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RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 9/13/2017 Black Pistol Fire “Lost Cause” The first single from Deadbeat Graffiti, in stores 9/29 and going for adds on Monday Early: WBJB, WOCM, WFIV, WXRY, Open Air “Sleep on these guys at your own risk. What they did to BMI on Friday afternoon was unholy, leaving a trail of scorched earth and melted minds” - Consequence of Sound/Lollapalooza On tour: 9/16 Chicago, 9/29 Austin, 10/10 Kansas City, 10/11 St. Louis... Good Old War “The River” The first single from their new EP Part Of Me, out now and available for download on PlayMPE New: WFIV, WCBE, KYSL, WMWV, WUKY, KNBA... This is the first of three EPs that the band plans to release over the next year On tour in October and November with Josh Ritter: 10/22 , 10/23 Birmingham, 10/24 , 10/25 Carrboro, 10/27 , 10/28 Portland ME, 10/29 , 11/1 Millvale... Ted Leo “Can’t Go Back” The first single from his new solo album, out now First week at KEXP, KJAC, WFPK, WCBE, WMVY, Open Air, WHRV Early: WNKU, WBJB, KBAC, WYCE, KRCL, KHUM, KVNA, Open Air This is his first solo album since his work with The Pharmacists and with Aimee Mann as The Both On tour: 9/17 Boston, 9/20 Detroit, 9/22 Chicago, 9/23 , 9/24 , 10/23 Richmond... The National “Day I Die” The follow up to their first #1 single “The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness” from , in stores now BDS Monitored New & Active already! New at WRNR, WRLT, WYEP, WTMD, WAPS, KRSH, WZEW, WNRN, KLRR, WCNR, KMTN, WYCE, KRML... Already on KCSN, KCMP, WFUV, WXPN, WPYA, KTBG, KVNV, KUTX, KJAC... Insane press includes CBS News, Colbert... Joan Osborne “Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)” The first single from Songs Of , out now FMQB Public Debut 49*! New at Acoustic Cafe, KDHX, WEVL, WERU Already on WFUV, XM Loft, WYEP, WEXT, WNCW, KBAC, WMVY, WBJB, WFIV, KVNA, WMWV, KOZT, WCBE, KMTN, KHUM... Full cd at radio now “I have seen the future of Bob Dylan reinterpretation, and her name is Joan Osborne” - Relix On tour through the fall Joan is a 7 time Grammy nominee Jonny Lang “Stronger Together” The first single from Signs, in stores now New at KUWR Already on WAPS, WCBE, KVNA, KPIG, WFIV, WOCM, KNBA, WYCE, KROK, WSGE, KRVM, KSNO, KDEC, KFMG, KDBB, WHRV... “Signs, which features elements of funk, rock and , is held together by Lang’s distinctive playing and singing-and the lyrics, which focus on themes of battles and self-empowerment.” – Guitar World On tour! Full cd at radio now Grizfolk “In My Arms” (feat. Jamie N Commons) Their new single, out now Ranked #2 in the Boulder Music Meeting among KBCO listeners! New at WMMM, KRSH, KRML Already on KINK, WPYA, WWCT, WTMD, WZEW, KVNV, KPND, WAPS, KVNA, WFIV, WVOD, KDEC, KROK, WOCM Nearing 2MM on Spotify! On tour: 10/14 , 10/17 New York City, 10/18 Boston, 10/20 College Park MD, 10/21 Charlotte, 10/22 Nashville, 10/24 Atlanta... Brian Tyree Henry “We Can Always Come Back To This” (This Is Us soundtrack) From the soundtrack to the hit NBC TV show This Is Us, out this Friday New at WUSM Already on KRSH, WZEW, WFIV, KVNA, WYCE Featured in the season finale to an audience of almost 18 million and immediately surged to the top 20 in iTunes Written by This Is Us com- poser Siddhartha Khosla, aka Goldspot Brian is best known as Paper Boi on the hit TV show Atlanta and as The General in Book Of Mormon JD McPherson “Lucky Penny” The first single from Undivided Heart & Soul, out October 6 Mediabase 27*, BDS Monitored 19*, Indicator 16*, FMQB Tracks 10*, Public 3*! New: KFOG, KTHX, WXPK, KEXP, WEVL, WMNF... Already on KINK, WQKL, KCMP, WRLT, Music Choice, WCLZ, KUTX, WXPN, WFUV, WYEP, KXT, KCSN, XM Loft, KTBG, WFPK, WEHM, WTMD, WAPS, KJAC, WPYA, WYMS... National tour with Nikki Lane coming this fall Alex Lahey “Every Day’s the Weekend” The first single from I Love You Like A Brother, out October 6 #1 at SiriusXM Alt Nation! Sales up almost 100% every week! New at Music Choice Already on WRLT, KCMP, WAPS, WYEP, WYMS, WLKR, WYCE, Open Air, WFIV, WJCU, KROK... “Get hip to Alex before she’s playing SNL” - Brooklyn Vegan “A