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05/22/09 Living Room, New York
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At one point in their career, the two girls moved to New York City to try and make it in the big time - as most musician often do. Unfortunately, it didn't quite work out and the band went back to Nashville - where they originally met in college. The song they wrote about their journey is in the song "Glitter Town".
The melodic duo-singing (mostly Draper on leads and DeLoach on backup) combined with realistic lyrics ("I think I'm fading fast, feeling like it'll never last/I'm only getting older and older" to "It's difficult to say how hard it's been/I call on Jesus to hold my hands") makes this song my favorite off the 10-track album.That was written as a breakup song to New York City. I had a tumultuous time initially, but living there turned out to be the most important experience of my life thus far, and it inspired many songs..
-- Jessica Draper reflects on the song
Maybe they can dedicate "Glitter Town" to New York, when the band returns to the Living Room on Morrissey's birthday, May 22nd to perform? It should be good to see.
Anyroad, while most of the album is pretty mild/mellow, the few up-tempo tracks really stood out ("I'm Leaving", "In Her Eyes", "Norma Jean"). Between those songs, I dig the pop-country sound song about movie-icon and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe, but was also finding myself toe-taping to lyrics like "I gotta get up, get out, get gone. I'm leavin'" on "I'm Leavin'".
You can pick up Leading the Horse on amazon.
05/02/2009 02:38:20 ♥ vu (
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04/13/09
The Canopy Club -- with Copeland Urbana, Illinois
04/14/09 Chubby Rain - House of Tunes -- with Copeland Poplar Grove, Illinois 04/15/09 The Basement -- with Copeland Columbus, Ohio 04/16/09 Opera House -- with Copeland Toronto, Ontario 04/17/09 Purchase College - Visual Arts Field -- with The Cool Kids and more Purchase, New York 04/18/09 Mr. Smalls -- with Copeland Millvale, Pennsylvania 04/20/09 Southpaw -- with Copeland Brooklyn, New York 04/21/09 Crocodile Rock -- with Copeland Allentown, Pennsylvania 04/22/09 The Crazy Donkey -- with Copeland Farmingdale, New York 04/24/09 The Rock and Roll Hotel -- with Copeland Washington DC, Washington DC 04/25/09 The Brewery -- with Copeland Raleigh, North Carolina 04/26/09 The Jewish Mother -- with Copeland Virginia Beach, Virginia 04/28/09 Greene Street -- with Copeland Greensboro, NC 04/29/09 Free Bird Cafe -- with Copeland Jacksonville, Florida 05/02/09 Exit/In -- CD release Nashville, Tennessee |
The turnout was really good, mostly underage kids.... so the three bartenders were really lonely. The young photographers were out in droves as well... capturing every movement made by Copeland. Seriously photographers, take it easy.
Seattle's This Providence (official/myspace) (formerly known as Sunday Best) did their high energy rock set, I had a feeling I would like them when lead singer Dan Young did Oasis' "Don't Look Back in Anger" song during their brief soundcheck. They did a lot of songs from their new 2009 album Who Are You Now?, such as: "Sure as Hell", "Letdown", "That Girl's a Trick", "Keeping on Without You".
Florida's Copeland (official/myspace) started off their set badly (sorry I'm not familiar with the band enough to tell you what song they started, but it was two keyboard-driven songs). Singer Aaron Marsh started singing the first song again on their second song. He realized this right away and pulled the song to a halt and made it an inside joke about time travel and ABC's "Lost" or something. I think he was really embarrassed about it and claimed that he was "really drunk". (I think he was kidding though).
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Paper Route at the Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (04/11/09) |
Although I'm complaining, listening to their latest EP Are We All Forgotten (you can hear the entire EP on their official website ), they are sort of going for that distorted vocals-kind of thing.
Already hailed by Filter, Daytrotter, and Paste, as a band to watch out for, they certainly must be excited to launch their second album Absence on April 28th. I ran into Greg (I've been running into a lot of local bloggers lately - it's weird because I never recognize anyone), who seems very excited about Absence and complains that no one is talking about the album. Well if you pre-order now you get one downloadable song, "Carousel" and a 7-minute documentary tomorrow (April 13th). Plus buttons.
