DATURA4 : new album “Hairy Mountain” out 10/28/16!

Limited Starburst edition available soon via our mail-order

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Rock n Roll fans – please welcome Hairy Mountain – the second album from West Australia’s Datura4. Building upon the “guitars-to -infinity” approach of Datura4’s acclaimed debut LP ‘Demon Blues’, ‘Hairy Mountain’ is ten solid tracks celebrating an unbridled joy for rock n’roll ,with a nod to the spiritual presence of their hairy Oz Rock forefathers.

Hairy Mountain is the culmination of a lifetime of musical archaeology and the ongoing search for the never ending riff.

It’s the brainchild of Dom Mariani (frontman of Australian garage rockers The Stems and Power Posters DM3) and Greg Hitchcock (former You Am I and one-time New Christs’ guitarist), and their new full-tilt boogie, psych and prog combo Datura4. – BLURT

Throwback in the best possible way, the way you can go to some underground club in your nearest big city and see kick-ass rockers throwing it down like it was 1972. But unlike those amateurs, Datura4 is the real deal. In Mariani and Hitchcock, it has the pedigree. – UNDER THE RADAR

Elements of hard-lined blues remain evident, but are primarily smoothed out by a dominant, free-formed ’70s psych sparsity. Those sprawling soundscapes themselves threaten explosive outbreaks yet are reigned in further with a defining boogie, a heavy footstomp of swagger that sets a more contemporary course. – Johnny Nail / ROLLING STONE AUSTRALIA

The BONNEVILLES premiere their new video “No Law In Lurgan” via POPMATTERS

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Sometimes less truly is more as the two-person band set-up of the Bonnevilles allows each musician to shine as well as showcase their prodigious musical talents. Meanwhile, the music rings raw and true and full of heart. You can witness this aestethic on the band’s new video, “No Law in Lurgan”, from their recent LP Arrow Pierce My Heart. – READ MORE ON THE POPMATTERS SITE

THE BONNEVILLES TOUR DATES
September 9 @ Social Sounds Festival — Belfast, UK
September 15 @ The Castle Hotel — Manchester, UK
September 16 @ Stow Fest — London, UK
September 17 @ Zephyr Lounge — Leamington Spa, UK
September 18 @ The Phoenix — Exeter, UK
September 19 @ The Duck and Drake – Leeds
September 20 @ Start The Bus — Bristol, UK
September 21 @ Broadcast — Glasgow, UK
September 22 @ The Cluny — Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
September 23 @ The Black Abbott — Montrose, UK
September 24 @ Franklin Rock n Roll Club – Edinburgh. UK

Awesome review of JAMES LEG “Blood On The Keys” from I94 BAR

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This is without doubt some of the rawest soul/blues/punk rock ‘n’ roll and coolest Fender Rhodes electric piano playing you’ll ever hear, along with the dirtiest Whiskey-smoked growl that has ever been put to tape. Yes, folks, this album is a winner. It’s dirtier and louder than most other things, and just fucking awesome. It’s the future, the past and present, all rolled up into a tight joint, ready to smoke, get high and just rock the fuck out. There are no disappointments here. – READ THE WHOLE REVIEW HERE

ELMORE MAGAZINE : JAMES LEG Unleashes Reckless, Rock ‘N Roll Fury on “Human Lawn Dart”

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In the Black Diamond Heavies, the Immortal Lee County Killers, the Cut In The Hill Gang, he was John Wesley Myers. Now, you can lose the formality and call him- simply- James Leg, a moniker for a sneering, whiskey fueled, son-of-a-preacher, punk rocker of a long gone order. Barely off the heels of his 2015 sophomore release, Below The Belt— for which Elmore dubbed Leg “Part Howlin’ Wolf, part Iggy Pop… the new standard-bearer for the rebels”—Leg is getting ready to release his third solo album, Blood On The Keys, September 30th via Alive Naturalsound Records. Like Below the Belt, he took to Masonic Sounds- located in a Masonic Lodge- in Dayton, KY, then sent the album to SodaCuts in East LA, where it was mixed by Jason Soda, who’s worked with GospelbeacH, Everest and Jakob Dylan. – READ THE FEATURE from ELMORE MAGAZINE

Nice review of HOLLIS BROWN “Cluster Of Pearls” from GLIDE MAGAZINE

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New York’s Hollis Brown has had a great couple of years. Last year saw the band opening up for Counting Crows on a country-wide tour of the U.S. and they are currently on a headlining tour of their own. The group brings together rock, country and blues to create their own timeless sound that listeners of any age can find something to relate to. – READ THE REVIEW HERE

ELMORE MAGAZINE premieres HOLLIS BROWN “Cluster Of Pearls”

Hollis Brown Premieres a California Country-Rock Track, “Cluster of Pearls”

It’s a shuffling, heartbroken California-country anthem spruced up by vibrant, fuzzed-out slide guitar. Montali’s wounded warble is sure to strain the heartstrings of listeners, forcing them to croon and sway along, feeling every emotion he’s expressing in the track as he sings “we were young… and we were foolish too.” The mellowness is maintained throughout the track, creating a room-spinning trance that never wavers. – ELMORE MAGAZINE HERE

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You can pre-order the new MINI LP CLUSTER OF PEARLS at iTunes

POPMATTERS premieres HOLLIS BROWN “Don’t Want to Miss You”

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New York’s Hollis Brown is masterful in their approach to American roots music, with the band drawing from rock ‘n’ roll, soul, country, and a bit of blues. Hollis Brown inhabits these musical forms with a surprising degree of naturalness given their youth and they look to become a seminal figure in the thriving and growing Americana scene. The band’s latest release, Cluster of Pearls, released last Record Store Day and now they have a brand new single to share, the uber soulful, deeply moving “Don’t Want to Miss You”, which channels some Otis Redding and Gram Parsons, as well as the heartbreak from a painful breakup. – READ THE FEATURE AND LISTEN TO THE SONGS HERE

You can pre-order the new MINI LP CLUSTER OF PEARLS at iTunes, and also catch the band on tour in the South and Mid-Atlantic from now through the end of August.