Maiah Manser performs KEXP In-Studio

Watch the full performance by Maiah Manser live on KEXP:

Acid Tongue annouce SXSW Showcase

Acid Tongue will be performing for an official SXSW 2017 showcase in March. More information TBD. Have fun with the Tongue, Austin!

Maiah Manser - Second Skin (WASSILY Remix) Premiere

A remix of Maiah Manser's "Second Skin", by Swedish artist, WASSILY, premiered on Soundspace.

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Maiah Manser's Second Skin EP comes out in 2017 on Freakout Records.

Read more: http://bit.ly/wassilysskin

Maiah Manser to perform at KEXP's Community Partnership Benefit

Maiah Manser will be performing on Thursday, November 17 at the KEXP Gathering Space (472 1st Ave N Seattle) with IG88 and JusMoni for KEXP's Community Partnership Benefit. Net proceeds benefit The Washington Bus and Washington Low Income Housing Alliance.

This event is all-ages and doors open at 6:00pm.

More info at: http://blog.kexp.org/kexp-events/community-partnership-benefit-concerts/

Smokey Brights featured in The Seattle Times

Smokey Brights are featured in the Seattle Times to discuss the release of 'Hot Candy' this Friday at Neumos.

Read: http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/smokey-brights-has-hot-candy-for-you-at-neumos/

Acid Tongue announces US & UK Fall tour

JUST ANNOUNCED: Acid TongueFall US & UK tour dates!

10.27 - Portland OR - The Spare Room

10.28 - Bainbridge Island WA - Space Craft (Solo)

10.29 - Seattle WA - Central Saloon (w/ Constant Lovers)

11.12 - Seattle WA - Nectar Lounge (w/ Night Beats & The Mystery Lights)

11.15 - Brooklyn NY - Shea Stadium

11.17 - Brooklyn NY - Pine Box Rock Shop

11.28 - Guildford UK - Boileroom

11.30 - Hull UK - TBA

12.01 - Cambridge UK - Blue Moon

12.02 - London UK - The Waiting Room

12.03 - Brighton UK - The Hope & Ruin

12.04 - London UK - Old Blue Last (Freakout Fest UK)

12.05 - London UK - The Lock Tavern

12.08 - Seattle WA - Chop Suey* (Freakout Festival US)

12.11 - Portland OR - The Liquor Store*

12.12 - Reno NV - TBA*

12.13 - Oakland CA - Night Light*

12.14 - Los Angeles CA - Dynasty Center*

*w/ Wyatt Blair (Lolipop Records) & MELTED

Smokey Brights Live In-Studio on KEXP

Smokey Brights will be performing songs off their upcoming record 'Hot Candy', tomorrow morning at 9:30am on KEXP with John Richards.

Stream it on Facebook Live on the KEXP Facebook page

Acid Tongue's Anti-Trump T-Shirts featured in The Stranger

Read Article: http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/10/10/24610792/a-seattle-band-is-selling-these-anti-trump-t-shirt-to-benefit-planned-parenthood

Proceeds from the limited-edition t-shirt benefits Planned Parenthood.

Order now from the Freakout Records store

Maiah Manser Releases "Second Skin" Single

Today, Maiah Manser premiered the debut, title-track single from her upcoming Second Skin EP.

Working with producer Buddy Ross (Frank Ocean), string arranger Phillip Peterson (Maroon 5, Jessie Ware), and mastering engineer Tom Coyne (Adele, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Sam Smith), the single 'Second Skin' premiered on British outlet, The 405.

LISTEN NOW: https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/maiah-manser-shares-slow-burning-new-single-second-skin-405-premiere-147

'Second Skin' will be available on Spotify, iTunes, and all other digital retailers on Friday, Oct 21.

Acid Tongue to open for Night Beats & The Mystery Lights

Shortly after moving to New York City, Acid Tongue has announced a return performance in Seattle with psych rock Night Beats on Saturday, November 12th at the Nectar Lounge.

11.12 Saturday (Psychedelic Rock)
Nectar & Solid Sound present:
Night Beats
The Mystery Lights
Acid Tongue
Special Guests
Visuals by Mad Alchemy
$12adv
8pm, 21+

Tickets available here: http://bit.ly/TheNightBeatsTix

Maiah Manser Announces Dates w/ Manatee Commune

JUST ANNOUNCED: Maiah Manser will be main support for 3 NW dates in support of Manatee Commune's album release.

Sept 29 - Bellingham, WA - Wild Buffalo
Sept 30 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Oct 1 - Seattle, WA - Neumos

More info at manateecommune.co

Pre-Order Smokey Brights 'Hot Candy' for Instant Download of 'In Demand'

Pre-Order Smokey Brights 'Hot Candy' from the Freakout store today to receive an immediate download of the single "In Demand" + a pair of Smokey shades.

Maiah Manser Producer Buddy Ross Featured on 14 Tracks of Frank Ocean's 'Blonde'

Maiah Manser producer Buddy Ross is featured on 14 tracks of Frank Ocean's new release 'Blonde'.  

Read the Pitchfork article HERE

Acid Tongue Featured in Spotify 'Fresh Finds' Playlist

The new Acid Tongue EP 'Beautiful Disaster' was recently featured in the 'Fresh Finds: Six String' playlist on Spotify. 

