RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 12/2/2020 Travis feat. Susanna Hoffs “The Only Thing” The new single from 10 Songs, out now Originally written by Healy as a could-be duet, Hoff remembers the moment the stars seemed to align: “One day, he asked me to sing with him, and without hesitation, I burst out ‘Yes!’ He showed up at my doorstep with his recording gear and we recorded my vocals in the living room. Collaborating with Fran and the band has been a pure pleasure.” Grizfolk feat. Kyle Gass (of Tenacious D) “All I Want For Christmas Is A Rock Show” A cathartic original track that encapsulates everything we’re all feeling after being without concerts since March: “Stuck at home, all alone // Tired of staring at my phone // All my favorite concerts // Went from sold out to postponed // I’m feeling lonely // I’m so lonely” Official adds at WFPK and KSMF this week, spins at KRVB and KPND already Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard “Christmas Is Coming (We All Know The Score)” A new original track, added at WFPK “‘Christmas Is Coming’ may seem like the kind of anti-imperialist Christmas song that only a global pandemic could produce, but in actual fact it was written in 2018 (capitalism never takes a holiday) after I finished Christmas shopping for my friends. Nothing quite fills one with the dread of implied consumerism quite like pretending you know what you’re friends actually desire on the third floor of a TK Maxx.” - frontman Tom Rees ONR feat. Sarah Barthel (of Phantogram) “Must Stop” From his upcoming EP Pronounced like “honor” New at WUSM ON: WRLT, WCNR, KTBG, KVOQ, KVNA, KROK, WCLX, WXRY, KSLU Almost 950,000 streams on Spotify “‘Must Stop’ is a song about being repeatedly hurt. About a lack of self-worth, a desperation to be in love and to be loved by someone, anyone — and the blows you can take when you leave yourself so open.” - ONR (Robert Shields) #32 Mediabase Alt! Dispatch “May We All” From their forthcoming album Mediabase 38*, BDS Indicator 29*, JBE Albums Debut 39*! ON: WXRV, WFUV, WRNR, KCSN, Music Choice, WXPK, WNCS, WCOO, WCLZ, WPYA, KVNA, WDST, WERS, KVYN, KRSH, WAPS, KJAC, WZEW, WCLX... “‘May We All’ led with this idea of what it means to be forsaken and what that might look like to different demographics in our country.” - Chadwick Stokes/American Songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan “Up All Night” The first single from Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!, due February 5 New: WTYD, KROK, KUWR ON: WRLT, KCSN, WPYA, WFPK, KJAC, KVYN, WAPS, WEHM, WUIN, KNBA, WYCE, WCBE, WJCU, KMTN, KTAO, KRML, WVMP, WBJB... “‘Up All Night’ is half party anthem, half cautionary tale. It’s inspired by the times I’ve wondered if I need to get help with my drinking and what it meant that I was worrying about things in the first place?” - Aaron Semisonic “Basement Tapes” The second single from their You’re Not Alone EP BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator Debut 37*! ON: KGSR, WRNR, WFUV, KCMP, WXPK, WFPK, Music Choice, WPYA, KCSN, WEHM, KVNA, WTMD, KJAC... “A blazingly catchy and colorful rocker that could be about the nascent days of any rock band.” - Minn. Star Tribune “The arrangements are streamlined yet sturdy, from the propulsive “Basement Tapes” to the memorable title track.” - Under The Radar Edie Brickell & New Bohemians “My Power” The first single from Hunter And The Dog Star, due February 19 ON: WFUV, KCSN, WEHM,WDST, WCLX, WYCE, WCBE, WKZE, KSUT, WZLO, WEXT, WLKR, WVMP, WMWV... “A funky mid-tempo rocker steeped in ’70s pop and vintage Lou Reed.” - Dallas News Edie says the songs on the album represent “the mystery of self-expression, loyalty, companionship and love in the darkest sky just before dawn.” Julien Baker “Faith Healer” The first single from Little Oblivions, due February 26 JBE Albums #37! ON: WXRV, Music Choice, WRLT, KCMP, WFUV, KCSN, WPYA, WFPK, KUTX, WYMS, KVOQ, KTBG, KVNA, WERS, WCLX... Julien is also one third of Boygenius with Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus “Not only the most richly produced, pop-aware release of Baker’s career, but also her most unsparingly honest in its messiness.” - Rolling Stone Hailey Knox “A Boy Named Pluto” Her new single, out now New: WYMS, WCNR ON: WMMM, KCSN, WDST, WCLX, WVMP, KROK, WCBE, WYCE and KSLU Check out the fantastic claymation video on my site Livestream performances every Tuesday at 9pm ET Guested on American Songwriter’s Bringing It Backward podcast “Her adept guitar playing and versatile vocals are refreshing in an age of computer generated radio hits” - Artvoice Adrianne Lenker “Zombie Girl” The new single from songs, out now New: WUSM ON: KCMP, WFUV, KEXP, WFPK, KTBG, WYCE, WCBE, SiriusXM Loft, KSMF, WFHB, KHUM... Big feature in The New Yorker: “Lenker