Remember glam rock? Berlin band mates from Museum seem determined to bring it back and add a bit of a harder edge to it. Combining touches of electronic noodling, full-throttle guitars and fine vocal chops, For The Very First Time has a great feel to it. I particularly like the piston-pumping guitar that comes in at intervals to add a dramatic effect and then is silenced. Whatever you call this, it sounds just enough new to feel fresh. You can find more…
Read MoreUpdate December 2021: Like many artists, Mark Lowndes didn’t make it. The original video is no longer available. All of the links here are dead as well. YouTube still has the Simple Days audio track, which I’m including here. Original Post: Much as I hate (no really, despise is a more accurate term) reality TV, here is a very deserving Australian who participated in “Australia’s Got Talent” reality show. Did he win? Don’t know and I don’t care. I know that he participated because I can see…
Read MoreOriginal video no longer available. Here’s an audio-only version: The title track to Civilian’s 2012 long-player, Should This Noose Unloosen, is a plaintive, expressive bit of musical poetry. This four-piece band combines folk storytelling chops within an indie-pop framework in a way that works quite well. You can find out more information on Civilian by visiting their website. Check out this fine indie-pop band. If you are in the Fort Lauderdale, FL area, try to catch the band live. (Source: http://civiliansounds.com/ )
Read MoreHouse of Fools’ brand of power pop-rock is pleasant and, here on Time from their 2011 full-length Versus the Beast, oddly reminiscent in some minor ways of 70’s era Pink Floyd. Whatever the influence, the North Carolina based band has plenty of rock and roll chops and delightfully harmonious vocals. There’s plenty of power here, too, from the lead guitar and bass to the frenetic beats of the drum. You can find more information on House of Fools by visiting them on their…
Read MoreThe original video is no longer available. Here is an audio-only version: The refined gravely tenor of Toronto singer-songwriter, Freeman Dre, and the Americana-tinged roots-pop band, The Kitchen Party, feels like a pair of old shoes-so comfortable that you look forward to putting them on. Here on Went To Town, from 2011’s long-player Red Door Second Floor, these feelings are evident. There is a certain love for the past that is echoed in Freeman Dre’s song writing and in their video productions as well….
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