RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER JESSE BARNETT [email protected] www.rightarmresource.com 62 CONCERTO COURT, NORTH EASTON, MA 02356 (508) 238-5654 4/29/2009 Rusted Root “Dance In The Middle” Meat Puppets “Rotten Shame” From Stereo Rodeo, the first new studio Rusted Root R&R Indicator Most Added! First week: KUT, WFPK, album in seven years, going for AAA adds on Monday KSPN, WNRN, KROK, WNKU, WFHB, KDEC, WRRW Early: WYEP, WBJB, KDNK On tour all Summer From Sewn Together, their first new album since 2006 Album available digitally now, physical release 5/5 Early: WBJB, WOCM, KSMT, WYSO On tour! In stores May 12 Katie Melua “If The Lights Go Out” honeyhoney “Black Crows” The US release of Pictures in stores Tuesday! New: WCNR, WCBE, KZMV New: KMTN, KZMV ON: WFPK, WSYC On tour now with Gavin DeGraw ON: KRSH, WNRN, KFAN, KRVM, KSMF... US tour dates in May/June Paste Magazine says: “Displays the common pop thread between Katie has sold over 10 million albums worldwide to date alt.country, spaghetti western soundtracks and swampy blues.” Yusuf “Thinking ‘Bout You” Hill Country Revue “You Can Make It” FMQB Most Added! New: KBAC, WKZE, WERS, KSPN, KPIG, KLCC... FMQB Tracks Debut 49*! New: WCOO, KSPN, WJCU, Music Choice, KZMV... ON: KCRW, WFUV, WEHM, WCBE, WBJB, WEXT, KTBG, KOZT... ON: KTHX, KRSH, WFUV, WFPK, WTMD, WEHM, WYEP, WDST, WUIN... In stores 5/12 roadsinger, from the artist known as Cat Stevens, in stores Tuesday HCR includes Cody Dickinson and Chris Chew from North Mississippi Allstars Fastball “Little White Lies” Umphrey’s McGee “Cemetery Walk” FMQB Tracks 38*! New: KSPN, WUIN ON: KPRI, WXRV, KGSR, WXPK, New: WUIN, KSMT ON: WXRT, WTMD, KTBG, WOCM, KPND, KMTN, WCNR, KPND, KUT, WFIV, KMMS, WFUV, KNBA, WEXT, WAPS, WBJB... WBJB, WYCE, WNTI... Edit single on DMDS now, cd pro on your desk On tour now! “Fastball just penned its strongest album” - Austin Chronicle See them on tour this Spring! Entertainment Weekly: B+! Indigo Girls “What Are You Like” Green River Ordinance “Come On” R&R Monitored 13*! FMQB Public 5*! New: KPRI, WYCE, WFHB FMQB Tracks: #45! New: KDBB ON: KTCZ, WXRV, KRVB, WCLZ, ON: KBCO, WXRT, KFOG, KMTT, WZGC, KGSR, WCLZ, KINK, WMMM, WZEW... KPRI, WNCS, KWMT, KXLY, KPTL, WRLT... Upcoming tour dates include Poseidon And The Bitter Bug, in stores now! Nonstop tour underway Beale St Fest followed by shows with Gavin DeGraw then Tonic & more Maria Taylor “Cartoons and Forever Plans” Pat McGee Band “Come Back Home” Featuring Michael Stipe! Full cd Lady Luck in stores now Already ON: KMTT, KROK, KOHO, WJCU, KCLC, KVSF... New: WKZE ON: WCOO, WEHM, WFPK, WYEP, WFUV, WUIN, Full cd These Days (The Virginia Sessions) on your desk now WMVY, WYEP, KTBG, WEXT, WCBE, WTMD, WYCE, Music Choice... On tour throughout May Video is getting MAJOR military blog buzz Mother Mother “Body Of Years” Michelle Malone “Yesterday’s Make Up” ON: KBAC, KCLC, KSMT, KRVM... Going for adds now! Debris in stores now! New: WMNF ON: WYEP, WYCE, WOCM, WCBE, “Undefineable - and remarkable - stuff!” - Grand Rapids Press WBJB, KROK, KNBA, WNCW, WFHB, WNKU, KDEC, KZMV, WUMB... Check out the new video on the Right Arm Resource blog Insane press! “All the marks of a seasoned pro” - Billboard The Duhks “You Don’t See It” Lisa Hannigan “I Don’t Know” ON: WCNR, WTMD, WEXT, KPND, WOXL, KFAN, MSPR FMQB Tracks 35*! Public #40! ON: KGSR, WRNR, WCOO, On tour now! KINK Lounge performance video online KRSH, WFUV, WXPN, WFPK, WCNR, WTMD, KSPN, WYEP... “The Duhks make bluegrass sexy!” - Philadelphia Examiner Knockout performance on Colbert last month! Video online now Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles “Do It For Free” Matt Duke “Sex and Reruns” FMQB Public #14! ON: WCOO, WFPK, WYEP, KDBB, Acoustic Kingdom Underground tracks on your desk now WEHM, WJCU, KMMS, WMVY, WEVL... Incredible press! ON: KCLC, WTMD, KFMU, WCBE, WTYD, KZMV, Music Choice, KFAN “Tuneful and unhip in a hip kinda way” - Rolling Stone Live: 4/29 Philadelphia, 5/3 NYC, 5/4 Cambridge, 5/21 Evanston IL Coming up... 5/18: Young Dubliners “Saints and Sinners”... 