Hope everyone enjoyed their holidays! Things have been really busy on this end, and we're trying to play catch up. We've been in the studio working on some new material. It's been moving along quite nicely so there should be a new full length coming soon. We also wanted to share some things people had to say about us for their end of the year wrap-up and in general. It's really nice to be remembered and recognized.
We have an emerging artist showcase coming up Jan. 29th at Johnny Brenda's for The Deli Magazine Philadelphia called The Tunes Whiz Wit Series. We hope that you can all come out and support us and a great magazine that supports the local music scene!
Here's some stuff that will help you pass the time at work, at home or wherever you are with all the neat little gadgets around these days.
Mike's Year In Review
Instrumental Analysis
http://instrumentalanalysis.blogspot.com/
12/31/08
As the year comes to a close, it's time for the year in review. I won't bore you with a top ten list or any profound insights, just a very brief overview of what caught my ears and eyes during the past twelve months.
BEST ALBUMS (Regional and National)
Aderbat – We Belong to the Sea
Philly has been producing notable music since the '50s soul scene. Now as the '00s come to a close, the city is seeing a sort of revival. Not to say the music hasn't always been here, but bands are breaking from the local scene and garnering national acclaim. For pure indie, I give the nod to Aderbat. I only recently became acquainted with their music midway through this year and within the last month received their latest release. I am completely enamored with them since. Not much on the typical rock & roll stylings and ego driven individual contributions, Aderbat fuses everything into a tight package of subtle musical wonder.
Lifting Faces - The Indie Music Alphabet - 2008 Edition
Be Messy Media - Favorite Album of 2008
Quiet Color
i guess i'm floating
anyone's guess
Forever Lost in a Song - Show Review
Stilographic (something in Italian)
Phrequency (This one is funny because it is so outdated. We appreciate them thinking of us, but it really supports the argument why music blogs are beating out corporate news organizations. It was a story done before our CD release party that was 7/24/08. The article was posted 11/16/08. To top it off, the last line of the article plugs a show that was in Sept. of the same year.)