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Martin Harley... RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 8/1/12.