driving, snappy, endearingly witty introduction” - Clash Music Nov/Dec tour: 11/15 Boston, 11/16 NYC, 11/7 Philadelphia, 11/19 DC, 11/24 Chicago... “So Tied Up” (feat. ) The second single from LA Divine, following up the AAA and Alt hit “” Mediabase 18*, BDS Monitored 17*, Indicator 14*! New at WXRT Already on SiriusXM, KGSR, WXRV, WRNR, WMMM, WPYA, KJAC, WXPK, KCMP, WRLT, WTMD, WFPK, WWCT, WNCS, KTHX, KRVB, WAPS, WYMS, WCNR, WERS, WEHM, WCLZ.. 7MM+ Spotify and 44K+ singles sold “A fast paced toe-tapper with a stadium-sized arrangement” - Time “Modern Lives” The first single from The Modern Lives, Volume 1, his upcoming EP, out October 13 BDS Indicator 29*, FMQB Tracks 37*! New at KTAO, KVNF, KRVM, KDNK... Already on KJAC, KTHX, WAPS, KRSH, KPND, WYEP, WBJB, KPIG, KRML, KVNA, KDBB, WMVY, WJCU, WFIV, WNRN, WCBE, WKZE, KHUM, WUIN, KROK, WMWV, KSUT, KMTN... Fantastic video animated by Oscar-winner Bill Plympton online now! On tour this fall with Anders Osborne Lilly Hiatt “The Night David Bowie Died” The first single from Trinity Lane, out now New at WLKR Already on XM Loft, WRLT, WAPS, KVNA, KNBA, WFIV, WEXT, WCBE, KRCL, KDHX, WFHB... “The night David Bowie died, I was in disbelief. I wanted to talk to someone, but it was too late to make a phone call. I cried quietly and went to bed. The next day, I picked up my guitar and hit record on Garage Band. I started to sing and those were the first words that came out. I felt like Bowie was giving me a little gift.” - Lilly to Paste Mag. Will Hoge “Young As We Will Ever Be” The first single from Anchors, out now New at KTAO, KAXE and WUSM Already on WRLT, KJAC, XM Loft, WAPS, KPND, KVNA, WEXT, KPIG, KNBA, WYCE, WCBE, WBJB, WFIV, WNCW, WUTC, WBSD, KVNF, WERU, KDHX, WHRV, WDVX, MSPR, KRVM, KSMF and KDBB On tour now “A rollicking, Springsteen-esque rocker with a killer guitar solo, with lyrics inspired by persistence in the face of setbacks” - American Jack Johnson “My Mind Is For Sale” The first single from All The Light Above It Too, out now Mediabase 7*, BDS Monitored 6*, Indicator 1* (4th week)!!, FMQB Tracks 1* (Again)!! Monitored panel almost closed out! Fantastic performance at eTown in Boulder! On tour this summer! Lyric video online now “Johnson delivers his barbs with a gentle and dexterous touch over an effervescent instrumental groove” - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band “Nothing But The Night” The first single from Lay It On Down, out now Already on WAPS, WSGE, KYSL, KVNA, KPIG, KROK, WVOD, WOCM, WMWV, WEXT, WFIV, KBAC, WYCE, KMMS, WEVL, WBJB, WMNF, MSPR, KVNF, KUWR, WERU, WUTC, KDTR, WUKY, KDBB, WHRV, KDNK, WBSD... Five-time Grammy Nominee! On tour: 9/15 Cottonwood AZ, 9/18 Kansas City, 9/19 Des Moines, 9/21 Wichita, 9/22 Springfield IL, 9/23 Louisville Picture This “Take My Hand” The first single from this Irish band on Republic Records, from their self-titled album, in stores now Already on KINK, KJAC, WAPS, KLRR, KVNA, KCLC, WVOD, WFIV and WYCE More US tour dates this month: 9/16 Chicago, 9/19 Los Angeles... Performed on the Today Show this morning! The album has been certified gold in Ireland Official video on our website Mondo Cozmo “Automatic” The first single from Plastic Soul, out now Mediabase 12* BDS Monitored 13*, Indicator #17, FMQB Tracks 13*, Public 29*! Already on WXRT, KGSR, KFOG, KINK, WRLT, KCSN, KRVB, KTHX, Music Choice, WQKL, KXT, WNCS, WNKU, WWCT, WEHM, KJAC, WCOO, WMMM, WCLZ, KPND, WXPN, WYMS... On tour: 9/13 Philadelphia, 9/14 NYC, 9/15 Boston, 9/16 Burlington, 9/19 Columbus OH, 9/20 ... The Lone Bellow “Time’s Always Leaving” The first single from Walk Into A Storm, out on Friday Mediabase 31*, BDS #1 New & Active, Indicator #19, FMQB Tracks #19, Public #17! Already on WRLT, KINK, WPYA, WXPN, WFUV, WFPK, KCSN, KJAC, WCLZ, WZEW, Music Choice, WAPS, KTBG, WTMD, WNKU, WNCS, KPND, KRSH, WEHM, WYEP, WCNR, WNRN, KVNA, KRML, WEXT, WUIN, KLRR and more Just played on Kimmel last night Barns Courtney “Golden Dandelions” The first single from The Attractions Of Youth, out September 29 Mediabase #28, BDS Indicator 21*, FMQB Tracks #29! New at WQKL! Already on