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RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE
JESSE B ARNETT jesse@rightarmresource .com (508) 238-5654
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James “Beautiful Beaches”
From their 16 studio album, All The Colours Of You, produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, REM, Snow Patrol, The Killers), out 6/4
New: WCNR, WJCU, KMTN, WCBE Early: WTMD, KVNA, KJAC, WCLX, WYCE… Frontman Tim Booth wrote it in response to climate
change migration and the increasingly regular Californian fires that eventually forced him to move his family from Topanga Canyon to Costa Rica
Paula Fuga w/Jack Johnson & Ben Harper “If Ever”
From her upcoming album Rain On Sunday, out June 18 via Brushfire New: KGSR, WXRV, KCSN, WNCS, WCOO, KVYN, WCLX
ON: KBCO, WRNR, WFUV, KXT, KVNA, WCLY, WAPS, WEHM, WJCU, WUIN, WTYD, KLRR, KOZT, KSUT, KRML… This is a duet with Jack,
featuring Ben on lap-steel guitar Written by Jack Johnson Jack and Paula performed a duet of it on Earth Day - watch it on my site now
Wilderado “Head Right”
From their forthcoming full-length debut Mediabase 42*, BDS Monitored New & Active! New: KGSR, Music Choice, WTMD… ON: WRNR, WRLT,
WXRV, KRVB, KCSN, WPYA, WNCS, KVNA, KPND, WZEW, WCOO, WCLY… Wilderado has surpassed 75 million artist streams across the board and gets
over 3MM monthly listeners across platforms Tour partners inc. The 1975, Catfish and The Bottlemen, Mt Joy, Band of Horses and Rainbow Kitten Surprise
The Wallflowers “Roots And Wings”
Their first new music in nine years, from the new album Exit Wounds, out 7/9 Mediabase 31*, BDS Monitored Debut 30*, Indicator 13*!
New: WXRV, WNCS, KCSN, KCLC, KPIG ON: SiriusXM, WRLT, WFUV, WXPN, WXPK, WCNR, WQKL, WKLQ, WPYA, WAPS, KPND, WERS, KJAC,
Music Choice, WCLY, WNRN, WDST, WZEW, WYEP, WFPK… Playing NON-COMM this week! Produced by Butch Walker Played Kimmel already
Anderson East “Madelyn”
The first single from Maybe We Never Die, out 8/20 Mediabase 43*, BDS Monitored 36*, Indicator Debut 36*! New: KCMP, KPND,
KROK, KUWR ON: WRLT, KGSR, WXPK, KXT, WXCT, Music Choice, KCSN, WFPK, WNXP, WCLZ, WPYA, WCNR, KVNA, WCLY,
WYEP, WAPS, KCLC, KJAC and more Performed this on Seth Meyers last month Played the JBE Virtual Summit last month
Lucy Dacus “Hot & Heavy”
The first single from Home Video, out 6/25 BDS Monitored New & Active, JBE Albums 21*! New: WQKL, WERS, KCLC, KROK… ON: SiriusXM, Music Choice,
WRLT, WPYA, WFUV, KCMP, WXPN, KCSN, KTBG, WNRN, WYMS, WFPK, KVOQ, WNXP, KUTX, KJAC… "Lucy Dacus' sharp lyrics and ascendant voice are a
galelike force." - Entertainment Weekly “It was well worth the three-year wait for this knockout.” - The AV Club Tour kicks off September 10 Played on Colbert
Moon Vs Sun “I’m Going To Break Your Heart”
The title track to the album and feature documentary film, out now New: WCLY, KROK ON: WFPK, KVNA, KTBG, WYCE, KSMF, WERU Moon Vs Sun is the
project from husband-and-wife Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace) and Grammy and Juno award-winning Chantal Kreviazuk Played on Seth Meyers last week
Recorded a session for Paste already The documentary covers the making of the record amidst the strains of their marriage
Allison Russell “Nightflyer”
The first single from her solo debut Outside Child, out 5/21 New: KBAC ON: WRLT, WFUV, Music Choice, WCLZ, KJAC, WFPK,
WCLX, WDST, WKZE, KSUT, WYCE, WEXT, KNBA, WCBE… Allison is also in Our Native Daughters and Birds of Chicago
“Triumph glistens along poetic lyric lines as Russell uncovers unforeseen strength.” - American Songwriter Watch the video on my site
Mustafa “Ali”
