Throwing Muses

Agent: Mike Leahy ————- “Sublime riffs and hair-standing-on-end vocals giving you a jolt. Throwing Muses has maintained the inimitable ethos that has distinguished their music for over three decades” — Pop Matters Purgatory/Paradise is the newest release by Throwing Muses, the groundbreaking band who broke every rule in the book and effortlessly changed the face of Read more

Nora Brown

Agent: Chris Colbourn ————- “Long Time to Be Gone,” [is] a disarming collection of traditional laments and exquisite banjo instrumentals which she recorded in the palatial St. Ann’s Church” – Jay Ruttenberg, The New Yorker “Some of the most interesting and haunting traditional music we’ve heard… impossibly talented… One thing that I really loved about both Read more

J. Robbins

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ———- J. Robbins has been the guitarist/singer and primary songwriter (or pushiest collaborator) in several bands since the early ’90s, including Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Channels, and Office of Future Plans. For the bulk of that time, he has also been active as a recording engineer/producer, working with musicians from around the world at Read more

Nothing

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ———– NOTHING began in Philadelphia simply as ‘bedroom therapy’ for Domenic Palermo in 2010 after a turbulent decade filled with drugs, violence, and prison. With a love for tragedy in both storytelling and song he decided where he would put his effort and began to record. Over the next 12 years Palermo would Read more

Squirrel Nut Zippers

Agent: Tom Gold ——–– Platinum selling Southern roots & swing revival band Over 3 million records sold Current album Lost Songs of Doc Souchon critically acclaimed   The Squirrel Nut Zippers rollicking and rowdy road show combines their unique hybrid stew of Southern roots rock, New Orleans Jazz, and Blues influences with a Vaudeville stage performance that Read more

Jawbox

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ——— Jawbox was formed in Washington, DC in 1989 by J. Robbins, bassist Kim Coletta, and original drummer Adam Wade. The group released their debut 7” in 1990 on their own DeSoto label. Grippe, released on Dischord Records in 1991, was Jawbox’s first full-length outing. That year saw second guitarist/singer Bill Barbot Read more

Our Native Daughters

Agent: Chris Colbourn ———– Our Native Daughters (featuring Rhiannon Giddens, Allison Russell, Leyla McCalla, Amythyst Kiah) Stream the full album at NPR First Listen Read about the making of Songs of Our Native Daughters at Rolling Stone Read the 5 star review at The Guardian Songs of Our Native Daughters out now on Smithsonian Folkways Songs Read more

Swirlies

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ———- Formed from the shell of a Go-Go’s cover band named Raspberry Bang, SWIRLIES began their life in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts in the summer of 1990. The original band featured Damon Tutunjian (guitar/vocals), Seana Carmody (guitar/vocals), Andy Bernick (bass), and Ben Drucker (drums). SWIRLIES played live for the very first time on 25 January Read more

Soulside

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ————- Soulside formed in Washington, DC, in 1985, split up in 1989, then reformed in 2014 and has continued playing and writing music since then. After releasing their debut album on Sammich/Dischord, they recorded Trigger (Dischord, 1988) and Hot Bodi-Gram (Dischord, 1989), which were combined on the Soon Come Happy CD in 1990. Read more

Mister Heavenly

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ———— Mister Heavenly dabbled in love and affection on their first record, 2011’s Out of Love. This time, however, Ryan Kattner, Nicholas Thorburn and Joe Plummer are in a scrappy mood as they embrace a tougher sound on the band’s new album, Boxing the Moonlight. “It seemed like it was a good idea to Read more