The first single from A Wasteland Companion is available now on iTunes!

“Primitive Girl” features M. Ward on vocal, piano and guitar, John Parish on percussion/marimba, Mike Mogis on organ, and Susan Sanchez providing backing vocals.

You can check out the full stream HERE and buy the track HERE.

A Wasteland Companion is out April 6 in Australia/New Zealand via Spunk, April 9 in the UK/Europe via Bella Union and April 10 in the US via Merge Records.

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“Primitive Girl” by M. Ward

The Ross Sea Party are pleased to announce the release of “Thunder,” the LA-based indie quintet’s brand-new single produced by Raymond Richards (Local Natives). “Thunder” unleashes The Ross Sea Party’s debut music video.

To view the “Thunder” music video, please visit the band’s YouTube channel.

The Ross Sea Party have released “Thunder” in anticipation of their upcoming full-length album to be tracked in April.

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“Thunder” by The Ross Sea Party

Priscilla Ahn has embarked upon her first side project ever, Sweet Hearts. She has teamed up with a good friend Charlie Wadhams, and together they wrote a handful of love song duets.

They are giving away their debut self-titled EP for free! Priscilla would like us to share it with our friends, loved ones, people we can’t stand, people we don’t know very well, our friend who’s birthday we forgot…share it, burn it, rip it, blog it. Valentine’s Day is coming up… what better gift to give than the gift of song?

Download here at www.ohsweethearts.com.

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“Dear Sweetheart” by Sweet Hearts

Please have a listen to a cover of Mumford & Son’s “The Cave” by Courrier. The band also filmed a video for the song while on tour with Parachute and Kate Voegele last fall. Watch the video here.

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“The Cave” cover by Courrier

For a limited time, Singer-songwriter Graham Colton and his band are offering a free download of their take on Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain.” Get it here.

Great show on StageIt tonight!

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“You’re So Vain” by Graham Colton

Patrick Joseph is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After being part of various bands, Joseph found his own path as a solo artist at the age of twenty-one. His demos received positive reviews from social networking sites, which inspired him to release a compilation of demos in 2007 entitled The Basement Tapes EP. In the fall of 2008, he moved to Los Angeles, California.

A gifted composer, arranger, songwriter, performer and producer, Joseph records his own material. In November 2010, he released his debut full-length album Antiques. On November 22nd, 2011, Joseph released an EP entitled Relics, an acoustic interpretation of select tracks from Antiques. Currently, he has his sights set on tracking his second full-length studio album entitled Moon King.

You may download the acoustic EP Relics from Noisetrade.com.

If you happen to be in Austin for SXSW in March, Joseph will be playing a showcase there.

Have a listen to the track “Arsonist Blues” and it’s acoustic Relics version below.
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“Arsonist Blues” and “Arsonist Blues (acoustic)” by Patrick Joseph

Indie-folktronica group, Canon Blue (also referenced here), released their sophomore album Rumspringa in August. The album was produced by American Singer-Songwriter, Daniel James, and the Denmark-based label, Rumraket. James wrote the record while touring with Danish band Efterklang. Orchestral arrangements for Rumspringa were recorded by the Icelandic string band, Amiina (associated with their work with Sigur Rós).

Catch Canon Blue on tour with MuteMath and The Boxer Rebellion through mid-May 2012. On drums is Michigan-native, Nashville-based, Graham Bechler (Andrew Belle, Church Mice).

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“A Native (Madison)” by Canon Blue