The first single from When Smoke Rises, out 5/28 New at WFIT ON: KTBG, WNXP, WBJB, WYCE, WUNC, KXCI, Acoustic Cafe
Hailing from the inner city Regent Park area of Toronto, his music reflects the world he grew up in, and this song is about a close
friend who was shot and killed four years ago “An impossibly personal collection of songs as heartbreaking as they are beautiful.” - GQ
Judah & The Lion “Spirit”
Their new single, out now Mediabase 40*, BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator 20*! ON: WXRT, WRLT, WXPK, WMMM, WXRV, WNCS,
WPYA, Music Choice, WCLY, KVNA, WZEW, WCNR, KVYN, KCLC… “Most iconic stories and songs don’t start with everything being perfect, but
rather the story comes from the pain and the tension between moving forward and allowing the pain to become your super power in life.” - Judah Akers
Dumpstaphunk “United Nations Stomp” (feat. Marcus King)
From Where Do We Go From Here, out now JBE Albums 41*! ON: KCSN, WFPK, KVNA, KRSH, KMMS, KHUM, WJCU, WEXT, KMTN, WBJB,
WMWV, WYCE, WCBE, WNCW, KCLC, WMOT… “The epic jam invokes the vintage spirit of Jimi Hendrix and Cream coupled with a touch of urgent
musical angst that could be easily playlist alongside modern contemporaries Rage Against The Machine or Red Hot Chili Peppers.” - Glide Magazine
Major Spark “I’m Not Gonna Stand Around”
The first single from their debut album Beautiful Noise, out 5/21 New at WCLX ON: KJAC, KVYN, KRML, WYCE, WBJB
Major Spark is the brainchild of former Magnet singer-songwriter Mark Goodman and producer Brian Charles (who played
nearly every instrument on the album) Watch the video on my site now Backing vocals by fellow producer Miranda Serra
Julien Baker “Heatwave”
The second single from Little Oblivions Mediabase 33*, BDS Monitored 29*, Indicator 15*! New at WJCU ON: WRLT, KGSR, WFUV,
KCMP, WXRV, KRVB, KCSN, WFPK, WYEP, Music Choice, KTBG, KJAC, KPND, KVOQ, WNXP, WCLZ, WPYA, WQKL, WNRN, WWCT, WZEW,
WAPS, WCNR, WYMS… “[On Heatwave] the Tennessee singer-songwriter mixes honest, banal observations with the painfully beautiful." - NME
Bendigo Fletcher “Evergreen”
The first single from their Elektra debut Mediabase 45*, JBE Tracks 39*! New at KJAC, WWCT, KBAC ON: WTTS, WRLT, KRVB, KCSN,
Music Choice, WPYA, WFPK, WZEW, WCNR, WCLX, WTMD, KRSH, WCLY, WNRN, WEHM, KCLC… Produced by Ken Coomer of Wilco
“‘Evergreen’ meanders through the madness of the world and the constant reconditioning required to survive it all.” - American Songwriter
Kaleo “Break My Baby”
From Surface Sounds, out now Mediabase 8*, BDS Monitored 6*, Indicator 3*! Spotify over 22MM! Their first Soundscan top 10 debut!
ON: SiriusXM, WXRT, KBCO, KGSR, WTTS, KINK, WXRV, WRLT, KRVB, KCMP, WRNR, Music Choice, WQKL, WFPK, WXPK, WPYA, WTMD,
KTBG, WCNR, WZEW, KVOQ... “The pounding beat and JJ’s breathless wail are practically hair-raising in their unquenchable desire...” - Atwood Mag
Aaron Lee Tasjan “Don’t Overthink It”
The new single from Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!, out now with fantastic reviews ON: WRLT, KCSN, WTMD, WNRN, WCLX, WVMP, WUIN, WTYD,
WBJB, WYCE, WCBE, KSMF, WJCU, WMVY, KROK… “A triumphant progression, merging all Tasjan’s varied strands of his musical DNA into a
genuine tour-de-force” - Rolling Stone “His best album yet” - Associated Press WXPN Free At Noon confirmed for 5/14, World Cafe online now
Passenger “Sword From The Stone”
From Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted, out now New Colbert video online Mediabase 10*, BDS Monitored 12*, Indicator #11
ON: KBCO, KGSR, WRLT, KINK, WMMM, WXRV, KRVB, WPYA, Music Choice, WXPK, WFPK, KCSN, WAPS, WQKL, WCNR, WKLQ, KTHX...
