RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 11/4/2020 Dispatch “May We All” The first single from their forthcoming 2021 album Early: WFUV, WRNR, WXPK, KCSN, KVNA, WERS, KJAC, KYMK, WCLX, KYSL, WBJB, KLRR, WCLY, KMMS, WOCM, KSLU, WHRV, KUWR “‘May We All’ led with this idea of what it means to be forsaken and what that might look like to different demographics in our country.” - Chadwick Stokes in Amercian Songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan “Up All Night” The first single from Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!, due 2/5/21 Early: WRLT, KCSN, WEHM, KJAC, WJCU, KPIG, KTAO, KRML “‘Up All Night’ is half party anthem, half cautionary tale. It’s inspired by the times I’ve wondered if I need to get help with my drinking and what it meant that I was worrying about things in the first place?” - Aaron on the track Mixed by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Decemberists) Semisonic “Basement Tapes” The second single from their You’re Not Alone EP Early: KCMP, KCSN, WEHM, WTMD, KJAC, KLRR, WOCM, WBJB, KSLU “A blazingly catchy and colorful rocker that could be about the nascent days of any rock band.” - Minneapolis Star Tribune “The arrangements are streamlined yet sturdy, from the propulsive “Basement Tapes” to the memorable title track.” - Under The Radar Edie Brickell & New Bohemians “My Power” The first single from Hunter And The Dog Star, due February 19 First week: WFUV, WEHM, WCLX, WYCE, WCBE, KRCL Early: KCSN, WKZE, WOXL, WHRV “A funky mid-tempo rocker steeped in ’70s pop and vintage Lou Reed.” - Dallas News Edie says the songs on the album represent “the mystery of self-expression, loyalty, companionship and love in the darkest sky just before dawn.” Julien Baker “Faith Healer” The first single from Little Oblivions, her third solo album, due February 26 First week: WRLT, WPYA, WFPK, KVOQ, WYCE, KXCI... Early: KCMP, WFUV, WYMS, WNRN, KTBG, KRML... Julien is also one third of Boygenius with Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus “Not only the most richly produced, pop-aware release of Baker’s career, but also her most unsparingly honest in its messiness.” - Rolling Stone Hailey Knox “A Boy Named Pluto” Her new single, out now New: KCSN, WDST, WYCE Early at WCLX and KSLU Check out the fantastic claymation video on my site Livestream performances every Tuesday at 9pm ET Guested on American Songwriter’s Bringing It Backward podcast “Her adept guitar playing and versatile vocals are refreshing in an age of computer generated radio hits” - Artvoice Adrianne Lenker “Zombie Girl” The new single from songs, out now New: KEXP, KSMF, WERU Album already on KCMP, WFUV, WFPK, KTBG, WYCE, WCBE, SiriusXM Loft, KRCL... Big feature in The New Yorker: “Lenker writes often about time and loss—how to cling to what we need and let go of everything else. For her, songwriting is a way of externalizing specific experiences or memories and pinning them in place, like a butterfly under glass.” Michael Franti & Spearhead “Work Hard And Be Nice” The follow up to his #1 AAA single “I Got You” BDS Indicator 13*, JBE Tracks 29* New: WMMM, KBAC, KCLC ON: WRLT, WXRV, WFUV, Music Choice, WNCS, WPYA, WCNR, KVNA, KRSH, WTMD, KXT, WDST, WEHM, WCOO, KTSN, WUIN, WTYD... “Franti’s mission, musical & otherwise, is convincing people they can” - Billboard His Stay At Home Concert World Tour continues Prateek Kuhad “Cold/Mess” The first single from his Cold/Mess EP, out now New at WMVY ON: KJAC, KTBG, WRSI, KRSH, KBAC, WCLX, WCBE, WUNC Prateek is from India and this song has found international acclaim already Barack Obama picked it as one of his favorite songs of 2019 Over 10 million streams on Spotify and 10 million views on YouTube Has appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone India Ron Gallo “HIDE (MYSELF BEHIND YOU)” From PEACEMEAL, due 2/12/21 New at WYCE ON: WRLT, WXPN, KCSN, KJAC, WCNR, WEHM, WNRN, WCLX, WLKR, WJCU, KROK... “HIDE is about being with someone because how they make you feel or the idea of them rather than who they really are. Sometimes we say “I love you, I want to be with you” but maybe we really mean “I don’t like me, I don’t want to be with myself and you can help distract me from me.” - Ron Romy “Lifetime” From the solo record from Romy Madley Croft of The xx JBE Public 41* New: KINK, WXRY ON: WXRV, WFUV, KCMP, Music Choice, WFPK, KTBG, KVOQ, WYMS, WNCS, KJAC, KVNA, WAPS, WCNR, KVYN, WZEW, KYMK, WCLX, WYCE, KCLC... The xx’s “On Hold” was a top 10 AAA hit Tons of great single reviews already from NME, Billboard, Stereogum, UPROXX and more Zach Heckendorf “Waves” The new single from HAWK TALK, out now Already on: WCNR, KRSH, KMMS, WCLX, WOCM, WCBE, KSLU November 303 artist at KVOQ! 303 Magazine writeup: “Touches on the difficulties of enduring change and coming out on the other side more weathered and wise.” Westword: “The stuff of earnest young men with big feelings, singing danceable songs with catchy hooks.” 