Posted January 27, 2016in The Sound
There is a special kind of alchemy that is required in order for a band to make it as a self-sustaining entity. Band members need to be talented, smart enough to be able to tackle the business side of things and driven enough to keep grinding out the long days
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Posted January 20, 2016in The Sound
Thomas Rhett seems to be right out of central casting. The son of a successful country music performer and songwriter, Rhett is the Georgia boy with the guy-next-door good looks who literally married the girl next door whom he had known since first grade. Getting into music at a young
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Posted January 13, 2016in The Sound
7 Minutes in Heaven has taken a few unique turns to get to where it is today. And while the band’s profile is still on the rise, the one thing that remains constant is its confidence in doing things its own way. “Being a DIY band is very interesting,” said
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Posted January 06, 2016in The Sound
William Clark Green is a Texas boy, through and through. Born in Flint, Texas, the 29-year-old has cut his teeth on the Lone Star State’s dusty roads, and his music is alive with references and tributes to the towns and cities that dot the vast Texas landscape. After working his
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Posted December 23, 2015in The Sound
In case you missed it, the Des Moines City Council held a vote a couple of weeks ago regarding the city’s all-ages show ordinance. For those unaware, the city ordinance states that music performances that are open to all ages must end by 9 p.m. Under the original writing, there
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Posted December 16, 2015in The Sound
Minnesota-based vocal group Tonic Sol Fa has been putting on an annual Christmas show for almost as long as they’ve been active. In fact, the holiday season has always played a large part in Tonic Sol Fa’s makeup, with its first holiday CD coming out in 1997. “Most people don’t
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Posted December 09, 2015in The Sound
Over the past decade, The Wombats have firmly staked out a place in the long line of great Liverpool bands. Originally pitched to the world as an indie rock band, The Wombats have evolved with each album and do not put much stock in that — or any — label
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Posted December 02, 2015in The Sound
For the uninitiated, Stitched Up Heart looks like a typical “assembled” band. They come from L.A., the band has a genuine gimmick in its sound (a glossy mix of metal and late-era pop punk), and the inclusion of a smoking-hot chick up front almost feels obligatory. You should always give
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Posted November 25, 2015in The Sound
Keep Shelly in Athens, the chillwave two-piece whose name is a play on the Kypseli neighborhood of Athens, Greece, that they call home, is really the brainchild of mercurial producer known as RΠü. He is the man who creates the songs, establishes the group’s sound and, ultimately, picked its voice.
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Posted November 18, 2015in The Sound
There is no other way to really put it: Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSC) is a weird act. The band’s music is not particularly freaky or outlandish. That is not the kind of weird we are talking about. Instead, the way that TSO has gone about its business has made it one
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