KENNYHOOPLA SHARES “BIRTHDAY CARD//” VIDEO FROM ‘CONDITIONS OF AN ORPHAN//’ DELUXE EP | THE ORCHARD HEADLINE UK TOUR DATES KICK OFF THIS WEEK Last week, KennyHoopla dropped the deluxe version of his widely loved EP [...]
KENNYHOOPLA RELEASES DELUXE VERSION OF ‘CONDITIONS OF AN ORPHAN//’ FEATURING TWO NEW TRACKS | THE ORCHARD LISTEN TO “OOSHALALA//” & “BIRTHDAY CARD//” KennyHoopla dropped his widely loved EP conditions of [...]
CHARLS RETURNS WITH VULNERABLE NEW SINGLE “HEADS UP” THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS CHARLOTTE JANE RE-EMERGES WITH AN INTIMATELY POWERFUL NEW ERA After a year and a half away, British singer-songwriter CHARLS (f/k/a Charlotte Jane) makes her [...]
PHIL MANZANERA & ANDY MACKAY AM.PM SOHO LIVE EXPRESSION/BFD/THE ORCHARD When Phil Manzanera and Andy MacKay came together in 2023 and put together the brilliant AM.PM album, no one thought that they would perform live in this configuration, [...]
LET’S TAKE THIS SOMEWHERE ELSE A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY MACKAY London, 1972. It was two years since The Beatles split, Bob Dylan had turned to country (sort of) and the music world was waiting for something new. When Roxy Music debuted with [...]
KAV SANDHU AND THE LATE ANDY ROURKE’S BAND SHARE THE NEW BLITZ VEGA SINGLE “SUPERBRAIN” FUTURESONIC RECORDS/CEN/THE ORCHARD Kav Sandhu and The Smiths’ legendary bassist Andy Rourke shared a lightning-in-a-jar creative connection that generated a [...]
KENNYHOOPLA ANNOUNCES NEW EP CONDITIONS OF AN ORPHAN// OUT SEPEMBER 19 & SHARES LEAD SINGLE “ORPHAN//” THE ORCHARD Cleveland’s KennyHoopla is BACK! 2021’s critically praised mixtape SURVIVORS GUILT: THE MIXTAPE created in collaboration [...]
EVIDENCE OF A STRUGGLE – “EDDY DERECHO” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Last year we introduced our readers to the debut album from Chicago alternative rock outfit Evidence of a Struggle and we are pleased to once again be the [...]
GINO VANNELLI THE LIFE I GOT (TO MY MOST BELOVED) BED/THE ORCHARD The Life I Got (To My Most Beloved) is Gino Vannelli’s 22nd album, and his first since the highly acclaimed Wilderness Road (2019). During the time between albums, Vannelli has [...]
MIGHT AS WELL FACE IT A CONVERSATION WITH GUITARIST EDDIE MARTINEZ (ROBERT PALMER) The name Eddie Martinez may not be instantly recognizable, but take a few minutes and go through your albums and his name is going to pop up everywhere. He has [...]
DARKER LIGHTER – “HANGING ON” MISHI RECORDS/THE ORCHARD/SONY MUSIC Salar Rajabnik is an independent artist based in Los Angeles releasing music under the creative moniker Darker Lighter. “Hanging On” is the first of [...]
BLITZ VEGA NORTHERN GENTLEMAN FUTURESONIC RECORDS/CEN/THE ORCHARD On May 19, 2023, the world lost Andy Rourke. He was a remarkably talented bass player and DJ. He was also working with KAV (Kav Sandu, the former guitarist for Happy Mondays) in a [...]
KENNYHOOPLA – “ONE TULIP//” THE ORCHARD Singer, songwriter, producer and musician KennyHoopla – praised by critics and audiences alike for his compelling blend of alternative, hip-hop, rock, indie, and pop music – returns with [...]
DON McLEAN AMERICAN BOYS BMG/THE ORCHARD Imagine that you’re a veteran singer-songwriter in your late 70s. You have had a storied career, and you wrote one of the most iconic pop songs of the 20th century. What kind of recording do you make in [...]
KANAK – “WITHOUT A CLUE” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Taken from their recently released EP On The Outside, New Jersey rockers KANAK launch into a snide clapback for a relationship gone bad in their new video “Without [...]
TIM FINN & PHIL MANZANERA FINN & MANZANERA BFD/THE ORCHARD Tim Finn and Phil Manzanera have known each other and worked together for a very long time. Manzanera produced the second Split Enz album, Second Thoughts in 1976, and in return [...]
PHIL MANZANERA & ANDY MACKAY AM.PM BFD/THE ORCHARD In 2018 when Andy MacKay released 3Psalms, he made the statement that he would have to retire from music due to health concerns. Thankfully, and miraculously, MacKay not only got better but [...]
THE FIXX’S JAMIE WEST-ORAM SET TO RELEASE FIRST-EVER SOLO ALBUM SKELETON KEY DUE AUGUST 18 VIA BFD/THE ORCHARD FIRST SINGLE “KNUCKLE DOWN” AVAILABLE NOW The FIXX’s acclaimed guitarist, Jamie West-Oram, is set to release his [...]
RENOWNED ALTERNATIVE SINGER/SONGWRITER LLOYD COLE SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ON PAIN DUE OUT JUNE 23 VIA earMUSIC & DISTRIBUTED BY BFD/THE ORCHARD IN NORTH AMERICA Renowned alternative singer/songwriter Lloyd Cole is set to release a brand new [...]
BLITZ VEGA SHARE NEW SINGLE “STRONG FOREVER” FEATURING JOHNNY MARR FUTURESONIC RECORDS/CEN/THE ORCHARD “This song is for the kids who are being bullied as well as people and families who are fighting battles to survive,” [...]
Alphaville Eternally Yours BFD (Bob Frank Distribution)/The Orchard Eternally Yours is Alphaville’s first studio album since 2017’s underrated Strange Attractor. The band formed in 1982 and has been making excellent albums since 1984 and have [...]
The Fixx Every Five Seconds The Orchard/BFD/JARC Records The Fixx made their debut in 1982 with their debut album Shuttered Room. Of course, they had formed earlier and paid their dues in the clubs in the U.K. but when they delivered their debut [...]
HOUSEWIFE SHARE BRAND NEW TRACK “PATRICK BATEMAN” HAZEL STREET RECORDS/SONY/THE ORCHARD Award winning Toronto-duo Housewife deliver their new single ‘Patrick Bateman’, available via Hazel Street Records/Sony/The Orchard. ‘Patrick [...]
THE THIRD TIME REALLY IS A CHARM (PART 2) A CONVERSATION WITH ROB BAKER OF STRIPPERS UNION The bands Odds and The Tragically Hip are intrinsically linked through their music, touring, and years of friendship as they go way back to the early [...]
