4/18/2025

Brass Camel Strikes Back with Genre-Bending Sophomore Album “Camel”

Vancouver, BC - After successfully criss-crossing Canada three times on the strength of a word-of-mouth reputation and a hard-earned live following, Vancouver-based Brass Camel return with their second full-length record: Camel. Clocking in at 40 minutes across just six tracks, the album is an unapologetic artistic statement from a band whose sound resists easy classification—equal parts progressive rock ambition and deep-pocket groove, with no shortage of swagger, surprises, and soul.

Their self-styled “prog-funk” sound may raise eyebrows on paper, but as multiple Grammy-winner Fantastic Negrito put it: “They sound like a funky Rush.” Or, as Big Sugar frontman Gordie Johnson (who also guests on the record as the group’s Zappa-tinged “cat whisperer”) once declared, “Brass Camel…man, they’re good worldwide.”

Following their 2022 debut Brass, the band doubled down—both on the road and in the studio. Camel is the result of that momentum: two 11-minute bookends, four shapeshifting shorter tracks, and zero interest in playing it safe.

The album opens with “Zealot,” a tense, swinging epic about the inquisition inspired by The Pit and the Pendulum, and closes with “Another Day”—a three-part reflection on life, death and the promise of peace in eternal rest, written after the suicide of Sveinson’s sibling. The track climaxes in an explosive Minimoog solo by keyboardist Aubrey Ellefson, which sees the guitars step out of the picture as the trio of Ellefson, bassist Curtis Arsenault and drummer Wyatt Gilson put their respective instruments through the paces, not unlike a hard-rock “The Cinema Show”.

Lightening the tone, bassist Arsenault’s cat Lionel gets his own theme song in “Pick of the Litter,” which melts seamlessly into the riff-heavy “Chain Reaction.” Side B brings the slinky, Little Feat-tinged drug-running tale “On the Other Side,” followed by the strutting “Borrowed Time,” praised by LouderSound in their “Tracks of the Week” feature as a stomping, riff-driven anthem about burnout and the grind with no shortage of swagger and subtle weirdness.

Recorded at Vancouver’s iconic Hipposonic Studios (formerly Little Mountain Sound which saw the likes of AC/DC, Metallica and Aerosmith roll through) and co-produced/mixed by multi-Juno-winner Ben Kaplan (Biffy Clyro, Rise Against, Mother Mother), Camel captures a band at a turning point—gritty, gutsy, weird enough to stand out, yet fun enough to make people move. They’ve played over 120 shows together in the past two years. They’ve got the chops, the chemistry, and the catalog. All they need now is the world to catch up. As Crown Lands’ Kevin Comeau put it after seeing the group live for the first time in 2024, “I have seen the future of prog rock…and it is Brass Camel”.

Track list:
1. Zealot
2. Pick of the Litter
3. Chain Reaction
4. On the Other Side
5. Borrowed Time
6. Another Day

Brass Camel is:
Daniel Sveinson – vocals/lead guitar
Curtis Arsenault – bass/vocals
Wyatt Gilson – drums/percussion
Aubrey Ellefson – keyboards/vocals
Dylan Lammie – lead guitar

For more information:
Official Website: http://www.brasscamel.ca/epk
Bandcamp: https://brasscamelband.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1eroFWwChPKA70w8LIDY3y?si=4J1P70GcR5arvc_2w6EHnQ
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BrassCamel
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brasscamel

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158 (USA), glassonyonpr@gmail.com

4/15/2025

Track Feature: Peppos-Jones Band-Be Good To Each Other

The Peppos-Jones Band is sending a message to the world with its most recent single, “Be Good To Each Other.”

The communication they relay through their music and images in the video provided is simple and easily understood. If you have compassion and fairness in your heart as a human being, it's relatively easy to accept the translatable music, images, and words into something relatable.

The music has an upbeat rhythm and classic rock-psych feel, with some solid vocals to push along the words to good effect and impact.

During these tumultuous times, the opportunity arose for these old friends and musicians to get together and send their message. It will be heard!

The message was received, and the music was utterly enjoyed!

Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck-MuzikMan.net Founder

April 15, 2025



Website: https://peppos-jonesband.bandcamp.com/


Stephen Peppos and Bob Jones met in 1966 while attending Granby High School in Norfolk, VA. They soon formed the band The New Directions. They recorded a song Louis Jones wrote for the band to perform called "SPRINGTIME LADY." That song is now considered a favorite Garage PSYCH classic in 2024.

4/14/2025

Todd Rundgren Announces “Still Me, (Still We)” 2025 Tour

Artist Presale: Tuesday, April 15 @ 10AM ET [PW: VICTORY25]

Public On-Sale: Wednesday, April 16 @ 10AM Local

Legendary producer/songwriter/guitarist Todd Rundgren announces today that he will be embarking on a tour across the United States! Entitled “Still Me, (Still We)”, this tour acts as an extension to the last leg of Todd’s “Me/We” Tour from last year. Says Todd, “The show is kind of a story with a message. Even though a year has passed I still think the story needs to be told.”