50 States livestream tour on now Ivan & Alyosha “Everybody Breaks” From their self-titled album, out now ON: KCSN, WNRN, WEHM, KEXP, WCLX, KSMF, KNBA, WCBE, WJCU, KROK, WOCM, WYCE, Acoustic Cafe... “Refreshing dynamicism and undeterred folk rock swagger... unveils the fragility of the human spirit without missing a beat. Ivan & Alyosha’s new video is fun, provocative, and above all, engaging: A thrilling introduction for new listeners, and a welcome visual for longtime fans.” - Atwood The Grahams “Don’t Give Your Heart Away” The second single from Kids Like Us, out now ON: KCSN, WCNR, KVYN, WCLX, KBAC, WYCE, KROK, KPIG, KRML, KLRR, WMWV, WTYD, WUIN, WEXT, WVMP, KUWR... Watch the beautiful somewhat-autobiographical video on my site ““Don’t Give Your Heart Away” is as much a cautionary tale for our daughter as it is a reflection on the emotional turmoil we were enduring to have her.” - The Grahams Katie Pruitt “Look The Other Way” Her new single, out now New: KSMF ON: WCLZ, KCSN, WYEP, KJAC, WCNR, KTSN, WCLX, WDST, KCLC, KROK, WCLY, WYCE, WOXL... “Deals with the ongoing issue of complacency and how we all play a role in it. I wanted to confront that complacency head on, both culturally and within myself. We have two choices when we witness evil being done: we can look the other way, or we can ask ourselves what we can do to stop it.” - Katie Tiny Desk last month Matt Costa “Slow” From the new album Yellow Coat, out now ON: WRNR, Music Choice, WTMD, WCLX, WDST, WLKR, KROK, WCBE, WJCU, KNBA, KSMF, WYCE, KRML, KKAL, Acoustic Cafe, KRCC, KXCI... “I’ve heard it’s not what happens in dreams but how you feel about them. Some you don’t want to let go and you hope the light of day comes slow” - Matt Costa Check out the fantastic video on my site now Trevor Hall “never gonna break your heart” The first single from IN AND THROUGH THE BODY, out now New: WCNR, WERU ON: KRML, KLRR, WCLX, KNBA, WBJB, KMMS, KROK, WYCE, WCBE, KSMF, KDNK, KDTR, WFIT, KAXE... Tour dates start in April, including Red Rocks Did a livestream from the Boulder Theatre Produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Hiss Golden Messenger), with additional instrumentation from Phil Cook (Megafaun) and Matthew McCaughan (Bon Iver) ZZ Ward “Giant” Her new single, out now Mediabase 38*, BDS Indicator #31! ON: KGSR, WRLT, KRVB, Music Choice, KCSN, KVNA, WPYA, KTBG, WCNR, KPND, WCLX, WZEW, KYMK, KTHX, KTSN, KMTN, KRML, WVMP, KBAC... “Whether it was an ex-lover that I never felt good enough for or knowing I had to find the giant inside of myself to overcome feelings of self-doubt, writing these songs helped me get to a place of acceptance.” - ZZ Bahamas “Own Alone” The first single from Sad Hunk, out now Mediabase #36, BDS Monitored #29, Indicator #27, JBE Public #33! New at KVNF ON: WXRV, WRLT, CIDR, WRNR, WMMM, Music Choice, KCSN, WNCS, WAPS, WCLZ, WPYA, WFPK, WDST, KUTX, WTMD, WYEP, KVNA, WRSI, KPND, KJAC, WCNR... This is the follow-up to his Grammy-nominated album Earthtones Spotifty: 2.7MM monthly listeners Darlingside “Ocean Bed” From Fish Pond Fish, out now BDS Indicator 35*! ON: KCSN, WTMD, KTBG, Music Choice, WERS, WFPK, WNRN, KMMS, KNBA, WCLY, WEXT, WJCU, KBAC, WYCE, KROK, WBJB, KLRR, KMTN, KSMF... “Darlingside embody wonder and human con- nection in their gorgeous third album, a fresh and moving breathe of life that inspires and uplifts, energizes and delights.” - Atwood Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver “exile” The AAA single from folklore, out now Mediabase 14*, BDS Monitored 9*, Indicator #29! ON: SiriusXM Spectrum, KGSR, KINK, WXRV, WRLT, WMMM, WFUV, KCSN, KXT, WFPK, WTMD, KRVB, KTHX, WXCT, WCNR, WPYA, WYEP, WRSI, WNCS, WWCT, KEXP, KVOQ... Over 130 million streams on Spotify for this track alone Produced by Andy Dessner of The National Fantastic reviews everywhere Dispatch discusses their new music with American Songwriter “Sometimes, having an album release date fall through can be a blessing in disguise. When the pandemic prevented Boston-based indie/roots band Dispatch from releasing their latest album in May, like they’d originally planned, they took the opportunity to revisit the songs and rethink the way in which they would be released. As a result, the band will put out that album (title TBD) in a series of phases, three songs in each, starting with Phase 1 on October 23 (available now). The final phase will come out in 2021. During a recent conference call, co-frontmen Chadwick Stokes and Brad Corrigan explain how their plans came to be much more elaborate. The delayed release, Corrigan says, was “a unique limitation that allowed us to get a little bit deeper into the album. I think Chad and I felt good about what we had done, but somehow taking the deadline off of May allowed us to dive way deeper on a bunch of the songs that felt like they were medium rare to rare: they weren’t cooked completely.” As a result, Stokes says, “We were going through the idea of the record and what it represented.” Several themes emerged from this