Today’s show is a great mix of rock, electronic and acoustic offerings from London to LA. This show is sure to please as it continues the SoundTrip tradition of blending a whole variety of music genres into one jammin’ digital block party!
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Today’s show features the following Artists
The Negatones – Paused Upon the Rewind and The Godfather
The band has received accolades from Spin Magazine, Time Out New York and The Village Voice, worked with Jon Spencer and Chuck D, and hit the college circuit by staying in the CMJ top 200 for over 6 weeks with their previous release Snacktronica that debuted in the CMJ charts at number 2!
Sometimes there is just hype and sometimes there is more. In the Negatones case these guys live up to all the hype and more. I live 10 minutes from the post office where I pick up my cd’s and needless to say it took me 40 minutes to get home after I popped this baby into my car stereo. One song after another blared out of the speakers and I just couldn’t stop listening.
Paused Upon the Rewind is the typical flavor of the Negatones new self titled CD with hard hitting guitar, rockin’ drums, heavy driving bass and wailing vocals. I played that song back to back with the The Godfather, a funky groove funk synth blast that provides the glue between the two worlds of the band. They even manage to throw horns into the mix, and not just as some added extra’s. All in all this is one very complete CD from front to back.
Stop by the band’s website here and purchase the CD here!!
Kristin Mainhart & Khromosomes – Chompin
Many years ago I used to go to a series of clubs in the flats overlooking the river in Cleveland. My buddy, Andy the Fish, had been there for a while and turned me onto a row of small clubs where we could enjoy cigars, good drink, play pool and most importantly, listen to some really excellent music!! This was not your typical Cleveland thrash metal, Megadeth\Metallica sect; rather it was an eclectic mix of acid jazz and electronic funk that could be enjoyed under the candle lit tables of the smaller clubs.
This style of mood music is exactly what you get with Kristin and the Zomes. Kristin’s voice is so dynamic, velvety rough, cutting and thoroughly enjoyable. I hear a lot of Poe and Portishead qualities in this music but there are also tints of Erica Badu in Kristin’s voice form a stylistic point of view.
The CD Stranger Things was released in March of 2005 and the news just gets better from there. The song, “Gonna Make It” will be featured in “The Prince and Me 2″, a Lions Gate film to be released in August. The band’s personal website and CD sales can be found directly here.
9 Ball – Hard Pressed
This band is a perennial favorite of the Orange County California music scene. The song is reminiscent of David Grey and Toad the Wet Sprocket. The bands sound is clean and upbeat. They are on a roll fresh off winning the 2005 Orange County Music Award for Best Indie Rock Band. They were also nominated for Best Song and that indicates the strength of the band. Well worth your time!
I hope to bring you more from this band. It would be worth your while to visit their website and check out the other offerings. In the meantime you can buy the CD here.
All Mighty Whispers – Thanks
This band comes to us from across the ocean out of Tuba Studio in London. They have been getting airplay with their recent release on BBC radio2, Japan’s Yellow Beat radio and making the circuits through the typical avenues for unsigned Indie bands.
It is unfortunate in some respects that the show is only 30 minutes because I usually have to decide to play one song out of many for each band. In the case of the Whispers I initially chose 6 songs from their release titled “Love Revolution”. From there, many listens later I decided on “Thanks”. This song worked well with the lineup of today’s show and demonstrates the strong vocal and acoustic quality that I feel defines the band.
The bands personal website can be found here. You can purchase the CD directly here.
Manly Footwear – Pan Head – Garagista Records
I came across Garagista records when I did a web and e-music search after listing to Kristin Mainhart. It turns out that Kristin is on a compilation record from Garagista Records called Rivertown Rock. From there I heard Panhead from Manly Footwear and the rest is SoundTrip history.
I couldn’t find a personal website for this band and look forward to hearing if they have anything more along the lines of Panhead. Fans of Los Lobos will immediately be drawn to these guys, this includes yours truly. You can hear the horns in the SoundTrip intro mashup. This is just a taste of the solid offering found in Panhead.
Garagista is a label out of New York that specializes in the jazz and folk offerings of local bands in the lower Hudson Rivertowns. Check them out here while you listen to Manly Footwear and Kristin Mainhart & Khromosomes. Buy the CD here.
King Baby – The Well
This Southern Rock band has been getting tons of press since their latest release titled “Whole Lotta Easy”. They have had rave reviews in Music Connection Magazine, All Access, Ear Buzz and The Los Angeles Times.
The song I chose, “The Well” has a decidedly Everlast feel to it. It is a perfect mix of vocals, acoustic instruments and straight rock. Even better, this is yet another band that has brough back the guitar lead that has been missing from so many bands these days. This is simply a feel good song by a band that delivers feel good rock and roll. Stop by their site, check out the band, leave them a message, and purchase their CD.
Dusty Hughes – Fallout
Dusty Hughes appeared on an earlier SoundTrip show and I had mentioned that I was going back and forth with what songs to feature on the show. Now I have no problem, I decided to play Fallout today as this was right up there with So Familiar.
Dusty has been busy, he worked on a soundtrack, released a Christmas CD and released So Familiar, the album, on August 23, 2005. You can pick up the 2-in-1 DVD audio disc at his web site.
Special thanks go out to my Hawaiian podcaster friends Dr. Trey and JRoq for helping to get the word out. I urge everyone to check out the doc’s excellent show.
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