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Tonight we mark 25 years since INXS leading man Michael Hutchence's tragic and all too early passing, while noting Kat Bass being absent but still there in spirit for our Triggered Tuesdays indie feast!
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U.T.R 11/22/2022
Part 1
INXS – Need You Tonight
MT Vice – Blue Boy
Julien Chang – Marmalade
The After Hours – Broken Head
River Westin – Daydreaming
River Westin – St. Tropez
River Westin – Pink Velvet
Facts
INXS – Need You Tonight
- In a piece of tragic history that still feels like a bad dream or some kind of suppressed memory, today marks 25 years since INXS frontman Michael Hutchence passed away in a Sydney hotel room that the coroner rules a suicide. He was only 37 years of age at the time.
- The INXS frontman was struggling with depression, taking Prozac and a range of illegal drugs to help cope, made worse by constant media scrutiny over his relationship with British TV host Paula Yates and her contentious custody battle with ex-husband Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats.
- INXS was in their native Australia preparing for the last leg of a world tour in support of their 10th studio album, Elegantly Wasted. Yates was supposed to visit with her daughters, including Tiger Lily, the 16-month-old girl she had with Hutchence.
- At the last minute, Geldof put the brakes on the plan, and Hutchence, lonely for his daughter, was beside himself. Yates recalled in her police statement that the singer was "frightened and couldn't stand a minute more without his baby." Coroner Derrick Hand rules the death a suicide as a result of Hutchence's depression coupled with drug and alcohol use.
- Rest in power, Michael Hutchence, gone 25 years ago today.
MT Vice – Blue Boy
- This is a tune that just dropped yesterday as a standalone single. As to the band, they are a duo based in Nashville and have been doing their dreamy thing since formation in 2018.
- The two members mads & dee actually met in high school down in Tallahassee, FL and say that their sound looks to create an honest depiction of human behavior.
Julien Chang – Marmalade
- After a stellar debut with the self-titled Julien landing on our radar, as of Nov 5 Julien Chang is back with a sophomore LP The Sale.
- This was actually the lead single to the album that was released way back over the summer, but there’s only so much we can cover here, fair listener and definitely wanted to give this LP a shout on the show.
The After Hours – Broken Head
- This is another tune very freshly dropped just overnight. The band are a trio in the studio and the bio says they hail from Harrisburg, PA but I think they’re based in Brooklyn nowadays.
- Anyway, another good dreamer to make for the catcher, but with a little extra clang to keep you on your toes tonight.
River Westin – Daydreaming
River Westin – St. Tropez
River Westin – Pink Velvet
- So, we’re gonna get very dreamy and vintage for the finality of part 1 tonight.
- River Westin just dropped their sophomore LP The Honeymoon Suite, which is a brilliant LGBTQ take on 50s & 60s pop nostalgia.
- We’ll have the artist on the show Friday to discuss this brilliant album and play some of the dual inspirations for it. Do check in full before then! River Westin is the artist, the album is The Honeymoon Suite (recap song titles)
Part 2
The Wombats - Same Old Damage
Tuesday Beach Club - MARY
Weyes Blood - Twin Flame
Persona 749 - Politician
Pearl & The Oysters - Pacific Ave
Tigerstate - Bisserwisser
Tigerstate – Back To You
Facts
The Wombats - Same Old Damage 3.09
- New EP, Is This What It Feels Like To Feel This? comes after the release of their fifth studio album Fix Yourself, Not The World at the start of the year; not to mention it was their first record to reach number one in the UK charts.
- The band mentioned the new tracks were recorded at the same time as the album, but the plan was always to release an EP later in the year with the songs that fit together best.
- As the album has, the EP is gaining quick attention and is claimed to be The Wombats at their best, a bold but somewhat believable claim.
Tuesday Beach Club - MARY 2.46
- South Korean Indie bedroom pop band Tuesday Beach Club has debuted their first self titled EP.
- The EP Tuesday Beach Club is an interpretation of the band's image of all the beaches that everyone and anyone have made in their own thoughts.
- The end goal for the band is to share their idea of utopia with their distinctive sound and invite all to their own getaway beach.
Weyes Blood - Twin Flame 4.23
- Weyes Blood, a musical project carried by Natalie Mering, has shared their heavily anticipated 5th album And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow.
- Mering doesn’t have answers to the modern age’s ills, but the 10 track album is a stunning response to them. The collection confronts the horrors of the present and combats them in the best way —with grace and open-heartedness that’s unflinchingly honest.
Persona 749 - Politician 3.48
- Che Landikusic aka Persona 749, is a solo underground indie singer-songwriter, music producer, and Championship winning ice-hockey player who is twenty years young.
- Our pick Politician is their latest single to date, an electronic punk-rock song about being carefree of their choices. A tune you can listen to rock on for sure.
Pearl & The Oysters - Pacific Ave 3.23
- Californian duo Pearl & The Oysters are newly signed to L.A. Label, Stones Throw, and celebrates doing so with new single, Pacific Avenue.
- The duo, Davis and Polack write in a press release. “‘Pacific Ave’ was a cryptic attempt to allude to our first steps in this new environment being a little alienating, as we were discovering a megalopolis turned ghost town. Because we were physically confined, it really felt like the only avenue to escape was a mental one.
Tigerstate - Bisserwisser 3.36
- On-the-rise Norwegian collective Tigerstate have released their self titled debut album, Tigerstate, and Each track feels shrouded in an air of dreaminess and clouds.
- The band says, “This album is sort of a fever dream, where nothing is impossible. It was like everything came by itself on a conveyor belt. All the ideas and melodies came quite easily. It was meant to be.”
