From the opening bass solo, we know we’re ready to rock.

MICROTIA review on ROCKET MAGAZINE
Spacemaker
False Eye Records
From the opening bass solo, we know we’re ready to rock. Some tricky time
changes add a progressive edge while the soaring vocals stay cleanly in
tune, keeping us safely clear of thrashier metal territory. While you might
not bring Microtia over to Grandmother’s house, no one is going to leave
the party if the soundtrack gets a little edgier, either. An actually cool
drum solo even emerges. Rhythm and harmonics, these fellows got ‘em.
They’ve also got the requisite facial hair styling, boasting one full
beard, one solo moustache, and two five-o’clock shadows. The CD features
truly green packaging, as the sleeves are hand crafted from the cartons of
over 1,650 beers and 2,500 cigarettes, all consumed by the band. Save the
earth and rock out at the same time. It’s a win-win situation.

Figuring out Bonedome requires a bit of perspective

http://metrospirit.com/index.php?cat=1993101070394080&ShowArticle_ID=11010206102848966

Issue #21.45

Bonedome

“Thinktankubator”

BY JOSH RUFFIN


Bonedome
“Thinktankubator”
Summer Break Records
myspace/bonedomemusic



AUGUSTA, GA - Figuring out Bonedome requires a bit of perspective. The band is not so much a “band,” or even a “project,” in the traditional sense. It’s…well, let’s put it this way: you know how, when Neil Young recorded “After the Gold Rush,” he sequestered an 18-year-old Nils Lofgren away from his guitar and stuck him instead behind the piano, an instrument with which he had almost zero experience? And it ended up actually working? Like, really really well? Yeah — imagine a whole band being put through that.



So that’s Bonedome. Strictly speaking, it’s the brainchild of 41-year-old Dallas resident Allan Hayslip, and a collective that amasses an indie-prog roundtable of his closest friends as sidemen. The only reason I bring up Hayslip’s age is to illustrate the tone of the album: at this point in his life, the man has developed the kind of dead-serious-by-proxy sarcasm that can only come from directly channeling middle-aged ennui — check the catchy, loping smirk of “Girl One” for proof. If Hayslip had recorded that song 20 years ago, it would likely have been overshadowed by a sneering sense of youthful entitlement, and would NOT have worked.

But it does work. The whole album works. Considering that all of these dudes have long been entrenched in one of the country’s most formidable and eclectic musical hotbeds, it’s no exaggeration to say that “Thinktankubator” sounds like, well, everything. If pressed, I’d say that the first three Elvis Costello albums and the more rockin’ varieties of New Wave are decent points of reference, but really… you just need to hear this thing for yourself. Just be sure to check your preconceptions at the door

Judge Jackson - Drive (CD, Curtis-Joe, Rock)

Judge Jackson - Drive (CD, Curtis-Joe, Rock)
Nice juicy big ballsy rock music with attitude. The guys in Judge Jackson are heavily influenced by pop/metal bands from the 1970s and 1980s...but the amped up fuzzy guitars have much more in common with stoner rock bands from the 1990s. These guys are tight...and they play classy/classic rock that is surprisingly accessible and ultimately very very catchy. Underground snobs may hate the direction these folks are taking with their music...but here in the plush babysue office suites we can't help but dig these guys' loud raunchy pop. Cool catchy cuts include "Head Over Heels," "Drive," "Me Then You," and "Meant To Be." Neat rockin' stuff...

http://www.babysue.com/2010-June-LMNOP-Reviews.html#anchor29258

Do you listen to rock? Southern Rock?

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-38960-Ashland-Frugal-Living-Examiner~y2010m6d1-Frugal-shopper-Free-samples-of-Hugo-Judge-Jackson-Mp3-Burts-Bees-Ensure-Nike-Maxsight-lenses


You won't see many links for music in the Ashland frugal living articles, but every so often something hits my desk and I want the whole world to hear it. Do you listen to rock? Southern Rock? Our friends at xo publicity sent a new single by Judge Jackson called Drive. It's catchy and interesting and hooked us immediately. You can download the mp3 for free here. Judge Jackson is an Los Angeles based band and their newest album (also called Drive) will be released August 3. It was produced by John Hiler, Stephen Stills, Willie Dixon, (Smashing Pumpkins). Listen and tell us what you think of it.


SUPER AWESOME GUYS... this never happens you should be very proud of your work... here is what else she said me I will be sending her album and more to come from here:

"I'm one of the core volunteers at KSKQ and when I saw your email earlier I listened to "Drive" and was wowed enough to include it on one of my Frugal Living articles. They are fun to listen to! I'd love to preview more and will pass it around the station and push for air time."

