RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 10/23/2019 Jesse Malin “Chemical Heart” The new single from Sunset Kids, produced by Lucinda Williams Added early at WTMD, WDST, WBJB and WCLX “Four stars...a celebration of survival that finds the New York City hardcore troubadour reflecting on life’s precious and fleeting moments.” - Rolling Stone On tour now with more dates with Joseph Arthur coming in November Vampire Weekend “Sunflower” (feat. Steve Lacy) The third single from Father Of The Bride, one of the best reviewed albums of the year New: KCMP, Music Choice, KVNA, KTBG, KLRR, WBJB, WRSI, WJCU, WXCT, KVOQ, WVOD, KSUT, KRML... Early: WFUV, WERS Their extensive world tour returns to the US in May 2020 Check out the video, directed by Jonah Hill and featuring cameos from Jerry Seinfeld and Fab 5 Freddy Saint Motel “Van Horn” The first single from their EP, The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Pt. 1, out now First week: WXRV, WNCS, WXPK, KJAC, WZEW, KPND, WDST, WCLX, WXCT, KVNA, KMTN, KLRR, WFIV, WBZS, WLKR... 2020 World Tour US dates: 1/24 Orange County, 1/25 San Diego, 1/26 Phoenix, 1/28 Dallas, 1/31 Austin, 2/1 Houston, 2/3 Tampa, 2/4 Orlando, 2/6 Atlanta, 2/7 Charlotte, 2/8 Raleigh... Mary Bridget Davies “The Right Of Way” From her upcoming album Stay With Me: The Reimagined Songs of Jerry Ragovoy, due in January New at WCLX Early at WFIV Mary Bridget is a Tony Award nominee for her role as Janis Joplin in A Night With Janis Joplin, and is on tour with it now The late Jerry Ragovoy wrote “Piece Of My Heart” and many others for Janis Joplin and “Time Is On My Side” for the Stones Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe “Something Sweet” The new single from Gnomes & Badgers, out now New: KCSN, WEXT, KMTN, WCLY, WOCM ON: WNRN, WCLX, WFIV, KUWR, KSLU, KRVM, WHRV On tour next month with Thievery Corporation Karl spent the summer touring as the sax player for the Stones Coming up: 11/6 Miami FL, 11/7 Tampa FL, 11/8 Atlanta GA, 11/9 Orlando FL, 11/10 Gulf Shores AL... Chadwick Stokes & The Pintos “Hit The Bell With Your Elbow” The first single from his self-titled third solo album, in stores November 15 New: WDST, WUMB, KSMF, KDNK ON: KJAC, KRSH, WEXT, WCBE, WFIV, WBJB, WCLX, KMTN, KYSL, WMVY, KNBA, KRML... Chad is also the frontman for Dispatch On tour: 12/4 Holyoke MA, 12/6 NYC, 12/7 Philadelphia, 12/8 DC, 12/10 Ann Arbor, 12/11 Kalamazoo, 12/13 Chicago, 12/14 St. Louis, 12/15 Nashville, 12/21 Boston... Beth Hart “Bad Woman Blues” The first single from War In My Mind, out now BDS Indicator 31*, FMQB Tracks 39*, Public 33*! New: WBZS, WMVY, WBSD ON: WRLT, KVNA, KPND, WTMD, KRSH, WAPS, WDST, WCBE, WEXT, KYSL, WSGE, KROK, KTAO, WOCM, WFIV, WMWV, WCLX, KNBA, KMTN... “Think Janis Joplin meets Etta James” - Mojo Magazine Great sales! Produced by Rob Cavallo (Dave Matthews Band, Green Day) Criminal Hygiene “Greetings From A Postcard” From their ep Again, out now New: Music Choice, WCLX, WZEW ON: WRLT, WPYA, WAPS, KJAC, KYSL, KMTN, WFIV, KVYN, KNBA, WYCE... “With its bright guitars and undulation bass, ‘Greetings From A Postcard’ which the band calls “an an observational song about desperate boredom,” recalls artists like Soul Asylum and Goo Goo Dolls right before they became hit-making machines. (That’s a good thing, by the way)” - Buzzbands LA Chelsea Cutler & Jeremy Zucker “You Were Good To Me” From their ep brent, out now Already on Music Choice, WZEW, WCOO, KRSH, WCLX, WFIV, WAPS, KYMK, WYCE This is a streaming monster, with over 70 million across the board and nearly 50 million on Spotify alone - gaining around 400K per day “The song is affectingly wrought with the ambivalent agony of leaving someone when it’s not the easy thing to do.”