Apr 30 2009

Houston Press Music Awards Nominations

Category: H-Town Rock,Music In My Ears — dryvetyme @ 14:30

Hello again, my Houston area readers! It’s time once again to show your favorite local acts, venues, and music-oriented events around H-Town some love. That’s right – the 2009 Houston Press Music Awards are right around the corner.

HPMA 2009 Logo

From the Houston Press website: The ballot is on page 50 of this week’s print Press and online right here. Either way, they’re due by 9 a.m. Monday, May 18, so get to work.

The actual award-giving event will be in July (as per usual), so don’t miss your personal opportunity to contribute to the decision-making process.

Apr 30 2009

Hollywood, Alaska – Champagne Downtown

Category: Music In My Ears — dryvetyme @ 07:00

Hollywood, Alaska
Champagne Downtown
East Side Digital; 2009

Champagne Downtown

There are times when I want to walk up to a fancy reflecting pool and kick a little bit of sand or dirt into it to add a bit of flavor and texture. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the clean lines of architecture, the ambience of the pristine environment, or the chance to rest my mind gazing into the still waters. I do – but I occasionally feel the need to sully the perfection as a means of adding in a bit of realism.
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Apr 29 2009

Romeo Spike – For The Cause

Category: Music In My Ears — dryvetyme @ 07:00

Romeo Spike
For The Cause
Self-Released; 2009

For The Cause

Guest Contributor: Marc Brubaker

Atlanta’s Romeo Spike bills themselves as ‘futuristic classic rock,’ an interesting choice of words that seems to be a contradiction in terms. A band born originally out of an online songwriting project between members Mike Kunz (who was in Chicago at the outset) and Donn Aaron, the duo has assembled an intriguing collection of dreamy throwback pop with heavy classic rock influences.
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Apr 28 2009

Benjamin Bear – Lungs

Category: Music In My Ears — dryvetyme @ 07:00

Benjamin Bear
Lungs
Self-Released; 2008

Lungs

Guest Contributor: Marc Brubaker

“Station Rest Release,” the opening track on Benjamin Bear’s debut album Lungs, may fade in unassumingly, but make no mistake: this Seattle based duo is not to be taken lightly. The chorus hits with crushing emotion, its syncopated percussion and strong, pleading vocals at once announcing the band’s arrival and inviting the listener along for a forty-five minute rollercoaster of alternating crescendos and decrescendos. Songwriting pair Mychal Cohen and David Stern has constructed a superbly expressive album that ranges from sparse piano-vocal combinations to epic pounding choruses.
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Apr 27 2009

Media Monday – 04/27/2009

Category: Media & More,Music In My Ears — dryvetyme @ 12:00

Wow. We’ve blazed through 1/3 of the year so far. Where did all the time go?

1) Music:
a. “Sleeping Lions” – Annabel
b. “Handshakes” – Joie de Vivre
c. “I’ll Ram My Ovipositor Down Your Throat And Lay My Eggs In Your Chest, But I’m Not An Alien!” – The Reptilian
d. “Hold The Line” (DJ Edit) – Major Lazer
e. “I Don’t Luv U Anymore” (State Bird cover) – Cobra
f. “Kabrista Farewell” – Vagabond Opera
g. “Magazine” – ILAD
h. “Who Am I” – Spain Colored Orange
i. “Harper” – What’s Up
j. “Little Wildkat” – Flashmen
k. “Flashmen Theme” – Flashmen

2. Video:
a. “Diamonds Aren’t Forever” – Bring Me The Horizon
b. “Setting Fire To Your House” – Blank Dogs
c. “Gimme Some” – Grupo Fantasma

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