RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 10/8/2014 Damien Rice “I Don’t Want To Change You” The first single from My Favourite Faded Fantasy, produced by Rick Rubin, in stores November 11 Over 30 stations early including WXRV, WRNR, WEZZ, KCSN, WXPN, WFUV, KCMP, WYEP, WFPK, WTMD, WDST, WEXT, WEHM, XM Loft, WUIN, WFIV, WBJB, WNRN, WMVY, KTBG, WJCU, KSUT and more Fall tour in select worldwide cities - every show sold out in minutes! US shows: 10/9 Los Angeles, 10/13 Chicago, 10/16-18 New York City, 11/15 New York City This is Damien’s first album in eight years Ray LaMontagne “She’s The One” The third single from Supernova, produced by Dan Auerbach, following up two back to back top 10 tracks Early adds at WRLT, WEHM, KUTX, WEXT, WDST, KCLC, WFIV, WTYD, KFMU, KSPN and more On tour: 10/10 Paso Robles CA, 10/11 Los Angeles, 10/12 Davis CA, 10/14-15 Oakland, 10/17 San Diego, 10/18 Santa Barbara, 10/21 Palm Desert CA, 10/22 Phoenix, 10/23 Tucson, 10/26 Shreveport, 10/27 New Orleans, 10/28 Mobile, 10/30 Macon, 10/31 Chattanooga, 11/1 Charlotte and more shows through 11/14 Ziggy Marley “Lighthouse” The second single from Fly Rasta Added early at WFIV, KSPN, KFMU, WMVY, KBAC and WOCM Special iTunes exclusive Lighthouse EP available now featuring the single along with a full band concert version and live acoustic versions of “I Get Up” and “I Don’t Want To Live On Mars” On tour now: 10/11 Hampton Beach NH, 10/12 Bridgeport CT, 10/13 Baltimore, 10/14 Newport News VA, 10/16 Myrtle Beach SC, 10/17 Atlanta, 10/18 Orlando, 10/19 Ponte Vedra Beach FL, 10/21 New Orleans... Elle King “Ex’s and Oh’s” The first single from her upcoming debut album #1 Most Added at BDS Indicator and FMQB! First week: WXPN, KRSH, WCOO, WYMS, WEZZ, KUTX, KYSL, WBJB, KNBA, KSUT, KBAC, KTAO, WOCM, KFMU, KSPN... Early: WFUV, WNRN, WCNR, WNKU, WFIV, KUNC, WCBE, WJCU, WZLO... Full debut album coming in early 2015 Fantastic press! “Elle King’s got the kind of forceful vocals and fast-picking deftness on the banjo that force a listener to sit up and take notice.” - Paste Bear’s Den “Above The Clouds Of Pompeii” Run River North “Excuses” The first single from Islands, in stores 10/21, on PlayMPE now The second single from their self-titled debut album, on PlayMPE now First week: KRSH, WDST, Music Choice, WJCU, KSMT, WCBE New: KSLU, KDBB, KRVM Added early: WBJB, Mood Media, WFIV, Early adds: SiriusXM Spectrum, WFUV, WFIV, WUMB “Lyrically KFMU, KSPN, KSMT On the road this month with Boy & Bear sincere and emotionally raw songs.” - NY Times Fall tour: 10/25 “Exuberant, so effusive, so infused with freewheeling enthusiasm, that any Philadelphia, 10/27 Columbus, 10/28 Chicago, 10/29 Minneapolis... attempt to typecast them inevitably comes up short.” - No Depression Cage The Elephant “Cigarette Daydreams” Walk The Moon “Shut Up And Dance” Mediabase 44*, BDS New & Active, Indicator Debut 17*, MB Alt 17*! The first single from their new album Talking Is Hard, due in December New: KINK, WRNR, WERS, WCLZ, WEHM, WYEP, Music Choice... Mediabase 36*, BDS New & Active, Indicator Debut 27*, MB Alt 30*! Already on: WXRT, KGSR, WMMM, WTTS, WRLT, WXPK, WCOO, KCSN, New: WMMM, WCOO ON: KBCO, WXRV, CIDR, WRLT, KRVB, KCMP, WWCT, WYMS, WWCT, WEZZ, KPND, WJCU, WNKU, KCLC, KSMT, KRML... WZEW, KPND, WYMS, WFPK, WNKU, WJCU, WAPS, WVOD, KTAO, WLCE... Nearing 2 million Soundcloud streams! Video on our