RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 11/18/2020 Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard “Christmas Is Coming (We All Know The Score)” A new original holiday track, on PlayMPE now “‘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 Grizfolk feat. Kyle Gass (of Tenacious D) “All I Want For Christmas Is A Rock Show” An 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” This is a cathartic song that you can play even before the holiday sesson kicks in ONR feat. Sarah Barthel (of Phantogram) “Must Stop” The title track from his upcoming EP Pronounced like “honor” New: WRLT, WCNR and KSLU ON: KTBG, WCLX Over 700,000 streams on Spotify already “‘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) Building at Alternative! Dispatch “May We All” From their forthcoming album BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator Debut 33*! New: Music Choice, WDST, WZEW, KTBG, WMWV, WVMP, WEXT ON: WXRV, WFUV, WRNR, KCSN, WXPK, WNCS, WCLZ, WPYA, KVNA, WERS, KVYN, KRSH, WAPS, KJAC, KYMK, 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 in Amercian Songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan “Up All Night” The first single from Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!, due 2/5/21 New: WCLX, KMTN, WUKY ON: WRLT, KCSN, WPYA, WFPK, KJAC, KVYN, WAPS, WEHM, WUIN, KNBA, WYCE, WCBE, WJCU, KPIG, KTAO, KRML... “‘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 on the track Semisonic “Basement Tapes” The second single from their You’re Not Alone EP New: KGSR, WPYA, KYSL, KTAO, WVMP, KRVM ON: WRNR, WFUV, KCMP, WXPK, WFPK, KCSN, WEHM, 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 New: WEXT, WLKR, KUWR ON: WFUV, KCSN, WEHM,WDST, WCLX, WYCE, WCBE, WKZE, KSUT, WZLO, WOXL, WHRV, KRCL “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 BDS Monitored New & Active, JBE Albums Debut 48*! New: WXRV, WNCS, KCSN, KROK ON: Music Choice, WRLT, KCMP, WFUV, WPYA, WFPK, KUTX, WYMS, KVOQ, WAPS, KTBG... 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: WMMM, WVMP, KROK, WCBE ON: KCSN, WDST, WCLX, 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 Back- ward 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: WFHB, KHUM, KAXE Album already on KCMP, WFUV, KEXP, WFPK, KTBG, WYCE, WCBE, SiriusXM Loft, KSMF, KRCL... 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.” Michael Franti & Spearhead “Work Hard And Be Nice” The follow up to his #1 AAA single “I Got You” Mediabase 45*, BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator 7* ON: WRLT, WXRV, WMMM, KRVB, WFUV, Music Choice, WNCS, WPYA, WCNR, WCLZ, KPND, KVNA, KRSH, WTMD, KXT, WDST, WEHM, WCOO, KTSN, WUIN, WTYD... “Franti’s mission, musical & otherwise, is convincing people they can” - Billboard His Stay At Home Concert World Tour continues Prateek Kuhad “Cold/Mess” The first single from his Cold/Mess EP, out now New: WFUV, KROK ON: KXT, KJAC, KTBG, WRSI, KRSH, KBAC, WCLX, WCBE, WMVY, WUNC, KVNF 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 BDS Monitored #2 New & Active, JBE Public 36* New at KBAC 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 Zach Heckendorf “Waves” The new single from HAWK TALK, out now ON: WCNR, KRSH, KMMS, WCLX, WOCM, WYCE, WCBE, KSLU November 303 artist at KVOQ! 303 Magazine writeup: “Touches on the difficulties of enduring change and coming out on the other side more weathered and wise.” Westword: “The stuff of earnest young men with big feelings, singing danceable songs with catchy hooks.” 50 States livestream tour on now Ivan & Alyosha “Everybody Breaks” From their self-titled album, out now New: KBAC, KAXE ON: KCSN, WCNR, WNRN, WEHM, KEXP, WCLX, KSMF, KNBA, WCBE, WJCU, KROK, WOCM, 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... 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 Matt Costa “Slow” From the new album Yellow Coat, out now ON: WRNR, Music Choice, WTMD, WCLX, WDST, WLKR, KROK, WCBE, WJCU, KNBA, KSMF, WYCE, KRML, KKAL, Acoustic Cafe, KRCC, KXCI... “I’ve heard it’s not what happens in dreams but how you feel about them. Some you don’t want to let go and you hope the light of day comes slow” - Matt Costa Check out the fantastic video on my site now Katie Pruitt “Look The Other Way” Her new single, out now New: WEXT ON: WCLZ, KCSN, WYEP, KJAC, WCNR, KTSN, WCLX, WDST, KCLC, KSMF, KROK, WCLY, WYCE... “Deals with the ongoing issue of complacency and how we all play a role in it. I wanted to confront that complacency head on, both culturally and within myself. We have two choices when we witness evil being done: we can look the other way, or we can ask ourselves what we can do to stop it.” - Katie Tiny Desk last month ZZ Ward “Giant” Her new single, out now Mediabase 36*, BDS Indicator #25! 