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Kick Back with Liam Mour

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Hitting some soft rock tones, I wanted to move into a little bit of a different space now with Liam Mour‘s latest track. The German artist is a master at beat work, and this one fuses a bit of retro breaks with futuristic sonics that elevate every note. I love the way the song feels like a tranced out club groove, then erupts with this wall of fuzzy guitars around the 1.30 mark, really guiding and twisting the song into its own brand of magnificence. The heaviness of that moment carries in and out, but ultimately fades as the song returns to its more sedate nature. This tune features on the new All Set Lets Swim EP, out March 28th.

Weekly Roundup & Rundown

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Pardon our dust. As you might have guessed, the ATH crew has been taking the week to sort of refocus and chill as we try to recover from that thing going down next week. I’m sure many of you have thoughts on the news for next year, as do we, but we’ll save that for another day. For now, here’s a quick rundown from a slew of great new tunes we’ve missed so far this week. Seems like a wealth of bands were holding on to some bangin’ new tracks for this week. Hit the jump for a rundown with new recommendations for the week.

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Wholihan Shares Dried Up Creek

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I’ve been playing catch up this morning, as I took off immediately after SXSW to hit up a family vacation, so the emails are everywhere! Which is how I hit upon Wholihan, an artists new to me, but whose voice is certainly something I’ve been drawn to this morning. The artist has a slew of observational singles to his name, but his latest for some reason recalled Eef Barzelay, partly because the voice was distinctive, but also because there was this way with his wordplay that really highlighted the poetic craft. Musically, the song takes on a songwriter’s craft, albeit with a bit of a down-trodden nature due to the tones and self-deprecation. Try this one on for size.

Monnone Alone Preps Here Comes the Afternoon

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As an avowed Mark Monnone fan, I feel obligated to make you aware that he’s got his fourth Monnone Alone LP ready to go; it’s titled Here Comes the Afternoon, and will be released by a trio of great indie labels. With said announcement, the record gets a new single too, which has a sunny little bounce to it, something that makes the track infinitely more playful. There’s all sorts of percussive elements included, kind of bringing out the old kitchen sink analogy, and in doing that, it forces Mark and company to kind of move and break down their boogie into something loaded with hooks and joy. This new LP is being released on May 2nd by Meritorio Records, Repeating Cloud and Lost/Lonesome…three of our favorites!

About Last Night – SXSW Friday

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We are still standing after a full week of tunes with one, maybe two, more days left to go amongst the craziness in Austin. The ATH crew was once again spread out all over town yesterday and into the night, so expect a huge variety of bands on our highlight’s list. Hopefully we will catch ya’ll out there today if we’ve missed you so far! Full highlights, thoughts and fancy photos from Friday can be found after the jump.

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About Last Night – SXSW Thursday

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We are still standing and still ready to rock. Most of us had a long one yesterday and into the evening, so yeah we saw a ton of bands on Thursday. We were mostly split up, all over town, and maybe hit a high note for the amount of unique bands our team saw during one day. It was a big one and we of course have some thoughts about what went down. After the jump, you can find our top bands of the day along with thoughts and of course, fancy photos.

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About Last Night – SXSW Wednesday

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Yesterday was a long one folks, and felt like the first REAL day for SXSW to get going with all the crew out and about covering whatnot. We covered a lot of ground, mostly around Red River and on the east side, and of course we have some thoughts to share this morning. For any haters out there, go out and give it a shot, bands are still playing, hungry, and put on some great sets. If you’re out and about, some say hi to the crew and we’ll buy you a drink or give ya s sticker. After the jump we have some thoughts, photos and various other hot things.

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Another Jeffrey Lewis Single

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Next Friday the new Jeffrey Lewis album will drop for the masses, and before it hits, the label’s shared one more single to entice us, by way of a lyric video. After spending a lot of time this week watching rock n’ roll, Lewis’ style has this warming simplicity; it’s mostly operating with a heavy strum and a light tambourine jangle. His lyricism and distinctive delivery are on full display, with the lyrics rushing through to match the formatting of the video’s lyrical work. The tune is a reminder that adoring fans will be quite pleased when The Even More Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis drops March 21st via Don Giovanni.

About Last Night – SXSW (Saturday-Tuesday)

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As you may have heard, SXSW kicked off this past weekend with some great local shows, especially our lil shindig over at Hotel Vegas with SOTO. Things continued into the early part of the week with most of us venturing out all over town to catch some bands before Austin gets truly wild closer to next weekend. We some bands, we took some photos, and as always, we have things to say. After the jump, you can check out some of our band highlights so far, along with fancy photos from our crew. Hit it.

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Night Beats Announce New 7″

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Ya’ll know the ATH crew will always back some new music from the Night Beats. Danny Lee Blackwell has some masterful way of channeling all our favorites genres like old school R&B and psychedelia, then sprinkling it in with a bit of Texas flavor. This new single seems spot on for those descriptors, almost like it’s a channeling late-era Temptations, with the focus definitely revolving around the R&B realm; there’s this smoothness that I think Blackwell often doesn’t get credit for, at least in bringing it to his performances. Definitely a groovy number that reminds of his songwriting and continuous progression into all the things that make Night Beats great. A new limited 7″ is scheduled for release via Fuzz Club/Suicide Squeeze on April 11th.

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