indie music

Snow & Voices: A Beautiful, Quiet Storm

May 15, 2010
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Snow & Voices: A Beautiful, Quiet Storm

Hailing from LA, Snow & Voices is the creative partnership of vocalist Lauri Kranz and multi-instrumentalist Jebin Bruni. Their third effort, Anything that Moves, is set to release on May 25. Downtempo, atmospheric and haunting, Anything that Moves is a keyboard-heavy collection of songs, carried by simple drum and bass and overlaid by Kranz’s beautifully understated...

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A Band Called iconoClass–and Thoughts about Bands in Formative Stages

December 2, 2009
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A Band Called iconoClass–and Thoughts about Bands in Formative Stages

This is expanded coverage from my article on Examiner.com. As I begin to write this, I’m sitting at Arvada’s popular D-Note, watching a young band called iconoClass. Basically all they’ve done for the past 45 minutes is jam. Almost all of it is guitar solos over rock beats and repetitive chords. There is one...

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Sometimes It’s the Simplest Things that Are the Most Profound

November 13, 2009
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Sometimes It’s the Simplest Things that Are the Most Profound

Photo source: ipickmynose.com I got this from Heather, who got it from Adrian. I must admit I’d never heard of The Rural Alberta Advantage before today. Their website is unassuming, no hype. Their concept is simple and uncluttered. They don’t promote their act by sheer hype. But they are going everywhere (they were even...

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The Daredevil Christopher Wright–a Pleasant Surprise

October 27, 2009
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So last Saturday I went to the Meadowlark to catch Danielle Ate the Sandwich (whom I profiled here and here). Her set was great, as expected. Go see her. Buy her records–”or die!” (as she comically warned the audience). But that’s not what I want to talk about. I pretty much knew Danielle would...

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Four Reasons Why Indie Music Represents the Future of the Industry

October 20, 2009
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I like indie music. And apparently a lot of other people do, too. All you have to do is browse through the music section of MySpace, or spend a little time on YouTube, to see how the indie music wave is growing. (For newbies…indie music is a nickname for independent music, meaning the music...

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