04/12/2009 01:14:28 ♥ vu ()
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Sometimes bands are so good you just have to see them twice; in fact you have to see them on a Wednesday and then the following Thursday, which is exactly what I did this May when I saw the Young Republic in Barfly in Liverpool and then the small little folk bar at the end of my road in Manchester
It is a decision I do not regret because I am fairly confident that The Young Republic are a band of great talent and skill. By all accounts, they are still surprisingly young! The voice of lead singer, Julians, is misleading. His voice suggested warily old-timer, or at least somebody in his early thirties. However his physically appearance led me to conclude that I should never judge a voice by it's singer...or something along those lines.
The Young Republic have it all; skilled musicians, great lyrics and the ability to perform. I will never forget the amazing Tom Waits cover I bore witness too (two nights in a row). I do not exaggerated. It was very impressive.
Having heard their debut album I was expecting to enjoy a night of good music but in the end I just had to settle for two nights of awesome entertainment.
The Liverpool show was a shared event. I went to see the excellent Port O'Brien, however I was humming The Young Republic as I left the venue. It was their heavier, plugged in set.
The Manchester show was in a folk bar, which The Young Republic didn't realise until the night. Quick on their feet, they decided to play their Paris set. It was supposedly played in a lower key, but it remained an impressive performance.
The only disappointing news was the absence of their new and irreplaceable drummer, Dustin Jensen.
Do not despair if you are worried about missing their May tour as a reliable source informs me that The Young Republic are due to return to the UK this September for gigs that included the ever wonderful End of the Road festival (Once again, the best line up of the UK Summer Festivals). This time they should have their band too!
More excitingly, I am told they are working on their follow up album. If they capture the energy they display on stage then rest assured this album will be something very special indeed; it may even solve the global energy crisis!
Congratulation to everyone's who entered into the Scion Sampler giveaway, you're all going to receive a copy in the mail. If you emailed to contest@weheartmusic.com without providing your home address, you're not going to get a copy - sorry! The instructions specifically stated that we needed your address so I can have the Scion people do a mass mailout.
This giveaway went pretty well, be on the look-out for another one coming up - I will announce the details when I receive all the necessary instructions.
Anyway, I wanted to mention that I will be doing all my reviews on ♫ew Music (or as I call it "ew music" or "nude music"). Think of it as a W♥M Extra or sister website. I will be compiling a summary (with links and excerpts) every Tuesday.
So what caused this change? Well one of the reason is that I produce a lot of content. I average about 1.5 posts a day, and that may be overwhelming for readers (especially if most of my articles are on unknown bands that no one cares about).
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Recently, I received a wonderful heart-felt letter from Mindy Dotson, singer of The Feminine Complex, a 60s band that Celeste covered last year.
I got permission to reprint the letter here for you:
Hi,
I don't know how I stumbled on your site, but I am so very happy to find you. I am the former Mindy Dalton of The Feminine Complex. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to find out that anyone may still listen to the music we made in the 60's.It may or may not interest anyone to know that I went on to have a long career singing in nightclubs throughout the south and in Las Vegas.
I retired from music in 1989 and now work as a Realtor in Mississippi.
I still sing on occasion with local bands just for fun.
I would like to say thank you to any and all that have found this album and listen to it. We always felt that the group had potential. The band had developed into quite a very good live performance group as well. Someone said that we looked like the glee club. That picture was taken in my home before we went to the airport to fly to New York to do a national tv show.
On stage, however, we wore micromini skirts with fishnet hose, knee high boots, etc. We dressed cutting edge for the 60s. Unfortunately for us, our record company executive died shortly after the record was released, and we lost our opportunity to move forward with a recording career.
Once again, I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you to all who listen to The Feminine Complex. We do very much appreciate the attention.
Keep Rockin!
Mindy Dotson, Realtor
So it really got me thinking that I needed to shift my focus from just (new) music reviews and perhaps go back to my original idea for W♥M: writing about the music that I really ♥.
02/24/2008 00:00:52
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Lacey D has a debut album called Everyday Girl, released earlier this month, December 4, 2007. She's currently based in Washington, but reading her biography, she wrote that she's going to relocate to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue her country music career.
As you know, Nashville is home of all-things-country, but what you may not know is that each year the city put on the CMA Music Festival. Thousands of country music fans (including producers, managers, and talent scouts) flock the city for this event.
She started out singing at schools & churches, before meeting a songwriter/producer with a recording studio in Seattle. This lead to meeting Scott Turner, from Nashville, and, after hearing her sing, wanted to produce an album with her.
I'm looking at the time line here and it seem to have happened very quickly. This is a pretty amazing feat considering that you have to arranged all the songs, hire all the session musicians, and book the studio (Bayou Studios in Nashville) within the span of, maybe, six months (?), to cut and release the record in December.