- Paper Magazine Ringo Starr “What’s My Name” The title track single from his 20th studio album, out this Friday New: WAWM ON: WFPK, KOZT, WFIV, WYCE, WHRV, KSLU, WBSD Written by Colin Hay, who is a three time member of Ringo’s All Starr Band This past summer’s tour marked 30 years of the All Starr Band “‘What’s My Name’ boasts a rambunctious rock and roll energy and finds Starr reminiscing about his career with a cheeky confidence.” - Rolling Stone Grace Potter “Love Is Love” From Daylight, out this Friday Mediabase 15*, BDS Monitored 14*, Indicator 4*, FMQB Public #8, Americana #1! New: WOCM, KSMF ON: KGSR, WXRV, KRVB, CIDR, WMMM, WNCS, WRLT, WXPN, WFUV, KCSN, WFPK, KTBG, WRNR, WXPK, WTMD, KXT, WRSI, WYEP, WAPS, WPYA, KVNA, WCLZ, WERS, WQKL, Music Choice... Kimmel 11/6 Extensive headlining tour kicks off in January Big Thief “Not” The first single from Two Hands, out now FMQB Public Debut 35*! New: KXCI, KRCC, WYSO, WFIT ON: KCMP, WFUV, WFPK, WAPS, WYEP, WYMS, KEXP, Music Choice, KVOQ, WFIV, WCBE, WYCE, WRSI, WCLX, KCLC, WKZE, XM Loft... “A towering statement from a group constantly leap- frogging over themselves.” - Pitchfork “The song is a fan favorite at Big Thief’s live shows, but the studio recording is stunning.” - UPROXX On tour this fall Trigger Hippy “Don’t Wanna Bring You Down” The first single from Full Circle & Then Some, out now BDS Indicator 36*! New: WSGE, KVNF Already on: WRLT, KVNA, KPND, WCLX, WCLY, KPIG, WYCE, KRSH, KMTN, KBAC, KYSL, WKZE, WVOD, KROK, WMWV, KNBA, WBJB, WMVY... Features founders drummer Steve Gorman, bassist/ vocalist Nick Govrik and new members vocalist/instrumentalist Ed Jurdi and vocalist/saxophonist Amber Woodhouse On tour in November Catfish and The Bottlemen “2all” The new single from The Balance, following up the AAA and Alt hit “Longshot” Mediabase #44, BDS Indicator #20, Mediabase Alt 19*! ON: WXRV, Music Choice, WRLT, KINK, WPYA, WXPK, WNCS, KVNA, KPND, WAPS, KYMK, KVYN, WBJB, KCLC, KLRR, KRML, KSPN, WVOD, KRSH, WFIV, KYSL, KMMS, WCNR... Over 1 billion artist streams to date! Wrapping up their US tour dates SOAK “Knock Me Off My Feet” The new single from Grim Town Mediabase #36, BDS Monitored #31, Indicator #25, FMQB Public 17*! ON: WXRV, KCMP, KRVB, Music Choice, WRLT, WFUV, KCSN, WFPK, WPYA, KUTX, WNCS, KXT, WYEP, KTBG, WDST, WAPS, KPND, KJAC, WEHM, WTMD... “A “love letter” to small-town culture and the idea that we ourselves can be our best allies and our worst enemies.” - Consequence of Sound White Reaper “Might Be Right” From their Elektra debut You Deserve Love, out now Mediabase 12*, BDS Monitored 9*, Indicator 9*, Mediabase Alt 13*! New: WMMM, CIDR, KEXP, WTYD, WOCM, KSMF... ON: Sirius Spectrum, WXRT, KBCO, KGSR, WTTS, WXRV, WRLT, KINK, KRVB, WRNR, WCLZ, KCMP, KCSN, KXT, WXPK, WFUV, WFPK, Music Choice... “A jubilant storm of tight pop rock that’s indebted to the previous generation, but not derivative.” - Consequence of Sound Wilderado “Surefire” The first single from their forthcoming album New: KVYN, KYSL ON: WRLT, WXPK, Music