Adam Green Shares 'Moping In Style: A Tribute To Adam Green' LP ft. Father John Misty, Sean Ono Lennon, Jenny Lewis + Frankie Cosmos, via Org Music

Adam Green Shares  Moping In Style: A Tribute To Adam Green  Out Now via Org Music on Double LP Gatefold + CD Read the Brooklyn Vegan Feature ft. Performances by Father John Misty, Devendra Banhart, The Libertines, Jenny Lewis, Lou Barlow, Frankie Cosmos, The Lemonheads + More Tickets For Adam Green w/ Strings Tour On Sale Now Photo by Ronja Burkard

PURCHASE & SHARE: Moping In Style: A Tribute to Adam Green Stream | Purchase WATCH/LISTEN & SHARE: Devendra Banhart - "Pay The Toll" (Adam Green Cover) Stream | Youtube WATCH/LISTEN & SHARE: Vincent Delerm - "Friends of Mine" (Adam Green Cover) Stream | Youtube WATCH/LISTEN & SHARE: Ben Kweller - "Her Father and Her" (Adam Green Cover) Stream | Youtube LISTEN & SHARE: Sean Ono Lennon - "That F*cking Feeling" (Adam Green Cover) Stream Out now via Org Music and Capitane Records, Moping In Style is a sweeping double album featuring Father John Misty, Devendra Banhart, Frankie Cosmos, The Libertines, Jenny Lewis, The Lemonheads and many other familiar names whose contributions are a testament to Adam Green's position as a fixture of Indie Rock over the last two decades. With song selections culled from Adam's solo albums beginning with 2002's Garfield to his most recent That F*cking Feeling, this tribute album displays Adam's remarkable range as a songwriter.  In celebration of the record's release Green offered this quote: "Hi everyone, it’s Adam Green here. I’m happy to announce the release of Moping In Style: A Tribute To Adam Green - it’s a compilation of many of my favorite artists performing cover versions of my songs.  It’s also an album about friendship. Lots of these artists are life-long friends of mine, and we’ve been inspired by each other over the years. I’m very fortunate to know these brilliant people, and I’m honored they saw it fit to record my songs for this collection!" Widely known as one half of the songwriting duo that is The Moldy Peaches, Adam Green has had a singular influence on his generation of musicians and artists since the early 2000s. From the advent of the early aughts when bands like the Strokes, The Libertines, and The White Stripes began to write the new chapter of indie culture, Adam played an essential role in helping define this new musical and artistic sensibility. With 2003's Friends of Mine, Adam reinvented himself with a new take on songwriting that raised the bar and challenged existing norms, connecting disparate musical influences that included Serge Gainsbourg, Frank Sinatra, and Bob Dylan. With lyricism drawn from both French symbolist poetry and the more recent bricolage stylings of Beck and the Silver Jews, Adam's songs struck a distinct narrative tone. What does Adam mean by, "losing on a Tuesday filled with purposeful disaster?" Or, "Bartholemew, bring me a fork?" From his early songs up through his most recent, fans of Adam Green have reveled in the kaleidoscopic landscape of language he paints. He opens doors of possible meanings with his lyrical imagination and manages to be absurdist without being absurd and louche without being overtly provocative. He threads the very delicate artistic needles of tenderness and humor, kitsch and high art, rock and roll and torch song.  In addition to the Moldy Peaches and his solo albums, Adam Green's impressive body of work includes multiple series of paintings, sculpture, two full length films, and even epic poetry. Not to put too fine a point on it, but to many of his generation - at least to those in the know - Adam's stature has reached almost Warhol-like proportions. At a time where those born in the previous century may rue the loss of what we collectively remember as "the counterculture", Adam Green reminds us all of a more complex and richer era of artistic dialogue. To a younger generation of songwriters, some of whom are featured on Moping in Style, Adam paved the way and pointed the direction. From the dexterous musical hands of its brilliant contributors, we get to hear new takes on Adam's songs and we find that perhaps as much as any other of the aforementioned 20th Century luminaries, Adam Green resembles perhaps even the great George Gershwin, a weaver of melody and a master of song.  ADAM GREEN LINKS Instagram | Youtube | Website | Facebook | Twitter

Lake Street Dive Bassist BRIDGET KEARNEY Releases Single/Video "Don't Think About The Polar Bear"

Bridget Kearney Lake Street Dive Bassist Releases Solo Single/Video “Don’t Think About The Polar Bear” Out Everywhere Now Available across all platforms here Music Video Premiering Today Via FLOOD Magazine Watch / Share: “Don’t Think About The Polar Bear”

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Today, Bridget Kearney - the bassist and founding member of Lake Street Dive - released the single “Don’t Think About The Polar Bear” across all platforms. Accompanying the single is an animated music video which is premiering today via FLOOD Magazine, and can be seen HERE. The video was created by Mertcan Merbilek and Yasemin Yasu, and its deep winter aesthetic is perfectly timed for the holiday season. “Don’t Think About The Polar Bear” is available across all platforms now.