Streaming over 400K/week “…a hauntingly beautiful collection of Americana gold, and likely Passenger’s finest and most focused record yet.” - Glide
American Songwriter dives into the new Judah & The Lion EP
“In the wake of what felt like the nation’s “lowest low,” Judah & the Lion stepped up to do what they do best. Their emotive single, “Spirit” was originally
released in November of 2020 and showcases the Nashville-based trio—Judah Akers, Brian Macdonald, and Nate Zuercher—returning to their acoustic/folk
roots. Akers and Macdonald actually penned the track pre-pandemic in late 2019. The elements exhibited in that original version showcase what makes their
genre-blending so unique. When a global pandemic swept in, and turbulent socio-political turmoil followed, Judah & the Lion shared the poignantly hope-
ful track with positive messaging to meet a critical moment.
“This one ended up as a perfect fit for the times we were in,” Akers tells American Songwriter over the phone. “It was sort of a response to our last album,
Pep Talks. Being a heavier album, I was thinking about how no good movies about people having perfect lives. Not knock to those with perfect lives—but
the shared human experience is really about the faults and the beauty of allowing each other to not be perfect and grow as individuals.
Judah & the Lion’s new EP, Spirit, builds off the original recording to breathe new life into the critical messaging. The five-track collection features a brand-
new acoustic version of the single plus remixes from Lamorn, an up-and-coming producer signed to deadmau5’s mau5trap label, indie-pop duo TwiceY-
oung, and Nashville experimental pop artist Friend Group. Though, the showcasing of each different remix was not the initial intention. As part of COVID-in-
duced experimentation, the trio first recorded an acoustic rendition of the single. The band first sent the track to a few different artists they enjoyed, who fit
their aesthetic vision for an anthemic track. Aker recalls, “Essentially, we got them back at the same time, couldn’t decide which one we loved the most.”
He continues, “Friend Group made us feel like we could do this at a festival, they made it even more anthemic. The backbeat on Lamorn’s remix was a lit-
tle sadder, it made me feel like I was more in an indie movie than an anthem rah-rah moment. TwiceYoung evoked a similar emotion—very beautiful, with
an unexpected almost pop-lean to it. I’ve never heard a song like that, and that’s the reason we did the whole thing as different spins. It’s the beautiful part of
songwriting in my book—the same song could sound a million different ways done through different artists—and that’s really cool to me.”
The EP, released April 9 via Cletus the Van/Virgin, arrives as the single continues to gain momentum as a sync track. First employed for promos of the Col-
lege Football Playoff National Championship on ESPN earlier this year, “Spirit” most recently landed in the trailer for Disney+’s The Mighty Ducks: Game
Changers. Watching his song come to life on those screens, Akers says, “I almost cried, I felt so supported and believed in.” He adds, “To see Gordon Bom-
bay in the same trailer, the little kid in me was just freaking out.”
The remix EP continues driving their initial messaging. With each new take on the 2019 track, the lyrical content grows increasingly resonant within the
current context. As the group shared with the original release, “Most iconic stories and songs don’t start with everything being perfect, but rather the story
comes from the pain and the tension between moving forward and allowing the pain to become your super power in life.” - American Songwriter, April ‘21
Vox calls Julien Baker’s Little Oblivions “the perfect album for spring 2021”
“There’s a moment, two minutes and 40 seconds into “Ringside,” the seventh track on Julien
Baker’s new album Little Oblivions, that made me realize just how much I’ve missed seeing live
music.
“Ringside” details a relationship where one participant (whose perspective Baker sings from) has
a dark and horrible self-destructive streak. It opens with the couplet “Beat myself until I’m bloody/
and I’ll give you a ringside seat,” an arresting image to start a song about how hard it can be to
love someone when you’re in the depths of self-loathing and depression.