Choice, WPYA, KCSN, WAPS, KVNA, WWCT, WZEW, KYMK, KMMS, WJCU, WCLX, KCLC, WVOD, WYCE, KSPN, KUMT, WFIV... On tour now supporting Mt. Joy More touring coming up Great streaming data - up over 10% each week and big jumps after every radio session Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors “End Of The World” The first single from Dragons, out now Mediabase 39*, BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator #29, FMQB Tracks 38*, Public #49! New: WAPS ON: WMMM, Music Choice, WRLT, WPYA, WXPK, WFPK, KPND, WXCT, KRSH, WZEW, KLRR, KBAC, WEXT, WCLX, KDRP, KNBA, WCLY, WCNR... On tour now “Roots-rock road warriors whose mixed the boozy thrill of Saturday nights with the sweeping uplight of Sunday mornings.” - Rolling Stone The Commonheart “Do Right” The first single from Pressure, out now CBS Saturday Morning 11/2! ON: WRLT, WYEP, WAPS, KMMS, KMTN, WEXT, WUIN, WCLX, WYCE, KSMF, WFIV, KUWR, WMVY, KBAC, WUKY, WCBE, KSLU, WFIT, KXCI, KVNF, WFHB, WDVX... Fantastic at Boulder and AmericanaFest “Commanding vocals amid a Stax-style review” - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Catch them on their headlining tour, going on now Pete Yorn “Calm Down” From Caretakers, out now Mediabase 7*, BDS Monitored 10*, Indicator 16*, FMQB Public 39*! New: WPCO, WXCT ON: Sirius, WXRT, KGSR, KBCO, WTTS, KRVB, WXRV, WRLT, WRNR, WMMM, WQKL, KINK, WFUV, KCMP, WXPN, KCSN, KXT, WPYA, Music Choice, WNCS, WFPK, WAPS, WXPK, KUTX, KVNA, KVOQ, WCOO, WTMD, KTHX, WCLZ... Full band tour in November/December Ellen and Kimmel already, more TV coming Do you know about all of the tools I provide for getting what you need? ~ Download WAV and high quality MP3 files for all singles from my Dropbox ~ Stream all singles on the media player on my site or via my Spotify playlist ~ Find content for your station’s website or social media pages on my website Exclaim! gives high marks to White Reaper’s You Deserve Love “In 2019, it’s a rite of passage for newer rock groups to endure speculation about whether or not rock is dead. Sure, the music doesn’t occupy the same spots on the pop charts it once did, and it’s not uncommon for literally any band with guitars and some kind of resemblance to Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath or Nir- vana to be anointed the “saviours” of rock. But it’s not really dead, is it? White Reaper’s response to this conundrum is telling: “I kind of don’t care,” says frontman Tony Esposito. Their brand of rock is a typical one — loud, fast, energetic and loaded with pop hooks. But it’s also the sound of a band who don’t feel burdened by the task of carrying the torch of rock music, and with no interest in what classic rock purists think. You Deserve Love continues down the path of the tighter, poppier tunes found on The World’s Best American Band, with catchy guitar lines and strong hooks. Tracks like “Headwind” and “Saturday” pick up where “Judy French” left off, and show growth in the band’s style of pop songwriting. The reckless punk abandon of White Reaper Does It Again has been toned down substantially, but hints of it can still be found in the double-time stylings of “Raw.” There are moments when the band seem more interested in sounding like the Cars than the Ramones, but their songwriting is strong enough that they can still have it both ways. You Deserve Love packs plenty of pop hooks into its short runtime without losing any of its rock swagger. White Reaper are playing like