Sound Cloud Sunday – February 25, 2018

Sound Cloud Sunday February 25, 2018

We here at Laurel Canyon Radio couldn’t be more grateful to live in a time when there is so much amazing music in the world that is so accessible to our fingertips (and earholes).  Surely there will come a time when perhaps record labels are irrelevant and the playing field is even and everyone’s music has an audience that can be readily found.  Until this time, all hail Sound Cloud Sunday, where we break out another hour of independent wup-ass…please patronize these lovely and talented artists, go see them live (wherever they may be) and share their music with those you love (or wish you loved).

 

Rich Krueger – A Stoopid Broken Heart

Hometown: Chicago

Album: “Life Ain’t That Long” (self-released)

Review Snippet: Born on a Wednesday full of woe, a 58-year-old Chicago neonatologist undertakes to show the world he’s also a major songwriter, complete with wavery high baritone that hurts so much it’ll make ordinary mortals wince.

Website: http://richkrueger.com/

 

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The Rough And Tumble – Barney

Hometown: They have lived in a camper touring since 2015

Album: “We Made Ourselves A Home When We Did Not Know” (debut self-released)

Review Snippet: “The debut full-length from The Rough & Tumble…is as cozy, comfortable and inviting as a well-worn couch.”

Website: http://www.theroughandtumble.com

 

 

 

 

Joel Taylor – Give Myself Away

Hometown: LA via Sydney, Australia

Album: No album yet, this is his second single (and Friend Courtney Cox directed the video for his debut single).

Next Time in LA: Taylor just played the Troubadour last week.

Review Snippet: We were first introduced to Joel in 2017 when he debuted with his double single Two Sides. His unique blend of American soul music with modern touches driven by his deeply, emotional and soaring voice made his presence known as one of the new and exciting faces in the singer/songwriter world.

Website: https://www.thisisjoeltaylor.com

The Last of The Easy Riders – Freewheelin’

Hometown: Denver

Album: “Unto This Earth” (their second on Agitated Records)

Review Snippet: They shared a passion for classic rock, drawing inspiration from the Band, Neil Young and the Grateful Dead. When the musicians discovered their mutual taste, they formed Last of the Easy Riders, a rock band with country and psychedelic overtones.

Website: https://lastoftheeasyriders.bandcamp.com/

Caitlyn Smith – This Town Is Killing Me

Hometown: Cannon Falls, MN
Album: “Starfire” (on Monument Records – just released debut, she has an EP)
Review Snippet: She’s a Is it any wonder, then, that one of the centerpiece tracks on Starfire, the stinging, superb debut album from Nashville artist Caitlyn Smith, is “This Town Is Killing Me,” a fulminating acoustic ballad about Music City? The core of the song is about the indifference and struggles she has faced in her career as a songwriter (she co-wrote Cassadee Pope’s 2013 hit “Wasting All These Tears” and the Meghan Trainor/John Legend duet “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”) and as a budding solo act. But the weariness in her voice is pure reflection of the gritted teeth and frustration that so many female artists suffer at the grabby hands of label execs, PR flaks and disc jockeys

Next Time in LA: Nowhere near LA, but at Bottlerock in Napa on May 25.

Website: https://www.caitlynsmith.com/

 

 

Dean Owens – Southern Wind

Hometown: Scotland, UK
Album: “Southern Wind” his 7th album just released February 16 on At The Helm Records

Review Snippet: Dean Owens is one Scotland’s finest singer/songwriters. Armed with a searingly soulful voice, skillfully crafted stories and memorably heart-twisting melodies, he is a compelling and engaging live performer, with an emotional hurricane of stories and songs.

Website: http://www.deanowens.com

Sarah Shook And The Disarmers – Good As Gold

Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Album: “Years” on Bloodshot Records (out April 18)
Next Time in LA:
• Review Snippet: She’s a nonconforming spitfire who’s proud of not fitting in with mainstream country music. Like Tammy Wynette front the Ramones.

