With too much music for the incredible shrinking record industry to nurture, artists are increasingly turning to fan-funded strategies to help get their work manufactured and marketed.. Add disco-funk quartet Casxio , indie-rockers the Deadly Syndrome [that's their new Aurelien Levitan-directed video for "Armrest," above"] and singer-songwriter Bleu to the list of artists trying to finance their new projects through campaigns at Kickstarter.com , a website that allows donors to put their money where other people's ideas are. Fan-funded music is not a new idea — singer-songwriter [...]
On March 30, I sat down with singer-songwriter Bleu before his show at Eddie's Attic (Read the review). Here's the conversation. My hmphs: This is kind of a short tour, isn't it? Bleu: Yeah. I don't usually tour for huge runs - ever, you know? I like to keep it pretty mellow. It was basically just time. Scott [Simons] and I had talked about doing stuff for forever. I used to do this duo thing for a long time with this buddy of mine, Joe Seiders, who played drums with me for quite a while. He's a multi-instrumentalist. [...]
( Flickr ) South By Southwest / Austin, Texas / March 15-22, 2010 ( Flickr ) Took me a little bit longer than I would've liked but I finally went trough all the pix I took at SXSW and here's what I believe to be the best ones in the bunch. The list of artists/bands I was fortunate enough [...]
It's 6:10 p.m., and I'm sitting on the deck at Eddie's Attic in Decatur. I'm waiting for Bleu, and for some reason, I'm nervous. It's not like Bleu McAuley is a superstar - the number of fans in Atlanta probably doesn't top two dozen - but he is part of what I call the Justice League of Power Pop. Along with his friends Mike Viola, Kelly Jones, Steve Eggers and Roger Joseph Manning Jr., he makes music that is so pleasing to the ear, I know that humans have a higher calling. I have [...]
I loves me the Power Pop. I try to catch as many bands as I possibly can while I'm @ SXSW. There will be this huge outdoor show @ Auditorium Shores Stage with 90's alt rock bands Cracker, The Bodeans (remember that Party Of Five theme song?) and legends of the genre ... Cheap Trick. This goes down Friday, March [...]
73 mins : 44 secs | 50.6 mb Retribution Gospel Choir "Hide It Away" ( sub pop ) 2 [ amazon ] website | myspace | facebook Vampire Weekend "Cousins" ( xl recordings ) Contra [ amazon ] website | myspace | facebook OK Go "WTF?" ( capitol ) Of the Blue Colour of the Sky [ amazon ] website | [...]
[I will let the rest of the Internets fill you in on the new albums by OK Go (recommended) and Vampire Weekend (not). Here are some releases of L.A. interest, some of which I'm late to catch up to:] Jason Boesel , "Hustler's Son" ( Team Love ) — The last of his Rilo Kiley bandmates to bust out with a solo project, drummer-by-day Boesel steers his ship into the safe, genteel waters of Americana, West Coast style. Despite his admirable resume, production [...]
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Someone You Should Know : by Sooz Bleu at TT The Bear's Place, November 2006, Photo by Sooz ON THE ROAD - Unfortunately it's not all that unique of a story... A band gets signed to a big label, releases an album and then gets dropped right as their next album is about to [...]
[Indie pop goddess Tanya Donnelly celebrates a birthday today.] Excellent night to be at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa, where Foreign Born supports their sophomore album "Person to Person" with The Veils opening. ... The Datsuns [pictured] are back with a raucous new album "Headstunts" and are playing at the Echo with locals Spirit Vine . ... At Spaceland, Mini Mansions open for The Child ( Holly Marilyn 's new band). ... And Oh No Not Stereo and Scarlet Grey [...]
Singer/songwriter, " Bleu ", has one of those voices that inspires, making the impossible seem all the more likely. Or maybe its the other way around, evoking sadness, as jealousy rides along while you listen to his high whimpered, precious falsetto. And then he brings it back down to actual human levels with a resounding lower tone. Careful not to wet your pants. Out of Boston ( again , hometown nod ) Bleu has taken quite the musical journey to get to his third solo album, A Watched Pot (which drops July 14), having [...]
Bleu: Snow Day [ purchase ] I woke up to the radio And the glare of a blanket of fallen snow When I heard the DJ speak to me In a voice that was thick as an evergreen He announced all the schools that were closing On my knees and pray For a snowy day Cause I need a break And I wanna sled the day away I need a snow day In my other [...]
Since they were the "soundtrack of your summer", the guys in Boys Like Girls don't want you to forget about them as the head into the studio over the winter. So for now, check out this interview with guitarist, Paul DiGiovanni , where he talks about life, recording and the group's new DVD: Bethany, PopWreckoning: Let's jump right in. You guys just released a DVD with some live music and behind the scene stuff of you guys on tour. Why did you decide to do that and why should people check that [...]
Feel free to kick up your heels. Click green words for more. Bleu - I Won't Go Hollywood mp3- Thanks to Too Poppy for the headsup. Broken Promise Keeper - from The Avacado Age of Radio - Thanks to Rob for getting in touch. He's got more here.I Know You Know mp3 No Choice mp3 Robert Pollard - Gratification to Concrete mp3 The Downfalls - All the Way mp3 Alibi Tom - Fire mp3- Thanks to It's A Trap
Ooh, stories! A Story of a Young man and His Convenience Store Saturday Today is Saturday, and a young man is awoken. Not by an alarm clock or a rooster, or even the sunlight. No, by his little sister screaming " Get Up! Get Up! Get Up! " 1 Groggy, he rolls out of bed, hops in the shower, and goes downstairs. It's already eleven in the morning, but since he's still very tired, [...]
L.E.O. is a power-pop collective that began as an homage to the genius of Jeff Lynne and ELO . Originally conceived by LA based singer-songwriter Bleu, the project has become a Traveling Wilbury-esque creative effort for a bunch of like minded producers and musicians. Due out in October on Cheap Lullabye Records , the album is called Alpacas Orgling and features the talents of Andy Sturmer (Jellyfish), Mike Viola (The Candy Butchers), Matt Mahaffey (Self), John Fields (producer extraordinaire), Steve Gorman [...]
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