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Posted by Flick in Artist Review on 12 4th, 2008 | No Comments

Thirty-four years have slipped by since Nick Drake passed from this earth on November 25, 1974. His life was full of mystery; Nick Drake has become the Emily Dickinson of our day, remaining in relative obscurity during his twenty-six years yet to be fully discovered after his death. Only performing a...

Posted by Flick in Artist Review on 03 25th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Chuck Criss forms Headlamp, releases EP...

Chuck Criss set out to record a rock album without using an electric guitar. He sat down in an Ann Arbor studio with his brother, Darren Criss, and a group of friends, layering banjo, acoustic guitar, piano, bass, and drums. After the ep was recorded Healdamp was formed and Criss and his new band began...

Posted by Flick in Artist Review on 01 23rd, 2008 | No Comments

Meshach Jackson: Experiments In Drowning...

Meshach Jackson has released an eight track ep called Experiments In Drowning, asking you to pay what you want for the disc. Available on his Myspace page, fans of Canon Blue and Mute Math will enjoy their experimental friend. (me)shach Jackson grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in a family that opened...

Posted by Flick in Artist Review on 12 14th, 2007 | 1 Comment

The Cold Comfort Band...

Oconomowoc, Wisconsin usually isn’t the town you think of when indie music comes up in conversation, but The Cold Comfort Band is out to challenge your preconceived notions. Their sound is indelibly influenced by their surrounding landscape, and they make no attempt to hide the silo of corn in...

Posted by Burner in Artist Review on 12 10th, 2007 | 1 Comment

German indie music Vol. 1: Junges Glueck...

HAMBURG – Hamburg is like Portland. And although I’ve never been to Oregon before, this coherence is a fact that I’m pretty sure of. At least when it comes to the local music scene. And because of the somehow interconnected dozens of hundreds of thousands (!) of bands, artists and songwriters...

Posted by Flick in Artist Review on 11 30th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Preston Edmands: O Captain! My Captain!...

Preston Edmands was recently featured on a Starbucks holiday promotion, singing a gingerbread latte version of Deck the Halls. Preston blogged about the experience, saying that after a day of tracking several versions of Deck the Halls, their weaker moments were selected in the final mix. This is probably...

Posted by Flick in Artist Review on 11 21st, 2007 | 2 Comments

Jesse Sprinkle: producing at Bluebrick R...

At the age of 31, Jesse Sprinkle has accomplished a tremendous amount as a professional recording artist, performer, producer, photographer, and designer. His work has varied from `90s alternative to metal, from emo to classical guitar… begging his fans to ask, “What will Jesse do next?” Sprinkle...

Posted by Flick in Artist Review on 11 6th, 2007 | No Comments

J. Elliot: One Song Per Week...

If you were a songwriter and had a home studio, how often would you record songs? J. Elliot answered this question with “one song per week,” and started the One Song Per Week blog. J. Elliot writes and tracks every instrument, mixes, and streams the new song on his website… all accomplished...

Posted by Champersnova in Artist Review on 11 5th, 2007 | 4 Comments

Goddamn Electric Bill...

It’s amazing how music can be fitting with any mood we carry in any day. Happy, sad, fragile, ambitious, knocked out, tired, spiritless, eager, exhausted, lonely… it is incredible how music finds its way out to enter into our personal worlds no matter what is in our hearts. With countless different...

Posted by Champersnova in Artist Review on 10 15th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Butterfly Explosion...

It has been more than a year since I randomly heard a song called Sophia on Myspace. It was a dreamy chilling tune capturing your attention out of the blue. Especially when it is all quiet at very late night! I generally tend to avoid those heaps of add requests from countless Myspace bands but it was...

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