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RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 7/8/2020 “You’re Not Alone” The first single from their You’re Not Alone EP, out 9/18 BDS Monitored #1 Most Added before add week! Early: KCMP, KCSN, WRNR, WXPK, WFUV, WTMD, WFPK, KTBG, Music Choice, WPYA, WOCM, KYSL, WFIV, WJCU, KNBA, KSLU, WUKY, WOXL This is their first new music in almost 20 years Tons of great press “Like their greatest hits of yesteryear” - Consequence of Sound Margo Price “Letting Me Down” The first single That’s How Rumors Get Started, produced by Sturgill Simpson, out this Friday Appeared on CBS This Morning BDS Monitored New & Active, JBE Tracks 49*, Public 23*! New: WEVL ON: WRLT, WFUV, WXPN, Music Choice, WYEP, WFPK, WTMD, KTBG, KJAC, WRSI and more Tons of recent and upcoming press Watch the creative video on my site now Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard “Double Denim Hop” The first single from The Non-Stop EP, out this Friday New: WCNR, WYCE ON: KCSN, KJAC, WCLX, WCBE, WBJB, WOCM, WFIV, KROK “Think Thin Lizzy or T-Rex in the back room of a pub, riffs and tunes intact but with an endearing slacker attitude.” - Great UK press! Topping the Alt Press list of the Best New British Guitar-Rock Bands: “Theirs is the ground floor to be on, friends.” Joshua Speers “Bad Night” From his Human Now EP, out now New: WYCE, KROK, WCBE, KSLU ON: KSMF, KCLC, WFIV, KUWR “The five-track project is such an enamoring listen, kind of perfect for quarantine, whether with a cup of coffee—or whiskey... Speers’ EP is a worthy soundtrack, with his earnest, youthful vocals meshed with a gritty Americana sound, at times crisp and clean and other times sounding very sturdy and classic.” - Variance “Oh, What A World 2.0” A reworked version of a Golden Hour favorite, done for Earth Day, but connecting with listeners now New: WCLZ, KCLC, WFIV, WYCE, KSUT ON: WRLT, WXPK, WWCT, KTBG, KJAC, WPYA, WFPK, WCLX, Music Choice, KTSN... The song celebrates the magic of the natural world around us and the enduring beauty of the human spirit, and is dedicated to our planet and all of the heroes on the front lines during the global pandemic Travis “A Ghost” The first single from 10 Songs, due 10/9 BDS Indicator Debut 35*, JBE Tracks Debut 50*! New: WPYA, WSGE, KTAO, WFIT ON: WRNR, WFUV, KXT, KJAC, WTMD, KPND, KTBG, Music Choice, WYEP, WNRN, WCLX, WEHM... Co-produced by Fran Healy and Robin Baynton (, Flor- ence & The Machine) Watch the stunning animated video directed and drawn by Fran, with his son Clay leading the beautiful cinematography Pretenders “Didn’t Want To Be This Lonely” From Hate For Sale, out 7/17 Mediabase 47*, BDS Monitored 33*, Indicator 21*, JBE Public 4*! New: WCMP, WVMP, WMVY ON: WRLT, WRNR, WFUV, WXPN, WPYA, WYEP, WFPK, Music Choice, KCSN, KJAC, WTMD, KTBG, WERS, KVYN, KPND, WCLZ, WZEW, WAPS... Their 11th studio , the first to be recorded with their long-standing touring line-up and written by and guitarist James Walbourne Pokey LaFarge “Bluebird” The second single from Rock Bottom Rhapsody, out now New: WRLT, WYCE ON: KCSN, Music Choice, WFPK, KJAC, KRML, WCBE, WNCW, WCLX, KRSH, WMVY, KROK, KSUT, WKZE, WFIV, XM Loft “I wanted to write a song that I could see people dancing to at Pacific Parc in Amster- dam,” Pokey shares of the track, “a place where I’ve gone many times with friends to listen and drink and dance to 45’s until dawn.” - Flood Magazine NEEDTOBREATHE “Hang On” The first single from Out Of Body, due this summer Mediabase #45, BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator 31*! ON: KINK, WXRV, WRLT, Music Choice, WNCS, WZEW, WPYA, KCSN, KVNA, KVYN, KCLC, KPND, WCLX, KMTN, WMWV, KROK, WYCE, WVMP, KRML, KSPN... “Could