RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 5/8/2019 Judah & The Lion “Why Did You Run?” The new single from Pep Talks, out now Early at: WXRV, Music Choice, WPYA, KVNA, KVNV, WCLX, KDRP, WOCM, WUKY, WVOD, KDTR and WXRY Already 28* at Mediabase Alternative Spotify nearing 2 million already, with over 1.8 million monthly listeners Just played the TODAY Show Playing Hangout, Forecastle, Summerfest, Lollapalooza, ACL and Outside Lands Full tour kicks off in August Los Coast “Monsters” The first single from Samsara, their New West debut, in stores June 14 Early: WRLT, KUTX, KJAC, WTMD, WCLX, WBJB, WFIV Headlining: 6/9 Nashville, 6/11 DC, 6/13 NYC, 6/15 Philadelphia, 6/16 Carrboro, 6/17 Charlotte, 6/19 Santa Rosa Beach, 6/20 Athens, 6/21 Birmingham, 6/22 Mobile, 6/27 Austin, then touring with Black Pumas in July Watch their KUTX performance on my site Bastille “Joy” The new single from Doom Days, in stores June 14 First week: KGSR, WMMM, KINK, WNCS, KVNA, KVNV, WWCT, KRSH, WAPS, WXPK, KSKI, KLRR, WFIV, KSPN, KMTN, KROK, WCNR, KRML and more Mediabase 39* Alternative after two days North American tour kicks off September 16 and runs through late October Already nearly 3 million on Spotify - The Saint of Lost Causes (album) His brand new album, at radio now, in stores May 24 New: KRCC, WCBE, WKZE, KXCI, KUWR Early: KJAC, WNCW, WYCE, WFIV, KSMF, WUMB, KAXE, KVNF, KDNK, KDEC, WERU, MPR, MSPR There is no specific single, but I have WAV and MP3 downloads of “Aint’t Got No Money” and “Frightened By The Sound” in my Dropbox if needed Solo shows and dates with Rodrigo Y Gabriela coming up Johnathan Rice “Millions of Miles” (w/Courtney Marie Andrews) From his first solo album in six years, The Long Game, in stores this Friday New: WCBE, KNBA, WUMB, KRCL, MSPR Early at: KCSN, XM Loft, WFIV, WYCE and MPR On tour now with The Felice Brothers: 5/9 Philadelphia, 5/10 , 5/11 Kingston NY, 5/12 Hopewell NJ, 5/15 Portsmouth NH, 5/16 Providence, 5/17 Fairfield CT, 5/18 Boston, 5/23 VA Beach... Joanne Shaw Taylor “The Best Thing” The first single from Restless Heart, in stores May 17 New: KVWF, KNBA, KROK, KSLU ON: WTMD, WFIV, WKZE, WEXT, WCBE, WCLX, WSGE, WYCE, WHRV, WERU, KVNF, KAXE, KDEC, MSPR, KFMG US tour dates kick off May 17 “Every second combines to create a piece of art and a story that takes your breath away. ‘The Best Thing’ is Taylor at her most confident.” - Substream Allman Brown “Shapes In The Sun” The first single from Darling, It’ll Be Alright, in stores May 10 New at KSLU ON: WYCE, WFIV, KUWR Full cd on the way to radio “There is something cathartic about the way Brown sings, and this song stirs an urge to see him perform live and show his skills as the master of pop music he is on his way to becoming.” - Glide Magazine US tour dates going on now Duff McKagan “Chip Away” (w/Shooter Jennings) The first single from Tenderness, the new album from the Guns N’ Roses bassist, out May 31 New: KVWF Already on WFIV Produced by Shooter Jennings Tour starts 5/30 On the single: “‘Chip Away’ is somewhat of a rail against cable news and divisive agendas... all for the almighty dollar. The song also highlights the fact that history repeats itself over and over, and that we will all get past this, together.” Vampire Weekend “This Life” The new single from Father Of The Bride, out now Mediabase 43*, BDS Monitored 32*, Indicator Debut 35*! Over 55 stations already New: KGSR, WFUV, WFPK, KEXP, KINK, WRLT, KYSL, WOCM, KDRP, WYMS, KRML... Just