RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 8/26/2020 Bahamas “Own Alone” The first single from Sad Hunk, out 10/9 Most Added early, including WRLT, KCSN, WFPK, WDST, KUTX, WTMD, WYEP, WCLX, KJAC, WFIV, KROK, WCBE, WNCW, WJCU, WBJB, KNBA, KMMS, WUIN, WTYD, KRML and more This is the follow-up to his Grammy-nominated Earthtones Bahamas has over 2.7MM monthly listeners on Spotify Darlingside “Ocean Bed” The first single from Fish Pond Fish, out 10/9 New: WCLX, KBAC, KSUT, WCBE, WOXL ON: KCSN, WTMD, KTBG, Music Choice, WNRN, KMMS, KNBA, WEXT, WJCU, WYCE, KROK, WKZE, XM Loft... Great Spotify placements already: Hanging Out & Relaxing (1.7MM followers), Roots Rising (1.2MM), Fresh Folk (596K), On Our Radar: Augsut (144K) Celebrated their 10th anniversary in May 2020 The Go-Go’s “Club Zero” Their first new single in 20 years, released in tandem with the Showtime documentary, The Go-Go’s BDS Indicator Debut 38*, JBE Tracks Debut 41*, Public Debut 40*! New: WFUV, KCSN, KSLU ON: KCMP, WRLT, WXPN, WTMD, WPYA, WFPK, Music Choice, WYEP, WYMS, WAPS, KJAC... The ONLY all-female band in history that wrote their own music and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album chart Old Sea Brigade & Luke Sital-Singh “Call Me When You Land” From their joint EP All The Ways You Sing In The Dark, out Friday New: WYEP, KSMF ON: WJCU, KNBA, WYCE, WCLX, WCBE, KROK, WFIT, KUWR... “Despite being friends for just three years and this being their first collaboration, Nashville-based Old Sea Brigade – aka Atlanta native Ben Cramer – and LA-based Londoner Luke Sital-Singh share a chemistry that most groups chase for a lifetime.” - FolkRadio UK Fruition “For You” The second single from Broken At The Break Of Day, out now The video from the JBE Virtual SummitFest is online now New: WBJB, WCLY ON: KCSN, WTMD, WNRN, KJAC, WCLX, KVYN, WYCE, KLRR, KHUM, KROK, WEXT, KRML... Relix feature “A musical potpourri that show- cases on of the most harmonious bands in today’s big tent that we call Americana” - Glide Playing a number of virtual festivals this summer Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver “exile” The AAA single from folklore, out now Mediabase 26*, BDS Monitored 23*, Indicator 25*, JBE Public 19*! New: SiriusXM Spectrum, WKLQ, WVMP, KKAL, KBAC, WCLY... ON: KGSR, KINK, WXRV, WRLT, WMMM, WFUV, KCSN, KXT, WFPK, WTMD, KRVB, WCNR, WPYA, WYEP, WRSI, WNCS, KRSH, WWCT, KEXP... 80+ million Spotify streams on this track alone Produced by Andy Dessner of The National Fantastic album reviews all over The Rolling Stones feat. Jimmy Page “Scarlet” From the deluxe Goat’s Head Soup, out 9/4 Mediabase 34*, BDS Monitored Debut 34*, Indicator 16*, JBE Public 28*! New: SiriusXM Spectrum, WBJB, KRML War On Drugs remix available! ON: KGSR, WTTS, WRLT, Music Choice, KCSN, WTMD, WPYA, KRSH, WFPK, WYEP, KVNA, WAPS, KPND, WCLZ, WEHM... Mick Jagger: “I remember first jamming this with Jimmy and Keith in Ronnie’s basement studio. It was a great session.” Future Islands “For Sure” The first single from As Long As You Are, out 10/9 Mediabase 23*, BDS Monitored 15*, Indicator 18*, JBE Public 13*! New: KKAL, KSUT ON: SiriusXM Spectrum, KINK, WXRV, WRNR, WRLT, WXPK, KCMP, WFUV, KCSN, KXT, WYMS, KRVB, WPYA, WCNR, KTBG, WFPK, KVOQ, WYEP, KJAC, WTMD, WNCS, WERS... “They’re still able to write tight, punchy verses and blow the whole thing up into a big, anthemic chorus. It’s good to have them back.” - Sterogum Saint Motel “Preach” From The Original Motion Picture Sountrack Part 2, out 9/18 Mediabase 43*, BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator #37! New: WRLT, WCLY ON: WXRV, WNCS, Music Choice, KVNA, KJAC, WXCT, WCLX, KVYN, WCNR, WAPS, WZEW, KYMK, KOIT-2, WVMP, WOCM, KRSH, KLRR, KROK, KMMS, KRML... “Another flirty, danceable anthem... good, clean fun.” - Billboard Check out the new video on my site now Semisonic “You’re Not Alone” The title track of their new EP, out 9/18 Mediabase 21*, BDS Monitored 18*, Indicator 9*, JBE Public 15*! New: WMMM, WCOO, KYMK ON: WTTS, WRLT, KRVB, KCMP, WRNR, WXPK, WXPN, WFUV, KCSN, KXT, WTMD, WFPK, KTBG, KTHX, WCLZ, Music Choice, WPYA, WYEP, WDST, KPND, WAPS, KVOQ... Their first new music in almost 20 years Tons of great press “Like their greatest hits of yesteryear” - Consequence of Sound Margo Price “Letting Me Down” From That’s How Rumors Get Started, out now BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator 35*, JBE Public #9 and #1 Americana Tracks! ON: WRLT, KCMP, WFUV, WXPN, WPYA, Music Choice, WYEP, WFPK, WTMD, KTBG, WAPS, KJAC, WRSI... Produced by Sturgill Simpson “The clincher... is the unrelenting power of her voice that just continues to amaze.” - Glide Magazine Played Cardi B’s WAP on The Daily Show Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard “Double Denim Hop” The first single from The Non-Stop EP, out now BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator Debut 39*, JBE Tracks Debut 49*, Public Debut 37*! New: KCLC, KMTN ON: WRLT, WFUV, WXPN, KCSN, WPYA, WZEW, KEXP, Music Choice, KTBG, WFPK, WTMD, KVOQ, WAPS, KJAC, KVNA... “Think Thin Lizzy or T-Rex in the back room of a pub, riffs and tunes intact but with an endearing slacker attitude.” - The Guardian Alt Press: Best New British Guitar-Rock Bands Joshua Speers “Bad Night” From his Human Now EP, out now ON: WTMD, WCNR, WYCE, KROK, WCLX, WCBE, KSLU, KSMF, KCLC, WFIV, KUWR “The five-track project is such an enamoring listen, kind of perfect for quarantine, whether with a cup of coffee—or whiskey... Speers’ EP is a worthy soundtrack, with his earnest, youthful vocals meshed with a gritty Americana sound, at times crisp and clean and other times sounding very sturdy and classic.” - Variance Kacey Musgraves “Oh, What A World 2.0” A reworked version of a Golden Hour favorite, done for Earth Day Mediabase 25*, BDS Monitored 33*! New: WCNR ON: KGSR, WXRV, WRLT, KRVB, WXPK, KCSN, WNCS, WCLZ, WWCT, KTBG, KJAC, WPYA, WFPK, WAPS, KRSH, WZEW, KVYN, WKLQ, Music Choice... Celebrates the magic of the natural world around us and the enduring beauty of the human spirit, and is dedicated to our planet and all of the heroes on the front lines during the global pandemic Travis “A Ghost” The first single from 10 Songs, due 10/9 BDS Indicator #27, JBE Tracks #35, Public #34! ON: KGSR, WRNR, WFUV, KXT, WPYA, WFPK, KJAC, WTMD, KVOQ, KPND, KTBG, Music Choice, WYEP, WDST, WAPS, WNRN, WCLX, WEHM... Co-produced by Fran Healy and Robin Baynton (Coldplay, Florence & The Machine) The video was directed & drawn by Fran, with his son Clay leading the beautiful cinematography Pretenders “Didn’t Want To Be This Lonely” From Hate For Sale, out now Mediabase 36*, BDS Monitored 30*, Indicator #16, JBE Public #12! ON: WRLT, WRNR, WFUV, WXPN, WPYA, WYEP, WFPK, Music Choice, KCSN, KJAC, WTMD, KTBG, WERS, KXT, WCLZ, WXPK, KPND, WAPS... Their 11th studio album, the first to be recorded with their long-standing touring line-up and written by and guitarist James Walbourne Pokey LaFarge “Bluebird” The second single from Rock Bottom Rhapsody, out now ON: WRLT, KCSN, WAPS, Music Choice, WFPK, KJAC, KRML, WCBE, WNCW, WCLX, KRSH, WMVY, KROK, KSUT, WKZE, WFIV, WYCE... “I