Sunday, April 22, 2007 The Appleseed Cast/The Life and Times/Skies Fallen/Chaos to Cosmos The Conservatory, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma This show by the numbers: 4 bands: Chaos to Cosmos, Skies Fallen, The Life and Times, The Appleseed Cast 1 band I came to see: The Appleseed Cast 3 bands I ended up seeing: missed Chaos...
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Archive for April, 2007
April 22 by the Numbers
April ’07 Singles
Tracks to check out: (all can be sampled on Hits From Another Planet) Late of the Pier – “Space & The Woods” Generally, I’m not the biggest fan of this “new-rave” sound coming out of the UK right now, even though it combines a lot of elements that I like. Late of the Pier...
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Vayizaku-It Begins
Vayizaku – It Begins Self-released An oddball in the genre of pop-punk, Vayizaku is actually just one man (Albert Kahn) who wrote, recorded and self-released It Begins. With a sound similar to blink-182 in its Take Off Your Pants And Jacket days, It Begins presents solid pop punk that suffers from musical déjà vu....
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Unlikely Solos
Unlikely Solos The 80’s pretty much killed the solo. Heavy metal with all its decadence ensured that solos are tightly packaged into forseeable and boring instrumentals in the middle of the song. Jazz gave way to fusion, and Eric Clapton got that horrible red guitar. Next to that “No Stairway to Heaven” sign, guitar...
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Trouble Books
Trouble Books: An Appeal (troublebooksalbum.gif) Dear Trouble Books, A few days ago I stumbled upon your album Distortion Pedal. As I usually do, I stuck it in my playlist along with the other bands I have to listen to and went on about my business. A few hours later I found myself skipping all...
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