Band Name: Josh Caress Album Name: Josh Caress Goes on an Adventure! Best element: Brilliant, beautiful songwriting. Genre: Acoustic singer/songwriter Website: www.myspace.com/joshcaress Label name: n/a Band e-mail: joshcaress@yahoo.com Josh Caress went on tour in support of his previous album Letting Go of a Dream, and as he went on tour, he took notes about...
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Band Name: Josh James Album Name: Painted in a Corner Best Element: Songwriting Growth Genre: Acoustic Singer/songwriter Website: http://www.joshjamesmusic.com/ Label Name: N/a Band E-mail: myspace.com/joshjamesgtr Having reviewed James’ acoustic-only debut Primitive Sketches, I was especially interested in seeing how his songwriting would grow and change with a full band backing him. While the added...
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Band Name: KKZCCH! Album Name: S/T Best Element: the feeling the album leaves you with Genre: Spaz/ Grindcore Website: www.myspace.com/kkzcch Label Name: Sassbologna records (http://sassbologna.com/news.htm) Band E-mail: www.myspace.com/kkzcch You will hate this album….if you hate The Locust. If you love The Locust like I do, you have just found the best new band of...
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Band: Look Mexico! Album: The Crucial EP Best Element: Great melodies and instrumental talent Genre: Indie-rock Website: http://www.lookmexico.net Label: N/a Contact: n/a I’ve listened to Look Mexico’s The Crucial EP several times now, and I can say with certainty that it is aptly named. It’s fun; It’s catchy, and it’s much too short. Seriously,...
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Band: Oh No Ono Album Name: Yes Best Element: Anything-goes mentality Genre: Dance Website: www.ohnoono.com Label: Morningside Records Band E-mail: info@ohnoono.com Remember “Move Your Body”, Junior Senior’s disco/trash/dance extravaganza from a few years back? The full length debut from fellow Danes Oh No Ono sounds a bit like that track taken to extremes. Fronted...
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Band Name: Paradigm Album: The Madhouse Best Element: Dynamics, tempo/melody shifts Genre: Progessive/Indie rock Website: www.paradigmrock.net Label: Unsigned Band Email: paradigmupdates@gmail.com Chicago’s Paradigm has been evolving since their conception in early months of 2001. From multiple line-up changes to the production of several demos, an EP, and a full length album, Paradigm now adds...
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Band Name: Persephone’s Bees Album Name: Notes from the Underworld Best Element: Bizarre ideas…that work Genre: Pop Website: http://www.persephonesbees.com Label Name: Sony Band E-mail: n/a Like all the very best pop bands, Persephone’s Bees presents a cocktail of many seemingly incongruous ingredients. Take “On the Earth,” which appears late in the album. The song...
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Band Name: Pontiak Album Name: Valley of Cats Best element: Cosmic leap in songwriting ability Genre: Rock Website: www.pontiak.net Label name: FireProof Records Band e-mail: info@pontiak.net There’s enough firepower in just the first five tracks of Pontiak’s Valley of Cats to make me want to rant and rave about it- and there are still...
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What about the Producer? Everyone always talks about the difference in the “sound” of a band from album to album. Things like “I can’t believe they would change their sound” or “Something sounds different, but I can’t put my finger on it” are the most common phrases I hear when a popular band with...
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Band Name: Shiny Toy Guns Album Name: We are Pilots Best element: Umvd Labels Genre: Electro/rock/pop Website: www.shinytoyguns.com Label name: n/a Band e-mail: www.myspace.com/shinytoyguns Inside the liner notes for We Are Pilots, there are the words Version 3.0, alluding to the fact that this major label debut by Shiny Toy Guns is in fact...
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