RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 4/26/2017 The xx “I Dare You” The second single from I See You, following up the smash “On Hold” Early adds at KCMP, WFUV, WXPK, WYEP, KTBG, KUTX, WPYA, WAPS, WERS, KBAC, KRML, WFIV, WNRN, WLKR, KVNA, WJCU, WVOD, KFLY and WNKU Over 11 million streams on Spotify! Colbert performance confirmed for 5/18 Just played Coachella US tour going on now - many shows sold out in advance BoDeans “EvryBdy Wants” The first single from Thirteen, in stores now New at KPIG, WCBE and KCLC Already on WBJB, KYSL, WFIV, WYCE, WMWV, KVNA, KUWR, WHRV, KRCL, KDEC, WBSD, WSGE, KDBB and KSMF Produced by Kurt Neumann On tour now: 4/30 Annapolis, 5/2 Atlanta, 5/3 Charlotte, 5/4 Richmond, 5/5 Alexandria VA, 5/6 Stroudsburg PA, 5/7 New Hope PA, 5/11 NYC, 5/26 Chicago... The Whistles & The Bells “Harry Potter” The first single from Modern Plagues, out now New at WYCE and WCBE Already on WRLT, WFIV, WJCU, KCLC, KRCC, MSPR and KUWR Full cd on your desk (clean version of the single online) On tour in May: 5/2 Cleveland, 5/3 Pittsburgh, 5/4 Buffalo, 5/5 Rochester, 5/6 Syracuse, 5/9 NYC, 5/10 Boston, 5/11 Philadelphia, 5/12 Washington DC Watch the video on our site now SYML “Where’s My Love” New at WPYA and WAPS Already on KJAC, WCBE, KVNA, KCLC, KROK, WFIV, KFLY and KRML Pronounced “SIMM-ul” and translated to “simple” in Welsh SYML is Barcelona founding member Brian Fennell 12 million+ streams on Spotify, over 1.3 million monthly listeners Fennell combines bare piano, minimalist synth and string-scapes with ethereal vocals to take the listener on a journey through the senses. Andrew Combs “Blood Hunters” The first single from Canyons of my Mind, out now New at KTBG, WJCU and KAXE Already on WRLT, KEXP, WYEP, WNCW, KBAC, WVOD, WFIV, WBJB, WEXT, WCBE, WDVX, KNBA, KDHX, WFHB, WUMB... “One of Nashville’s most poetically gifted young singer-songwriters” - NPR “Opens with Combs’ soothingly gorgeous vocals on haunting echo and spare electric guitar that crescendos into a fierce, Seattle-riffed fury.” - Rolling Stone Current Swell “It Ain’t Right” The first single from When To Talk And When To Listen, in stores May 12 New at WCOO, KVNA and WFIT Already on WPYA, WZEW, KJAC, KPND, KRSH, WTMD, KBAC, WCBE, KYSL, WVOD, KROK, KNBA, KCLC, WFIV, WBJB, KRML, WJCU... Produced by Grammy-winning producer Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, Norah Jones, Cold War Kids...) US tour starts May 3 “Current Swell knows how to put on one hell of a show” - Music Vice Trombone Shorty “Here Come The Girls” The first single from Parking Lot Symphony, in stores Friday This is an Allen Toussaint track from 1970 BDS Indicator 16*, FMQB Tracks #28! New at WRNR, WZEW and WFHB Already on WFUV, Music Choice, WYEP, WERS, KJAC, WFPK, KBAC, WEXT, WCBE, WJCU, WMWV, KNBA, KVNA, WVOD, KHUM, WFIV, WEHM, KRML, WNRN, WRSI, KROK, WSGE, KSUT, WUIN, KMTN, KKAL... US tour kicks off June 2 Noah Kahan “Young Blood” His debut single on Republic Mediabase 37*, BDS New & Active! New at Music Choice and KVNA Already on KGSR, WXRV, KINK, WNCS, WPYA, WWCT, KRSH, KPND, WAPS, WCOO, WZEW, WEXT, WZLO, KRML, WOCM, KCLC, WFIV... May dates with Anderson East, fall tour with The Strumbellas Now over 3 million Spotify streams! Noah hails from the small town of Strafford VT (population: 1000) Watch the acoustic video shot in his yard on our site Ryan Montbleau “Bright Side” The first single from I Was Just Leaving, out now Produced by Anders Osborne Already on: WEXT, WCBE, WMVY, WJCU, WFIV, WYCE, Acoustic Cafe, KRCC, KFMG, MSPR, KDBB, WUMB Great interview features in Glide, The Boot and more Tour and Festivals: 4/27 New Orleans, 5/12 Plymouth MA, 5/17 New York City, 5/26 Greenfield MA, 5/28 Hannibal NY, 6/24 Byfield MA... Dispatch “Only The Wild Ones” The first single from America, Location 12, in stores June 2 