RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 3/1/2017 Dispatch “Only The Wild Ones” The first single from their forthcoming album, on PlayMPE and going for adds now Early at KCSN, WXPK, WFUV, WXPN, WJCU, WMVY, WEXT, WBJB, WLKR, WFIV, WEXT and KFMG Large venue tour kicks off June 16 with Guster opening for them Dispatch has scanned over 600,000 albums and 1.5 million tracks in the US without a record label Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors “Fight For Love” The first single from Souvenir, in stores March 24 Single on PlayMPE, full album at radio now Added early at KCLC, WEXT, WBSD, WUIN, KUWR, KDBB, WFIV and WHRV National tour kicks off March 25 Over 140,000 albums to date, played over 2000 shows in seven countries and have had their music placed in over 50 tv shows Paper Route “Balconies” From their album Real Emotion, out now BDS Indicator #1 Most Added! New at KBAC, KVNA, KCLC, WFIV, WLKR, KHUM, KROK, KKAL... Toured with Imagine Dragons, Passion Pit, Paramore and Mutemath “Melodic emotional synth rock that pulses with an ambient undercurrent... Paper Route are America’s answer to symphonic pop artists like Elbow, M83 and AIR” - Rolling Stone Watch their Seth Meyers set on our site Alex Lahey “Wes Anderson” The first single from B Grade University Single on PlayMPE, full EP servicing digitally New: KROK, KVNA Already on KCMP, WLKR and WFIV North Amercian tour: 3/11 LA, 3/12 SF, 3/14-18 SXSW, 3/20 Chicago, 3/22 DC, 3/23 Philadelphia, 3/24-24 NYC, 3/26 Boston Supported Tegan & Sara in the UK “The kind of startling impressive debut that you just know is going to catch on” - Brooklyn Vegan Jamestown Revival “Poor Man’s Gold” The new single from The Education of a Wandering Man New: WSGE, WUSM, KSLU, KDEC Already on WUIN, WBJB, WFIV, KHUM, WMWV, KVNA, KRVM, WOCM, KDBB US headlining tour dates: 3/17 Jackson WY, 3/18 Salt Lake City UT More spring tour dates will be announced soon Check out their Living Room Session performance on our site now Cold War Kids “Love Is Mystical” The first single from L.A. Divine, in stores April 7 Mediabase 11*, BDS Monitored 8*, Indicator 12*, FMQB Tracks 13*, Public Debut 37*! New: KBCO, KFOG, WQKL, KDTR, WUSM, KSLU Already on: WXRT, KGSR, SiriusXM, WXRV, WMMM, KRVB, CIDR, KINK, WTTS, KCMP, KPND, KTHX, WPYA, WRLT, WRNR, WWCT, WXPK, KJAC, WAPS, WTMD, WCLZ, WZEW, WERS, WFPK, WEHM... North American tour starts this week Grace VanderWaal “I Don’t Know My Name” The first single from her debut ep Perfectly Imperfect, in stores now New at WCNR Already on WFIV, WYCE, WEXT, WZLO and KVNA Grace won this past year’s America’s Got Talent, picking up the Golden Buzzer to the finals after her audition performance Fantastic recent Paste performance Has appeared on The Today Show and Ellen, and has hundreds of millions of combined YouTube views Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears “Sexual Tension” The first single from Backlash, out now FMQB Public 44*! New: KDHX, KDBB Already on KEXP, WTMD, WRSI, WFIV, WBJB, Open Air, WBJB, KHUM, WCBE, WKZE, KSUT, KKAL, WYCE, KXCI, KRCC, KVNF, KAXE, MSPR, WFHB, KDNK “The dynamic singer and guitarist is one of Texas’ most explosive front men” - Houston Press Catch them on the Radio Day Stage at SXSW! LOVE ME / LOVE ME NOT Amazon Music Originals playlists Almost 60 tracks available on PlayMPE from two new Amazon playlists, one for the lovers and one for the haters, streaming now New at WEHM Already on WXRV, XM Loft, WTMD, WEXT, WFIV, KBAC, WCBE, WBJB, KVNA, WMWV, WKZE, KFMG and KDBB Includes JD McPherson’s cover of “A Little Respect,” Surfer Blood’s cover of “I Melt With You,” Beth Hart’s solo piano “Love Is A Lie,” Run River North, Okkervil River, Joyce Manor and more The Outdoor Type “On My Mind” The first single from the upcoming album Day To Day New at WCBE, WBSD Already on: KINK, KCSN, KTBG, WTMD, KRSH, KRML, WFIV, KVNA, KYSL, WPYA, KCLC, WVOD, KROK, KHUM, KNBA, KRCL, KUWR, WUKY... “If you talk about bands like The War on Drugs as Americana, The Outdoor Type is the epitome of Australiana” - Indie Shuffle “Brings to mind the work of The Church and The Go-Betweens, two of Australia’s finest alt-rock bands”- WXPN Angelica Garcia “Orange Flower” The first single from her debut album Medicine For Birds, out now New at KVNA Already on