Weekly is happy to premiere the album's lead track, “Mainstream,” below. With a cover fittingly designed by Cartwright, their host at that fateful Christmas party, Angels Hear will be independently released on Sept. “He’d play the unexpected, and it sounded as if that part was meant to be there and the song was now complete,” Peterson says.įinally, Peterson, Mumy and Cowsill were able to reconvene and record three more tracks, enough for an album. “It took quite a while to get back on the horse.” Even though he was the last member to join, and the only non-singing Action Skull, Rosas’ impact on the project was immediate, according his bandmates. “It stunned us into being frozen for a while,” says Mumy. They were set to resume work on Action Skulls at the end of the year - but then Rosas died suddenly in November.Īction Skulls' Angels Hear, cover art by Sarah Taylor, design by Angela Cartwright Credit: Courtesy Action Skulls With Rosas on board, they recorded eight songs in early 2014, then went back to their other projects - Cowsill touring with The Beach Boys, Peterson with The Bangles, Mumy producing other projects and working on a film, Rosas touring with Neil Young and Crazy Horse and playing Meryl Streep's bassist in Ricki and the Flash. “They must’ve thought I was insane,” he says of the number of unfinished tunes he sent to Cowsill and Peterson. Mumy, whom you might remember from such offbeat Barnes & Barnes classics as “ Fish Heads,” was so inspired that he began cranking out songs for the fledgling project. “We had an interesting blend of three very different-sounding voices,” Peterson remembers. musicians: The Bangles' Vicki Peterson (whom we recently declared one of L.A.'s all-time greatest guitarists), Cowsills/Beach Boys drummer (and Peterson's husband) John Cowsill, multi-instrumentalist Bill Mumy of America and legendary comedy-rock duo Barnes & Barnes, and in-demand touring/session bassist Rick Rosas (Neil Young, Joe Walsh, Buffalo Springfield).Īt that party, hosted by Mumy's Lost in Space castmate Angela Cartwright, Mumy, Cowsill and Peterson found themselves gathered around a piano singing old Beatles and Beach Boys tunes, and realized by the end of the night that they had discovered something special. But what began at a Christmas party in 2013 has finally blossomed into a debut full-length album from an all-star group of L.A. The Associated Press contributed to this report.Until this week, hardly anyone knew Action Skulls existed. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (©2014 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. The festival releases the names of invited bands throughout the year, but the biggest names are announced closer to opening night. READ MORE: TCU Triumphs Against Kansas, Keeps Bowl Hopes Alive In 2013, more than 25,000 people saw 2,278 acts during the festival. The conference specializes in showcasing up-and-coming acts and a handful of established talent for thousands of performances. Bands attending the festival from Fort Worth include Complete and The Unlikely Candidates. Performers heading south from Dallas include Dustin Cavazos, Conner Youngblood, and the group Yung Nation. The other big names announced for the industry-insider festival also include HyunA, Dum Dum Girls, Martin Garrix, Band of Skulls, Charlie XCX and Russian Red. More than 1,200 acts have been confirmed. Organizers released the latest list of acts on Tuesday for the six-day music festival that takes over downtown Austin every year. AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - The South by Southwest Music Festival has added pop singer Melissa Etheridge, rapper Action Bronson and hundreds more acts to its March lineup.
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