The End Men drop two new singles from upcoming new album Terms and Conditions

The two piece NYC noirish blues rockers The End Men, Matthew Hendershot on vocals and guitars, Livia Ranalli on drums and percussion, introduced us to Tenor Saxer Matt Elia last year at Couch by Couchwest on their song 'The Wolves' who is now an intricate part of the band adding Jazz/Swing fusion to the smokey back room sound of the band.


The End Men’s newest record will be released on April 21 – as a digital download – with a vinyl pressing to follow shortly afterwards. The album was recorded at John Epperly’s 100 Metropolitan Brooklyn studio and engineered by Epperly and Bobbie Lurie. The album was mixed at Mavericks in Manhattan. The nine tracks (eight with a bonus track) were then mastered by Alex DeTurk, who is known for his work with Willie Nelson, Chris Cornell and David Bowie.



Full track listing of Terms and Conditions:
Copycat
Beasts of NYC
Morning Birds
Cold Black Pitch
Caretaker
Bullfight
East of West
Defining Deviance Down
Reprise (Bonus Track)


Lyrical content in the song East of West is inspired by and adapted from the science fiction Western set in a dystopian version of the United States whose fate rests with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta and is intended as a tribute to and comment on the original works with their express permission.
Upstate New York musician and writer at Neon Gods, Jeff Ayers (formerly from the band Skeletons in the Piano) has the scoop from Matthew on how the song came to be, read it here.

The six minute 'Morning Birds' is an innovative rocker with touches of  improvisational swing band sax, reminiscent of what I imagine an early morning jam session with Satchmo, Johnny Hodges and Buddy Rich might have sounded like had they been influenced by rock and roll.

'East of West' rocks dark and hard with Matthew's heavy rock riffs and Livia's always innovative percussion while Matt Elia strikes his sax notes like darts at a bullseye.

The tracks are a free download (or slide them some coin) with accompanying artwork by Nick Dragotta – famed comic book artist of the Image Comics series East of West

Tour Dates

Christopher Paul Stelling signs with Anti Records NEW album Labor Against Waste will be released on 6/16

A long time favorite here at Popa's HQ, road warrior, singer/songwriter Christopher Paul Stelling is getting some well deserved and long in coming attention.  He's just signed with Anti Records and his new album Labor Against Waste will be released on 6/16.

The Daily Beast shared the album's first single, Warm Enemy, please go and listen (and share) also was just included on NPR Music's All Songs Considered and will perform at this years Newport Folk Festival. Perpetually on the road, CPS is a firebrand performer his one-man show is a ball of kinetic energy, his intricate guitar work and passionate delivery are legendary whether in back ally's, coffee shops, house parties or headlining venues, blood, sweat and tears are a constant in his performances.
You can NOW preorder the new album in a variety of packages, and receive the song instantly, along with other goodies like 2 new t-shirt designs here: 
The video for “Warm Enemy” premiered at Village Voice

“Sometimes we have to give up in order to keep trying. ‘We’ is I, and all are our own. We’re our own worst enemies, and our own best friends. We created this. We know by now where change begins, but at times it’s always false starts. This is a song about the inevitable folly of self-ridicule and self-praise. This is a song about the importance of persistence. Or it’s a song about nothing at all.” - CPS

Essential listening, previous self-releases 2013's False Cities and 2012's Songs of Praise and Scorn

FREE The Golden Hippie - Flowers On The Sun EP

Groovy, pop! fantastic vocals, dancing bears on cosmic notes, bending bolts of flashing lights.
On The Golden Hippie’s 'Flower On The Sun' EP, she sings of relationship strife and the struggle to be free and true to yourself. Born in Phoenix, Arizona as Marissa Jack, she is best known for collaborating with Prince on his song 'Art Official Cage' from his Art Official Age album.

STREAM: Charles Howl - Debut LP Sir Vices

Comprised of members of Let's Wrestle, Talons, and The Proper Ornaments, with a britpop upbringing and a flare for psychedelia and surf-rock, Charles Howl ride waves of groovy riffs, rump shakin' rhythms, and blended harmonies like The Ventures on a Merry Pranksters bus tour.

The debut LP 'Sir Vices' release date is March 16th on Ample Play Records pre-order here available on Vinyl also as it should be!

STREAM: Singer-songwriter Heidi Lynne Gluck shares NEW song, "The Only Girl In The Room"

Debut EP Out April 28 via Lotuspool Records 
Singer-songwriter Heidi Lynne Gluck shares the first track, "The Only Girl In The Room" (stream), from her debut solo EP of the same name (out April 28th via Lotuspool Records).
Of the single Heidi says, "On a direct level, co-writer Kenny Childers and I wanted to celebrate the fun and pain of being "one of the guys," but on a universal level, "The Only Girl In The Room" was written for all of the people who, despite being surrounded by their friends, loved ones, or fans, face that ache of feeling alone in the world. In the studio, the song morphed nicely into a jaunty, sunny-sad number inspired by Laura Nyro's 1970s piano pop feel."

Heidi was raised in a farm town in Manitoba (population 200), spent some time in North Dakota and eventually ended up in Indiana, where she soon became a highly sought-after session musician. After collaborations with Juliana Hatfield & Some Girls, and playing a key role on records with Margot & The Nuclear So and Sos, and Lily & Madeleine, Heidi is starting her solo career with the release of her debut EP, The Only Girl In The Room, on April 28th.

THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ROOM TRACKLIST

The Only Girl In The Room
Target Practice
One Of Us Should Go
Orchids
Where Will They Bury Me

Purple Hill - Top 40 Radio Memory Dream (Oh Yeah​!​)

Purple Hill  is steeped with an 80's R&R sound though not bound by it. adding a flare for country and punk energy to their sound they chart a path directly to uninhibited abandonment and good times.
At times, frontman, Owen Marchildon channels Springsteen, Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople and Lou Reed in his vocals and adds spurts of harmonica like Whammer Jammer Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz while hard driving beats and rhythms swirl around him from the rambunctious lineup of, Jordan Bruce (drums, keyboard), Brent Hough (guitar, keyboard, backup vocals) and Dan Snyder (bass).

Their latest album Top 40 Radio Memory Dream (Oh Yeah!) was recorded live off the floor at 6 Nassau Studios with Toronto Indie Rock recording legend, Jeff McMurrich. The ten tracks will have you wagging your finger like Jagger and strutting Berry.

Owen Marchildon - vocals, guitars, harmonica.
Jordan Bruce - drums, keyboards.
Brent Hough- guitars, keyboards, back up vocals.
Dan Snyder - bass.