easily be the next summertime sing-along” - American “The sort of anthem we need right now” - E! News Spotify over 2 million! David Ramirez “My Love Is A Hurricane” The title track from his new album, out 7/17 New: KSMF ON: KUTX, KJAC, WCLX, WEXT, KTSN, KMMS, WCBE, WYCE, WOCM, WFIV, WBJB... “Misty psychedelic undertones and potent gospel arrangements” - NPR Music “A resolutely hesitant , never pushing his hurt, letting it instead decay him from within” - New York Times Took part in the 6/10 livestream to support Austin venues Michael Franti & Spearhead “I Got You” From Work Hard And Be Nice, out now Mediabase 13*, BDS Monitored 14*, Indicator 4*, JBE Public 4*! New: CIDR, KXT, KUMT... ON: KBCO, WXRT, KGSR, WTTS, WXRV, WMMM, WRNR, WRLT, KRVB, WFUV, WXPK, KCSN, Music Choice, WTMD, WYEP, KTHX, WQKL, WKLQ, WNCS, WZEW, KTBG, WFPK, WYMS, KJAC, KVOQ, KVNA, WPYA, WEHM... Great press and playlist placements on all platforms! OK Go “All Together Now” Their first new music in six years Over 1 million streams online! ON: Music Choice, WEHM, KMMS, WCLX, KLRR, KNBA, WBJB, WLKR, KSMF, WYCE, WFIV, KRCL, WDIY, KUWR, WHRV Recorded in quarantine after singer Damian Kulash and his family recovered from the coronavirus Profits of the song will go to Partners in Health, an organization that brings heathcare to people who can’t afford or access it Mondo Cozmo “Upside Down” From New Medicine, out now Mediabase 34*, BDS Monitored Debut 37*, Indicator 33*, JBE Public 42*! New: KVNF, WOXL ON: SiriusXM Alt Nation, WXRV, WXPN, WRLT, WRNR, WTMD, KXT, KCSN, WQKL, WZEW, WFPK, KTBG, WCNR, Music Choice, WPYA, WEHM, WAPS... Josh Ostrander on the album: “This album sums up a lot for me, coming to terms with the weird guilt of success, navigating a new American experience.” Colbert performance! Matt Costa “Avenal” The first single from Yellow Coat, out 9/11 ON: Music Choice, KJAC, WEHM, KNBA, WJCU, KROK, WYCE, WUKY, WFIV, WCLX, WLKR, KRML, KLRR, KHUM, WFIT, WHRV and KUWR NPR Live Session 7/9 at 4pm ET Watch the cool video on my site now, cre- ated at home during quarantine with multimedia artist Minh Pham Produced by Alex Newport (Death Cab For Cutie, At The Drive-In) Devon Gilfillian “The Good Life” From Black Hole Rainbow Mediabase 18*, BDS Monitored 13*, Indicator 11*, JBE Public #9! New: WPCO, KSUT ON: KCMP, WXRV, WFUV, WRLT, WRNR, KRVB, WXPN, WXPK, KXT, KCSN, KTHX, WFPK, WCLZ, WQKL, WKLQ, KJAC, KTBG, WYEP, WYMS, Music Choice, WPYA, WTMD, KVOQ... “[A] soul-soothing ode to finding peace and beauty in life.” - Created the non-profit initiative The Good Life Fund Wild Rivers “I Do” The first single from Songs To Break Up To, out now BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator #37! ON: KRVB, KCSN, Music Choice, WAPS, WCNR, WBDB, WEHM, KJAC, KPND, KVNA, KVYN, KRSH, WVMP, WZEW, WDST, KMTN, KRML, KLRR... Produced by Skylar Wilson The theme of the Toronto four-piece’s EP was inspired by co-lead vocalist/guitarist Khalid Yassein facing the dissolution of a long-term relationship in 2018 Fiona Apple “Shameika” The first single from Fetch The Bolt Cutters Mediabase 23*, BDS Monitored 21*, Indicator #28 At the top of most Best of 2020 lists ON: WXRT, KGSR, WRNR, KCMP, WXPN, WFUV, WXRV, WRLT, WMMM, WQKL, KCSN, WFPK, KXT, WKLQ, WCLZ, KJAC, KTBG, WERS, WYEP, KUTX, KVOQ, WAPS, WTMD, WYMS, Music Choice, WPYA... The best-reviewed album in the history of Metacritic White Reaper “Real Long Time” The second single from You Deserve Love Mediabase #22, BDS Monitored #22, Indicator 18*! New at WXRT! ON: WXRV, WTTS, KINK, KCMP, WRNR, KRVB, WRLT, KCSN, WNCS, WPYA, Music Choice, KTHX, WTMD, WCLZ, WKLQ, WAPS, WCNR, KTBG, WYEP... On