site now On tour this fall, almost every show has sold out weeks in advance Sons of Bill “Bad Dancer” The Jason Spooner Band “Fireflies” Love & Logic in stores now! New: WOCM, KSUT, KRVM ON: WEZZ, WCNR, The first single from Chemical, on your desk now New: KPND, KVNF WNRN, KFMU, KSPN, KDHX, WVMP, KOHO, WTYD, KYSL, WMWV, WBJB... ON: SiriusXM Loft, WCLZ, KRSH, WEXT, WCNR, WDST, KMMS, KSPN, Produced by Wilco’s Ken Coomer : “I’m only interested in making records KFMU, WCBE, KNBA, KDBB, KBAC, WMVY, WBJB, WTYD, KRVO... that are still going to be relevant ten years from now, and this is one of them.” Video featuring fan-submitted summer images promoted in conjunction Killer press from their AMA performance On the road for the rest of the year with LL Bean, Harpoon Brewing and more - see the finished video online Guster Charlie Mars “Simple Machine” “The Money” BDS Indicator 26*, FMQB Tracks 45*! Evermotion in stores Jan 13 The title track from his new album, in stores Tues, on your desk now ON: WXRV, KPRI, WXPK, WCLZ, WNCS, WFUV, WEZZ, KPND, WCOO, New: Music Choice, KCLC, KUWR... ON: KGSR, WFPK, WEZZ, WNKU, KUNC, KTBG, KSMT, KFMU, KSPN, WNKU, WNRN, KCLC, KLRR, WZLO, WVOD... WCNR, WCBE, KMMS, WEXT, KOHO, WVMP, WDST, WJCU, KRML, KFMU, KSPN... Tons of great PledgeMusic premiums for fans including sky diving, BDS Indicator Debut 29*, FMQB Tracks 39*, Public 42*! Fall tour: karaoke, surf lessons, the opportunity to buy a Tesla and many more 10/16 Houston, 10/17-18 Austin, 10/24 Minneapolis, 11/6 Annapolis... Mike Doughty Mikky Ekko “Light Will Keep Your Heart Beating In The Future” “Smile” Mediabase 35*, BDS Monitored Debut 29*, Indicator 4*, FMQB Public 10*! The first single from his upcoming album Time, on PlayMPE now New: WAPS ON: KINK, WRNR, WNCS, KUTX, WEZZ, WERS, KPND, WCOO, Already on WRLT, WJCU, KCLC, KBAC, WMSR, WFIV, WOCM, KCMP, KCSN, WWNU, KXT, WFPK, WFUV, WTMD, WXPN, XM Loft, KTBG, WUKY, KDBB, KDEC, KSLU Catch him on tour this fall with Alt-J WEHM, WCNR, WNRN, WNKU, WYEP... Check out the new video on our site 2014 Artist To Watch - Spin and Huff Post Great past touring including Tour dates through the rest of the year Stellar Motel in stores now One Republic, Jessie Ware and more Tons of great licensing placements Bastille Johnnyswim “Flaws” “Diamonds” Mediabase 43*, BDS New & Active! Indicator 11*, FMQB Tracks 20* The title track second single from their debut full-length album New: KFOG, WTTS, KRVB, WZLO ON: KGSR, WRLT, WCLZ, WERS, WEZZ, New: KSMF ON: WRLT, KRSH, KPND, KOHO, WCBE, WNKU, WVMP, WFIV, KROK, WZEW, WCNR, WYEP, WVOD, WMWV, WLCE, WJCU, KCLC, KSMT... KFMU, KSPN, WYCE, WJCU, WOCM, KTAO, WNTI, WUSM, WSGE, KDEC, KSLU 8* Mediabase Alt! Ellen and Kimmel last month, just did TODAY Fantastic performance at lunch in Boulder Upcoming tour dates: Video almost 10 million views! Massive full-production tour on now 10/8-9 Memphis, 10/12 ACL Austin, 10/14 Denver, 10/15 Aspen... Johnny Winter w/Ben Harper James “Can’t Hold Out (Talk To Me Baby)” “Moving On” The first single from Step Back, Johnny’s final studio album The first single from Le Petite Mort, in stores and on your desk now FANTASTIC sales: nearing 30K already Great press all over the place New: WNTI ON: WRNR, WXPK, WEZZ, WFPK, WJCU, KSMT, WDST, KROK, ON: WCOO, WDST, WNKU, WYCE, WJCU, KFMU, KSPN, WZLO, KPIG, WKZE, WBJB, KUNC, WFUV, KBAC, WAPS, WYCE, WOCM, Mood