New Hampshire indie rockers, Old Abram Brown, have a way of integrating the past into seams of their musical prose. Enter Novelty from their second full-length, Restless Ghosts. Old Abram Brown marches forward deliberately here. The lyric guitar, and piano push the down-beat in each measure. Note how the guitar is used more for rhythm than the drum, which adds only texture to the mix, until the bridge and remaining verses where the drums become the driving force. The drums at this…
Read MoreSo a little indie rock, with the band The Features and Lions. Just a fun song. Sometimes music is just about how it makes you feel, and Lions just makes you feel like a party is going on in the room. The band has a web site, but it’s pretty sketchy, so if you want info you’ll have to scrounge the Wikipedia link.One thing that you will get from the web site is an opportunity to download the bands EP, Still Lost, and click into…
Read MoreDreamer is not a new track from a band that hasn’t released much new in a while, Admiral Twin. Admiral Twin spins its brand of pop in a style that is delightfully singable. The melody is king for this band, and they have a way of making sure that they leave a mark on you once you’ve heard their music. Dreamer is from the band’s 2003 long-player, Creatures of Bread & Wine. You can discover or re-discover Admiral Twin by visiting their website….
Read MoreBack in early February, I posted a track by a group that I keep coming back to, partially because they have such a fun, energetic live show, The Spring Standards. It’s time to revisit them again with the old west feel of The Hush. The Hush seems to capture just a little essence of their live performance. Even though this song has a country rock feel, the band is forever changing styles from song to song. Variety is the spice of…
Read More‘Progressive rock in a big way’, describes the extremely interesting Icelandic band Cynic Guru’s. Just when you think you have their style figured out, they will change it-often in the same song. A great example of this is 2005’s Catastrophe from their only long-player, Iceland. Some might describe certain elements of Cynic Guru’s music as likened to Alice in Chains, and they wouldn’t be wrong. They use many of the same constructs, minor keys, grunge guitars, etc., but they ultimately end up sounding…
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