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- Friday,September 22,2017
Rostam followed his performance on Conan last night with a forty-minute set and interview with KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic today. He spoke with host Jason Bentley about his just-released debut album, Half-Light, and was joined by the Calder Quartet to perform several songs from the new album. You can watch the full session here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsRadioVideoFriday,September 22,2017Rostam was on Conan on TBS last night, performing "Gwan," from his debut album, Half-Light. You can watch it here. He takes part in a live session on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic today. Rostam will perform at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in NYC on Wednesday and at The Growlers Six festival in LA on October 28 and will tour Europe in November.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsTelevisionVideoThursday,September 21,2017Sam Amidon has again teamed with director John Hardwick for a new video for "Warren," a song from his new album, The Following Mountain. Watch it here. Amidon launches an extensive tour in Seattle on Saturday, followed by shows in Portland (OR), San Francisco, LA, Boulder, Chicago, DC, NYC, Portland (ME), and more. The European tour begins in October.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsOn TourVideoFriday,September 8,2017Rostam gives a quick look inside the vinyl package of his debut album, Half-Light, out next week, in a new video here. The vinyl includes the album on two discs and a fold-out poster with the album art on one side and handwritten lyrics on the other. Nonesuch Store pre-orders also come with an additional, limited-edition, autographed print and instant-downloads of six album tracks, including the just-released title track.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideoWednesday,September 6,2017Rostam has shared the title track to his debut album, Half-Light, due September 15 on Nonesuch. You can watch a lyric video for the new track here. The track is available to download now with pre-orders of Half-Light, along with five previously released album tracks. Rostam will mark the album's release with events at Amoeba Hollywood and Seattle's Easy Street Records, and in concert at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideoWednesday,September 6,2017Offa Rex (Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists) was featured on PBS NewsHour. Chaney and The Decemberists' Colin Meloy discuss the origins of the songs on the group's debut album, The Queen of Hearts, and the different perspectives the artists brought to them. "I think that was the beauty of the project," says Chaney; "we came from different cultures and different relationships to the history of the music." You can watch the interview and an excerpt from Offa Rex's performance of "The Old Churchyard" at the Newport Folk Festival here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsTelevisionVideoTuesday,September 5,2017Robert Plant has released a new song, "Bones of Saints," from his forthcoming album, Carry Fire, due October 13. The song is available to download now with pre-orders of the album, along with the recently released opening track, "The May Queen." Watch the "Bones of Saints" lyric video here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideoThursday,August 31,2017French singer/composer Camille has unveiled the video for her song "Seeds," from her new album, OUÏ, due in the US on October 13. The video, co-directed by Camille and Olivier Montoro, was made at L'Axe Majeur, a monumental, unfinished bridge, stretching over two miles, just outside of Paris. The bridge was designed by Israeli sculptor Dani Karavan and built over thirty years. "Here is a little seed of love," Camille says of the video, "hoping it will grow within you." Watch it here. Camille will perform at NYC's (Le) Poisson Rouge on October 16.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideoTuesday,August 29,2017Dan Auerbach debuted the music video for "Stand By My Girl," a song from his new album, Waiting on a Song, via Stereogum. The video, about a femme fatale and the men who love her, was directed by Allister Ann, who said of the process, "Sometimes you just get lucky. A song, an artist and a vision come together and seem to align perfectly, and when that happens, it's pure magic." You can watch it here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideoTuesday,August 15,2017Tigran Hamasyan has shared a video giving a behind-the-scenes look in the studio during the recording of his new album, An Ancient Observer. The album was produced by Hamasyan and recorded by Antoine Gaillet at Studio de Meudon in Meudon, France, in June 2016. The video was made by Armen Catanasyan. You can watch it here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideoWednesday,August 9,2017Lianne La Havas has just released the official video for "Tokyo," a song she co-wrote with Matt Hales for her Grammy-nominated album Blood. The video was shot on location in Tokyo by director Ravi Dhar. You can watch it here. Pitchfork called Blood "dynamic and poignantly self-assured in its introspection … an almost seamless album."
Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideoMonday,August 7,2017Fleet Foxes have shared two videos from their four nights of concerts at the Sydney Opera House during Vivid LIVE earlier this year. The Australian called the shows "spellbinding." You can see why in the performances of the songs "Fool's Errand" and "If You Need To, Keep Time on Me," from their new album, Crack-Up, here.
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