played on The Tonight Show “A sunny upbeat track with a catchy guitar lick and ’90s pop-rock allure” - Spin US tour dates just kicked off Fantastic album reviews Meiko “Gimme Gimme” The first single from In Your Dreams, in stores May 21 ON: WRNR, WAPS, KVNV, WCLX, WYCE, WFIV, KRVM, WHRV Lyric video online! Written after relocating to Nashville: “Trying to adjust to the slower change of pace in Nashville, I found myself online a lot, buy- ing things, and getting excited when the packages arrived at my door. It was definitely the beginning of a hoarding situation that I needed to control!” James Morrison “My Love Goes On” (feat. Joss Stone) The first single from You’re Stronger Than You Know, out now New: WZEW ON: Music Choice, WRLT, WCLZ, WPYA, KRSH, KYMK, WCOO, WCLX, WAPS, WOCM, KTAO, WFIV, KROK, KRVM, KDEC, WYCE, KUWR, KFMG BBC Radio 2 A-Listed for five weeks! Over 7 million streams on Spotify already and 2 million views on YouTube Lots of great Spotify playlist exposure Banners “Got It In You” The new single from their forthcoming album, with original and acoustic versions on PlayMPE ON: KGSR, WXRV, Music Choice, KVNA, WNCS, WCOO, WXCT, WOCM, WVOD, WTYD, KLRR, WFIV, KCLC, WSGE, KROK, WYCE, WBZS... Used in syncs on The Good Doctor and Grey’s Anatomy, and the Shazam numbers took off! New original version +1MM on Spotify, acoustic nearing 2MM Over 2.2MM monthly listeners Devon Gilfillian “Get Out And Get It” The first single from his upcoming album Mediabase 33*, BDS Monitored 23*, Indicator #23, FMQB Tracks 20*, Public 23*! New: KGSR, WYMS ON: Music Choice, KCMP, WFUV, KRVB, WXPN, KCSN, WRLT, WNCS, WTMD, KUTX, WFPK, KTBG, KJAC, KXT, WYEP, WCLZ, WDST, KTHX, WAPS, KRSH, WPYA, KPND, WZEW, KVNV, WXPK... Playing NON-COMM On tour all summer - playing Newport Folk and more SOAK “Deja Vu” The first single from Grim Town, out now Mediabase #48, BDS Monitored New & Active, FMQB Tracks 47*, Public Debut 45*! New: WRNR, KSLU ON: KRVB, WRLT, KCSN, WFUV, Music Choice, WTMD, KTBG, KVNV, KXT, WAPS, KTHX, WFPK, WYMS, WDST, WNRN, WPYA, WZEW, WCNR, KMMS, KLRR... Playing on the hill in Boulder! US Tour in June: 6/8 Los Angeles, 6/9 San Francisco, 6/11 Portland, 6/12 Seattle, 6/14 Minneapolis... Sean McConnell “Rest My Head” The new single from Secondhand Smoke, out now ON: WRLT, KVWF, WCLX, WJCU, KPIG, WBJB, WNCW, KRML, WYCE, WFIV, KRVM, WFHB “At the heart of the album is “Rest My Head”, an appropriately cinematic piece of music that marries elements of gospel, the Southern Gothic tradition, country, folk, and hints of pop music.” - PopMatters Another headlining tour this month Playing Rhythm & Blooms and more The National “You Had Your Soul With You” The first single from I Am Easy To Find, in stores May 17 Mediabase 17*, BDS Monitored #13, Indicator 10*, FMQB Tracks 9*, Public #8! ON: WXRT, KGSR, KRVB, KCMP, WXPN, WXRV, WRLT, KINK, KTHX, WCLZ, WNCS, WPYA, WRNR, WFUV, KCSN, KXT, WCLX... Just played an intimate run Playing NON-COMM! US tour in June with Courtney Barnett and in August and September with Alvvays Meat Puppets “Warranty” The first single from Dusty Notes, their first album to feature the band’s original lineup since 1995’s No Joke, out now ON: KEXP, KVNA, KJAC, KVNV, WNRN, KYSL, WVOD, WNCW, KROK, WCBE, KMTN, WEVL, WDST, KVWF, WBZS, KSKI... Stemmed from their performance together at their induction into the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall Of Fame On tour