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- Dashboard Confessional Cancels Tour
- Lights @ Jackpot Saloon, Lawrence KS
- Google Launces ‘OneBox’
- Timber Timbre Free Album Download
- Audio Interview: Thao
- New Moon Talent Tour
- Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels – The Detroit-Memphis Experiment
| Dashboard Confessional Cancels Tour Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:05 PM PDT
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| Lights @ Jackpot Saloon, Lawrence KS Posted: 30 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT When I went to the Jackpot Saloon for the national Lights tour, I didn’t know I would come away discovering one of my new favorite local Kansas City/Lawrence artists. Katlyn Conroy opened and if I didn’t repeatedly confirm that she was a local Lawrencian with my roommate, I would have assumed she was yet another amazing piano singer from California discovered by the Hotel Cafe crew. When she announced an Anni Rossi cover – an artist I’ve never been able to buy into the hype for – I cringed. Yet Conroy’s rendition was so pretty and (in pitch!) that I thought even Rossi might be worth another try. Conroy’s voice is absolutely gorgeous and that’s really all you need to know to know she needs to be in your iPods asap. She is releasing a solo album in the next month, I believe, and she has music with another band called Another Holiday.
Stars of Track and Field performed through a haze of smoke and backlit lights for their first Lawrence show ever. They tried really hard to create a rock show atmosphere, but the crowd was dead. Despite the band trying to interact and get the audience clapping or dancing, people would not budge. It wasn’t the fault of the band. They sounded great as they played through tunes off the new album and older songs – “With You” with its harmony bridge is my favorite both live and recorded…gotta love build up! I hope they band didn’t take the crowd’s lame enthusiasm level personally, but there sarcastic comments showed them to be at least frustrated with Lawrence, which is a shame because their distorted rock tunes are exactly the type of thing that Lawrence loves. Sorry boys, but for a city with great local music, we don’t have the greatest concertgoers…something I’d like to see change.
Lights is a very bubbly keytar rocking indie pop singer. Her song, “Last Thing on Your Mind,” tipped me (and I’m sure) many off to her talent after it was used in a commercial. For such a young singer, I’m amazed at the amount of respect and adoration her fans show her. I don’t see many 40 year olds treated the same way. I feel like each band had a completely different audience. When Lights lifted her arms wide in a slow clap, the audience did the same. They smiled, they laughed, they danced all in unison. Lights claimed she was in a sad mood and having a rough day when she started playing, but she was all smiles for the duration of the set and call me synesthetic, but that was a smile you could even hear when she sang. It was contagious, too, and made it hard not to love her.
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| Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:00 AM PDT Google has unveiled plans to launch a “Music Search OneBox” in its Search 2.0, which will offer content from partner sites such as MySpace, Imeem, Pandora, LALA, and others. It enables searchers to listen to song clips right from Google's search results page. The new OneBox should go start going live this week. Most Commented Posts |
| Timber Timbre Free Album Download Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:00 AM PDT It’s like Christmas came early…except it is Halloween, not Christmas. Nonetheless, we’re glad Timber Timbre is giving this present now. You have until midnight, Saturday, Oct. 31 to download the Toronto group’s breakthrough album Timber Timbre for free on their website! Don’t let the witching hour catch you by surprise and download now. KCRW says, “Timber Timbre takes on the topic of love but presents it in a cloak of macabre beauty that is perfect for the Halloween season. Songs full of eerie sounds, dark imagery and ghoulish lyrics will make for a spellbinding session on Morning Becomes Eclectic.” What could be more perfect for Halloween? Timber Timbre: website | myspace | Timbre Timbre review Related Posts |
| Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:00 AM PDT Thao Nguyen, the frontwoman of Thao With the Get Dow Listen to editors Nick and Joshua catch up with the songstress. .“Thao Audio Interview” Thao with the Get Down Stay Down: website | myspace | @ First Unitarian Church | @ Electric Factory | @ Terminal 5 | interview with | @ Liberty Hall | Bite Sized Review Related PostsThis posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 30 Oct 2009 08:00 AM PDT The Twilight franchise continues branching out, this time with a talent tour. Keyword here is “talent.” That’s right. Bands featured on the soundtrack for the next Twilight movie “New Moon” have a tour and it is hitting Hot Topics across the country. LA’s Hot Topic in Hollywood & Highland mall will host a kick off party with Death Cab for Cutie, Band of Skulls, Sea Wolf and Anya Marina. The other dates on the tour will feature either Anya Marina or Hurricane Bells. So be sure and check out the New Moon talent if it is coming through your city. Oh, and cast members will be there, too (Fine, the acting isn’t that bad, but I’m a indie snob. What did you expect from me?). Tour dates and locations: *to participate in a signing with cast and band members for this date only, you’ve got to go to the Hollywood & Highland Hot Topic at 8 a.m. on Saturday, October 31, where the purchase of a commemorative Twilight Saga: New Moon T-shirt will get you a non-transferable wristband that will guarantee your access to the November 6 signing. New Moon OST: website | review Related Posts |
| Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels – The Detroit-Memphis Experiment Posted: 30 Oct 2009 07:00 AM PDT I love Detroit. To be more precise it is the music of the city I adore most. The rationale is simple; music is a good conglomeration of influences, but in Detroit you can intimately see the process in motion. You can actively witness the point of creation. Other great cities have great bands. The music scenes of these cities are steeped in storied traditions, too. Just like Detroit. However, their markets are flooded and, maybe worse, there's no real connection between the markets and it is in pockets: really good pockets but here, in Detroit, there's really just one giant pocket—a beautiful, unplanned, refinement of a particular sound. Watch James and the Rainbros and try not to recall Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. The only city to really share this same quality is Memphis. When Mitch Ryder traveled twelve hours south to record with Booker T & the MGs this point came to the foreground. In one moment the scenes combined. Released in 1969, the Detroit-Memphis Experiment is the culmination of these sessions. Over the 12 songs, Mitch Ryder's voice has never had more bite and sneer as the near gospel tones of Booker T & the MGs pour out. The liner notes hint at underlying tension and the past that Mitch Ryder brought with him to Memphis but they also hint towards the feeling of revel that pervades the whole album. “I Get Hot” might have the best groove in the collection but “Direct Me” captures that same driving force and combines it with Ryder's most sincere vocal delivery on the album. “Liberty” finds Ryder exploring themes of freedom—but also seemingly singing his contractual difficulties with Bob Crewe. Following this record Ryder would go onto record the aptly titled, and more successful, Detroit but the Detroit-Memphis Experiment gives a clear musical statement that remains relevant 30 years later. Tracklisting: Mitch Ryder: website Written by Adam Leroy Most Commented Posts |
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