they have nothing to lose on You Deserve Love, and the record is all the better for it. Rating: 8/10” - Exclaim!, 10/21/19 American Songwriter looks closely at Jesse Malin’s Sunset Kids “New York City is a melting pot of people and artists. But even for musicians born and bred there, Jesse Malin has a wildly diverse resume. He’s played in hardcore bands, found brief fame fronting the tough-rocking, poufy-haired D Generation in the mid-late ‘90s, and from 2003 on has been releasing strong, poetically charged, expertly crafted, street-smart rocking albums similar to fellow New Yorkers Lou Reed and Garland Jeffreys. While Malin’s music hasn’t caught on with a mass audience, it certainly isn’t for lack of trying. He has attracted a well-deserved cult following, at least partially due to affiliations with more marquee names from Bruce Springsteen, Billie Joe Armstrong and Jakob Dylan to Ryan Adams, and now, Lucinda Williams. The latter two served as producers and col- laborators. Choose any of his eight or so previous solo sets to find a rugged combination of Malin’s hooky but edgy melodies, sharp word-play and low key yet inviting vocals. Williams jumps on board this one to help things along with her name recognition and two co-writes. The most impressive is, perhaps not surprisingly, the disc’s first single “Room 13.” It’s a sweetly strumming tune with somewhat dark lyrics about spending time in the titular hotel room where “The walls are paper thin/ And I’ve seen everybody’s sins.” It’s an inviting track that wouldn’t be out of place on an Eagles album. Generally this is a more laid back offering for Malin, especially since its title refers to the death of key people in his life, including his father and also this disc’s engineer, David Bianco. Upbeat selections like the subtly Tex-Mex “Chemical Heart” with its incisive and witty kiss-off lyrics “I don’t wanna be your Ike and Tina/ I don’t wanna be your remote control/ I don’t wanna be your Bernie Taupin/ I don’t wanna be your stepping stone” are pure Malin. He goes country on the tender ballad “Promises” with sobbing slide from Doug Pettibone and shifts into low-boil R&B on the bubbling under “Do You Really Want to Know.” A few more rockers on the order of the Armstrong co-write “Strangers & Thieves” would have raised the overall temperature, but each of these 14 tracks is an exquisitely constructed gem. How much is due to Williams is unclear, but like her work, these songs never feel rushed or lackadaisical. Only two break the four-minute mark, packing words and hooks into a compact format ripe for radio play especially on the Americana format that has largely ignored Malin so far. Hopefully that changes with this higher profile project. If it does, his newfound audience has a treasure trove of other exciting Malin catalog items to discover. Rating: 4/5” - American Songwriter, 8/30/19 Mark your calendars for Vampire Weekend’s return to the US 5/28 Burlington, VT 8/9 Bend, OR 9/27 Lincoln, NE 5/29 Westbrook, ME 8/10 Boise, ID 9/29 Kansas City, MO 5/31 Gifford, NH 8/12 Missoula, MT 9/30 Tulsa, OK 6/2 Lewiston, NY 9/23 Columbus, OH 10/6 New Orleans, LA 6/3 Pittsburgh, PA 9/24 Detroit, MI 10/7 Birmingham, AL 6/12 Asheville, NC 9/26 Cedar Rapids, IA Coming up... 11/4: G. Love feat. Keb’ Mo’, That Dog... 11/11: Devon Gilfillian, Dan Luke & The Raid RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 10/23/2019