Weekend Edition: NoiseTrade One-on-One Interview with Sean Watkins, Will’s Weekend Wrap-up and more!

Americana phenom Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek, Fiction Family, Works Progress Administration) has played with a wide variety of other musicians during his two-and-half-decades-long career as a band member, sideman, and special guest. However, for the first time ever, Watkins is about to embark on the first full-band tour of his solo material behind his most recent album All I Do Is Lie. To help celebrate the milestone, Watkins is offering the album in its entirety here on NoiseTrade. Watkins was also kind enough to take some time out of his busy tour prep schedule to chat with us about All I Do Is Lie and what it's like to be in the solo spotlight after so many years of collaboration. H-H-H-Hello there N-N-N-Noisetraders! Warmest greetings from chilly Chicago where we've been initiated into our first Chicago winter with gusto! It's wonderfully cold, amazingly beautiful, and I couldn't be more excited to start the new year off in a new city with new adventures (and diner food) to be found around every corner. I hope you're as equally jazzed about your own January so far and, if not, maybe a sampling of these recommendations will help lift your sonic spirits.  – WILL HODGE, NoiseTrade Music Editor Stars No One Is Lost [EP] It's impossible to hear the infectious grooves and slick production values of No One Is Lost by Stars and keep still. Whether you're in need of a Friday night party starter, a windows-down road song, or just a solo cubicle dance-off, Stars will hit your ears and command your smile. This 5-track EP features two songs from their latest release, a track from their previous album The North, and two exclusives that can only be found on this EP. I can't stop listening to "Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It," so if anyone knows how to get these synth lines out of my head, please don't tell me! SideOneDummy Records 2014 Winter Sampler It's no exaggeration to say that SideOneDummy Records is one of my all-time favorite labels. They consistently put out rad bands that don't have very many "sounds like" contemporaries. Their 2014 Winter Sampler features many of the incredible bands on their current roster, along with a bonus cut from Superheaven (originally on Run For Cover Records). Take a listen to the MBV-esque slow-burn fuzz of The Lees of Memory's "We Are Siamese" and the Springsteenian folk-thump of Chuck Ragan's "You and I Alone" and you'll see why SideOneDummy is one of the coolest and most exciting labels around. The Fleeting Ends Can't Say No [EP] The melodic sway of The Fleeting Ends's newest single "Can't Say No" mixes together elements of late-70s new wave and mid-80s alternative in a refreshing way that makes you think you might've heard it somewhere before. The EP is rounded out by the single's B-side ("7 a.m. Again"), as well as a nice trio of demos capturing some of their songs at their earliest embryonic stages. James Dargan Out of the Cage James Dargan's humorous short story Out of the Cage is a self-described "black comedy/mystery story which mockingly describes the little man's fight against the rest of the world." What's not to love about that? Dargan's biting wit and deft portrayals of the everyman bring to mind Kurt Vonnegut and Tom Robbins and if you like what you read, his Spaghetti Junction book is available here on NoiseTrade as well. When writer Will Hodge isn't soft as snow (but warm inside), you can find him running off at the keyboard about music, concerts, and vinyl My So-Called Soundtrack . Top Downloads of the Week MUSIC 1. NoiseTrade Best of What's Next 2015 2. Sean Watkins All I Do Is Lie 3. Gretchen Peters Hello Cruel World BOOKS 1. Be Prolific in 2015 2. Dr. Aaron Wenzel Weight Loss Hacks 3. Jim Woods Ready Aim Fire!

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