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Tyler Ramsey’s haunting “Firewood”
Tyler Ramsey is prepping for the release of his 2nd solo album For The Morning. In anticipation Ramsey has released the haunting track “Firewood”.

Singer-songwriter and former Band of Horses guitarist Tyler Ramsey is prepping for the release of his 2nd solo album For The Morning. The new album is due out April 5th via Fantasy Records and in anticipation, Ramsey has released the haunting track “Firewood”.
Talking to Billboard about the track, Ramsey says “Firewood” is about the light coming from a dark time in his life;
“It’s about trying to remember that there is light and better things coming up. A lot of dynamics were going on in my life at the time with some people I was having to keep coming with. I’m trying to dance around the subject a little bit … ’cause, really, I’d love to let people decide for themselves what it means to them.”
With personal life events happening, Ramsey also departed Band of Horses in 2017, another “touchy subject” according to Ramsey. However, he felt that he needed to venture off into a more creative and personal direction with his music.
Ramsey is currently performing at SXSW and will soon embark on additional US dates before heading out to Europe and the UK.
You can pre-order For the Morning here.
Listen to “Firewood” above. How beautiful is this track? Like the campfire burning on a quiet night.


Montreal francophone band Corridor have revealed a new track from their upcoming album Junior. The new Sub Pop Records signees have been previewing new music since their signing back in July and most recently released the animated music video for “Topographe“.
The new song features the band’s trademark spirally guitars and infectious percussion work. Speaking about the new track, Corridor’s vocalist/guitarist Jonathan Robert has said the song is about the sometimes stressful effect of being a musician/creative on those around you;
“Art doesn’t necessarily make you a better person. There can be angst, stress and so on. It can have a negative, direct impact on the people closest to you. Domino is about navigating just that.”
The song was also the first song the band wrote for Junior and has been a staple in their recent live sets.
Corridor will embark on a European and North American tour starting late October and their new album, Junior, will be released October 18th. You can pre-order the album digitally and physically here.
Check out the new song “Domino”:
New Music
Chrissie Hynde covers The Kinks’ “No Return”
“Jazz is something I grew up around and I’ve always had a soft spot for it”

Singer-songwriter Chrissie Hynde has given the Kinks track “No Return” a jazz makeover in her rendition of the song. The cut comes from her upcoming new covers album Valve Bone Woe, where Hynde takes on some noted singers and songwriters including Brian Wilson, Frank Sinatra, Charles Mingus, Hoagy Carmichael, John Coltrane, Nick Drake, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and of course, Ray Davies. The original, written by Davies, was released on The Kinks’ 1967 album Something Else.
The new album was produced by Marius de Vries and recorded with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble at Air Studios in London. In discussing the new songs, Hynde talked about the genesis of what would become the new album and how it came to be;
“I thought that was a perfect title for the album I’d been working on with producer Marius de Vries. After we’d recorded “I Wish You Love” for the Eye Of The Beholder soundtrack I’d often expressed a desire to do more along those lines. What eventually emerged was the idea to do what we refer to as our Jazz/Dub album. I’m not hugely interested in branching out into other musical genres, being a devout rock singer as such, but jazz is something I grew up around (thanks to my bro) and I’ve always had a soft spot for it.”

Other covers from Valve Bone Woe include the Beach Boys’ “Caroline, No,” Frank Sinatra’s “I’m a Fool to Want You,” Nancy Wilson’s “How Glad I Am,” Charles Mingus’ “Meditation on a Pair of Wire Cutters,” Johnny Mathis’ “Wild is the Wind,” and John Coltrane’s “Naima”.
Valve Bone Woe is out Friday, September 6th via BMG. The famed Pretenders’ frontwoman last released a solo album in 2014, titled Stockholm, while The Pretenders last studio album was 2016’s Alone.