Tigerstate – Back To You
Part 3
Yozoh - I'm Turbid and Cold
Alt Bloom - Waste More Time
carpetgarden - lonely
Cal in Red - Replay (lounge)
Pro Teens - My Room
Alex Siegel - Tea Leaves
Alex Siegel - Charlie
Facts
Yozoh - I'm Turbid and Cold 3.16
- South Korean artist 신수진, also known as 요조, dropped their latest Lofi indie album, Names, also known as 이름들.
- The 7 track album is a culmination of 요조's interpretation of the concept of listening; inspired from her years of experience of listening to people as a producer and interviewer before her songwriting career.
- I'm Turbid and Cold, or 혼탁하고 차가운 나, is the 5th track to the album. I personally believe this is a well made, Neat catalog of music. So please check em out.
Alt Bloom - Waste More Time 2.15
- Quoting the artist, "If you like playing the trees, rocks, and not having a genre you've come to the right place" Based in L.A, solo artist Alt Bloom shared their newest 4 Track EP, Yesterday Forever.
- The artist shared "Yesterday Forever” puts into words the feelings of those relationships that are gone but never forgotten.
- Today's pick Waste More Time is the second track, and I fully agree that I'd want to Waste More Time with someone I like as well.
carpetgarden - lonely 3.49
- David Sweet, also known as carpetgarden, has just released their 7 track EP, WTF is Going On?. A record described as,“an amalgamation of disparate branches of lo-fi bedroom pop.”
- The EP's last track, lonely, was apparently written when they first started “adult life” for themselves. carpetgarden further explains, “A lot of the time I felt confident in myself, but also a lot of the time I felt super lonely.”
Cal in Red - Replay (lounge) 4.32
- Grand Rapids, Michigan-based indie pop duo Cal in Red have just shared their latest single "Replay (Lounge)”. The track is the first single off of their highly anticipated upcoming sophomore EP On The Dance Floor.
- With "Replay (Lounge)”, the brother duo were inspired by a tour stop in Kansas, the lyrics discuss a tale of camaraderie the band experienced, a song all about friendship set against some upbeat vibrant dance beats.
Pro Teens - My Room 3.07
- Based in Phoenix, Arizona, indie band Pro Teens released their newest 11 track album, Dentistry, after 3 years from their last album, Twos.
- Pushing through claims if they have died out and split, Pro Teens drops album Dentistry, a cohesive set of songs that their audience is appreciating massively! Apparently the full length brings out the best in this band so if you like what you hear, check out the album!
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Alex Siegel - Tea Leaves 3.13
- Alex Siegel, a bedroom pop artist from Santa Monica, California, released their full-length album, called ‘Courage‘.
- The ten-track collective draws you in from start to finish; the songs are a cohesive whole. The artist shares, “Releasing music is such a surreal feeling, I’ll probably never get used to the nerves and the excitement and relief of letting go. These songs belong to you now.”
Alex Siegel - Charlie
Part 4
Rory Ryan - Keeping My Mind Quiet
Cautious Clay - Sarah Toning
Paper Idol - Hey You
Ye Ram - Go to the Sea
Milky day - Adore
Julien Chang - Heart Holiday
Julien Chang – Sweet Obsolete
Facts
Rory Ryan - Keeping My Mind Quiet 4.0
- Fusing ’70s songwriting inspiration with modern psychedelia, “Keeping My Mind Quiet” is a hypnotic psych-pop dream song from Rory Ryan, an artist from Galway, Ireland.
- Ryan says the track “details an inner discussion of someone with a somewhat anxious mind who is trying to find a way to silence unpleasant thoughts.”
Cautious Clay - Sarah Toning 2.44
- New York based artist Joshua Karpeh, also known as Cautious Clay, has unleashed their 6 track EP, Thin Ice On The Cake.
- Released last week, this marks their 4th EP, with one debut album last year, and it seems Cautious Clay is doing everything right with his music, despite his risky creative decisions.
- The artist shares, I’ve always loved working with juxtapositions in my music. Conceptually Thin Ice on the Cake relates to being on the edge of something really bad as we grow nearer to death, but birthdays are also about celebrating the positives and joys of life. The cake is a great symbol of that."
Paper Idol - Hey You 3.55
- Blending dance music and indie-pop to stunning effect, Paper Idol has dropped his debut album, The Playground.
- The Playground chronicles the many phases of childhood through eight funky and nostalgic tracks. "It’s Boyhood the album," Idol said in a statement.
- They add, "The Playground is about missing the purity of childhood… It’s so easy to get caught up in status, envy, competition, and the desire to compare yourself to others. But we often forget there was a time when we were just ‘being,’ soaking up the world around us with no ego, no care in the world."
Ye Ram - Go to the Sea 2.22
- South Korean indie singer-songwriter 예람 dropped their sophomore album End of the World, also known as 세상 끝에서.
- The artist explains, a girl and the lonely witch built a castle together in her first album, Castle, and now End of The World is where they open the gates and come to the world, meet you, and live out the first page of the story as Us. All 12 tracks are the story and process of you and me turning into Us.
- Very deep.
Milky Day - Adore 3.33
- L.A. Based Korean/Australian singer songwriter Milky Day released his latest single, Adore, with an accompanying music video.
- Racking up to 30million streams, Milky Day has gained some serious attraction and continues to do so. Latest track, Adore, is a fever dream of calm and serene. From indie to R&B, Milky Day enjoys vibing the smooth milky way.
Julien Chang - Heart Holiday 5.03
- Sharing one of his early teasers back in August, Baltimore's Julien Chang has finally released their second album, The Sale.
- Recorded partially in his hometown of Baltimore and partially in his dorm room at Princeton, his new 12 track collective is a homegrown effort with Chang playing all instruments, bar the odd exception of a few notable cameos from Baltimore locals, classmates and old friends.
- Heart Holiday is the first track, an excellent opener for your Tuesday night.