this month! Aldous Harding “The Barrel” The first single from her 4AD release Designer, out now New: WYEP, KRCC ON: Music Choice, KCMP, WFUV, KEXP, WFPK, KJAC, WTMD, KTBG, KUTX, WEHM, WCLX, KLRR, WMVY, WFIV, WYCE, Open Air, XM Loft, WBZS... Streams are way up in airplay markets! “Harding’s velvet-soft sound is a bedding for a gifted weapon-of-a-voice” - NPR Just wrapped up her US dates, many shows sold out JOHNNYSWIM “Bridges” The first single from Moonlight, their first release through BMG, out now ON: Music Choice, WRLT, WZEW, KJAC, WXCT, KVNA, WPYA, WWCT, KRSH, WCNR, WSGE, WCBE, WFIV, WVOD, WYCE, WOCM, KROK, KLRR, KCLC... “She is full of fervor, and he is the sooth- ing counterforce. They are a pairing of equals, a key finding its lock.” - NY Times On tour now Nearly 1MM monthly Spotify listeners Catfish and The Bottlemen “Longshot” The first single from The Balance, out now, their first new music in three years Mediabase #24, BDS Monitored #26, Indicator #19! New: WHRV, MSPR ON: WXRT, KGSR, KINK, KCMP, KCSN, WRLT, WXRV, Music Choice, WKLQ, WXPK, WAPS, WTMD, KPND, WQKL, KYMK, WXCT, WPYA, WFPK, KXT, KVNA, KVNV, WERS, KTBG, WDST, WCNR... Headlining dates in June Mediabase Alternative 4* - great reseach driving it! Guster “Overexcited” The first single from Look Alive, out now Mediabase #9, BDS Monitored #11, Indicator #16, FMQB Tracks #12, Public #52! ON: KBCO, WXRT, WXPN, WMMM, WRLT, KRVB, WFUV, WXRV, KINK, WQKL, WRNR, KCSN, KXT, WXPK, WNCS, WCLZ, WPYA, KJAC, KTHX, WAPS, WEHM, KVNA, WTMD, KTBG... Performed on Seth Meyers and CBS Saturday Morning already Summer tour dates announced! The AV Club has high praise for Vampire Weekend’s new album “Vampire Weekend fans had plenty of reason for apprehension by the time Father Of The Bride was announced: Frontman and CEO Ezra Koenig had referred to the band’s nearly flawless first three albums as a trilogy, now ended, which seemed to imply some kind of radical shift. Koenig’s main creative partner in the band, multi-instrumentalist and producer Rostam Batmanglij, departed in 2016. The working title was the seemingly jokey Mitsubishi Macchiato. There would be singers other than Koenig featured prominently, and there would be 18(!) songs. Also, Koenig claimed to have had a songwriting revelation after a Kacey Mus- graves concert, leading him to more direct lyrics. The album was supposed to come out a year ago, which would have been a full five years after the excellent Modern Vampires Of The City. In the meantime, Koenig spent some creative energy making anime for Netflix. None of those developments foretold particularly good things for Father Of The Bride. But worry was unwarranted: Vampire Weekend’s fourth album is adventurous, joyful, weird, and familiar in all the right ways. It knows when to leap and when to look to the band’s foundation; it stretches in several directions and then snaps back into focus. It’s unmistakably a Vampire Weekend record, yet unmistakably not quite like the others. Yeah, it’s a little too long and occasionally strays off course, but its meandering suits its ambition. Father Of The Bride is unlikely to find the universal praise that the immaculately constructed Modern Vampires did, but it will reward close listens. It’s not perfect, but it’s perfect for this moment in the band’s evolution. There are plenty of songs to satisfy traditionalists, or at least those who were all-in on Modern Vampires: “Bambina” is sweetly familiar and