Hear PAPER TONGUES interview on FEARLESS RADIO

http://www.podcastfearless.com/nmb/

North Carolina alternative rock band Paper Tongues

• Paper Tongues North Carolina alternative rock band Paper Tongues captures a variety of genres, from rock to soul to hip-hop, all the while infusing positive messages into its lyrics.

http://lansingnoise.com/article/20100519/THINGS010401/5190322/Ludacris-to-play-Lansing-Common-Ground-festival

The Ro Sham Bo's on Fuel TV

in studio with paper tongues

THE BURNING HOTELS on FRONT COVER OF PERFORMER MAGAZINE

The Burning Hotels Interview

The Burning Hotels Interview
http://borangutan.com/interviews/burning-hotels-interview/
Author: Skelly


The Burning Hotels of Fort Worth, Texas are in the midst of a Midwest / East
Coast tour, slated to play Sauce Spirits and Sound Bar in Minneapolis this
Wednesday evening, June 2. Lead singer Chance Morgan spared a few moments in
his busy schedule to field some questions for Borangutan readers and
listeners.



Skelly: The Burning Hotels have a new album out called Novels. Was there a
concept to this album? Are you fans of great literature, or is there
something else to the name?

Chance Morgan: We love playing music and the outlet that it affords us.
Novels isn't a stepping-stone to get out some hidden agenda, but more of a
diary to our lives; individual and collectively. We have all had pretty
turbulent lives from age 21-25, and I think Novels turned into an open
discussion about aging and mortality. Those universal questions like, "what
does it all mean?" tend to happen during those years and staying out way too
late only intensifies that. It's our first attempt into examining and
entreating the idea that there are answers to such broad questions. We feel
each song is like a chapter, creating a novel.


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"To Whom It May Concern" by: The Burning Hotels


Skelly: Some people out there in music land are growing tired of the name
"indie." If you were to create a new genre of music that The Burning Hotels
epitomized, what would it be called and why?

CM: Sex Punk. The majority of our songs are very fast and tend to deal
with relationships, whether it's emotional, sexual, etc.; so I think that
could reference us pretty well.

Skelly: In your opinion, what's the freshest sounding band or artist in the
music biz right now? What makes them different from anyone else?

CM: I am obsessed with Miike Snow. I think it's a cool dynamic that you
have the production duo of Bloodshy & Avant (who wrote "Toxic" for Britney
Spears) and other huge pop artists teaming up with Andrew Wyatt to create
Miike Snow. Their record is really smart with different elements of dance
music and insane production combined with a pop sensibility that isn't being
matched right now.

Skelly: Because I love a good story, I'm going to ask you to commit a sort
of songwriter faux pas. Is there a tune off Novels that has an interesting
story behind it? The faux pas comes in if you actually tell us what the
song is truly about!

CM: I guess my favorite story behind a song comes from one of the first
songs Matt and I wrote together. "French Heart Attack" was written and
never recorded - until Novels. Matt and I have been best friends since we
were in high school and so we have a lot of shared experiences. I won't be
too specific, but if you listen to the lyrics."French heart attack is
written on your ceiling," they don't make very much sense. Experimentation
had a lot to do with some of the lyrics written back in that time period.





"French Heart Attack" by: The Burning Hotels

Skelly: The Burning Hotels are playing Sauce Spirits and Sound Bar in
Minneapolis on June 2. Can you give us any teasers on what to expect? Any
on-stage antics?

CM: High energy, fast songs, and lots of movement.we pride ourselves on
entertaining a crowd!

BONEDOME THINKTANKUBATOR review

http://www.nocturnalcult.com/newcontents.htm

Bonedome

Thinktankubator

Summer Break Records 2010

Thinktankubator indie rock sound abounds with references to a ton of late 80s/early 90s alternative and new wave artists. Allan Hayslip's vocals are in the baritone range and remind me at times of David Bowie. Opener Sandman has a strong feeling of 80s British new wave, somewhat along the wavelength of Big Country, and expansive sort of freedom as the song drifts across summery fields of rock. Up next is Fade Away with a nod towards They Might be Giants and with a rockier attitude. Whereas Girl One lingers in a meandering path of sound explosions and brings to mind a bit of the Pixies. Total Bowie worship opens the track I Can Lose You. The song makes an unbreakable alloy of the Bowie influence and strong hints of Echo and The Bunymen. More Echo and the Bunnyman accents are woven into the fabric of the dark and dreamy, Easy. Steven takes on the slow building comedy of Weezer but twists it into a darker animal altogether. After the rowdy rock of Better, the album screeches to halt as it shifts gears with the finale track, Custody Lullaby. The song is dreamy and sorrowful, though a little awkward in the vocal department. On Thinktankubator, Bonedome sprinkles in influences into their own personal blender and grinds them into catchy, moody indie rock that feel familiar and elusive all at once. So if dark new-wave/pop/alternative/indie-rock sounds like it could nestle inside your brain then Bonedome is certainly an interesting journey.

