New Countdown!: May 2019

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Hey hey hey! I haven't quite let NaNoWriMo defeat me yet! Sure, I'm very behind, but I'm still trucking along and I hope you're still along for the ride with me! This is a short one, but a very fun one :)



Countdown #405 (May 2019)

***Featuring***
AJR
Billie Eilish
The Black Keys
BLUE BIRD
Cage the Elephant
Catfish & the Bottlemen
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
The Lumineers
Oliver Hurt
Panic! At the Disco
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Give Me Light: The Wayne Foundation Compilation

Well, if you have listened to my podcasts or read my blog since last summer, you might be aware that I've been using some of my time trying to put together a compilation of female artists/female-led bands that I could put up on Bandcamp and sell to benefit The Wayne Foundation

I have completed it and uploaded it and it's on sale now!

It's only $2 (or more if you're so inclined...) and the track list is as follows:

1. She Might Bite - Empty
2. The Jesse Minute - Sinking
3. My First Earthquake - Neon For You
4. Blue Bird - Give Me Light
5. The Nearly Deads - Never Look Back
6. Alyssa Poppin - Scream Out
7. Dessa - Into the Spin

And you can click this link to download the album!

I really feel like it has something for every type of music fan.
So tell your friends, tell your family, shout it from the rooftops!

BLUE BIRD!

So, when I put on the Metamorphosis EP by Blue Bird, I know that I'm not going to hear just one band. The Omaha-based band moves fluidly from gospel to rock to girl group with such grace that, even after many listens, I'm still caught off-guard. One example of this fluidity occurs at 3:03 of "Everything Can Change" and it never fails to give me goosebumps. This is surely a band to keep your eyes and ears on.

Blue Bird - Everything Can Change from Metamorphosis EP (which you can download for FREE over at their Soundcloud site )

They're on tour this summer and I would highly recommend you get out and see them!

6/25 Red Sky pre-festival showcase (venue TBA), Omaha NE

6/26 Big V's, Minneapolis MN

6/27 Elbo Room, Chicago IL

6/28 Wilbert's, Cleveland OH

6/29 Labyrinth, Jamestown NY

6/30 Hennessey's Hooley House, Boston MA

7/1 Pianos, New York NY

7/2 National Underground, New York NY

7/3 TBA, Philadelphia PA

7/5 TBA, Washington DC

7/6 Elliott's Revue, Winston-Salem NC

7/7 Rye Bar, Athens GA

7/8 TBA, Nashville TN

7/9 TBA, St. Louis MO