June 6, 2016 is a day that I will never forget. I was at the beginning of a four-month tour of the west coast up to Alaska when my tour bus caught on fire and burned to the ground at a Love’s truck stop in Corning, CA. READ MORE…
I always make sure to bring my laptop also along with an external hard drive so I can continue being a boss in the back office while on the road. READ MORE…
In a roundabout way, Hanne Hukkelberg’s new album ‘Birthmark’ is a breakup album.
In the two years since her last LP dropped, the “Embroidery” songstress has been silently reinventing herself. While 2017’s Trust put her onto the map with sprawling tracks that relied almost entirely on tonal changes, pitch transitions, and vocal chops, Birthmark takes a more minimalistic approach to production, allowing Hanne’s voice to take centerstage on all nine songs. It’s ironic, as the Norwegian singer-songwriter was born a maximalist, but this album sees her doing the exact opposite—breaking up with her innate nature and learning to trust the simpler things of her creative process.
One quick scroll through social media this week (cc: every week), and it’s clear—politics are absolutely unavoidable. NYC-based trio, Beechwood, who generally tackle rock’n’roll-friendly topics, added their two cents today with the release of their latest track, “Bigot in My Bedroom”.
“Look what you’ve done to this nation, you got us tangled up in all of your lies,” sings bassist and songwriter, Sid Simons, as Isa Tineo (drums/vox) and Gordon Lawrence (guitar/vox) chime in with spirited coos and handclaps. While semi-heavy in its messaging, the song itself is an upbeat masterpiece—one that deserves to be belted out with friends at a drive bar (friends who’re also navigating the political landscape that is 2018).
Of the song, Simons and Lawrence told us, “Though we don’t consider ourselves to be a political band, it’s impossible these days to avoid the constant stream of the 24-hour bullshit media news cycle. This comes in many forms, and it is therefore a part of our everyday life—advertisements of crooked, smiling politicians, waving their arms in the air and coming at you from every direction.” He continued, saying, “Bigots in the bedroom, Nazis in the kitchen…’well what can a poor boy do’?”
The guys will be performing their new material on their upcoming European tour, which kicks off on May 25 in Paris.
Beechwood fans will also be ecstatic to know their new album, Inside the Flesh Hotel, is due out June 8. READ MORE…
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