writes often about time and loss—how to cling to what we need and let go of everything else. For her, songwriting is a way of externalizing specific experiences or memories and pinning them in place, like a butterfly under glass.” Big Thief just received 2 Grammy noms Michael Franti & Spearhead “Work Hard And Be Nice” The follow up to his #1 AAA single “I Got You” Mediabase #37, BDS Indicator #7 New at KCSN ON: WRLT, WXRV, WMMM, KRVB, WFUV, Music Choice, WNCS, WPYA, WCNR, WCLZ, KPND, KVNA, KRSH, WTMD, KXT, WDST, WEHM, WCOO, KTSN, WUIN... “Franti’s mission, musical & otherwise, is convincing people they can” - Billboard His Stay At Home Concert World Tour continues Prateek Kuhad “Cold/Mess” From his Cold/Mess EP, out now New at KCSN ON: WFUV, KXT, KJAC, KTBG, WRSI, KRSH, KBAC, WCLX, WCBE, WMVY, KROK... Prateek is from India and this song has found international acclaim already Barack Obama picked it as one of his favorite songs of 2019 Over 10 million streams on Spotify and 10 million views on YouTube Has appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone India Romy “Lifetime” From the solo record from Romy Madley Croft of The xx Mediabase #46, BDS Monitored 39*! ON: KINK, WXRV, WFUV, KCMP, Music Choice, WFPK, KTBG, KVOQ, WYMS, WPYA, WNCS, KJAC, KVNA, WAPS, WCNR, KVYN, WZEW, KYMK, WCLX, WYCE... The xx’s “On Hold” was a top 10 AAA hit Tons of great single reviews already from NME, Billboard, Stereogum, UPROXX and more Ron Gallo “HIDE (MYSELF BEHIND YOU)” From PEACEMEAL, due 2/12/21 ON: WRLT, WXPN, KCSN, KJAC, WCNR, WEHM, WNRN, WCLX, WLKR, WJCU, WYCE, KROK... “HIDE is about being with someone because how they make you feel or the idea of them rather than who they really are. Sometimes we say “I love you, I want to be with you” but maybe we really mean “I don’t like me, I don’t want to be with myself and you can help distract me from me.” - Ron Ivan & Alyosha “Everybody Breaks” From their self-titled album, out now New: KTBG ON: KCSN, WCNR, WNRN, WEHM, KEXP, WCLX, KSMF, KNBA, WCBE, WJCU, KROK, WOCM, KBAC, WYCE... “Refreshing dynamicism and undeterred folk rock swagger... unveils the fragility of the human spirit without missing a beat. Ivan & Alyosha’s new video is fun, provocative, and above all, engaging: A thrilling introduction for new listeners, and a welcome visual for longtime fans.” - Atwood The Grahams “Don’t Give Your Heart Away” The second single from Kids Like Us, out now ON: KCSN, WCNR, KVYN, WCLX, KBAC, WYCE, KROK, KPIG, KRML, KLRR, WMWV, WEXT, KUWR, WBSD... Watch the beautiful somewhat-autobiographical video on my site ““Don’t Give Your Heart Away” is as much a cautionary tale for our daughter as it is a reflection on the emotional turmoil we were enduring to have her.” - The Grahams ZZ Ward “Giant” Her new single, out now Mediabase #33, BDS Indicator #30! ON: KGSR, WRLT, KRVB, Music Choice, KCSN, KVNA, WPYA, KTBG, WCNR, KPND, WCLX, WZEW, KYMK, KTHX, WDST, KTSN... “Whether it was an ex-lover that I never felt good enough for or knowing I had to find the giant inside of myself to overcome feelings of self-doubt, writing these songs helped me get to a place of acceptance.” - ZZ DIY looks at the new holiday track from Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard “Giving us the goods with the glam-rock Christmas bop we’ve all been waiting for, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard have released ‘Christmas Is Coming (We All Know The Score)’. Speaking on the song, the band’s Tom Rees says, “Weirdly enough this Christmas song was written many years ago but I suppose the absolute grinding nightmare we call consumer capi- talism never really takes a sick day even during a global pandemic, so at least one positive take away from writing sarcastic songs about capitalism is that the situation is almost definitely only going to get worse and we can only become more alarmingly relevant as each year goes by - all of this considered I did just buy a gigantic new computer screen from Currys/PC World (another great conglomerate, on a side note, I have never actually bought anything physically in PC World, because they never have it there, I think they need to change their name, they can’t advertise themselves as a WORLD OF PC’S without actually having what you want, but I digress) so I’m not quite immune to the charm of it all, I just like to nag more than anything.” Alongside the track, the band have also announced that they’ll be playing socially-distanced shows in January as part of Independent Venue Week, performing at London’s Lafayette on 28th January and Leeds’ The Brudenell Social Club on 29th January.” - DIY, 12/2/2020 Romy talks about being open about her sexuality in her writing “The problem with being an introvert writing dance music is that eventually you will have to dance in front of other people.