brainstorming, he says: “The loss that we’ve had in our own lives in the last three or four years, and also the really heavy loss of the integrity of our nation, not to mention the pandemic and what’s happening in our political climate and also the Black Lives Matter movement.” And there was another significant change: since their last album (2018’s Location 13), original member Pete Francis departed Dis- patch. This was, Stokes says, a “huge change that Brad and I have gone through, trying to figure out who we are as a band without the third founding member.” Seeking a way to tie it all together, Stokes recalled a text a friend sent him a few months before that showed a chart of the “phases of change” that people go through during times of upheaval. “And he said, ‘Wouldn’t this be so cool if there was some musical accompani- ment to this idea?’” Stokes recalls. Looking at the chart, Stokes realized that his friend was right: “All these phases of change coincide with the [new] songs.” On October 23, with Phase 1, three songs will be released: “May We All,” “One By One,” and “All This Time.” “May We All,” Stokes says, “led with this idea of what it means to be forsaken and what that might look like to different demographics in our country.” In contrast, “One By One” touches on the death of two of Stokes’ cousins in the past couple of years. “They were just wonderful people,” he says, adding that writing that song “was another way for me to go through the grief.” As for “All This Time,” Stokes says, “Brad and I lost a friend to the opioid crisis, to an O.D., and the song speaks of our personal loss and how time is just speeding by, and what can we do to hold onto it in a way that honors our time here on Earth and also points to this time in our political dialogue. Lyrically, it’s the centerpoint of the record.” The album’s complex themes – and the unconventional approach to releasing them – is a hallmark of Dispatch, who have remained resolutely independent since they first formed when the members met at Middlebury College in Vermont. Their debut release, Silent Steeples, came out in 1996, and this latest one will be their eighth studio album, but they’ve never signed a conventional record deal. On their own, they have amassed a large and passionate following (one Boston concert drew 110,000 fans). The band members decided early on not to sign to sign any record deals, Corrigan says, because “They wanted to make us less ‘us’ and more like something that had already sold well in the past. And it just did not sit well with us.” “We were playing high schools and VFW halls and community centers, and gradu- ated slowly to the clubs,” Stokes says of Dispatch’s early days. “Things were getting bigger and bigger, so we knew we weren’t doing anything wrong. So I think there was this feeling that we didn’t really need the record labels. We were getting as big as we wanted; we didn’t want to get any bigger any faster.” Their confidence also came from the fact that their unique musical vision was evident from the moment the founding members first sang together. Corrigan recalls that day: “We were at the Arts Center on our college campus and we sang a three-part harmony. All three of us were like, ‘Whoa! What was that?’ And we just kept singing it over and over again. There was something really special about it.” “I think in the beginning, the harmonies, and then the merging of ska and reggae with rock came together, and that’s where our sound came from,” Stokes says. He adds that now, even with the band down to two singers from three, this crucial aspect of Dispatch will remain: “It still has the same focus on the vocals that it always did.” Stokes also wants to emphasize that there’s another element of Dispatch that hasn’t changed: their deep involvement in a wide variety of humanitarian issues. “I feel like one thing that’s always been really informative of our songwriting and of our spiritual and general evo- lution as humans is some of the service projects we’ve done along the years,” he says. This work can run the gamut, from joining fans before shows to make meals for the homeless to charitable trips to Nicaragua and Zimbabwe. “We have this opportunity and platform to reach a lot of people, so Brad and I are always going back and forth about what can we do?” Stokes says. “Obviously now, with the election coming up, it’s a huge thing. It’s such an important time to take part in our democracy.” Through this combination of empathetic songs and activism, Dispatch have created a complex, compassionate world for themselves and their fans. As Stokes puts it, “We have messages in the songs and in the truth we feel needs to be released from us because of our own cathartic journey.” - American Songwriter, 10/23/2020 Coming up for adds on 11/16: ONR feat. Sarah Barthel (of Phantogram) “Must Stop,” Grizfolk w/Kyle Gass of Tenacious D “All I Want For Christmas Is A Rock Show” RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 11/4/2020