Jess Harlen is a new artist who calls Melbourne, Australia home. Her brand of soul/reggae will appeal to fans of Katchafire, Jack Johnson, Donavon Frankenreiter, and Camile Velasco. She is signed to a new subsidary of Obese Records called Plethora, where Harlen will be releasing her Neon Heartache album in February 2010 (just in time to make an impact before Valentine’s Day.)
If you like her and the sound of her music, you should also be introduced to producer Plutonic Lab, who was involved in the entire project. Take a look at some of his credits on his MySpace, and you’ll want to start exploring his work (which you should).
This is the first single from the album, called “Watch The Water”. Then watch out for Harlen in the new year.
If you can’t figure that out, I’ll be like butter and clarify. The group is called Lymbyc Systym and they are about to go (gyt) on (rrn) tour (trr) for (fr) the new year.
Brothers Jared and Michael Bell are going to tour in support of their new album, Shutter Release on Mush (to be reviewed here very soon). Here are the confirmed tour dates:
01/07 Seattle, WA High Dive *
01/09 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord *
01/10 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Theater *#
01/11 San Diego, CA Che Cafe *
01/12 Tucson, AZ Plush *
01/13 Scottsdale, AZ Chyro Arts *
01/15 Austin, TX Emo’s $
* = w/ Helios
# = w/ The One AM Radio
$ = w/ This Will Destroy You
Lymbyc Systym will also be touring Canada, Japan, and Europe in the new year.
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab are now shipping their new vinyl remaster of Rickie Lee Jones‘ Pirates. This one is a part of MFSL’s GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog LP 180g Series, and was mastered from the original 1/4″ analog master tapes, insuring incredible quality. You can order your copy by clicking here.
Pikahsso has been doing his thing for awhile, and he has not only a new track but a new video to go along with it. If you like the video and want to take it with you, you can download it for free (5.24mb)
No Bird Sing are a hip-hop crew out of the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and have already performed shows with Saul Williams, Eyedea & Abilities, and P.O.S.. The video is a song taken from their self-titled debut, and after hearing it and seeing the visual accompaniment (created by 14-year old Malone Mischke), you’ll no doubt realize that these guys are ready to make an impact outside of the midwest. They’re more than willing to work outside of the box, the real question is: are you?
Here’s a recent No Bird Sing radio live performance, captured on video.
Franz Nicolay has just come out with a 10″ EP called St. Sebastian Of The Short Stage (Team Science. Nicolay describes his music as “punk/rock/cabaret”, or at least that’s how his website describes him, and apart from music as a solo artist, he’s also a part of a group called Guginol, and a book of short stories called Complicated Gardening Techniques (to be published in January by Julius Singer Press.)
Here are the confirmed tour dates, which has Nicolay touring with Anders Wendin as Moneybrother DEC 01 – Dresden, Germany @ Beatpol
DEC 02 – Essen, Germany @ Zeche Carl
DEC 03 – Bielefeld, Germany @ Kamp
DEC 05 – Berlin, Germany @ Postbahnhof
DEC 06 – Hamburg, Germany @ Grunspan
DEC 07 – Koln, Germany @ Stollwerck
DEC 08 – Munchen, Germany @ Backstagehall
DEC 10 – Karlsruhe, Germany @ Substage
DEC 11 – Innsbruck, Austria @ Weekender
DEC 12 – Ebensee, Austria @ Kino
DEC 13 – Vienna, Austria @ Wuk
