Alternative rock has new life with Bad Pollyanna and the incredible debut concept long-player, Monstrous Child. Steeped in a story of a mad scientist’s love for his deceased lover and his obsession to bring her back to life again, the story takes on a creepy life of its own when his lover comes back with the brain of the girl he kills to restore her life. It’s all very modern day Frankenstein, including subtitles under the video for Hollow, seen here. Bad Pollyanna’s lead vocalist/pianist…
Read MoreScandinavian mistress of avant-piano, Flavia Faas has a background in circus performing, which serves her alternative music quite well. Here on the odd and wonderful Your Daughter, hear the carnival flair, the raucous, flamboyant exuberance of Flavia Faas in all of her quirky charm! Your Daughter is from the upcoming long-player, Love, Death & Vegetables, due out in just a few days (September 22, 2013). Check out Flavia Faas web site. It is nicely formatted and complete, and has a great little bio on…
Read MoreIt would appear that this video for Why, from Manfellow’s debut long-player Wake Up Call (May 2013) was uploaded nearly two years prior to the release of the long-player. If you listen to the finely crafted musical textures that appear on Wake Up Call, you can imagine the love and dedication to detail that would keep things in the can for many years prior to release. Why is haunting, driving, and compelling. The alternative rock here is laced with elements more often found in…
Read MoreCombining alternative rock, world influences and orchestration that goes beyond the definition of a band, Grand Rapids, Michigan’s The Soil & The Sun have been making appearances on rotation on Serious XM radio’s The Loft and elsewhere with One Woman from their year-old long player, What Wonder Is This Universe! (August 2012). If you are trying to pigeon hole the band into a genre’, then you will have a very difficult time. The band can be tender and beautiful to hear,…
Read MoreThe byline of this blog is “Music that isn’t the same old thing…mostly” and for the most part, that is true. Sure there’s plenty of pop, folk, alt-country, funk, blues, and most genre’s in the middle, but the harder edged tunes are largely missing. Enter Marla Mase whose music most definitely fits the byline to the letter and also comes with a harder edge. Speak, the long-player from which Scream (above) comes, is meant to be heard in it’s entirety from…
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