KGSR, KCMP, WXRV, KINK, WRLT, WXPK, KTBG, KXT, WPYA, WCOO, WZEW, KPND, WWCT, Music Choice, WCLZ, KLRR, WDST, KRSH, WCNR, KVNA, WOCM, WLKR, WVOD, KSKI, WYCE, WFIV, WJCU, KBAC, WAPS, KRML... Official video online now Nicole Atkins “Listen Up” Nikki Lane “Send The Sun” The first single from Goodnight Rhonda Lee, out now Already on WRLT, WFUV, WFPK, The new single from Highway Queen Already on KCMP, WPYA, WRLT, KRSH, KJAC, WAPS, WTMD, KJAC, KVNV, WDST, WYEP, KVNA, WEHM, KNBA... “A new confidence in WTMD, WYEP... “Highway Queen is her best yet, and should cement her status as the rightful her own voice & writing that make this record a great listen” - Kyle Smith/WYEP heir to icons like Wanda Jackson and Loretta Lynn” - American Songwriter JD McPherson tour The AV Club gives a straight A to The National’s new album “Albums by The National are like your friendly neighborhood lush: In just an hour or so, they’re able to drink you under the table, say something pro- found enough to make the whole bar weep, then stumble out into the pre-dawn, proud and ashamed in equal measure. They also tend to be sneaky, both lyrically and musically—it’s kind of their trick, to insinuate themselves slowly over time, appearing at first to be more meditative and less hooky than they actually are. The band’s seventh album in just shy of 20 years as a band is more direct with both its words and sounds. That makes sense, given these angry, depressing times: There’s not a lot of room for resignation or even patience when it feels like the world—political for sure, and in the case of this album, personal—is falling apart. Can those things be spun into relevant, redemptive music? That’s tricky business, but in the case of The National, turmoil has always been potent fuel, and Sleep Well Beast is the band’s fifth album in a row that feels essential, connected, and unflinching. It begins, though, almost imperceptibly, with a slowly rising, vaguely electronic beat, as if it’s creeping into the room. That’s the even-more-Leonard Cohen-esque-than-usual “Nobody Else Will Be There,” driven by a simple beat—a motif here—and bare-bones piano line. It’s Sleep Well Beast’s first examination of a relationship on the rocks, fueled by familiar contempt, and a gorgeous example of singer Matt Berninger’s specialty: the one-sided conversation. “Can’t we just go home?” he quietly pleads. That song packs a brutal one-two punch with the much more immediate, harrowing, spec- tacularly catchy “Day I Die,” which begins, “I don’t need you / I don’t need you / Besides I barely even see you anymore.” The equally haunting slow burner “Guilty Party” also goes down that road, echoing Dave Mason’s 1977 breakup hit “We Just Disagree” (only, y’know, good). Berninger recently told a worried NPR interviewer that, while Sleep Well Beast has threads of divorce running through it, his relationship with his wife/frequent lyrical col- laborator Carin Besser is solid. Phew. But the pressure isn’t just about growing up or growing old: The National has always been actively political, but rarely very direct about it. “Turtle- neck,” while it doesn’t actually name , is clearly born from the frustration of our times. (“Just another man in shitty suits that everybody’s cheering for.”) It also features the album’s second guitar solo, after the ’80s-rock one in “The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness.” Guitar solos aren’t at all typical for The National, but neither is it unwelcome—these are drastic times. And while the primal scream of “Turtleneck” isn’t Sleep Well Beast’s best song, it might be the most necessary. The best comes down to a race between “I’ll Still Destroy You” and “Carin At The Liquor Store.” The former feels like a statement: Abstract and spooky, it embraces the album’s near-constant electronic undercarriage more fully. It’s joyous, weird, and eventually heartbreaking, and then it wanders off into a minute-long jam, not just because it can, but because it clearly wants to. “Carin At The Liquor Store” is more in classic National mode, with inorganic beats replaced by a very human piano and Berninger’s baritone, close-up voice. It’s also one of the album’s