wanted to write a song that I could see people dancing to at Pacific Parc in Amster- dam,” Pokey shares of the track, “a place where I’ve gone many times with friends to listen and drink and dance to 45’s until dawn.” - Flood Magazine NEEDTOBREATHE “Hang On” The first single from Out Of Body, out this Friday Mediabase #45, BDS Indicator #30! New: KRVB ON: KINK, WXRV, WMMM, WRLT, Music Choice, WNCS, WZEW, WPYA, KCSN, KVNA, WDST, KVYN, KCLC, KPND, WCNR, WCLX, WCOO, KMTN, KRML... “The next summertime sing-along” - American Songwriter “The sort of anthem we need right now” - E! News Spotify nearing 4MM! New video on my site Michael Franti & Spearhead “I Got You” From Work Hard And Be Nice, out now Mediabase #3, BDS Monitored 2*, Indicator #2, JBE Public #7! ON: SiriusXM, KBCO, WXRT, KGSR, KINK, WTTS, WXRV, WMMM, WRNR, WRLT, KRVB, WFUV, WXPK, KCSN, Music Choice, WTMD, WYEP, KTHX, WQKL, WKLQ, WNCS, WZEW, KTBG, WYMS, KJAC, KVOQ, CIDR, WPYA, WXCT, WERS, WEHM... The Mediabase Monitored panel is now closed out! Devon Gilfillian “The Good Life” From Black Hole Rainbow Mediabase #11, BDS Monitored #6, Indicator 10*, JBE Public 20*! ON: KGSR, WXRT, WTTS, WMMM, KCMP, WXRV, WFUV, WRLT, WRNR, KRVB, WXPN, WXPK, KXT, KCSN, WFPK, WCLZ, WQKL, WKLQ, KJAC, KTBG, WYEP, WYMS, Music Choice, WPYA, WTMD, KVOQ... “[A] soul-soothing ode to finding peace and beauty in life.” - American Songwriter Created the non-profit initiative The Good Life Fund White Reaper “Real Long Time” The second single from You Deserve Love Mediabase 17*, BDS Monitored 19*, Indicator 21*! ON: WXRT, WXRV, WTTS, KINK, KCMP, WRNR, KRVB, WRLT, KCSN, WNCS, WPYA, Music Choice, KTHX, WTMD, WCLZ, WKLQ, WAPS, WCNR, KTBG, WYEP... On the single: “We went for an Electric Light Orchestra vocal sound in the chorus... Most of it was recorded live.” Mediabase Alternative 16* PopMatters looks closely at the new Pretenders album Hate For Sale “’ 11th studio album, Hate For Sale, is a return to their musical base. Rejecting the overly adorned styling of their 2016 release, Alone, Hate For Sale emphasizes the same raw and decluttered approach apparent throughout the Pretender’s 40-year course. Predominantly written by Chrissie Hynde and guitar- ist James Walbourne, Hate For Sale resembles a retrospective. The album returns the Pretenders to the signature sound encompassing their musical expanse while laying the foundation for Hynde’s recognizable vocals. Whereas Hate for Sale is a daring attempt to resurrect their glory days, they do so without committing, ren- dering a diluted product. The title track opens with a failed count-in, finding the Pretenders inaugurat- ing the album with a distinct punk sentiment. Indeed, the redoubled count-in enshrines the flawed, albeit, the enthusiastic ethos of 1970s punk rock. Hynde’s vocals are as brusque and sardonic as the instrumentation is powerful. The track takes issue with a man so blinded by his privilege he “He won’t get hung or go to jail / He’s got a curly tongue and a curly tail / But mostly he has hate for sale.” The Pretenders’ takedown of toxic-masculinity is symbolic of Hynde’s position in rock ‘n’ roll: she’s been monumental since the advent of her career. The London punk scene was vitally influential to Hynde. In addition to the title track, smatterings of punk per- meate the album. ’ drumming in “I Don’t Know When to Stop” is as iconic as it is boisterous. The Pretenders’ awareness is keen, as the inclusion of a harmonica prevents the track from becoming reitera- tive. This energy is turned