Communicating Vessels is the Birmingham, AL-based label run by Jeffery Cain of Remy Zero. He has released music by his solo project Dead Snares as well as the solo project of the late Gregory Scott Slay, the drummer for Remy Zero who passed away last year. Cain has also been signing and spotlighting some of his hometown's best songwriters, three at a time, with a gorgeously packaged 7" for each one in a series. The first series released this past June, included Duquette Johnston, formerly of 90's alt-rockers Verbena, The Great Book of John, the [...]
Communicating Vessels is releasing part two of their lavishly packaged 73 vinyl recordings of secret songwriters from the southeast of the USA. Born equally of bright lights and seedy charm, The Grenadines might be Birmingham, Alabama's sexiest band. Fronted by husband and wife team Michael and Lauren Shackelford and thrust into widescreen by guitarist David Swatzell and bassist Jesse Phillips, The Grenadines have been making a name for themselves in underground circles. Shake was recorded especially for this series. Backed by Colorblind – a moody deep cut from their self-titled debut [...]
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 78 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by artists including Lars Frederiksen, Forbidden Dimension, Golden Glow, T. Mills, Little Red, Kramies and more! So much more! DATE: 10-20-11 WRITER: Don Loder Heya junkie, So how ya feelin' tahday alla youse sickos? I know I wis a little late'is week gettin' to ya, but I jus' figure that reminds ya who's holdin' da reigns innis relationship. Don't fret too hard though, cause I ain't [view more]
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[PHOTO: Jay Elliot] Better late than never, below is the explication for our weekly Muxtape, which went online Sunday. This mix features a number of big rockers, and we'd deem the overall vibe as one of exuberance. That said, the tone cools out as the other end of the mix approaches -- or at least it was intended to. For some reason the last few songs aren't working right now, and in their stead the mix just starts over with "Let Them Eat Rock." But we're OK with that. We've thrown in a couple links to MP3s and YouTube [...]
Previously on Fluxblog: Rob Sheffield has a lovely new book called Love Is A Mix Tape , and I'm talking to him about it, and other things. Here's part one of the interview. Matthew Perpetua: How did you get into writing about music? Rob Sheffield: I always wrote about music, even when I was a little kid. I started sending out clips and freelancing. My first published piece was a Spin review of the second Tiffany album in 1988, in [...]
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