Mediabase 29*, BDS Monitored Debut 26*, Indicator 17*, FMQB Tracks 17*, Public #47! New at WEHM, WCNR, WTYD, WXTG and WOXL! Already on KBCO, KINK, WXRV, WRNR, KCSN, WRLT, WNCS, WXPK, WFUV, WXPN, KTHX, WZEW, WERS, WTMD, WCLZ, KRSH, WPYA, WCOO, KJAC, KCLC, WJCU, WDST and more Large venue tour kicks off June 16 with Guster opening John Mellencamp “Grandview” The new single from Sad Clowns & Hillbillies, in stores Friday FMQB Tracks 41* New at WZLO Already on KCSN, KVNA, KBAC, KPND, WDST, WBJB, KHUM, WLKR, WMWV, WFIV, WUMB, WEXT, KMTN, KROK, WEHM, WCBE, KFLY... Featuring vocals by Martina McBride Watch the lyric video on our site Extensive national tour in June with Emmylou Harris and Lilly And Madeleine The Weeks “Talk Like That” The first single from Easy, out now New at KCLC Already on WRLT, WTMD, WYMS, WJCU, WSGE, WFIV, WYCE, KDBB, WUSM, KDEC, KUWR, WFHB, MSPR “Churning, turning marble-mouthed swamp-rock anthems” —Nashville Scene National tour now Sold out shows in Nashville, Louisville, Pittsburgh, DC, Atlanta... big counts in NYC and more Official video & OurVinyl performance on our site The Mavericks “Damned (If You Do)” The new single from Brand New Day, out now Great sales! FMQB Public #24! Already on WFUV, KJAC, WFPK, WRSI, WEXT, WFHB, WMWV, WKZE, WNCW, KTBG, XM Loft, WYCE, WCBE, KPIG, WFIV, WOCM and more Catch them live at the NON-COMMvention! Great press including Rolling Stone, LA Times, Glide, Paste, American Songwriter, Relix... On tour now, dates just kicked off Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors “Fight For Love” The first single from Souvenir, in stores now Already on: WRLT, WPYA, WCNR, KBAC, KPIG, KNBA, KCLC, WEXT, WUIN, WFIV, WYCE, WDVX, WFHB, WMWV, WNRN, WTYD, WXTG, WCBE, WBJB, WSGE, WUMB and more National tour going on now Over 140,000 albums to date, played over 2000 shows in seven countries and have had their music placed in over 50 tv shows Cold War Kids “Love Is Mystical” The first single from L.A. Divine, in stores now Mediabase 2*, BDS Monitored 3*, Indicator #2, FMQB Tracks 3*, Public 15*! New: KDHX Already on: KBCO, KFOG, WXRT, KGSR, SiriusXM, WXRV, WMMM, KRVB, CIDR, KINK, WTTS, KCMP, WQKL, KPND, KTHX, WPYA, WRLT, WRNR, WWCT, WXPK, KJAC, WAPS, WTMD, WCLZ, WZEW, WERS, WFPK, WEHM... Playing Bonnaroo and then another round of US dates in August Paper Route “Balconies” From their album Real Emotion, out now New at KDBB Already on WRLT, WCBE, KBAC, KVNA, KCLC, WFIV, KHUM, KROK, WVOD, 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 The Outdoor Type “On My Mind” The first single from the upcoming album Day To Day Mediabase 46*, BDS Monitored New & Active, FMQB Tracks 30*, Public 54*! New at Music Choice and WSGE Already on: KINK, KCSN, KTBG, WTMD, WNCS, KPND, WAPS, WZEW, WCLZ, KRSH, KRML, KVNA, WPYA, WFPK, WCOO, KCLC, WVOD, WBJB, KROK, WLKR... “If you talk about bands like The War on Drugs as Americana, The Outdoor Type is the epitome of Australiana” - Indie Shuffle Passenger “Anywhere” The new single from Young As The Morning, Old As The Sea Mediabase 19*, BDS Monitored 22*, Indicator #26, FMQB Tracks 19*! Already on: KBCO, WXRV, KINK, WMMM, WRLT, KRVB, WNCS, KCSN, WQKL, WWCT, WPYA, Music Choice, WAPS, WDST, WERS, WCNR... US tour just wrapped! Passenger has had over 1 billion streams in the US alone and has sold over 9 million singles worldwide The xx continue their run through North America, with many dates already sold out! 4/28 St. Paul, MN 5/13 Atlanta, GA 4/29 Milwaukee, WI 5/14 Raleigh, NC 5/1 Chicago, IL 5/16 Pittsburgh, PA 5/2 Detroit, MI 5/17 Philadelphia, PA 5/3 Cleveland, OH 5/19-20 Forest Hills, NY 5/5 Columbus, OH 5/22-23 Toronto, ONT 5/6 Columbia, MD 5/24 Montreal, QUE 5/8 Dallas, TX 5/26 Portland, ME 5/9 Houston, TX 5/27 Boston, MA 5/10-11 Austin, TX 9/22-24 Las Vegas, NV Glide Magazine fills you in on the new BoDeans album