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RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 3/28/2012 Dry The River “New Ceremony” The fantastic first single from their upcoming album Shallow Bed, in stores 4/17 and going for adds on Monday Edit single on PlayMPE One of Rolling Stone’s “25 Can’t-Miss Acts Of SXSW” On tour now with Bowerbirds Terrific NPR All Things Considered piece aired yesterday Chosen as one of the BBC’s “Sounds Of 2012” artists Fantastic instudio performances “Their session was otherworldly” - Sky Daniels/KCSN Playing the NON-COMMvention Morning Parade “Headlights” The first single from their self-titled debut album Single on MPE and on your desk, going for adds now Early: DMX Adult Alternative Killer shows at SXSW Just played a run of US dates with The Kooks “A band full of skilled instrumentalists, Morning Parade will gain fans through their impressive stage perfomance and seem to have won many over here tonight with a sound that is well delivered and complex.” - FuseFM/UK Joe Pug “The Great Despiser” FMQB Most Added! First week: WMVY, WVMP, WFIV, WCBE, WNCW, WYCE... The Great Despiser n stores 4/24 Early adds at WNKU, WUMB and KLCC Features backing vocals from Craig Finn of The Hold Steady Great shows at SXSW! Extensive tour runs April 20 through June 6, many dates with David Wax Museum “Pug’s scorching poetry and soulful ‘every phrase could be my last’ voice will stop you cold.” - Paste Chuck Ragan “Meet You In The Middle” The Mastersons “One Word More” The first single from Covering Ground, in stores and going for adds now First week: WEXT, WBJB, WNKU, WSYC, KFMG Early: KUT, WKZE, WFIV, WNTI Already on: DMX Folk Rock, MSPR, WSYC Feat. vocals from Brian Fallon of The Mastersons are husband and wife Chris Masterson and Eleanor Gaslight Anthem, and the album features Chris Thorn of Blind Melon & more Whitmore, who both play in Steve Earle’s band Great at SXSW! Fronting The Revival Tour right now, sponsored by Daytrotter and Paste Album in stores 4/10 April tour opening for and playing with Steve Earle Dar Williams “Summer Child” Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds “Make It Rain” FMQB Most Added again! New: WXPN, WEXT, WCBE, WMWV, KSPN, KFMU, WYCE, The first single from their new album Pound Of Dirt, in stores now WNCW, Music Choice... ON: WCLZ, WFUV, WDST, WYEP, WBJB, WMVY, WVMP, New: KDHX, WUSM, MSPR ON: KBAC, KYSL, KNBA, WCBE, KROK, KCLC, WJCU, WCNR, WNRN, KPIG, WKZE, KNBA, WFIV... In The Time Of Gods in stores 4/17 WKZE, KFMU, KSPN, WFIV, WNTI, KSLU... Full cd & FCC clean cd-pro on your desk National tour runs April 17-May 19, many more summer dates being booked Opened for Dr. John, The Black Keys, Sharon Jones & more Extensive tour! Dave Barnes “White Flag” Good Old War “Calling Me Names” ON: WZEW, KRSH, WCOO, WCNR, WUIN, WTYD, WNRN, WOCM, FMQB Tracks #47, Public 21*! Performing on Conan 4/5 Playing Boulder KCLC, Music Choice, KDBB, KFMU, KSPN, KROK, WFIV, WCBE, KRVM... New: Acoustic Cafe, WTYD, WUTC, KLCC, KAXE ON: Sirius Spectrum, WNCS, KCSN, From the Grammy nominee’s Stories To Tell Terrific sales out of the gate WXPN, WFUV, WFPK, WVMP, WEXT, WNKU, KSMT, WNRN, WYCE, WJCU, KMMS, Dave has scanned 155K albums and over 500K tracks April tour WVOD, WERS... On their headlining tour with Belle Brigade opening all shows now Tom Morello/Ben Harper “Save The Hammer For The Man” The Gaddabouts “Can You Feel It” ON: WERS, WEXT, WNRN, WFIV, WOCM, KFMU, KSPN, KMTN, KNBA, New: WVMP, WMWV ON: KFMU, KSPN, WCBE, WFIV, WYCE, WUMB, WOCM, WWCT, KSMT, KFMG, KSLU, WBSD, KDEC... Official video coming soon WKZE, WNCW, KOZT, KDNK, MSPR, KAXE, WYSO, WHRV, WERU, KVNF, KFMG, KSMF The new single from the Nightwatchman album World Wide Rebel Songs Advance double disc set Look Out Now! on your desk now, in stores April 17 Watch their Leno performance on our website Rocked SXSW The Gaddabouts are Edie Brickell, Steve Gadd, Pino Palladino and Andy Fairweather Low Sinead O’Connor “Old Lady” The Dunwells “I Could Be A King” How About I Be Me (and you be you)? in stores now AMAZING press FMQB Tracks 48*! Public 37*!! New: KCLC ON: KPRI, WZEW, KRSH, KCSN, New: KAXE ON: WFUV, KUT, WYCE, WBJB, WYEP, Acoustic Cafe, KBAC, WVMP, WJCU, WYCE, KSUT, KSMT, WNKU, WVMP, WEXT, WYCE, WUIN, WTYD, WFIV, WFIV, KNBA, KFMU, KSPN, WCBE, WDST, WKZE, WNCW, WSGE, WFHB, KDHX... KROK, WNRN, WBJB, KMTN, KFMU, KSPN, WCBE, KSUT, WOCM, WEVL... Playing at the NON-COMMvention, plus other US dates booking for May Incredible press from their shows and album Great at SXSW See them in Boulder! Dry The River’s SXSW shows had everyone