RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 3/2/2016 Greg Laswell “Lifetime Ago” The first single from Everyone Thinks I Dodged A Bullet, in stores Friday and on your desk now Single on PlayMPE Early at SiriusXM Loft, KBAC, WFIV and WJCU “While ‘breakup’ songs are littered far and wide across the pop landscape, only a pre- cious few can genuinely bond author and listener through a viscerally shared sense of that particularly tortured experience.” - BlackBook Victoria Reed “Nothing To Lose” The first single from Chariot, in stores and on your desk now Single on PlayMPE Added early at WJCU “With a Stevie Nicks knack for songwriting and a folksy pop sound, the album bleeds authenticity” - Paste On tour with Citizen Cope: 3/10 San Francisco, 3/11 Santa Cruz, 3/12 Mill Valley, 3/22-23 Aspen, 3/25 Boulder... Joe Bonamassa “Drive” The first single from , in stores 3/25, on PlayMPE New: WXPK, KPND, KRSH, WKZE, KNBA, KDTR Added early: KCSN, XM Loft, KBAC, KOZT, KROK, KYSL, WFIV, WVMP, WVOD, WZLO, KCLC, KSUT, WBJB, WEXT, WMVY... Official video online Major spring tour kicks off April 23, more to come later this year Over 3.5mm albums sold worldwide The Saint Johns “Lost The Feeling” The first single from Dead Of Night, in stores Friday Single on PlayMPE, full cd on the way New: KPND, KCLC, WSGE, KDBB Early: WRLT, WEZZ, KRSH, WFPK, WZEW, KTAO, Music Choice, WFIV, WVOD, WCBE, WEXT On tour with Judah The Lion: 3/8 Charleston, 3/9 Raleigh, 3/10 Charlotte, 3/11 Atlanta, 3/12 Birmingham, 3/22 Milwaukee, 3/23 Cincinnati, 3/24 Indianapolis... Darlingside “White Horses” The new single from Birds Say, on PlayMPE now New: WNCS, WEXT Early: WXPN, KCSN, WRSI, WDST, KROK, WFIV, WKZE, KSUT, WMVY... “XPN listeners are really responding to this band - and that says it all. The band is selling tickets and fans are buying their music and their profile continues to grow. Plus the record is undeniable on the airwaves.” - Bruce Warren Playing NON-COMM Supersonic Blues Machine “West Of Flushing, South Of Frisco” (album) The new collaboration of Texas guitarist Lance Lopez, producer Fabrizio Grossi and drummer Kenny Aronoff, featuring the talents of their good friends , Walter Trout, Billy Gibbons, Robben Ford, Eric Gales and Chris Durante In stores now! First week: WEXT, WYCE, WFIV, KYSL, KDBB, MSPR Check out “Remedy” featuring Warren Haynes (track #4) Lapsley “Hurt Me” From her XL debut Long Way Home, in stores Friday New: KVNA, KCLC Already on WXRV, WEZZ, WAPS, KROK and WXRY “XL Recordings has released music by understated indie staples The XX and superstar diva Adele, and the label’s latest signing, Laps- ley, is something like the halfway point between those two talents.” - Stereogum Playing Coachella and touring the US in April & May Ben Abraham “You and Me” The first single from Sirens, in stores Friday Edit on PlayMPE, full cd on your desk New at KSUT, KVNF and KRVM Already on WFIV, WEXT, KBAC, WYCE, KRCC, KNVA, WFHB, KDNK, WYSO... “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 Lily & Madeleine “For The Weak” The first single from Keep It Together, their third album and debut for New West, in stores and on your desk On tour now New: KCLC, WERU Already on WYCE, KRCC, WUKY, KNBA, KAXE, KDEC, WFIV, WFHB, WUMB, KSUT, KDNK, KUWR, WFIT... “Indianapolis-born sisters Lily & Madeleine fold stunning harmonies into brushed drums, dreamy strings, and soft keys - and fade into you in the progress.” - NYLON Graham Nash “This Path Tonight” The title track single from his new album, in stores 4/15, his first solo record of new music in 14 years New: KVNF Already on WNCS, KCSN, XM Loft, WAPS, WCBE, KOZT, WFIV, WZLO, KSUT, WEXT, KPIG, WMNF, KRCL, KDBB... Taped World Cafe Graham is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee, Grammy Award winner and Officer of the Order of the British Empire EL VY “Need A Friend” The follow up single to “Return To The Moon” FMQB Tracks 44*! New: KMTN Already on KINK, WRLT, WEZZ, KCMP, KCSN, WFUV, WFPK, KUTX, KRSH, WZEW, WFIV, KCLC, KBAC, WDST, WJCU, WNRN... “The duo play off each other’s strengths-- Knopf’s kaleidoscopic art rock and Berninger’s impressionistic storytelling -- to skim the best of both worlds.” - Boston Globe The Chemical Brothers “Wide Open” (feat. Beck) The new single from Born In The Echoes FMQB Tracks 47*! New: WSGE, WLKR Already on WRLT, WQKL, KUTX, WERS, WYEP, WTMD, WBJB, WDST, WCBE, WVOD, WVMP, WYMS, WFPK, WFIV, KCMP, KTBG, KYSL, XM Loft... “Frankly, it doesn’t sound like a lot of other Beck songs, which is a hard thing to pull off at this point in history, and it’s not your average Chem Bros. track either. I like it a lot.”