What's wrong with going by your own name now a days? It worked for Vanilla Ice . OK, maybe that's a bad example. A couple of weeks ago it was The One AM Radio , this week it's another one man band: The Western States Motel . Hailing from Monterey, CA, Carl Jordan is the musical mastermind behind this self-titled debut album that was written and recorded while Carl was roving around homeless and jobless over the course of about a year. That becomes evident as one listens to the album: [...]
I've been listening to this album for the past several days, and there's something I can never quite reconcile. The guitars and drums and basic instrumentation are all well and good, but the vocals have yet to gel. The more and more I listen, the more I am struck by just how unappealing they are. And it sucks, because I think I'm supposed to enjoy them. The best comparison I can think of is to that of Stephen Merritt (of The Magnetic Fields ). Not only do they share similar vocal qualities, [...]
I'll be traveling the next 2 days. So while I'm out, enjoy some "traveling music" [MP3] The Western States Motel - Southwest Planes [MP3] The One AM Radio - The Echoing Airports
Los Angeles, CA The Western States Motel is the solo work of Carl Jordan. He'll be playing his next show at The Troubadour in L.A. with Rhett Miller on the 13th of this month. I highly suggest checking him out if you like bands like The Shins . [...]
FEATURED ARTIST: THE WESTERN STATES MOTEL official site myspace [MP3] The Western States Motel - Southwest Planes [MP3] The Western States Motel - Powerlines I love it when I discover fresh new music from my own backyard. It makes living in Los Angeles feel less seedy and lonesome. Ladies and [...]
The Western States Motel - Powerlines The Western States Motel - Southwest Planes Album: The Western States Motel Released July, 2006 on Firebird Field Recordings TWSM on Myspace Buy TWSM's Music Everything is ready, it would seem, for a big change to take place. I'm heading out of town for a while (read: forever) to see exactly where a body floats to when the breeze lifts it from the familiar [...]
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