CONTAGIOUS

      [T]he insidious brilliance of the Contagious album is that the actual music cuts hard against the darkness. Winger had been getting heavily into funk, and that influence, along with jazz, disco, Southern boogie, and pop-punk, informs much of the playing. The great Australian songwriter Steve Kilbey once described the technique of combining upbeat music with downbeat lyrics as “a clown coming at you with a hand grenade.”

     With Slush Fund’s reissue of Contagious and a handful of scheduled reunion shows on the docket, it is time for the wider world to discover what tens of thousands of music fans across the Southeast and beyond have known for decades: Dayroom was one of the best bands of the final years of the rock era. And their music’s power has only grown in their absence. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s quote notwithstanding, second acts are possible in American life, and it’s time to tune in to this one.

                                                                                                                       -Robert Dean Lurie

 DESERTS, MOUNTAINS, OCEANS

[T]here’s a good bit of fuzz throughout … stays casual in its accomplishments and is listenable in that way older Masters of Reality always seems to be timeless for being out of its own time. The Obelisk March 2023

Touring UK March 2023 — Available in EU on Taxi Driver Records

PALMYRA

Dandy Brown (Hermano/Orquesta del Desierto) and Dawn Brown from Santa Clara, CA deliver a lush dark rock album with help from friends. Feat. David Angstrom (Hermano/Luna Sol), Steve Earle (Afghan Whigs), Mark Engel (Orquesta del Desierto), Alice Albertazzi, Gianfranco Romanelli (Alice Tambourine Lover/Alix), and Mike Callahan (Hermano/Earshot).

Midwest to East Coast tour coming summer 2020.
Available in Europe on Taxi Driver Records.

Publicity: Jill Ketttles / Miss Jill PR jill@missjillpr.com 

BELOW THE DEEP

“A smokin’ ride to hell,” as an old friend once said.

Publicity: Carl Schultz / Action! PR carl@actionpr.com 

Available in Europe on Cargo Records.

SAY

"Blood pumping rampage" ... What Youth  

Publicity: Bobby Cleveland / Baby Robot bobbycleveland@babyrobotmedia.com

THE TRUTH ABOUT YOU

Injected’s follow up to "Burn It Black," tearing open the gates of hell with "The Truth About You" ... Antiquiet  

BLOOD MOON

 Denver, CO’s High Mountain Stoner Rock
2015's #1 album of the year... Heavy Planet 

Available in Europe on Cargo Records.

THE JUDIES

We’ll swallow your rubber soul. 

funeral rites 

A confusing lush dark guitar orchestra. 

taking a beating 

Rick Wise from Flair has recorded a snarling guitar album worthy of comparisons to The Replacements, early Soul Asylum, Verbena, and Bash & Pop.

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With its twin guitar attack, [Trances Arc] recalls the glory days of indie-rock then slips into a slithery T. Rex
groove.”

— Brian Mansfield, USA TODAY

“Without sounding the least bit studied, Trances Arc upholds early ’90s alternative rumble as the new classic rock. Nearly every track comes as catchy and compelling as the one before, and the straightforward production suggests that they won’t falter when these rugged tunes hit the road.” 

— Barry Walters, eMusic

This quartet out of Hotlanta seems to have absorbed most of the cool guitar work from the 60’s to the 90’s with none of the lame stuff, which adds up to a rocking, tuneful, toneful batch of songs… This album (XOXOX) is heavy on vibe, heavy on melody, and heavy on tone – a recipe for disaster if there ever was one. Nicely done. 

–Matt Blackett, Guitar Player Magazine

tHE EMPTIES 

"Psyched out bubblegum rock ... with a punk twist." Atlanta Music Guide

PART BEAR 

“Hillbilly Oasis” three piece from Athens GA 

RIYL: Dinosaur Jr., Replacements, Dr. Dog, The Whigs