Watch / Share: “Don’t Think About The Polar Bear” video A founding member of Lake Street Dive and writer of some of their most enduring songs, like"Good Kisser" and "Hypotheticals," Bridget Kearney is known for writing smart, unexpected lyrics and melodies that instantly glue themselves to the inside of one's brain. "I'm really fascinated by the layering of emotions in song," says Kearney, "it's a special art of complexity in miniature, where it's possible within three and a half minutes you can make someone feel loneliness and gratitude and humor at the same time, and also make them want to dance." Her work outside of Lake Street Dive has been extensive and exploratory. She has released two solo albums as well as an album and an EP with producer Benjamin Lazar Davis, both recorded in Accra, Ghana in collaboration with Ghanaian musicians. In the last year she's played bass for pop icon Ed Sheeran, folk darling Aoife O'Donovan, indie rocker Margaret Glaspy, country artist Bella White and Brazilian singer Tiago Iorc. This stylistic diversity is evident in her solo recordings as well. "I'm not really thinking about genres at all when making music," she says. "It's all about the fundamental building blocks of music and the way it all makes you feel." Her latest collaboration is with Los Angeles producer Dan Molad (Lucius, Buck Meek). "I heard Dan's production of Buck's song 'Halo Light' and immediately became obsessed with it and listened to it like 400 times. It was so dynamic and layered and tugged so deeply at my heartstrings. I thought, 'I want to make music like that.'"

“Don’t Think About The Polar Bear” is a sad, funky song about being bad at meditating, trying not to think about your ex-partner and a metaphorical polar bear, and is a reflection on the psychological phenomenon known as "Ironic Process Theory." The phenomenon is otherwise known as the "white bear problem" because of this Dostoevsky quote: "Try to pose for yourself this task: not to think of a polar bear, and you will see that the cursed thing will come to mind every minute." The accompanying music video shows two polar bear lovers that have broken up just before the holidays and are trying to distract themselves, but they are constantly reminded of the love that got away. Perfect for the holiday season! The idea being that when you are actively trying not to think about something, you are actually much more likely to think about it. “Don’t Think About The Polar Bear” is streaming across all platforms HERE, and the music video can be seen HERE.

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†The Lord† (Greg Anderson) & Marthe Collaborate on Two New Tracks

†The Lord† (Greg Anderson) & Marthe Collaborate on Two New Tracks

“The Eye of Destiny” and “Wisps of the Black Serpent” are available now via Bandcamp.

Artwork by Mariya Popyk.

Following on from Marthe's incendiary debut Southern Lord full-length Further In Evil, released this October, she now teams up with †The Lord† (Greg Anderson) to release two brand new collaborative tracks, "The Eye Of Destiny" and "Wisps of the Black Serpent."

Marzia comments on this collaboration:

"Collaborating with The Lord was an exciting challenge, and something new, and stimulating to me. I don't usually deal with such soundscapes and when Greg asked me to add vocals and drums to "The Eye of Destiny", I accepted. The track was intended by Greg to be a tribute to Quorthon (Bathory), an artist who has been a huge influence on my moods. I had started to add in battle-drum beats, but soon faced the hard task of using words to describe what (to me) is the most talented artist of all time. How to contribute in words what I can't even process in emotions?

There's the person behind it, and along with the talent there's the reality of the loss, since he's not here anymore to witness the legacy of his sound. What's left of his feelings on his blog, his emotions, his development as an artist and as a person and that spark in his eyes. The eyes are the mirror of the soul, we say. And I was reading some notes he left on a letter and it went something like "may the eye of destiny be wild with you and show you the right way through life". "The Eye of destiny" was an evocative image to me, to picture in my mind the aura of his memory, as a human being and a musical genius. As words are dominant in a tribute, it was impossible, in the most humble way, to find words for him. So, I took his own words: checked all the lyrics and made a caviardage of words that in the end composed a tribute in what I considered the most honorable way possible. I love the final result, it's my small tribute to a musical giant.

For the second song, "Wisps of the Black Serpent", I wanted to incorporate more synths, since lately I've been getting into soundtracks and especially horror music composition (following from my love of horror movies, especially Gothic Italian classics). The vocals here are an improvisation. I wanted to let out some negative energies, so I imagined a shamanic exorcism to get rid of the weight I was feeling that night. I love when songs sound more like a lament than actual songs, because I can remember the exact moment something unplanned came out, which fuels the next one and the next and so on. It's similar to freestyle hip hop, it gets you excited while doing it!"

Listen / share on Bandcamp.

†the Lord† photo by: Al Overdrive.

Marthe photo by: Silvia Polmonari.

