Synthesis Artist You’ve Never Heard Of Artist Of The Day: El Prezidino
Posted on 29. Apr, 2008 by spencer in Band of the Day, Music
“I got my momma playin very hard / I’m flirtin’ with sin but I’m married to god…”
When you flip through my CD books you’ll find a lot of indie rock and metal, but not too much hip-hop. It’s not that I don’t have an appreciation for the music, it’s just I hate the braggadocio aesthetic that sets the tone for the majority of hip-hop artists of the last few years.
You also won’t find much in terms of Christian music in my collection…my people get blamed for the crucifixion and I [...]
Synthesis Band, I mean, Artist You’ve Never Heard of Band, I mean, Artist of The Day: Yoshi
Posted on 04. Mar, 2008 by spencer in Blog
Okay, the long-winded title of our daily new band blog (“Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard of Band of the Day”) may, by definition, rarely allow for hip-hop artists to get up in this piece. But it’s not like that. At Synthesis you will find a wide array of musical styles fighting for their time in the jukebox. Someone stops an Afropop CD to put in some power metal, only to later be replaced with some fey-assed twee pop, followed by outlaw country and a ska compilation. Then Video Matt or [...]
Random Surprisingly Good Band of The Day: Dirtfoot
Posted on 03. Dec, 2007 by spencer in Music
By now I’ve learned not to give too much credence to first impressions. Though I’ve hung around too many hippies in my life to have high hopes for a band named “Dirtfoot,” and listened to one too many coffee shop crooners to take notice of a song titled “My Girl,” you know what they say about book and their covers.
Here’s their deal: Imagine Nick Cave on a bed of rusty nails, the cover of “Gin and Juice” often mis-attributed to Phish (it was actually the Gourds), some old-timey “Dem Bones,” [...]
