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The Provocative Whites
2009-08-08 00:22:00 Listeners stepping into the world of The Provocative Whites should be ready for some ?rock, rock, rock? since that?s what the fellows from Tucson, Arizona display prominently in their Web presence. Then there?s the tune ?Danielsong.? This is nothing less than in-your-face rock. But wait, they also bring some of the roll. With this wide-open ...
Ripe
2009-08-06 14:46:00 Spring 2009 must have been the correct time to get a new CD onto the streets, as several groups and solo singers released new work during that month. Ripe kicked out Red Fox Reunion from Pennsylvania. The group?s marketing information notes that this is a second release, coming about a year after the self-titled CD. ...
Au Revoir Simone
2009-08-03 19:28:00 It?s tempting to say ?they?re at it again.? Au Revoir Simone is back with haunting, crystal-clear vocals and an electro-pop sort of music with their new album Still Night Still Light. Since the CD release earlier this year, the trio has gathered listeners by the hundreds of thousands on MySpace and has created some excitement ...
Kava Kava
2009-07-30 23:31:00 Kava Kava has found a foothold in a musical world dominated by upbeat, electro pace and talking vocals. While such tunes as ?Clarity? are not different from many others in genre, the intensity and professionalism are definitely worth checking out. The group states in its Web information ?Turbo charged rocked out and funked up live ... More About: Kava
I M Munroe
2009-07-30 20:31:00 At first take, I M Munroe is not easy to grasp. This is certainly pop and alternative acoustic music. It?s presented with little dressing, especially on ?One More Day.? The simple percussion and melody line are pleasing but not complex. The duo from Canada released ?Fool? as a single a few months back and this ...
Terribly Empty Pockets
2009-07-29 04:54:00 There?s no snap or crackle with this Columbus, Ohio group. It?s all pop. If you don?t believe the reviews, just ask the band members or listen to ?Tiny View.? This is energetic music, which should sit well with listeners who are young and into those yellow smiling faces. (!!!???) These folks can play and sing ... More About: Empty
Sonya Kahn
2009-07-25 15:56:00 Can a song actually unite widely dispersed people into a community? Of course it can. It?s been done many times over the past 40 or 50 years, especially during the 1960s and early 1970s, when an entire generation around the globe was connected by songs. Sonya Kahn has put her focused on something like this, using ...
Numerics
2009-07-22 15:40:00 Winning any of the several music-industry awards generally puts a band or singer a bit above some of the others who are working toward recognition. This seems to be the case with Numerics, which won ?gold? at the Hermes festivities recently. The Hermes Creative Awards are presented by a group connected to the Association of ...
Life in Jersey
2009-07-20 21:38:00 Getting that debut CD out after playing with some of the more recognizable names in Indie music today will help Life in Jersey gain a foothold in the ever-slippery performance industry. The band members will release Plotted Points in a matter of weeks, so the folks who have heard them live will be quite pleased. This ...
Johnny Parente
2009-07-18 14:21:00 At first glance, Johnny Parente is a ?blast from the past? in that his graphics present him as a 1950s rock-and-roller who gets the cute girls in the short skirts. His vocals on ?I?ll Be Here Tomorrow? do sound a bit like some of the sock-hop ballads from the early years. Parente has soulful voice ...
Want to be discovered?
2008-12-19 14:20:00 Of course. Doesn?t every performer, young or old, want to have thousands of fans and a popular CD that is played around the world? There is actually a Web site that uses this idea, and the phrase itself. At www.want2bdiscovered.com budding artists can try to get exposure and publicity through the online world. This may not be ...
The Paper Cranes
2008-12-16 10:28:00 I like the name. I like the photo of the bass player with his Fender axe. I was drawn to the music site, Contrastream, because of that name too. I am attracted to anything that smacks of alternative or change. Going against the stream appeals to me. As I listen to ?I?ll Love You Until My Veins ... More About: Reviews , The Paper , Paper
San Diego Indie Fest
2008-12-13 11:06:00 I want to offer a few thoughts on this wonderful gathering, though I do have a confession to make. When I started to think about some of the indie music festivals and concerts across the country, it was easy to believe that a ?happening? city such as San Diego had a festival that had been ... More About: Indie , Fest
Rupert Runewitsch
2008-12-09 13:03:00 Ok, so I don’t know anything about this fellow, other than what is available online. Unfortunately, that’s not much. He is, apparently, a “creative account manager” or, as they were called in the old days, an agent. I hit upon his name when I read a blog connected with the Glastonbury Festival held in Pilton, Somerset ...
Parenthetical Girls in a Slender Means Society
2008-12-05 08:15:00 Thought I?d take a look at this rather veteran collection of performers to see what they?re up to these days. Parenthetical Girls have recorded music since 2002, though at that point the effort went by the name Swastika Girls. By 2004, it was Christmas with Parenthetical Girls. In 2008, the group is responsible for the CD ... More About: Society , Reviews
Nige and Trev
2008-12-05 07:24:00 Ok, I?ll listen to this stuff, if for no other reason than the background on their MySpace page makes them look like that Feldman guy with the eyes!!! Nige and Trev are from the United Kingdom, Oxford area I believe. They experiment, they try to make us (and themselves) laugh, which are admirable goals. I can ... More About: Reviews
I Didn?t Know That!