straightforward, chugging along before dropping everything but Koenig’s voice in the chorus. “Spring Snow” adds a Latin rhythm and some Vocoder “woo-woo”s, but otherwise feels like classic Vampire Weekend. “Harmony Hall”—which made its way to the world pre-album-release, along with five other songs—is absolutely gorgeous, a mel- ancholy mid-tempo track with an irresistible chorus that Koenig borrowed from his own song, Modern Vampires’ “Finger Back.” (Maybe he felt that the key line—“I don’t wanna live like this / But I don’t wanna die”—deserved more attention than it got on his first try.) But those are the exception in an album filled with gentle surprises. It’s hard to say whether the addition of other singing voices—mostly HAIM’s Danielle Haim—or the other flights of fancy are more jarringly pleasant. On the one hand, a few duets use tricks straight out of the classic country playbook, particu- larly “Married In A Gold Rush,” which could’ve worked just as well for June and Johnny as it does for Ez and Danie. (And could for Kacey and whomever, honestly. If Vampire Weekend can’t make it a hit, somebody else surely could.) Haim also shows up to win the day on the massively traditional—right down to its title—“We Belong Together.” Koenig wasn’t kid- ding when he said he wanted to write songs that could be immediately understood, a pleasant surprise coming from a guy who’s inserted world politics and history into more than his share of lyrics. But when Father Of The Bride turns its head to the less-traveled side of the road, it’s even stronger: Both “Rich Man” and “How Long?” sound like alternate-universe Disney songs, with odd little piano tinklings and alarmingly professional-sound- ing string sessions. (The production recalls the best moments of Fiona Apple’s Extraordinary Machine in many ways.) Then there’s “Sunflower,” which brings to mind ’70s prog giants like Yes, with its precision swing and treated scat-singing. It may be the first Vampire Weekend song with a nonsense chorus—the “boo-ba-doo-ba-doo” sort of stands in for a bass line. It’s done with a nod but not necessarily a wink; all of the left turns on Father feel born from restlessness and curiosity rather than any kind of calculation. Father Of The Bride isn’t the shocking rebirth that might have been expected, given all of the information that trickled out about it over the past six years. Instead, it’s just far enough from expectations to surprise, but close enough to remain true. It’s a little messy and a little weird (and, again, a little long), but exactly the right record for Vampire Weekend right now. Rating: A-.” - The AV Club, May 2 2019 Bastille announces North American dates to support Doom Days 9/16 Philadelphia, PA 10/2 Chicago, IL 10/18 Houston, TX 9/17 Boston, MA 10/4 Denver, CO 10/19 Austin, TX 9/18 Montreal, QUE 10/5 Salt Lake City, UT 10/21 Birmingham, AL 9/20 Toronto, ONT 10/7 Portland, OR 10/22 Nashville, TN 9/21 Washington, DC 10/8 Vancouver, BC 10/23 Atlanta, GA 9/22 Pittsburgh, PA 10/9 Seattle, WA 10/25 Raleigh, NC 9/24 New York, NY 10/11 Berkeley, CA 10/26 Jacksonville, FL 9/27 Uncasville, CT 10/12 Los Angeles, CA 10/27 Miami, FL 9/28 Richmond, VA 10/13 San Diego, CA 10/29 Mexico City, MEX 9/29 Columbus, OH 10/15 Phoenix, AZ 10/1 Detroit, MI 10/17 Dallas, TX Coming up... 5/20: Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Barns Courtney, SYML RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 5/8/2019