As the song continues, it builds to its peak at 2:40. “Nobody deserves a second chance,” Baker
sings, “but I keep getting them.” And underneath “them,” a wall of sound rises, including key-
boards, percussion, and guitar. It’s a big, sweeping moment that will surely be astonishingly effective when Baker performs
it in concert.
It’s also so, so different from anything else Baker has recorded before. On her two previous albums — 2015’s Sprained
Ankle and 2017’s Turn Out the Lights (one of the best albums of the 2010s) — Baker skewed toward the small and inti-
mate. Her music explores intersections of queer identities, mental health issues, and faith, and her brooding, thoughtful
lyrics often benefit from stripped-down production values that let her words do most of the talking.
In the years since Turn Out the Lights, however, Baker has turned most of her attention to boygenius (yes, all lower-
case), the sad-girl supergroup she formed with Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers. The trio released a short album in 2018
and have remained key collaborators ever since. Baker and Dacus appeared on Bridgers’s “Graceland Too,” off her
Grammy-nominated 2020 album Punisher; Bridgers and Dacus lend their talents to “Favor” on Little Oblivions. of charity
But boygenius seems to have inspired Baker, beyond simply giving her the chance to work with two other amazing musi-
cians. Joining forces with Dacus and Bridgers — both of whom have also opened up their sounds on their most recent al-
bums — has surely pushed Baker even further toward sonic experimentation, resulting in a bigger, richer sound than she’s
ever tried before.
Little Oblivions is proof positive that Baker’s expansion doesn’t cancel out what made her so good in the first place. The
album pushes her production beyond stripped-down sound into new, exciting places, while maintaining the brutal lyrical
honesty of her previous work. It’s the difference between someone quietly delivering the most devastating news you’ve
ever heard and the endless wall of noise that springs up in your head when you hear that news.
Baker’s songs tend to center on people who cannot escape cycles of self-recrimination and self-punishment. They often
take the form of apologies to a loved one who stubbornly refuses to give up on the singer, despite evidence they should
probably just abandon all hope of real change.
Or, as she puts it in “Relative Fiction,” my favorite song off Little Oblivions:
‘Cause if I didn’t have a mean bone in my body
I’d find some other way to cause you pain
I won’t bother telling you I’m sorry
For something that I’m gonna do again
What’s remarkable about the album isn’t only Baker’s push toward a richer soundscape but also that she plays nearly ev-
ery instrument featured on the album, with minimal backing from anybody else. Baker was performing some of these
songs in concert before Covid-19 shut down the world (here she is playing “Ringside” in London in 2019), but the fact Lit-
tle Oblivions has arrived as the pandemic-necessitated quarantines finally seem to be ending feels significant to me some-
how. After all, Baker taking on nearly every instrumental part on an entire album feels like the ultimate lockdown project,
right? And the results were worth it.
But the loud intimacy of Little Oblivions strikes me as being as perfect for spring 2021 as the apocalyptic boa-constrictor
hug of Bridgers’s Punisher was for summer 2020. So many of us have been stuck inside alone these many months, and
some of us have been stuck inside with people we love but maybe occasionally need some space from. In that time, we’ve
gotten to see new sides of them — and of ourselves — and those sides might not have been flattering.
Baker even nods toward this experience on “Ringside,” where the song’s ending neatly flips the second chances motif on
its ear in a way that should feel too simplistic but instead feels devastating. “Nobody deserves a second chance,” she re-
peats, “but I keep giving them.” Being caught in a self-destructive spiral, after all, is a game two can play, especially when
you’re codependent. And a whole year spent inside with the same person is nothing if not a breeding ground for codepen-
dency.
Now, finally, it’s time to step outside into a world that is big and loud and wide and to try to find a new balance. Some of
our bruises will heal; some we will carry with us the rest of our lives. But the only way to figure what’s next is to move for-
ward — and maybe try something new at long last.” - Vox, 4/30/21
Going for adds May 17: Lawrence Rothman w/Son Little “Sunny Place For Shady People”
R I G H T A R M R E S O U R C E W E E K LY U P D A T E - 5 / 5 / 2 0 2 1
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