Archive for June, 2008

The wait is finally over, how does it feel to have the new material you've been working on for a long time, to finally come out for the world to hear? Tommy - It feels absolutely fantastic. Despite all the success of my first record my personal life ended up a being complete mess. It took me two years to put everything back together ... more

Childhood Friends are multi-instrumentalists Ilima Considine and Jake Rose. They met in October 2004 off craig'slist and within 4 months they were married. Their latest release, Key Party is an exploration in experimental music, with vocals compared to Portishead but in the trying too hard kind of way. The album is broken down into parts? Key Party is the first five tracks, After the Party ... more

Here Comes Everybody has created one of the best albums to date. Once again the great city of Portland set's every other city in America apart musically and showcases some of the best music out there, that is both brilliant and creative. Here Comes Everybody has been making music since 1986. I bet your asking your self "Why haven't I heard of this band?" Well ... more

Grab the moonshine, a banjo and head on down to the Carolina backwoods with Mark Mathis and his latest release We Both Was Young. Twangy country, bluegrass with singer-songwriter qualities with a remarkable sound comparable to the likes of Iron and Wine, String Chess Incident, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson. Be ready to dive in head first into Mark Mathis's storytelling world, with songs lyrically ... more

Energetic, foot tapping indie-rock with enough underlying pop melodies to get you up and dancing while converging on similarities between an over crowded dorm room party and an over crowded basement show. I Am The Heat leaves a memorable and much desired buzz in ones ears with songs about having fun and living in the moment. It's safe to say, The Future Doesn't Need Us ... more

Just who is this Safari So Good? Well they are a band from Harrisburg, PA. Features former members of Breaking Pangaea and The Commercials. They are said to not take themselves too seriously (which is evident by the ridiculously long song titles) or kiss on the first date. Every Fight is a Food Fight.... is a rather remarkable little 5 song E.P. with a sound ... more

OMNI could be Seattle's best kept secret but the secrets out of the bag folks. I'm writing here today to buzz about their latest release Ghosts, which is a beautifully crafted yet haunting gem. The artist one sheet that found it's way to my mailbox along with the album stats that OMNI is recommended for fans of A Perfect Circle, Faith No More and Depeche ... more

Who is The Myriad, where do you come from, when did you start, why did you pick The Myriad as the name of the band? Steven - The Myriad is from Seattle, we kinda started out there about six years ago. The Myriad came about with Jeremy and John when they were in college in Northern California. We were all kinda just going through ... more

A little Joan Jett. A little Janis Joplin with a hint of Sleater-Kinney. The Backsliders are a female fronted, good old fashioned rock n' roll band. You're Welcome is a 13 track album chalk full of catchy, guitar driven rock songs lyrically ranging from general life situations to love, love, love. Presumably influenced by the fact that lead singer Kim and guitarist Chris are happily ... more

Tell me about The Backsliders? Chris - We started in late 2005, put out a self released CD soon after "The Seven Inch", and a live DVD. We picked the name The Backsliders because, both Kim and I come from very religious families. We were always going to the bars and clubs to play, they were always going to church. We kinda figured ... more