Matthew Check is a lifelong singer/songwriter whose musical career shrinks the distance between genres, finding its own balance of American roots-rock, contemporary Jewish folk, children’s music, and bluegrass.
BTRtoday premieres Two Cent Revival’s latest single “Violin”
The music project of Brazil-born/NYC-based musician Matt Jones, Two Cent Revival is a fresh approach to Americana. It’s not only an homage to pioneering old-school country and blues, but it also bursts with inspiration from jazz, bluegrass, garage rock, rockabilly, and indie-pop. READ MORE…
American Songwriter premieres new single “Raindrops” from LA indie-rock/soul-pop band Under the Rug
If there’s anything to be learned through this past year, it’s that life truly is impermanent. Singer-songwriter Casey Dayan was reminded of this during a trip out to Marathon, Texas, a town boasting a population of less than 500 when the conversation turned to death and loss. READ MORE…
LA indie-rockers Under the Rug talk to Vents Magazine about their new single “Raindrops”
LA indie-rock/soul-pop band Under the Rug sit down with Vents Magazine to talk about their new single “Raindrops,” out this Thursday, July 22nd.
Takénobu announces new album Always Leave a Note, KEXP premieres video for lead single “Traveling Light”
I’m not sure about the rest of the world, but here in Seattle, it’s no secret that Jeff Bezos is completely, thoroughly despised. What Amazon has done to this city is so astronomical, from changing (read: massacring) our culture, landscape, and housing costs, it’s hard to imagine it ever being undone. And now that our resident Mr. Burns is more interested in traveling to space than selling books, it only makes him look like more of a complete dick while the people who actually work for him are peeing in bottles in order to fulfill the orders of his monolithic company.
The plight of these underpaid and overworked laborers is exemplified in the video for chamber pop duo Takénobu’s new single “Traveling Light.” In it, Nick Ogawa plays a rodent trapped in the literal rat race of working day-in-day-out in a warehouse at a company called Amazing. With the same logo and colors as the Bezos-owned company, it’s less a wink and more a shove at who Ogawa’s referencing.
Americana UK praises Two Cent Revival’s new single “Candy”
There is a whole album of songs equally as brilliant as this one from Two Cent Revival. The album’s called ‘Demons‘ and it’s out on September 3rd. READ MORE…