clearance, “had a fantastic”

clearance, “had a fantastic”

Chicago-based rock/lo-fi band Clearance recently released their brand new music video for new track “Had a Fantastic”, and we’re totally digging it. This is the first video released from their upcoming full-length release At Your Leisure. Visually pleasing – with a bit of that vintage feel to the muted colors -, the video displays the band playing in a largely empty room. Greenery appeals to the plant lady demographic of today, with the band singing matter of fact lyrics and drawing you into their esthetic little by little.

“Had a Fantastic” does not disappoint. So grab your disposable camera and let’s get going!

At Your Leisure is out July 27th and is available for preorder now.

white reaper @ sasquatch! music festival 2018

white reaper @ sasquatch! music festival 2018

Even though we tend to see White Reaper every time they’re in town, we also have a love affair of seeing them while we’re out of town as well. Take SXSW 2017, for example, when some of our staff hosted a showcase that featured these charming young men. Now, we’ve seen them in the bright sunshine at Sasquatch! Music Festival 2018, perhaps the best performance we’ve ever witnessed from the quintet.

Keep up with White Reaper here.

wilderado @ sasquatch! music festival 2018

wilderado @ sasquatch! music festival 2018

We’ve been captivated by Wilderado‘s energy since we first saw them open for Judah & The Lion over a year ago. Last weekend, we experienced them in a different light – quite literally – during a day set during Sasquatch! Music Festival 2018 Day 2. Shortly after, we met up with them to take a few portraits on the lawn. And it got fun. So here are most of those photos.

Keep up with Wilderado here.

giants in the trees @ sasquatch

giants in the trees @ sasquatch

Day 1 at Sasquatch! Music Festival 2018 was jaw-dropping. We started off our day at the Bigfoot stage, enjoying the musical stylings of Washington-based Giants in The Trees. The entire band was entertaining from the very first lines of the first song, to the end of the set. And we’re more than smitten with the way that Krist Novoselic danced while playing the accordion.

Keep up with Giants in The Trees here.

jerry castle, “room to dance”

jerry castle, “room to dance”

Nashville-based folk rock artist Jerry Castle has been making waves with his brand of Americana for quite some time now, and we’re absolutely thrilled to announce that we’ve got the exclusive premiere of his brand new lyric video for “Room to Dance”. The sweet, slowly meandering track about a special connection between two people is absolutely beautiful, allowing for his rough vocals to add a depth to it all that might not otherwise be present. And while the lyric video is pretty straight forward – providing the lyrics scrolling across a red – at times glittering – backdrop, the song itself provides some introspective moments that will help you welcome June in a positive mood.

Says Jerry of the track:

“Room to Dance” was the very last songs written for the album.  I had already mastered the album, so obviously I had no intention of putting any additional songs on it.  But one day in Nov 2017, my buddy Carey Ott came over for a hang and we got into this conversation about the magical impact that strangers sometimes have on your life.  The next thing you know, we had our guitars in hand, trying to write a song about it.  It wasn’t until we wrote the first line of the chorus “you’ve got to get out of line while there’s time, time to take, time to take a chance” that I realized this song fit right into the theme of the album and I started getting really excited about it.  A day later I was recording the song in my studio.  Collectively, it’s one of my favorite songs on the album and it has the least amount of instrumentation of any song on the album.

“Room to Dance” is available now. Keep up with Jerry Castle here.