Media, WFHB... WMVY, KOZT, WCBE, WBJB, WFIV, WEXT, KRML, KYSL, KZYR, KSNO... Great press! “There are precious few 32-year old bands that still Feat. collaborations with Clapton, Dr. John, Joe Bonamassa & more feel this fresh” - The Independent (UK) Watch the great video Boy & Bear J Mascis “Three Headed Woman” “Every Morning” Mediabase 31*, BDS Debut 28*, Indicator 21*, FMQB Tracks 21* The first single from Tied To A Star, in stores and on your desk now New: WVMP ON: KINK, WXRV, WRNR, WRLT, WXPK, KCSN, WEZZ, KXT, BDS Indicator 28*, FMQB Tracks #37, Public 22*! ON: KPRI, KCMP, WYMS, WTMD, WWCT, KRSH, KPND, WRSI, WZEW, WCOO, WYEP, KNBA... KEXP, WFUV, WYEP, WYMS, SiriusXM Loft, KUTX. WERS, WFPK, WRSI, Video on our site US tour with Run River North: 10/9 Dallas, 10/10 New WEHM, WEXT, KCLC, KXCI, WMWV, KSMT, WJCU, KBAC, KHUM, MOOD... Orleans, 10/11 Atlanta, 10/12 Charleston, 10/13 Baltimore, 10/15 Brooklyn... Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists Funny Or Die premiered the video The Strumbellas The Wind & The Wave “End Of An Era” “With Your Two Hands” The first single from We Still Move On Dance Floors, in stores now Mediabase Debut 30*, FMQB Tracks #42! Full cd on your desk New: KSNO ON: WYMS, KPIG, WBJB, WFIV, WTYD, WCBE, WYCE, WOCM, ON: KINK, WRLT, WMMM, WWCT, WNCS, WCLZ, KCSN, KUTX, WUIN, WSGE, KSLU, KUWR, WYSO, KBAC, KAXE, KRVM... US tour now WEZZ, KPND, WCOO, WWNU, KRSH, KTHX, WYMS, WCNR 2014 Juno award: Roots & Traditional Album of the Year 2014 SiriusXM WEHM, WMSR, WNKU, KBAC, KRML, WAPS, KTBG, WVOD, KSMT... Indies Award: Folk Group of the Year Watch the video on our site now From The Wreckage in stores now! Terrific performance in Boulder Listen to everything and find out more at www.rightarmresource.com as well as facebook.com/rightarmresource or twitter.com/rightarmjesse MaineToday goes into full on swoon mode for Jason Spooner “Portland roots-rockers the Jason Spooner Band just released “Chemical,” the fourth album for singer, guitarist and harmonica player Jason Spooner. Reed Chambers plays drums and percussion, Adam Frederick is on bass and vocals and Warren McPherson plays keys and contributes vocals. Spooner released his first album, “Lost Hous- es,” in 2002, but what really got my attention was “The Flame You Follow” from 2007. Spooner’s tenor voice is so warm and easy on the ears that you just want to keep listening. But it’s not just his voice, it’s the entire package. Spooner is a consummate songwriter, weaving stories about sometimes simple, sometimes wildly complex hu- man interactions and strife. Such was the case on “Lost Houses,” “The Flame You Follow,” 2010’s “Sea Monster” and now “Chemical.” In “Blind Side,” on the new album, Spooner sings: “Every iron in the fire/Every message on the wire/Every siren sings a sinister song.” From “Shrouded”: “Here among the birds and the war of words is a silence coming down/Silent as the ice and the deepest fallen snow/I watch you in the night/As you kill the light/And you quit the fight/In the place I’ve let you go.” My current favorite is “Read Them Their Rights,” a track sprinkled with piano, Spooner’s electric guitar and just-right percussion. The song goes to a dark place and repeats the title numerous times. I asked Spooner what inspired the track. “I had been thinking a lot about how humans have really become somewhat enslaved by technology,” he said. “Despite all of the