Trying to make a musical comparison to Brett Gleason is a bit of a challenging. Trying to find the appropriate genre to classify his music is even more difficult. So here’s my shot:
Vocal-electronic-dark-wave-Broadway musical-piano rock.
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Heard First: Oryx + Crake
I still get excited about new music – not as much as I once did – but it still happens. More times than not these days a song, more than an artist, strike the love-at-first-heard chord. So when I find a band that gets me excited, I feel like a love-struck teenager … Let me [...]
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Heard First: Neutral Uke Hotel
Neutral Uke Hotel has been on my radar for the last year or so. It’s a great concept, really. The band, which is Shawn Fogel with accompaniment from members of Golden Bloom and The Motion Sick, performs Neutral Uke Hotel’s Aeroplane Over the Sea live with Fogal singing and playing the ukulele. Neutral Uke Hotel [...]
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Heard First: Our Orthodox
DeadJournalist’s ‘Heard First’ segment is back with Los Angeles singer-songwriter Neal Harris, who performs as Our Orthodox. He released a seven-song eponymous debut album earlier this month. The album is a simple but well put together collection of songs that hearken back to pre-Indie musical times. Of the songs on Our Orthodox, “No Idea” and [...]
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Heard First: The Chord And The Fawn (with MP3)
Do you like Dent May? Do you like CoCoRosie? If so, we present The Chord And The Fawn for your listening pleasure.
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Heard First: Everything Is Made In China
One of the best things about running the site is that sometimes I run face-first into an amazing band thanks to a submission by a band member of manager. Such is the case with the Moscow-based band Everything Is Made In China.
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Heard First: Nowhere Again
Nowhere Again. A few weeks back they popped on my radar and today, they hit on yours.
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Heard First: Emily Long
Heard First: Emily Long who’s voice might best be described as one born as the lovechild of Lita Ford and Johnette Napolitano only with a little higher pitch. Check out the MP3 of her song, “Anyone Else” – it’s a fun, catchy and quite enjoyable track.
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Heard First: Justin and Tomek
Technically, this isn’t a Heard First because Justin and Tomek released their five-song EP, I Need To EP, in 2008. That is after two full-length albums, the first of which was released in 2004. So we’ll consider this an exception.
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Heard First: Bonfires
Less than a week into 2010 and everyone is slowing awakening from their holiday slumber. For those of you looking for a fresh voice to start the new year, I present to you: Bonfires.
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Heard First: Daniel J. Nixon
Daniel J. Nixon. He’s from Leek in The North, UK. And this is “Turn This Stone”. Nixon’s lyrics are raw and steeped in emotion. I’ve now played this track a half dozen times. I keep getting lost in the song – that doesn’t happen too much anymore. This song draws into my emotions with its straight-forward lyrics and simple accompaniment in a way that is similar to the first time I heard Hayden in 1995; although Nixon’s voice is smoother. It’s nice to remember the passion of youthful heartbreak and Nixon captures it eloquently in “Turn This Stone”.
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