The tour commences June 21st at the Park Theatre in Cranston, Rhode Island and ends July 27th at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida. The artist presale begins at 10 AM ET on April 15th [PW: VICTORY25], and tickets go on sale for the public at 10 AM local time on April 16th.

Todd’s band for the Still Me, (Still We) tour will feature Gil Assayas (Keys), Bruce McDaniel (Guitar), Prairie Prince (Drums), Bobby Strickland (Horns), and Kasim Sulton (Bass).

FOR INTERVIEW REQUESTS CONTACT: Paul Maloney, 21st Century Artists Inc. paul@21stca.com

TODD RUNDGREN “STILL ME, (STILL WE)” TOUR

June 21 – Park Theatre – Cranston, RI
June 22 – Cary Hall – Lexington, MA
June 25 – Memorial Hall – Plymouth, MA
June 26 – Twilight Series – Pennsauken, NJ
June 28 – Syracuse Jazz Festival – Syracuse, NY
June 29 – The Egg – Albany, NY
July 02 – Count Basie Center – Red Bank, NJ
July 03 – Artpark – Niagara Falls, NY
July 05 – Bearsville Theater – Woodstock, NY
July 06 – Bearsville Theater – Woodstock, NY
July 08 – Andrew J Brady Center – Cincinnati, OH
July 09 – Bell's Beer Garden – Kalamazoo, MI
July 11 – Riverside Casino and Golf Resort – Riverside, IA
July 13 – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL
July 15 – Sweetwater Pavilion – Ft Wayne, IN
July 16 – Pantages Theater – Minneapolis, MN
July 19 – The Agora – Cleveland, OH
July 20 – Capital One Hall – Tysons, VA
July 22 – Wilson Center at Cape Fear College – Wilmington, NC
July 24 – Knight Theater – Charlotte, NC
July 25 – Charleston Music Hall – Charleston, SC
July 27 – The Plaza Live – Orlando, FL

TODD RUNDGREN

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Rundgren began playing guitar as a teenager, going on to found and front The Nazz, the quintessential `60's psychedelic group. In 1969, he left the band to pursue a solo career, recording his debut offering, the legendary Runt. But it was 1972's seminal Something/Anything?, on which he played all the instruments, sang all the vocal parts, and acted as his own producer, that catapulted Todd into the superstar limelight, prompting the press to unanimously dub him 'Rock's New Wunderkind'. It was followed by such landmark LPs as The Hermit of Mink Hollow and the above mentioned A Wizard, A True Star, as well as such hit singles as I Saw The Light, Hello It's Me, Can We Still Be Friends, and Bang The Drum.

In 1974, Todd formed Todd Rundgren’s Utopia (renamed and reconfigured in 1976 as Utopia), an entirely new approach to the concept of interactive musicianship, and embarked on an extensive round of touring and recording. Standout Utopia offerings included Oops! Wrong Planet, Adventures in Utopia, and Oblivion. Along the way, Todd Rundgren’s Utopia combined technical virtuosity and creative passion to create music that initially, for millions, defined the term "progressive rock”, and subsequently, as Utopia, the term “powerpop”.

Rundgren's myriad production projects include albums by Patti Smith, Cheap Trick, Psychedelic Furs, Meat Loaf, XTC, Grand Funk Railroad, and Hall And Oates. Rounding out his reputation as rock's Renaissance Man, Rundgren composed all the music and lyrics for Joe Papp's 1989 Off-Broadway production of Joe Orton's Up Against It (the screenplay commissioned by The Beatles for what was meant to have been their third motion picture). He also has composed the music for the hit film Dumb and Dumber, as well as a number of television series, including Pee Wee’s Playhouse and Crime Story.

In 2009 Rundgren performed his iconic 1973 album A Wizard A True Star in concert in its entirety for the first time ever, and several years later did the same with a double bill: Todd & Healing. He has toured with Ringo Starr as an erstwhile member of the All-Starr Band since 1989, and continues to perform with symphony orchestras both domestically and internationally. In 2018 he toured North America with original Utopians Kasim Sulton and Willie Wilcox for the first time in 33 years. After the release of his long-awaited autobiography The Individualist, he spearheaded the world’s first hybrid concert/book tour highlighting music across his 50-plus-year career.

In 2017 on successive weekends he was awarded honorary doctorates from both the Berklee School of Music and DePauw University.

In 1998 Todd debuted his new PatroNet technology which for the first time allowed fans of a musical artist to subscribe directly to the artist’s musical output via the Internet. This caps a long history of groundbreaking early multimedia "firsts", including:

