Rock and Roll Reaction, Vol. 2 by The 71’s
10
Jul

The 71’s CD Release Party for Rock and Roll Reaction, Vol. 2 took place last night at Warehouse Live. The guys were great and their energy was amazing! Please check out The 71’s official website for the latest news, media, and show dates. Click below to stream RRRV2 in its entirety.

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Shout outs:

Interview by Daniel Senyard on vivgig
Artwork by Bill Jones at UDFO Design
Photography by Jack Potts Photography

Featured in RRRV2‘s inside cover photo is Jack’s son Jackson Potts. Check out Jackson’s project “Rock & Roll Portraits” on Saturday August 20th 7pm-9pm through October 2nd at Catalina Coffee. His exhibit includes photos of 8 local Houston artists and bands, including The 71’s. If you wish to, please contribute to his fundraising goal.

Purchase all three CD’s by The 71’s at Bandcamp.

Image courtesy of The 71’s. More images coming soon from Barry Dolton’s Concert Highlights.

“Everything Anyhow” by Freddy Monday
9
Jul

Singer/Songwriter Freddy Monday, will celebrate his sophomore release Everything Anyhow, on Tuesday, July 26.

For this album, Monday enlisted the help of Grammy-award winning producer and engineer Steven Rinkoff (Celine Dion, Meat Loaf) and multi-platinum engineer Paul Umbach (Jive Records). In addition, Monday has had a steady stream of success with song placements in film and television—his songs have been heard on Lifetime’s “Side Order of Life,” CBS’ “Young And The Restless” and “Moonlight” and TNT’s “Dark Blue” and “Burn Notice.”

Please have a listen to the title track to Monday’s new forthcoming release.

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“Everything Anyhow” by Freddy Monday

Image and mp3 courtesy of Shae Lea at LUCK Media & Marketing, Inc.

“Slide” and “Warm Warm Water” by Ben Keeler and the 500 Club
9
Jul

Hailing from Chicago, Ben Keeler and the 500 Club began in Premier Windy City venues. They also toured the Midwest with their album, Water Water. Keeler is currently working on a new album (to be announced this summer) in his new hometown of San Francisco, California.

Water Water incorporates an array of orchestral instruments, prominent piano segments, and a backing choir component. I find myself enjoying the piano-driven contributions with guitar and horn involvement. Please have a listen to “Slide” and “Warm Warm Water” below.

Image and mp3s courtesy of Sera Roadnight at MT Press

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“Slide” and “Warm Warm Water” by Ben Keeler and the 500 Club

True Blood Season Opener feat. Neko Case & Nick Cave
7
Jul

The HBO original series True Blood aired its 4th season premier (“She’s Not There,” episode # 37) on Sunday, June 26th. If you are a fan of True Blood you know that each episode is named after one of the songs that are in that episode. The Zombies originally released “She’s Not There” on their self-titled album from 1965. In this case, “She’s Not There” is a cover performed by the collaboration of Neko Case & Nick Cave. Have a listen to the cover and the original version below.

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“She’s Not There” by Neko Case & Nick Cave

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“She’s Not There by The Zombies

Image and mp3 courtesy of Pretty Much Amazing

Lastly, who doesn’t love the theme song by Jace Everett, “Bad Things?”

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“Bad Things” by Jace Everett

“Old Man” by Redlight King
6
Jul

Redlight King samples the original “Old Man” by Neil Young in their new single by the same title. Their debut album, Something For The Pain is available on iTunes.

Canadian frontman Mark Kasprzyk used to be known as Kazzer. Now, in Redlight King, he’s just Kaz. Kazzer fame lasted about 3 minutes, therefore, Kaz seems to be doing better this time around with his new project (with nods from Drake and a musical guest spot on Conan and such).

Video courtesy of Team CoCo

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“Old Man” by Redlight King

“My Body” by Young the Giant
2
Jul

Young the Giant has announced a new remix EP, which will be out towards the end of July and will be available through their Facebook page. The EP is currently a work in progress as a bunch of their friends and favorite bands are collaborating on their own interpretations of Yount the Giant songs. Right now you can stream remixes of “My Body” by Two Door Cinema Club and Tokyo Police Club here.

Also, Young the Giant is proud to unveil their newest music video for “Cough Syrup”. Keep your eye on MTV to see the video or just click here to check it out on Youtube.

Get the album on sale at iTunes.

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“My Body” by Young the Giant

mp3 courtesy of iTunes: Single of the week, January 11, 2011.

Image courtesy of Young the Giant’s blog Jacuzzi. This photo was taken when the band played the Boston Garden (taken with Instagram).

“I’ll Confide” and “A Certain Kind Of Lovely” by Sinem Saniye
1
Jul

Pop singer/songwriter Sinem Saniye has recently released her debut album When I Don’t Sleep. She has performed all over Europe and, during her first U.S. tour in 2010, she opened for Grammy nominated artist Lisa Loeb.

She has also collaborated with the likes of Tori Amos and Sara McLaughlin as part of The SOLFJ Team (Songs of Love For Japan!).

Image courtesy of Saniye’s ReverbNation photo page.

Get your copy of When I Don’t Sleep on CD Baby today!

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“I’ll Confide” by Sinem Saniye
“A Certain Kind Of Lovely” by Sinem Saniye

mp3s provided by Sera Roadnight (I’ll Confide) and Ryan Mo (A Certain Kind of Lovely) of Magic Tree Production Press.

“From You To Me” by Sandra McCracken & Derek Webb
29
Jun

TN EP is the follow up to 2008’s Ampersand EP by Sandra McCracken and Derek Webb. It was produed by Derek Webb himself and it includes five new original songs and two cover songs (“Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper and Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound Of Silence”).

If you like what you hear, check out the links (above) the their individual artist websites. Both artists have new solo releases AVAILABLE NOW!

Image and mp3 courtesy of NoiseTrade

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“From You To Me” by Sandra McCracken & Derek Webb