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Jul
16thKimbra “Settles” In After Everybody Got to Know Her From “Somebody”

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHV04eSGzAA&w=560&h=315] It’s pretty obvious that despite having millions of hits on YouTube for quite some time now and being a smash success already in Australia, everybody in the States got to know Kimbra thanks to the insanely popular song “Somebody I Used to Know.” The New Zealand beauty’s appearance on Gotye’s International and certified platinum U.S. hit put her on the map months before her debut album Vows even dropped here. The success of that ultimate “FU” break-up song lead to appearances on Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and, yes, a regular place inside your head for the better part of a year. But, have a listen to Vows, and you’ll discover the multi-talented artist is the total package and I mean that in a very unLex Lugar kind of way. Even though she just dropped her debut album in the States, Kimbra actually released it (to much fanfare) in Australia a year ago, and started working on it over three years ago. The US version features those original songs along with a few new tracks, including the summer alt-rock smash “Warrior,” which finds Kimbra performing to ’80s-inspired synth with Mark Foster of Foster the People and Atrak. I recently caught up with the “superstar” (and I say that in a very Molly Shannon way) by phone (shaky reception and all) and asked her about the evolution of Vows, becoming a superstar with the Aussie Gotye, life on the road, and when we can expect new music from [...]
Mar
13thMatt Pryor “Gets You Down” & Become “One” With KDrew

Matt Pryor used to tour with his bandmates. These days, he’s hitting the road with his kids in an RV. “I thought it’d be a cool idea,” The Get Up Kids and New Amsterdams singer said recently. So far, so good. “I think I’ll keep them,” he cracked. Pryor is currently on the road in support of his second solo album entitled May Day, which has garnered critical acclaim since it dropped earlier this year. Late last month, Pryor made a pit stop at the Music Conservatory of Westchester to film an “A-Sides” session while traveling in that RV to his next gig in New Haven, CT. Inside a studio in that White Plains music school, he performed “Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down” and to quote Will Ferrell as James Lipton, it was “scrumtrulescent.” Watch the acoustic track below followed by a brief interview which Pryor delightfully set to music. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq7_o7vogzs&w=460&h=315] Like Pryor, KDrew made a pit stop at the Conservatory, performing his track “One” within its Music Therapy Institute practice room for an “A-Sides.” KDrew, or Kevin Drew for those who call him a BFF, is a New Jersey singer/songwriter who has been dropping free EPs every month since November 2011. That ambitious move has garnered him attention from such outlets as MTV and AOL. “Free: Vol. 5″ just dropped and features an already buzzed about remix of Gotye’s mega-single “Somebody That I Used To Know.” Watch below as this up-and-comer performs and chats about those [...]