Blog: the RSL weblog

Tall Heights - Man of Stone

May 21, 6:39am the RSL weblog

BRAND NEW - Directed by Mike Rogers, the new music video from TALL HEIGHTS is called " Man of Stone ." It's a song about durability and solitude that Rogers chose to shot with a bleak landscape of grey and white. None of that can restrain the powerful (and beautiful) playing of Tim Harrington (guitar and vocals) and Paul Wright (cello and vocals) who elevate the track in the midst of the emotion. The pair released their latest ep, The Running of the Bulls, earlier this year to rave reviews. Tall Heights just [...]

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The Best Dirty Rock Band in America?

May 20, 7:19am the RSL weblog

Marc Muldin photograph A rock sound that slam dances and guitar rocks on the fine line between psychedelia and darkness DEAD CONFEDERATE are a hard band to nail down but an easy one to to love. For the uninitiated, Dead Confederate is a five-piece rock band from Athens, GA. Each of their last two releases have been placed near the very top of our annual best albums list (for Sugar from 2011 and Wrecking Ball from 2008) and with a new effort, [...]

• "Vacations" - In The Marrow (April 16, 2013)

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Artist:	"Vacations"
Title:	In The Marrow (April 16, 2013)
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	Rock

Bridges And Powerlines - Williamsburg

May 18, 6:25pm the RSL weblog

NEW WAYS OF REACHING PEOPLE NY, NY Playing Tonight at Piano's We've long been believers in Brooklyn's Bridges and Powerlines . With each album they've outpaced their peers and produced better material than what you're hearing on the radio. On Tuesday of next week the band release Better - an album that celebrates the end of a tough year [...]

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Hey Marseilles - Heart Beats

May 17, 7:11am the RSL weblog

NEW MUSIC VIDEO The easy to approach & even easier to love HEY MARSEILLES are one of America's best live acts. They have done it again with the new album, Lines We Trace . This new music video by filmmaker Haley Young (director of the sensational Rio music video) helps celebrate the breathtakingly beautiful side to the band's music. In Heart Beats the band explores the most human side of us - surrender. Hey Marseilles have a [...]

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Beware of Mr. Baker

May 16, 8:07am the RSL weblog

Whether you realize it or not (and I certainly hope you do), GINGER BAKER was the world's greatest drummer for decades. In the grand scheme of things he's probably still the best there ever was. Behind the kit for Blind Faith, Cream, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Hawkwind, Graham Bond Organisation and many others, he's seen more life and more music than the rest of us can even imagine. Because of his penchant for living each moment like it's the last and surviving decades of this personal abuse, h e also could be one of the most colorful men in [...]

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Jay Nash - Letters From The Lost

May 15, 7:07am the RSL weblog

THE BEST NEW ALBUMS OF 2013 After a solid year of touring, JAY NASH spent most of 2012 hunkered down in his Vermont home studio, crafting what would become Letters from the Lost (produced by Bill Lefler & Jay Nash). It was a time for stepping out. This is the first album Nash had recorded outside of LA in many years. Throughout his [...]

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Jay Nash - Letters From The Lost

May 15, 7:06am the RSL weblog

THE BEST NEW ALBUMS OF 2013 After a solid year of touring, JAY NASH spent most of 2012 hunkered down in his Vermont home studio, crafting what would become Letters from the Lost (produced by Bill Lefler & Jay Nash). It was a time for stepping out. This is the first album Nash had recorded outside of LA in many years. Throughout his [...]

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Jay Nash - Letters From The Past

May 15, 7:06am the RSL weblog

THE BEST NEW ALBUMS OF 2013 After a solid year of touring, JAY NASH spent most of 2012 hunkered down in his Vermont home studio, crafting what would become Letters from the Lost (produced by Bill Lefler & Jay Nash). It was a time for stepping out. This is the first album Nash had recorded outside of LA in many years. Throughout his [...]

• Jay Nash - Sailor

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Title:	Sailor
File Name:	SoundCloud

The Foals

May 14, 10:12pm the RSL weblog

Thoughts on Shows by Todd Harrington The Scene: The MET May 8, 2013 Pawtucket, RI THE FOALS are a band [...]

• Foals - Inhaler (Co-Producer & Mixer)

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Title:	Inhaler (Co-Producer & Mixer)
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FOALS

May 14, 10:12pm the RSL weblog

Thoughts on Shows by Todd Harrington The Scene: The MET May 8, 2013 Pawtucket, RI FOALS are a band from OXFORD, ENGLAND - The quintet slowly took the [...]

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Nathan Reich

May 14, 7:04am the RSL weblog

NEW VIDEO OF NOTE Names You Need To Know It's very hard to find talent that both stimulates the mind and chills your bones... That's what NATHAN REICH does. The talented singer-songwriter has been stirring the creative pot the last year, producing a fan-sourced debut album called All Night Pharmacy . He toured the country with wunderkind Foreign Fields (this is what a [...]

