
Miles From Pangea One of the many things I love about the Atlanta music scene is the sense of community that is very prevalent between artists, and everyone else associated with it. It is common around here for bands who share a vision to come together and help each other promote themselves and record and things like that. Industrial Strength Promotions is great example of this. Recently I became aware of one such conglomerate called "Hijacking Music". It consists of 3 new and talented bands including 13 Day Mission [...]
Why - The Hollows.mp3 Why? is an eccentric band from Oakland, California with a sound that has eloquently been described as "jangle-rap, indie pop 'n' roll" ( anticon ) and "psychedelic, guitar-pop, folk-hop" (tomlab). Surprisingly the band carves out this niche genre better than Beatrix Kiddo with a Hattori Hanz?. The lyrics of this album are, in my opinion, superb. Metaphors and similes run rampant amongst the dense orchestration which is sporadic and simply eloquent at the same time. Just when you think [...]