Loves It! is Vaughn Walters and Jenny Parrott and last month they released an album titled YAY! The result is a fun listen of folky often upbeat acoustic ruminations on loving & touching, Bobby Kennedy, dinosaurs, and other perhaps more reflective matters.
Another album I’ve been playing lately is The Valery Trails’ debut Ghosts And Gravity, set for release on February 7th. Overall Ghosts And Gravity is an enticing work of mid-fi melodics done up in a grey backdrop of fuzz and jangle topped with skimming vocals. Most importantly the resulting combo of song and sound keeps my attention to the end. Make your own opinion up with a listen below.
WATERS debut LP Out In The Light came in as one of the better 2011 releases. Following SXSW WATERS will head out on a spring tour supporting Delta Spirit beginning on March 19th at the Revolution Music Room in Little Rock, AR.
“Back To You”
dates:
MAR. 14-17 AUSTIN, TX SXSW
MAR. 19 LITTLE ROCK, AR REVOLUTION MUSIC ROOM*
MAR. 20 ST. LOUIS, MO THE OLD ROCK HOUSE*
MAR. 21 MINNEAPOLIS, MN FINE LINE MUSIC CAFÉ*
MAR. 22 MILWAUKEE, WI TURNER HALL*
MAR. 23 CHICAGO, IL METRO*
MAR. 24 INDIANAPOLIS, IN RADIO RADIO*
MAR. 26 CLEVELAND, OH BEACHLAND BALLROOM*
MAR. 27 BOSTON, MA PARADISE ROCK CLUB*
MAR. 29 NEW YORK, NY WEBSTER HALL*
MAR. 30 PHILADELPHIA, PA UNION TRANSFER*
MAR. 31 WASHINGTON, DC 9:30 CLUB*
APR. 2 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA JEFFERSON THEATER*
APR. 3 CARRBORO, NC CAT’S CRADLE*
APR. 4 ASHEVILLE, NC GREY EAGLE TAVERN*
APR. 6 NASHVILLE, TN CANNERY BALLROOM*
APR. 7 ATLANTA, GA THE MASQUERADE (Hell Stage)*
APR. 9 BIRMINGHAM, AL WORKPLAY THEATER*
APR. 10 NEW ORLEANS, LA ONE EYED JACKS*
APR. 12 HOUSTON, TX FITZGERALD’S*
APR. 13 AUSTIN, TX EMO’S EAST*
APR. 14 DALLAS, TX GRANADA THEATRE*
APR. 30 SALT LAKE CITY, UT URBAN LOUNGE*
MAY 1 BOULDER, CO FOX THEATRE*
MAY 2 BOISE, ID THE NEUROLUX*
MAY 4 SEATTLE, WA NEUMO’S*
MAY 5 PORTLAND, OR WONDER BALLROOM*
MAY 6 VANCOUVER, BC ELECTRIC OWL*
MAY 8 SACRAMENTO, CA ACE OF SPADES*
MAY 10 SAN FRANCISCO, CA FILLMORE*
MAY 11 LOS ANGELES, CA THE MUSIC BOX (Henry Fonda Theater)*
* supporting Delta Spirit
San Francisco Bay Area band Howlin Rain will be heading out on tour next month in support of their third full-length album The Russian Wilds. The Russian Wilds will be out on February 14th via American Recordings. Howlin Rain is: Ethan Miller (singer, guitarist), Raj Ojha (drums, percussion), Cyrus Comiskey (bass), Joel Robinow (keyboards, guitar, vocals) and Isaiah Mitchell (guitar, vocals).
“Love” is from The Wild Youth EP, available for discovery here. Footage below is taken from Daughter’s December 8th 2011 evening of music at St. Giles in the Fields’ Church, London.
I’ve posted this song in various forms in the past. Michael Kiwanuka was captured performing “I’m Getting Ready” for WatchListenTell back last summer. His album Home Again is set for release on the 26th of March.
American singer-songwriter Walter Rose offers up “Driving South” from his resonating debut album Cast Your Stone, out on January 17th. “Driving South” is a duet with Lucinda Williams and features Eric Heywood (an original member of Son Volt and Grammy-winner with Ray Lamontange) on steel.
