Vertugo, Crew 24/7, Tulsa, OK January 29th, 2005 This one’s got some history, so hold tight. I first saw Crew a year ago at a concert that had eight other people watching. I was highly impressed by their ability to rock out and yet still be melodic and technical. I resolved to see them...
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Archive for January, 2005
History in the Making
Coffeeshop Man
Damon Rexroad The Coffee Banc, Broken Arrow, OK January 22nd, 2005 I didn’t plan on seeing this concert- I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Damon Rexroad is an acoustic singer/songwriter the likes of which you would expect to find in a coffeeshop. He’s quite adequate as a...
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Surprise, Surprise
Goshen Nordaggio’s Coffeehouse, Tulsa, OK January 21st, 2005 So I walked into Nordaggio’s (affectionately known as Nord’s) with the expectation of getting a drink and seeing some guy with an acoustic guitar play some catchy songs that he evidently threw his life into. This often is a very, very boring thing- so I was...
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Post-rock Takes Hold
Post-rock Takes Hold This month’s three best tracks, oddly enough, all come from the world of ambient post-rock. The long songs, gentle movement, and sorrowful dirges of post-rock never really were in style, so they can never really fall out of style either. And even if they had fallen out of style, the IC...
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Big Little Show
The Shades A Basement, Flint, Michigan January 7, 2005 So this newer band from the Flint, Michigan area called The Shades wanted to enter the already bustling music scene with a bang. To do so, they held a concert, which I heard about and decided to check out. Little did I know that it...
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“Bloc” Party Steals the Night
Concisebloc. The Backbooth, Orlando, FL http://www.backbooth.com/v3/entry.php Friday, January 7, 2005 Tonight, I experienced the awesomeness that is Concisebloc live in concert. The show was held in downtown Orlando, FL, at the Backbooth. The Backbooth is a bar/concert venue which is relatively small, yet overall has great acoustics for live music. This, of course, is...
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Interview with Zach Boswell of Crimson Addict
Interview with Zach Boswell of Crimson Addict -picture here- Brothers Zach and Catlin Boswell have been playing under the name Crimson Addict for over four years now, but the current line-up with Jason White and George Herron is the first line-up to stick. My impression from my conversation with Bassist Zach Boswell is that...
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Where Did the Music Go?
Where Did the Music Go? What happened to the music industry? Yeah, I know, big boo from the peanut gallery, but I want to know, why where there so few decent albums released in ’04? I don’t think I bought 15 major label CDs this year, and that includes all the half decent albums...
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Travisjames-Instinct
Band Name: Travisjames Album Name: Instinct Best element: Alternative/Jazz fusion Genre: Alternative Website: None Label name: Self-released Band e-mail: travisjames@earthlink.net [no cover art”> What happens when you fuse the calming sound of jazz and and the modern alternative vibe? One-man band Travisjames aptly answers this question with his first release, Instinct. What we have...
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Three Feet Cats-Formatting Rising Generations
Band Name: Three Feet Cats Album Name: Formatting Rising Generations Best element: I forgot how fun ska music was until now! Genre: Ska-Punk Website: http://www.3feetcats.com Label name: GPS Productions (http://www.genevapunkska.com) Band Email: contact@3feetcats.com This is one angry ska band, make no mistake about it – angry guitar, angry horns, screamy vocals. Anyone who was...
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