Papooz sound like Parisians mentally transporting themselves to California, but remaining inParis since you can smoke cigarettes inside there. Today, the duo announce their third albumNone of This Matters Now, coming on February 25, 2022via Half Awake Records.None of ThisMatters Nowwas self-produced by the duo and mixedby Julien Delfaud (Phoenix, La Femme)and recorded at La Ferme Records, the studio of the duo’s drummer Pierre-Marie Dornon whotransformed an old barn in the middle of a pine forest in the South West of France into abeautiful all-wood recording studio. -- Jackie West is a Brooklyn-based musician whose debut EP saw release with Westernnesse Records in early ‘22 after long-time friend and collaborator Lewis Lazar of Oracle Sisters created the label inspired by West’s song-craft which harkens back to the lost women of folk such as Sybille Baer and Molly Drake, while possessing a contemporary lilt, placing it adjacent to the jazz inclinations of Annie Clark (St. Vincent) and the 60s breeze of Francois Hardy. West’s debut EP explores the relationship between myth and realism inside the experience of love. Presented by Songbyrd Music House. All Ages