Okay I know Crystal just posted her band from last week, but I had to write about these guys before they wound up with more than 1500 friends. As of right this second they have 1494 friends, so I don't want to take the chance waiting on them. That's also the reason the blog will have two so-called Christian bands in a row. It's not that this is a Christian music blog, it's that I wanted to hurry up and feature these guys because they're great. Oh, and no they aren't girls.

Cathy Crescendo's songs (lyric-wise) are a lot like Relient K's. Some of the songs talk about Jesus and God's love, while the others just talk about hope and love in general. All the songs are awesome though, and their influences which range from Simon and Garfunkel to Jimmy Eat World can be heard through all of their music. I also thought the bio about their lead singer Jacob Champlin was funny, and had to post a bit of it below:

Jacob Champlin will be your friend. It is unavoidable. He's too magnetic, too disarming, too … friendly.
Not only will he be your friend, you will like that he's your friend. Even if you live in a cave in the middle of the mountains hoping to never see another human soul again, when Jacob comes knocking on the rocks outside that cave, you will find yourself inviting him in for tea and before you know it he will have kicked off his shoes and you will have pulled out your extra, just-in-case blanket and he will be staying the night.
He is innately engaging; he must have come out of the womb smiling and ready to shake the doctor's hand. And his songs are the same. They invite you in to tell you tales of illegal parking and cats in doorways and before you know it you've taken off your jacket and slung it over the back of the chair you're sitting in and you've kicked up your oh-so-tired dogs on the ottoman and you are staying for dinner.

And it's true! Jacob's voice draws you into the story of each song, and his thoughtful lyrics make you feel like you're walking away with new insight to life. His song The Bright Branching (which is available for a free download on Indie Vision) has become a regular listen on my mp3 player, and I intend to get their cd as soon as I get some money. Yay for broke bloggers! (Try saying THAT ten times fast)

Click here to have a listen.

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I know I'm a little bit late writing, but I was waiting to hopefully hear back from this guy before I wrote. I sent him a message on myspace telling him he was being featured here and asking him if he'd tell me a couple of his influences, but he didn't even read it. Maybe he gets a lot of junk mail, I don't know, but his music is still really awesome. Hailing from Albequerque, New Mexico, Morgan Laurence is my featured artist this week. Right now you can download his demo cd from his purevolume page (visit his myspace for the link) but when I visited the link it said there were no songs in the player, so I'm not sure what the deal is there. His tunes are good, and for the fact that he claims it's something he works on in his spare time, he seems to have a great setup going on. Be sure to check him out...and tell him he should read his mail every once in a while!

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I would like to welcome you to No Name Fame, where me (Lanna) and my friend Crystal are going to feature two new, awesome bands each week. When we search for our featured artists, we will be looking for bands with less than 1500 friends, (or sometimes a *little* more, if they are exceptionally good) as stated on their myspace page. We're looking to promote the bands that just aren't that well known, but certainly deserve to be. With each post, we'll give you a little info about the band and a link to their page, where you can hear them. Be sure to let us know what you think of the bands each week by commenting on the posts!

And that brings us to our first artist --

AUBREY WOOD 

I was doing my usual form of music searching, clicking from band to band through top friends lists, and simply wasn't turning up anything...until I found Aubrey. She's only fourteen, has an extremely mature sound, and from what I gather she writes and records everything on her page herself (other than any covers she has up at the moment). Her sound reminds me a bit of Badly Drawn Boy, and her lyrics are straight and real, maybe even stories from her own life. She's definitely worth a listen, just follow the link here.

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