RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 5/11/2016 Walking On Cars “Speeding Cars” The first single Everything This Way New: WVOD, WFIV, KROK Already on WXRV, KINK, WPYA, WZEW, KRSH, WOCM, KROK US tour dates next week: 5/18 Brooklyn, 5/19 Boston, 5/20 Philadelphia, 5/22 Chicago, 5/24 Los Angeles, 5/26 SF Over 8 million streams on Spotify! “Prepare to make room on your playlists for your new favourite band” - The Sun (UK) No Sinner “Tryin” The first single from Old Habits Die Hard, in stores 5/20 New: WEXT, KPIG, WCBE Early: WFIV, KROK, KVNA, KDBB “No Sinner has already won audiences all over the country with their uniquely soulful sound” - Paste On tour this summer Produced by Biffy Clyro (Shakira, Rise Against, Gallows, Atreyu) Check out the EPK video for the album on our site now Ziggy Marley “Weekend’s Long” The first single from his new self-titled album, in stores 5/20 New: WWNU, WEHM, WMNF, KDTR, KXCI, KAXE, WERU Already on XM Loft, WJCU, WMWV, KTAO, KNBA, KMTN, KMMS, WUIN, KROK, KRML, KTBG, WNRN, KYSL, WFIV, WKZE, KBAC, KSUT, WYCE, KDBB, KVNA... Playing on James Corden 5/19, more TV to be announced First leg of extensive summer tour dates kicks off May 27 Violent Femmes “Issues” The new single from We Can Do Anything, going for adds now FCC clean version on PlayMPE New: WOCM, KDBB, WYCE, KDEC Already on WJCU, WFIV, KHUM, KDTR, KSLU US tour going on now: 5/11 San Francisco, 5/13 Portland, 5/14 Seattle, 5/17 Spokane, 5/18 Boise, 5/19 Missoula, 5/21 Denver, 6/4 Wichita... Over 500 people at the Amoeba in-store in SF Graham Nash “Another Broken Heart” The new single from This Path Tonight Edit single on PlayMPE New: KSUT, WYCE Already on KCSN, XM Loft, KOZT, WFIV, KDBB... On tour: 5/11-12 Chicago IL, 5/14 New York City More dates kick off July 13 Confirmed to play at The Fox in Boulder! “Longtime Nash listeners will find plenty to satisfy them here.” - MOJO “A starburst of glorious harmony.” - UNCUT Good Old War “Never Gonna See Me Cry” The new single from Broken Into Better Shape, on PlayMPE now CD pro with acoustic version on your desk New: WJCU, KHUM Already on: WTMD, WWNU, KMMS, WFIV, WCBE, KROK, WVOD, KRML, KTAO, WTYD, WXTG, WLKR, KNBA, KCLC, KBAC, KDBB, KDEC, KVNA... May/June acoustic tour: 5/12 Chicago, 5/13 Minneapolis, 5/14 Omaha, 5/16 Dallas, 5/17 Austin, 5/18 Houston, 5/20 Jacksonville... Broods “Free” At AAA and Alt now! New at KSKI, KRML Already on WFIV, WOCM, KDEC, WERU and KVNA “A big blast of synth-pop, wrapped in meaty chords and dark undertones. It’s not a far stretch from their previous material, but it does reveal an edgier side of band we haven’t seen before.” - IndieCurrent Full cd Concious in stores 6/24 North American headline tour starts 8/1 Bernhoft “Stop/Shutup” The first single from his Stop/Shutup/Shout It Out ep, available now New: KINK Already on WRLT, KRSH, KRML, WOCM, WFIV, KROK, WSGE, KVNA “Conjuring the raw sound of Richie Havens and Sly Stone with the spirit of Mayer Hawthorne and Sharon Jones, Bernhoft is so obviously a star that it feels only a matter of time before he breaks stateside” - LA Times US tour dates going on now The Young Wild “Not A One” Their debut single from their All The Luck ep Mediabase 42*, BDS Monitored New & Active! New: WAPS, KRML Already on: KINK, WXRV, WCLZ, WRLT, WPYA, KPND, KFLY, WCOO, WTMD, WZEW, Music Choice, KMTN, WJCU, WFIV, WOCM, KTAO, WVOD, KDBB... More touring announced: 5/11 Pensacola, 5/12 Birmingham, 5/13 Chattanooga, 5/15 Raleigh, 5/16 Wilmington NC... Barns Courtney “Fire” Blowing up at AAA! Mediabase 6*, BDS Monitored 5*, Indicator 4*, FMQB Tracks 4*, Public 9*! New at WWNU and WUSM Already on SiriusXM Spectrum, KFOG, WXRT, KBCO, KGSR, KINK, WXRV, CIDR, WTTS, KTHX, WQKL, WXPN, WFUV, KCSN, WRNR, WNCS, WMMM, WRLT, WXPK, WPYA, KRVB, KPND, KTBG, KCMP, WTMD, WYEP, KXT... Confirmed for The Fox in Boulder! Mediabase Alt 40*! Calliope Musicals “Echo of the Whoos” The first single from Time Owes You Nothing, in stores and on your desk now New at WERU Already on: WFIV, WVMP, WCBE, KVNA, KDEC, KRCC, KAXE, MSPR, KUWR “Who brings a confetti cannon to a fun fight? Calliope Musicals does.” - NPR Music/All Songs Considered “Psychedelic throwback rock meets folk tunes” - Glide Dates with Shakey Graves: 5/28 Jackson Hole, 5/29 Boise, 5/31 Spokane City and Colour “Wasted Love” The second single from If I Should Go Before You Mediabase #32, BDS Indicator Debut 29*, FMQB Tracks 31*! Already on WXRV, WMMM, WRNR, WXPK, WRLT, WPYA, CIDR, KTHX, KPND, WCLZ, KRSH, WFPK, WTMD, WYEP, WZEW, WCNR, WAPS, WMSR, KTAO, WLKR, WFIV, WOCM, KCLC, WBJB, WJCU, WNRN, WYCE... Playing at Boston Calling on 5/28 and supporting Ben Harper at Red Rocks on 6/28 Joe Bonamassa “Drive” From the new cd Blues Of Desperation Fantastic sales! BDS Monitored New & Active, FMQB Tracks #34, Public 