September spelled back to school for me, while I thought that would mean I’d have less time to listen to music, I’ve found that having iTunes playing in the background helps when faced with the thought of writing two papers in one night. Here have been my favorite albums: 1. Vheissu- Thrice I really...
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Archive for October, 2006
Top 5: October
Weird, Weirder, Weirdest
Weird, Weirder, Weirdest Once again, Independent Clauses documents the zany, crazy, awesome, and “totally out there” of press releases. Here’s September’s recap. Weird: The song “Cornbread” from the Sugar Free All-Stars CD Dos Machos will be featured on episode 1, season 3 of PBS’ -Mark Beemer The Syrentha Savio Endowment Just more proof that...
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Last Ditch Remedy-The Following
Band: Last Ditch Remedy Album Name: The Following Best Element: about 30 seconds of creativity per song. Genre: Alternative Rock Website: www.lastditchremedy.com Label: Cake Records Band E-mail: Link on website (myspace) The sharp packaging is particularly eye catching… Cake Records did not hold out the stops for these guys. The booklet is well put...
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The Black Tie Event-Cocktails and Coattails
Band: The Black Tie Event Album: Cocktails and Coattails Best Element: Intriguing musical interludes Genre: Indie/Experimental Website: www.myspace.com/theblacktieevent Label: Faux Records Band E-mail: TheBlackTieEvent@yahoo.com Formed in 2005 in Oklahoma, the Black Tie Event chose to start off their musical enterprise with Cocktails and Coattails, a 6-song EP being put out by Faux Records. Despite...
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Steve Hefter and Friends-A Six Song Demonstration
Band: Steve Hefter and Friends (and Friends of Friends) Album: A Six Song Demonstration Best Element: Beautiful, catchy, well-composed songs. Genre: Indie pop Website: www.myspace.com/hefterandfriends Label: Self-Released Contact: shefte2@hotmail.com When I first began writing reviews for Independent Clauses, someone (who isn’t affiliated with the site) mentioned to me that the albums I would be...
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Scarlet Slipping-Fire in the Mist
Band Name: Scarlet Slipping Album Name: Fire in the Mist Best Element: Beautiful, ethereal music and singing Genre: Gothic/Ambient Website: www.scarletslipping.com Label Name: Self-released Band E-mail: scarletslipping@hotmail.com Scarlet Slipping, aka Dawn Wagner, is the creator of beautiful, beautiful music. It is amazing that everything you hear on Fire in the Mist was created by...
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Rory-We’re Up To No Good
Band Name: Rory Album Name: We’re Up To No Good, We’re Up To No Good Best Element: Tremendous musicianship and energy Genre: Power Pop/Pop Punk Website: www.roryrock.com Label Name: 111 Records (111records.com) Band E-mail: band@roryrock.com Rory’s We’re Up to No Good, We’re Up to No Good, a full-length follow up to their 2004 EP...
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Well, Now That You Asked: What Really is Piracy? (pt 2)
Well, Now That You Asked: What Really is Piracy? (pt 2) Whenever I discuss piracy the same question always comes up: what really is piracy? Is it downloading music from the internet through a Peer to Peer (P2P) program? Or is it buying a burned copy of a CD? Or is it simply burning...
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Pandora: Damien Jurado
Pandora: Damien Jurado 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 releasing music....
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The Kitchen Sinks-Commodity
Band Name: The Kitchen Sinks Album Name: Commodity Best element: Flashes of brilliance Genre: Folk/pop Website: www.myspace.com/thekitchensinks Label name: Amplified Prose Records Band e-mail: www.myspace.com/thekitchensinks I should’ve expected it. With an “anything goes” name like The Kitchen Sinks, I should’ve expected a slightly confused, multiple personality bonanza of a disc. But I set out...
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