KCMP, KCSN, WYCE, WFIV, WNCW, WNRN, WCBE, WERU, KSMF, WFIT, WYSO, KXCI, WJCU, KRCL, WFHB... Featured on Bob Boilen’s top 40 songs of 2016 playlist NPR Music’s top 100 songs of 2016 “A raucous blues track with perfectly sarcastic lyrics you won’t be able to get out of your head” - NPR All Songs Considered More dates soon River Whyless “Life Crisis” The new single from We All The Light Already on KUTX, WFIV, KCLC, KNBA, WKZE, KSUT, KHUM, KSLU, KDEC, KFMG, KRVM “River Whyless doesn’t play country, folk or roots rock. Think Paul Simon; think imaginative arrangements with accents of music from around the world. The lyrics are deep and the hooks are strong.” - Bob Boilen/NPR New tour going on now Passenger “Anywhere” The new single from Young As The Morning, Old As The Sea Mediabase 30*, BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator #27, FMQB Tracks 25*! New: KBCO, WSGE Already on: WXRV, KINK, WRLT, KRVB, WNCS, KCSN, WQKL, WPYA, Music Choice, KTHX, WZEW, WAPS, WDST, WCNR, KTAO... US tour dates kick off March 7 Passenger has had over 1 billion streams in the US alone and has sold over 9 million singles worldwide Jonny P “It’s Our Time” The title track from his upcoming EP, due this spring on Big Picnic New at WZEW Already in rotation at KRSH, WYCE, WFIV, WSGE Produced and mixed by Tom Elmhirst (Adele, Frank Ocean, Jamie XX, Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson) and featuring James Gadson (Quincy Jones, Paul McCartney, Herbie Hancock, Beck, BB King, Jamie Lidell) drums on the EP Partnerships include Chanel, J. Crew and Delta Horse Thief “Evil’s Rising” The first single from their sophomore album Trials & Truths, out now on Bella Union/PIAS Already on KTBG, KBAC, WYCE, KVOQ/ Open Air, WNRN, WCBE, WFIV, KDBB, KRCC, WFHB Single on PlayMPE, full cd landing now Catch them at SXSW Past touring supporting Elle King, My Morning Jacket, Midlake, Paper Kites and The Felice Brothers Live shows announcing soon Beth Hart “Love Is A Lie” The first single from Fire On The Floor, in stores now New: KCSN Already on: WRLT, XM Loft, KPND, WAPS, WDST, KBAC, WCBE, WBJB, KRSH, WNCW, WFIV, KVNA, WOCM, WEXT, WYCE, KSLU, KDBB, KRCC... Catch her on tour now Mojo: 4 stars, AP: “She’s a sizzle” Confirmed: PBS Front And Center, NPR All Things Considered, Mountain Stage, eTown, Relix, Paste, Baeble... Bastille “Blame” The new single from Wild World Mediabase 44*, BDS Indicator 23*! New: WLKR Already on: WXRT, KBCO, WXPK, WPYA, WWCT, KPND, WAPS, WCOO, WCNR, WZEW, KHUM, KROK, KMTN, WOCM, KSKI, KCLC, KKAL, WFIV, KRVO, KVNA, WVOD... Video over 2 million views US tour: 3/27 Boston, 3/28 Fairfax VA, 3/30 Brooklyn, 3/31 Uncasville CT, 4/3 Chicago, 4/6 Sugarland TX, 4/7 New Orleans... Nikki Lane “Jackpot” The first single from Highway Queen, in stores now Mediabase 29*, BDS Monitored 29*, Indicator 21*, FMQB Tracks 23*, Public 9*! Already on: WXRV, KINK, WCLZ, KCMP, WRLT, KCSN, XM Loft, KTHX, KEXP, KUTX, WTMD, WAPS, KRSH, WPYA, WYEP, WZEW, KJAC, KPND, Music Choice, WCNR, WNKU, WWCT, KTBG... “As unapologetic as Johnny Cash’s middle finger” - Rolling Stone Mike Doughty “Wait! You’ll Find A Better Way” The new single from The Heart Watches While The Brain Burns Already on KUTX, XM Loft, WFPK, KTBG, KJAC, KVNA, WMWV, WBJB, KHUM, WKZE, KCLC, WEXT, WZLO, KROK, WCBE, WYCE, WDST, KRML, KSUT, KDEC, KUWR... Mike’s 48 show full band tour going on now through March 11 “A new Mike Doughty record is an event.” - Roseanne Cash KTBG session video on VuHaus The xx “On Hold” The first single from I See You, out now Over 42 million Spotify streams Mediabase 12*, BDS Monitored #9, Indicator 16*, FMQB Tracks #8, Public #5! ON: WXRT, KGSR, KBCO, KFOG, WMMM, KRVB, KINK, WXRV, WRNR, KPND, WPYA, WRLT, WQKL, WNCS, WFUV, WXPN, KCMP, KTHX, KEXP, KCRW, KUTX, KXT, WYEP, WCLZ, WNKU, WWCT, Music Choice... US tour dates coming up SUSTO “Waves” Aaron Lee Tasjan “Little Movies” The first single from & I’m Fine Today, in stores now New: WMMM, WFHB Already on: From his New West debut Silver Tears, out now New at WNKU Already on KCSN, WRLT, KEXP, KINK, XM Loft, WTMD, WYEP, WCOO, WPYA, KRSH, WZEW, KPND, WCNR, WNRN... WXPN, WNKU, KJAC, KTBG, WPYA, KRSH, WAPS, WVOD, KVNA, WYCE, WNRN, KUWR... On tour all month with The Lumineers and Kaleo, just wrapped headlining dates March tour with St. Paul & The Broken Bones then playing tons of summer festivals