Friday, September 9th, 2005 The Early November / Houston Calls / A Day at the Fair / The Progress / The Commercials The Championship, Lemoyne, PA I think the best way to start this review would to be to tell you all how much I have to say, yet how very, very little at...
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Archive for September, 2005
A Tribute to Drive-Thru Records and Any Band that Really, Really, REALLY Wants to Be on Their Roster
Braille-Thin Cities
Band Name: Braille Album Name: Thin Cities Best Element: It’s Braille; there is no best element, it’s just great. Genre: Mellow Indie rock Website: www.braillemusic.org Label Name: Common Cloud Band E-mail: braillemusic@yahoo.com I love Braille. There, you have my bias: this is one of my favorite indie-rock bands. I think I heard about them...
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Candid-”Faking My Death for You” Single
Band Name: Candid Album Name: “Faking My Death for You” single Best Element: The raw talent behind this single Genre: Post-Hardcore Website: www.candidband.com Label Name: N/A Band E-mail: c.cornelius@sbcglobal.net Sometimes you just don’t expect much out of a submission and you’re blown away by what actually comes out of that submission. Candid’s “Faking My...
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Courage Riley-All That’s Left
Band Name: Courage Riley Album Name: All That’s Left[/u} Best element: Brilliant songwriting. Genre: Indie Rock/emo Website: www.geocities.com/courageriley Label name: - Band e-mail: courageriley@yahoo.com Let me preface this review by saying this: Courage Riley is broken up. The band has moved on to other musical pursuits, with some members playing in the Astro Magnetics...
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Evan Goodberry-The Middle of The World
Band Name: Evan Goodberry Album Name: The Middle of The World Best Element: Cool vocals and instrumental harmonies. Genre: Indie/Folk Website: www.evangoodberry.com Label Name: N/a Band E-mail: evan@evangoodberry.com In his debut album The Middle of The World, Evan Goodberry incorporates mellow, almost Simon and Garfunkel-ish vocals to make this one of the better albums...
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Fall of Transition-This is the Love You Hate
Band Name: Fall of Transition Album Name: This is the Love You Hate Best Element: Quality song writing Genre: Emotional indie-rock Website: http://www.falloftransition.com Label Name: Evo Records Band E-mail: falloftransition@hotmail.com A second release is a great indicator of a band’s potential for success. Putting out one quality CD is a difficult task in and...
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Inspector Owl-Patterns of Nerve Cell Action
Band Name: Inspector Owl Album Name: Patterns of Nerve Cell Action Best Element: Quirky influences create an exciting sound. Genre: Dance-ish Indie Rock Website: www.inspectorowl.com Label Name: Oh Nona Records (http://ohnonarecords.com) Band E-mail: inspectorowl@inspectorowl.com As we speak, there is a bar in the Midwest that the members of Inspector Owl are in, drinking cheap...
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Jack’s Mannequin-This Is a Story (Single)
Band Name: Jack’s Mannequin Album Name: This Is a Story (Single) Best Element: Very catchy songs. Genre: Pop-punk Website: www.jacksmannequin.com Label Name: Maverick Records (www.maverickrecords.com) Band E-mail: N/a I will be the first to admit that I don’t like the normal pop-punk bands that are everywhere, but Jack’s Mannequin is one that I will...
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Josh Caress-Letting Go of a Dream
Band Name: Josh Caress Album Name: Letting Go of a Dream[/u} Best element: Strong command of layers and mood. Genre: Indie songwriter Website: www.myspace.com/joshcaress Label name: - Band e-mail: joshcaress@yahoo.com Some genres are trendy- fads like nu-wave emo, pop-punk, and post-grunge that have all come into their own in the past ten years. As...
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Mommy and Daddy-Duel at Dawn
Band: Mommy and Daddy Album: Duel at Dawn Best element: Sheer danceable creativity Genre: Electro-punk Website: www.mommyanddaddy.com Label: Kanine Records (www.kaninerecords.com) Band E-mail: solid@solidpr.com I love to dance. Any type of dancing, in fact. Waltz, tango, salsa, disco, skanking, I’ll do it all. But there’s a special place in my heart for concert dancing-...
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