- Stereogum SIMO “Long May You Sail” Pronounced SY-mo The first single from Let Love Show The Way, in stores and on your desk now New at WRLT and WCBE Already on WEXT, WBJB, KTAO, WFIV, WYSO, WYCE, KVNA, WUSM, KDBB, MSPR, KAXE, WERU, KVNF “JD Simo spins soulful psychedelic with improvisational bent reminiscent of the Grateful Dead and Stevie Ray Vaughn” - Rolling Stone Violent Femmes “Memory” The first single from We Can Do Anything, their first new full album in 15 years, in stores via PIAS on Friday Fantastic performances on Colbert New: WYCE, KRCC, WFHB, KXCI, KDNK, KSMF Already on WFUV, WXPN, WYEP, WYMS, WJCU, WCNR, KCLC, KFMU, KSPN, KSMT, WFIV, WOCM, KYSL, WVMP, KUNC, WLKR... “It’s no surprise that the latest song from Violent Femmes feels like a classic” - Robin Hilton/NPR Run River North “Run Or Hide” The first single from their sophomore album Drinking From A Salt Pond, in stores now New: KRCC, WFHB FMQB Tracks #48! Already on KINK, KCSN, WNCS, KPND, WCOO, WEZZ, WZEW, KBAC, KFMU, KSPN, KSMT, KRML, KYSL, WFIV, WOCM, WVMP, WVOD, KCLC, WBJB, WCBE, WJCU, KKAL, KMTN, KLRR, KDEC, KVNA... Extensive tour going on now Ben Rector “Brand New” The title track from his latest album, in stores now Ben has sold over 390K albums and 3.9MM digital tracks New: KGSR, WZEW, KMTN, KSLU Already on KBCO, KINK, KRVB, WRLT, KPND, KCLC, KFMU, KRML, KSMT, KSPN, WFIV, WOCM, WVOD, WVMP, KROK, KVNA... Extensive tour going on now- all dates close to selling out Building at Hot AC as well - 22* Mediabase Keith Richards “Love Overdue” The new single from Crosseyed Heart, his first studio album in over 20 years Available on PlayMPE now New: WCBE Already on WEXT, WJCU, KFMU, KSPN, KSMT, WKZE, KSUT, WZLO, KNBA, WBJB, WFIV, KMMS... “Honor among thieves, love amongst scoundrels… Keith Richards has carved an encompassing survey of his own spirit and set it to a vast set of influences for all to see.” - Paste Trixie Whitley “Soft Spoken Words” The first single from Porta Bohemica, the new album from the lead vocalist of Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub, in stores now New: KAXE Already on XM Loft, Music Choice, WFIV, KSUT, WEXT, WCBE, WKZE, KVNA, KXCI, KRCC, WFHB, WYCE, Acoustic Cafe... “Somewhere, the late is looking down on his daughter and is very, very proud.” - American Songwriter Vandaveer “A Little Time Off Ahead” The first single from The Wild Mercury, in stores now Video premiered via NPR New at WEXT Already on XM Loft, WFPK, WFIV, WCBE, WNCW, KSUT, KRCL, WUKY, WYCE, KNBA, KDEC, KSMF, WUMB, WUSM, KUWR, WYSO, KRCC, MSPR, KVNF, Maine Public Radio, KDNK... Tour: 3/9 Cincinnati, 3/10 Columbus, 3/11 Grand Rapids, 3/12 Cleveland, 3/13 Lexington, 4/8 Charlottesville, 4/12 Providence, 4/13 Boston... Grace Potter “Nobody’s Born With A Broken Heart” ON AN ON “Icon Love” Perhaps the most Nocturnals-esque track on her new record Playing Bonnaroo The new single from And The Wave Has Two Sides “I was always caught up in their synths FMQB Tracks #41! New: WCOO, Music Choice ON: KINK, WEZZ, WNCS, KCSN, and harmonies before, but the bass line here completely steals the show” - Stereogum WZEW, KMMS, KPND, KMTN... “One of the best living voices in rock today” - Spin New: WOCM ON: KCMP, WCBE, WYMS, WVOD, WFIV, KCLC, KDEC, WYSO, KVNA... Andra Day “Rise Up” Lukas Graham “7 Years” Fantastic on the Grammys! New: Music Choice Mediabase 42*, Hot AC 35* His debut US release in stores Friday Mediabase 22*, BDS 27* New: KRVO Already on KINK, WRLT, WCLZ, WEZZ, KCMP, WFUV, KUTX, KXT, KRSH, Shazam #3 WORLDWIDE!! Already on WXRV, KGSR, KINK, KRVB, WMMM, KCSN, WAPS, WJCU, KPND, WYEP... Headlining tour then Leon Bridges dates! WCOO, WCLZ, WEZZ, WRLT... Multi-format hit: 28* Alt, 12* Hot AC, 22* Top 40 MB Paste has a lot of nice things to say about Victoria Reed “Brooklyn-based Detroit native Victoria Reed seriously impressed me with her debut release Chariot. With a Stevie Nicks knack for songwriting and a folksy pop sound, the album bleeds authenticity – something rare in an industry full of ghostwriters and autotune. Reed cites the supernatural as a huge influence in her life; she chose to drop out of college after a well-timed tarot reading predicted The Death Card as her present, and The Chariot in her future. Of course, to gain some insight, I consulted my personal tarot expert, writer Gabriela Lorraine, on the matter. “The Chariot,” she says, “is inspired movement and action forward; I like to think of the chariot as like your soul propelling you forward. Move towards what’s in your highest