communication ad- vancements it offers … It feels like we’re losing key parts of our abilities to truly relate to one another.” He added that he’s also suspicious and demoralized by the extent to which we are monitored on a minute-by-minute basis over the course of the day. “By the government and ‘marketing’ entities – it feels like a very Orwellian reality these days,” he said. “No one is truly aware of where the line in the sand is in terms of what information external forces have the right to collect. It’s a scary time in a country celebrated for its inherent freedoms.” Spooner said he awoke in the middle of the night with an image in his head of a shadowy government figure hunched over some meek citizen and that this figure was reading a list of rights, whispering into their ear as they slept. “It spawned the line, ‘try to read them their rights while they’re asleep in the night.’” All I know is that I dig the song and I’m not the only one. Spooner told me that Sirius XM The Loft added it to their rotation. The album’s first single is very different – a bright, lively tune called “Fireflies.” Spooner asked fans to submit summer-themed video clips and photos and the result is a charming video montage for the song: “Fireflies are burning bright/Follow the sweet sounds into twilight/Rocking chairs on a summer night/We may never wake up again.” Such a perfect song as we hit October head on. What’s more, the Jason Spooner Band jumps all over the genre map. It knows how to get bluesy and can rock out with the best of them. “Blind Side” even swerves into reggae before leaping into funky and back again. Each musician texturizes the songs with bold strokes and subtle impressions that were mastered with finesse by musical genius Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering. Jason Hearst at HEARSTUDIOS recorded and mixed “Chemical” and deserves his share of the credit. Ultimately, though, it all comes down to Jason Spooner. His vision and sheer talent have resulted in another substantial album that is getting airplay at several radio stations around the country. He and his band spend a good deal of time on the road, so this is a superb opportunity to see them in a small venue here in Maine. I was curious about the name of the album. Spooner was happy to share. “Sound unquestionably creates chemi- cal reactions in people,” he said. “A lot of my most profound realizations and emotional connections all came through listening to my heroes create music. It’s a universal entity and it’s important to reckon with its power and influence.” That wasn’t all. “I also think a lot about the chemistry of creating music and doing so with a band of individuals who have played together for a number of years, not to mention the psychology of songwriting,” Spooner said. “The notebook is a laboratory of sorts, the rehearsal space is a laboratory and the studio is the ultimate laboratory. There is a wide array of variables, both internal and external, that affect the outcome when writing, playing and performing. … It’s a very chemical experience in my mind.” “Chemical” ends with the acoustic tune “Spell”: “I can’t help myself/Try to tell myself/I’m burning clean.” So damn good.” - MaineToday, 10/1/14 Coming up: 10/20: The Lone Bellow “Then Came The Morning,” The New Pornographers “Dancehall Domine” RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 10/8/2014