A bit late, but below the jump you'll find links to as many blogposts we've run with MP3s -- and the occasional MySpace page and embedded tune -- of each nominated band. Whew. Chime in with any URLs that have tunes in the comments, of course. I think I have everyone. The music showcase blurbs/information is out today in the paper. All 10,000 words of it.
Lifetime Achievement
Bunnygrunt
Trip Daddys
Murder City Players
Bottle Rockets
Kim Massie
If any more local band would like to break up -- don't. Please. Just got word via Roy that vintage country crooners the Linemen are breaking up in May. (Kevin Butterfield is moving to Montreal.) Here are the band's last three shows -- listen to some audio here.Off BroadwayFriday, April 17with Rough Shop and Jason
RingenbergTap Room
Saturday, May 2with LeadvilleFINAL SHOW! Atomic CowboyFriday, May
15All Linemen 6 PM - 10 PM, likely on the patio
As I was perusing concerts recently, I realized just how many local acts were releasing CDs in the coming months. To keep things straight in my head (and to inform people in town what's going on), here's a list of things I've heard/seen. Feel free to add.
*Left Arm, "Electric Babies" 7", May 15, Vintage Vinyl
*Blown Speakers (alterego of Messy Jiverson), Takeover, May 15, Old Rock House
*Trip Daddys, Roll On!, May 16, Way Out Club
*Joe Stickley's Blue Print, Smoke Leaves Town, May 22, Duck Room
Just before we adjourned for the three-day weekend, I received the lineup/schedule for this year's RFT Music Showcase, on Sunday, June 7. Here's the full list of nominees -- and don't forget to vote for your faves! And if you have any complaints/gripes -- I don't want to hear them, because I didn't book the event.
Main Outdoor Stage
1 p.m. The Beat Street Crew
2 p.m. Jon Hardy & the Public
3 p.m. One Lone Car
4 p.m. Gentleman Auction House
5 p.m. LOGOS
6 p.m. The Feed
Thanks to the talented Roy Kasten (who I imagine must be far less hungover than I am today to have been so fast at uploading these clips), here are bunches of videos from yesterday's music showcase. Up first are clips from the Sham, Rough Shop and Leadville. Check back throughout the day for more clips!The Sham
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviewed the Leadville's CD, Time Kills. He had this to say:
On the band's first album, Time Kills, singer and guitarist Tom Buescher gives his narrators enough detachment to keenly observe their situations, but he grounds their musings with humility, bemusement and good humor. Even when his vocals strain against their upper limits and come off as a little reedy and flat, Buescher's conviction more than makes up the difference. Opening track "Wheels" b