Dispatch is set to get hit some big venues on their summer tour 6/16 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks (already sold out)* 7/1 Chicago, IL - Huntington Bank Pavilion* 6/17 Telluride, CO - Telluride Bluegrass Festival 7/2 Rochester Hills, MI - Meadow Brook* 6/20 Austin, TX - Stubb’s* 7/3 Cedar Rapids, IA - McGrath Amphitheatre* 6/23 Charlotte, NC - CMCU Amphitheatre* 7/6 New York, NY - Forest Hills Stadium* 6/24 Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre* 7/7 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion* 6/26 Louisville, KY - Iroquois Amphitheater* 7/8 Marshfield, MA - Levitate Festival 6/27 Columbus, OH - Express Live!* 7/9 Philadelphia, PA - The Skyline Stage at The Mann* 6/28 Indianapolis, IN - White River State Park* * indicates Guster opening these shows Paste picks Angelica Garcia as one of the Best Of What’s Next “One spooky, windswept night not so long ago, Los Angeles-bred singer Angelica Garcia was riding home to the forlorn Virginia hamlet of Accomac with her Episco- palian-minister stepfather—where he ran a small church—when she saw something almost otherworldly. Post-services, the family was leaving its second, even tinier (and cemetery-encircled) chapel in Pungoteague, 20 minutes away, where—thanks to an attempted coffer robbery, wherein thieves had tried to smash the safe open on a nearby headstone—a new doorway-mounted security light had been installed by the groundskeeper. Looking out the car window, she shuddered. “I was like, ‘Whoa, dad! Look at that! Nobody’s going to break into our church now!”” she says in a conspiratorial whisper. “Because the shadow illuminated under it was like a big, dark cross over the door, really eerie. It was creepy looking,” she adds. “But cool.” This, however, is the stark black and white world in which Garcia suddenly found herself when her stepfather—a former music biz honcho who had overseen the early careers of Dwight Yoakam, Los Lobos, Lou Ann Barton and others—decided while she was still in high school to become ordained as a deacon, then a full-fledged pastor, and relocate his clan to Accomac. Gone was the colorful Hispanic culture she’d taken for granted in California, where her mother sang traditional mariachi music with relatives, replaced by the stark, foreboding landscape of Virginia’s Eastern shore, where she rarely saw any adults of Latino ancestry, let alone girls her own age. Still, she somehow managed to find color in her natural surroundings, which beamed optimistically into her Warner Brothers debut disc, Medicine For Birds, across ominous, reverb- drenched tracks like “Tangerine,” “Orange Flower,” “Magnolia is Medicine” and “Little Bird” (for the “baby bird” nickname her mom had for her as a child). There’s a cross protecting its portal, but the songs—even delicate hymns like “Pray,” “Bridge Is On Fire,” “The Devil Can Get In”—are nonetheless warm and inviting. Garcia, only 22, may lack the Southern drawl of other country performers, but she is in touch with its rustic, backwoods spirit. And she’s managed to craft a unique hybrid of West Coast bohemia and rural Americana, even down to the lonesome folk-twanged ballad “Loretta Lynn,” where, in Faulkner-frank lyrics, she imagines a ‘60s summit meeting with said legendary artist at the fabled Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, behind the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. She never met Lynn, but she paints a remarkably vivid picture of the possibilities over a six-minute steel-guitar plaint, wherein they discuss the music business, world events, life itself, over cups of strong black coffee “among the sinners and the cigarettes.” And Garcia—who recently moved to more bustling Richmond—actually recorded Birds on Music Row, with Charlie Peacock at the helm. “His studio was an old church, and I was like, ‘Oh, man—how can I not do it here?”” she says. “Because the whole album was written behind, in, or around my dad’s church, so I thought I might as well keep this thing going and record it in a church, too. In fact, the original title was going to be Songs From the Parish House. But I didn’t want to weird people out or make them think I had an evangelist agenda.” Much like The Cowboy Junkies’ landmark The Trinity Sessions, Birds captures the stained-glass reverence