favor, because you have it in you to really get it done right now.” Okay cool brb – getting a tarot reading. Of course, after the witchy vibes infiltrated my listening, I started to fall in total love with this girl. Though she’s since ditched the tarot out of fear of drawing a card that makes her question her life all over again (makes sense, honestly), the sense of trust she places in the universe and her future is totally reflected in her music. Reed’s artistic range is highlighted on the album, going from a Mac Demarco-esque sulk on title track, “Chariot,” to a smooth Joy Williams drone on “Moonsong.” It seems that Reed is just an expert on capturing the bittersweet nature of love. “Peculiar Things” recalls the feeling of being truly understood by someone, to the point where they’re the only thing that comforts you when you’re “all tripped out on what hap- pens when we die,” while “Love You” is an old school Dylan-style confession of love. The highlight of the album is the sweet, upbeat number, “Love Once Was Had” which bears a sweet melodic resemblance to the 2011 Death Cab for Cutie track, “Codes and Keys.” Reed slides into the chorus as a nostalgic lover, wishingly crooning “and if you were all I had / well I would not be so sad.” She touches on a Chris Martin style in this track, with her billowing melodies dreaming of wonderful days past and hopeful days future. The bouncing piano and cheery harmonies make this could-be-melancholy track something that could blissfully roll during the credits of an indie teen romance film. Reed, at times, enters an Swiftian zone of country-inspired love songs, and I’m here for it. “All My Power” feels like it should flow right into the tracklist of Taylor Swift’s Red – a beautiful homage to someone Reed longingly admires. “Because all my power / is given to you / and you’re just perfect havin’ / nothin’ to do with it,” she reminisces. The song is melodically gorgeous, combining electric guitar and piano with dreamy folk vocals singing “and when I get real low / well I might write a song for you.” She then enters an earlier Swift style on the most country feeling of the tracks, “Nothing To Lose.” Reed comments on the idea of taking a leap of faith, preaching “the only hope we’ve got is these bones that we’re in” with a heavy stream of violins stringing along her steady harmony. Reed’s album, Chariot, is available today. I would also suggest you stalk your way to the official music video for “Make It Easy.”. Keep your eyes on this girl, folks.” - Paste Magazine, 2/26/16 Violent Femmes are back, and so is the praise for them “After 16 years, Violent Femmes’ singer and guitarist Gordon Gano and bassist Brian Ritchie have put aside their creative differences and made a full-length album, “We Can Do Anything,” out Friday. It features the influential Milwaukee-born folk punk band in its finest form since — well, the beginning. The album was produced by Jeff Hamilton, a Milwaukee native and touring multi-instrumentalist with the band. Despite reportedly having hundreds of songs to pull from Gano’s archives, Hamilton smartly kept the album to 10 tracks, totaling 31 minutes of music. It was largely recorded with the full band performing together and with minimal post-production touches. The result is a livewire listen that doesn’t lag for a second. It’s reminiscent of the scruffy sound from its breakthrough self-titled album three decades back. “I Could Be Anything” is a dizzying circus polka with delightfully sloppy, Oktoberfest-ready backing vocals and childishly fanciful lyr- ics about dragon slaying and a king arranging a marriage. “Traveling Solves Everything” cruises on Gano’s desperate yearning for escape and speedy accordion. And you can feel Ritchie’s bass lines vibrating in your chest on twisty, turning “Big Car” and the ‘50s R&B homage “Untrue Love.” But the one song that doesn’t sound like vintage Femmes happens to be the album’s most memorable. It’s “What You Really Mean,” written by Gano’s half sister Cynthia Gayneau, and it expresses a musical vulnerability and earnest romantic desperation that the Femmes’ have rarely expressed. “You give it all or else you haven’t tried,” Gano sings. “You don’t live halfway.” On this long overdue album at least, the Femmes do give it their all.” - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2/26/16 Coming up for adds in the next few weeks: 3/14: 3/28: 4/4: Barns Courtney City and Colour Calliope Musicals The Young Wild “Fire” “Wasted Love” “Echo of the Whoos” “Not A One” RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 3/2/2016