The Lumineers' Album Nears Top 10 on Billboard 200

Like most of the titles on the Billboard chart this week, The Lumineers’ self-titled album sold twenty-one thousand copies on iTunes alone, increasing four slots to a new peak of No. 11. The album, released in April, surpasses the two hundred and fifty thousand sales mark this week.

The album’s hit single “Ho Hey” holds at number three on the Alternative Songs chart for this week. The album also broke into the top forty on the Billboard Hot 100, jumping from spot forty-two to thirty-seven!

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The Enchantment of Kelly Padrick

The enchanting stardom of Kelly Padrick’s music is inspiring and groundbreaking. Her music tells stories and tales that are set in contemporary times, but with lyrics that emanate the past, and vocal melodies that can be compared to classic-rock all star, Stevie Nicks, Padrick has made a name for herself within the style and unique fairy tale qualities of her debut video “Tangled Forest.”

Kelly Padrick has been writing songs since an early age, and has performed in the local coffee shops throughout Rhode Island. However, the eager artist decided to spread her love for music and moved to the streets of New York City. Once she arrived, she became enthralled with the underground music scene and began to play local clubs and bars. Her experience in collaborating with various musicians in the New York and Los Angeles area has aided the release of four full-length albums, Haze, Carmine Street, Hello My Love, and her newest album, Soulmate. Her music has been known to deliver feelings of haunting inspiration, complete enthrallment, and clever ideas revolving around love and commitment.

The Brooklyn Hours, a six song EP was prominently featured in ABC’s Desperate Housewives promos during the 2010 season. Her witty and creative song “Pizza and Fairytales,” was featured in the Fox Searchlight movie Trust The Man. Her style captivates the wonders of the contemporary music scene, and her music gives off an aura that is undeniably inspirational. Padrick’s performances not only entertain and enlighten, but they tell stories that are universal to the every day necessities of life. Her most recent video “Tangled Forest” does just that. Directed by Patricia Chica, an award-winning director, producer, and visual artist who specializes in innovative drama and conceptual music videos has carefully crafted a video that accentuates the themes of Padrick’s well-acclaimed song “Tangled Forest.” The video is their seventh collaboration that was filmed throughout various locations within Montreal, and from the premiere at four film festivals this past August, “Tangled Forest” gives us a closer look at all that this theatrical, yet groundbreaking artist has to offer.

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The Tangy Sounds of Sonny & The Sunsets

Clearly love and heartache are dominatnt themes and it’s a real life broken heart that was the main influence for Sonny & The Sunsets on their newest album Longtime Companion. They’ve been a welcome breath of fresh air for fans of the Velvet Underground, 50’s rock, early Brit Rock, and all kinds of vintage sounds. Their previous efforts for both Hit After Hit and Tomorrow Is Alright were both terrific indie rock albums that have hinted at a country influence in the past while earning 7.7 and 8.0 ratings, respectively, on Pitchfork. But it’s with Longtime Companion that Smith dives in headfirst into channeling his country music influences.

With elements that echo the country music genre, lead singer Sonny Smith has created a melodic-based structure of songs that capture fleeting moments and images of the past. Sonny Smith grew up exposed to the classy old time records of his parents and his father played banjo around the house, but Sonny admits, “it was around the house, but I didn’t like it.” He was exposed to the likes of the music, but he would resort to the thrash-like rock ballads of AC/DC, or watch the television. However, some sort of country element sunk in to Smith’s inspiration, and in no time he developed sounds that emanated Gene Clark, Johnny Cash, and The Kinks. Sonny formed Sonny & The Sunsets with band members of his country band known as The Fuckaroos. In no time, they recorded an album filled with embellished chords reminiscent of country music in a musty basement. The Sunsets have proved to be a great backing band to the ever-creative Sonny Smith who wrote the songs for their album fast and naturally.

Directed and shot by Sonny Smith himself, “Pretend You Love Me” is an ode to the lost memories of an old love. With a feel-good bass line that pulls you in, the song adheres to the fact that we are all lonesome; through this lonesomeness, sometimes we can’t recognize ourselves, but the song offers a relief for those of us who feel lost. From images that conjure memories of the past, the video moves from scenes around the Californian lifestyle that Sonny Smith creates for us. The song transforms listeners to a beach-like atmosphere, where all is calm and escapable. The tangy sounds suggest music from another time, and it proves how timeless and universal the music of Sonny & The Sunsets truly is.


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Soaring Through the Atmosphere with Dusted

Dusted frontman Brian Borcherdt sure knows how to get our attention. And he’s also confident that once he has it, we’re going to like what we hear. After all, you don’t name your other band Holy Fuck without having the goods to back it up, and on that end the band never failed to deliver. Over the course of six years, Holy Fuck has toured relentlessly, building up a loyal fanbase, an acclaimed catalog, and even being included in the hit TV show Breaking Bad. He also founded the Canadian label Dependent Music, which was home to some of Canada’s most sought after releases.

Now emerging from the intertwining cables and broken drum machines of Holy Fuck, Borcherdt brings us Dusted, a project that fulfills his desire to explore a different sound. He teamed up with producer Leon Taheny, known for working on Final Fantasy, Rituals, and Bruce Peninsula, to record the new album Total Dust in a converted garage. Total Dust strips down the mood of past musical influences and presents listeners with a collection of songs that are filled with string arrangements, minimal guitar feedback, and occasional percussion instrument fills. Since their stage performance debut earlier in the spring, Dusted has performed with label mates Deerhoof and of Montreal, and while back in Toronto, they have performed at house parties with fellow friends Army Girls and Odonis Odonis.

It is with their debut video for “Into the Atmosphere” that we can get a glimpse of all that these rising stars have to offer. The video contains a haunting backdrop of a cloudy sky, in which we watch as Dusted performs on a wanton beach. We are introduced to the image of a classy microphone where Borcherdt sings a heartfelt ballad to the sky. Directors Aaron Kopf and Paul Gerretsen present us with scenes of sultry guitars that create a certain vibe that transcends human beings. The fact that the atmosphere is the main focus of the video creates an idea of how small we really are in comparison to the size of the world, and it is with the song “Into the Atmosphere” that we can truly understand the power of the universe and all that it has in store for us.

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