the single: “We went for an Electric Light Orchestra vocal sound in the chorus... Most of it was recorded live.” Mediabase Alternative 22* Pearl Jam “Retrograde” The second single from Gigaton Mediabase 6*, BDS Monitored 9*, Indicator #5! Mediabase panel almost closed out ON: SiriusXM Spectrum, KBCO, WXRT, KGSR, WTTS, KCMP, WMMM, WRLT, WXRV, WFUV, WXPN, Music Choice, WRNR, KRVB, WQKL, WXPK... “Strong and loose, political and personal, Pearl Jam get the balance absolutely right.” - MOJO The video features Greta Thunberg Perfume Genius “On The Floor” The first single from Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, out now Mediabase 37*, BDS Monitored #34! ON: KCMP, WXRV, WRLT, WFUV, WXPN, Music Choice, KXT, WYEP, WFPK, WPYA, WNCS, KTBG, KUTX, KRSH, WZEW... 92 rating on Metacritic, and on most Best of 2020 So Far lists “This album is a benchmark in Hadreas’ career.” - NPR Music American Aquarium “The Luckier You Get” From their new album Lamentations, produced by Shooter Jennings, out now ON: WAPS, WYCE, WBJB, KROK, WCLY, WOCM, KMMS, WNCW, KNBA, WEXT, WUIN, KPIG, WCBE, KTSN, KRML... Fantastic first week sales and album reviews “‘The Luckier You Get’ is a feel good song about appreciating hard work and the rewards that come along with it.” - The Boot talks to about the new Semisonic EP “Comparisons between Led Zeppelin and Semisonic — the alt-pop band best known for the rousing 1998 hit “Closing Time” — are few and far between. But former Semisonic singer, guitarist and songwriter Dan Wilson thinks there’s at least one: It’s not easy to just dash off a good Semisonic song — or a good Zep track. You have to be in the right headspace. “[I would try to write a Semisonic song and it] would either not be great, or be good but not sound like ,” Wilson says. “I just didn’t have a handle on how to sound like Semisonic and have it be good enough of a song. I used to think it was maybe something like what used to say — that he doesn’t know how to be that guy in Led Zeppelin anymore, so he just ain’t doing it.” But, in recent years, Wilson has clicked back into Semisonic mode, reuniting with his former bandmates, drummer and bassist . The result is You’re Not Alone, a five-song EP that will arrive on September 18 and mark their first release since 2001. Friday, the group previews its first single: the title track, which returns to the trio’s blend of winsome melodies, power-chord guitars and largely angst-free lyrics (“Everybody knows that the world is wrong/Only thing to do is write a song/ That’s one way to take a wrong and make it all right”). “When I wrote it, a lot of people around me were feeling despair about our country and the state of the nation,” Wilson says. “A lot of people I knew were feeling like things were going to hell in a big hurry. And that was an inspiration for the song.” That determinedly upbeat vibe, Wilson says, has long been part of Semisonic’s DNA — even dating back to his previous band, the power-popping . “A lot of things that did well were resentment and [feeling] aggrieved,” he says. “But in that post-grunge era, Semisonic songs always had a kind of hopeful glow about them. And no matter how hard we tried to rock that, that remains true. It was a really specific kind of vibration the band couldn’t help but have.” Semisonic broke up in the early 2000s in part, Wilson says, because he needed to be home more to help take care of his oldest daugh- ter, Coco, who was born prematurely and had special needs. To earn a living and continue his career in music, he became a writer- for-hire, as well as an occasional solo artist. Over the years, Wilson has written or co-written for (“Treacherous”), Halsey (“Alone”), (three songs on 21, including “Someone Like You”) and the Dixie Chicks (multiple songs on , including “” and “Easy Silence”). One of those collaborations helped bring him back to Semisonic, though. A few years ago, Wilson was approached to write songs for a Liam Gallagher solo album. The reach-out was somewhat ironic, since Oasis and Semisonic toured together in the Nineties and Galla- gher was not taken with rock from across the pond. “He said, ‘Americans write shite melodies,’” Wilson chuckles. “But he said Semisonic were OK, so I got a reprieve from him.” Wilson wrote a handful of songs for Gallagher, submitted them and then realized he’d missed the deadline. But the songs reminded him of a style he’d long avoided. “I took that kind of as a sign like, ‘Oh, I know how to do this,’” he says. With a few of those songs under his belt, Wilson and Semisonic reunited for a series of reunion shows in in 2017. By then, Slichter had reestablished himself as both an author (his rock-life 2004 memoir So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star) and educator (he currently teaches creative nonfiction at Sarah Lawrence). Bassist John Munson has played in a number of bands and has become involved with public radio, often guest-hosting Minneapolis Public Radio’s The Current. “It was so fun and so inspiring to be back together and just make that sound that just comes out when we’re playing,” Wilson says. “And it’s not premeditated — it’s not nothing we have to think about or anything.” Did the response to those shows make Wilson feel the public was crying out for a Semisonic reunion? “Each time we would do a three-night stand, I would go, ‘OK, night one was good, night two was shaky and night three was amazing,’” Wilson says. “I didn’t think to myself, ‘Oh, the people have spoken. They want more!’ I was just in my usual state of like, ‘That was really fun, but we could have done that better.’ But it reinforced my desire to be with the guys and make that sound again.” The EP, recorded in an L.A. studio a few months before the coronavirus locked down studios, features songwriting contributions from Mike . Tracks like the rousing road-tale saga “Basement Tapes” and the semi-ballad “All It Would Take” evoke both the band and Wilson’s subsequent songwriting forays. All the songs retain the band’s signature sound, which Wilson says was inten- tional. “One of the things I said to Jacob and John when we started is, ‘I just want to make our sound and do what we do, and I really would like to not have us consider any questions updating the sound,’” Wilson says. “I didn’t want to do any conscious updates to make things sound modern. I just wanted to make the sound that we can make.” Like most musicians at this precarious moment, Wilson isn’t sure what lies ahead for the band once the EP is released (with perhaps more EPs to follow). A few reunion shows for this year were postponed, and a 2021 series of reunion gigs seems more likely. Wilson also says he has at least one song on the forthcoming Chicks album, Gaslighter. (The Dixie Chicks recently dropped the “Dixie.”) Then there’s the bigger intangible — where guitar-based power pop even fits in the 21st-century landscape. “It feels like doing a rock band in a basement or a garage is still a kind of folk music,” Wilson acknowledges. “People go to summer camps and learn how to play ‘.’ It’s just not in the Top 40 or on the radio. It’s like a genre. It’s like playing bluegrass.” He chuckles. “But you still gotta be good at it.”” - Rolling Stone, 6/26/20 Coming up for 7/20 adds: Saint Motel “Preach,” Future Islands “For Sure” RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 7/8/2020