Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard Of Band of The Day: Connor McGuire
Posted on 08. Feb, 2008 by spencer in Band of the Day
I sifted through a few submissions today and declined about four or five groups based mostly on their lyrical content, or lack thereof, rather. As a songwriter, the difference between hiding behind poorly-constructed metaphors and creating phrases that strike from the bone and come right from the heart is like night and day. There’s poetry in the day to day and honest simplicity will always trump complicated purple prose. That’s why Connor McGuire is our Band You’ve Never Heard of Band of the Day.
British Columbia singer/songwriter Connor McGuire’s [...]
Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard of Band of the Day: A Catapult Western
Posted on 07. Feb, 2008 by James in Band of the Day, Music
When you’re a band that plays small bars and clubs, being a sextet must provide interesting challenges. The most obvious, as the picture above illustrates, is where the fuck do you put everyone?
Ergonomic difficulties aside, Madison, WI’s A Catapult Western sound doesn’t suffer from such hindrances. The six members of the group employ mandolins, violas, guitars, bass, drums, synthesizers and whatever else they can get their hands on to create beautifully spare arrangements, with each part in its proper place. This stuff isn’t for the feint of heart. ACW’s [...]
Band You’ve Never Heard of Band of the Day: The Kindness Kind
Posted on 05. Feb, 2008 by spencer in Band of the Day, Music
I’m happy to announce that it took nearly a year after its renovation for our downtown park to once again attract drug dealers. Walking through the other day I heard a “hey you!” whistle, and a scruffy older hippy approached, asking if I wanted a 20 sack of “the kind.” Ah, the perks of being a longhair… Hippies like to use the word “the kind” around here to denote quality marijuana, and although Seattle’s The Kindness Kind includes a longhaired drummer, I’d like to think their band name has more [...]
Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard Of…OF THE DAY!!!111 – Pomegranates
Posted on 04. Feb, 2008 by Daniel Taylor in Band of the Day, Road Worn
This past summer I had the awesome opportunity to spend a month on tour with Ruth, an amazing band that thankfully many people have now definitely heard of, since they just got off the road with Switchfoot and Relient K. Since all we basically did for a month was throw fire crackers at each other and eat Waffle House there was plenty of time to sit around and listen to music, taking turns turning each other on………….to new music [c'mon now, this is a family blog]. One night Ruth frontman, [...]
Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard of Band of the Day: Agent Ribbons
Posted on 31. Jan, 2008 by James in Music
Unless you live in Sacramento or elsewhere in Northern California, you probably haven’t heard of Agent Ribbons. Even if you do live here, you may not have heard of them (I do, and I just found out about them yesterday). Luckily, The Elohim gave us humans the knowledge to create the Internets, a magical place that allows you to, among other things, check out bands from all over the world without having to leave the sweet succor of your computer monitor’s cool blue glow.
The all-girl duo consists of [...]
Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard of Band of the Day: The Meddling Kids
Posted on 29. Jan, 2008 by spencer in Band of the Day, Music
Ah, those meddling kids; always ruining plans to steal hidden treasure and proving that the “haunted castle” isn’t haunted at all, it’s just some scoundrels with holograph machines and white bedding… And they would have gotten away with it too….
Apart from traveling the country in search of devious plots to foil, The Meddling Kids dish out the power pop in chunky doses, replete with breakdowns, guitar solos, gang vocals and the kind of lyrics that don’t demand a whole lot of dissection.
I can’t help but bring it up, but more [...]
Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard Of….OF THE DAY!!!111 – Cry of the Afflicted
Posted on 28. Jan, 2008 by Daniel Taylor in Chico, Music, Road Worn
Since Brittany already stole the band I was gonna write about today (the ultra radtacular Nothing Ever Stays ) I had to think fast. Luckily, Trevor’s post earlier today reminded me that tomorrow is the first day of the continent-crossing Emery tour, which also features, As Cities Burn, Mayday Parade, Pierce the Veil and, today’s Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard Of….OF THE DAY!!!111: Cry of the The Afflicted.
Cry of the Afflicted first came to my attention when they were here in Chico recording their debut full length with local music [...]
Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard of Band of the Day: The Don’ts
Posted on 25. Jan, 2008 by James in Music
