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I haven’t been 100% honest with you, and I need to come clean. No, it isn’t you. It’s me. You’ve done nothing wrong. I’ve been…selfish. Stop, don’t say that I haven’t. Just let me get this off my chest, okay? In starting this blog, my initial goal was to educate anyone who came across it [...]
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Tags: Acoustic pop, Bring the Light, Calling Your Bluff, Dave Martin and The Limelights, EP, Featured Artist, HauteThought, Hit and Run, Just Call Me, Music, new music, Once Was, YouTube
Hailing from Nashville, Tenn., Afterlife Parade was born with one concept in mind: death. Singer/songwriter Quinn Erwin realized that all too often, the event of death is drenched in sadness rather than a celebratory event of the life of the deceased. This initial thought led to Afterlife Parade’s first part of a two-part concept, ”Death.” The [...]
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Tags: Death, Deep music, emotional music, EP, Featured Artist, Jeremy McCoy, Music, Nashville, Nothing but Love Can Stay, Quinn Erwin, Raw, Rebirth, Simple, Tennessee, The Fray
“Students come to Notre Dame to learn not only how to think but also how to live…” For alumni The King, Fancy G, Krispy Kreme and Officer Nik Rod, Notre Dame taught them that being down for weird was a way of life. After meeting in South Bend, Indiana, the foursome cemented their bond in [...]
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Forming a band from a group of individuals that have been trained in genres ranging from classical music to rock music to electronic is a difficult feat. Each style has its own strengths and complications, and attempting to fuse them together could easily turn out to be a jumbled mess. California Wives, a four piece [...]
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Tags: Alternative, California Wives, Chicago, chicago music, Classical music, Dan Zima, electronic, Hans Michel, Jayson Kramer, Joe O'Connor, Music, Old meets new, rock music, synthesizer
I really need to start surrounding myself with less talented people. Some sing, some dance, some are great writers and some, like Leah, are amazing artists. Despite how great my stick figures may appear, they are nothing compared to the intricate details Leah Roszkowski includes in her art…and she’s extremely modest about it. Regardless of [...]
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Tags: Art, Creative, Drawing, hobby, Leah Roszkowski, Painting, talent
After 13 years, five studio albums, 10 million album sales, breaks and fixes, Placebo has released their first album since 2006. ”Battle for the Sun” was released on June 9th, 2009, in the US and Canada. The whirlwind of success they’ve gained and battles they’ve fought only helps to make their music more genuine. Their [...]
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Tags: Battle for the Sun, Brian Molko, Dashboard Confessional, Placebo, Placebo Battle for the Sun, Stefan Olsdal, Steve Forrest, Vagrant, Vagrant Records
Honestly, this record started a year ago when I decided to stop playing music for awhile because being in a band was ruining my life. -Andy Herod “Ain’t too Bright” by the Electric Owls serves up something entirely different than most records today. Rather than having a super new sound or one that was embraced [...]
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Tags: Ain't Too Bright, Andy Herod, Electric Owls, Featured Artist, Indie Music, Music, Vagrant Records
Come Back Home was written in the wake of me losing my longtime drummer and former Army soldier John C. Williams. But the song started off as a reflection of how a military couple deals with separation. After the release of Come Back Home, John’s little brother was killed by an IED in Iraq. His name was Blake [...]
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