SoCal duo Best Coast (Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno) is back with a new album that just came out this week called The Only Place. The title track is below and it's about as light, beachy and poppy as you can expect out of a duo from Southern California. Not that it's a bad thing! (Let's be honest, I wouldn't post it if it sucked.) Great summer listening.
Best Coast will be at the Neptune on Tuesday, May 22nd!
He's been on the Marty Riemer Show Podcast a few times, but if you're unfamiliar with Washington native Allen Stone, you've got to hear this track. Called "Sleep," it's soulful and fun. He's also opening for Dave Matthew Band and The Avett Brothers at The Gorge over Labor Day weekend!
There's a study out today comparing social media to all kinds of good things - eating food, getting money, even having sex. Basically, we derive pleasure from talking about ourselves. (Pretty sure Harvard didn't need to do a study to find that out.) The pleasure sensors in the brain are activated when we share information about ourselves, and the more we share, the better we feel. So, it can get a bit addicting to share everything.
And that pleasure is magnified when we have an audience. That's why we have all those Facebook friends!
The study also showed we aren't nearly as interested in what other people have to say if it isn't relevant to us.
Might explain those friends on Facebook who post every time they eat, nap, use the bathroom. And why we think it's so annoying when they do.
I know one of Marty Riemer's all-time favorite Carter Subaru Mountain Music Lounge guests is Ingrid Michaelson, and she's back with a new song - "Blood Brothers." You can find it on her album Human Again that came out earlier in the year.
Take a listen here:
If you want more of Ingrid, you can listen to 3 of her Mountain Music Lounge sessions at our new mountainmusiclounge.com!
Matisyahu is back with a new album July 17th called Spark Seeker. It's rumored to be a bit poppier than his usual reggae-rap hybrid because he draws from all of his musical influences.
The first single, "Sunshine," seems true to that poppier style. It's the perfect song for a beautiful day like today.
Looking to discover new music tonight? Check out The Mountain2 artist Saint John and the Revelations at The Stepping Stone in Ballard. It's a free show!
You can hear this song on The Mountain2... it's called "Make A Fuss," and it features Peter Buck, formerly of R.E.M. While Saint John isn't originally from Seattle, he now calls it home and plays with many other Seattle-based musicians as well.
I know it's only Wednesday, but this might be my Pick of the Week.
Sarah Watkins, of Nickel Creek, is releasing her second solo album on May 8th. It's call Sun Midnight Sun. The first single to be released is "When It Pleases You," and I think you're going to like it. At least, I hope you like it!
Watkins is on tour this spring, but the closest she comes to us is San Diego. More dates will be announced soon, so we'll keep our fingers crossed for a Seattle date.
Tacoma's own Vicci Martinez made a big impression on NBC's The Voice last season, and now she has released a song with her Voice coach, the incomparable Cee-lo Green. It's a little different than what you'd expect to hear on our Mountain Music Discovery HD2 channel, but I wanted to make sure you heard from another local performer making her name in the music world.
The song is called Come Along featuring Cee-lo Green. It will be released on an EP in May, along with a new album in June.
The first song from Grace Potter & The Nocturnals' forthcoming album The Lion The Beast The Beat has surfaced! The album hits shelves (literal and virtual) on June 12th, and features a few collaborations with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys. This song is one of those collaborations, recorded in Auerbach's Nashville studio - "Never Go Back."
For more music discovery, check out our new HD2 station, 103.7 The Mountain2.
The latest of the neo-soul acts, Mayer Hawthorne grabbed ears with "The Walk." His new song, "No Strings Attached," is yet another love song (I use love loosely here), but has even more of an R&B influence than the first song.
If you like that, you'll probably like all of his album How Do You Do?