Thirteen “The release of BoDeans’ Thirteen is coincidental with a resurgence of interest in the group, and its seminal American style, based on an association with the Netflix’ The Ranch. Yet this record succeeds on its own terms because of the resonance of songs such as “My Hometown,” while amplified by connection to the television series, is hardly reliant on it for meaning. Like the rest of this current work from a group once Slash Records’ labelmates to the Blasters and Los Lobos, the aforementioned opening track is essentially the work of co-founder Kurt Neumann on all instruments and vocals, the last holdover from what was once a quartet. But this cut is notable on other fronts too; the quiet ring of piano by Steffano Intelisano, one of the two outside musicians here, distinguishes the performance and simul- taneously sets an instrumental and thematic tone for Thirteen. Counterpoint vocals and straight-ahead drumming as on “EvryBody Wants” betray not a whit of the mechani- cal feel such solo recordings often display (no surprise: Neumann was originally a drummer). On the contrary, the mix of acoustic guitars and slow arching electric guitar lines of “Nowhere Fast” create a smooth fluidity that denotes a sensitivity to the song as much as the other playing in the mix, The album’s glossy packaging reflects the production polish–not just on this track but those surrounding it as well–while complete lyrics inside an en- closed booklet, are indicative of the overall craft within. The shot of an amplifier head on the gatefold is also an implicit symbol of the strength permeating the music of Thirteen. BoDeans played Americana before the category was conceived and Kurt Neumann does the group’s tradition proud here in his writing and recording. In fact, his work throughout, all the way to the mixing, is a testament to the fundamental subject matter of this material: an individual’s search for purpose (“Nowhere Fast”) and a memorable means to express it (“Feels Like Home”). The resonant depth of the audio here, mastered by Adam Aryan, corresponds to the emotions in play from one number to the next. As befits a history of BoDeans’ tunes used to great effect on television and in the movies, “Maggie’s Bar” radiates a cinematic quality, not just in the imagery of its words, but the singing of Neumann; simultaneously resolute and world-weary, it’s a perfectly understandable tone for a man who’s per- severed through the multitude of personnel and project changes he’s endured. The accompanying sound of Bukka Allen’s accordion, melancholy and tuneful, adds to this pervasive atmosphere too. Along the same lines, the instrumental, “Sway,” boasts an understated grace, an attribute that no doubt fuels the steadfast approach Kurt Neumann has employed over his thirty-plus years as a ‘BoDean.” He has every right to be proud of the way he’s maintained that virtue, particularly as it perme- ates Thirteen.” - Glide Magazine, 4/21/17 NPR walks you through the new John Mellencamp album “Sad Clowns & Hillbillies was recorded in Nashville ... but not that Nashville. John Mellencamp’s latest outing was forged at his own Belmont Mall studio in Nashville, Indiana, the spot outside of Bloomington that’s been his musical headquarters for decades. He did, however, team up with Music City royalty on the record: Carlene Carter, daughter of country legends Carl Smith and June Carter, and stepdaughter of Johnny Cash. Mellencamp developed a rapport with Carter while working with her on projects like 2012’s Ghost Brothers of Darkland County musical and the soundtrack for the 2015 film Ithaca, as well as sharing a tour. Sad Clowns isn’t specifically a duets album — some songs feature either Mellencamp or Carter alone in the spotlight, and the mate- rial is a mix of songs penned by Mellencamp and Carter, as well as some