32*! Already on: WXPK, WRNR, WNCS, WPYA, KPND, KCSN, XM Loft, KRSH, WZEW, WTMD, WERS, Music Choice, KPIG, KBAC, KOZT, KROK, KYSL, WFIV, WVMP, WVOD, WZLO, KCLC, KSUT, WBJB, WEXT, WYCE, WOCM, WMVY... Extensive tour going on now, more later this year Ben Abraham “You and Me” The first single from Sirens, in stores now Already on WFIV, WEXT, KSUT, KBAC, WYCE, WCBE, KRCC, KDBB, KVNA, WFHB, KDNK, WYSO, KXCI, WUSM, Acoustic Cafe... Damien Jurado tour kicks off this week, runs through June “It really is beautiful - Abraham’s natural, easy charm and soft vocals complement the elegance of the video, and the overall effect is quite touching” - The Independent Lapsley “Hurt Me” From the new album Long Way Home Already on WXRV, WPYA, WYMS, WAPS, KROK, KCLC, WYCE, KRML, WFIV, KRCC, KVNA, WFHB, MSPR... “XL Recordings has released music by understated indie staples The XX and superstar diva Adele, and the label’s latest signing, Lapsley, is something like the halfway point between those two talents.” - Stereogum Played Coachella, wrapping up US run Lukas Graham “7 Years” The first big new artist story of 2016! Mediabase #11, BDS #17!! Huge Shazam & iTunes! Already on KFOG, KBCO, WXRV, KGSR, KINK, KRVB, WMMM, WQKL, WRNR, KCSN, WCOO, WCLZ, WPYA, WRLT, WNCS... Multi-format: 1* Hot AC, 3* Top 40, 8* AC at Mediabase!! “His debut album includes not only sensitive piano-driven pop, but also a healthy helping of soul.” - Newsday Nearly 400mm streams on Spotify Lily & Madeleine “For The Weak” From Keep It Together, their New West debut Already on WTTS, WEXT, WYCE, KRCC, WUKY, KNBA, KAXE, KDEC, WFIV, WFHB, WUMB, KSUT, KUWR, KCLC, WFIT, KDHX... More touring: 5/11 San Francisco, 5/13 Portland OR, 5/14 Seattle, 5/15 Spokane, 5/17 Salt Lake City, 5/18 Denver, 5/20 Omaha, 5/21 Iowa City, 5/28 Martinsville OH, 8/26 Cincinnati EL VY “Need A Friend” The follow up single to “Return To The Moon” Already on WXRT, KINK, WRLT, WMMM, WPYA, KCMP, KCSN, WFUV, WFPK, KUTX, KRSH, WCOO, WZEW... It’s the flip side of the same gorgeous, engaging coin, and it’s more than just a place- holder while the next National album marinates—it stands shoulder to miserable, brilliant shoulder.” - AV Club GOING FOR ADDS 5/23: Sara Hartman “Satellite” The first single from her Satellite EP, out now on Republic Records On tour in the US now opening for X Ambassadors “Impressive... her music is sure to make her one to watch in 2016.” - Pigeons and Planes Early: WEHM, WJCU, WFIV, KVNA “Hartman’s EP pulses with the fear, excitement and self-discovery that come with leaving your comfort zone.” - People Also coming in the next few weeks: 5/30: Amazon Music’s Songs of Summer playlist... 6/6: Empty Houses “Rope,” Jonah Smith “Turn This Ship Around,” Derek Hultquist “1983” Do you know about all of the tools we provide for getting what you need? ~ Download WAV and high quality MP3 files for all singles from our Dropbox ~ Stream all singles on the media player on our site or via our Spotify playlist ~ Find content for your station’s website or social media pages on our website AM New York catches up for a conversation with Lapsley “As a 17 year old, Holly Lapsley Fletcher began posting music to SoundCloud to share with friends and family. Two years later, the British singer found herself performing at Coachella supporting a debut album, “Long Way Home,” that has earned her comparisons to Adele and James Blake for its mix of heartbreak-filled ballads and electronic pro- duction. The singer-songwriter-producer, who records as Låpsley, still can’t believe her success, describing the last six months as “a million miles an hour.” amNewYork spoke with Låpsley, 19, about the music. When did you first start writing songs? It was in high school. I was playing instruments for a long time, but playing music was never the center of my life. It’s not like I was in bands for years. I loved listening to music. I started writing a little bit around the age of 14, then I started producing when I was 17. What were those songs like? It was like emo [expletive]. But it was never meant for anyone. It was just me messing around. It wasn’t like I was writing these songs and put them out into the world to be a pop star. ... Most of my life until the age of 18 was [studying] and sport. I just managed to fit [music] in between. “Long Way Home” is about a troubled relationship. How did putting your feelings into songs help you get past it? It’s difficult because I wrote the album about being in a relationship with someone with a serious mental illness. One way to cope was to put it into the music I was making. I found it easier to reflect on [expletive] when I was writing down opinions or questioning something he said or trying to under- stand something going on. Once I went to finish the album, it was almost a way of moving on. Who inspired you as a songwriter? Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Kate Bush, Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan. My dad was very into The Smiths and Joy Division. ... That was a good base from an early age. You were also very immersed in rave culture. What drew you to it and what did you get from it? I secretly rebelled. I was a massive nerd and I studied way too hard and trained way too hard and needed this outlet. ... I became addicted to going out dancing, listening to the DJs, getting immersed in music. It was so opposite of anything I had ever known. I got influenced from both sides. Strong songwriting on one side and electronic rave culture in high school.” - AM New York, 5/10/16 Make time in your life to learn about No Sinner “The Janis Joplin comparisons don’t bother Colleen Rennison, the 26-year-old spark plug that fronts the visceral blues- rock outfit No Sinner. Just like any good Canadian, she grew up watching her parents’ copy of The Last Waltz, the 1976 Martin Scorsese documentary of The Band, and has plenty of classic rock in her DNA. After a stint in New York City, she returned back home to Vancouver and took up a weekly residency at Guilt and Company, a gem of a gastro-club in the vi- vacious Gastown District. She parlayed this gig into a full-time band that signed on with a few labels and generated a good deal of buzz with its six-track debut, Boo Hoo Hoo. Now poised to release a full-length follow-up called Old Habits Die Hard on May 20, Rennison gives us a glimpse into her songwriting approach and the lessons she’s learned after a few years of steady road work. Best of all, she shared with us “Leadfoot,” the debut single from the new record. Listen to the track above and learn more about No Sinner below. Hometown/homebase? Vancouver, British Columbia Is Vancouver a good town for blues-rock? I don’t know about that. It’s got great old-guy cover bands that you can see at the Dover Arms in the West End, or playing the Ivanhoe every once in awhile, but not a whole lot of bands are making original blues rock--except our pals Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer; they’re holding it down for sure. I know that you were a child actor. Where might I find some of your old work? [Laughs] It’s easy to find if you look. There’s a pretty accessible pirated version of Beautiful, a film I did with Minnie Driver that was directed by Sally Field, that has me in fully fledged pre-teen ‘80s beauty pageant mode. That’s a good start. Tell me how you got turned on to the style of music the band is doing? I’ve always gravitated to where country and soul and blues and rock and roll meet. My earliest memory is of watching The Last Waltz with my parents and knowing that was what I wanted to do some day. I guess the Janis Joplin comparisons are sort of automatic for a lot of people. Who else lives in your sound would you say? Oh, there’s so many. I grew up singing along to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, so you can probably hear that sometimes. Tina Turner, James Brown, Nina Simone, Robert Plant, Nat King Cole, Karen Dalton... hell, there’s even some Gwen Stefani in there. The list goes on and on. How did the band get together? Through the sheer grace of God and incestuous nature of the Vancouver music scene. What does the band name No Sinner mean? It’s my last name backwards, I thought that was pretty clever. How do the songs typically come together for the band? On this album a lot of the tunes were born from jams that we recorded on an iPhone, and then I would play them over and over again on my bike and eventually the songs started to reveal themselves. Melodies and syllables and subject matter would start to form in my head, and then I’d bring it back to the guys and explain the arrangement I came up with. It was a really cool way to do it ‘cause it gave me time alone to write but was still very much a song written by and for a band. What are the most important lessons you learned out on tour? Keep track of your stuff, bring as little as possible, eat vegetables when you find them and sleep when you can. Don’t sweat the small stuff and try to have fun even when shit hits the fan. Oh yeah, and when you need to do your hair and get ready but there’s nowhere to go, the handicapped wash- room is sometimes your only friend. What is the craziest thing to happen to you at a show? One guy asked me if I had a penis and I was so shocked that I didn’t even know what to say. Are you worried about Canada being overrun by Americans fleeing a Donald Trump presidency? Yes, but if that happens I think we would consider them refugees, and Canada isn’t scared of refugees.” - MySpace Artist Of The Day, 5/9/16 RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 5/11/2016