buzzing “London’s Dry the River have invented a new genre: head-banging folk music. They closed out our NYLON party with what bassist Scott Miller correctly called a “blowout” show. Yes, these guys do play folk-rock, but they all got their start in harcore and post-punk bands when they were in high school, and every now and then they can’t help but amp up the gui- tars (and violin!) when the mood strikes. I’ve seen them play before, but never like this. They started out soft and melodic, singer Peter Liddle crooning in his delicate tenor, but then all hell broke loose and they started crashing and chugging and thrashing (even the violinist!) and—yes—headbanging. We were all headbanging. It rocked.” - NYLON “The celebrated UK band Dry The River did a tear jerking performance then rocked it out till wee hours.” - JustJared.com “Just down the street on Congress stands the poshly-zen Hotel San Jose, home to parking-lot party South By San Jose, with Dry the River wanking hard towards a full freak out on violin and Crazy Horse guitars” - Riverfront Times “Dry The River were decidedly further along the anticipation curve, having just released their long-awaited debut album in the UK and about to do so in North America (the April 17th release date helpfully shouted out by a fan). There’s so much about what the band does that could go wrong; their anthe- mic folk rock walks the razor’s edge of being swallowed in bombast or melodrama but they gracefully manage to stay on the right side of the equation. They’re unafraid of being dramatic, of going for the rafter-shaking choruses and led by Peter Liddle’s tremulously powerful vocals, they pull it off – it’s heart-rending rather than head-shaking and when you add in the band’s multi-part harmonies, stellar musicianship and charming banter and you’ve just about a sure thing in the post-Mumford world. I’m sure I’m not the first to make Mumford comparisons and also unsure if the band would count it as praise, but they’re a relevant reference point and I’m sure the band wouldn’t mind sharing in some of that meteoric suc- cess. They’re hardly soundalikes, mind you, being both rawer and more sophisticated than that suspender-wearing quartet and either of those factors could work against them but then those choruses…” - Chromewaves.net “It can be a hard thing to stand out these days, as everyone is bombarded in crossflows of influences from every corner reachable by the internet at a background level. This is exacerbated at SXSW, of course. For better or worse, I trust my instincts more so than acquired taste when it comes to Southby. Bands often have 15 seconds to showcase their talents. I remember coworkers commenting on hearing my headphones from across the room when New Ceremony popped up among the 100 NPR samplers. It hit all the right buttons – catchy hooks, explosive chorus, and a voice/harmony that solidi- fies the weed-filled slipstreams into grassy fields of Austria as you skip down 6th street. Well, OK, I could be overselling. Dry the River is a 5-piece from Stratford with tattoo sleeves on at least 6 arms. This indie but counter-culture exterior belies their music though. What we heard was a soft expressions that perhaps grew out of personal experiences. The set was shorter than I’d liked, only 7 songs if memory and arithmetic serves, but not low on substance. The stage play has the heaviness of the Antlers, thin on raw physical presence, high on melancholy, and much hair. Both the main vocal and bass were laden with locks so thick that I had problems finding their eyes if they motioned their heads to mimick calligraphy brushes while jamming. A lesson against stereotyping, I guess. One song that I would have loved to hear live, Weights and Measures, was omitted. I highly suggest a listen: it’s one powerful punch that perfectly illustrates their sound. The sampler New Ceremony was played with much enthusiasm, though. There were few filler songs on display and they ended the set with Lion’s Den, I believe. This is a song that reminds me of the theme from a Taiwanese movie form my childhood, and ends with a minute-long instrumental segment that built up to an orchestra-style finish like any self-respecting rock song… and the crowd went slightly wild with solid acknowledgement for the single home run. If given the chance (apparently Rolling Stones had already labeled them something of a must-see) to play a larger venue (OK, Stubb’s is almost as big as they get in SXSW), I do believe Dry the River can deliver something even more spectacu- lar.

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