Lafayette/Jacob Furr Sugar Brown’s, Lubbock, TX Friday, May 18, 2007 I bet that there are at least 100,000 guys trying to cut it in the acoustic-folk world – maybe even more. Thus, to stand out in this extremely crowded field, you have to have something to offer that not everyone else does. Be it...
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Archive for May, 2007
A Coffeeshop Double-header
RHCP, Take Notes
The Non King of Clubs, Claremore, OK Thursday, May 17, 2007 So, I went to the King of Clubs expecting an indie-rock show with two local standbys that I’ve reviewed several times in Independent Clauses (Scales of Motion and the Programme). I got an unexpected blast of unique when the Non took the stage...
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Called Out
Called Out If I ever tell you that I don’t like an album, you, as a good person have a responsibility: you have to ask me why. If I say “because I didn’t like it as much as their other stuff,” you have another responsibility: call me out on my BS. Whenever I say...
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Drew Pilgram-Magnetic Sideways Pull
Drew Pilgram-Magnetic Sideways Pull Self-released Drew Pilgram is a true musician through and through. On Magnetic Sideways Pull, she pulls from a diverse background of musical genres to create a crisp, clean, unique sound that is pleasant and soothing. Coupled with incredible songwriting, this is a CD not to be missed. One song which...
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What Have I Discovered Recently?
What Have I Discovered Recently? I’ve been in a bit of music rut. Recently, my iPod shows the same 10 bands getting played over and over again recently. Now that’s not to say I haven’t been listening to good music. Among those bands are Thursday, SleepBellumSonno, The Felix Culpa, Brand New, The Blood Brothers...
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Experimental Band Shakes up the Western NY Music Scene
Experimental Band Shakes up the Western NY Music Scene. They call themselves Pegacide: the newest, and perhaps the most original, experimental/improv band to hit the western New York music scene. With their use of sound boards, hardwired keys and an enormous amount of distortion, Pegacide is a window into the experimental music era of...
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Weird, Weirder, Weirdest: Daniel Johnston Runs Through It
Weird, Weirder, Weirdest: Daniel Johnston Runs Through It Weird: MUSIC TALKS SESSIONS Hosts Live Tele-Video “Online Gigs” Demonstration Session & “Marketing Madness” Panel New York, April 10, 2007 — MUSIC TALKS SESSIONS (MTS), the New York City based educational forum focused on musical entrepreneurship and personal development for recording artists has expanded its services...
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Walter the Orange Ocean-Restless or Sleeping
Walter the Orange Ocean – Restless or Sleeping Self-released I have known Daniel Burke, the lead singer of Walter the Orange Ocean, for some years now and had the privilege of working with him and his band mates in London in 2005. Of all the artists I have heard in the last, say, five...
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Top Ten Unsigned Chart
Top Ten Unsigned Chart The Top Ten Unsigned Chart is editor-in-chief Stephen Carradini’s completely and totally subjective listing of the best bands he’s found on Purevolume.com. You can visit the ongoing experiment/project at Purevolume.com’s General Promotion message board. If you want to submit your band for the chart and see where you fall, do...
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The Interest Kills-Capital Flight
The Interest Kills – Capital Flight Stem and Leaf Records The Interest Kills has capitalized on the concept of writing music that actually says something to the world. Every since the sixties and seventies, songwriting has become a key emphasis fans look for in an artist. Fans of today are listening for not only...
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