Magnet Magazine MP3 At 3PM: Stephanie Schneiderman

MP3 At 3PM: Stephanie Schneiderman
May 29, 2010
Dirty Martini’s Stephanie Schneiderman is going from strength to strength. At age 18, she played with funk/soul group Body And Soul and performed at Lilith Fair. After 2008’s Dangerous Fruit, Schneiderman has fans craving her soon-to-be released album. On “Wide Open,” she explores a heartfelt electro-pop direction. The new offering is dominated by gentle piano, programmed drumbeats and her delicate, processed vocals. The final product verges on Pure Moods territory, but it’s a beautiful song and represents a fascinating new direction for Schneiderman.

“Wide Open” (download):

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2010/05/29/mp3-at-3pm-stephanie-schneiderman/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MagnetMagazine+(Magnet+Magazine)

Music: Strength: Mind-Reader CD REVIEW on COSMOGAMING

Music: Strength: Mind-Reader
Our Take
Portland’s Strength made a name for themselves a few years back with their mix of disco and electro with some indie rock influences. The group’s newest full length Mind-Reader looks to continue this trend as it has some catchy songs that will stick with listeners for days after they have listened to it. Despite the fact that you’ve heard plenty of bands like this before these guys have some great hooks, but the short length might be a tad bit disappointing.

The material on Mind-Reader is a combination of beat heavy songs that take influence from electro and disco and rock tracks that have a good deal of guitar distortion and some slight punk vibes. Now, anyone that’s been knowledgeable about popular forms of indie music in recent years will realize that I basically just described a sound that every group is using right now. Strength will undoubtedly remind you of a number of other acts out there (the fact sheet name drops Chromeo and Datarock and I’d also throw in a little LCD Soundsystem and Ghostland Observatory) but this isn’t an issue at all. Why is that? The answer is that these guys have killer hooks. Despite some initial reservations I found that these songs all stood on their own and days later I still had some of them in my head, and that says a lot. However, this disc only offers eight songs and lasts for about half an hour and that short length is going to leave some listeners disappointed that there isn’t just a little more substance.

Vocalist Bailey Winters has a pitch that is just drenched with sex appeal (and I’m saying this as a straight male) and this will surely help Strength to have a fairly broad appeal. While Mind-Reader doesn’t seem to have as many songs that are as in your face with sexuality, there are a few such as “Brandy” that go over the top with it and use their sexual imagery as a means to make these songs get stuck in your head. Strength’s songs are interesting in the sense that they have simplistic choruses that make for good club/rave tracks, but if you go deeper and investigate their themes you will find a group that are more complex than they let on.

Mind-Reader is a killer album and while it does feel far too short to me I guess I can’t complain too much since each of the eight songs are extremely strong and stand out. I realize there are hundreds of these disco/electro inspired bands out there right now but Strength is one that is worth checking out. However, I for one am hoping that they’ll be putting out more songs in the near future as this disc did leave me wanting more.

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MP3 At 3PM: Bonedome (MAGNET MAGAZINE)

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2010/06/05/mp3-at-3pm-bonedome/



MP3 At 3PM: Bonedome
June 5, 2010
Hailing from Dallas, the nine-piece Bonedome brings a prog-rock sound to its debut album, Thinktankubator (Summer Break). Prior to Bonedome, singer/songwriter Allan Hayslip worked within the Dallas music scene and was an orchestral violinist and chorister as a schoolboy. All of that hard work and classical training is reflected in Bonedome’s musical stylings. “Steven,” the first single off Thinktankubator, is surprising, to say the least. Hayslip’s vocals are like those of a young Bowie, but the music has an appeal similar to the Hives. The overall effect is somewhat orchestral in scope with a lot of drive and a truly sublime guitar tone.

“Steven” (download):

J.R. Hardee Of Paper Tongues in MODERN DRUMMER

modern drummer

J.R. Hardee Of Paper Tongues
2010-08-30


Hey, guys, this is J.R. Hardee from Paper Tongues! I’ve been playing with Paper Tongues for three years, but I’ve been tappin’ them old skins since I was three feet tall. I used to drag out all the pots and pans from my mom’s kitchen and make a drumset out of them. Now I play a Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute kit, and it’s sweet because it actually sounds like drum tones instead of the annoying clanging of metal on metal. We all have to start somewhere, right?

I didn’t grow up taking lessons, but I had a natural sense of rhythm from my pops, Ricky Dean, the percussionist/BBQ god, and my poppy Gary, the fishing drummer. Poppy now plays steel guitar and is the proud songwriter of hits such as “Margarita Momma.”

Though I never took lessons, I always looked up to and studied the underground hip-hop community, Carter Beauford, and Jeff Buckley’s drummer, Matt Johnson. With all the amazing opportunities Paper Tongues are getting, I hope to truly inspire kids to play drums as much as these players inspired me.

I’m going to exit now due to the fact that I’m writing this on my iPhone and my thumb is getting tired. I’ll post more down the road. Thanks for reading and hopefully I’ll see you out at a show. Play with your heart and soul, stay in control, and rock ’n’ roll!

Photo by Brad Moore. For more on J.R. Hardee and Paper Tongues, go to www.papertongues.com.