2008-12-04 08:04:00 Sometimes, when you dig deep into a subject, you find gems of information that make a difference in how you look at life, or in this case, music. I started to look at the Russian music scene by reading a book about the Moscow jazz underground. I had heard of Kolibri by name a few ... More About: Reviews
Is this Genre?
2008-12-01 10:56:00 I ran across a comment recently that called ?indie? a genre, which to me means it is a type of music. While I am sympathetic to the idea behind this, I?m not sure how far I can go with putting ?indie? under the genre heading along with jazz, blues, rock, classical, etc. The word ?genre? comes from ... More About: Genre
Fiction Records
2008-11-30 19:53:00 Our featured video this week is from White Lies (a review of White Lies is coming up). White Lies is one of a number of talented independent music artists on Fiction Records . Fiction of course is best know for being home to The Cure for over 20 years. This UK indie label was started by Chris ...
Goodbye for Grace
2008-11-28 11:20:00 So?.have you ever started on a search for some bit of information, using the same method employed for months, and find yourself going down dead-end roads, one after another? That?s the feeling I get when I try to find out something about Goodbye for Grace and/or C.J. Thomson. On the band Web site, goodbyeforgrace.com, band members are ... More About: Reviews
The Kiss Off
2008-10-25 08:01:00 ?Something?s Wrong? Brace 2008 does have a bit of that early Brit pop sound. It may even be a bit punk. Some have billed them as sounding like Manchester natives of the early ?80s. That?s part of it too. But this listener hears some David Byrne, some techno, some sharply cut rhythm that was key ... More About: Reviews , Kiss
Talking on the Web
2008-10-24 13:06:00 First and foremost, it?s the World Wide Web!!!! Over the past couple of decades, we have heard politicians cry out, ?It?s the economy, stupid!? They claim to have our best interests in mind. (Yea, right!!!) My cry would be, ?It?s the Web, baby!!!? Why? A simple search for information on independent music turns up more than 6 ... More About: Reviews , Talking
Seth Adam
2008-10-24 12:38:00 Earlier this year a few of the listeners/critics of the entertainment industry called Where You Come From by Seth Adam the best music of the year and the best unsigned band around. Band marketing information calls the music “compelling, accessible, timeless rock music.” Pretty strong stuff. So I thought I’d take a listen, now that ... More About: Reviews
Archie Star
2008-10-22 12:53:00 This group has been around awhile, long enough to make some changes in personnel. When we reported on Archie Star in 2007 they relied on the musical talents of Omar. But he is not in the band at this point. In 2008, Archie Star includes John Carmichael Slatter (in 2007 he used a shortened form, ... More About: Reviews
Mixposure
2008-10-21 11:07:00 It looked sort of interesting so I thought I would look into it a bit further. After all, the Web site does claim to be the future of indie music. No, this is not a brand new site, nor is it a completely new idea. The new Mixposure is reportedly not associated with the old ... More About: Reviews
Marcy Priest
2008-10-20 09:59:00 Most of the songs from this Oklahoma City artist are certainly easy to listen to. The tunes are not overplayed. The treatment of such tunes as ?Finding You? from Awake (2008 Braveh Music) leads the listener to believe this is a very personal statement from Priest . Then come the songs ?Never Ending,? and ?Runaway Train,? which ... More About: Reviews
Lymbyc Systym
2008-10-20 08:53:00 Love Your Abuser from Lymbyc Systym is the ?established? recording of this group. According to their marketing material there?s something new in the air. It?s called Field Studies and it?s described as a ?new split album? with This Will Destroy You. Look for it on Magic Bullet Records. It promises to be exciting, because the ... More About: Reviews
Jacob Waters
2008-10-17 12:07:00 It’s a bit uncomfortable starting a review/commentary on a young artist whose marketing material makes an instant comparison to Bob Dylan and Elliot Smith. Now it may be that he sounds similar, so maybe he is flattering Dylan by imitating. Or, Jacob Waters , from Haverford, Pennsylvania, may indeed be the new Bob Dylan. I mean to ... More About: Reviews
Independent Air
2008-10-17 11:15:00 No, this is not the name of some relatively unknown band or artist. It?s a reference to Radio 1190, KVCU in Boulder (University of Colorado). Some claim that the best music, independent or otherwise, is on the AM dial, on this station. While this seems a bit of a stretch, the folks there must be doing ... More About: Reviews , Independent
Hang Jones
More articles from this author:2008-10-16 11:10:00 Here’s something different. Maybe not completely different, as Monty Python’s guys said, but Hang Jones (it’s singer/songwriter Stephen Grillos) is an effort to make the western ballad popular without reaching out to the glitter crowd of Nashville and L.A. Fiddle, guitar and simple rhythm, along with titles such as “Caroline,” “Comin’ Round” and “Arm Yourselves” help ... More About: Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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