Website: http://www.disarmers.com/

 

 

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The Michigan Rattlers – Time To Move On

Hometown: LA via Petoskey, MI
Album: “Wasting The Meaning” (their 2nd album – self-released)
Review Snippet: FOR FANS OF: WHISKEYTOWN-ERA RYAN ADAMS, EARLY WILCO, THE ACOUSTIC SIDE OF RHETT MILLER AND THE OLD 97’S.”

Next Time in LA: The Morrocan Lounge May 3
Website: www.michiganrattlers.com/

Logan Magness – Don’t Leave Me Alone

Hometown: Memphis
Album: “Memphis On My Mind” his debut, out March 18 on Wolf Creek Records
Review Snippet:A self-taught singer and guitarist with a smooth, shut-up-and-listen tenor, Magness found comfort in the solitude of his tiny studio apartment, “It just happened, like I was struck by something and became obsessed with songs,” he recalls.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/loganmagness.music/

 

 

The King Heat Ensemble – Give Or Take

Hometown: Sussex, UK
Album: Their debut EP is out on March 4.
Review Snippet: Influences
Neil young, John Martyn, Miles Davis, CSN, early Clapton, Pentangle, Grateful Dead, The Band… yada yada

 

Download one of the tracks here for free courtesy of the band: https://thekingheatensemble.bandcamp.com/track/give-or-take-full-mix

Website: https://thekingheatensemble.bandcamp.com/

 

Elijah Ocean – Down This Road

Hometown: Los Angeles via Hudson Valley, NY
Album: This is a new single.
Review Snippet: “Down This Road” is one of those songs that was lost to time, buried in the pages of a notebook and unlikely to ever see the light of day. Ocean penned the first verse on his couch after moving to Los Angeles in 2014, and it stopped there for a while. After multiple revisions and mental blocks over the next three years, the song was finished in November 2017 in a Las Vegas hotel room, where longtime friend and keyboardist Zach Jones helped bring it to life.

Next Time in LA:  March 1 at the Hotel Cafe

Website:  http://www.elijahocean.com/

 

 

James Edwyn And The Borrowed Band – Quoting Sagan

Hometown:  Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Album: Pushing Statues (their 3rd) on Dead Records Collective
Review Snippet: The second album from Glasgow man James Edwyn and his compadres is an urgent, powerful set that isn’t afraid to reflect its classic Americana influences but marries them to that Scottish affinity for this music (think Teenage Fanclub or Cosmic Rough Riders), great songwriting from Edwyn, glorious backing vocals from Emma Joyce and excellent playing from the rest of the band. The result is the first great album of 2018.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/JamesEdwynAndTheBorrowedBand/

 

 

Black Horse Motel – Where The Money Comes From

Hometown: Philadelphia
Album: Parable EP (their second) self-released on Bandcamp
Review Snippet: the resounding, wood-burning resolve of storytelling laid over fresh strings complimented by the force of folky Americana and endearing harmony
Website: http://www.blackhorsemotel.net/

 

 

Brian Bingham – Her Chapter

Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Album: “Backyard Revival” (his self-released second album)
Review Snippet: Not everyone believes in love at first sight but for Brian Bingham and music, it was a match made in heaven. Led by his influences The Civil Wars, Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, Ani Difranco, and Dave Matthews, Brian and his talented group of musicians present an eclectic live show built on indie folk style original songs and creatively interpreted covers.

Website: http://thebackyardrevival.com/

 

Early Girl – Hattie Briggs

Hometown:  London via Stroud in Gloucestershire
Album: this is a new single – several EPs and self-released albums are out.

Review Snippet: “You have a Joni Mitchell style purity in your voice…You are a fully formed artist ready to go.”Georgie Rogers – Radio DJ/producer – BBC 6 Music, Soho Radio

Website:   www.hattiebriggs.co.uk/