Monday, February 21st, 2005 Someone/Mason Jennings/Modest Mouse Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa, OK Sometimes bands are dumb. This would be the case of the first opener band for Modest Mouse, who never spoke to the audience, and never once related their name. I attempted to find out who they were, and no one knew. They wasted...
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Archive for February, 2005
The Good Times Aren’t Killin’ Me
6th Time’s a Charm!
Sunday, February 13th, 2005 Mourning September/Name Taken/Mae/Relient K Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa, OK Upon entering this show, I noticed that Name Taken looked a whole lot like hometown favorites Mourning September. Ridiculously shaggy hair, tendency to wave arms while playing, same microphone crouch from the lead singer….yep, they looked just like Mourning September. The band...
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Tyler Read-The Light, The Glass, The Transparency
Band Name: Tyler Read Album Name: The Light, The Glass, The Transparency Best element: Emotional sound with catchy hooks Genre: Punk/Emo Website: http://www.tylerread.com Label name: Unsigned Band e-mail: band@tylerread.com What do you get when you combine deep emotion with catchy hooks? The answer is quite obvious – you get the Tyler Read CD The...
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Trip-Naked
Band: Trip Album: Naked Genre: Pop punk/Powerpop Best Element: Catchy, upbeat tunes Website: http://www.triponthis.com Label: Haven Arts, Inc Email: info@triponthis.com Much of Trip’s lyrics consist of excessively suggestive, misogynistic, and juvenile subject matter. The first (and title) track, “Naked”, exemplifies this: “She took off her panties/And her big brassiere/she was standing there naked…” This...
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Tragedy Andy-It’s Never Too Late To Start Over
Band: Tragedy Andy Album: It’s Never Too Late To Start Over Best element: It ends, eventually. Genre: POP-punk Website: www.tragedyandy.com Label: Pop-Smear Records (www.popsmearrecords.com) Band E-mail: TragedyAndy@mindspring.com I hope that no pre-teen girl ever hears of this band, because they will love it. This is Drive-Thru Records material: simple music, lyrics about heartbreak and...
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Tarantula Dinner Party-Have a Seat
Band Name: Tarantula Dinner Party Album Name: Have a Seat Best element: A good introduction to the Friendly Psychic Records sound. Genre: Subdued Pop Website: http://www.friendlypsychicsmusic.com/tdp.html Label name: Friendly Psychics Music (www.friendlypsychicsmusic.com) Band e-mail: info@friendlypsychicsmusic.com Friendly Psychics Music is actually just three very productive men: John Wenzel, Chris Jones, and Dan Miller. All of...
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A Sign of the Times
A Sign of the Times Ah, yes: The computer failure. The inevitable sign of our times, that horrible disease that inflicts hopelessness, lost productiveness, and anger amongst so many- yes, it has hit the IC. Total computer death. Right before deadline, too. But never fear- our trooper Michael Schwartz is trickling in reviews as...
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What about a Book?
What about a Book? I just got a book. “Yee-haw, it’s a book,” you’re thinking. Well, not exactly- this book is the best book I’ve come across in years. It’s called Revolutions on Canvas and I am hoping that 75% of the people reading this have heard of this book and half of you...
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Over It-Timing is Everything
Band Name: Over It Album Name: Timing is Everything Best element: Old School Punk nods. Genre: Punk/pop Website: http://www.overitonline.com Label name: Lobster Records (www.lobsterrecords.com) Band e-mail: dilemma540@aol.com When I hear Over It, I feel a need to go to my record store and strategically place their album Timing is Everything in front of sucky...
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The Hard Music Handbook
The Hard Music Handbook My brother is just getting into independent music, and recently he brought up a point that has long frustrated me about loud music in the independent scene. “Indie, Emo, Hardcore, Hard Rock, Grunge, Metal….why are there so many titles? I can’t even figure out what I’m listening to any more!”...
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