RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER JESSE BARNETT [email protected] www.rightarmresource.com 62 CONCERTO COURT, NORTH EASTON, MA 02356 (508) 238-5654 11/19/2008 Good Old War “Coney Island” FMQB Most Added AGAIN! New: WXPN, KCLC, KNBA, WUKY... ON: KCMP, WEHM, WTMD, WJCU, DMX, WERS... Only Way To Be Alone on your desk, single on PlayMPE Tour dates in December Video on Fuse & MTVu Mason Jennings “Your New Man/I Love You And Buddha Too” Two track cd-pro on your desk now from his latest album In The Ever Already added at WRNR and WNRN Great response from Conan (Your New Man) and UK play (Buddha)! Just finished national tour with Zach Gill Jenny Lewis “Carpetbaggers” (with Elvis Costello) R&R Indicator Debut 21*! New: WXPK, WCNR, KSPN, WNRN, WSGE FMQB Public 6*! ON: WRNR, KGSR, WCOO, WMVY, WEHM, WRSI, WDST, WXPN, KBAC, WTMD, WFUV, WFPK, KMTN, KLRR... Todd Herfindal “Air I’m Breathing” Full cd Collective on your desk! New: WNTI, KFAN ON: KROK, WRRW, KVNF Frontman for acclaimed LA band The Meadows “One of the most accessible and good-natured albums I’ve heard all year.” - Powerpopaholic.com Ingrid Michaelson Los Lonely Boys “Be OK” “Heart Won’t Tell A Lie” R&R Monitored #20! Indicator #28! Huge sales R&R Indicator 25*! FMQB Tracks 32*! Surpassed 75K scanned! New: KUT, WUKY, WOXL ON: KTCZ, WXRT, WRLT, New: WBSD ON: WCOO, WFIV, WEXT, KLRR, WTMD, KPRI, WXRV, KENZ, KWMT, WRNX, KTHX, KXLY, KRVB... WMVY, WUIN, KPIG, KOZT, WYEP, KPND, KROK, KTAO, Catch Ingrid on her full-band headlining tour now! KBAC, KTBG, WDST, WJCU, KMMS, WMWV... On tour now! Big Blue Ball feat. La Rocca “Whole Thing” “Half-Speed” FMQB Tracks Debut 49*! ON: KBAC, WKZE, WDST, WJCU, New: WFIT Full album Ok Okay on your desk now, single KCLC, KMTN, WNRN, WEXT, WVOD, WMWV, KTBG, WMVY... edit on PlayMPE & Taste Of Triple A Available digitally on iTunes The follow-up to the AAA hit “Burn You Up, Burn You Down” ON: Sirius Spectrum, WTYD, KUT, WTMD, KCRW, WOCM, KSPN, Also on this track: (guitar), (backing vocals) WFHB, KZMV, KMTN, WSYC, KDEC, KSLU, KFAN, WRRW... Wild Sweet Orange Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman “Either/Or” “Whatever It Takes” The second single from We Have Cause To Be Uneasy ON: WXRT, KOZT, KSMT, KMMS, KSPN, WJCU, WTMD, Tour: 11/19 Akron, 11/20 Columbus, 11/21 Pontiac, 11/22 Chicago... KCMP, WBJB, KOHO, KNBA, KTBG, WYCE, WFHB... ON: Music Choice, WFPK, WMNF, WNKU, KSLU, WEXT, On tour now: 11/19 Baltimore, 11/20 Philadelphia, 11/21 New York, WTMD, KCLC, WBJB, KFAN, KSMT, KSLU, WNTI, KFAN... 11/22 Chicago, 12/9 Los Angeles, 12/11 Solana Beach, 12/12 Anaheim Coming up... December 8: Umphrey’s McGee “Made To Measure”... January: Clarence Bucaro, Duncan Shiek, Ruthie Foster... Minneapolis’ City Pages checks out Ingrid Michaelson on tour “Of course Ingrid Michaelson can sing, but damn can she talk. And talk. And talk. Hilarious, a little crazy and borderline awkward, Michaelson took crowd interaction unconsciously serious, rambling about everything from the MOA’s rollercoaster to ninjas, to her hips in flannel pants and her breasts. In fact, Michaelson did so much gabbing, she was forced to skip two songs and shorten the encore to end her hour and a half set. I have a feeling this wasn’t the first time. A show with more call-and-response attempts than I’ve ever heard before, Michaelson put it best when she said, “I guess I should’ve given you guys song sheets.” Prompting each attempt with wacky stories, she was able to persuade people to do what she asked, singing two or three words here and there. Her tricks included phrases like, “Put your musical breast in my hand”, “Sing this one with all of your Avril Lavigne-like anger” and “Pretend you’re a seven- year old girl and I’m a fairy.” Totally weird, yet somehow still simple and sweet... Regardless of how much her mouth moved, the Staten Island singer was wonderful and charmed the pants, and skirts, off the diverse crowd filling the Pantages Theater. One junior high girl to my right had the words “Be OK” drawn on her face, just as Michaelson has done on her latest CD cover. Others screamed like sorority girls between songs, and some guys clapped really loud whenever she mentioned boobs. And still other audience members behaved and simply grinned. Making light of the venue’s serious, sit-down aura, Michaelson improvised a few opera-like scales and even took advantage of the acoustics while talking, or shouting, in strange accents. “Die Alone” started out the night, followed by a nice mix of songs from her both her albums. The best song of the night was her cover was Radiohead’s “Creep”. Michaelson stood center stage, donning a cheery red scarf and fashionable fedora, while the lyrics of the song spilled from her lips, lonely and disarming at the same time. Such opposite of everything she creates, “Creep” was a beautiful reality check within her lovesick repertoire. Other stellar songs were predictably, “The Way I am” and “Breakable”, but then again I’m a sucker for the girl-meets-boy tracks. Like most other solo singers on tour, Michaelson was accompanied by a full band, including guys on drums and bass and ladies on electric and acoustic guitar who also sang wonderful vocal harmonies. While the band did serve its purpose in providing a pleasant, rich sound, Michaelson seemed to not need them. The songs she played alone while simply strumming her ukulele, such as “What Would I Do” and “Corner of Your Heart” were not only the most stunning, but were best at doing what her songs are meant to do: tug at your cheesy, aching heart strings.” See Good Old War Blog love for Todd Herfindal “It took a while, but I finally got to The Meadows frontman, Todd Herfindal, and on tour in December his solo release of songs called Collective. Rather than be a collective of odds 12/17 Boston, MA and ends from the excellent Meadows album, it stands on its own as a straight 12/18 Portland, ME ahead pop/rock album. The style doesn’t fall far from the Meadows tree 12/19 Hoboken, NJ however, the opener ‘Air I’m Breathing’ has an 12/20 Philadelphia, PA slick pop sheen with a very catchy chorus that 12/21 Torrington, CT falls between Tom Petty-Counting Crows rock and a dash of Crowded House pop. It’s a great message too, ‘I won’t waste another day on little things that don’t mean nothing.’ The guitars’ flexible riffs make the song “Waiting on the Sun” sound great, and this one most resembles Counting Crows. ‘Won’t Look Back’ is an excellent ballad about your best female friend. Another standout is ‘Forget It All Again’ a classic modern rock track that will please fans of The Honeydogs. Not a bad track on the album. One of the most accessible and good-natured albums I’ve heard all year.” - PowerPopaholic blog For up-to-the-minute AAA news... RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER - 11/19/08