Welcome to another week of indie music. As we mentioned on Saturday, we attended the River City Roots Festival in Missoula. Saturday’s line-up was impressive, and featured the guilty pleasure of The Whizpops, followed by the soulful roots of songwriter Malcolm Holcombe, the impressive showmanship of The Ghost of Paul Revere, the roots rock tunes of The Band of Heathens and the awesomeness of one of blues finest guitarists, Anders Osborne, as headliner. We also got to see more blues with Mudslide Charley at the Top Hat following the close of the Festival. Watch for the reviews coming soon.
INDIE MUSIC NEWS
Lots of great music coming down the pike from indie artists, including Jerad Finck, the winner of the 2016 grand prize in the USA Songwriting Competition, who will be heading out for a west coast tour next month. He is planning to visit Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho and Montana before closing out the tour in his native Spokane. Watch his official Facebook page for more tour info. Other artists touring in those areas include several from the Roots Fest: The Ghost of Paul Revere, The Band of Heathens and Anders Osborne, who will also be playing with Bonnie Raitt.
MUSIC TASTES GOOD TO DONATE ADDITIONAL PROCEEDS TO AMFAM
Earshot Media has announced that 100% of the proceeds from tickets sold on August 31 will be donated the Oxfam America, a charity that seeks to end poverty. You can purchase your tickets here.
Music Tastes Good passes start at $75 per day, passes for the new “Taste Tent” experience start at $150, and VIP passes start at $225. The event, to be headlined by Ween and Sleater-Kinney, with appearances by RIDE, Charles Bradley and his Extraordinares, ALVVAYS, Bomba Estereo, Los Lobos, of Montreal and many more, is scheduled to take place September 30 and October 1 at Marina Green Park in downtown Long Beach, California.
NEW SINGLES
Some impressive new singles are being released, including these three we want to feature today:
If you like your music rocky, check out the latest single, “Get up and Go” from Love and a .38. The full song is available on iTunes. Just click the link to preview and purchase.
If ballads are more your thing, you will love the latest single, “Dragonflies,” from Sweden’s Elin K. She will be performing at the Youbloom Festival in Los Angeles on September 21.
Last but not least, here’s the new single, “Rio,” from surf-punk rockers, Knifey. It’s got the energy most of us need to kick-start our new week. We think you’ll love it.
https://soundcloud.com/knifeyband/rio
NEW MUSIC VIDEOS
We are happy to welcome back Straw to our Monday Mashup with their latest single, “1965.” This family keeps the blues alive with their impressive sound, well written songs and spectacular videos. Hurry up and come tour America.
Here’s a very interesting lyric video from Superet for their new single “Who is This Guy.” We think it’s the perfect song for your Manic Monday.
We have long been fans of the Americana duo honeyhoney. Recently, Suzanne Santo released her first solo album and single, which we reviewed last week. We think you will also love the music video for “Ghost in my Bed.”