• extensionmusic - Nathan Reich

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Title:	Nathan Reich
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M. Roosevelt

May 12, 10:41am the RSL weblog

From the Mailbag So, here's the deal. I can't begin to listen to, digest or publish everything we receive. About once or twice a month in 2013, I'll open new mail - and so long as the stuff is potentially of interest to our music-crazed audiences, we'll publish it. It gives everyone - no matter who you are, what kind of music you make, no matter your budget, a chance to reach our audience. [...]

• M. Roosevelt - I Became Myself [mp3]
• M. Roosevelt - Two Wolves [mp3]

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Title:	I Became Myself [mp3]
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Genre:	Lo-fi

Artist:	M. Roosevelt
Title:	Two Wolves [mp3]
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	Lo-fi

How Can It Be? (Acoustic) by Zak Ward of Son Of The Sun

May 11, 7:08pm the RSL weblog

NEW VIDEO - UNPLUGGED & SOLO Son of the Sun Web / My / Fb / Tw from rslblog.com's Best of 2011 List

• sonofthesunmusic - How Can It Be?

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Title:	How Can It Be?
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	Indie, Pop, Rock, Alternative, Shoegaze,
Year:	2008

Z*L

May 10, 7:39am the RSL weblog

NEW MUSIC MUSIC AND TAKING CHANCES - It's taken me a long time to realize what I like best about music nostalgia; it's not the emotion of the music or the atmospherics - it's that great music takes chances... Remember a day when a great record could be made and you wouldn't have it shoved down your throat by social media marketing and you wouldn't find it next to the cash register in a coffee shop? I seem to [...]

• Z*L - Black Luck
• Z*L - Black Meds

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Title:	Black Luck
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Artist:	Z*L
Title:	Black Meds
File Name:	SoundCloud

Johnny Marr wraps his North American Album Tour in Boston

May 9, 7:14am the RSL weblog

Thoughts on Shows by Todd Harrington The Scene: The Paradise May 4, 2013 Boston, MA Johnny Marr brought the heat to a cool [...]

• Johnny Marr - The Messenger

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Title:	The Messenger
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	BritPop

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes announce a 3rd album

May 8, 5:02am the RSL weblog

The self-titled 3rd LP will see a July release date "We are amazed and excited to announce that our self-titled third album will be coming out in the US/CAN on July 23rd and worldwide on July 29th!! "These songs mean everything to me. It's the rawest, most liberated, most rambunctious stuff we've done." - Alex THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS MAY 11TH, 2013 [...]

• Edward Sharpe Mag Zeros - Janglin

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Title:	Janglin
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	Indie

Adam Duritz in a Bunny Suit!

May 6, 6:54am the RSL weblog

BONUS FOOTAGE Seeing it for the 1st time! FREELOADERS - A group of slackers living for free in rock star Adam Duritz's mansion suddenly find their lives on easy street threatened when he decides to sell his pad. To stop the sale the gang comes up with a series of ludicrous and hilarious schemes to insure the house never sells. Today's spotlight clip shows what happens when Adam learns the gang have allowed a fundraising porno to be filmed at the [...]

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New from JC BROOKS & THE UPTOWN SOUND

May 5, 5:55pm the RSL weblog

BRAND NEW SOUNDS This is Going to Be Great! New Album HOWL is out 05/21/13 JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound Album / Web / Fb / Tw

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INSTRUMENTAL ROAD WARRIORS

May 4, 10:41am the RSL weblog

Today we tell the story of two Boston bands on the road, headed to the annual INSTRO SUMMIT in North Carolina. Currently the largest all-instrumental music festival in the World, the 5th Annual Instro Summit features 27-plus bands of the surf, soul, rock, and lounge music. This year, Boston's THE WEISSTRONAUTS and THE INVISIBLE RAYS hold key late night slots during tomorrow's grand finale at the event. Even now, they are plowing down an east-coast trek, heading to their instrumental rock mecca! Saturday [...]

• rslblog.com - The Invisible Rays - DK Ray
• rslblog.com - The Weisstronauts - Hoopin'

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Artist:	rslblog.com
Title:	The Weisstronauts - Hoopin'
File Name:	SoundCloud

Mark Edgar Stuart - Remote Control

May 3, 11:39am the RSL weblog

WORLD PREMIERE Originally from southern Arkansas, MARK EDGAR STUART moved to Memphis 15 years ago for an orchestra scholarship - at that time he had never written a single song and played only bass guitar. That was a long time ago and a lot of water has passed under the bridge. Over the last few years, Mark has played toured and recorded with Cory Branan, Jack Oblivian, Alvin Youngblood Hart, John Paul Keith, Star & Micey - among many others in [...]

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