5/25: Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam “Tear Down These Walls” Laying down Roots on the road The press story keeps Rusted Root tours in support of Stereo Rodeo, in stores May 12 building for Maria Taylor 5/1 Las Vegas, NV “If you’re a fan of Maria Taylor’s first two albums, 5/15 Richmond, VA 11:11 and Lynn Teeter Flower, then her newest 5/16 Acme, PA release, LadyLuck, will seem like an old friend. If 5/30 Utica, NY you’re new to Taylor’s hushed vocals and overall 6/3 Greenville, SC somber reflections on relationships and life, then 6/5 Charlotte, NC these ten new tunes might take some time getting used to. Either way, Taylor is in fine form on 6/6 Raleigh, NC LadyLuck, most notably on the vibrant “Time Lapse 6/20 Atlanta, GA Lifeline” and the happy-go-lucky “Cartoons and 6/26 Lockport, NY Forever Plans,” the latter getting a boost in the form 6/27 Steamboat Springs, CO of backup vocals from R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe. 7/5 Jamestown, NY “Cartoons” closes out the largely mellow album with a nice glimpse of hope; it’s not a knockout punch 7/18 Chicago, IL that will get you through a workout or help you save 7/23 Oshkosh, WI the world, but it will make you smile. Lucky or not, ... and many more TBA Maria Taylor wins again.” - Glide Magazine Envy Magazine thinks Make A Move “is likely the most bruising set of blues rock this year” “Cody Dickinson has spent a decade performing with his brother Luther as the North Mississippi Allstars. Recently, though, he’s been moonlighting with a different bunch of guys under a different moniker – Hill Country Revue. Dickinson brought on Chris Chew (bass), Ed “Hot” Cleveland (drums), Kirk Smithhart (guitar), singer Daniel Coburn and several guests including his brother and the Burnside bros. to record Make A Move. It is likely the most bruising set of blues rock this year. For some reason “straight-ahead guitar rock” sounds like an insult, but if it’s interesting straight-ahead guitar rock what’s the problem? Hill Country uses a sweltering multi-guitar attack to achieve something more refined than mere classic-rock nostalgia. Latin figures paint the intro on “Alice Mae,” while Hendrix peeks out of the lurching “Let’s Talk About Me and You.” Coburn is a good vocalist; he has the baritone for sturm and drang and doesn’t overdo the macho posturing. The stars are Dickinson and Smithhart. The guitarists are not just fabulous solo shows; they play together with a fluidity and empathy that recalls The Allman Brothers (“You Can Make It” particularly makes this clear). The grand finale is the call-and- answer guitar duel “Growing Up In Mississippi.” This trick has been around since Abbey Road, but here it is legitimately impressive and entertaining. For fans of any of the guitarists name-dropped in this review (AKA most music listeners), Make A Move is a treat.” Chicago’s Metromix weighs in on the new Fastball album “The buzz: If you were anywhere near a radio in 1998, you know Fastball: their massive hit “The Way” was one of that year’s definitive anthems. Dumped by their major label in 2000, the band has been unfairly relegated to the same musical limbo occupied by other late ‘90s alterna-rockers like Third Eye Blind and Local H—not edgy enough to reclaim their indie roots, not commercially viable enough to have another hit. Little White Lies is their first album since 2004’s well-reviewed but largely ignored Keep Your Wig On. The verdict: For anyone who only knows “The Way,” Little White Lies should come as a revelation. The airtight vocal harmonies and interlocking guitars of co-frontmen Miles Zuniga and Tony Scalzo recall the best of the British invasion and their many descendants: “Mono to Stereo” is a sugary blast of Kinks-style power-pop; “White Noise” and the New Wave-tinged title track bristle with the piss and vinegar of vintage Elvis Costello; “She’s Got the Rain” recalls Woodface-era Crowded House, all punchy harmony vocals and sweetly resolved minor chords. If any ‘90s rock survivors deserve a second chance at stardom, it’s these guys.” Rating: 4 stars out of 5 For up-to-the-minute AAA news... RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER - 4/29/09