•1978: The first interactive television concert, broadcast live over the Warner/QUBE system in Columbus, Ohio (the home audience chose each song in real time during the concert by voting via QUBE’s 2-way operating system).
•1978: The first live nationally broadcast stereo radio rock concert (by microwave), linking 40 cities around the country.
•1979: The opening of Utopia Video Studios, a multi-million dollar state-of-the-art facility. The first project produced by Todd there is Gustav Holst’s The Planets, commissioned by RCA Selecta Vision as the first demonstration software for their new videodisc format.
•1980: Creation of the first color graphics tablet, which was licensed to Apple and commercially released as The Utopia Graphics Tablet.
•1981: Time Heals, the first music video to utilize state-of-the-art compositing of live action and computer graphics (produced and directed by Todd), becomes the eighth video to be played during the launch of MTV on August 1, 1981.
•1982: The first live national cablecast of a rock concert (on the USA Network), simulcast in stereo to over 120 radio stations.
•1982: The first two commercially released music videos, one of which was nominated for the first-ever Grammy awarded for “Best Short Form Video” in 1983.
•1992: The first commercially available music downloads via CompuServe.
•1993: The release of “No World Order”, the world’s first interactive record album on CD-i.
•1994: The release of “The Individualist”, the world’s first full-length Enhanced CD.
•1994: The world’s first interactive concert tour.
•1998: Launches PatroNet, the world’s first direct artist subscription service -- predicts that someday "music will be sold by the pound".
•2016: The production of the world's first full length concert shot with multiple Virtual Reality 360ยบ cameras.
•2021: Spearheaded the “Clearly Human” virtual concert tour, featuring 25 live-streamed performances geo-fenced and tailored to a different US city each night.

CONTACT: paul@21stca.com, PH: 212-254-5500

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158, glassonyonpr@gmail.com

4/13/2025

Surf Rally For Cali: Fire Relief, by Various Artists


This collection of Instrumental Surf and Surf–Influenced tracks has been assembled to assist those affected by the recent California wildfires. All proceeds will support the American Red Cross California Wildfire Relief Efforts.

Many bands that contributed their work to support this cause are among the most highly regarded and creative in the genre, worldwide.  The individuals involved in this particular musical arena are known for their quality as musicians and as individuals, as demonstrated by their contributions to this endeavor. The bands in this genre have a global perspective, reach, and impact, and have chosen this cause as a focus for this effort.

We appreciate their contributions and sincerely hope that this collection of music will provide the much-needed motivation to make contributions to those impacted by the fires.

4/03/2025

10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF BRUCE SOORD’S EPONYMOUS DEBUT ALBUM SET FOR RELEASE ON 30th MAY

REMASTERED AT HALF-SPEED AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS AND PRESENTED ON PEARL BLUE VINYL

A decade ago, Bruce Soord—the creative force behind The Pineapple Thief—released his eponymous debut solo album, a deeply personal exploration of memory, place, and identity. Now, ten years on, it is revisited in a newly remastered edition, mastered at half speed at Abbey Road Studios and presented on pearl blue vinyl, set for release on 30th May on Kscope.

‘He’s created something remarkable' - CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE

‘Soord has genuinely created something truly outstanding’PROG MAGAZINE

In contrast to the expansive, cinematic soundscapes of his band, Bruce Soord revealed a more introspective and organic side to his songwriting. Since its original release in 2015, Soord’s career has continued to evolve. As The Pineapple Thief’s principal songwriter and producer, he has guided the band through a series of acclaimed albums, including Your Wilderness (2016), Dissolution (2018), Versions of the Truth (2020), and 2024’s chart-topping It Leads to This, each refining and expanding the band’s distinctive fusion of progressive and alternative rock. Beyond his work with The Pineapple Thief, Soord has established himself as a sought-after producer and mix engineer, lending his expertise to artists such as TesseracT, Opeth, and Jethro Tull, while also continuing his solo work with All This Will Be Yours (2019) and Luminescence (2023).

2015 feels like yesterday, although a very different yesterday. My twin boys were 7 years old. My daughter, who is now 6, yet to be. I had just taken the jump to become a professional musician. And like many 'professionals' in the music industry, I was broke. Listening to this record takes me right back, the 'familiar patterns' of everyday life, 'the odds' of making any kind of real success out of my music, while languishing in my studio in my home town of Yeovil. Buried here. But there is one song on this record that probably says everything I ever wanted to say.  'Field Day Part 2' will forever have a special place in my heart. – Bruce Soord


PRE-ORDER BRUCE SOORD’S DEBUT ALBUM BRUCE SOORD ON PEARL BLUE VINYL (HALF-SPEED REMASTER), RELEASED ON 30th MAY

Bruce Soord – Bruce Soord tracklist
Black Smoke [03:27]
Buried Here [04:20]
The Odds [03:34]
A Thousand Daggers [04:46]
Born In Delusion [04:10]
Willow Tree [05:14]
Field Day Part 1 [03:15]
Field Day Part [01:44]
Familiar Patterns [04:14]
Leaves Leave Me [05:17]

The 10th anniversary edition of Bruce Soord will be released on 30th May on pearl blue vinyl and is remastered at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios. Pre-order here.

Bruce Soord online:
Facebook, twitter & Instagram: @bsoord

The Pineapple Thief online:
Website: www.thepineapplethief.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thepineapplethief
Twitter: www.twitter.com/pineapplethief
Instagram: www.instagram.com/thepineapplethief
Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/artist/4lrBMUSk8PiNnCEZfsmPAk
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE6401DB011BD837E
Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/the-pineapple-thief/id278648772

Hi-res images available here: www.kscopemusic.com/media/brucesoord

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158 (USA), glassonyonpr@gmail.com