Bands Update, Kinda

I’m changing “Bands of the Month” to “Bands I Suggest.” Why? Because I’m LAZY!

Just a Heads Up

Band of the Week is now going to be Band of the Month. I’ve been keeping that pace pretty much anyway. I’m sure you’ll all live.

Porcelain and the Tramps

Sadly there isn’t much to say about this artist. From Detroit, discovered in NY, now in LA, the music exists only on social networking websites. The tease of a CD release has been dangled over fans for about a year and a half now. I’m not quite sure what the hold up is, I guess somebody never took an economics class or learned about demand. Anyway, the music is pretty tight, you can hear the 80s influence mixed with a little bit darker/harder edge to it.

Hopefully she’ll smarten up and release a CD soon, either that or she’ll lose all of her thunder and it will be too late. In the meantime you can check her out on myspace. Almost all of her songs that presently exist can be found on her trig profile. Thanks to Ana for the discovery on this one.

The Birthday Massacre

So sue me, I took the month off. Anyway, I had to talk about these guys eventually, they’re the band of the week!

The original name of the group was “Imagica.” Apparently the name bore a resemblance to another band’s name was switch switched to “The Birthday Massacre in 2000.” “The Birthday Massacre” in 2000. After enough demos were floating around, the band dropped their self-released album in 2002, Nothing and Nowhere. It was in 2005 that Violet would be released in the U.S. and Canada (having been put out by some indie labels here and there already). This album would see the re-release of updated tracks previously found on their demos. With the newer polished works and developing fan base, they geared up for a few tours, and after they were finished, they released their most recent album, Walking With Strangers. This album is good my friends, very good. As I told the lead singer in person (Chibi), it’s the first album that I listen to start to finish on a regular basis, since Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

As far as I can tell, they are definitely rising in popularity. I love to be the one to say “I told you so.” It just so happens that today, yes today, they are releasing an EP for their single Looking Glass. It’s available already on iTunes (I know because I bought it) and will be available in the Zune Marketplace and probably Snocap by the end of the day. If you want a physical copy of the album, it is also available on Amazon.com. As for a sample of their work, you can view the music video for Looking Glass below. Enjoy!

Linda Sundblad

From Sweden, 26 year old Linda Sundblad has been rockin’ for a while. She originally was a member of the band Lambretta. Their time, however, came to and end and Linda is in hot pursuit of a solo career. Idolizing pop sensations of the 1980s, Linda (now a solo artist as well) is a chip off the block as her influences clearly come through. Oh Father is her first single off her debut solo album, Oh My God!



http://www.myspace.com/lindasundblad

Enjoy!

Eric Prydz

Eric Prydz is a Swedish artist who is probably more popular in Europe than he is here in the heel United States. The first encounter I had with this chap was about three years ago, his song was used for a ytmnd about a girl who didn’t change facial expressions. This became the unofficial “…doesn’t change facial expressions” music for the many works it inspired. The song would be revealed as Call on Me. One night, I found out that there was a video…and what a video! The premise is simple, a guy takes an aerobics class with a lot of hot chicks…he’s the only guy.



Later I found some more of his work. He does a mean remix of Another Brick in the Wall which he calls Proper Education. Remxing Pink Floyd isn’t easy to do…I’d have to say he pulled it off.



I’m sure you can find out much more from Eric Prydz official website: http://www.ericprydz.com

Fireflight

I would like to present you all with Fireflight. They’re a Christian rock band out of Florida. Even though they are Christian and it comes through in their music frequently, they still sound awesome. I first heard them on a commercial for Bionic Woman on NBC. I had to do some research to dig for their name. Well worth it.

Dawn Richardson – lead vocals, Wendy Drennen – bass guitar and vocals, Justin Cox – guitar and background vocals, Glenn Drennen – guitar, Phee Shorb – drums.

I would recommend listening to Unbreakable (the song from the commercial) or You Decide. Both are accompanied by a video, which are available on Youtube.

You can find out more about them @ http://www.fireflightrock.com. Enjoy.

Band of the Week

Since the music I listen to is way better than the music you enjoy, I have decided to issue a band of the week. Hopefully I can come up with 52 of these in a year. I may skip a few weeks here or there. Of course those of you who know me pretty well will know of most this stuff. I’ll start on this first thing tomorrow. That means probably the very last thing I do before bed.