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Indie Spotlight: Rachel Platten
Beautiful, but not brazen. Passionate, but never preachy. Populist, but definitely not prosaic. New York City singer-songwriter, pianist and beatboxer Rachel Platten is by no means your average headliner-in-the making. Her Rock Ridge Music debut, Be Here, is a bewitching collection of 10 wise-beyond-their-years piano-driven pop songs that echo elements of Alanis Morissette, Carole King, Tori Amos and Regina Spektor, while…
From News, posted 5.12.11
Indie Spotlight: Greylag
Though still a young band, Greylag has been in the works for several years. Andrew Stonestreet and Daniel Dixon began collaborating from afar, after a chance meeting in Kentucky. Eventually they both moved to Portland, Oregon, and begin piecing together what would come to be known as Greylag, with the help of the variously talented Brady Hutton Swan and Mark Robertson. Though each member originally hails from…
From News, posted 5.12.11
Indie Spotlight: Wake Up Lucid
Since a fateful night in 2008, Wake Up Lucid has quickly burned its name into the rock and roll conscience of Southern California with an old school brew of savage blues, heavy rhythm, and the kind of down home sincerity long lost to corporate Nu-Metal, how-to-play-guitar videos, and ten thousand dollar "vintage" guitar amps. In the two years since Wake Up Lucid’s inception, the band has already…
From News, posted 5.12.11
Indie Spotlight: The Sheepdogs
While most rock bands are all too focused on the riff, the Sheepdogs remember the importance of those other elements that make for great rock music: melody, harmony and groove. Their latest album, Learn & Burn, is a beautiful blend of power and imagination, ranging from ferocious rockers to southern boogie and grooving psychedelia. Big guitars, stacked harmonies, vintage organ and piano skillfully colour each of the…
From News, posted 5.12.11
Indie Spotlight: Vinnie Ferra
LA-based indie/folk artist Vinnie Ferra began his career in 2009 when he decided to quit working in the music industry and pursue his passion for songwriting and performing. After spending about a year building a fan base in LA, Vinnie moved to Boston for four months to record his debut album, Man vs. Machine, released in July 2010. The buzz from the album as well as his live shows has…
From News, posted 5.12.11
Indie Spotlight: A Million Pieces
Fearlessly autobiographical songs, a scorching live show, and a genuine bond of brotherhood: Morgan Freed (lead vocals/guitar); Peter Vanderloos (guitar/vocals); Ryan Brown (bass) and Stephen Soss (piano and assorted instruments) are A Million Pieces. Although their debut self-titled EP (Scallywag Records) is A Million Pieces’ first outing as a unit, they are all accomplished musicians. The band’s name is extracted from a set of lyrics penned by…
From News, posted 5.12.11
Indie Spotlight: Black Cards
What do you get when you combine the far-reaching, eclectic musical interests of a Grammy nominated, multi platinum selling bassist and lyricist from Chicago and the pop vocals and Gwen Stefani-esque, Middle Eastern tinged delivery of a sultry New York? A combustible, all-access pass to Black Cards – the new project of Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and newcomer Bebe Rexha. What first bubbled…
From News, posted 5.12.11
Indie Spotlight: Cheer Up Charlie Daniels
Hailed as “Nashville’s most eclectic rock band,” Cheer Up Charlie Daniels roared onto the local scene in 2008, with ever-evolving stage shows and colorfully outlandish costuming. Their debut album, Live in ‘79, skillfully weaves outrageous front-man Neil O'Neil's often playful, occasionally absurd, lyricism with stinging sock-hop style melodies to create a genre-bending auditory adventure. Live in ‘79 is energetic enough to get even a jaded Nashville audience up and out…
From News, posted 4.08.11
Indie Spotlight: The One AM Radio
After an injury, Hrishikesh Hirway was stuck at home for weeks, immobile, unable to play guitar and leaving his apartment in LA only for physical therapy. It was during this time that The One AM Radio album Heaven Is Attached By A Slender Thread began. Writing with just vocals and drum samples, the songs slowly took shape in his tape recorder, and then laptop. The vocal arrangements…
From News, posted 1.14.11
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