Band Name: To Love and To Kill Album Name: Stories of the Old Country Best element: Good emotive qualities. Genre: Ambient Website: http://www.boatsandstars.com/geneq/tlatk.htm Label name: Generic Equivalent (www.boatsandstars.com/geneq) Band e-mail: N/a (editor’s note: if there’s one thing Generic Equivalent Records does well, it’s release interesting music. Secondly, they release strange artwork that confuses. If...
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Band Name: The Sugar-Free All-Stars Album Name: Dos Machos! Best element: Fun. Pure Fun. Genre: Cake-like Pop/rock Website: www.sugarfreeallstars.com Label name: N/a Band e-mail: chris@sugarfreeallstars.com Sometimes kitsch is not a bad thing at all. Sometimes music is supposed to be unashamed and a little bit over the top. Sometimes you just want to sit...
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Band Name: Shimmer Album Name: S/t Best element: Radio-ready perfection. Genre: Good pop. Website: www.shimmerrock.com Label name: Cake Records (www.cakerecords.com) Band e-mail: shimmer@cakerecords.com Within 30 seconds, I had compared Shimmer’s “Don’t Trip on Your Way Out” to Maroon 5’s work. In under a minute, I liked “Don’t Trip…” more than any of Maroon 5’s...
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Band Name: Nathaniel Carroll Album Name: A House by the Highway Best element: Omniscient musical talent. Genre: Indie Rock/Folk Website: http://www.morawk.com/nathaniel/ Label name: Generic Equivalent Records (http://www.boatsandstars.com/geneq) Band e-mail: n/a This CD blows Ben Folds and John Mayer right out of the water. In fact, despite their legendary status, it would not be surprising...
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Band Name: Names Without Numbers Album Name: Running Marathons/Chasing Ambulances Best element: Variations in sound with definitive style Genre: Poppy indie rock Website: http://www.nameswithoutnumbers.com Label name: Torque Recording Company (http://www.torqueonline.com) Band e-mail: nameswithoutnumbers@hotmail.com As a band, Names Without Numbers is not entirely inexperienced. They have releases dating back to 2001, showing that they have...
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Jam On! The jam band. You may know of a jam band. You may have heard a jam band once. But unless you’re into the jam band scene, it’s hard to find out much about jam bands. Even ‘established’ jam bands are under the radar to most indie rockers. The Independent Clauses has its...
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What Happened to Your Integrity? I finally found a drummer to play with. After three-plus years of looking for a drummer who was willing to play post-hardcore, I found him- or at least I thought I did. We were jamming for the first time a week ago, doing a cover of No Trivia by...
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Band Name: I Must Have Album Name: Shake That American Ass Best element: All-genre incorporation, and spazz-out goodness. Genre: Spaz-rock Website: www.imusthave.com Label name: N/a Band e-mail: ilikethewayyoutalk@hotmail.com I have a soft spot for three types of music: well-done acoustic indie-pop (Sunset Alliance’s The Novi Split), post-hardcore (Tooth and Nail’s MewithoutYou), and spaz-rock (Saddle...
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Here’s to the Snobbery I hate snobs. You all know who they are: those rock stars that take the fame to their head and blow off everyone from the paparazzi to their fans to their families. I hate ‘em. That’s why I liked independent music so much once I started getting into it- it...
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Acoustica at the Guildhall George Moorey: Ghosting collaborator, excellent songwriter, and hardworking promoter of independent mellow music. We were able to catch up with him for a few questions and were amused and pleased with the results. We think you will be too. 1. So, how’s life been treating you? My life is good,...
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