down in “I Didn’t Want to Be This Lonely” to channel a decisive garage band sound without adopting the genre’s optimism. When Hynde sneers, “Though losing you was a relief / From a life with one man only / Devoid of morals or belief ”, the edginess is evident. With Hynde’s spectacular guitar solo, the distinction between garage band and punk rock blurs. In doing so, the Pretenders effectively portray the dis- tinctive qualities of their influences then hone the musical overlaps. As such, Hate For Sale also pays homage to the Pretenders’ roots in reggae and new wave. “Lightning Man” is unquestionably influenced by reggae. Its heady tempo deliberately slows the pace to make room for more harmony. “Turf Accountant Daddy’s” hardscrabble guitars are mediated by synths. Here, the Pretenders recre- ate the point when punk rock and pop music clashed, then created the 1980s new wave. It commendable the Pretenders have remained attuned to their musical bedrock. Yet these two tracks, in particular, are light in their delivery. The two songs never fully embrace reggae or new wave. They flitter around without concretizing the genre’s or the Pretenders’ fundamentals. Both songs are noticeably restrained. Reticence is the antithesis of the band’s credo but apparent through Hate For Sale. Bass player, Nick Wilkinson’s magnetism is emphasized in “Junkie Walk”. Contextualizing addiction, “Junkie Walk” is adamantine, verging on callous. Hynde critiques addiction, never finding empathy, thereby matching the steely instrumentation. Overt drug references appear throughout Hate For Sale. Despite the love is a drug- addiction comparison being an overwrought cliché, “The Buzz” is the standout track. Entirely due to Hynde’s vocals, she maintains an astute vocality relying on cunning storytelling. Reflective of 1979’s “Kid”, Hynde’s vo- cals are aching in their tenderness while remaining assertive. Especially when Hynde sings, “But you’re hypno- tized and follow / The puppet master’s voice”, it becomes clear her lyrics are slyer than a simple portrait of the love-lorn. “Crying in Public” is the album’s weakest moment. Despite Hate For Sale’s adroit emotional exploration, specifically on the reflective “You Can’t Hurt A Fool”, “Crying in Public” is laden with self-pity. Whereas the former is lyrically affirming, the latter is self-pitying. “You Can’t Hurt a Fool” finds Hynde offering wisdom that at once acknowledges her flaws, but also her empowerment: “You can’t hurt a fool / So don’t even try / Because genuine fools / Don’t play by the rules.” “Crying in Public’s” wallowing is cringe-worthy and indulgent, sounding more like Morrissey than rock-icon Hynde. Perhaps this is the influence of producer , known for his work with the Smiths and Morrissey. Much as the questionably outspoken lead man, Hynde also shows her disconnect with contemporary social awareness. She criticizes the women’s movement, suggesting, “Feminists claim that we’re all the same / But I don’t know a man who’s felt the same shame.” The reductionist under- standing is problematic and suggests the Pretenders’ are out-of-touch. Regardless, the Pretenders are still able to channel the fire that marked their careers. Yes, Hate for Sale is unbalanced. However, the Pretenders maintain an unapologetic devotion to the sound, which defined their success. Hate for Sale maintains a formidability that rejects compromise.” - PopMatters, 8/17/2020 Coming up in September: ZZ Ward, Matt Costa, Ron Gallo, Trevor Hall... RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 8/26/2020