November 2009
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Brits & Pieces 4: Canterbury
Yay for Billy Talent rescheduling! Wow. Equally good, if not better than, Does It Offend You, Yeah?
So Canterbury start the show. My band to listen to this week. These guys appeal to the more indie inclined fans out there, quite different to the other two bands of the night: Cancer Bats and of course Billy Talent. Being the first band nothing really gets going for them (except for the guy ...
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Awesome Band Alert: Harvard
Why I had never heard of Harvard sooner makes no sense to me. I hope these guys are a household name some time in the near future! They’re a five piece from Charlotte, North Carolina and they’re gearing up to release their debut full length, The Inevitable and I, on Dec 1st. I was immediately in love with their sound as soon as I heard the first song on their MySpace, “Memory...
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Never Cry Another Tear // Bad Lieutenant
When I first heard about New Order members Bernard Sumner and Phil Cunningham’s new band Bad Lieutenant, I thought, ‘Wow, are they going to sell any albums? Music is totally different today…’ This is probably because I wasn’t around in the 80s, (and I’m also not even old enough to remember Nirvana!) so the only New Order song I know is “Blue Monday,” which is pretty much Sumner...
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Thank You // The Little Heroes
“Say I’ll Be gone” This entire song is a build up. Each instrument is added at a separate time. It starts out with a keyboard and the vocals, adding in bass which is followed quickly by the guitar and drums. Add in some ‘ba ba’s and you’ve got me hooked. (I am such a sucker for background vocals sometimes!) I love how the added instruments make it pick up the pace after the first chorus....
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Positivexposure Issue 3
FEATURING: Person L, RX Bandits, Sissy Wish, Jawbox, Bygones, The Story Changes, Four Year Strong, PlayRadioPlay! and more.
CORRECTIONS: In the photo credits, where it says ‘pg 1: sunny landon & kolby schnelli,’ we totally meant page 16. Sunny’s 6 key is picky due to a fight with a hot Starbucks beverage.