Saturday, July 22, 2006 Farewell Flight / Amarie Coma / Koji on the Roof / The Mint The Championship, Lemoyne, PA Let me just say that this is the first non-hardcore show that I’ve attended in a while, so it was almost a shock to the system when I realized that I could just...
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Archive for July, 2006
Farewell Flight
Withdrawal-The Perfectionist Blacklist
Band: Withdrawal Album Name: The Perfectionist Blacklist Best Element: Ambience and Variation of songs. Genre: Alternative Rock Website: www.withdrawalmusic.com Label: Withdrawal Music Band E-mail: info@withdrawalmusic.com It’s reassuring to know that creative music is still coming out of the Sunshine State of California. Withdrawal, a Fullerton, CA, five-piece proves it with their debut The Perfectionist...
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SleepBellumSonno-Ascertain
Band: SleepBellumSonno Album: Ascertain Best Element: The complete abandonment of the restrains of a genre. Genre: Experimental/ Post-Hardcore/ Indie Website: www.myspace.com/sleepbellumsonno Label: None There may not be a single other person who enjoys this album- but it doesn’t matter to me. Ascertain is the album to hear so far this year. The debut full...
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The Fades-Social Misfits
Band Name: The Fades Album Name: Social Misfits Best Element: High energy punk rock Genre: Punk/Psychobilly Website: http://www.thefades.com Label Name: Dirrty Records (www.dirrtyrecords.com) Band E-mail: info@dirrtyrecords.com Southwest London’s The Fades is Misfits-esque psychobilly with a pop twist. The aptly titled Social Misfits is a high energy, fun listen that does the genre justice. Their...
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R. Star-Songs From the Eye of an Elephant
Band: R. Star Album: Songs From the Eye of an Elephant Best Element: Emotional piano instrumentalism Genre: Piano pop Website: http://ryanstar.tv Label: Stone Crow Records Piano-pop has never sounded this good; awe-inspiring melodies, a grave emotional connect with the ivories, lyrics that could make the Bruce Willis from Die Hard cry like a baby....
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Purists and Non-purists
Purists and Non-purists A lot of musical purists are concerned about the switch from CDs to MP3’s- they are enraged that the quality of sound is dropping (and they weren’t thrilled with the change from Vinyl to CD in the first place). They’re hacked that music is accessible everywhere- you can put it on...
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More Animals of the Arctic-An Appendix of Whaling Terms
Band: More Animals of the Arctic Album: An Appendix of Whaling Terms Best Element: Challenging, yet rewarding listening Genre: Folk/electronica/experimental Label: Standard Recording Co. Website: www.myspace.com/moreanimalsofthearctic If one were to imagine the kind of music a cold, ice-o-lated, mountain man of the arctic tundra would produce, living completely alone but with the silent, mysterious,...
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Metermaid-Live Together
Band Name: Metermaid Album Name: Live Together Best Element: Original songs Genre: Indie/pop Website: www.metermaidband.com Label Name: Autonomous Records Band E-mail: dylank7602@yahoo.com Metermaid is a high energy indie pop band that hails from Illinois. Their music is like a combination of Ben Folds and Weezer- they retain the rock and roll edge while keeping...
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July Contest
July Contest At Independent Clauses, we really like to hear from our readers, whether that be though emails or though our partner forum LoveThatSound (www.lovethatsound.com). Once and a while we like to provide little contests to our readers so that we can hear from you and so you can get some cool stuff. This...
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Marwood-One Mile Down The Road
Band Name: Marwood Album Name: One Mile Down The Road Best Element: Musical and lyrical sincerity Genre: Indie rock Website: http://www.marwoodmusic.com Label Name: Feckless Music Band E-mail: tommy@marwoodmusic.com Marwood is the brainchild of singer/songwriter Benji Rogers, and a brilliant brainchild at that. His newest release One Mile Down the Road is 46 minutes of...
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