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SEVEN NEW SONGS (PLUS A MUSIC VIDEO) FROM LOUISVILLE ARTISTS By Scott Recker | srecker@leoweekly.com
Matt Sweeney and Will Oldham of Superwolf.
I’M PRETTY SURE I’ve typed some variation of this sentence several times, but it’s always true: The volume and variety of new music coming out of this city always amazes me. Even in a pandemic, there’s been quite a bit of output, coming from locations all over the genre map. I’ve been trying to compile a local playlist about once a month to keep up, and this one includes songs of protest, a supergroup folk band and the latest from Girls Rock Louisville. BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY & MATT SWEENEY AS SUPERWOLF —
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‘YOU’LL GET EATEN, TOO’ Bonnie “Prince” Billy — aka singersongwriter Will Oldham — and the extremely versatile Matt Sweeney have teamed up once again as Superwolf, this time releasing a single for charity. Fifteen years after the duo dropped their cult-classic full-length comes “You’ll Get Eaten, Too,” a big, ambiguous, thought-provoking rock song, with proceeds going to the label Drag City and the NYC vegetarian restaurant Superiority Burger. It’s about consumption, the cycle of life, unpredictable outcomes, fear and acceptance, all balled up into a bar
rock anthem complete with guitar heroics. UNSTABLE CABLE — ‘CONSTRUCTION SITE’ Every year, Girls Rock Louisville holds a rock-and-roll summer camp for girls and gender-nonconforming youth. At the end of the camp, its organizers usually hold a live showcase at a local venue and record an album at an area studio. COVID-19 made it a little different this year, as they utilized technology for a virtual camp, but Girls Rock still managed to release an album, a three-song EP that you can own via Band-
camp for a $3 donation. One of the tracks, Unstable Cable’s “Construction Site,” leans into a stormy indie vibe, with a jagged structure, powerful lyrics and an experimental, atmospheric tone — a song that brings to mind Helium’s The Dirt Of Luck. KALI MALIA — ‘BLACK QUOTA’ Kali Malia’s soulful, poignant single “Black Quota” is also the title track for a 16-song compilation by Black Louisville artists. The album was made in response to the police killing George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, with proceeds going to the civil