of the chapels in which it was both tracked and composed. Garcia had already begun singing in L.A., and an old showbiz pal of her father’s had come to see one of her club shows there. Suitably stunned, he offered her a devel- opment deal at 17, once she graduated from art school, then officially signed her at 20, leading to her autobiographical seven-minute album closer “Twenty,” in which she maps out that turbulent year in her young life (“When you’re younger people tell you that when you grow up you’ll know more/ But the older that I get the less I understand the world/ And I can hardly recognize people that I knew before/ It only took me two decades to find out who they really are,” she sagely observes over skeletal guitar strumming). She had never expected to find herself hanging out in a 200-year old brick parish house, surrounded by fragrant magnolias. But she put such solitude to great use, gradually perfecting her idiosyncratic sound. Garcia often sang a cappella in her father’s churches, covering religious classics like “Wade in the Water.” So she quickly learned the value of its vaulted-ceiling acous- tics. “Because there was nothing around, I just had to go and do my own thing,” she explains of her early days in Accomac. “And it sucked for a bit—it was hard going through all of that loneliness by myself. But at the same time, I feel like that was a big, bold first step to really discovering what kind of music I wanted to make and what songs I wanted to write. And you get a lot of chances for self-reflection without so many outside distractions around you, and I practiced a lot in my dad’s parish hall, this church-dinner-hall place behind the church and my parents’ house, and I think I really did get a lot better at guitar and piano during that time.” That’s where she got her keen ear for production, she says—just testing out different tones and textures. For extracurricular fun, the transplant visited graveyards, marveling at epitaphs etched as far back as the 1600s and others noting the short lives of Confederate soldiers. “And growing up in L.A., when do you ever see a cemetery in somebody’s backyard?” she says, laughing. “Back there, it was totally Forest Lawn, which now seems a little weirder. But I see it as a daily reminder that, Hey, you’re a person, and whether you like it or not, this is something that will always be here, something that isn’t going to change. It kind of reminds you to make better choices, hopefully, and to live a more fulfilling life and make the most out of your days.” Garcia never saw any spectral spirits during her tombstone tours. But her family’s creaky old house was another story. Doors would slam shut by themselves. Lights and appliances would switch on automatically, Twilight Zone-style. She even captured on camera a floating ball of white, ectoplasmic mist in the living room one particularly séance-sinister night. “So the house definitely had some vibes,” she concedes. “One evening, I had this really weird feeling in my room—I felt like somebody was looking at me, and I couldn’t go to sleep. So I sat up in my bed and turned on the light, and both doors on this big wardrobe opened by themselves, the second that I turned on the light. Maybe it was the ghost of a Confederate soldier, going, ‘Who is this brown girl in my house?’ I don’t know. But by that time, I was so used being in a spooky house, I was like, ‘Okay—y’all need to calm down. I’m going to bed now!’ I mean, I was really tired.” In her new digs in Richmond, Garcia admits that she’s savoring all the on-hand artistic riches. “It’s totally easy to get caught up here, like, ‘Oh, there’s a show tomorrow!’ Or, ‘Wow—there’s a great movie tonight!’,” she admits, almost ashamedly. “Which is all awesome, because it’s so great to live in a place where there’s so much culture at your disposal, and I love it here.” But sometimes, she sighs, she pines just a tad for her old Carnival of Souls-macabre existence. “And I just had this happen to me the other day,” she says. “There are just these moments where I kind of miss being in the middle of nowhere….”” - Reprinted from Paste, 12/8/16 Coming up for adds on March 13: The Weeks “Talk Like That,” Noah Kahan “Young Blood,” The Mavericks “Damned (If You Do)” RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 3/1/2017