Band Name: After the Sirens Album Name: We Have No White Flags Best Element: Hybrid mix of indie-pop and hardcore Genre: Indie-pop/hardcore Website: www.afterthesirens.com Label Name: Blue Duck Records (www.blueduckrecords.com) Band E-mail: sirens@afterthesirens.com I was extremely surprised when I heard After the Sirens’ album We Have No White Flags. Not content to excel at...
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Band Name: Baxter House Album Name: Please Baxter, Don’t Hurt ‘Em Best Element: Rock that rocks. Genre: Rock Website: www.myspace.com/baxterhouse Label Name: n/a Band E-mail: Baxter House should’ve subtitled this album “How to Create a Huge Splat on the Musical World”- because that’s exactly what they’ve accomplished with this 6-song, 12-minute EP. They establish...
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Be Positive. Or Else. I went to a show the other day, and I was pleasantly surprised to find an out-of-town opener band that was extremely talented. I usually take great pleasure in name-checking bands, but for this article the band will remain anonymous. I saw this band perform, and as I said, they...
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Band Name: Dugong Album Name: Quick to the City Best Element: Awesome rhythms Genre: Indie Rock Website: http://www.bombedout.co.uk/dugong Label Name: Bombed Out Records (www.bombedout.com) Band E-mail: First off, I want to say “Damn!” Dugong’s Quick to the City is an overall amazing album. It has everything that I like in a modern indie album:...
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Band Name: Matthew Shaw Album Name: Quick to the City Best Element: Strong organic-meets-synthetic songwriting Genre: Electro-indie Website: www.mattshaw.us Label Name: Burning Building Recordings (www.bbrecordings.com) Band E-mail: matt@mattshaw.us Matthew Shaw is a very comfortable songwriter. No matter how many times I’ve heard a song of his, whether it be once or a hundred, I...
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Extreme Duplication: CD Edition PCX Media.com has quickly become the one-stop shop for any DIY band looking to make a CD. Their low prices, huge selection, and many quantity options make turning your music from a CD-r demo into a snazzy-looking CD a breeze. They’re also expanding into pins, posters, and t-shirts- soon there...
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Band Name: Recess Gone Rong Album Name: 3-song Demo Best Element: Intra-instrument chemistry Genre: Pop-punk Website: www.recessgonerong.com Label Name: n/a Band E-mail: rgr0711@yahoo.com I used to be a huge fan of pop-punk. Back when I was first getting into independent music, that was the easiest stuff to find on mp3.com- so naturally, I snapped...
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State of the Scene: Bands Once a year, the President goes on public television and states how the country is doing- it’s called the State of the Union address. Here at IndependentClauses, we don’t run the scene, but we do a pretty fair job of covering it. Thus, this is my state of the...
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If You’re Ever in New York City…. The Box Social Interview The Box Social is a fun-loving power-pop band from Milwaukee, WI, signed to No Karma Records. No Karma released their last EP Blown to Bits, which you can read a review of here. Guitarist Nick Woods had a chat with us over the...
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Band Name: The Noise Revival Album Name: To the Seven Churches in the Province of Asia Best Element: Stunning songwriting, stellar musicianship Genre: Indie/Post-rock Website: www.thenoiserevival.com Label Name: n/a (this is a sin) Band E-mail: thenoiserevival@gmail.com The Noise Revival has a lot of guts, and I admire them for it. I admire the fact...
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