These reviews are grouped together by the fact that they are playing some concerts - so to see their tour dates, please click on "read more". Most of these guys are playing at SXSW, which is happening right about now.
Hilary McRae I've previously mentioned Hear Music, the Starbucks label, before. The label seems to be signing the more singer/songwriter type music, and obviously it's prestigious to be associated with Sir Paul McCartney and, er, corporate coffee. It must be an honor for Hilary McRae's debut album Through These Walls to be released the Hear Music label, in association with Stone Road Records. According to her biography she's wanted to be a performing singer since the age of fifteen. She auditioned (and awarded) for a scholarship for the Berklee College of Music and ended up studying music in Boston. [ read more ] |
The Diggs Today (March 11th) sees the release of Ctrl-Alt-Del, the sophomore album from The Diggs. With that title being so closely associated with computers and technology, you'd think that this was Kevin Rose's band... but no, The Diggs are a rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Timothy Lannen (singer/guitars) and Robert Haussmann (bass) met as roommates near Long Island. They were both in a prior band together and decided to start The Diggs when that band broke up. [ read more ] |
Strix Vega Strix Vega is a rock band from California. Their name is a strange one, "Strix" is an old Roman legendary blood-sucking owl creature, while "Vega" is the name of a bright star. Their debut album is called Drunken Sky (2006) and reading their latest news, they're also putting together an EP and a sophomore album, to be released around the same time. They're playing a few dates, including some festivals, such as the Red Gorilla Music Festival... which should draw in a pretty large crowd. And as the title of their album suggests: you're meant to enjoy this album some cold beer and laying on the grass, staring at the sky. [ read more ] |
The OaKs - Songs for Waiting I've previously mentioned about The OaKs before, about singer, Ryan Costello's humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan. On his first album, it seems that all the songs were inspired from the time he's spent in Afghanistan (and even contain some of the native's random dialogue). He's still trying to save the world with his second album, Songs for Waiting, which was released last Tuesday, March 4th. There's an airplane engine on the first track, "The Two Calls (Of Dietrich Bonhoeffer)". The airplane does have a linger of 9/11, at least to me, because Costello left for Afghanistan as a result from that incident. [ read more ] |
Motion City Soundtrack I've been really happy that Motion City Soundtrack are a famous band from Minneapolis, Minnesota (where I live!). I would have to describe as a power pop band, and in some ways sounds sort of like a very pop Green Day. Their latest album, Even If It Kills Me is their most successful to date, charting #16 on the US Billboard charts. They are currently on tour to support their album throughout North America. Judging from some of the sold-out tour dates, it's going to be a pretty lucrative tour. [ read more ] |
Kate Schutt What makes Kate Schutt's No Love Lost album very interactive is that she's on the Artist Share network. You get a serial number with the purchase of the CD, which you'll need to enter into the artist share website. It then offers additional contents (demos, interviews, audio blog, etc) from the artist themselves - bridging that gap between artists and fans. What a great idea this is! I am absolutely thrilled to hear Schutt's rendition of "The Glamorous Life"... [ read more ] |
03/14/2008 11:32:34 vu my♥posts www.weheartmusic.com
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