While it feels like a blessing that some form of the Echo Park Rising festival is going ahead, it’s very clear that the annual event is going to be very different in 2020. For starters, it’s just the one day — Saturday, September 26. And then of course there’s the fact that the whole thing will be effectively crowd-less, livestreamed to our homes from the various Echo Park venues. READ MORE…
Misty Boyce might be known amongst her peers and the music industry as a reliable and bookable session player, but she has been carving out her own take on the world for more than half a decade now. She’s worked with the likes of Sting, Ingrid Michaelson, and BØRNS, and she knows the value of teamwork when it comes to making the music sound right – an ethos that has followed her solo work from the beginning. READ MORE…
South Carolina’s band of amplified roots-rockers E.Z. Shakes play songs grounded in epic Americana, shimmering twang, swooning pedal steel, atmospheric guitars, and rolling reverb. Collectively, they turn frontman Zach Seibert’s autobiographical folk songs into dark, moody anthems honest enough for a bar and dynamic enough for an arena.
A lush sound and a lovely vocal melody elevate ‘Some Days’ by the band Wayne Graham, led by brothers Kenny and Hayden Miles. The band, named after the brothers’ characterful grandfathers, has put out six albums and an EP, honing their blend of roots genres over the years. READ MORE…
Listen to this week’s State of the Art Spotify playlist featuring:
Dream Machines – How Long
Alicia Keys, Jill Scott – Jill Scott
Stephie James – Where the Sage Grows
Rise Against – Broken Dreams, Inc.
The Exbats – Revolution All the Time
IDLES – Model Village
Wanderwild – Not Buying
GF Anon – Soliloquy at the Armory
Jesse Harris – If You Can
Max B – Goodman
Emergency Tiara – Summer Lover
Karaoke – Lo Hi
Emily Blue – Trump.
Vita and the Woolf – Mess Up
Emby Alexander – Morality of Accuracy in Photojournalism
Melted Bodies – Club Anxious
Vampsy – My Kind of People
Hammered Satin – Avalanche
Lauren Lakis – Fear of God
Laura Jean Anderson – You
Teenage Halloween – Holes
Ras G – Snow (Spacebase RMX)
Arman Hammer – Charms
Scott Hardware – Joy
The Aces – I Can Break Your Heart Too
Kllo- Somehow
Entry – Your Best Interest
Teeth – Writhe
Lime Cordiale – On Our Own
TABACCO – Centaur Skin (of Black Moth Super Rainbow)
Gulch- Lie Deny Sanctify
The Ninth Wave – I’m Only Going to Hurt You