covers. But Carter’s deep country roots are a constant pres- ence, even on tracks where she doesn’t appear. The pair originally envisioned the album as a collection of spiritual country tunes, and while that idea mostly fell by the wayside, a few tracks from that concept (“Battle of Angels,” “Damascus Road,” “My Soul’s Got Wings”) seem to have survived. Of course, Mellencamp doesn’t need any outside influences in order to keep things rootsy. The man whose formative influences include Woody Guth- rie (the source of one of Sad Clowns’ songs) is coming off a string of earthy, acoustic-based albums produced by roots impresario T-Bone Burnett, and Mellencamp’s mid-’80s shift to a more roots-rock oriented sound was the most significant stylistic move of his career. This predominantly acoustic album is simply the next foot forward in a direction the heartland hero’s been heading for a long time. Like his songwriting, Mellencamp’s instrument has matured over the years. With a lifetime’s worth of smoke in his lungs, Mellencamp, now 65, deliv- ers the songs on Sad Clowns in a soulful rasp alternately suggestive of Tom Waits and latter-day Bob Dylan. The nooks and crannies his voice has gained over the years only aid in achieving the same level of been-around-the-block gravitas found in Mellencamp’s lyrics here. Sad Clowns is a record about our struggles within ourselves and with the world around us. Even the album’s covers seem carefully chosen to fit that feel. “Grandview,” written by Mellencamp cohort Bobby Clark, is the album’s only real rocker and features ex-Guns N’ Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin and former Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch. It’s sung from the perspective a working-class middle-aged man whose biggest dream is outfitting himself with a trailer and getting out of town. “Early Bird Café” was originally cut by the Jerry Hahn Brotherhood in 1970 (Mellencamp never forgot hearing them play it live as a teen), and its steady-rolling account of existential bemusement and the search for salvation is right in the singer’s wheelhouse. Mickey Newbury’s “Mobile Blue” is ostensibly more about dealing with romantic wreckage, but its earthy discomfiture puts it right in line with the rest. “My Soul’s Got Wings” isn’t technically a cover, since Mellencamp wrote the music himself to accompany an orphaned set of Woody Guthrie lyrics, a la Wilco and Billy Bragg’s Mermaid Avenue project. Mellencamp and Carter deliver the tune as a gospel stomp, as they sing of transcending the dreari- ness and weariness of life by ascending to a home on high. The Carter-penned/sung “Damascus Road” is about the search for deliverance too, with a narrative full of biblical-sounding details surrounding a “come-to-Jesus revelation.” But even the cuts that aren’t explicitly occupied with overtly theological concerns involve some serious spiritual reckoning, like the stark, minor-key “What Kind of Man Am I,” a song of merciless self-reflection with the goal of freedom for the soul. By the album’s close, however, Mellencamp is back to more earthly matters. In his most gravelly, Tom Waits-tinged tones, he clambers atop the spare, spectral, piano-led arrangement of “Easy Target” to caste a doleful glance at the state of the nation, encompassing systemic racism, class discrimina- tion, and the price we pay for a polarized America. Mellencamp ends Sad Clowns & Hillbillies bemoaning “a country’s broken heart.” By the time it’s done, you’re in sore need of some of that salvation he and Carter were hailing a few tracks back; so what else can you do but start the damn thing over again?” - NPR Music First Listen, 4/24/17 Coming up... May 8: Justin Townes Earle “Maybe A Moment” Also in May: Jackie Greene, Bob Marley... RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 4/26/2017