CAFUNÉ SHARE 'VERSIONS FOR THE END'

CAFUNÉ SHARE VERSIONS FOR THE END NEW EP COLLECTS ALTERNATE VERSIONS, DEMOS & REMIXES OF TRACKS FROM THE BAND’S 2023 EP LOVE SONGS FOR THE END

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PHOTO CREDIT: SAM WILLIAMS “Delicate, dazed indie-pop” - THE FADER “Blonde-esque minimalist guitar swoon” - STEREOGUM “Dreamy new sophisti-pop” - GORILLA VS. BEAR “Infectious and bittersweet” - BILLBOARD “Mesmerizing bedroom pop.” – UPROXX DECEMBER 1, 2023 – Cafuné - the platinum certified NYC-based duo of singer/songwriter Sedona Schat and writer/producer Noah Yoo - have shared Versions for the End – Listen HERE. The new EP collects alternate versions, demos and remixes of tracks from the band’s celebrated new EP Love Songs for the End, which was released earlier this year via Elektra Entertainment. Elaborating on the new project Cafuné stated, “We’re excited to share new and old iterations and interpretations of these songs and hope our fans will enjoy these takes on our most recent project.” Released this past October, Love Songs for the End finds Cafuné extending the arc established on their 2015 debut EP Love Songs for Other People. Written between their first-ever tours, juggling the surreal mix of professional highs and personal struggles that defined that period. “‘The End’ refers to all sorts of things: this phase of our lives, our naïveté, the general state of things,” Yoo says. The EP also marks their first proper release from the band since their signing to Elektra Entertainment and the release of their 2021 debut album Running. Originally released via Cafuné’s own Aurelians Club label, Running features the band’s platinum certified breakout hit “Tek It,” which reached the Top 5 at Alternative Radio, hit #1 on Billboard’s “Bubbling Under Hot 100” chart, and has since logged over half a billion streams to date. Cafuné notably supported CHVRCHES on their 2022 North American headline tour which they then followed with a sold-out 2023 North American headline run of their own. The duo then made their U.S. major festival debut at Lollapalooza this past summer and performed at an official Lollapalooza afterparty with Sabrina Carpenter. More recently, the band wrapped a series of headline shows and supporting performances with Cavetown throughout the U.K. and Europe. To stay up to date on Cafuné’s upcoming live performances, visit www.wearecafune.xyz. Sedona Schat and Noah Yoo have been recording alternative pop songs together as Cafuné since their days as NYU students in the mid-2010s. Self-produced and almost entirely recorded by the duo at their homes, mostly during the pandemic, their debut album Running is a record born in isolation. It peers out at a world that feels like it’s on the precipice of disaster, considering what it means to get older, to carve out a future for yourself. It’s a labor of the duo’s friendship, of doing the work and trying to figure out what the way forward is, even when it seems like there’s no end in sight. It’s a record of growing old and growing up, of making something you can move to—whether you’re alone in a room, in a sweaty club with all of your friends, or driving away to someplace better.

VERSIONS FOR THE END – EP ARTWORK 1. Perspective (Noah’s Breaks Mix) 2. Unchained Memory (Demo) 3. Unhinged Memory 4. Demise (Sped Up) 5. Perspective (Sped Up)

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Maddie Regent Reveals New EP, 'Girl of Your Dreams'

MADDIE REGENT REVEALS NEW EP, 'GIRL OF YOUR DREAMS' LISTEN HERE

Rising alt-pop singer and songwriter Maddie Regent reveals her new EP, ‘Girl of Your Dreams,’ out on all streaming platforms today. ‘Girl of Your Dreams’ is a shimmery, electro-pop wonderland. Across the EP’s 8-tracks, Maddie’s dreamy vocals dance atop driving electronic beats and glittery synths. She effortlessly balances heart-wrenching lyricism with uplifting pop melodies. The EP, which was produced by her boyfriend and close collaborator Cade Hoppe, includes 5 previously released singles and 3 brand new songs: “Buy Her a Drink,” “Prettiest Please,” and “Hiding Place” (focus single). "'Girl of your Dreams' is about how bad love conditions you to believe you're not worthy of good love… so you can't help but ruin it," says Maddie. "It's a cycle of toxic relationships — both with others and yourself." Hailing from Toronto and now based in New York City, Maddie first started making music at the age of 12. As an introverted child, music became her tool to express herself and work through her anxieties, helping her to find power in her vulnerability. After years of honing her sound, she’s found the perfect balance between escapist pop bops and raw, honest songwriting.  Maddie first broke out in 2021 with her impressive debut EP, ‘MISS REGENT,’ which was produced by Grammy-nominated songwriting and production trio, LIONCHLD (Britney Spears, Bebe Rexha, Calvin Harris). Her song “EGO” became an instant fan-favorite with multiple viral TikTok moments. With the release of her new EP, ‘Girl of Your Dreams,’ Maddie displays her growth as an artist and songwriter, as well as her ability to transcend genre boundaries.  Listen to 'Girl of Your Dreams' on all streaming platforms: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/maddieregent/girl-of-your-dreams

photo credit: Cade Hoppe

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