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 Trevor Hall “never gonna break your heart” The first single from IN AND THROUGH THE BODY, out now ON: WCNR, KRML, KLRR, WCLX, KNBA, WBJB, KMMS, KROK, WYCE, WCBE, KSMF, KDNK, KDTR, WFIT, KAXE, KUWR... Tour dates start in April, including Red Rocks Did a livestream from the Boulder Theatre Produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Hiss Golden Messenger), with additional instrumentation from Phil Cook (Megafaun) and Matthew McCaughan (Bon Iver) American Songwriter talks to Dispatch about authenticity “Boston-based indie/roots band Dispatch have remained resolutely independent since their debut release, Silent Steeples, came out in 1996. They’ve never signed a conventional record deal, but have amassed a large and passionate following (one Boston concert drew 110,000 fans). For their upcoming eighth album (title TBD), they remain ambitious, releasing it in a series of phases, three songs in each. Phase 1, out on October 23, included the songs “May We All,” “One By One,” and “All This Time.” The final phase is set for release in 2021. Co-frontmen Chadwick Stokes and Brad Corrigan have writing advice for artists who also wish to be successful while still following an unconventional path. “I would say, especially during these times, be bold with it and don’t hold back,” says Stokes. “Don’t think about the reverberations down the road. Think about what is in your heart. Just try to get it out there.” To that end, Stokes says, “I personally, with lyrics, will write and write and write – and then it gets distilled. I’ll have six pages filled with lyrics that end up being just half a page [in the final song].” But as Corrigan adds, “There is some poetry to it, there’s some balance and rhythm to it.” Working that out, he says, involves “find- ing the most powerful word that doesn’t give away too much. There are some literal songs that call for a literal lyric, but I think they’re pretty rare.” Being more broad, he says, allows “your audience to bring their meaning to the song – that’s part of the joy of songwriting.” For his part, Corrigan says he has a different way of approaching lyric writing than Stokes’ stream-of-consciousness method. “When I write, I often have more music and I’m struggling to get the lyrics across,” he says. To get unstuck, “I’ll look at a journal entry and try to find things to pull out of life that become lyrical.” Corrigan says he’s kept journals for more than 20 years. “Every now and then, I’ll go back to a memory in my journal and then pull things from that particular time.” Whatever way a songwriter tackles lyrics, Stokes cautions that there should be an awareness of one’s own viewpoint that may be influ- encing the words. “I feel like Brad and I should also say that, being white males, we are also on that evolution of understanding our own privilege and how we write from a certain perspective,” he says. “We’ve had lucky lives in that way. We’ve had a very different experi- ence than so many others. “And so sometimes with the songwriting I’ve been, ‘Who wants to hear from a white male right now?’” Stokes continues. “It’s shut me down in some cases. It’s an interesting thing, grappling with our own identities and our own historical part in the divides of this country.” The antidote for this potential pitfall, Corrigan says, is to just remain as true to oneself as possible. “I think the most important thing in songwriting is that you’re authentic and you’re writing from your heart,” he says. “I think we’ve all probably tried sometimes to write something that would resonate with fans, where when you’re done, you feel like that was a bit of an empty process compared to writing where you really were at the time.” - American Songwriter, 11/9/2020 Colorado Public Radio profiles Zach Heckendorf “Zach Heckendorf entered the music business at 16. By his early 20s, he was worried his career might be over when he walked away from a promising record deal. But going independent was the way forward for the Denver singer- songwriter. “I’m 27 and I’ve had a 10-year career, which is crazy to say,” Heckendorf told CPR’s Colorado Matters. “But that’s what I’ve been learning. It’s all been about: ‘How do I take this more into my own hands?’” Heckendorf recently released the album “HAWK TALK.” He also moved back to Denver this summer after studying creative writing at Columbia University in New York City. “I’m much better built for writing songs. I learned so much, but I struggled my way through the fiction writing. You can get away with more in songs.” The record arrives when live music is at a standstill. Amidst the pandemic, Heckendorf has been playing for digital audiences via a recent “virtual tour” — where he partnered with music clubs across the country to stream live performances. A digital stream isn’t quite the same as connecting with fans in person and on stage, but Heckendorf is getting the hang of it for now. “You have to be doubly as energetic in order to just come off as normal energetic. If I show up and I’m in my normal, calm perfor- mance state, that doesn’t translate very well. I have to really put on the makeup.” - 11/9/2020 Hear the full interview with Zach here: https://www.cpr.org/2020/11/09/after-a-break-from-music-zach-heckendorf-is- back-and-touring-from-his-denver-apartment/. Planning ahead for January: Future Islands “Plastic Beach,” Bahamas “Trick To Happy,” Passenger and so much more RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 11/18/2020