Maiah Manser Announces Release of First Single From Her 'Second Skin' EP

Maiah Manser announces the release of the first single from her 'Second Skin' EP due out October 21st. 

The full EP is set to be released in 2017 on Freakout Records. 

Smokey Brights Second Single 'Not Enough Time' Debuts at Impose

Smokey Brights Second Single 'Not Enough Time' from their upcoming EP "Hot Candy" debuts at Impose magazine. 

Read the review and stream 'Not Enough Time' HERE. 

Smokey Brights - "Hot Candy" available Oct 21

Seattle band Smokey Brights will be releasing their sophomore full-length "Hot Candy" on 12" vinyl via Freakout Records on October 21, 2016.

PRE-ORDER HERE: http://www.freakoutrec.com/store/smokey-brights-hot-candy

Read more about the album from CityArts' Jonathan Zwickel:

Hot damn, Hot Candy! Modern rock n roll never sounds this fresh. The second album from Smokey Brights is both a rebirth and a milestone, a head trip and a body high, meticulously crafted but natural as daylight. The music taps into history and stretches out a kind of visionary rock that rolls relentlessly forward while recombining iconic sounds—prog, funk, Bowie, Styx, Wilco, Flaming Lips—into something urgent and fun and utterly surprising.

Seriously: If you're not already listening to Hot Candy, you're losing precious seconds.

What else do you need to know? Two singers (married), a guitar hero some call Keanu J. Fox, and a crack rhythm section with veteran status. Since their 2014 debut Taste for Blood, Smokey Brights have amassed a rabid base of fans across the West Coast, gaining momentum with every show. They are a self-started, self-sustaining rock n roll machine that generates maximum joy through musical communion.

The members of Smokey Brights have been singing and playing together in various incarnations across Seattle for more than 15 years. Ryan Devlin and Kim West—the married singers—write the bones for most of the songs in their North Seattle living room. The mind-meld between drummer Nick Krivchenia and bassist Jim Vermillion leads to unpredictable, shape-shifting groove. Mike Kalnoky—the guitar hero—tops it all off with counterpoint melodies and soaring solos. Coming together at Wizard House, their hand-me-down rehearsal space, the band bursts with life and love and an offbeat energy that's infectious. Hot Candy is an album made by a company of pros finding their finest voice in collective effort.

Listening yet?

Start the album from the beginning and dig it all the way through. Every song is a discreet, complex world unto itself that rewards patient listening. Right from the start Hot Candy evokes a rock n roll fantasy, born from a whoosh of noise to coalesce into the hard-driving opener—and lead single—"In Demand." Is this a fist-pumping rock anthem or a brazen indictment of Internet-driven overconsumption? Yes and yes.

Kim steps to the mic for song two, the sinuous, sultry "Desiree," outro-ing with full flange and four-four stomp. "Not Enough Time" is simultaneously beautiful, foreboding, complex and catchy—a swirl of emotions that might be Smokey Brights' signature cocktail. As Kalnoky unleashes one of the album's most luscious guitar hooks, Ryan sings, "You’ve got to stand some in the rain to get lightening struck/And that’s just how it is."

Four songs in, "Malibu Musk" slows down and slithers into a sinister, twilit foreboding that foreshadows the album's latter half. The band describes the next track, "Baby Bigshot," as a lullaby for the Baby Boom generation, Ryan singing, "We're waiting for the trickle down!"  No, that isn't a Theremin’s weird coo on "Start Wearing Black"—that's Kim's natural singing voice, which goes on to boost a stunning finale and one of the album's finest, freakiest moments. "Ugly Evergreen" features achingly lovely vocal interplay between Ryan and Kim as the band builds to another monumental climax. Closer "Stickman" is a sweet, sad coda, acoustic-strummed and fingersnapped like a tender farewell.

To make Hot Candy, Smokey Brights decamped for a week at the end of 2015 to the Rock n Roll BnB, a live-in recording studio on Sauvie Island, a verdant refuge surrounded by the Columbia River a few miles from Portland, Oregon.  The digs were throwback, but the gear was impeccable, as was the ear of host/producer/engineer Sean Flora. The result is simply one of the most refreshing records you'll hear all year. Trust.

Now get yourself to the nearest sound system and do the damn thing!

Smokey Brights 'In Demand' Debuts on 107.7 The End

Smokey Brights single 'In Demand' debuts on 107.7 The End with Steven Graham on the New Music Round Up.  

Read more and stream playlist HERE.

Maiah Manser Announces West Coast Tour with Shaprece

Maiah Manser announces West Coast tour dates with Shaprece. 

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9.2 ll Seattle, WA. ll Bumbershoot Music Festival

9.6 ll Vancouver, BC. ll The Rickshaw [Feat. MU]

9.8 ll Portland, OR. ll Holocene [Feat. Moorea Masa]

9.15 ll Los Angeles, CA. ll Hotel Cafe

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Maiah Manser to Play Bumbershoot Festival

Maiah Manser plays Bumbershoot Music Festival Sunday, September 4th on the Starbucks [Mural] Stage with Shaprece at 4:20pm.