RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 10/30/2013 Bob Schneider “Swimming In The Sea” The Alternate Routes “Nothing More” The second single from Burden Of Proof, going for adds on Monday A benefit single for Newtown Kindness, BDS & FMQB Most Increased Early adds: WBJB, WFIV, WOCM, WKZE, KBAC, WTYD, KDBB... Great reaction! FMQB Tracks Debut 46*! New: WVMP, KMTN, KRML, WBSD TX touring in Nov, southeast in Dec, more to come On PlayMPE ON: WXPK, WCLZ, WTMD, WZNN, WJCU, WEXT, WNKU, KOZT, KCLC, WNKU... Elton John - The Diving Board (album) Kings of Leon “Temple” Produced by T Bone Burnett Suggested tracks: “Mexican Vacation,” “Home Mediabase 32*, BDS New & Active! Indicator Debut 17*! New: KRSH, KTHX, Again,” “The Ballad of Blind Tom” New: WOCM, KDBB, KVNF, KRVM WLCE, WERS, WWNU, KSMT, WVOD, Music Choice... ON: WXRT, WXRV, KINK, Already on: KOZT, KPIG, Music Choice, XM Loft, WMWV, WFIV, KSUT... WNCS, WRLT, CIDR, WRNR, WXPK, WWCT, KPND, KCSN, WYMS, WEXT... Truth & Salvage Co. “Pick Me Up” Lily Kershaw “As It Seems” New this week: WUSM, KDTR ON: WNKU, WFIV, WOCM, KDBB, WYCE New: WZEW, WUIN, KROK, KVNF, WBSD Already on: WCOO, KRSH, KPND, “The album title is most apt as the music, indeed, does serve as a ‘pick- WZNN, WEHM, WOCM, KCLC, WJCU, WNRN, WEXT, WYCE, WCBE, KSPN, KFMU... me-up.’ Rating: 9 out of 10” - Music Connection Great set in Boulder Midnight In The Garden in stores now As heard on Criminal Minds The Devil Makes Three “Stranger” Houndmouth “Penitentiary” New: WWCT, MPR, WBJB Already on: KRSH, WNKU, WTMD, KPIG, New: WZNN ON: WYEP, KNBA, WNRN, WFIV, WNKU, KMTN, KOHO, WYCE, WCBE, KEXP, KNBA, KFMU, KSPN, WNRN, WUIN, KRML, WVMP... WCBE, KDNK, KDEC... The new single from From The Hills Below The City Their New West debut, I’m a Stranger Here, was produced by Buddy Miller Appeared on Conan & Letterman and toured w/Alabama Shakes, Grace Potter, Lumineers... The Boxer Rebellion “Keep Moving” Ha Ha Tonka “Rewrite Our Lives” The follow up to the “Diamonds,” their highest charting AAA track FMQB Tracks Debut 50*! Public 43*! ON: XM Loft, WTMD, WZNN, KTBG, KEXP, Single on All Access or my Dropbox New this week: KSMT, KDTR WFPK, WNRN, WCBE, WOCM, WFIV, KFMU, KSPN, WEXT, KSMT, KYSL, KXCI... ON: KRSH, KBAC, WFIV, KCLC, KSPN, KFMU, WZNN, WOCM, KDBB, KSLU The first single from Lessons, in stores and on your desk now On tour Tom Odell “Hold Me” Gavin DeGraw “Best I Ever Had” From his debut full-length Long Way Down ON: KCMP, KCKC, KPND, WZEW, The first single from his 4th studio album, Make A Move, in stores now KRSH, WCOO, WZNN, WJCU, KTBG, WAPS, KTAO, KHUM, KCLC, KSPN, KFMU... Mediabase #47, Hot AC top 30! On VH1 Tons of TV appearances FMQB Public Debut 49*! Debuted at #1 in the UK and top 10 across Europe ON: KTCZ, KGSR, CIDR, WVMP, WOCM, WFIV, MOOD... Tour dates soon Bastille “Pompeii” Dresses “Blew My Mind” BDS Monitored 6*, Indicator 9*! Mediabase Alt 1*! At Hot AC and Pop now Already on: WCBE, WFIV, KSMT, MOOD, KAXE, MSPR, KRCC, WFIT, KSLU ON: KBCO, KTCZ, KGSR, WXRV, KPRI, CIDR, WTTS, WMMM, KINK, KRVB, WNCS, KTHX, “A charming potential hit.” - WXPN “Sparkly Portland pop at its catchiest” - WXPK... Video almost 44MM views Sold out US tour Top 10 Shazam + huge RTM scores Portland Mercury On tour with The Limousines through the end of November Mike Doughty “The Idiot Kings” Ed Kowalczyk “Seven” BDS Indicator #27! FMQB Tracks 39*, Public 24*! New: KXCI, KDNK Video online! ON: WXRV, WEXT, WBJB, WFIV, KDBB, WHRV In stores now ON: WNCS, WFUV, WFPK, WZNN, WCNR, WNKU, WYEP, WEXT, WYMS, WERS... The man who brought you such hits as “I Alone” and “Lightning Crashes” Soul Coughing music tour going on now Official video online Album guests: Peter Buck and Rachael Yamagata Acoustic tour going on now Tessa Torrence “Did To You” Gov’t Mule “Funny Little Tragedy” ON: WZEW, WOCM, WFIV, KRVM, KSLU... Feel No Evil, the debut album from Mediabase 38*, BDS New & Active New: KSUT, KRML On tour now the daughter of Kurt Neumann of The Bodeans, in stores now Produced by Kurt, ON: WXRT, WXPK, WNCS, WZEW, WCOO, WFUV, KPND, KRSH, KCSN, KUTX, WYCE, mixed by Chris Lord-Alge “A smart, visceral rock and roll record,” - Bud Scoppa WNKU, WYEP, WWNU, WDST, XM Loft... Elvis Costello vocals on the second disc Vampire Weekend “Unbelievers” The Nick Hexum Quintet “Super Natural” Mediabase and BDS 8*! Alt 22*! ON: KFOG, WXRT, KBCO, KGSR, KINK, New: WCBE, KBAC ON: WZEW, KFMU, KSPN, WBJB, WFIV, KSKI, KMTN, KDBB, WOCM... WTTS, KPRI, WRNR, WMMM, WCLZ, WNCS, WQKL, WXPK, KPND, KRSH, The side project from the 311 frontman, along with his brother and others WZEW, WWCT, KTHX... More 350K scanned already! More tour dates coming Full album My Shadow Pages produced by Jim Scott, available now The Devil Makes Three’s I’m A Stranger Here is “a strong album from top to bottom” - PopMatters “Before the fall of 2011, the