Now that You Asked: Emotion? I’m sure I’ve said it somewhere before, but I am a very emotional music listener. Good days will provoke simpler bands such as Rise Against, Billy Talent, and Northstar, while bad days cause me to listen to heavier bands like Poison the Well, Alexisonfire, and Thursday. My girlfriend makes...
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Archive for June, 2006
Now that You Asked: Emotion?
Favorite Band
Favorite Band I have a weird relationship with my favorite band. Usually your favorite band is the one you listen to most, or the one that you know all the lyrics of, or the one that you run out to the store and buy their CDs the day they are released. But that’s not...
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Russkaja-Aaban (it’s Russian)
Band Name: Russkaja Album: Aaban (it’s Russian) Best Aspect: Fresh blend of genres Genre: Ska/Russian Folk/Rock Website: www.russkaja.com Label: Chat Chapeau Band E-mail: titus@dertitus.at It’s no secret that Independent Clauses loves new stuff. It’s the foundation we’re built on- quirky, interesting, bizarre, incredible new stuff. Russkaja is all of those and more. Russkaja is...
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Pandora: Death Cab for Cutie
Pandora: Death Cab for Cutie A lot of people don’t know about the amazing music resource that is Pandora.com. Pandora.com is part of the Music Genome Project, which is basically an attempt to categorize every song ever written, or come as close as possible. This is only complicated by the fact that people keep...
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Red Sky Morning-Blood For Ink
Band Name: Red Sky Morning Album Name: Blood For Ink Best Element: Variety of styles Genre: Hard Rock, Ska, Grunge Website: www.redskymorning.com Label Name: n/a Band E-mail: redskymorningband@yahoo.com Hailing from the northeastern U.S., Red Sky Morning comes packing a loaded gun known as Blood For Ink, a jam-packed album featuring eleven songs with something...
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Jeff Huffines -Demos
Band Name: Jeff Huffines Album Name: Demos Best Element: Strong use of mellow moods. Genre: Art-rock/other Website: n/a Label Name: n/a Band E-mail: n/a This CD is one track- a l9-minute-long string of minute-long demos that end mid-song. It is a true demo CD- a laundry list of the various things that Jeff Huffines...
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New Grenada-Modern Problems
Band: New Grenada Album Name: Modern Problems Best Element: Great Variation of Songs and Perfect Production. Genre: Indie Rock Website: www.newgrenada,com Label: Contraphonic Band E-mail: info@newgrenada.com I couldn’t wait to pop the well-constructed digipack entitled [url”>Modern Problems by the Detroit 4-piece New Grenada in my player when I received it. Throughout the booklet there...
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Hacia Dos Veranos -Fragmentos de Una Tarde Somnolienta
Band Name: Hacia Dos Veranos Album Name: Fragmentos de Una Tarde Somnolienta Best Element: Progressive instrumental sound Genre: Instrumental progressive rock Website: www.haciadosveranos.com.ar Label Name: Muy Moderna Records Band E-mail: info@haciadosveranos.com.ar Hacia dos Veranos is definitely unique, to say the least. Fragmentos de Un Tarde Somnolienta is 13 minutes of instrumental music that creates...
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Garth Michael McDermott-Highways and Ghosts
Band Name: Garth Michael McDermott Album: Highways and Ghosts Best Aspect: Strong instrumental talent Genre: Pop/Alternative Website: www.garthmichaelmcdermott.com Label: n/a Band E-mail: info@garthmichaelmcdermott.com Sadly enough, before I even gave Highways and Ghosts a listen, I had a feeling I was in for a real drag of an album. To be quite honest, I think...
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Weird, Weirder, Weirdest:
Weird, Weirder, Weirdest: We get a lot of press releases here at Independent Clauses.com, and some of them are awesome, some of them are weird, and some are awesomely weird. This month I’m recapping some of the most awesomely weird things we received this month. 1. Weird: Man improvs on piano for 60 hours...
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