The most interesting thing about this album is that there is a song called "One Heart" (written by Doc Pomus and Turner) that was meant for Elvis Presley. He never recorded it, so it was archived in the vaults until it resurfaced again to be recorded on this Everyday Girl album. So Elvis fans, you can hear a live version here. It's quite soulful and bluesy.
Anyway, I did enjoy the uptempo song such as "Simple as 1,2,3", "Everyday Girl", and "Man at Home". Especially "Man at Home" with this great line: "Well I've been up here singin' and my ears are ringin'/I've been pickin' this guitar all night/The road home's long, but it's my last song." This very country-pop song would be a great song to end a live set.
Everyday Girl is out right now on West Country Records and if you buy the CD directly from her website, chances are you're going to receive a bonus 5x7 autographed photo.
12/27/2007 08:59:31
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Johnny Bennett has a new EP out called Red Light Room. All the press material that I've read in my research of this EP is that apparently this EP is a little different: there's pianos. Which doesn't really surprise me as he seems really diverse. Especially considering that he was trained in classical music at the North Carolina School of the Arts.
When he was living in Los Angeles, he formed a band called Fletcher with all the songs written by Johnny Bennett. They were supposed to have sounded like "modern rock with traces of Acoustic Soul".
Red Light Room is a pretty quick listen. The song that stood out for me is the last song, "This Year's Lie". It's really energetic, especially toward the end with the frantic piano playing. This would be a great song to end a live set, leaving the audience to want more.
Bennett is currently based out of Nashville, Tennessee. You can find more information on his myspace page, with all the necessary links to ordering his music online via Snocap (which I have to say that I've used this service before and it's very good).
12/18/2007 10:07:11
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11/13/07 Gorton Community Center Lake Forest, IL 12/09/07 Light Of Day Concert with Joe D’Ursa, Ron Sexsmith, Willie Niles Niagara Falls, Ontario 12/12/07 New York, New York 04/09/08 City Of Hope Benefit Full Band High Point, NC Discography
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Ron Lasalle's Nobody Rides For Free, which was released (I think) last June. The first time I listened to it, driving around, I seriously thought this guy was black. He has this really great tobacco-whiskey-drinkin'-growl of a voice.
Lasalle's been playing bass professionally, by the age of fourteen. The most impressive thing that I saw was that he's played to over 5 million people throughout his career (he's been touring for about 10 years straight, averaging 300 cities and venues throughout the US & Candada)! It also helped that he was Bo Didley's tour bass player in the late 70s.
The two songs that was suggested to listen to is called "Got Love to Blame" (for its bass) and "I Am Love" (co-written by 70s Detroit blues-rock band The Rockets). I think for some reason "I Am Love" reminds me of Bruce Springsteen, and although there's nothing wrong with the boss, I wanted a track that would really show you Lasalle's vocals.
"Got Love on Blame" is very bluesy. It sounds as if it was actually recorded live or very improvised, and although I can easily choose that song for my spotlight, I've decided that "Changin' Horses" is a better track.
The chorus is very catchy and it is a very fun song. Although it does suffer towards the end of the song (it's basically "change ch-change ch-change" repeated over and over).
If you want to compare the two songs, I believe you can listen to the whole album on www.ronlasalle.com.
By the way, if you're at Niagra Falls (the Canada side, apparently) in December, he's playing with another Ron, Ron Sexsmith.
10/14/2007 11:28:19
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Whenever I start feeling unusually chipper I like to shut everyone out and put on The Feminine Complex’s “Are You Lonesome Like Me?”. The Feminine Complex are a dreamy all-girl psychedelic garage band from the late 60’s hailing from *gasp* Nashville. Whatwhat? I used to think the only thing Tennessee was good for was Dolly Parton.
The band’s lead singer, Mindy Dalton (also the primary lyricist), provides us with the most quixotically delicious lyrics. The soft percussion creates a fuzzy atmosphere that pushes us into sentimental unconsciousness. I’m usually turned off by horn parts... However, I couldn’t imagine “Are You Lonesome Like Me?” without the lazy horn parts that perfectly frame the song’s warmth. The backing vocals and light organ are the icing on the cake for me.
The Feminine Complex are a unique group that provide us with some of the most endearing songs of their era. There isn’t a song on their album “Livin’ Love” that isn’t amazingly bewitching.
Oh yeah, Hi, I’m Celeste and
this is my first song review here.
P.S. The cover that's on the re-issue on Teenbeat is not as cool as the original.
Here's the original:
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