only love songs—though of course, it comes at the subject sideways and desperately. It’s gor- geous. The fair-yet-wrong criticism leveled at The National over the years has been that all of the band’s records sound the same (or, worse and even more wrong, that they’re boring and they all sound the same). Sleep Well Beast probably won’t change the minds of naysayers, though it may earn the asterisk of being “the one with slightly more electronic sounds.” But those invested in the band’s slow-motion refinement of simmering melancholy will find that they’ve discovered yet more fresh nuance to that sound, as they seem to every time. It’s by turns harsh and sweet, downcast and uplifting, angry and resigned. In spite of how quiet it can be, and what the title might instruct, Sleep Well Beast is never restful. In fact, it may be The National’s most agitated album yet. Rating: A” - The AV Club, 9/6/17 Glide heaps on the praise for Jonny Lang’s Signs “Jonny Lang’s seventh studio album, Signs, is his loudest and most rocking to date. Though rooted firmly in the blues, the Fargo-based guitar prodigy has always incorporated different styles into his sound. Lang has been able to transcend the clichés and limitations of standard blues music by incorporating gospel and R&B (Turn Around), folk (Fight For My Soul), and rock (Long Time Coming) in a way that keeps his music fresh. With Signs, Lang dials up raw power, aggression, and energy as never before. Big Jimmy Page-esque riffing and propulsive rhythms drive most of the songs, a strong departure for a guitarist who has usually favored minimalism over power. “Snakes” is powered by a strong garage rock shuffle. “I remember thinking if this is gonna be my last breath, I better use it to pray; Heaven must’ve been listening ‘cause I’m still alive today,” Lang sings, chugging his way through a riff that sounds as though the strings are caked in mud. Songs like “Last Man Standing” and “Into the Light” similarly thrive on Lang’s newfound mastery of hard rock riffing. On the former, Lang lays down dynamic riffs that alternate between fast palm-muting and loud ringing chords. “I’m holding on with both hands; I’m gonna fight like it’s my last chance,” Lang sings in a full-throated gravelly growl. The latter track contrasts a hopeful song about salvation with the rumbling bass and guitar combo that emphasizes brokenness. Though Lang’s hard rock chops shine the brightest on Signs, the 36-year-old wunderkind has not abandoned the blues music on which he cut his teeth. Even as the amp settings are different, Signs carries the emotional heft, the classic themes of loss and faith, and the soulful- ness of blues. Part of that is in Lang’s evocative vocals, which carry more emotion in a single note than in an entire power ballad of most singers. Part of it is in the blues-influenced rhythms of songs like the title track. Part of it is in Lang’s blistering guitar solos, which are just as impressive as in his earlier work but now come with a bit more of an edge. Loud rock doesn’t make up the entire sonic pallet of Signs, though. “Bring Me Back Home” and “Singing Songs” are soft crooners, allow- ing Lang’s singing and songwriting to take center stage. Strong R&B and funk influences carry “What You’re Made Of,” even as the song suffers from the album’s weakest lyrics. The greatest moments of Signs come in the album’s first song, “Make It Move.” Lang slaps his way though the stomping acoustic riff, his voice alternating between soft falsetto and raspy scream. “It’s a quiet lie but in my mind the sound is deafening,” he sings, referring to thoughts of regret and shame. Bass and electric guitar join the song at the chorus, which slowly builds into a more powerful song about self-reliance. The song stands as a microcosm for the accomplishment that is Signs, the skillful melding of rock, blues, and soul in a way that breaks new ground while still remaining true to the very essence that has long defined Jonny Lang. Rating: 9/10” - Glide Magazine, 9/12/17 Coming up: 9/25: SIMO... 10/2: Alex Clare, Angus & RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 9/13/2017