Devil Makes Three had released three studio albums and a live record, slowly but surely growing their grassroots fanbase from California’s Bay Area outward. None of their records had really suc- cessfully captured what the band was all about, though. The Devil Makes Three was one of those bands you “had to see live” to really understand. Longtime music fans know, though, that unless you’re talking about an ac- complished jam band (the Grateful Dead, Phish), or an artist that puts on a spectacle in concert (KISS), “our albums don’t do us justice” is usually an excuse. It’s an excuse for not knowing how to use the recording studio or for not finding a producer who knows what he’s doing. This was almost certainly the case with The Devil Makes Three, because once their excellent live album Stomp and Smash dropped in October of 2011, their career took off. That album finally did capture the band’s infec- tious live energy and assembled many of their best songs in one place. It led to prominent slots in all sorts of major festivals and several successful North American tours. It also led them to a higher-profile record label with the resources to ensure that the band didn’t fall on its face when it came time to record a new album. New West Records hooked the band up with roots music veteran Buddy Miller as producer and, as a result, I’m a Stranger Here is far and away The Devil Makes Three’s best studio effort. From the dark, rolling early jazz and blues of opener “Stranger” to the quiet, regretful country waltz of closer “Goodbye Old Friends”, I’m a Stranger Here crackles with verve and enthusiasm. Singer/guitarist Pete Bernhard’s wry lyrics and catchy melodies keep the songs upbeat even when the subject matter is dark. “Forty Days” imagines what a flood of biblical proportions would do to modern cities. Musically, though, its ‘20s-style jazz, complete with a horn assist from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, is very catchy. Plus the song’s call and response refrain (“Forty Days! / (Forty Nights)”) is an irresistible sing along. “Hallelu” finds Ber- nhard poking holes in Christian hypocrisy, “Trying to kill the silence with gun blasts and alcohol… Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, too”, before concluding “They say Jesus is coming / He must be walking / He sure ain’t running / Who could blame him / Look how we done him / Hallelu.” And this is all set to a joyous country-gospel rave-up. While the main trio of Bernhard, bassist Lucia Turino, and banjo/guitar player Cooper McBean are the focus of all the songs on the album, Miller isn’t afraid to augment their sound with touches both subtle and overt. A few tracks, like “Hallelu”, “Goodbye Old Friends”, and the bouncy ode to bad decisions “Mr. Mid- night”, feature the trio nearly unadorned. The rootsy stomper “Worse or Better” uses an excellent fiddle accompaniment to counterpoint to McBean’s buzzy hollow-body electric guitar riffs and throws in kick drum and tambourine to enhance Turino and Bernhard’s rhythm instruments. The slinky “Hand Back Down” has another great electric riff from McBean, and Miller once again goes with the kick drum and tambourine ac- companiment to great effect. But he also employs brushed snare drum as well. I’m a Stranger Here is a strong album from top to bottom, but the most representative song might be “Spin- ning Like a Top”, which sets a nostalgic look at the bad ol’ days to jaunty, fiddle-driven music. Bernhard’s lyrics celebrate close calls in his life with references to “dealing in the broad daylight” and being “18 years old, head full of psilocybin” before toasting “Here’s to not / Getting caught.” It’s a song that merges the band’s old-timey musical tendencies with a modern point of view and does it seamlessly. The success of Stomp and Smash likely gave the Devil Makes Three one great shot at making an actual living off of their music and not just scraping by for food and gas money. I’m a Stranger Here is a top-notch album that sounds like the band is finally reaching their potential and seizing this opportunity. If New West is savvy, they’ll market this record directly to all the disappointed Avett Brothers fans out there. The ones who are bummed that the band’s Rick Rubin era is driving the Brothers further into “all sensitive love ballads all the time”. The Devil Makes Three is not a carbon copy of that band by any means, but they bring a similarly loose, punky feel to their brand of Americana music. They seem to have figured out how to capture that feel- ing on record at precisely the same time the Avetts have decided that capturing that feeling on record is no longer necessary.” - PopMatters, 10/29/13 Going for official adds November 18: Kodaline “Love Like This” (on PlayMPE now) RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 10/30/13